Insight-Driven Problem Solving
Insight-Driven Problem Solving
£30.00
GBPImproving public policies, creating the next generation of AI systems, reducing crime, making hospitals more efficient, addressing climate change, controlling pandemics, and reducing disruption in supply chains are all problems where big picture ideas from analytics science have had large-scale impact. What are those ideas? Who came up with them? Will insights from analytics science help solve even more daunting societal challenges? This book takes readers on an engaging tour of the evolution of analytics science and how it brought together ideas and tools from many different fields – AI, machine learning, data science, OR, optimization, statistics, economics, and more – to make the world a better place. Using these ideas and tools, big picture insights emerge from simplified settings that get at the essence of a problem, leading to superior approaches to complex societal issues. A fascinating read for anyone interested in how problems can be solved by leveraging analytics.
- Uses ordinary language to explain all technical concepts and examples
- Presents a wide range of examples from healthcare, education, climate science, and economic policy
- Empowers readers to think about how analytics can be harnessed to improve social outcomes
Product details
October 2025Paperback
9781009379120
377 pages
229 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from October 2025
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The big picture of analytics science
- 2. Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- 3. Queueing theory and resource allocation
- 4. Game theory and mechanism design
- 5. Linear and nonlinear mathematical programming
- 6. Dynamic programming and sequential decision-making
- 7. Data analysis
- 8. Graph theory, combinatorial optimization, and supply chains
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index.
