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Artificial Decision Intelligence

Talking Decision Analytics Series Part 4: Risk Metrics Continued

Management may wish to avoid the risk of an event such as an earthquake, but ultimately risk events, have to be translated into metrics that can be...

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Artificial Decision Intelligence

Talking Decision Analytics Series Part 3: Risk Metrics

There is a lot of unstructured talk about risk which often comes across as: “We know it when we see it” but otherwise do not know how to define it....

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Artificial Decision Intelligence

Talking Decision Analytics Series Part 2: Performance Metrics

Performance metrics come in two broad categories:

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Artificial Decision Intelligence

Talking Decision Analytics Series Part 1: Learning How to Think About Complex Problems

One lesson I came to appreciate while working on a wide range of practical problems is that the exercise of creating computer models teaches us how...

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Artificial Decision Intelligence

Introduction: A New Series on Decision Analytics for Truckload Trucking

Starting today, Optimal Dynamics Chief Innovation Officer, Warren Powell will begin a series of educational posts on decision analytics for trucking...

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Company News

Optimal Dynamics Builds Upon Team Growth with Key Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Leadership Promotions

Today, Optimal Dynamics, the leading innovator in automated decision intelligence for freight management, announced key internal leadership...

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Company News

Optimal Dynamics Announces Gillan Hawkes, Former VP of Product at 6 River Systems, a Shopify Company, as Chief Product Officer

Gillan Hawkes Joins Optimal Dynamics as Chief Product Officer After Serving as VP of Product at 6 River Systems, a Shopify Company NEW YORK, January...

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Partners

Optimal Dynamics and Cargo Chief Join Forces to Drive Innovation with Advanced Decision Analytics and Real-Time Market Data

Optimal Dynamics and Cargo Chief Partner to Drive Innovation with Advanced Decision Analytics and Real-Time Market Data September 21, 2022 - New...

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Partners

Optimal Dynamics Announces Integration Partnership With McLeod Software to Enable Artificial Intelligence for Dynamic Freight Planning and Execution

Optimal Dynamics and McLeod Software Team Up to Bring AI-Powered Freight Planning and Execution Solutions to Logistics Industry NEW YORK, March 10,...

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Our dispatchers are planning 60% more freight in the same amount of time, while even more importantly exceeding our operational efficiency goals.

- Rick Larkin, CIO at BCB Transport