Science, And AI, 5th Edition By Sharda, All Chapters
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, Business Intelligence, 5e (Sharda/Delen/Turban)
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science
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1) Computerized support is only used for organizational decisions that are responses to
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external pressures, not for taking advantage of opportunities.
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2) During the early days of analytics, data was often obtained from the domain experts
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using manual processes to build mathematical or knowledge-based models.
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3) Computer applications have moved from transaction processing and monitoring activities
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to problem analysis and solution applications.
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4) Business intelligence (BI) is a specific term that describes architectures and tools only.
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5) The growth in hardware, software, and network capacities has had little impact on modern
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BI innovations.
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,6) Managing data warehouses requires special methods, including parallel computing
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and/or Hadoop/Spark.
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7) Managing information on operations, customers, internal procedures and employee
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interactions is the domain of cognitive science.
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8) Decision support system (DSS) and management information system (MIS) have
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precise definitions agreed to by practitioners.
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9) In the 2000s, the DW-driven DSSs began to be called BI systems.
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10) Major commercial business intelligence (BI) products and services were well established in
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the early 1970s.
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11) Information systems that support such transactions as ATM withdrawals, bank deposits,
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and cash register scans at the grocery store represent transaction processing, a critical
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