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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. Analytics, Data Science

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Disrupt and Innovate in a Data-Driven World

Cloudera

The private sector already very successfully uses data analytics and machine learning not only to realise efficiency gains but also – even more importantly – to create completely new services and business models. Identify those most at risk or most affected by a problem more accurately by using predictive analytics.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 10

Domino Data Lab

Clearly, when we work with data and machine learning, we’re swimming in those waters of decision-making under uncertainty. I recall a “Data Drinkup Group” gathering at a pub in Palo Alto, circa 2012, where I overheard Pete Skomoroch talking with other data scientists about Kahneman’s work.