We’ve been impressed with how helpful the CRAN Task Views are in guiding us in R as we wend our way through the huge number of add-on packages (3021 as of May, 2011). These are web pages that are maintained by volunteers with expertise in a specified …
SAS Platform Object Framework MakeFolder Metadata Utility
Back in July last year I posted MKDIRMD Macro: Creating Tree Folders in Metadata about a SAS macro I wrote to create tree folders in a SAS metadata repository using the SAS Open Metadata API. Just recently I discovered an alternative method using a utility already present in a SAS 9.2 installation: MakeFolder. I stumbled […]
SAS Enterprise Guide options: my favorite 5
SAS Enterprise Guide has about 150 options that you can customize in the Tools->Options window. With each release, the development team adds a few more options that have been asked for by customers, and they rarely decommission any existing optio…
It’s the Search
My friend Leslie posted this comment as her Facebook status: “There are no answers, just the search.” At first I thought, “Now that is just silly. Of course there are answers.” Then I thought about it a little more. Maybe she is right.
The Cu…
Semiparametric method in predicting loss given default
Sparse data is a big concern in building models for loss given default (LGD) for corporate risk. For LGD, most predictors are instrument-related, firm-specific, macroeconomic and industry-specific variables, while the costs to collect such data may be…
It’s the Search
My friend Leslie posted this comment as her Facebook status: “There are no answers, just the search.” At first I thought, “Now that is just silly. Of course there are answers.” Then I thought about it a little more. Maybe she is right. The Customer Sup…