As the global population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, the agricultural sector faces the challenge of achieving an increase of 60% in food production without using much more land.

A proposal for a predictive analysis model for bike-sharing systems based on a mixed model of statistical and machine-learning approaches.The model assumes a Poisson distribution on bike station arrival and departures.

While several application domains are exploiting the added-value of analytics over various datasets to obtain actionable insights and drive decision making, the public policy management domain has not yet taken advantage of the full potential of the aforementioned analytics and data models.