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	<title>From a Logical Point of View</title>
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	<description>Hello World by A SAS programmer</description>
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		<title>From A Logical Point of View</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This blog, “From A Logical Point of View”, is not supposed to be owned by a logician. Actually, the book, From A Logical Point of View, is a collection of logical and philosophical essays by W.V.Quine(1908-2000), an American philosopher and mathematician. 
A story about this book. From A Logical Point of View, was a calypso [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/12/21/from-a-logical-point-of-view/</link>
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		<title>Work With Oracle: A Quick Sheet for SAS Programmers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Note: All the followings are tested on Windows XP environment.)
0. Install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
Fast (and free) to download, easy to deploy and simple to admin&#8211;for learning and testing purpose, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE, a mini version of Oracle Database 10g Release 2) are strongly recommended:
0.1  Download it at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/12/04/work-with-oracle-a-quick-sheet-for-sas-programmers-2/</link>
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		<title>Run data mining codes following William Potts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FYI: SAS Enterprise Miner and SAS Text Miner  Procedures: Reference for SAS 9.1.3, see:
&#160;
http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/miner/emtmsas913/listing.html
&#160;
This entry DOES exist in the SAS Support website, but it  can&#8217;t be found by any search engine or documentation tree view. You&#8217;re recommended to download these files immediately due to SAS&#8217;s  easy-dead hyperlinks.^-^ 
&#160;
ps.SAS Institute provides no support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/03/20/run-data-mining-codes-following-william-potts-2/</link>
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		<title>Free Machine Learning Courses (Stanford) in YouTube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FYI:
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http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A89DCFA6ADACE599
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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/03/02/free-machine-learning-courses-stanford-in-youtube-2/</link>
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		<title>SAS User Books and Data Mining Software Comparision: Quick Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
SAS Books Catalog(Jan,    2009)
Data    Mining Software 2009: Succesul Analyses at Affordable Prices(Nov.    2008, by mayato)

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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/02/17/sas-user-books-and-data-mining-software-comparision-quick-links-2/</link>
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		<title>Basel II on Incremental Risk Charge(IRC): Quick Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Basel Committee on Banking    Supervision(Jan, 2009). Guidelines for computing capital for incremental    default risk in the trading book. Consultative document.    January.
IRC    Comments by RiskMetrics

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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/02/12/basel-ii-on-incremental-risk-chargeirc-quick-links-2/</link>
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		<title>FYI: Dashboard using SAS/Graph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
see, http://support.sas.com/kb/26/134.html

Slider chart indicator:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Slider chart dashboard:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Bullet graph indicator:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Bullet graph dashboard:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Dial meter indicator:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Dial meter dashboard:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Bar chart indicator:

SAS program version
stored process version
portlet version


Bar chart dashboard:

SAS program version
stored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/01/13/fyi-dashboard-using-sasgraph-2/</link>
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		<title>R or SAS: Quick Links to the Recent Debates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

Original post, 7 Jan, 2009
 
New York Times, Data Analysts Captivated by R&#8217;s  Power byAshlee Vance.


Key Point

The popularity of R at universities could threaten SAS Institute.


A Controversial Review by Anee Milley from SAS
 
We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not  using freeware when I get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/01/13/r-or-sas-quick-links-to-the-recent-debates-2/</link>
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		<title>Options Pricing Using SAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some new financial functions in SAS9.2 Base, including 8 options pricing  functions(formerly in SAS Risk Dimension). These functions can compute the price of both call and put  options on different underlying assets (stock, futures, currency, and exchange  asset), using the following models respectively:


Black-Scholes model，the traditional stock options    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/01/06/options-pricing-using-sas-2/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[新年快乐 ( Xin Nian Kuai Le),

Guten  Rutsch ins neue Jahr,
Bonne Année,
Nav varsh ki shubh kamnayey,
Felice Anno Nuovo,
Feliz Año Nuevo,
Feliz Ano Novo,
明けましておめでとうございます (Akemashite Omedetô),
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar,
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku,
Καλή Χρονιά (Kalí Chroniá),
Seh Heh Bok  Mani Bat Uh Seyo,
חג חנוכה שמח (Hag Hanukkah Sameah),
Cчастливого Нового  Года,
Happy New Year,


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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2009/01/01/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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		<title>Links: Risk Intelligence Vendors Review: 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can get the big picture viewing different  sources(REMEMBER: A vendor&#8217;s research methodology is as important as its  rating):


Chartis RiskTech 100 (October 2008)
http://www.chartisresearch.com/showreport.asp?id=46


 

 

FinTech100(2008)
http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=20081112EGE9065B

 
FinTech100(2008): Top 25 Enterprise Companies
http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=200811125HE027YZ

 
FinTech100(2008): Banking Top 10
http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=20081112UMI813RM

 
FinTech100(2008): Capital Market Top 10
http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=20081112N00MER4M

 
FinTech100(2008): Insurance Top 10
http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=200811125LHKU4ZO

 
Celnet Credit Risk/Basel II Vendors(2008):
http://www.celent.com/PressReleases/200804143/FinCreditRiskVendors.asp


 
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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/25/links-risk-intelligence-vendors-review-2008-2/</link>
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		<title>Links&#8211;BI Industry 2008: Review and Prospect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ /*Thanks the hints supplied by: 
 
A look back at 2008 and some crystal ball predictions&#8230;, byTammi Kay Geroge, from SASBlog*/ 
 
Major Data Warehousing Events of 2008 (and Predictions for 2009), by Michael Schiff, from TDWI, 
 
 Major Data Warehousing Events of 2008: 
 

Everyone had an appliance story
Industry consolidations continued
The recessionary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/24/links-bi-industry-2008-review-and-prospect-2/</link>
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		<title>Industry Review: SAS and Teradata Partnership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAS and Teradata  Partnership: Press
 

Leading Companies See Value in SAS and Teradata  Partnership
SAS and Teradata Unveil Advantage Program to Bring Powerful In-Database  Solutions and Services to Customers
SAS and  Teradata Enter into Strategic Partnership


 


In BI industry, the pure players  such as SAS, Teradata and Microstrategy, need to demonstrate their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/19/industry-review-sas-and-teradata-partnership-2/</link>
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		<title>Santa and SAS Again: Santa&#8217;s Dashboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
(santaDashBoard.png, With permission by Mr. Robert Allison)
Merry Christmas again. SAS marketing staff started up an interesting Christmas campaign on how Santa operates his workshop. Here is another wonderful work about Santa&#8217;s Dashboard, created by SAS senior R&#38;D staff, Robert Allison.
Robert is a master of graphics and visualization. You can view his SAS/Graph examples in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/18/santa-and-sas-again-santas-dashboard-2/</link>
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		<title>The Making of an Analyst: A Supplement to What Makes a Good Business Analyst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I once commented the entry,  What Makes a Good Business Analyst by  Rajan Chandras, with an easy tone, If  You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere. The standards of a good  analyst conclude by Rajan, in my opinion, are somewhat of very high  bars.

 
In the recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/17/the-making-of-an-analyst-a-supplement-to-what-makes-a-good-business-analyst-2/</link>
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		<title>Learn Time Series Analysis: Free Materials for SAS Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[0. A gentle Introduction  to Time Series Analysis, may serve as fast  learning materials:


http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section4/pmc4.htm


1. An open source book(with data and code), A  First Course on Time Series Analysis: examples with SAS, by Prof. Michael  Falk, is available in:


http://statistik.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/timeseries/


2. A SAS User book, Forecasting  Examples for Business and Economics Using SAS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/16/learn-time-series-analysis-free-materials-for-sas-users-2/</link>
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		<title>Links of 2008-12-16: Financial Engineering, Ponzi Scheme, SAS PC Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The  State of Financial Engineering
Ponzi Scheme Returns: SEC Charges Bernard L.  Madoff for Multi-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
WolfenSAS:  A PC Game written by SAS Code

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		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/16/links-of-2008-12-16-financial-engineering-ponzi-scheme-sas-pc-game-2/</link>
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		<title>Delivers the Right Toys and Goodies to the Right Boys and Girls: Story of Santa and SAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to know the boys and girls&#8217; real demands around the world? and how to predict their demands in next Christmas?
How to purchase toys and goodies with a balance of costs and profits? and how to deliver them more efficiently?
There are lots of questions in the list of Santa, CEO of Santa&#8217;s Workshop. SAS&#8217;s marketing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/14/delivers-the-right-toys-and-goodies-to-the-right-boys-and-girls-story-of-santa-and-sas-2/</link>
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		<title>If You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere: On What Makes a Good Business Analyst by Rajan Chandras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the latest post, What Makes a Good Business Analyst?, Rajan Chandras cites some soft items from  Forrester&#8217;s Business Analyst Assessment Workbook:
 

Ability to think abstractly, identify patterns, and generate ideas and solutions
Understanding of when and how to escalate issues or needs
Understanding of and ability to delivery the appropriate level of detail needed for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/14/if-you-can-make-it-here-you-can-make-it-anywhere-on-what-makes-a-good-business-analyst-by-rajan-chandras-2/</link>
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		<title>Data Mining in Stock Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Data Mining in Stock Market? Is it crazy? or is it just a hopeless try? Every mentor in mathematics and finance educates us that the stock market is too chaotic and sentimental to use mathematical models. Most of all gift rock scientists are concentrated in the study of interest of rates and fixed income securities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/13/data-mining-in-stock-market-2/</link>
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		<title>Haiku from SAS R&amp;D staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First prompts are silent.
Subsequent prompts loud and clear.
Now all prompts are heard.
Poem from R&#38;D staff?
Yes. Rhyming sonnets were shakespeare-like complex;
they wrote Japanese haiku, showed as above.
The SAS R&#38;D staff should complete some paper work in defects system before changing a code. They use informal descriptive language(HAIKUUU!) in the early stage. Chris Hemedinger, a senior software [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/10/haiku-from-sas-rd-staff-2/</link>
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		<title>Happy grow up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

Happy hearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy  places&#8211;
-Good and Bad  Children by Robert Louis  Stevenson
I read this verse in W. Bennentt&#8217;s popular book,  The  Book of Virtues, during the bus-to-company time this morning. It&#8217;s  interesting to read Stevenson&#8217;s Treasure Island, of course in Chinese  edition when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jiangtanghu.com/blog/2008/12/10/happy-grow-up-2/</link>
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