Rocket-Powered Data Science

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Decades (at least) of business analytics writings have focused on the power, perspicacity, value, and validity in deploying predictive and prescriptive analytics for business forecasting and optimization, respectively. How do predictive and prescriptive analytics fit into this statistical framework?

Business Analytics 157

Business Analytics Prescriptive Analytics Analytics Diagnostic Analytics 157

Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 13, 2021

How is Data Virtualization performance optimized? The best Data Virtualization platforms employ performance optimization techniques such as intelligent caches, task scheduling, delegation to sources, query optimization, asynchronous and parallel execution, etc., What is the cost and ROI of Data Virtualization?

Visualization 135

Visualization Cost-Benefit Big Data Prescriptive Analytics 135

Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

As an industry with tight margins, travel and tourism companies can use analytics to detect trends that help them reduce costs, decide future product and service offerings, and develop successful business strategies. Some companies struggle to optimize their data’s value and leverage analytics effectively.

Data Analytics 52

Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven Big Data 52

Smarten

APRIL 11, 2018

Gartner defines a Citizen Data Scientist as ‘a person who creates or generates models that leverage predictive or prescriptive analytics but whose primary job function is outside of the field of statistics and analytics.’ What is a Citizen Data Scientist (Citizen Analyst)? A power user of self-serve BI tools.

Analytics 40

Analytics Prescriptive Analytics Business Intelligence ROI 40

Jet Global

MAY 1, 2023

Return on Investment Now we bring it all together to calculate the ROI on embedded analytics. Costs: The investment in developing and maintaining the solution. “-1”: The formula assures that a positive ROI is achieved only when benefits exceed the costs. Benefits: The combination of strategic benefits (e.g., cost reduction).

Analytics 52

Analytics Cost-Benefit Visualization Dashboards 52

Andrew White

JANUARY 11, 2021

For a time, I believed simulation was more useful a capability than optimization, at the time that larger firms were seeking optimization solutions. On end user clients calls, are you hearing a greater focus on use cases and greater need for prescriptive analytics, ex marketing analytics, sales analytics, healthcare, etc.

Data Analytics 52

Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven Finance 52