Training

Pre-conference

Pre-conference training prices are included in the Conference Packages, which include the price of the conference plus either 2 or 3 days of training. When registering, select your desired conference package, and then select the training classes you'd like to attend.

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In addition to the Analytics 2012 pre-conference training, SAS is bringing 13 of its most popular analytics courses to Europe, April - October 2012. View the schedule for the SAS Advanced Analytics European Tour.

Data Mining

Data Mining Techniques: Theory and Practice

This course is based on the newly revised and expanded book, Data Mining Techniques for Marketing, Sales and Customer Relationship Management. This course is for business analysts and their managers, statisticians, and anyone who has a professional interest in data mining.
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Monday - Wednesday, June 11-13

Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner

Designed for data analysts and qualitative experts as well as those with less of a technical background who want a general understanding of data mining, this course provides an introduction to data mining and an extensive hands-on experience with Enterprise Miner software.
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Monday - Wednesday, June 11-13

Customer Segmentation Using SAS Enterprise Miner

This course is designed for business analysts, managers, marketers and programmers who are interested in understanding and applying both attitudinal and behavioral segmentation tools and techniques on their customer databases.
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Monday - Wednesday, June 11-13

Text Mining

Text Analytics with SAS Text Miner

This course covers the functionality of SAS Text Miner software, which is a separately licensed component available for SAS Enterprise Miner. In this course, you will learn to use SAS Text Miner to uncover underlying themes or concepts contained in large document collections, automatically group documents into topical clusters, classify documents into predefined categories, and integrate text data with structured data to enrich predictive modeling endeavors.
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Tuesday - Wednesday, June 12-13

Forecasting

Forecasting Using SAS Forecast Server Software

This course prepares you to generate large volumes of forecasts automatically using the SAS Forecast Studio interactive interface. You learn to manage default settings to improve forecast accuracy, produce forecasts and reconcile them across hierarchies, and produce forecasts in an appropriate form for integration with a business intelligence solution. The course is designed for business analysts and others who want to create business forecasts using SAS Forecast Server. The course is appropriate for analysts in any industry, including retail, financial services, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.
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Tuesday - Wednesday, June 12-13

Operations Research

Building and Solving Optimization Models with SAS/OR

This course focuses on formulating and solving mathematical optimization using the OPTMODEL procedure, from inputting data to interpreting output and generating reports. The course covers linear, integer, mixed- integer, and nonlinear programming problems, with an emphasis on model formulation and construction.
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Monday - Wednesday, June 11-13