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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Descriptive analytics: Descriptive analytics evaluates the quantities and qualities of a dataset. A content streaming provider will often use descriptive analytics to understand how many subscribers it has lost or gained over a given period and what content is being watched.

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Prescriptive Analytics: An Introduction

DataRobot Blog

Where descriptive analytics reveals what has happened in the past, prescriptive analytics delivers insight into optimizing future decisions. As data-driven organizations mature, they will begin to apply prescriptive analytics. by Jen Underwood. Read More.

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AIOps reimagines hybrid multicloud platform operations

IBM Big Data Hub

The AIOps engine is focused on addressing four key things: Descriptive analytics to show what happened in an environment. Predictive analytics to show what will happen next. Prescriptive analytics to show how to achieve or prevent the prediction. Diagnostics to show why it happened.

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Improve Underwriting Using Data and Analytics

Cloudera

The next step leads to performing exploratory, descriptive analytics, “why is this happening,” and so on. Finally, the end goal is to enable proactive, predictive analytics — “what if” — using applied ML and AI to better predict what will happen and recommend actions to prevent or manage activities as necessary.

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Prescriptive Analytics – a Winning Bet for Casinos

BizAcuity

The need for prescriptive analytics. Prescriptive analytics is the area of business analytics (BA) dedicated to finding the best course of action for a given situation.

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Disrupt and Innovate in a Data-Driven World

Cloudera

Gain improved intelligence on operating context and needs through expanded use of descriptive analytics techniques. The post Disrupt and Innovate in a Data-Driven World appeared first on Cloudera Blog.

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Alation Connected Sheets Brings Trust to Spreadsheets

Alation

Spreadsheets dominate the activities of gathering and preparing data, and performing descriptive analytics. Subscribe to Alation's Blog. Or they don’t have the technical skill to extract, cleanse, or transform data they need. Spreadsheets are dark matter. However, time spent in spreadsheets is often ineffective.