India, July 22 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has caused data scientists and business leaders alike to scramble, looking for answers to urgent questions about the analytic models they rely on. Financial institutions, companies and the customers they serve are all grappling with unprecedented conditions, and a loss of control that may seem best remedied with completely new decision strategies. If your company is contemplating a rush to crank out brand-new analytic models to guide decisions in this extraordinary environment, wait a moment. Look carefully at your existing models, first.

Existing models that have been built responsibly -- incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques that are robust, explainable, ...