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World's best analysts compete to win Edelman Prize in operations research and analytics
Date:2/7/2008

ce to the Art of Business: the 2008 INFORMS Conference on OR/MS Practice. The conference takes place in Baltimore from April 13-15 http://meetings.informs.org/Practice08/.

INFORMS, an international organization, is located between Baltimore and Washington, DC. The winner of the Edelman Competition will reprise the organizations presentation at the organizations annual meeting, which will take place in the nations capital from October 12-15. http://meetings.informs.org/DC08/

Every year, the Franz Edelman competition recognizes outstanding examples of operations research-based projects that transform companies, entire industries, and peoples lives. Operations research uses advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions and is a disciplined way by which management can improve organizational performance in a wide variety of situations and in nearly every type of public and private organization.

The top finalist receives a $10,000 honorarium. Past Franz Edelman finalists include Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Georgia Tech, whose 2007 team reduced both patient suffering and health care costs from the treatment of prostate and breast cancer; Travelocity; IBM; and Merrill Lynch.


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Contact: Barry List
barry.list@informs.org
443-757-3560
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
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