/* ---- Google Analytics Code Below */

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Using Bayesian Methods to Find the Malaysian Airplane

Via the SAS Blog.  Good example of predictive analytics with a not generally well known technique for Big Data practitioners.  Set in a real world tactical problem.   Good practical details.  Have written about this method many times in this blog.

How Bayesian analysis might help find the missing Malaysian airplane .... 

At the time this blog entry was written, there still appears to be little to no signs of locating the missing Malaysian flight MH370. The area of search, although already narrowed down from the size of the United States at one point to the size of Poland, is still vast and presents great challenges to all participating nations. Everything we’ve seen in the news so far have been leads that turn out to be nothing but dead ends. .... " 

No comments: