Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1976

FIRST PLACE

Team: AT&T
Paper: The Use of Management Science in Making A Corporate Policy Decision-Changing for Directory Assistance Service
Laureates: J. McDonald

FINALISTS

Team: Booth Fisheries
Paper: An On-Line Integrated Materials Management Systems
Laureates: R. Jaikumar
U.R. Rau
Team: Canadian Forest Products
Paper: Application of Linear Programming to Plywood Manufacture
Laureates: D.B. Kotak
Team: Cleveland Trust Company
Paper: A System Model For Controlling The Operations Of Check Processing In A Branch Bank Network
Laureates: J.A. Svestka
Team: Federal Aviation Administration
Paper: Training of U.S. Air Traffic Controllers
Laureates: J.H. Henry
M.E. Kamrass
J. Orlansky
R.E. Reichenbach
T.C. Rowan
Team: Veterans Administration
Paper: Applying Simulation Techniques To Legislative Analysis: The Veterans And Survivors Pension Reform Act
Laureates: K.W. Shepard

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.

Edelman Award Videos

View the 2012, 2011, and 2010 Edelman Award presentations for outstanding examples of difference-making OR/MS and advanced analytics in practice in the INFORMS Video Learning Center.

 Other years' presentations available for order on DVD.