Overview
The INFORMS Optimization Section was formed in the fall of 1995 and became a Society in 2004.
The Optimization Society has two goals:
- to promote the development and application of optimization methods and software tools for the solution of problems in Operations Research/Management Science, and
- to encourage the exchange of information among practitioners and scholars in the optimization area.
Highlights
OS Prizes 2012
Submission of the Optimization Society Prizes is now open. Check the prize page for details on the submission.
Conferences
The Optimization Society Conference will be held on February 24-26, 2012 at the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration in Coral Gables, Florida. The theme of the conference is Optimization and Analytics: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice.