Achieving the health and well-being related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
the World Health Organization's (WHO) Triple Billion Targets depends on informed …

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been the catalyst to numerous advances in a variety
of fields and disciplines in recent years. Their impact on economics, however, has been …

With the ubiquitous use of digital technologies and the consequent data deluge, official
statistics faces new challenges and opportunities. In this context, strengthening official …

This chapter introduces the edited volume “Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and
Data Collection”. Drawing on contributions and discussions at the 6th International …

La donnée, objet conceptuel ayant connu une nouvelle mise en lumière avec l'apparition du
big data, de l'open data, de l'intelligence artificielle, du machine learning et des algorithmes …

Data: the single word that defines our age. Today, data have assumed a new importance for
economies and societies. They are at the heart of almost every activity, a ubiquitous …

This commentary explores the potential of private companies to advance scientific progress
and solve social challenges through opening and sharing their data. Open data can …

The system of national accounts (SNA) and gross domestic product (GDP) are progeny of
the great depression and World War 2. Forged in the fires of these seismic events, they …

Does the current dialogue on the development of statistical systems provide adequate scope
for transforming official statistics to deliver their social role? Can statistical systems, as …

The Lean approach refers to the elimination of waste from the value stream. In other words, it
excludes any activities which fail to be of any value to the client, thus enabling an …