tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post1054930634406420017..comments2024-03-18T01:08:54.312-07:00Comments on Blog by Tim Manns (data mining blog): When graphs, piecharts and all else fails... Dilbert to the rescue!Tim Mannshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17405266346372888597noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-14271097106797934982012-01-12T16:53:21.456-08:002012-01-12T16:53:21.456-08:00Hi FrancisB,
Nope.
There are some books and bl...Hi FrancisB,<br /><br />Nope.<br /><br /><br /><br />There are some books and blogs that discuss SNA. A book by Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro is about SNA in telco, and I got sent a copy recently. I'll be reading it when I get some free time.<br /><br />Personally I try to learn through reading my peers work, and of course continue to learn through trial and error.<br /><br />TimTim Mannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405266346372888597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-69689689134091261002011-09-05T18:54:54.484-07:002011-09-05T18:54:54.484-07:00Hi Tim
I'm just getting into SNA. Do you know...Hi Tim<br /><br />I'm just getting into SNA. Do you know of any good post-grad level courses in Australia?FrancisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202370345683552695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-53681433160973464372009-05-31T17:21:27.353-07:002009-05-31T17:21:27.353-07:00Hi Shane,
Yes, the trouble is getting enthusiasm ...Hi Shane,<br /><br />Yes, the trouble is getting enthusiasm in the first place to run campaigns. I’ve examined historical data and quantified the effect that social networks has for a number of different scenario’s (acquisition, purchase of new handset (iphone), churn etc) but no control group results yet.<br /><br />In terms of stirring up interest the Dilbert mock-ups have been a huge success, and hopefully very soon we’ll have dozens or new marketing initiatives off the back of this analysis.<br /><br />Thanks again for the page rank idea. It has proved very useful.<br /><br />TimTim Mannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405266346372888597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-3120786979466440292009-05-09T13:51:00.000-07:002009-05-09T13:51:00.000-07:00Gotta love Dilbert! I have actually seen some dat...Gotta love Dilbert! I have actually seen some data mining Dilbert comics that were published. I guess with complicated techniques it is always going to be hard to convey the message. Hopefully though, the advantages will speak directly to the KPIs of the people you need on board? Probably the best way to prove the strength of it is to run a test... face off against a control group or the existing models... or is the problem getting the support to do some tests?Shane Butlerhttp://www.dataminingdownunder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-61196514474044265162009-05-05T16:27:00.000-07:002009-05-05T16:27:00.000-07:00Hello Dominic,
Yes, I did (and do) use SPSS Cleme...Hello Dominic,<br /><br />Yes, I did (and do) use SPSS Clementine for most of my work. The SNA work I've done involves a dozen or so separate steps, but the whole thing runs from one Clementine stream file. <br /><br />There is a little bit of custom SQL embedded in three source nodes, so that a few joins are more optimised using hard coded dates (very important when you're working with billions of rows), but most of the analysis is relatively simple Clementine streams.<br /><br />Unfortunately it is difficult to discuss without losing competitive advantage, but I did write some info in a previous post;<br /><A HREF="http://timmanns.blogspot.com/2008/09/social-network-analysis-in-mobile.html" REL="nofollow">SNA In Mobile Networks</A>Teradata was interested in the work Optus were doing and asked me to discuss in a podcast our data mining analysis (running on Teradata). I managed to get approval and am waiting on Teradata to let me know when the podcast is publicly available. It mentions SNA.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />TimTim Mannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405266346372888597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-9586651833841808192009-04-28T08:01:00.000-07:002009-04-28T08:01:00.000-07:00Hi Tim
SNA sounds really interesting - do you hav...Hi Tim<br /><br />SNA sounds really interesting - do you have some presentation material you could share, perhaps the information you presented at the recent conference? I would be especially interested if you have used Clementine in undertaking the analysis.<br /><br />Dominic.Dominic Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359242455915695186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-10725328815779281592009-04-27T16:45:00.000-07:002009-04-27T16:45:00.000-07:00:)
I though it was a novel idea to present some ...:) <br /><br />I though it was a novel idea to present some analysis to business users without numbers. I'll let you know how it goes.Tim Mannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405266346372888597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-24475640468860856292009-04-27T06:09:00.000-07:002009-04-27T06:09:00.000-07:00FAIL.FAIL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028114151548461320.post-6548692973864316552009-04-24T12:46:00.000-07:002009-04-24T12:46:00.000-07:00... ?... ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com