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A new AI model predicts which short-form videos triggering suicidal thoughts in vulnerable viewers pose higher risk before they reach large audiences, which can improve user safety.

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While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.

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A new study finds that telling consumers their returned items will be “kept out of landfills” significantly increases participation in take-back programs; telling them they may be resold? Not so much.

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Research Reveals New Plan to Maximize Rideshare Availability by Routing Empty Cars

Research Reveals New Plan to Maximize Rideshare Availability by Routing Empty Cars

News Release, September 5, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 5, 2019 – Time is money. Especially for rideshare drivers with companies like Uber and Lyft. New research in the INFORMS journal Operations Research looks at a new model for rideshare companies focusing on maximizing the availability of rideshares by optimally routing empty cars. 

Research offers solution to increase organ donations and save lives

Research offers solution to increase organ donations and save lives

Medical News, September 5, 2019

Eighteen people die every day waiting for transplants, and a new patient is added to the organ transplant list every 10 minutes. Much of the problem surrounds the lack of registered donors. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science provides incentives that could lead to a solution and ultimately save lives.

New Research Offers Solution to Reduce Organ Shortage Crisis: Two-Part Method Could Increase Organ Availability by 13% and Add 18 Years to Patient...

New Research Offers Solution to Reduce Organ Shortage Crisis: Two-Part Method Could Increase Organ Availability by 13% and Add 18 Years to Patient...

News Release, September 4, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 4, 2019 –Eighteen people die every day waiting for transplants, and a new patient is added to the organ transplant list every 10 minutes. Much of the problem surrounds the lack of registered donors. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science provides incentives that could lead to a solution and ultimately save lives.

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