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Introduction to Business Analytics
OPS 370
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Business Analytics
• Use of:– Data– Quantitative Analysis– Predictive and Prescriptive Models
• Leading to:– Fact-Based Decision Making
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Moneyball
• Analytics Used by Oakland A’s
• "The statistics enabled you to find your way past all sorts of sight-based scouting prejudices.“
• Discard previous “important” stats in favor of better ones…
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Netflix
• Used Analytics via Netflix Prize
• Goal: Improve In-House Movie Recommendation System by 10%
• Winning Team Won $1 Million Prize
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Sentiment from Twitter
• Tweets About Apple
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Big Data• Difficult to Precisely Define• “Big Data is what happened when the cost of
keeping information (data) became less than the cost of throwing it away” (George Dyson)
• Definition is Context and User Dependent
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Dealing with DataIncreasing Volume
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Dealing with Data
• Increasing Variety– Various formats and structures– Static and streaming
• Increasing Velocity– Need to Send Promotions in Real-Time Based On
Customer Location Data– Need to React to Health monitoring data