AI-enhanced prescriptive analytics is no longer optional — it’s the strategic engine behind real-time decisions, optimization and competitive edge in 2025.

When Oxford editorially selects example sentences reproducing sexist stereotypes, they are making implicit, prescriptive statements about gender and language.

Prescriptive analytics makes use of machine learning to help businesses decide a course of action, based on a computer program’s predictions.

As businesses pivot in 2021 toward growth and new strategies, objective functions will be more important than ever to set priorities and define success.

For example, by keeping the manufacturing plant at a certain temperature, or by identifying the most effective machine settings, manufacturers might be able to increase yield and efficiency.