NoDropouts.org just reported on Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services’ roll-out of CohortTracker™. In their article, they note that: Of course, once schools leaders have a better idea of who is most at risk, there is simply no substitute for good, old-fashioned compassion—and good, old-fashioned elbow grease. Indeed. Technology is only ever … [Read more...]
CohortTracker™—early warning system for identifying failing students
January 19, 2012 by
The Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services (GST BOCES) has released CohortTracker™ to fourteen school districts within its region. CohortTracker™, developed by Decision Mechanics and Prism Decision Systems, is an early warning system for identifying students who may be in danger of failing to graduate. Students' progress is assessed using an algorithm that … [Read more...]
Drop-out "early warning" system to promote on-time graduation
January 23, 2011 by
Decision Mechanics have been working with Prism Decision Systems, LLC to design an early warning system for identifying high-school students who are at risk of dropping out. The project was undertaken to demonstrate how an agile development approach could—in a matter of weeks, not years—deliver focused, actionable, real-time information to educational decision-makers at all levels. … [Read more...]
Decision Mechanics develop Resilient Leader web application for Sunray7
December 8, 2010 by
Leadership development consultancy Sunray7 recently retained Decision Mechanics to develop a web application based on their well-regarded "Resilient Leader" assessment and development approach. Sunray7 have helped a range of leading multinational companies develop their future leaders. Their clients include: Barclays British Telecom Orange the UK's Ministry of Defence Decision … [Read more...]
Frontier Analyst PowerTrain released
April 25, 2010 by
Decision Mechanics have been working with Banxia Software to develop Frontier Analyst PowerTrain. Frontier Analyst PowerTrain is a data envelopment analysis solution engine that can be deployed as a web service. It is designed for those who wish to utilize efficiency analysis capabilities as part of a larger web/intranet/mobile application. The engine is designed to be deployed on … [Read more...]
Decision Mechanics participate in Aid Information Challenge "hackday"
April 12, 2010 by
Last week, Decision Mechanics participated in a "hackday" run by Aid Information Challenge. A hackday is formed from the following ingredients: problem owners; data analysts and visualizers; software developers; and coffee, pizza, doughnuts and beer. Partipants volunteer a day of their time to come together at a common location—in this case it was the Guardian newspaper offices … [Read more...]
1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications—first call for interest
January 11, 2010 by
Title: 1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications: Using the Tools and Concepts from the Complexity Sciences to Support Real World Decision-making Activities Date: July 21–23, 2010 Location: Southampton, England Hosted by: ISCE Publishing (US) and Decision Mechanics (UK) Contact: Kurt Richardson, ISCE Publishing (kurt@isce.edu) Alice Munro, the … [Read more...]