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Now in its third year, the Syngenta Crop Challenge is hosted by the Analytics Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The competition invites analytics and operations research students and professionals to use their skills to contribute to the future of agriculture and global food security.

INFORMS Fellow and MIT professor Richard Larson provides interesting insight into the unique draw of the long lines and even longer waits that shoppers are willing to endure in order to score a Black Friday deal.

New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science supports the theory that testosterone influences the decision making of stock market traders, and could be a cause of market instability.

"Soft skills" such as communication and teamwork are crucial proficiencies for a supply chain leader to hold. However, these skills are often overlooked amid today's technology-driven industry, according to Yossi Sheffi, PhD, INFORMS member, Elisha Gray II professor of engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) holds its semi-annual meeting and exposition at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, October 22 – 25, 2017. At the Lindo Systems Inc booth, I see that their optimization software is capable of doing linear, integer, and nonlinear programming. I ask Linus Schrage, Lindo President, how his company is helping businesses in the oil refining, petrochemical, and oil/gas industries. Here is what he has to say.