Decision Mechanics have been working with Banxia Software to develop Frontier Analyst PowerTrain. Frontier Analyst PowerTrain is a data envelopment analysis solution engine that can be deployed as a web service. It is designed for those who wish to utilize efficiency analysis capabilities as part of a larger web/intranet/mobile application. The engine is designed to be deployed on application … [Read more...]
Decision Mechanics participate in Aid Information Challenge "hackday"
Last week, Decision Mechanics participated in a "hackday" run by Aid Information Challenge. A hackday is formed from the following ingredients: problem owners; data analysts and visualizers; software developers; and coffee, pizza, doughnuts and beer. Partipants volunteer a day of their time to come together at a common location—in this case it was the Guardian newspaper offices in … [Read more...]
98% of all statistics are false
Science News published a great article on the use and abuse of statistics this week. "Odds Are, It's Wrong", by Tom Siegfried, highlights some of the problems associated with testing hypotheses using statistical methods. These problems are well known within the statistics community, with "hundreds" of papers having been written on the subject. As Siegfried pithily observes, "if you believe what … [Read more...]
Does my organization exist without an iPhone app?
With industry panels claiming that unless companies have an iPhone app they "don't exist" it's hardly surprising that senior managers are asking the question, "Does my organization need an iPhone app?" Information is increasingly accessed via smartphones. That's in no doubt. But does this mean that you need to rush out and build a smartphone version of your corporate … [Read more...]
1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications—first call for interest
Title: 1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications: Using the Tools and Concepts from the Complexity Sciences to Support Real World Decision-making Activities Date: July 21–23, 2010 Location: Southampton, England Hosted by: ISCE Publishing (US) and Decision Mechanics (UK) Contact: Kurt Richardson, ISCE Publishing (kurt@isce.edu) Alice Munro, the … [Read more...]