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Reece Althoff
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Published in Python in Plain English

·Sep 1, 2021

Plotting a Waffle with Python

Why? Pie might be delicious, but Pie charts are horrible. The Scenario The business team wanted to see costs broken out by category. The problem? Over 20 categories in the data. Also, the solution had to work within the confines of Power BI and Power BI Service. …

Programming

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Plotting a Waffle with Python
Plotting a Waffle with Python
Programming

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Apr 10, 2021

Another Apriori Article but With a Small Twist…

Your boss wants to know the estimated financial impact of doing a product promotion and gives you a big file of transaction data. Now what? — There are already a lot of good articles on the details of Apriori. I am going to mainly focus on a realistic business scenario that might come up around the application of Apriori and Market Basket Analysis. But it doesn’t hurt to do a quick and high-level refresher on the…

Data Science

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Another Apriori Article but With a Small Twist…
Another Apriori Article but With a Small Twist…
Data Science

5 min read


Published in Python in Plain English

·Mar 3, 2021

Hacking (ish) Matplotlib

Getting a little creative with Python data visualization using Seaborn and Matplotlib to deliver something a little different. — I use the term hacking loosely here but technically it’s correct. I needed to produce a something that wasn’t readily built in to the core of Matplotlib or Seaborn and get by just passing some argument. But if you want to be pedantic, its just a clever workaround. Feel free…

Data Visualization

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Hacking Matplotlib
Hacking Matplotlib
Data Visualization

5 min read


Published in Python in Plain English

·Dec 16, 2020

Create Your Own Door Monitor with Python + Raspberry Pi

We had a closet in our old house that we do not want our young boys in for a few reasons — one of them being it was a great spot for hiding gifts. So a while back when I was just getting my feet wet with Python, I wrote…

Python

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Create Your Own Door Monitor with Python + Raspberry Pi
Create Your Own Door Monitor with Python + Raspberry Pi
Python

5 min read


Published in Python in Plain English

·Nov 6, 2020

Python + PuLP: A Simple Logistics Optimization Example

PuLP for Python is an optimization tool like the Excel Solver (COIN-OR PuLP). I had a use case that didn’t quite fit the out of the box examples provided by the writers of this awesome python package. …

Python

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Python + Pulp Optimization: A Simple Logistics Example
Python + Pulp Optimization: A Simple Logistics Example
Python

6 min read


Published in Python in Plain English

·Feb 22, 2020

Monte Carlo Simulation and the Game of Trouble (Using Python)

We introduced my 4-year-old son to the classic game of Trouble somewhat recently and he turned out to be probably the luckiest person ever with the game. …

Python

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Monte Carlo Simulation and the Game of Trouble (Using Python)
Monte Carlo Simulation and the Game of Trouble (Using Python)
Python

2 min read

Reece Althoff

Reece Althoff

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Data Scientist // Nerd // Sawdust Maker @ https://althoffwoodshop.com

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