Heuristics in analytics : a practical perspective of what influences our analytical world / / Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro, Fiona McNeill
| Heuristics in analytics : a practical perspective of what influences our analytical world / / Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro, Fiona McNeill |
| Autore | Reis Pinheiro Carlos Andre <1940-> |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/033 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | McNeillFiona |
| Collana | Wiley & SAS business series |
| Soggetto topico |
Management - Statistical methods
Decision making - Statistical methods Business planning - Statistical methods Heuristic algorithms System analysis |
| ISBN |
1-118-41674-0
1-118-43426-9 1-118-42022-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Heuristics in Analytics: A Practical Perspective of What Influences Our Analytical World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Monty Hall Problem; Evolving Analytics; The Business Relevance of Analytics; The Role of Analytics in Innovation; Innovation in a Changing World; Summary; Chapter 2: Unplanned Events, Heuristics, and the Randomness in Our World; Heuristics Concepts; Heuristics in Operations; The Butterfly Effect; Random Walks; The Drunkard's Walk; Probability and Chance; Summary
Chapter 3: The Heuristic Approach and Why We Use It Heuristics in Computing; Heuristic Problem-Solving Methods; Genetic Algorithms: A Formal Heuristic Approach; Foundation of Genetic Algorithms; Initialization; Selection; Reproduction; Termination; Pseudo-Code Algorithm; Benefits of Genetic Algorithms; Influences in Competitive Industries; Genetic Algorithms Solving Business Problems; Summary; Chapter 4: The Analytical Approach; Introduction to Analytical Modeling; The Competitive-Intelligence Cycle; Data; Information; Knowledge; Intelligence; Experience; Summary Chapter 5: Knowledge Applications That Solve Business Problems Customer Behavior Segmentation; Collection Models; Insolvency Segmentation; Collection Notice Recovery; Anticipating Revenue from Collection Actions; Insolvency Prevention; Bad-Debt Classification; Avoiding Taxes; Fraud-Propensity Models; New Fraud Detection; Classifying Fraudulent Usage Behavior; Summary; Chapter 6: The Graph Analysis Approach; Introduction to Graph Analysis; Graphs Structures, Network Metrics, and Analyses Approaches; Network Metrics; Types of Subgraphs; Summary; Chapter 7: Graph Analysis Case Studies Case Study: Identifying Influencers in Telecommunications Background in Churn and Sales; Internal Networks; Customer Influence; Customer Influence and Business Event Correlation; Possible Business Applications and Final Figures in Churn and Sales; Case Study: Claim Validity Detection in Motor Insurance; Background in Insurance and Claims; Network Definition; Participant Networks; Group Analysis; Identifying Outliers; Final Figures in Claims; Visualizing for More Insight; Final Figures in Insurance Exaggeration; Case Study: Fraud Identification in Mobile Operations Background in Telecommunications Fraud Social Networks and Fraud; Community Detection; Finding the Outliers within Communities; Rules and Thresholds for Community Outliers; Fraudster Visualization; Final Figures in Fraud; Summary; Chapter 8: Text Analytics; Text Analytics in the Competitive-Intelligence Cycle; Information Revisited; Knowledge Revisited; Linguistic Models; Text-Mining Models; Intelligence Revisited; Experience Revisited; Summary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140289803321 |
Reis Pinheiro Carlos Andre <1940->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heuristics in analytics : a practical perspective of what influences our analytical world / / Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro, Fiona McNeill
| Heuristics in analytics : a practical perspective of what influences our analytical world / / Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro, Fiona McNeill |
| Autore | Reis Pinheiro Carlos Andre <1940-> |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/033 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | McNeillFiona |
| Collana | Wiley & SAS business series |
| Soggetto topico |
Management - Statistical methods
Decision making - Statistical methods Business planning - Statistical methods Heuristic algorithms System analysis |
| ISBN |
1-118-41674-0
1-118-43426-9 1-118-42022-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Heuristics in Analytics: A Practical Perspective of What Influences Our Analytical World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Monty Hall Problem; Evolving Analytics; The Business Relevance of Analytics; The Role of Analytics in Innovation; Innovation in a Changing World; Summary; Chapter 2: Unplanned Events, Heuristics, and the Randomness in Our World; Heuristics Concepts; Heuristics in Operations; The Butterfly Effect; Random Walks; The Drunkard's Walk; Probability and Chance; Summary
Chapter 3: The Heuristic Approach and Why We Use It Heuristics in Computing; Heuristic Problem-Solving Methods; Genetic Algorithms: A Formal Heuristic Approach; Foundation of Genetic Algorithms; Initialization; Selection; Reproduction; Termination; Pseudo-Code Algorithm; Benefits of Genetic Algorithms; Influences in Competitive Industries; Genetic Algorithms Solving Business Problems; Summary; Chapter 4: The Analytical Approach; Introduction to Analytical Modeling; The Competitive-Intelligence Cycle; Data; Information; Knowledge; Intelligence; Experience; Summary Chapter 5: Knowledge Applications That Solve Business Problems Customer Behavior Segmentation; Collection Models; Insolvency Segmentation; Collection Notice Recovery; Anticipating Revenue from Collection Actions; Insolvency Prevention; Bad-Debt Classification; Avoiding Taxes; Fraud-Propensity Models; New Fraud Detection; Classifying Fraudulent Usage Behavior; Summary; Chapter 6: The Graph Analysis Approach; Introduction to Graph Analysis; Graphs Structures, Network Metrics, and Analyses Approaches; Network Metrics; Types of Subgraphs; Summary; Chapter 7: Graph Analysis Case Studies Case Study: Identifying Influencers in Telecommunications Background in Churn and Sales; Internal Networks; Customer Influence; Customer Influence and Business Event Correlation; Possible Business Applications and Final Figures in Churn and Sales; Case Study: Claim Validity Detection in Motor Insurance; Background in Insurance and Claims; Network Definition; Participant Networks; Group Analysis; Identifying Outliers; Final Figures in Claims; Visualizing for More Insight; Final Figures in Insurance Exaggeration; Case Study: Fraud Identification in Mobile Operations Background in Telecommunications Fraud Social Networks and Fraud; Community Detection; Finding the Outliers within Communities; Rules and Thresholds for Community Outliers; Fraudster Visualization; Final Figures in Fraud; Summary; Chapter 8: Text Analytics; Text Analytics in the Competitive-Intelligence Cycle; Information Revisited; Knowledge Revisited; Linguistic Models; Text-Mining Models; Intelligence Revisited; Experience Revisited; Summary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811300003321 |
Reis Pinheiro Carlos Andre <1940->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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