Category Archives: Coronavirus

Challenge May-2021 “COVID Testing”

Posted on May 11, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Our May-2021 Challenge asks you to implement a decision model that determines who should undergo subsequent COVID-19 testing based on a number of symptoms for COVID-19 were identified, such as coughing, sneezing, or fever. Depending on the number of symptoms … Continue reading →

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Vaccination Scheduling Decisions

Posted on March 25, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Geoffrey De Smet created a vaccination scheduling software. He discovered an interesting Vaccination Appointment Scheduling Paradox: It’s more user friendly if people can NOT choose their own appointment. Watch video

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Covid-19 and Decision Optimization

Posted on November 22, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Alex Fleischer from IBM ILOG team wrote: “First, decision optimization can help reduce inbalance and help us live with Covid-19. Second, Optimization can help us look for a vaccine or a medicine. Third, Optimization will once we have some vaccine … Continue reading →

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Why intelligences fail?

Posted on May 15, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Alain Chabrier, from IBM Decision Optimization Team: “These days, everyone has become an expert. Everyone knows about Covid-19, everyone has an opinion on what should have been done before, what should be done now, and what should be done later. … Continue reading →

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Speeding up decision-making under COVID-19 pressure

Posted on April 21, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This is the title of today’s article by John Poppelaars: “Due to the lack of trustworthy information, hospitals need to make decisions on bed capacity, staffing, medicine and personal protective gear stock levels under high uncertainty. They need to make … Continue reading →

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Rules Change Quickly

Posted on April 14, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Kristen Seer: “Never in my life have I seen rules change so quickly. Take reusable grocery bags vs. plastic bags as an example. Reusable bags are recognized as the preferred environmental choice and many cities were on the verge of … Continue reading →

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Decision Optimization during Covid-19

Posted on April 14, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

During this critical period, technology experts are trying to help as all other professionals. Alain Chabrier from IBM provides examples of how Decision Optimization can be used for optimal nurse scheduling in over-constrained hospital situations, transferring of patients between different … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to be an expert?

Posted on April 7, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

An IT expert Bozhidar Bozhanov makes interesting points about being an expert: “First, make sure you know what you don’t know, so that you can explore it if needed. Second, we need to value expertise with its imperfections. There is … Continue reading →

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Ecommerce forced adoption

Posted on March 30, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In today’s newsletter Benedict Evans wrote: “Amazon is hiring 100k more people to handle demand and Instacart is adding 300k (!). I keep wondering how much of this forced adoption will stick once we get back to normal – some things … Continue reading →

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Free COVID-19 apps from BPM vendors

Posted on March 23, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Sandy Kemsley wrote: “I’m aware of a few companies in our industry who are offering free apps — some just to customers, some to everyone — that can help to fight COVID-19 in different ways.” Link

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