Developing a business analytics methodology: A case study in the foodbank sector

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 836-851

  Hindle, Giles A ^a   Vidgen, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytics; Data mining; OR for community development; Problem structuring methods; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

ANALYTICS; BUSINESS ANALYTICS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 85021714828     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.031     Document Type: Article

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