Using big data to make better decisions in the digital economy

Tan, Kim Hua; Ji, Guojun; Lim, Chee Peng; Tseng, Ming-Lang

Abstract

The question this special issue would like to address is how to harvest big data to help decision-makers to deliver better fact-based decisions aimed at improving performance or to create better strategy? This special issue focuses on the big data applications in supporting operations decisions, including advanced research on decision models and tools for the digital economy. Responds to this special issue was great and we have included many high-quality papers. We are pleased to present 13 of the best papers. The techniques presented include data mining, simulation and expert system with applications span across online reviews, food retail chain to e-health.

Citation

Tan, K. H., Ji, G., Lim, C. P., & Tseng, M.-L. (in press). Using big data to make better decisions in the digital economy. International Journal of Production Research, 55(17), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1331051

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 10, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 24, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 14, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 14, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Production Research
• Print ISSN: 0020-7543
• Electronic ISSN: 1366-588X
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1331051
• Keywords: big data, business analytics, decision support systems, data mining, digital economy
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/861727
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207543.2017.1331051
• Contract Date: Jun 14, 2017