Big Data provides big challenges, even for experts in advanced analytics and operations research. In this segment...
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operations podcasts
Healthcare analytics: Hospitals and Obamacare
Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act – dubbed Obamacare by detractors and supporters alike – will become the law...
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One of the challenges for an expert in any specialized field is explaining highly technical information to internal...
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5 Pillars of Prescriptive Analytics
In an era when unstructured data from video and other formats is becoming increasingly available for examination, the...
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Blackett: WWWII’s Indispensable Man
English physicist Patrick Blackett had served in the Royal Navy during WWI, leaving to study physics at Cambridge. He...
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Bright Contrast in Roles of OR and Analytics
Sure operations research and analytics are connected. But when it comes down to professional skills - the hard...
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Advertising and Presidential Campaigns
Some Americans might find relief and delight in eliminating TV ads from presidential campaigns. But the effect of...
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Forrester Research on Predictive Analytics Solutions
Big Data is creating big opportunities – and also big challenges for executives and managers at companies who have...
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Sentiment Analytics: What Does the Blogosphere Think?
If you're in government, product marketing, or any field that craves insight into what the public feels, you probably...
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Brainstorming with Ralph Keeney
The traditional method of brainstorming is great for generating ideas - up to a point. With its time limit and lack...
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Marketing Analytics: A Must for Retailers and Manufacturers
If you discovered a technology that could increase your return on assets by as much as 15% wouldn’t you adopt it?...
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Big Data: Extracting the Value
Big Data is becoming a source of new insights, growth, profit, and better customer service – for organizations that...
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With memories of the terror attacks of Sepember 11, 2001 now receding, the threat of future attacks remains real. At...
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Forecasting the U.S. Presidential Election
Pollsters predict a neck-and-neck contest between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Governor Mitt...
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Michael Lewis may have created a sensation around sports analytics in his bestseller and the movie starring Brad...
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Moving to a pay per click system in online advertising, especially if that means pay per sale, was meant to reduce...
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Mystery of Dying Industry Giants
Almost half the industry leaders cited in the 1982 best-seller "In Search of Excellence" no longer exist or are badly...
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Does American Manufacturing Have a Future?
American manufacturing is doing better than many pundits credit, and it can grow still further - but will American...
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Experts in analytics and operations research have long argued that you cannot properly understand a phenomenon unless...
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In the B2B environment, social media has risen to a whole new importance for marketers. In a preview of her...
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