Data analytics applications in Latin America and emerging economies / edited by Eduardo Rodriguez.

section I Evolution and Adoption of the Analytics Process -- chapter 1 Evolution of Analytics Concept / Eduardo Rodriguez -- chapter 2 The Analytics Knowledge Management Process / Eduardo Rodriguez -- section II Analytics Knowledge Applications in Latin America and Emerging Economies -- chapter 3 Analytics Knowledge Application to Healthcare / Esteban Flores -- chapter 4 Diffusion of Adoptions on Dynamic Social Networks: A Case Study of a Real-World Community of Consumers / Mauricio Herrera -- chapter 5 Prescriptive Analytics in Manufacturing: An Order Acceptance Illustration / Federico Trigos -- chapter 6 A Stochastic Hierarchical Approach for a Production Planning System under Uncertain Demands / Virna Ortiz-Araya -- chapter 7 Big Data and Analytics for Consumer Price Index Estimation / Patricio Cofre -- chapter 8 Prediction and Explanation in Credit Scoring Problems: A Comparison between Artificial Neural Networks and the Logit Model / Edgardo R. Bravo -- chapter 9 A Multi-Case Approach for Informational Port Decision Making / Ana Ximena Halabi-Echeverry -- chapter 10 Data Analytics to Characterize University-Based Companies for Decision Making in Business Development Programs / León Darío Parra Bernal -- chapter 11 Statistical Software Reliability Models / Francisco Iván Zuluaga Díaz -- chapter 12 What Latin America Says about Entrepreneurship? An Approach Based on Data Analytics Applications and Social Media Contents / Laura Rojas de Francisco -- chapter 13 Healthcare Topics with Data Science: Exploratory Research with Social Network Analysis / Cinthya Leonor Vergara Silva.

This book focuses on understanding the analytics knowledge management process and its comprehensive application to various socioeconomic sectors. Using cases from Latin America and other emerging economies, it examines analytics knowledge applications where a solution has been achieved. Written for business students and professionals as well as researchers, the book is filled with practical insight into applying concepts and implementing processes and solutions.