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.
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.
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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Windfarm developer Vattenfall, which employs a mathematical tool to optimize power generation and reduce costs on offshore windfarms, has been recognized as a finalist for the 2019 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award.
CATONSVILLE, MD, January 29, 2019 – One of the more common self-improvement goals, particularly in the winter months before “beach body” season, is to lose weight. How people attempt to achieve their goals may vary by individual, but one of the more popular approaches is enrollment in a commercial weight loss program that uses a ‘buddy system’ approach to weight loss.
The INFORMS Analytics Body of Knowledge (ABOK), released earlier this year at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, has been named second on the list of “22 Best New Analytics Books to Read in 2019” by BookAuthority, which identifies and rates the best books in the world, based on public mentions, recommendations, ratings and sentiment.
According to a new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science, companies choosing to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) have higher profit margins and valuation, but lower risk. These benefits are amplified when the corporation already has high product differentiation, but at the same time, high CSR helps boost product differentiation. Companies with high CSR also have more stable returns on their assets.
As more enterprise firms and their customers start to question the use of data in analytics, research and artificial intelligence tools, INFORMS is offering an 18-point set of guidelines to ensure ethics in quantitative decision-making.
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