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Enhancing decisions with analytics

Center for Applied Technology, Westmont College

Enrico Manlapig

2021-06-11

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Enrico Manlapig

Associate Prof. of Economics & Business

Westmont College

@enricomanlapig @EnricoManlapig
emanlapig.net

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How do you get ready in the morning?

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What does it mean to make a good decision?

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Types of analytics

Descriptive analytics  |  Predictive analytics  |  Prescriptive analytics

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Descriptive analytics

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  • Descriptive statistics

  • Estimation and inference

  • Econometric modeling

  • Data visualization

    • Dashboards
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Prescriptive analytics

  • Officially: Machine learning methods

    • Supervised
      • Classification
      • Regression
    • Unsupervised
      • Clustering
      • Association
  • Unofficially 😉: Anything dealing with the future

    • Subjective beliefs
    • Scenario analysis
    • Simulation
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Prescriptive analytics

  • Optimization methods

    • Operations research
    • Economics
  • Decision Analytic methods

    • Multi-criteria decision analysis
    • Value focused thinking

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Coming soon!

EB020 Research & Forecasting in San Francisco

EB138 Applied Management Science

EB196 Decision Lab

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Enrico Manlapig

Associate Prof. of Economics & Business

Westmont College

@enricomanlapig @EnricoManlapig
emanlapig.net

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