Insight-Driven Problem Solving (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009379144)

Improving 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.

Author: Soroush Saghafian
ISBN-10: 1009379143
ISBN-13: 9781009379144
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2025
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d