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Form of business analytics offering future decision options

Prescriptive analytics is a form of business analytics which suggests decision options for how to take advantage of a future opportunity or mitigate a future risk and shows the implication of each decision option. It enables an enterprise to consider "the best course of action to take" in the light of information derived from descriptive and predictive analytics. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Prescriptive analyticsA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Stochastic dynamic vehicle routing in the light of prescriptive analytics: A reviewInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Decision Making HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: From Predictive to Prescriptive AnalyticsCited 721 times
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