TY - BOOK AU - Evans, James R TI - Business analytics : : methods, models, and decisions SN - 9789332582095 U1 - 658.4033 EVA PY - 2017/// CY - Noida PB - Pearson KW - Business planning. KW - Strategic planning. KW - Industrial management -- Statistical methods N1 - Brief Contents PrefaceAbout the Author PART 1: Foundations of Business Analytics1. Introduction to Business Analytics2. Analytics on Spreadsheets Part 2: Descriptive Analytics3. Visualizing and Exploring Data4. Descriptive Statistical Measures5. Probability Distributions and Data Modeling6. Sampling and Estimation7. Statistical Inference Part 3: Predictive Analytics8. Trendlines and Regression Analysis9. Forecasting Techniques10. Introduction to Data Mining11. Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis12. Monte Carlo Simulation and Risk Analysis Part 4: Prescriptive Analytics13. Linear Optimization14. Applications of Linear Optimization15. Integer Optimization16. Decision Analysis Supplementary Chapter A (online): Nonlinear and Non-Smooth OptimizationSupplementary Chapter B (online): Optimization Models with Uncertainty Appendix AGlossaryIndex ER -