Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1990

FIRST PLACE

Team: Health Care Financing Administration
Paper: Diagnosis Related Groups: Understanding Hospital Performance
Laureates: Robert Fetter - Yale University

FINALISTS

Team: American Airlines (ASAS)
Paper: American Airlines Arrival Slot Allocation System (ASAS)
Laureates: Alberto Vasquez-Marquez - American Airlines
Team: American Airlines
Paper: Recent Advances n Crew-Pairing Optimization and American Airlines
Laureates: Ranga Anbil - American Airlines
Eric Gelman - American Airlines
Bruce Patty - American Airlines
Rajan Tanga - American Airlines
Team: Kodak Australasia
Paper: Planning the Cutting of Photographic Color Paper Rolls for Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltc
Laureates: A.A. Farley - Monash University/Alternative Management Solutions
Team: L.L. Bean, Inc.
Paper: Allocation Telecommunications Resources at L.L. Bean, Inc.
Laureates: Bruce Andrews - Unviersity of Southern Maine
Henry Parsons - University of Southern Maine
Phillip Quinn - L.L. Bean, Inc.
Team: Reynolds Metals Company
Paper: The Indispensable Role of Management Science in Centralizing Freight Operations at Reynolds Metals Company
Laureates: Lonny Gorban - Reynolds Metals Company
E. William Moore - Reynolds Metals Company
Janice Warmke - Reynolds Metals Company
Team: Southern Company Services
Paper: Using an Optimization Software to Lower Overall Electric Production Cost for Southern Compan
Laureates: J.T. Day - ABB Power Systems, Inc.
Jim Griffith - Southern Company Services
S.R. Erwin - Southern Company Services
K.D. Le - ABB Power Systems, Inc.
J.T. Wood - Southern Company Services
C.K. Yin - ABB Power Systems, Inc.

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.