Getting started with business analytics : insightful decision-making /

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Author / Creator:Hardoon, David Roi.
Imprint:Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
Description:xiv, 176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9129817
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Other authors / contributors:Shmueli, Galit, 1971-
ISBN:9781439896532 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1439896534 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. Introduction to Business Analytics
  • 1. The Paradigm Shift
  • 1.1. From Data to Insight
  • 1.2. From Business Intelligence to Business Analytics
  • 1.3. Levels of "Intelligence"
  • 2. The Business Analytics Cycle
  • 2.2. Objective
  • 2.2. Data
  • 2.3. Analytic Tools and Methods
  • 2.4. Implementation
  • 2.5. Guiding Questions
  • 2.6. Requirements for Integrating Business Analytics
  • 2.7. Common Questions
  • II. Date Mining and Data Analytics
  • 3. Date Mining in a Nutshell
  • 3.2. What Is Data Mining?
  • 3.2. Predictive Analytics
  • 3.3. Forecasting
  • 3.4. Optimization
  • 3.5. Simulation
  • 4. From Date Mining to Data Analytics
  • 4.1. Network Analytics
  • 4.2. Text Analytics
  • III. Business Analytics
  • 5. Customer Analytics
  • 5.1. "Know Thy Customer"
  • 5.2. Targeting Customers
  • 5.3. Project Suggestions
  • 6. Social Analytics
  • 6.1. Customer Satisfaction
  • 6.2. Mining Online Buzz
  • 6.3. Project Suggestions
  • 7. Operational Analytics
  • 7.1. Inventory Management
  • 7.2. Marketing Optimization
  • 7.3. Predictive Maintenance
  • 7.4. Human Resources & Workforce Management
  • 7.5. Project Suggestions
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index