Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1983

FIRST PLACE

Team: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Paper: Improving the Distribution of Industrial Gases With An On-Line Computerized Routing and Scheduling Optimizer
Laureates: Walter Bell - Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Louis Dalberto
Marshall Fisher - University of Pennsylvania
Arnold Greenfield - University of Pennsylvania
R. Jaikumar - Harvard University
Pradeep Kedia - Lotus Development Corporation
Robert Mack - Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Paul Putzman

FINALISTS

Team: Detroit Diesel
Paper: N/A
Laureates: Ronald Bierbaum
Donald Holland
Russell Leslie
Team: Management Decision System
Paper: The ASSESSOR Pre-Test Market Evaluation System
Laureates: Thomas Hatch
Gerald Katz
Alvin Silk
Glen Urban
Team: MPT Associates, inc.
Paper: A Disciplined Stock Selection Strategy: Addendum
Laureates: James Farrell
Team: Southern Railway Company
Paper: Computer Aided Train Dispatching Decision Support Through Optimization
Laureates: Robert Sauder
William Westerman

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.

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