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What is a Minimum Viable AI Product?

This is a re-post of an article originally by First Analytics Chairman Tom Davenport.  More of Tom's articles can be found here.   One of the key attributes of the lean startup approach popularized by Steve Blank and Eric Ries is…

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Our Analytics at Work in the Rail Industry

Here is a fun little illustration depicting some of the work we at First Analytics have done in the rail industry.  It's patterned after Richard Scarry's classic children's illustrated book, "What do People Do All Day?" Several of these stories…

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First Analytics Resumes the Summer R&D Program

After a two-year hiatis we are pleased to announce that our Summer R&D Progam has returned.  We are invitiing participation in this program. Do you have a research topic to explore or "skunkworks" project in mind?  Don’t have the time…

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Analytics Arrives in the Trucking Industry

There has never been a more challenging time for the trucking industry.  From driver retention and recruiting, to safety, maintenance, and fuel savings, leading companies are now beginning to use a data analytics approach to improve their operations and financial…

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Simpson’s Paradox and Safety Analytics

We previously wrote about Goodhart's law and how it poses a challenge to analytics over a period of time in the sense that "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."  But that is not…

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