EURO 2025 Leeds
Abstract Submission

2427. A Brief History of (Inventory) Analytics

Invited abstract in session WD-3: Operational Research Frontiers: the past & the future, stream Celebrating 50 Years of EURO.

Wednesday, 14:30-16:00
Room: Esther Simpson 1.01

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Roberto Rossi
Business School, University of Edinburgh

Abstract

What is uncertainty? And what is the role uncertainty plays in the decision-making process? What does it mean to "invent" something? In this talk we will explore how the art of Analytics evolved over two millennia to produce tools and techniques we use today to make decisions under uncertainty. While doing so, we will put an emphasis on key developments in the realm of accounting and inventory management, and of Artificial Intelligence, and we will reveal surprising connections across these disciplinary domains.

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Status: accepted


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