Franz Edelman Academy: Class of 1998

FIRST PLACE

Team:
Bosques Arauco
Project:
Use of O.R. Systems in the Chilean Forest Industries
Members:
Bosques Arauco
Universidad de Chile

FINALISTS

Team:
Cerestar
Project:
Robust Process Control at Cerestar's Refineries
Members:
Cerestar Benelux BV
Cerestar Deutschland
Harvard University
UCLA

Team:
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company LLC
Project:
Portfolio Construction Through Mixed-Integer Programming at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company
Members:
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company LLC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Team:
Johnson County (NC) Public Schools
Project:
Integrated Planning for School and Community: The Case of Johnston County, North Carolina
Members:
Johnson County (NC) Public Schools
North Carolina State University

Team:
Pacific Lumber Company
Project:
Long-Term Forrest Ecosystem Planning at Pacific Lumber
Members:
Pacific Lumber Company
American Airlines
VESTRA

Team:
Sears
Project:
Applying GIS and O.R. Techniques to Solve Sears Technician-Dispatching and Home Delivery Problems
Members:
Sears
ESRI

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