Section Prize

2012 Awardee: Omar Besbes
Winning material: Dynamic pricing without knowing the demand function: risk bounds and near-optimal algorithms and Revenue Management for a Make-to-Order Queue in an Uncertain Market Environment

Purpose of the Award

The INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize is awarded for the best contribution to the science of pricing and revenue management published in English. The prize includes a certificate and a cash award. The prize is awarded each year at the INFORMS National Meeting if there is a suitable recipient. Papers that are eligible may be resubmitted the next year.

Past Awardees

2012 Awardee Omar Besbes
2010 Awardee Huseyin Topaloglu, Cornell University
2009 Awardee Xin Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Simchi-Levi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008 Awardee Constantinos Maglaras, Columbia University Assaf Zeevi
2007 Awardee William L. Cooper, University of Minnesota Tito Homem-de-Mello Anton J. Kleywegt
2006 Awardee Robert L. Phillips, Nomis Solutions, Inc.
2005 Awardee Guillermo Gallego, Columbia University
2004 Awardee Garrett J. van Ryzin, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business Kalyan T. Talluri, University Pompeu Fabra, Dept. of Economics & Business
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Committee

2008 Committee Chair:
William L. Cooper
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