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The Challenges

Data science continues to play a role in several parts of our lives and societies, and it will likely continue to do so in the future. It is used in …

The Principles

In this article, we present the principles of human-machine collaboration. These principles should be considered when developing data-driven decision-making whereby a human decision maker collaborates with data science algorithms. It …

Data-driven Decision-making

In this article, we present data-driven decisions as a method of decision-making. Food example Food availability and food quality are important aspects that are influenced by climate change in several …

Gut Based Decisions

In previous articles, we have explained the sequential process to make decisions, as well as focused on one of them pertaining to Herbert Simon (intelligence, design, choice). We have also …

The Garbage Can Model

The so called “Garbage Can model” is one of the worst decision-making processes. Despite this, it is unfortunately still used by people quite commonly. By understanding how the model works …

The Simon-process

Herbert Simon contributed to the decision-making practices via his descriptive theory which gives a clear picture of the world in which decisions are made. According to Simon, a decision is …

Sequential Processes

In this article, we discuss how decisions are made by following a sequential process. Sequential decision-making processes Condorcet defines a three stage process: 1. The principles or the basis of …

The Decision Process

In this video, Ahmed describes research that claims that us humans follow a specific process when making a decision. He also explains some of these processes.

Decision-making at a Glance

In this article, we give more details about the daily decision-making that we all do. Decisions have always been the foundation of organizational performance and competitiveness. Many successes and failures …

How Many Decisions Do You Make?

In this video, Ahmed explains how we humans make decisions. He also explains that we move between decision-making and implementation. In the end of this video, you will be given …

Week Introduction

As a human, you make decisions on a daily basis. In the third week of this course, you will learn about how data science plays a huge part in the …

Problem Example

Data science can be used for many things, such as solving environmental challenges, acknowledging climate change, and helping support sustainable development. Let’s take a look at a concrete example of …

CRISP-DM Example

In this article, we administer an example of using the CRISP-DM process with a dataset that we download and bring to Orange. Please refer to the article on CRISP-DM to …

Team Data Science

The Team Data Science Process (TDSP) was developed by Microsoft and is nowadays used within data science projects. It is an agile and iterative approach to delivering intelligent and effective …

Alternative Processes

In this video, you will get to know other process methodologies that could be adopted instead of the CRISP-DM.