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New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
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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.

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Exclusive: The Russian billionaires whose chemical factories fuel Russia's war machine
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LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia's wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow's military during the war in Ukraine, an analysis of railway and financial data shows.

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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One
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A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

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How does AI impact the price you pay for air travel?

How does AI impact the price you pay for air travel?

AirGuide, April 18, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the great disruptor across numerous sectors of the economy and society. It has not only impacted the digital world, but the physical world. And air travel has not been immune to such effects.

Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Business Analytics and Information Management, Awarded the 2023 INFORMS UPS George...

Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Business Analytics and Information Management, Awarded the 2023 INFORMS UPS George...

News Release, April 17, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, April 17, 2022 – INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, has awarded Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Business Analytics and Information Management (BAIM) the 2023 UPS George D. Smith Prize. The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of operations research and analytics.

Sheldon Jacobson: Lotteries are a regressive tax. Why do progressive governors support them?

Sheldon Jacobson: Lotteries are a regressive tax. Why do progressive governors support them?

The Chicago Tribune, April 17, 2023

As states look to generate more revenue in an inflationary economy, along with the risk of a recession, progressive governors like J.B. Pritzker who advocate for progressive income taxes also support one of the most regressive taxes: lotteries. This sort of “taxation” increases revenue without the stigma associated with conventional taxation, which feels to some like a penalty.

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