Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1981

FIRST PLACE

Team: ANR Freight System
Paper: From Freight Flow And Cost Patterns To Greater Profitability And Better Service For A Motor Carrier
Laureates: Henry Barker
Ed Sharon
Dilip Sin

FINALISTS

Team: American Edwards Lab
Paper: Matching Supplies To Save Lives: Linear Programming The Production Of Heart Valves
Laureates: Warren Erickson
Said Hilal
Janet Showers
Team: Burger King Corporation
Paper: Simulation Modeling Improves Operations, Planning, And Productivity of Fast Food Restaurants
Laureates: Luca Donno
William Swart
Team: MA Department of Public Health
Paper: Using A Dialysis Need-Projection Model For Health Planning In Massachusetts
Laureates: Joseph Pilskin
Eileen Tell
Team: Seaway Transport Canada
Paper: Keeping Ahead of a $2 Billion Canal
Laureates: Wayne Dawson
S. Lakshminarayan
Andre Landry
J. Bruce McLeod
Team: Standard Brands, Inc.
Paper: Scientific Management Of Inventory On A Hand-Held Calculator
Laureates: Donald Brout

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.