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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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America is facing a STEM and data education crisis

America is facing a STEM and data education crisis

The Hill, February 3, 2024

Math scores of K-12 students in the U.S. plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopes that these scores would rebound among teenagers after the pandemic have proven vain. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report reported that math scores among teenagers are the worst they’ve been since the 1970s.

Decision Science Digest: January 31, 2024

Decision Science Digest: January 31, 2024

News Release, January 31, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, January 31, 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.

  • Streamlining Emergency Dispatches by Incorporating Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles: More Lives Can Be Saved in Overdose Situations (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Women Helping Women Leads to Increased Sales: New Research Breaks Down the Importance of Female Mentors (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Research Says Political Polarization Can Unknowingly Threaten Workplace Relationships (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New Algorithm Tests New Retail Product Popularity Faster, Saving Time and Money (INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics)
Impact of Tariffs on the Supply Chain

Impact of Tariffs on the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain, January 25, 2024

There is much talk on the campaign trail from the two leading candidates about imposing tariffs on imported goods. Former President Trump wants to impose a 10% tax on all imports. President Biden’s administration is considering imposing tariffs selectively, the so-called “small yard, high fence” approach. The impact of a tariff is not fully predictable and does not follow a straight line. While it may give a small boost to the country imposing tariffs in the short term in a variety of ways, it could have unintended consequences in the long run. 

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