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Influence diagrams and a Darwinian take on decision support graphics
Like biological species, the graphics used in decision support have a story to tell of origins, evolution and even a few missing links. Influence diagrams represent one of the ...
Enterprise risk management & handling concentration risk
Concentration risk is a term that is used frequently in financial institutions to describe a risk that is significantly greater than others; for example, lending a high amount of ...
Business modeling: keeping up with a moving target
Tomorrow, today’s business model will be yesterday’s. Behind that self-evident observation lies an uncomfortable fact. The rate of change of such models has accelerated over ...
Business modeling: the sandbox theory & cybernetics
In IT, the term ‘sandbox’ is used to denote a computing environment specifically designed for experimentation or test of a program, without the risk of malfunction then affecting ...
Operations management practice: between supply chain & value chain
Is there anything in a business that is not covered by operations management practice? By definition, all of an enterprise’s internal processes are included: supply chain for ...
OR analysis & the role of heuristics
Operational research (OR) analysis is all about modeling operational situations and problems with math, logic and scientific theory – or is it? Despite the common perception of ...
Models for tidal energy: How analytics can examine real-world environmental challenges
Sustainable energy is a great goal, but reliable, sustainable energy is even better. The sun and the wind only work for generating energy when they are present. Global demand for ...
Decision analysis tools: outsourcing vs insourcing
Conventional business wisdom is currently that any non-core competence in an organization should be outsourced to an external supplier that is specialized in that competence...
