SPSS is the name of ... be applied to a set of statistical data about a particular precinct, on order to forecast the likely crime levels and, in turn, the required policing levels.

Data analytics has evolved beyond traditional forecasting and budgeting. It has become an active decision validation engine.

Business forecasting is essential for the survival for companies of all sizes. The building block used by forecasters is historical data or the past performance of the business to predict future ...

Finally, one speaker spoke of a company that had learned to use import data as a key forecasting data source. When shipments from China of low cost competing products appeared, they knew their ...