Ian Ayres

Super Crunchers

How Anything Can be Predicted

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Companies used to rely on human experts and their years of experience to guide them. Now, cutting-edge organizations are mining the data and crunching numbers instead, to come up with more accurate, less biased predictions. As FREAKONOMICS detailed, statistical analysis can reveal the secret levers of causation. But economist Ian Ayres argues that that's only part of the story: super crunching is revolutionizing the way we all make decisions. Beginning with examples of the mathematician who out-predicted wine buffs in determining the best vintages, and the sports scouts who now use statistics rather than intuition to pick winners, SUPER CRUNC… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7195-6465-9
EAN: 9780719564659
Produktnummer: 8371886
Verlag: John Murray Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H19.4 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.3 cm 197 g
Gewicht: 197

Über den Autor

Ian Ayres is a professor at Yale, both in the Law School and in the School of Management, as well as a lawyer and author. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio in America and a columnist for Forbes magazine. A contributor to the New York Times and editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, he has written eight books.