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Smarter Decisions - The Intersection of Internet of Things and Decision Science

By : Jojo Moolayil
Book Image

Smarter Decisions - The Intersection of Internet of Things and Decision Science

By: Jojo Moolayil

Overview of this book

With an increasing number of devices getting connected to the Internet, massive amounts of data are being generated that can be used for analysis. This book helps you to understand Internet of Things in depth and decision science, and solve business use cases. With IoT, the frequency and impact of the problem is huge. Addressing a problem with such a huge impact requires a very structured approach. The entire journey of addressing the problem by defining it, designing the solution, and executing it using decision science is articulated in this book through engaging and easy-to-understand business use cases. You will get a detailed understanding of IoT, decision science, and the art of solving a business problem in IoT through decision science. By the end of this book, you’ll have an understanding of the complex aspects of decision making in IoT and will be able to take that knowledge with you onto whatever project calls for it
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Smarter Decisions – The Intersection of Internet of Things and Decision Science
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Preface

Packaging the solution


We now have a model in place that gives us relatively good accuracy. As a ballpark figure, we can say that we achieved an overall 75% accuracy with a TPR of 70% and TNR of 75% (scope exists to improve this further).

How does it add up to the use case's revenue story? With our model in place, we can say that we will correctly predict a power outage 7 out of 10 times. So we have saved the losses that happen because of power outages by 70%. Now, we also incorrectly predicted a power outage when it wasn't, that is, approximately 2.5 out of 10 times. Let's say that there was a cost associated with stocking diesel when it was predicted that the next day will be having power outages; this cost will tax the losses saved from the correct prediction (penalty).

The overall FPR is low and also the cost associated with stocking diesel for power outages is generally much lower than the losses due to unplanned power outages. Therefore, we are still in a good position to add value to...