About INFORMS

INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of Operations Researchers and those in the Management Sciences including educators, scientists, students, managers, and consultants. The Institute serves as a focal point for O.R. professionals, permitting them to communicate with each other and reach out to other professional societies, as well as the varied clientele of the profession's research and practice.

Some of the services INFORMS provides include:

• Publishing 12 scholarly journals that describe the latest O.R. methods and applications and a membership magazine with news from across the profession.
• Organizing national and international conferences for academics and professionals, as well as for members of the society's special interest groups.
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INFORMS Vision Statement:

INFORMS is recognized as the premier organization for advancing the profession, practice, and science of operations research and management science.

INFORMS Mission:

INFORMS will advance the practice, research, methods, and applications or OR/MS by:
* encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding excellence;
* communicating every aspect of OR/MS to all appropriate audiences through journals, conferences,
 magazines, the internet, and other appropriate media;
* promoting the achievements and capabilities of OR/MS professionals to managers and executives, policy
 makers, and the general public;
* providing lifelong education and career development opportunities to OR/MS professionals; and
* attracting the best people to the field of OR/MS and attracting those in the field to INFORMS.