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Georgia Tech’s Beril Toktay elected to board of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that L. Beril Toktay has been elected to its board, where she will serve a two-year term as vice president of marketing, outreach and communication. Toktay is a professor in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

USC’s Pelin Pekgun elected to board of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that Pelin Pekgun has been elected to its board, where she will serve a two-year term as vice president of membership and professional recognition.

MIT professor Stephen Graves elected president-elect of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that MIT’s Stephen Graves has been elected president-elect and will serve as INFORMS president in 2021. 

INFORMS Annual Meeting Sets Organization Record for Attendance

INFORMS Annual Meeting Sets Organization Record for Attendance

News Release, November 6, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, November 6, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, set an organization record at its 2019 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington last month. Academic and industry professionals from around the world made up the largest meeting in INFORMS history consisting of 7,330 attendees, which is a more than 18% increase from last year.

New Study Finds Taxi Drivers Improve Earnings Through Trip Selection: Mobile Hailing Technology Enables Drivers to Choose More Profitable Trips

New Study Finds Taxi Drivers Improve Earnings Through Trip Selection: Mobile Hailing Technology Enables Drivers to Choose More Profitable Trips

News Release, October 25, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 25, 2019 – A new research study published in the October edition of the INFORMS journal Marketing Science (Editor’s note: The source of this research is INFORMS) has revealed how taxi drivers use mobile hailing technology to select longer, more profitable trips to optimize their earnings, rather than seeking to increase the number of trips or working hours to achieve higher earnings.

A large selection of colors or styles discredit opinion leaders’ recommendations

A large selection of colors or styles discredit opinion leaders’ recommendations

News Release, October 16, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 16, 2019 – Consumers have been relying on opinion leader recommendations to make choices about product quality and purchases for a long time. It is even more prominent now with the prevalence of influencers on social media platforms. The problem is, when there is a wide variety of the same product, consumers question if a positive recommendation is based on quality or personal preferences.

New Research Says Changes in Driver Shifts and Pick-up Choices for Food Delivery Services Can Boost Profits

New Research Says Changes in Driver Shifts and Pick-up Choices for Food Delivery Services Can Boost Profits

News Release, October 10, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 10, 2019 – The food delivery business, popularized by mobile online services such as Grubhub, OrderUp, and DoorDash, has become a $200 billion industry, which is expected to grow by more than 15% annually over the next five years. New research published in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science reveals how food delivery businesses can implement changes in driver shifts and order delivery structures that can decrease costs and contribute to higher profits.

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