In Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 1990s serial graphic novel "From Hell, " Jack the Ripper kills women in a ritual patternbased on the geography of Hawksmoor's churches.
For example, when NCR needed to optimize product configurations across their ATM line, they implemented pattern-based analytics solutions to analyze customer-buying patterns.
Pattern-based analytics can reveal deep insight into what customers are buying, and leverages that to offer and guide customers to the best choices based on availability and product margin.