Historical Prize -- Application Process

Published work must meet the following requirements to be eligible for the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Historical Prize:

• It must be in the form of a paper, a book, or a group of papers or books.
• It must be on the topic of pricing/revenue management.
• It must have been published prior to 1999.
• It must be written in the English language.
• It must have appeared in the open literature.

Books or papers may be case histories, reports of research representing new results, or primarily synthesis. For any nominated set (group of either articles or books) published over more than one year, it is expected that each element in the set is part of one continuous effort, such as a multi-year project or a continuously written, multi-volume book.

As noted above, only the committee's members may nominate such works. The committee may choose not to award a historical works prize. Indeed, it is anticipated that awarding of the Historical Works Prize will become less common over time.

The Committee will use the following criteria in making judgments:

• The extent to which the contribution advanced the state of the art of pricing and revenue management.
• The originality of the ideas or methods.
• The new areas of application it opened up.
• The degree to which existing theory or method was unified or simplified.
• The clarity and excellence of the exposition.
• The degree to which the contribution provided value for future applications, or enabled improved practice.

There is no application process; the prize is awarded at the discretion of the Prize Committee.

2008 Committee Chair

William L. Cooper
University of Minnesota
111 Church Street SE
Mechanical Engineering Building
Minneapolis, MN 55455 U.S.A.
voice: +1 612-624-4322
fax: +1 612-625-4344
email: billcoop@me.umn.edu

Other 2008 Committee Members include:

Andy Boyd, PROS
Rene Caldentey, New York University