CutoffPredictor: avoiding service interruptions with machine learning

As an Insight Fellow, I recently completed a consulting project for Valor Water Analytics. The business problem is this: utility companies deal with substantial time lags between dispensing a resource (e.g., water) to customers, and receiving payment. Customers whose payments are up to a month late receive a late fee. If more than a month …

Finding patterns in the world around us

Ted Bohn is a Data Scientist and a Research Scientist in Hydrology at Arizona State University.Updating failedTed Bohn is a Data Scientist and a Research Scientist in Hydrology at Arizona State University. The world is complex and chaotic. At times it seems downright unpredictable. But just under the surface, patterns lurk everywhere. With enough tenacity, …