In the fight against human trafficking, industrial engineers can help

Kayse Lee Maass, an INFORMS member and assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, believes engineers have tools that can help fight human trafficking. The same techniques used to model supply chains or plan media campaigns can be adapted to find ways to disrupt trafficking networks or organize support services for survivors.

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If you are interested in finding out more about how O.R. and analytics can be used to end human trafficking, check out the Editor's Cut volume filled with open access journal and magazine articles, and interesting videos on the topic.