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We present work in identifying, modeling, and predicting the structure of influence in a communication network. We focus on cellular phone data, which provides a near-global population sample (in contrast to the relatively ...

We study how the introduction of a new non-personalized news feed impacts user engagement quantity, quality, and diversity on Reddit. In June 2018, Reddit introduced the News tab on iOS devices that surfaces popular content ...

I examine the information content embedded in firms' decision to disaggregate financial statement line items. I find that the level of disaggregation predicts both current and future performance. I also find that significant ...

The 21st century has seen the remarkable transformation of machine vision by deep learning. This has enabled intelligent systems like autonomous vehicles and facial recognition software. However, the success of deep learning ...

Federal defense agencies have historically relied on large unique satellites to accomplish their communication and earth-sensing missions. In recent years, there has been a rapid expansion of the commercial small satellite ...

One of the key guiding principles in Amgen operations is to ensure reliability of the offered combination products to best serve patients and maintain a competitive advantage for the business. With a broad device portfolio ...

Waste and uncertainty can be managed at all levels of a production process from a program level down to a single step in a manufacturing cell, and is done by assessing risk. Risk is defined as uncertainty in the ability ...

Amazon has grown at a rapid pace. In 2018, Amazon retail sales amounted to $141.92B, up 19.7% from the previous year. The number of units shipped through its Prime program alone grew by 20% from 5 billion the previous year ...

Currently, the health of high-value power transformers is primarily evaluated by visual inspections, oil sample analysis conducted by a third-party lab, and measurements taken by a mechanic physically present at the ...

Project-based manufacturing presents unique challenges that highly automated and repetitive production lines do not face. Highly automated production lines do not have much variation in the types of products that are made, ...