INFORMS Releases

BALTIMORE, MD, January 3, 2024 – New research has found a way to leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more efficiently screen out bad ideas to focus on only good ideas in the crowdsourcing process within ideation. More specifically, the research has arrived at a simple model for screening out ideas that experts might consider “bad.” Importantly, managers can adjust their model to determine how many bad ideas to screen out, without losing good ones. The research also found a single new predictor that screens out atypical ideas and preserves more inclusive and rich ideas.

BALTIMORE, MD, December 21, 2023 –

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.

• New Research Finds Telework During Disasters Reduced Workplace Gender Inequality (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
• Finding a Solution for Nurse Turnover Rates at Aging Facilities, How its Leading to Better Quality and Cost of Elder Care (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• The Cost of Midyear School Assessments, Do Bonuses Help Incentivize Everyone Involved? (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• A Bike and Robot Working Together—Researchers Say it Could Be the Key to More Efficient E-commerce Deliveries (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)

BALTIMORE, MD, December 20, 2023 – It’s no secret: men and women work differently. They have different strengths and weaknesses and productivity levels depending on the task. Most men work in occupations where less than 20% of the employees are women, and a majority of women work in occupations where less than 30% of the employees are men.

BALTIMORE, MD, December 11, 2023 – Researchers have found that machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly reduce cost and time in the product design phase, not only in the actual generative design of the product, but also in the predictive analysis of whether consumers will be attracted to certain designs.

BALTIMORE, MD, November 30, 2023 – 

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.

• Text Message Appointment Reminders with a Nudge—Researchers Reduce “No-Shows” by Nearly 29% (INFORMS journal Operations Research)
• Analyzing the Effectiveness of Government Programs in Providing Access and Availability to Rare Disease Treatments (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• The Behavioral Implications of COVID-19: Customer Frequency Drops for Chinese Restaurants, Will it Last? (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
• Online Versus In-Person Grocery Shopping: Who Benefits and Who Could be in Trouble?  (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)