116Explain the Kalman filter and state-space models. What are the predict and update steps actually doing?▼hardNVIDIAAppleUber1 replies◆ premiumThe Kalman filter is optimal Bayesian tracking under linear-Gaussian assumptions, and it amounts to two steps repeated forever. The signal is explaining what the gain trades off and when the assumptions break. Here is the answer.Open full answer →
31What is the QUALIFY clause, and how does it simplify filtering on window functions?▼mediumSnowflakeDatabricksGoogle1 replies◆ premiumWHERE cannot reference a window function, so people resort to wrapping queries in subqueries. QUALIFY filters on window output directly. The signal is explaining why WHERE fails and writing top-N-per-group cleanly.Open full answer →