Business intelligence $($BI$)$

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Data mining

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Predictive analytics

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Visualization tools

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This accesses external databases as well as data that the firm has collected itself $($internal data$).$

This uses algorithms to determine the most likely outcomes given a set of inputs.

This uses data mining techniques combines and then adds data visualization tools so that managers can make faster, more informed, decisions.

These display information in a manner that make it easier for managers to assimilate or to see patterns.