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The INFORMS Analytics+ Conference showcased how companies are turning advanced analytics and AI into measurable operational results

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Museums take this educational role seriously, and many institutions understand the need to sustain and broaden their appeal. “They used to be these big ivory towers of knowledge and history and thought and art,” said Hilary Knight, director of Change& in London and former director of digital at Tate. “Museums themselves are changing their role to be centers for discussion and encounter and to be much more participatory.”

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American teenagers start their school day too early.

Medical experts have been clear for years: sleep cycle changes during puberty make it hard for teenagers to learn in the early morning. Later school start times have been linked to better sleep, improved mental health, stronger academic performance and even safer driving.

Most school district leaders know about this problem and care about fixing it. But changing the schedule can feel operationally impossible.

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Can Large Language Models Replace Human Participants in Some Future Market Research?

Can Large Language Models Replace Human Participants in Some Future Market Research?

News Release, April 9, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, April 09, 2024 – Do market researchers still need to conduct original research using human participants in their work? Not always, according to a new study, which found that thanks to the increasing sophistication of large language models (LLMs), human participants can be substituted with LLMs and still generate similar outputs as those generated from human surveys.

Decision Science Digest: April 2, 2024

Decision Science Digest: April 2, 2024

News Release, April 2, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, April 2, 2024 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • New Research Finds COVID-19 Lockdowns Should Have Come Earlier, People Don’t Take Them Seriously (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Utilizing Data and Analytics in Wildfire Response: The New Framework That Could Enhance Efficiency in Response and Policies (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • Are You a Woman Applying for a Job? If the Founder is a Girl-Dad, You Have a Better Shot at Getting Hired! (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New Research Identifies Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption Costs of Electric Vehicles by Looking at Driver Speeds (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve

Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve

Harvard Business Review, March 29, 2024

Crowdfunding mobilizes $1.3 billion for innovation funding annually and that amount is projected to more than double in the next five years. Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding for companies that might struggle in the capital markets, but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

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