BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.
During the holiday season, a late delivery can sometimes feel like the end of the world. You’ve been there: you order a highly anticipated gadget, new clothes, or a last-minute gift, only to find out that your delivery is delayed. While many blame shipping companies or delivery drivers, the true culprit often lies deeper in the supply chain — at the heart of it all: forecasting.
Catastrophic weather events, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, trade conflicts, global pandemics—the forces disrupting supply chains are multiplying at a rate few could have anticipated.
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INFORMS Fellow and University of Illinois professor Sheldon Jacobson was presented with the INFORMS Impact Prize for his work on the TSA's PreCheck system, which uses risk profiles to try to focus air security resources on higher-risk passengers.
For the fourth time since 2010, Penn State's University Park campus called for a snow day and canceled class, but thanks to new software that will help more efficiently clear roads, walkways, and parking lots on campus, roads may be open before long.
Gen Z: You know, the generation that dumped Facebook for Instagram, and prefers YouTube videos to cable TV. Gen-Zers were born after 1995 and are expected to represent 40% of consumers by 2020. The ‘post-millennials’ generation is growing older and marketing experts are creating new tactics to communicate with them by learning to speak their social media language while embracing tailor-made technology such as blockchain. These are keys to decoding GenZ’s marketing wishes that incorporate specific blockchain features.
Billions of dollars are spent on search engine optimization and search engine marketing every year. A new study published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science explores the complications of the strategy, shining a light on the inherent challenges that come along with using search terms with multiple meanings.
According to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science, in countries facing severe threat of armed conflict, ties to military officers can help a company survive.
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