Chapter 1: Integrating AI with Data Science: Realising Full Potential of Data-driven Decision Making

Harnessing the combined potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science is opening new opportunities and growth avenues for stakeholders across the industrial domains. By using real-world cases, this chapter emphasises combining AI with data science can offer decisive benefits to all stakeholders involved in the industry. The learning from these industry cases then helps in the development of the conceptual framework for integrating both these technologies into functional procedures and operational mechanisms. The findings of the research indicate that integrating AI with data science can help in the creation of mutually beneficial relationships for all the stakeholders in the world across industrial ecosystems. The uniqueness of the chapter lies in its wider coverage of the industrial domains with specific implications for academia, industry, and policymakers among others.