Category Archives: Data Science

Decision-Centric vs Data-Driven

Posted on April 8, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25% of chief data and analytics officer vision statements will become “decision-centric”, surpassing “data-driven” slogans, as human decision-making behaviors are modeled to improve Data &Analytics value. Link Arash Aghlara goes further suggesting that Data & … Continue reading →

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User-Facing Analytics

Posted on May 30, 2022 by decisionmanagementcommunity

There is an increasing need to unleash analytical capabilities directly to the end users to democratize decision making. This “User-Facing Analytics” is a new frontier that will shape the products of tomorrow and push the limits of existing technology. It … Continue reading →

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New book by Peter Norvig

Posted on May 27, 2022 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Peter Norvig and co-authors have completed a textbook, “Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities.” A complete draft is freely available at datascienceincontext.com

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Common Misconceptions About Analytics

Posted on August 20, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In her Aug 14 post, Cassie Kozyrkov, the Head of Decision Intelligence at Google, analyzes three common misconceptions about analytics: Analytics is statistics. (No.) Analytics is data journalism / marketing / storytelling. (No.)  Analytics is decision-making. (No!) and then describes … Continue reading →

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Association Rule Mining

Posted on June 24, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Users who bought this… Also bought this…‘ can be considered as the statement of this generation. There is not a single shopping application not showcasing this feature to gain more from the buyers. We humans always look for more similar … Continue reading →

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What a good modern data analyst has to master

Posted on May 16, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andriy Burkov, ML at Gartner and author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book, shares what a good modern data analyst has to master:

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Data Science vs. Decision Science

Posted on May 9, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Data Science Central posted this interesting comparison: “Data scientist is a specialist involved in finding insights from data after this data has been collected, processed, and structured by data engineer. Decision scientist considers data as a tool to make decisions … Continue reading →

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Data Integration for Decision Management

Posted on April 25, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Integration with data is key to a successful decision application: Decision Management Systems (DMS) benefit from leveraging data to develop, test and optimize high value decisions. The latest Carlos Serrano‘s post focuses on the usage of data by the DMS … Continue reading →

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Data Science Dead in 5 Years or Less?

Posted on July 11, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Justin B. Dickerson just published an article with the above title (without a question mark): “Did I get your attention? I hope so because we’re facing a significant problem in the data science market that no one is talking about.” … Continue reading →

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