Anyone who has worked in retail knows the anxiety that attends workforce scheduling for both manager and employee. The manager wonders “Will my employees show up at the right times?” The employee wonders “Will I be scheduled for inconvenient times? Enough hours? Too many hours?” The ability of Uber and Lyft to attract drivers, despiteContinue reading “Workforce Management”
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The Curse of Dimensionality
There are more than 3 dozen curses in Harry Potter. Data scientists have only one – the “curse of dimensionality.” Dimensionality is the number of predictors or input variables in a model, and the “curse” refers to the problems that result from including too many features (predictor variables) in a model. Old curses are awakenedContinue reading “The Curse of Dimensionality”