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What to do when your model results are ridiculous?
When an exhaustive scrutiny of the model code, the data and more sensitivity analyses don’t reveal why your model isn’t working, you must consider that perhaps it’s your intuition...
Testing hypotheses about causation
In 2002, I developed a statistical framework for testing whether your data provides statistically significant support for the hypothesis that A causes B. I published only one...
How the strange Cauchy distribution proved useful
On Tuesday I had an interesting exchange with Jorge Muro Arbulú, a professor in Peru, about the Cauchy distribution, which also called the Lorenzian distribution.
Max Henrion awarded 2018 Ramsey Medal for Decision Analysis
The Decision Analysis Society has awarded the 2018 Frank Ramsey Medal to Max Henrion, the society’s highest award.
Using Python to parse a Shapefile
A shapefile (*.shp) is a binary file format used by Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I used an existing Python library (Fiona) to read and parse a shape file, and then...
How to call a Python function from Analytica
I found it pretty easy to call a Python function from Analytica using COM automation. The Component Object Model (COM) integration functionality comes included with the Analytica...
Analytica and Cognitive Radio
The more I learn about our Analytica users, the more I discover that “those who like it, like it a lot” (to borrow a slogan from a brewery back home in Canada).
World Cup Soccer. How much does randomness determine the winner?
A few years ago France beat Croatia in the World Cup final. Congratulations to France for winning the last world championship! And also to Croatia for making it to the final...
