Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 1997
FIRST PLACE
| Team: | SNCF & SABRE Decision Technologies |
| Paper: | Schedule Optimization at SNCF: From Conception to Day of Departure |
| Laureates: |
Nejib Ben-Kheder - SABRE Josephine Kintanar Cecile Queille - SNCF William Stripling - SNCF |
FINALISTS
| Team: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Paper: | Hewlett-Pakcard Uses Operations Research to Improve the Design of a Printer Production Line |
| Laureates: |
Mitchell Burman - Analytics Inc. Stanley Gershwin - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Curtis Suyematsu - Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Team: | Nortel |
| Paper: | Nortel Redefines Factory Information Technology: An OR-Driven Approach |
| Laureates: |
Paul Brinkley - Northern Telecom W. David Carr - Northern Telecom John Folger - Northern Telecom Kristopher Haag - Northern Telecom Kuanlian Liou - Northern Telecom David Stepto - Northern Telecom Kui Wang - Northern Telecom |
| Team: | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Paper: | Positioning for a Competitive Electric Industry with PG&E's Hydro-Thermal Optimization Model |
| Laureates: |
Claudia Grief - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Raymond Johnson - California Power Exchange Alva Svoboda - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Alireza Vojdani - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Fulin Zhuang - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Team: | Taco Bell Corporation |
| Paper: | An Integrated Labor-Management System for Taco Bell |
| Laureates: |
Jackie Hueter - Taco Bell Corporation William Swart - Old Dominion University |
| Team: | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Paper: | An Assessment of Tritium Supply Alternatives in Support of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile |
| Laureates: |
Eric Schweitzer - U.S. Department of Energy Detlof von Winterfeldt - Decison Insights |