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Avi-Itzhak, Benjamin (Benny)
In Memoriam: Benjamin Avi-Itzhak (1933–2017) Professor Emeritus Benjamin Avi-Itzhak—or Benny, as we knew him—was born in Jerusalem in 1933 and passed away in November 2017. Benny obtained a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1955, an additional BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management (IE&M) in 1960, an MSc in Operations Research also in 1960, and… Continue Reading Avi-Itzhak, Benjamin (Benny)
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Information Management Engineering
Ongoing developments in information technologies are enabling the creation of information systems in a variety of fields, with an ever-increasing scale and sophistication. At the same time, users’ demands from information systems are also growing. Information system engineers are required to develop applications and products whose complexity and intricacy are constantly increasing. These systems utilize the latest technologies such as communication and distributed systems, command and control using artificial intelligence, data organization and retrieval, organizational resource management systems, e-commerce systems, integrated hardware and software systems and decision support systems. Continue Reading Information Management Engineering
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R&D Investment in Times of Crisis: The Enabling Role of Operational Excellence
Abstract: This study examines when and why R&D investments lead to improved performance during times of crisis, with a focus on the enabling role of operational management. While classic economic theory advises firms to defer irreversible investments under uncertainty, we adopt a contingency perspective grounded in operations and innovation management. We argue that R&D can… Continue Reading R&D Investment in Times of Crisis: The Enabling Role of Operational Excellence
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Explaining Model Behavior Across Space and Time: Differential and Intertemporal Explanations
Abstract: We introduce the notion of differential explanation as information provided to users of machine learning models that explains why a model assigns different values to two observations. We propose a model-agnostic feature importance method based on SHapley Additive exPlanations (Lundberg and Lee 2017), to generate such explanations that can be viewed as its generalization.… Continue Reading Explaining Model Behavior Across Space and Time: Differential and Intertemporal Explanations