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Sean Salleh is a data scientist with experience in guiding marketing strategy from building marketing mix models, forecasting models, scenario planning models, and algorithms. He is passionate about consumer technologies and resource management. He has master's degrees in Operations Research from University of California Irvine and Mathematics from Northeastern University.

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07/17/2013 | Blogs, Business & finance, Risk & uncertainty

Risk management: fish, finance & tradeoffs

Eating fish is good for you, isn’t it? Yes. And No. While fish are valuable nutritionally, especially the ones rich in omega-3 fatty acids, they may also contain methylmercury.

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07/16/2013 | Blogs, Risk & uncertainty

When will it be ready? Monte Carlo analysis for schedules

You may be able to throw more money and people at a project, even if it’s not always advisable. But time? When time’s gone, it’s gone. To help plan and track project schedules, …

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07/15/2013 | Blogs, Portfolio management, Risk & uncertainty

Risk analysis in project management

The first challenge in understanding risk analysis in project management is to nail the definition of risk analysis. International standards like ISO 31000 notwithstanding, …

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07/13/2013 | Blogs

Does decision tree software soften your brain?

Rely on anything too much and you’ll end up sacrificing some ability. Kids with calculators are prime examples: ask them to add two and two, and watch those fingers fly around …

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07/12/2013 | Blogs, Energy & power, Environment & climate

Renewable energy analysis and the bottom line

Sun, wind and biomass are the renewable energy sources that often come to mind, with geothermal, tidal and hydropower as further choices. The fear about fossil fuels running …

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07/10/2013 | Blogs

Computer industry analysis: catching the next wave

The computer industry is projected to be worth $253 billion in 2017 (and that’s just the personal computer industry). When analyzing such a huge and sprawling industry, …

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07/09/2013 | Blogs, Risk & uncertainty

What everyone should know about risk assessment

What is the minimum amount of knowledge that professionals should have about risk assessment, given the vast size of this field? Risk affects reputations, safety, profitability …

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07/08/2013 | Blogs

Data center capacity planning & modeling

What goes around comes around. Do you know how old virtualization is really? Although it’s a buzzword today thanks to the rapid growth of cloud computing and vendors …

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