Buying gas by the kilowatt-hour The Mars Climate Orbiter was designed to circle the planet at a height of 140 miles (225 kilometers) so that it could relay to the…
Max Henrion
Max Henrion, Founder and CEO of Lumina Decision Systems, makers of Analytica, has 25 years of experience as a researcher, educator, software designer, consultant, and entrepreneur, specializing in the design and effective use of decision technologies.
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The Units State of America
Why big data analytics projects fail and how to fix them
If you are like most practitioners of analytics, you went into the field because you are good with numbers, and you want to help people improve the quality of decisions on…
Analytica & systems dynamics: interview with Cory Welch
Cory Welch gave a paper on using Analytica at the International System Dynamics Conference on why and how he uses …
Efficient estimation of the expected value of information (EVI) using Monte Carlo
The expected value of information (EVI) lets you estimate the value of getting new information that reduces uncertainty. At first blush, it seems paradoxical that you can estimate…
US gas leaks much larger than previously estimated
A new Stanford-led study on natural gas leak rates from oil and gas activity across a large fraction of the US are about 3x more than previous government estimates. The…
Analytica user feedback
See what power users are saying about important Analytica features, what they want to see in the future of Analytica, and what our team is working on providing.
Is it time to switch to an electric vehicle?
Can you save money by switching to an EV? How do various vehicles compare in terms of total cost of ownership?
The Suppression Triangle for COVID-19: How soon can we end the lockdown?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given many people a crash course in the frightening implications of rapid exponential growth in cases and deaths – what some people call “J-curves”…
