Topic: Data Analytics
94% of China’s Pollution Inspections Find No Violation
Researchers offer a model for more effectively targeting wrongdoers
A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Bike Paths
A model for cities to boost ridership, without snarling car traffic
A Matching Mechanism to Reduce Uber/Lyft Customer Wait, Improve Revenue
Queuing models aren’t simple but offer big potential service improvements
A More Effective Way to Spot Potential Wildfire Origins in the Electric Grid
Sampling method capitalizes on similarities between grid sections to stretch inspection dollars
A Puzzle for US Politics: Slim Majorities in Washington, Wide Vote Margins Back Home
Improved voter targeting and the rise of nationalized campaigns may help explain this disconnect
A Scheduling Tool that Considers Employee Preferences
A model for staffing O.R.s incorporates the costs of worker dissatisfaction and idle time
Ads Using Personalized Tracking Raised Privacy Concerns. The Substitute Isn’t Problem-Free
The spots, aimed at demographic groups, can feel like stereotyping, even discriminatory
AI from AI: a Future of Generic and Biased Online Content?
Sharing the technology’s weak work product negatively influences the quality of its output going forward
Anticipating Overcrowding Risk in the ICU
A model vastly outperforms predictions based on prior hospital data
As Ride-Sharing Fleets Go Electric, Low-Priced/Short-Range Cars Could Excel
A model for dispatching and charging favors … the Nissan Leaf?
Barred From Stalking Us Across the Internet, Returns for Some Advertisers Plummet
Small businesses hit particularly hard when Apple made it easy to opt out of app tracking
Beyond Angry Mobs: Intellectuals in the French Revolution
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy
Bowling for Fascism: Exploring the Dark Side of Social Capital
In pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
BRCA Mutation: New Model Quantifies How Surgeries Reduce Cancer Risk
Informed by personal experience, a researcher parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries
Campaign Contributions Swayed by Neighbors’ Politics
A field experiment using public donation data indicates peer pressure matters
Can Algorithms Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions?
Measuring the utility of increased care and testing, inputs that aren’t always immediately available