The field of analytics is rapidly evolving, making it difficult for professionals and students to keep up the most current and effective applications. Managerial Analytics will help readers sort through all these new options and identify the appropriate solution. In this reference, authors Watson, Nelson and Cacioppi accurately define and identify the components of analytics and big data, giving readers the knowledge needed to effectively assess new aspects and applications. Building on this foundation, they review tools and solutions, identify the offerings best aligned to one’s requirements, and show how to tailor analytics applications to an organization’s specific needs. Drawing on extensive experience implementing, planning, and researching advanced analytics for business, the authors clearly explain all this, and more: <ul>
<li> What analytics is and isn’t: great examples of successful usage – and other examples where the term is being degraded into meaninglessness </li> <li> The difference between using analytics and “competing on analytics” </li> <li> How to get started with big data, by analyzing the most relevant data </li> <li> Components of analytics systems, from databases and Excel to BI systems and beyond </li> <li> Anticipating and overcoming “confirmation bias” and other pitfalls </li> <li> Understanding predictive analytics and getting the high-quality random samples necessary </li> <li> Applying game theory, Efficient Frontier, benchmarking, and revenue management models </li> <li>Implementing optimization at the small and large scale, and using it to make “automatic decisions”</li> </ul>

Managerial Analytics: An Applied Guide to Principles, Methods, Tools, and Best Practices

Business & Money

Nelson, Derek

Watson, Michael

Management & Leadership

Ft Pr

Very clean and intact. Ships very quickly and packaged carefully!

Moonshiners Bootleggers & Rumrunners

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Motorbooks Intl

A nostalgic look at state fairs from the Civil War through the 1950s explores the individual events that gave the fairs their unique character, from livestock exhibits and carnival rides to freak shows and automobile races.

The American State Fair (more than 200 photographs and illustrtions from the first half of the 20th century)

Nostalgic black-and-white and period color photos depict the legendary Army Air Corps and Air Force jacket as worn by airmen in World War II and the Korean War. Anecdotes and a history of the jacket's service are accompanied by marvelous images of the hand-painted art that more often than not adorned the backs of these garments. *This is a paperback re-issue of Hell Bent for Leather.*

A-2 and G-1 Flight Jackets: Hell-Bent for Leather

History

Parsons, Dave

Military

Zenith Pr

State Fairs are eagerly anticipated summertime celebrations across the country, each offering its own dizzying array of sights, sounds, aromas (some more pleasant than others), and entertainment options ranging from high-flying midway thrills to the traditional livestock and farm equipment shows. Take a nostalgic trip through the state fairs of the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Over 200 photographs, authentic advertisements, and other memorabilia illustrate the thrill shows, butter queens, sideshows, dancing girls, tractor shows, carnival rides, auto races, hog barns, and square dances of the American state fair.

The American State Fair (Motorbooks Classics)

Americas

The production, recruiting and War Bond posters of World War II were America's "weapons on the wall." Millions of posters of hundreds of unique designs cascaded off the presses and onto the American landscape, raising hopes in the dark days after Pearl Harbor and convincing folks on the home front that their efforts were the key to victory. 
Encouraging the people of America to do their part to aid in the war efforts as well as take care of themselves, these War Bond posters were a beacon during World War II. Posters That Won the War expertly preserve the most important posters of the World War II era. 
Inside Posters That Won the War, find beautiful prints of the posters of World War II. Through times of emotional and physical struggle in postwar America, artists did their best to engage a sense of safety and lovingness for their fellow Americans. 
The result was a beautiful array of posters that will remain priceless always. These "Weapons on the wall" are a crucial piece of American history that will never be forgotten. If you are searching for a gift for the history buff in your life, or an addition for your own library, Posters That Won the War will delight them for years.

The Posters that Won the War: The Production, Recruitment and War Bond Posters of WWII

Crestline Books

Book by Nelson, Derek, Parsons, Dave

Hell-Bent for Leather: The Saga of the A-2 and G-1 Flight Jackets

Dust jacket notes: "Fighter Country is a grand tribute to NAS Oceana, Virginia, and its Tomcats. Within are more than 190 full-color photos of F-14s and other aircraft from all of Oceana's fighter squadrons - on the base and on the boat in action around the world. It takes you through a year in the life of the Tomcat driver or radar intercept officer (RIO): study at the RAG, soaking up the lore of the fighter community in the officers' club, air combat maneuverings, carrier qualifications, workups, deployment on a cruise, and into combat during Operation Desert Storm. Fighter Country is also the first-ever history of Oceana and of each of the fleet fighter squadrons currently stationed there: the VF-14 Tophatters, VF-32 Swordsmen, VF-33 Starfighters, VF-41 Black Aces, VF-74 De-Devilers, VF-84 Jolly Rogers, VF-102 Diamondbacks, VF-103 Sluggers, VF-142 Ghostriders, and VF-143 Pukin' Dogs. Also included are the VF-101 Grim Reapers (the F-14 RAG), the VF-43 Challengers (Oceana's resident bandits), and the VF-11 Red Rippers and VF-31 Tomcatters (squadrons that transferred to NAS Miramar in early 1992). The base and squadron histories are brought to life by dozens of color and black-and-white historical photos showing most of the great US Navy fighters of the past in the colorful and unique markings of these squadrons."

Fighter Country: The F-14 Tomcats of Nas Oceana

Official and Unofficial Us Navy Air Patches: 1920S to Today

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Shows and describes the posters designed for war production, recruitment, bond drives, rationing, conservation, and propaganda purposes

The Posters That Won the War

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