Announcing our Railroad Greenhouse Gas Expert plugin for ChatGPT
We have published the Railroad Greenhouse Gas Expert plugin for ChatGPT to OpenAI's ChatGPT store. This plugin is primarily built from papers, reports, and other materials produced by Wayne Kennedy, a long-time subject matter consultant to First Analytics, along with some material of our own. All major railroads have signed on to aggressive Science Based Targets for emission reductions. This…
New Year, Updated Website
We are kicking off the new year with our updated website launch! And our New Year’s resolution is to continually keep it fresh and up to date. Our current website was put in place in late 2019. It had changed little since then, and much of the material dated back to 2010 versions of the website. That's an eternity in…
Release of Predictive Safety Analytics Book
First Analytics is a pioneer and leader in applying advanced analytics and machine learning to employee and public safety, a field we've been dedicated to since 2011. We have distilled many of our experiences into a book, "Predictive Safety Analytics: Reducing Risk through Modeling and Machine Learning." This publication contains real-life examples and case studies that spark ideas and provide…
First Analytics Partners with XREA
First Analytics is announcing its analytics development partnership with XREA. XREA is a market analysis software platform that helps real estate developers determine what and where to build. The real estate industry needs to quicken the adoption of technology and advanced analytics into its operations. This is increasingly the case with the rise and use of artificial intelligence. Our partnership has the potential to…
First Analytics at the Community of Human and Organizational Learning Conference
It is said that the Community of Human and Organizational Learning Conference (CHOLearning) is the "greatest conference for humans by humans!" First Analytics has the privilege of presenting both in a breakout session and participating in a general session at the conference. Within the safety topic track, our breakout session is entitled "Machine Learning to Assess…
Journal of Business Forecasting Article on Hybrid Hierarchical Forecasting
The Spring 2023 edition of the Journal of Business Forecasting features an article co-authored by First Analytics and The Hershey Company. It shows compelling accuracy results by focusing on some novel hierarchical forecasting methods. From the abstract: Forecasting is traditionally done at a particular level of aggregation—top-down, middleout, or bottom up—depending on the data available and the purpose of the…
