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The Power of Graph Databases, Linked Data, and Graph Algorithms

Rocket-Powered Data Science

But it is not a failure — its actual success (and positive ROI) is discovered by the graph analytics algorithm through the transitive relationship between the marketing campaign and the final customer purchase, through an intermediary (entity-in-the-middle)! The campaign looks like a failure. community detection ).

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A Guide to Data Analytics in the Travel Industry

Alation

How is data analytics used in the travel industry? The travel and tourism industry can use predictive, descriptive, and prescriptive analytics to make data-driven decisions that ultimately enhance revenue, mitigate risk, and increase efficiencies.

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Three Types of Actionable Business Analytics Not Called Predictive or Prescriptive

Rocket-Powered Data Science

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?

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Biggest Trends in Data Visualization Taking Shape in 2022

Smart Data Collective

What is the cost and ROI of Data Virtualization? The ROI is obtained by savings in the cost of hardware, software, storage, development and maintenance. Prescriptive analytics. Data Virtualization integrates with ESBs and enables real-time deployment of Data Services in SOA implementations. In forecasting future events.

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Analytics Translator? Citizen Data Scientist? What is the Difference?

Smarten

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)?

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The Gartner 2021 Leadership Vision for Data & Analytics Leaders Webinar Q&A

Andrew White

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. Yes, prescriptive and predictive analytics remain very popular with clients. For things like data science labs there is no ROI.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

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).