SEUGI 1997
Madrid, Spain
May 13 - 16, 1997
Conference Proceedings
All documents are in PDF format.
Topics:
Applications Development
Business Visualisation
Customer Relationship Management
Data Mining
Financial Management
Management Overview
Pharmaceutical
Posters
Statistics
Systems
Systems Architecture
Technical Showcase
Warehouse Exploitation Banking
Warehouse Exploitation Business Reporting
Warehouse Exploitation Insurance
Warehouse Exploitation Internet and Intranet
Warehouse Exploitation Manufacturing
Warehouse Exploitation Public Sector
Warehouse Exploitation SAP Access
Warehouse Exploitation Telecommunications
Warehouse Technologies
Y2K: The Millenium Problem?
Applications Development
The Use of the Data Table to Develop New Variables for Customer Selection
Martin Beasley, Readers Digest European Systems; Richard Cannon, Richard Cannon Systems
Using EIS and OLE to explore consumer research data
Kate Browning, Unilever Research Port Sunlight Laboratory UK
Extending a financial application with EIS capabilities and object orientation
Preparing a bank's balance sheet for OLAP applications
Jana Ficová, Investment and Development Bank
Linking business applications
Christine Prigent, Direction Générale des Impôts, Service de l'Organisation et de l'informatique, Bureau II B 3; François Michel, Direction Générale des Impôts, Service de l'Organisation et de l'informatique, Bureau II B 3; Josette Barazon, Direction Générale des Impôts, Service de l'Organisation et de l'informatique, Bureau II B 3
Analysing a bank's data using OLAP
Eva Micovska, Investment and Development Bank
Flexible financial reporting system - development tips using the latest SAS software techniques
Andrew Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Technical Services Limited; James Ochiai-Brown, SAS Institute UK
Object-oriented applications development at the Investment and Post Bank
Jiøina Rokosovà, INVESTIÈNÍ A POŠTOVNÍ BANKA, a.s.
Using SAS software to forecast the results of the Russian parliamentary and presidential elections
Igor Romanov, Research Centre “Kontour”
Development of a resource accounting system
Applications development tools
Christoph Sporleder, SAS Institute GmbH
%SUPLANA - a powerful SAS macro routine for survival analysis
Angelo Tinazzi, Mario Negri Institute Milan; Valter Torri
SASSEE- a software engineering environment for SAS software
Martin Studemund, Hoechst Marion Rouessel AG; Reiner Uhl, Hoechst Marion Rouessel AG; Robert N. Lemke-Noe, baTz DV Consulting GmbH; Wolf-Dieter Batz, baTz DV Consulting GmbH
Analytical information system for accident monitoring at the Russian transport
Andrey Grishel, Ministry of Railways Transport of Russia; Tatiana Voinova, Ministry of Railways Transport of Russia
Business Visualisation
AWACS flight data - NATO surveillance, using a warehouse and graphics to visualise flight data
Dario Nicolella, NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN; G.P.W van Tol, NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN
The tank battle of the 21st century
Customer Relationship Management
A customer profitability application for the board of managers
Christophe Baudet, Crédit Mutuel
Using lifestyle data to improve customer segmentation
Huw Davis, DATA by Design
Experiences with the management of score data using SAS software
Detlef Elxnat, Volkswagen Bank GmbH
Methodical aspects of response optimising in direct marketing
Michael Felsmann, SAZ Database Intelligence GmbH
Neural networks for business benefit
Michael Kerin, IMAJ Consulting Ltd
Customer relationship management using SAS software
Joanna Crosse, SAS UK; Julian Kulkarni, SAS Europe
Data Mining
Behavioural analysis of retail customers at Banca Commerciale Italiana
Flavio Addolorato, Banca Commerciale Italiana
Data Mining with The SAS System
Gerhard Held, SAS Institute Europe; John Brocklebank, SAS Institute Inc
Social network analysis using SAS/IML software
Efraim Darom, Bar Ilan University
Credit scoring at Vorwerk: the profit maximum is not the only goal
Elisenda Grau i Navarro, Consultant; Ralf Finger, INFORMATIONS WORKS GmbH
Segmentation using decision trees
Gerhard Held, SAS Institute Europe
Early experiences with neural networks or if capacity planners had artificial intelligence, they'd be dangerous
Neil McMenemy, The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Data Mining and SAS/SPECTRAVIEW software: a case study
Annie Postic, SAS Institute; Bengt Bengtsson, SAS Institute
Fuzzy Logic and SAS Software - Do they work together?
Markku Suni, Sampo Insurance Company
Financial Management
Managing financial reporting requirements
Financial planning and reporting system for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - a UK Government Department
Using SAS software in the financial management process
Christopher P. Gibley, Decision Technologies, L.L.C.; Janet R. Gibley, General Business Services; Raymond A. Gibley, General Business Services
EURO: the IT and business consequences of European Monetary Union
Richard King, SAS Institute Europe
Financial consolidation and reporting: the challenges and the solutions
Management Overview
The business case for improved management information
Martin Burge, Halifax General Insurance
ROI in DW: a fast return on investment in data warehousing
Jim Davis, SAS Institute; Thomas Emmerich, SAS Europe
Warehousing works
Oratio Gaigher, Old Mutual
How auditing the business process leads to bottom line benefits
The future of data warehousing
Sean Kelly, Data Warehouse Network
Pharmaceutical
HP Clinical, a software tool for faster and better checking of clinical data
Fredrik Hedvall, Astra Hässle AB; Per Haglund, Astra Hässle AB; Jesper Abrahamsson, Astra Hässle AB
Information delivery techniques used for standard analysis of clinical trials
Development of a fully prospective electronic submission for global dossiers
S. N. Maniscalco, Pfizer Central Research; S.D. Schlotzhauer, Schlotzhauer Consulting; Walter Hauck, Pfizer Central Research
A data management system for use in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology Industries
Ellen Krantz, Independent Consultant
Understanding and enforcing standards to promote efficiency
Meimei Ma, Quintiles; Sandra Schlotzhauer, Schlotzhauer Consulting
Using SAS software to fulfill an FDA request for database documentation
Adam Crisp, Glaxo Wellcome; Pantaleo Nacci, Glaxo Wellcome
Point-and-click data validation using SAS/AF software
Leif Puddefoot, Software Product Services Ltd
Conventional and unconventional graphs in SAS
Julia Singer, Chinoin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works Ltd
An integrated approach to validation of clinical data using SAS software
Mike Thomson, IBRD-ROSTRUM GLOBAL Limited
Posters
Data Modelling for an epidemiological database
Deborah Allon, University of Leeds; Paul Nicholson, University of Leeds
Gibbs sampling: simple examples
M. Ibañez, 1ETSI AGRONOMOS, UPM,; M. Talbot, BioSS; Ramón Alonso, 1ETSI AGRONOMOS, UPM,
The GDP forecast for the Slovak Republic
Josef Chajdiak, Economic university
Inter-rater agreement in medical studies: analysis tools within SAS software
Barbara Schneider, University of Vienna,
SPC system in steel works and control of the implemented SPC
Cinzia Amandonico, EUROSOFT; Franca Vicino, Centro Sviluppo Materiali; Stefano Conedera, Acciai Speciali Terni
Investigating likelihoods for lifetime distribution using SAS software
Alan J. Watkins, University of Wales
Statistics
An application and visualization tool for the exploratory analysis of lifetime data
Hans-Peter Altenburg, University of Heidelberg; Thomas Floren, University of Heidelberg
Construction of a consumer confidence index with the X11 Procedure from SAS/ETS
Hans Bay, Gallup, Denmark
An atlas of mortality in Europe
Bennie Bloemberg, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment; Gerda Doornbos, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
A genetic algorithm for improving a priori variables partition for risk segmentation in third party liability insurance
Alberto Busetto, RAS Insurance; Andrea Costa, RAS Insurance
Modelling of road deterioration including lifetime distribution and the Cox model
Emmanuel Courilleau, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
Comparison between different methods to estimate orders in ARIMA models
Dominique LADIRAY, INSEE, Département de la Recherche; Michel Grun-Rehomme, IUT, Département Statistique
A flexible menu-driven distributed database for micro data: from mainframe-via PC-to World Wide Web
Anders Kraftling, Statistics Sweden; Jan-Erik Tomth, Statistics Sweden; Lars Johnsson, Statistics Sweden
Challenge your business processes with SAS software tools
Pål Navestad, Phillips Petroleum Company
Analysing the incidence of Leukaemia in England and Wales
David Rowland, University of Leeds; Deborah Allon, University of Leeds; Paul Nicholson, University of Leeds; Richard McNally, University of Leeds
BMW (SA)-Where modelling for motoring is sensational with SAS!
Lize-Marie Verhoef, BMW (SA) Pty Ltd; Ria Pretorius, BMW (SA) Pty Ltd
Weighted Poisson Analysis à la Goodman using SAS software
Rian Vogelesang, Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
Systems
A web-centric info centre on the Alcatel intranet using ITSV (IT Service Vision)
Geert Buyse, Alcatel Bell
UNIX systems and LAN/WAN service level improvement
Camillo Clementi, TELESOFT S.p.A.; Candido Cese, TELESOFT S.p.A.
SAP R/3 performance management in the intranet of Braun AG: combining Web technology with SAS software
Hayo Hasselmann, Braun AG
Business-oriented management of service environments
Reint van der Torn, Getronics Software BV
Systems Architecture
Taking advantage of SAS software on Windows NT
Hans-Jochen Kirsten; Mark W. Cates, SAS Institute Inc.
Integrating Windows clients and SAS software into the enterprise
Gary Mehler, SAS Institute Inc.; Odd Petter Nythe, SAS Institute, Norway
Implementing a scaleable parallel interface between SAS and IBM's DB2 Parallel Edition on an IBM RS/6000 SP
Jim West, IBM RISC Division; Leigh Ihnen, SAS Institute Inc.
Technical Showcase
Programming for job security: tips &techniques to maximize your indispensibility
An internet information counter
Luciano Cococcia, Regione Abruzzo
How to get good P-values for your money
Hans de Vos, Tilburg University
Improving security under Racf 2.1 for MVS/ESA 520 with SAS in client/server mode
ODBC and SAS, a focus in interfacing with MS-Access
Peter Haems, SPS (Europe) NV
Using SAS/SHARE software more efficiently
Philip Raymond Holland, Holland Numerics Ltd
Displaying non-visual objects using the model-view architecture
Michel Lehon, Ariane II S.A.
Procedure for stamping source file information on SAS output
Breda O'Connor, ICON Clinical Research; Elizabeth Molloy, ICON Clinical Research
A multi-level logical drill down application based on trend data output from PROC GLM
Do it yourself: tips and tricks in building your own application using SAS macro language
Angelo Tinazzi, Mario Negri Institute
The correction of wrong results obtained with the "Agree"option in PROC FREQ for contingency tables with empty rows and columns
Richard Vonk, Schering AG; Werner Wierich, PAREXEL GmbH
A tabulation interface
Andrew Wilcox, Amadeus Software Ltd.
Warehouse Exploitation Banking
Presentation: A branch management information system at Kredietbank: using rapid MDDB implementation and exploitation
Francis Steelandt, Laco I.S.; Philippe Beyé, Kredietbank
Paper: branch management information system at Kredietbank: using rapid MDDB implementation and exploitation
Francis Steelandt, Laco I.S.; Philippe Beyé, Kredietbank
A bank warehouse including a ,customer mirror': getting information about customer and product profitability
Jaroslaw Remesz, Bank Rozwoju Eksportu SA
A customer MIS in banking
Dominique Rudin, Swiss Bank Corporation
Implementation of data warehouse and reporting at Fokus Bank
Håvar Wold, AS/Coopers &Lybrand Consulting ANS
Warehouse Exploitation Business Reporting
Opening the warehouse for business
Warehouse Exploitation Insurance
Data mining in the banking and insurance industry
Juan- Ramón Amat- Barras, NorSistemas
An application by for the multidimensional analysis of insurance premiums
E. Richieri, Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.; Massimo Biancotto, Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.; S. S.Trivellato, Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
Managing an insurance portfolio for profit and growth
Harold Clarke, Bacon &Woodrow; Keith Chandler, Bacon &Woodrow
Neural Networks by “Profit Line”
Charles Oppenheim, Profit Line
Going from APL to SAS/EIS
The benefits of data warehousing in Holmia
Staffan Wadström, Holmia Insurance Company
Warehouse Exploitation Internet and Intranet
Interactive Telematic Counter
Luciano Cococcia, Regione Abruzzo
Experiences with SAS software and the Internet at Volvo Data
Johan Jerresand, Niklas Data Group; Katarina Floberg, Volvo Data Corporation
SAS, the Internet and the new decision support systems
Rui Alexandre Henriques Gonçalves
Data warehousing and reporting through the Internet/intranet in a transport company using SAS software
Michael Jensen, IBM Global Services; Ralph Eriksen, IBM Global Services
Exploiting the internet: current technologies and future directions
An intranet approach to generating, distributing and managing metadata using SAS software
Kristien Smets, LACO Information Services NV; Tom Tollenaere, LACO Information Services NV
Customer profitability analysis using a data warehouse and intranet
Jukka Virtanen, VALIO LTD
Warehouse Exploitation Manufacturing
What is the profit on Spanish corn sold in Germany? Management information and sales reporting at Danisco
Kjeld Andreasen, Danisco Foods
Monitoring the market using a data warehouse and a decision support system
Leena Heikkinen, Rautaruukki
Following up production at Arjo Wiggins: an EIS data warehouse solution in a client/server environment
Bernard Pirali, ArianeII S.A; Christian Leleux; Eric Volcher, ArianeII S.A
The development of enterprise information systeme
Imrich Weigl, PROTAGON informatika; Stanislav Klabník, PROTAGON informatika
Warehouse Exploitation Public Sector
Delivering prompt and reliable information to the Brazilian Federal Government: a data warehouse solution
Data warehousing and modelling: 2nd phase of the Hungarian Tax Administration modernisation project for information services
Károly Brüll, Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Office (APEH)
Introduction of a SAS Data Warehouse
Henrik Dahl, Danish Ministry of Health; Pernille Christensen, Danish Ministry of Health; Poul Erik Hansen, Danish Ministry of Health
The National Bank of Poland's warehouse-based reporting system
Jolanta Czerwinska, Narodowy Bank Polski
Social security benefits: using a warehouse to forecast and monitor social change
Sandy Fitzpatrick, Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services; Stephen Donnelly, Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services
Social security benefits: using a warehouse to forecast and monitor social change
Sandy Fitzpatrick, Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services; Stephen Donnelly, Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services
Using a data warehouse for management control in a large hospital structure
Roberto Gregori, Azienda Ospedaliera-Arcispedale S.Anna
A system for managing economic databases
Helena Pompushko, Bank of Israel
Warehouse Exploitation SAP Access
Using SAS/ACCESS to SAP/R3: a practical experience
Hans Hulpiau, SOLID PARTNERS
Warehouse Exploitation Telecommunications
A real reporting system to senior management in telecommunications using a data warehouse
Ivano Dei Giudici, SAS Institute Italia; Marco Carlettino, TELECOM ITALIIA S.p.A.
1998 - liberalisation in the telecommunications industry
Richard King, SAS Institute Europe
Warehouse Technologies
The data warehouse strategy of SPAR Handels AG
Peter Albrecht, SPAR Handels AG
SAS/Warehouse Administrator: principles, practice and future directions
Scott Anderson, SAS Institute Inc.; Terry Lewis, SAS Institute Inc.
RAMP' up your storage options - strategies for warehouse repositories
Thomas Becker, SAS Institute Inc.
SPDS – The Scalable Performance Data Server
Thomas Becker, SAS Institute Inc.
Trickle feed update of SAS Data Warehouses from ADABAS protection log tapes
Stuart Birch, Information Delivery Systems
Loading a data warehouse from various database systems
THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL IN A LARGE HOSPITAL STRUCTURE SAS/EIS AS SERVICE FOR SANITARY MANAGEMENT
Roberto Gregori, Azienda Ospedaliera-Arcispedale S.Anna
Data warehouse on a host platform
The strategic challenge of building robust large-scale enterprise data warehouses and data marts
Controlling information delivery: A strategy for IT infrastructure
Peter J. Jansen, Tax Administration of the Netherlands
Experience gained implementing a data warehouse at a large retail company
Anders Lissola, Niklas Data AB
Using DSDM (Dynamic System Develop Method) to implement your data warehouse - quickly, efficiently and for maximum return
Kevin Moug, Newell &Budge
Client/server solutions in data warehouse applications
Attila Papp, KFKI ISYS Computing Ltd.; Zoltán Németh, KFKI ISYS Computing Ltd.
How to set up a multidimensional data warehouse in a banking environment
Gyorgyi Virgula, Inter-Európa Bank
Y2K: the millenium problem?
SAS and the year 2000
Tony Payne, SAS Institute Inc.