Aug 15, 2016
Deep Analytics and Big Data
Bill Marcus writes about the intersection between deep analytics and big data in HPE Insights : [T]he scale of an organization and its data is key to how much the process will…
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Aug 9, 2016
Statistical Likelihood of Extreme Events and the Ellicott City Floods
This time, the flood hit close to home, literally. Over the last week, Ellicott City has responded after a very bad storm dropped nearly six inches of rain in only two hours.…
Aug 1, 2016
Retrospective Social Discount Rates
I am sitting in a session at JSM 2016, and will be presenting my talk tomorrow. While this is pure public economics and applicable to almost any benefit-cost analysis, this talk grew…
Jul 29, 2016
Learn How to Prepare for a Tsunami
For an article on Oyster.com, Margot Bigg writes about how to respond in an earthquake or a tsunami. Learn my recommendations there: ::embed{href="https://www.oyster.com/articles/54469-what-its-like-to-evacuate-for-a-tsunami/"} Remember, especially in an earthquake, the folk wisdom of…
Jul 28, 2016
Tax-Incremental Financing and Downtown Columbia
The Howard County government has recently proposed a tax-incremental financing (TIF) plan that would pay for certain amenities in downtown Columbia, including a parking garage. As usual, there are a great deal…
Jul 25, 2016
Of Course NaN^0 = 1
David Smith and I are now talking to each other in blog posts and it is only a little weird. Also, I've been traveling and am a bit behind. In a comment…
Jul 20, 2016
So I Am Not Teaching Calculus After All
Well, no sooner had I posted my note about teaching calculus again this fall when UMUC changed my schedule. This is not unusual for me (though I may be unusual in this…
Jul 18, 2016
NaN versus NA in R
R has two different ways of representing missing data and understanding each is important for the user. NaN means "not a number" and it means there is a result, but it cannot…
Jul 17, 2016
Read My Response to What Parents Need to Know about Pokémon GO
There's been a lot of talk about the Pokémon-based robberies, the Pokémon stabbing, and even a guy who quit his job to play Pokémon full time. There's often a reaction when something…
Jul 16, 2016
Musings on Teaching Calculus Again
I am teaching calculus again this fall after a few months off from teaching. This will be interesting. Last spring I taught calculus for the first time and it was the first…
Jul 14, 2016
Again, I am Going to Mars...
Society's 2016 Convention. Following up on the principles I outlined in my talk from last year on governing future Martian colonies, this year I will be outlining the complexity of funding public…