Presented by Sheldon H. Jacobson -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - In this session, Jacobson explores the use of advanced analytics to assess the probability that a combination of seeds will advance in the NCAA men's basketball tournament (aka March Madness) based on historical tou...

2013 INFORMS Annual Meeting Minneapolis Innovative Applications in Analytics Award Semi-Finalists Presented by 2nd Lieutenant Aaron Burns, U.S. Air Force AcademyThe idea of Intelligence Led Policing grows in popularity throughout the country. A repeat offender model could help prioritize policin...

Presented by Ken Powaga, GfK Customer Loyalty - In this session, Powaga demonstrates a unique method of Key Driver Analysis, KDA, based on Shapley Value Analysis from Cooperative Game Theory. - For more information, please visit http://www.informs.org

Presented by Michele Samorani -- Alberta School of Business and Linda LaGanga -- Mental Health Center of Denver - In this session, Samorani and LaGanga Grabau consider the problem of scheduling outpatient appointments in the presence of no-shows. Predictive analytics is used to forecast the show...

Presented by Vishal Ahuja, University of Chicago Booth School of Business - In this session, Ahuja demonstrates an adaptive clinical trial design that allows physicians to learn during the course of the trial without jeopardizing patient outcome. - For more information, please visit http://www....

Presented by Mark Grabau, IBM - In this session, Grabau presents an approach that combines Data Envelopment Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Collaborative Filtering, and Reporting to objectively meet insurance companies' desire for a fact-based decision-making process for managing their agency dis...

Presented by Cynthia Rudin --MIT - In this session, Rudin presents innovations in proactive power grid maintenance stemming from a collaboration between Columbia University and Con Edison, NYC's power utility company. She describes the Manhole Events Project, where the goal is to predict electri...

Presented by Mary Meyland & Ron Hagquist, Texas Department of Transportation - In this session, Meyland and Hagquist present a decision-support system combining simulation and optimization for field use that analyzes the classic tradeoff between purchasing highway right of ways in advance of...

Presented by Daniel Reich -- Ford Research & Advanced Engineering and Dimitris Bertsimas -- MIT - In this session, Reich and Bertsimas discuss the many challenges of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Among them are limited driving range, long charging time, and highly variable energy consump...