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INFORMS Names Class of 2024 Fellows
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BALTIMORE, MD, September 26, 2024 – From reshaping healthcare delivery to optimizing global supply chains, developing life-saving algorithms and numerous other significant contributions, 12 pioneers in operations research and analytics are set to receive one of the highest honors in the field – being named an INFORMS Fellow. INFORMS, the premier international association for the decision and data sciences, proudly announces its 2024 class of Fellows – leaders whose innovative contributions have transformed industries, improved lives worldwide and significantly advanced INFORMS’ fields of interests. These luminaries will be celebrated at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting, held October 20-23, in Seattle, Washington.

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Presidential election chaos drives early holiday shopping
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Blame the presidential election for extra early Christmas shopping this year.

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Sheldon H. Jacobson: Is artificial intelligence for the birds? More than you may think.
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The test for any breakthrough technology is often where you least expect it, but once it “conquers” that application, even more possibilities may emerge.

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New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

News Release, February 6, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 6, 2020 – Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer’s hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%. 

No flights when you want them? Throw some math at the problem!

No flights when you want them? Throw some math at the problem!

Concord Monitor, February 3, 2020

Recently I flew to D.C. to visit my family and had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make my flight in Manchester because the next flight was way too late. Between yawns, I muttered deprecations about American Airlines all day.

Together, Ebook Reviews And Previews Boost The Likelihood Of A Purchase By 30%

Together, Ebook Reviews And Previews Boost The Likelihood Of A Purchase By 30%

Forbes, February 2, 2020

It’s considered common knowledge that book reviews are a big compontent of successful marketing for an author. But a new study just added a wrinkle: The research shows that combining ebook reviews with a preview of the book itself makes viewers meaningfully more likely to buy a copy than either the review or the preview by itself.

Study looks at the effectiveness of drone delivery for e-retailers

Study looks at the effectiveness of drone delivery for e-retailers

Electronics 360, January 31, 2020

Researchers from the University of Waterloo conducted a study on the desirability and reality of using drone delivery for e-retailers. The study looks at the cost and effectiveness in certain population areas and locations.

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