Estimating geographical retail markets from card spending data
Imagine your local groceries store had a small but notable price change. You probably would not consider switching to a…
ScannerAI – Advancing Receipt Data Processing with AI
Introduction The Data Science Campus (DSC) are actively developing a tool, which aims to significantly improve the efficiency of processing…
BBC micro:bit playground survey results
The BBC micro:bit playground survey was designed as an opportunity for primary school children aged 7 to 11, to learn about data and computer coding. Using
ParliAI – using AI tools to monitor parliamentary coverage of the ONS across the UK
Introduction As part of understanding user need, monitoring parliamentary coverage is an important way to understand how people use Office…
Transport Performance: A reproducible and reusable toolkit for measuring transport network performances internationally
We have built a new, open-source toolkit for measuring the performance of urban centre transport networks
Bus reliability – analysing the morning travel peak across England
We have explored the feasibility of using open data to analyse local transport performance. In this publication we demonstrate how to produce hyperlocal bus service coverage and punctuality metrics.
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Read more on A data science approach to estimate the use of natural spaces: a feasibility studyUsing large language models (LLMs) to improve website search experience with StatsChat
We have been exploring how NLP techniques and LLMs could be used in the future to improve website search experience for end-users.
Read more on Using large language models (LLMs) to improve website search experience with StatsChatComparing international transport performance in urban centres: upcoming work
We are planning to follow up on previous work we published earlier this year looking at public transport availability across the UK, by providing metrics for urban centres across the UK, as well as their international counterparts.
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