UPS Deployed Its On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation System to Optimize

question 56

Multiple Choice

UPS deployed its On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation system to optimize deliveries by taking into account UPS business rules, maps, delivery times, and customer preferences. This is a ________ analytics system.

• A) Delineative
• B) Descriptive
• C) Predictive
• D) Prescriptive

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Definitions:

Payoff Matrix

A table that describes the possible outcomes or payoffs in a strategic decision-making situation, typically used in game theory.

Dominant Strategies

In game theory, a strategy is considered dominant if, regardless of what any other players do, the strategy earns a player a larger payoff than any other.

Joint Profits

The combined profits earned by two or more firms when they cooperate on a project or merge their operations.

Tacit Price Agreement

An unspoken understanding among competitors to set prices at a certain level without explicit communication.