INFORMS Releases

• New Optimization Algorithm Increases Online Dating Site Matches by 27% by Factoring in Past and Present User Preferences (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• Environmental Issues Encourage Better Habits from Manufacturing Facilities in Texas (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• Adopting Mass Customization, in Addition to Mass Production Methods, Can Generate a Win-Win for Sustainability in Fashion (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• Startling Racial Discrepancies in Obtaining Capital for Minority-Owned Startups (INFORMS journal Management Science)

BALTIMORE, MD, June 27, 2022 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that people can achieve long-term health goals and establish healthy habits when coupling wearable health devices such as “Fitbits” with economic incentives.

BALTIMORE, MD, June 16, 2022 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science identifies a new method of implementing pandemic lockdowns that decreases infection rates while also limiting negative economic impacts.

New audio is available for media use featuring Dwai Roy. He is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He talks about diversity, equity, and inclusion from an analytics perspective. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Dwai Roy. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on June 10, 2022.

New audio is available for media use featuring Gerald Evans, Professor Emeritus in the School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. He talks about how operations research and analytics approaches can lead to mass shooting prevention. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Gerald Evans. There are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on June 8, 2022.