Business Analytics and Intelligence: A Compendium

Contents: 1. Analysis of Political Leanings of News Organizations in India. 2. Application of Big Data in Intelligent Transportation System by using Modified Kruskal's Algorithm. 3. Does Artificial Neural Network perform Better than Traditional Financial Forecasting Models? An Empirical Evidence. 4. Stochastic Optimization of Waste Collection Network for Belagavi City. 5. An Investigation on Existence of Functional Dependency Between Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Net Present Value (NPV):  A Theoretical Framework in Pure Mathematics. 6. A New Univariate Max Policy of Recruitment in a Two Graded Manpower System with Different Epochs for Decisions and Exits. 7. Parametric Assessment of Issues of GSCM System Using Graph Theory based Preference Rating Approach. 8. Development of a Framework for Evaluation of SSCM Strategies in Thermal Power Sectors. 9. Mining Online Customer Reviews to Analyse Service Quality of Hotels. 10. Replenishment decision of a retailer under price-inventory-and dynamic rebate induced demand. 11. Retail Analytics Modelling for Understanding Impact of Technology in Retail Stores Operations Using System Dynamics. 12. Ranking of Scheduling Rules Using Grey Relational Analysis for a Dynamic Job Shop With Sequence Dependent Setup Time. 13. Classification of Cardiac diseases using Hybrid Support Vector Machine. 14. Analysis of the Influence Relationship Models in an Equity Network:  A Case of Indian Equity Market. 15. A Multi-Attribute Brand Selection Model Using Topsis Decision Method With Objective Weights. 16. Scheduling a Multi-Objective Flow Shop with Sequence Dependent Setup Time Using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm. 17. An Exploratory Analysis of Airline Passenger Reviews using Big Data Machine Learning Techniques. 18. MapReduce based Gene Selection with Parallel Binary Flower Pollination Algorithm in Cancer Classification. 19. Predicting the Chances of Offering Scholarship to Students. 20. Understanding and Forecasting Stock Market Volatility through Wavelet Decomposition, Statistical Learning and Econometric Methods. 21. Weighted Mean Nawaz Enscore Ham Heuristic Algorithm for Bi-Criterion Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling Problem. 22. How to Improve Mobile Apps Quality using App Store Feedback. 23. Estimating the Predictive Performance Analysis of Medical Data Using Weight Based Decision Trees. 24. On the Minimum Number of Overs for Twenty20 Cricket. 25. "Impact of Hard and Soft Factors of TQM on Performance in Cellular Mobile Telecom Services" — A Case Study in BSNL. 26. Manufacturing Cell Formation Using Sheep Flocks Heredity Algorithm. 27. Improvement on Lean Performance Metrics in an Indian Cluster Manufacturing Organization- A Case Study. 28. Corporate Risk Management, Firms' Characteristics and Shareholders' Value Creation. 29. Development of SME Credit Rating Model-based tool using Data mining techniques. 30. Analytics to Optimize the Operational Efficiency of Blood Supply Chain. 31. Bread (Big Data Retail Analysis and Product Distribution) Model for Sales Prediction. 32. Impact of Social Context on Online Shopping Behaviour. 33. Using Simulation for Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics. 34. "Employee Retention/Life Time Value- Application of Survival Model". 35. A Mixed Integer Programming Model in Transporting the Urban Solid Waste from Apartment Blocks. 36. Part Quality Improvement in Injection Moulding Process Using Design of Experiments. 37. Predictive Analytics Using System Dynamics Models for Manpower Planning in an Organization- A Case Study. 38. Forecasting Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) Investment Flows in India: An Auto-regressive Model. 39. Optimisation of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) License Capacity through Queuing Analysis. 40. Decision Support System for Monitoring and Following Up of the Sales Leads Getting Converted into Orders. 41. A new Genetic Perturbation Operator for GA Based optimization among Active Schedules in Resource Constrained Project Scheduling problems.42. Factors Affecting Enrollment and Drop-Out Numbers in Primary and Secondary Education in India - A Study on DISE Database. 43. A Workflow-based Approach for Open Government Datasets Processing - Case Study of Indian Government Datasets for Travel Applications. 44. Clustering Concepts using Homology Theory of Algebra. 45. Insurance Risk Scoring. 46. Predictive model for Movie's success and sentiment analysis. 47. Herding Behaviour and Contagion Effect: Application of Multivariate Dynamic Conditional Correlation GARCH Model. 48. Effectiveness of AR (p) Forecasting tool in Cracking the Bullwhip Effect in a Multi-location Supply Chain Network. 49. Time Up! Predictive Models for Project Team Member Release. 50. Application of Machine Learning to Predict Outcome of US Court of Appeals. 51. Hedging with Stock Futures Contract in India: A Wavelet Analysis.52. Predictive Analytics Using R for Forecasting Automobile Sales with a Specific Focus on Four Wheelers. 53. Applying Graph Theory Matrix Approach Method to Identify the Major Influencing Factor for Customer Preferences in Construction Industry. 54. A New Predictive Framework for Collaborative Filtering Using True Neighbors: An Algorithmic Approach. 55. Heuristic based Transportation Planning for a Food Grain Supply Chain. 56. Modelling and Analysis of a Multi-Product Multi-Period Fixed Charge Transportation Problem. 57. A Multi-server Parallel System with Pure Space Sharing and Markovian Arrivals - A Simulation Approach. 58. Internet of Things (IOT): Predictive Maintenance using Sensor based Big Data. 59. Robust Approach to Unequal Area Dynamic Facility Layout Problems with Flexible Bay Structure. 60. Optimizing Cross Selling Strategy in B2B Market: A Case Study with Hewlett Packard Enterprise. 61. Comparing Accuracy of Models Built on Sub-population vs. Entire Population. 62. Fraud Analytics: Fraud detection of Tax Refund using Advance Analytics in India. 63. A Scale to Cluster Consumers' Attitude Towards Organic Food. 64. Study of Foreign Direct Investment and Its Impact on Indian Economy. 65. Healthcare Relational Coordination: A Review on Parameter Selection. 66. Specialization and Syndication as Risk Management Strategies for Venture Capital Firms in India. 67. Development of a Robust Predictive System for Assessment of Phishing Websites using Hybrid Random Forest and Neural Network Model. 68. Development of Probability Density Functions for Commodity Ship Arrivals Served at Port Berths Handling Multiple Commodities. 69. Evaluating Appropriate Artificial Neural Network Model for Forecasting Foreign Exchange. 70. Smart Meter Data Analytics. 71. An Efficient System for Stock Price Direction Prediction. 72. Education Loan defaults: Application of Linear and Non-linear Quantitative Models. 73. WDF Model (Workforce Demand Forecasting). 74. Analytical Evaluation of Relation between Alignment and Performance in Service Triads - Two Differing Contexts. 75. Application of Analytics to Predict and Estimate Distribution Losses in Water Supply Networks. 76. Simulating Stock Prices using Block Bootstrap for Long Run Performance Evaluation.
77. Predictive Analysis of Music Preferences of Indian Customers Based on their Personality: A Mixed Method Approach. 78. Uncovering The Influence of Big-Data on Individual's Well-Being. 79. Improving Operational Efficiency in Cloud/Non Cloud Provider Environments: A Proactive Analytical Approach in Incident Management. 80. Title: Integrated Supplier Evaluation Model for Selection of Services Provider. 81. Forecasting Gold Prices: Comparison of ARIMA and Hybrid ARIMA GARCH Model. 82. Optimal Sentiment Analysis using Multiple Sequence Alignment in a High Performance Computing Environment. 83. Real Time News Analytics for Identifying Events of Interest. 84. Channel Partner Analytics. 85. A Clustering - Prediction Model for Real Time Tracking of Vehicles - A Case Study of Tracking BMTC Buses using NIMBUS.
86. Decomposition of Time Series Data to Check Consistency between Fund Style and Actual Fund Composition of Mutual Funds. 87. Predicting the Possibility of an Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR). 88. Continuous Approximation Model for Supply Chain Network. 89. Customer Attrition Analytics: The Case of a Recruitment Service Provider.
90. Content Analysis of Sportainment Events to infer Business Analytics. 91. Predictive Modeling Analysis - Tropical Cyclones and El Niño/La Niña Relationship in India. 92. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis in Health Care Sector. 93. Optimal Procurement Policy for New Products with Initial Inspection under Fuzzy Environment. 94. Routing/Assignment of Customer Cases using Data Science/Machine Learning techniques. 95. Intelligent Assistant for Problem Isolation/ Resolution of Customer Cases. 96. Predictive Escalation of Customer Cases using Sentiment Analysis and Customer/Case parameters. 97. Indentifying Critical Factors Influencing Timeshare Purchases in India. 98. Using PLS Regression to Forecast Steel Prices. 99. "Marketing Campaign Performance Analysis and Impact on Marketing Activities& ROI Using Qualitative Data Analysis".
100. Forecasting Dealer Vehicle Sales in the Presence of Excess Zeros....

Business Analytics and Intelligence: A Compendium includes articles on advanced data analysis, business analytics, big data and business intelligence for distinguished academicians, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry. It highlights emerging concepts and potential applications in descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics fields. The 216 articles presented in the proceedings are from over 425 contributors from academics and industry. (jacket)