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Sports betting has grown far beyond who will win a game or whether the spread is covered. Every game offers numerous opportunities to place bets. Such microbets unravel the many plays that constitute a game into a sequence of uncertain actions, each of which can be gambled upon at lightning speed in real-time. 

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Gradually releasing TV show episodes, rather than offering full seasons all at once for binge-watchers, significantly increases engagement on subscription video-on-demand platforms and leads to substantially higher subscription rates.

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In a new study, advanced analytics demonstrates that healthier school schedules are not only achievable but can also improve district operations and reduce costs.

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Five Travel Myths Debunked for Thanksgiving Weekend

Five Travel Myths Debunked for Thanksgiving Weekend

Henry Herald, November 15, 2022

Conventional wisdom is often wrong on holiday travel, so pay attention next week, America. As any frequent traveler will say, just about any trip via air, rail, boat, or even car is a risky proposition, especially at a time like Thanksgiving when millions of Americans will be heading home – or away from home – for the holidays.

Smart Cities for America’s Future

Smart Cities for America’s Future

Audio Clip, November 16, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Ramayya Krishnan, the Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s also the Public Policy and William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems. Krishnan speaks about smart cities and America’s future. Carnegie Mellon is home to Metro 21: Smart Cities Institute. Metro21 is an interdisciplinary research and implementation lab at Carnegie Mellon that uses technology to work with metropolitan and rural communities to tackle some of their most pressing real-world challenges. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 14, 2022.

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