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Co-Creating an Analytical Mindset at a Financial Technology Platform
- Anna Lukkarinen
  Anna Lukkarinen
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6853-6106
  Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario N6G 0N1, Canada; and Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305; and Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University School of Science, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Andrea Di Pietrantonio
  Andrea Di Pietrantonio
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  Invesdor Ltd, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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- Jyrki Wallenius
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  Jyrki Wallenius
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6851-2809
  Department of Information and Service Management, Aalto University School of Business, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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Published Online:April 25, 2025
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AbstractOur purpose is to articulate the benefits and key success factors of researcher-venture collaborations. We do so with a case study of a now-prominent Northern European equity crowdinvesting platform.
Optimizing a Heritage Railway Provider’s Volunteer Workforce Allocation: The Case of Swanage Railways
- Nikila Suresh
  Nikila Suresh
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  School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Bismark Singh
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  Bismark Singh
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-657X
  School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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Published Online:April 10, 2025
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Abstract“Mathematical decision-making methods have not been previously applied to improving operations of heritage railways. We present a case-study demonstrating the use of mathematical optimization for a premier UK-based heritage railway company.”
Overbooking Surgical Blocks
- Christopher T. B. Strömblad
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  Christopher T. B. Strömblad
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8547-1009
  Center for Surgical Science, Zealand University Hospital, 4600 Køge, Denmark
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- Upasana Raval
  Upasana Raval
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  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0548-2957
  American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas 76155
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- Kristy Zhou
  Kristy Zhou
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  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1017-2427
  Department of Strategy & Innovation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Shok-Jean Yee
  Shok-Jean Yee
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-9454
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Thomas C. Barber
  Thomas C. Barber
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-1190
  University of San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Martin R. Weiser
  Martin R. Weiser
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-7984
  Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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Published Online:April 3, 2025
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A novel method for overbooking surgeon blocks was developed and successfully used in practice for years to improve operating room (OR) access while ensuring fairness through Mixed Integer Quadratic Programming. Implemented as a web tool, this approach ...
OCP Optimizes Its Supply Chain for Africa
- El Mehdi Er Raqabi
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  El Mehdi Er Raqabi
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9548-1454
  Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada; and Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Montréal, Québec H3T 1N8, Canada; and H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- Ahmed Beljadid
  Ahmed Beljadid
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  Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada; and Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Montréal, Québec H3T 1N8, Canada
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- Mohammed Ali Bennouna
  Mohammed Ali Bennouna
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  OCP Group, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Rania Bennouna
  Rania Bennouna
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  OCP Group, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Latifa Boussaadi
  Latifa Boussaadi
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  OCP Group, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Nizar El Hachemi
  Nizar El Hachemi
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  Africa Business School, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; and Mohammadia School of Engineers, Mohammed V University, Rabat 10000, Morocco
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- Issmail El Hallaoui
  Issmail El Hallaoui
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  Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada; and Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Montréal, Québec H3T 1N8, Canada
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- Michel Fender
  Michel Fender
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  Africa Business School, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco
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- Mohamed Anouar Jamali
  Mohamed Anouar Jamali
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  OCP Group, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Nabil Si Hammou
  Nabil Si Hammou
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  OCP Group, Casablanca, Morocco
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- François Soumis
  François Soumis
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  Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada; and Group for Research in Decision Analysis, Montréal, Québec H3T 1N8, Canada
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Published Online:March 27, 2025
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Operations research specialists at the OCP Group, the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, and Polytechnique Montreal operationalized a system that optimizes the OCP downstream supply chain operations. The system simultaneously schedules production, ...
Call for Papers—INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Special Issue: In Memoriam of Professor Burcu Keskin (1979–2024) on Supply Chain Optimization and Applications
- James J. Cochran
  James J. Cochran
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8632-8909
  The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
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- Nickolas Freeman
  Nickolas Freeman
  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3036-7335
  The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
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- Alexandra Newman
  Alexandra Newman
  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-9721
  Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Mesut Yavuz
  Mesut Yavuz
  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4522-5804
  The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
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Published Online:March 17, 2025

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