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New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
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BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 ā€“ 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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Groundbreaking Research Predicts Seizures, Saves Millions

Groundbreaking Research Predicts Seizures, Saves Millions

BioSpace, July 30, 2019

New research among INFORMS members is saving hospitals big bucks. In the last year, a new module to predict and prevent seizures in brain injury patients saved more than $7 million and doubled the number of patients being treated.

Research: Tabletop Technology Improves Sales By 1% Per Check While Reducing Meal Duration By 10%

Research: Tabletop Technology Improves Sales By 1% Per Check While Reducing Meal Duration By 10%

Restaurant Technology News, July 31, 2019

According to new research conducted by Tom Fangyun Tan of the Cox Business School at Southern Methodist University and Serguei Netessine of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, tabletop technology is likely to improve sales by 1% per check and reduce meal duration by 10%. The combination of these two effects increase the sales per minute or sales productivity by 11%.

News 18, July 30, 2019

New Technology to Improve Restaurant Services

News 18, July 30, 2019

We've all been there...you're out to eat and in need of a refill or the check and the wait staff is nowhere to be found. Now, a recent study shows that adding a tabletop device can improve restaurant services and increase revenues.

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