Rent The Runway is an asset optimization business with dresses instead of cars or DVDs.

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Expected outcomes of this research include equipping members with the ability to improve planning and reliability of operations through the use of prediction and optimization in the areas of outage and asset management.

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Sometimes an optimization program is utilized to determine which mix of asset classes gives the highest projected return for the minimum risk taken.

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