Data analytics applications in Latin America and emerging economies / edited by Eduardo Rodriguez. - First edition. - 1 online resource (272 pages) : 25 illustrations

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

9781315164113 9781351673150

10.4324/9781315164113 doi


Decision making--Data processing.
Industrial management--Mathematical models.--Latin America
Industrial management--Mathematical models.--Developing countries
Business mathematics.

HD30.23

658.4