Business Problem: Consider a case where we only have 4 readings with each one taken an hour apart. By using data at each minute we are able to increase our sample size to 240. We are not increasing the number of samples, but the statistical calculation is done as if we have, and so the number of degrees of freedom for the significance test is incorrectly increased and a spurious conclusion is reached. This is one of primary causes of "spurious correlation".

Presentation: Planning the Final Mile of the Supply Chain at Anheuser-Busch, presented at the IBF conference February 23 & 24, 2004. How Anheuser-Busch partnered with a major retail grocery chain to create orders for individual stores.

Business Problem:In-Stock conditions not maximized and inventories at retail too large. The heart of the solution to improving in-stock conditions and minimizing inventories lies in the ability to accurately forecast demand for products at retail.

Business Problem: Increased losses on credit card charge due to bankruptcy or non payment With the economic slowdown and the unemployment rate, financial institutions are facing new challenges to maintain good financial health.

Presentation: The process of discovering new causal variables: Is unpredictable. Driven by gleaning patterns from historical forecast errors and outliers identified by Autobox. Often leads to causal variables we didn't know existed.