A Random Forest Example of the Boston Housing Data using Base SAS® and the PROC_R macro in SAS® Enterprise Guide - Melvin Alexander
This presentation uses the Boston Housing data to call and execute R code from the Base SAS environment to create a Random Forest. SAS makes it possible to run R code via SAS/IML®, SAS/IML Studio®, or SAS/Viya® as described by Gilsen (2018). Interfacing R with these other SAS modules requires separate installations that incur additional costs. R has a rich set of machine learning and text mining packages, and advanced graphic capabilities and complements SAS. This presentation will demonstrate the R and Base SAS integration to create a Random Forest using the %PROC_R macro of Wei (2012). Melvin Alexander is a retired Statistical Quality Engineering Analytician from Greensboro, NC. He has presented numerous papers at JMP® and SAS® Users Group meetings and conferences. He was the Academic Chair for the SESUG 2023 Conference and is the Secretary for SESUG. He earned a master’s degree in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina, and has used SAS since 1976.
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024 Time: Noon - 1:00 PM ET Place: Online Cost: Free! However, please register by Tuesday, September 10 in order to receive the webinar link. Webinar information will be sent out on Wednesday, September 11.
Say sayonara to the old SAS developer portal. We recently shut it down. The new portal is live and has a new home. The old and new sites were living side by side while we finished up some development work. Now visiting developer.sas.com will take you to the new site. We're excited to introduce you to the new site and we're dedicating the September edition of the SAS Bowl to it.
Game Details
The SAS Support Community trivia event, SAS Bowl XLIII, The New SAS Developer Portal is scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, at 10 AM ET.
Register for the event and receive an invite to a Microsoft Teams meeting and a calendar event.
On game day, join the Teams meeting and access the game here.
More on the Developer Portal
First, what is a developer portal? According to Pronovix, "A developer portal - often shortened to devportal - is the interface between a set of APIs, SDKs, or other interactive digital tools and their various stakeholders." Who uses a developer portal? Well, developers, including web, application, mobile and open source developers. But in the case of SAS, we also cater to data scientists, business analysts, administrators, and professors and students. In other words the portal has something for everyone.
What will you find on the SAS developer portal. First and foremost, API documentation. But there's much more. We identified hundreds of use case, resources for open source and SAS programmers, SDKs, other SAS technologies and solutions, and finally links to the SAS Developers Community and GitHub. It's truly a comprehensive, one-stop shopping experience.
Below are portal-related resources we'll use to create questions for the game.
developer.sas.com - link to the portal itself
SAS launches a revamped developer portal - blog post on blogs.sas.com
Relaunch of the SAS Developer Portal - SAS Developer Community library article
SAS Bowl and event details
For those who may be new to the SAS Bowl, you can find game history and specifics in this Community memo. There you'll also find links to previous events, which include recordings.
Register for the event and receive an invite with game details and a Teams meeting link. On game day, Join the TEAMS meeting to play, and show off your SAS and worldly knowledge while competing for bragging rights and SAS Community game gear.
