Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1985

FIRST PLACE

Team: Weyerhaeuser Company
Paper: Weyerhaeuser Decision Simulator Improves Timber Profits
Laureates: Uli Chi - Weyerhaeuser Company
Mark Lembersky - Weyerhaeuser Company

FINALISTS

Team: Canadian National Railways
Paper: Expansion of Canadian National Railway's Line Capacity
Laureates: J.F.R. Gussow - Canadian National Railways
Norma Welch - Canadian National Railways
Team: City of New York
Paper: Polishing the Big Apple: How Management Science Has Helped Make New York Streets Cleaner
Laureates: Anne Litke - City of New York
Joseph Miller - City of New York
Lucius Riccio - City of New York
Team: Electrobras & CEPEL
Paper: Coordinating the Energy Generation of the Brazilian National Hydrothermal Electrical Generating System
Laureates: T.A. Araripe Neto - Electrobras
P.R.H. Sales - Electrobras
L.F. Silva - Electrobras
L.A. Terry - CEPEL
M.V.F. Pereira - CEPEL
Team: Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Paper: Pacific Gas and Electric State-of-the-Art Scheduling Tool For Hydro Systems
Laureates: George Gross - Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Gene Hall - Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Yoshiro Ikura - Consilium, Inc.
Team: United Airlines
Paper: United Airlines Station Manpower Planning System
Laureates: Judson Bryn - United Airlines
Thomas Holloran - United Airlines

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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