numberFire handles part of its predictive data modeling using Excel macros
Nick Walter · Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #9 // Nov 2012 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 13:46
Nick Walter is speaking on behalf of sports analytics startup NumberFire at Data Driven NYC in 2012, discussing early-stage engineering choices and resource limitations.
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“It's done on one hand, a lot of Python into R on one hand. Another part of it is actually done in Excel in a series of macros done by our chief analyst.”
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