Forecasting Lessons from Heathrow’s Snowpocalypse
As evidenced by lessons learned from the Heathrow Winter Resilience Inquiry, when it comes to accurately forecasting future events, it’s…
Play Ball! NJIT Professor Uses Math Analytics to Project 2011 MLB Winners
Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves will take the…
First Look – Eagle Eye Analytics
Eagle Eye Analytics is an analytics company offering advanced predictive modeling to the Property and Casualty insurance market. The company…
Why Predicting the Future is So Darn Difficult
Predicting the future is difficult—just ask George Soros. While Soros is often celebrated for the $1 billion profit he made…
Discussing a Proposal for a Decision Modeling Notation
Warning –this is a post about a standards process so there are a fair number of abbreviations – I tried…
Data Mining and Predictive Analytics Contest Has a $3 Million Prize
In a post earlier this year entitled, “Data Mining Improved Company’s Revenue By 187%,” we described how the knowledge that…
Talk Analytics with Executives – Revisited
Analysts often complain that their work has little impact on decision-making. Seems ridiculous, doesn’t it? Businesses invest in analytics resources,…
NCAA Bracketology and Other Sports Analytics Winners
My all-star pick in this year’s March Madness may never touch the hardwood. He’s Wayne Winston. He is a math…
The New Quantitative Era: Creating Successful Business Change with Analytics
Tom Davenport kicked off the second day of Predictive Analytics World with a keynote on the new era of quantitative,…
