Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas and nearly two dozen doctoral students are using machine learning and optimization to find answers and generating accurate real-time insight into the pandemic.

Their approach helps the supply side of the economy “snap back” in the second phase of the crisis. The key is creating a master agreement that provides a win-win solution for all parties.

MIT Sloan School Prof. Emil Verner analyzed the economic effects of the 1918 Flu Pandemic and found that public health interventions have no adverse effect on local economic outcomes.

The COVID-19 Policy Alliance put online a set of data analytic tools to enable states to identify the highest risk facilities and localities.

Prof. Golrezaei explains: “We identified an algorithm that uses a binary signal to determine whether the seller wins in the prior auction. This limits manipulation by the buyer..."

Prof. Golrezaei and her colleagues designed a search and choice model that assumes the utility that a consumer derives from a product consists of two parts: a basic utility and a personal utility.