O.R./Analytics at Work Blog

My mother worked for EPA for almost 20 years, instilling me with a respect for the world around me. The topic of O.R. and the Environment seemed like a natural (weak pun intended) fit. I was struck by the sentence in Patricia Randall’s blog entry, “While I am certain it is possible to include green objectives in a model, I haven’t had a client say ‘Minimize my emissions or my carbon footprint’. Or have I?”

Opening day, the Final Four, The 2011 Cricket World Cup, soccer, golf, basketball, NASCAR, and even bull riding, this weekend in sports has it all. Our bloggers offered their view on incorporating O.R. into sports, as a way to improve...