December | Volume 39 | Number 6

The following table of contents lists articles in the December 2012 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections:

Classifieds

• OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds

Features

Roundtable profile: Paragon

By Gijs Dullaert and Gertjan de Lange
Developers of mathematical modeling tool AIMMS unleash the power of optimization.
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Implicit sentiment mining

By Maksim Tsvetovat, Jacqueline Kazil and Alex Kouznetsov
New approach overcomes inherent problems while exploring media bias and electoral sentiment.
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Analytics, O.R. & the future of healthcare

By Peter Horner and Atanu Basu
“Obamacare” grabs headlines, but market-driven reform is already shifting emphasis from volume to value.
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Integrating data mining and forecasting

By Tim Rey and Chip Wells
Leveraging time-series data offers the best possible forecasting model.
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Ambassador of analytics

By Peter Horner
Q&A: INFORMS President-Elect Anne Robinson addresses the “buzz” that’s igniting the membership base.
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INFORMS News [OPEN ACCESS]

• Preview of INFORMS Analytics Conference 
• 2013 INFORMS election results
• Weintraub receives President’s Award
• Teaching Award goes to Rogers
• Albin, Kleinmuntz win Kimball Medal
• Two share von Neumann Prize
• Undergraduate O.R. Prize
• Twelve new Fellows named
• Eight earn Impact Prize honors
• Writing Award to Rothblum
• Dantzig Dissertation Award
• Nicholson Student Paper
• Doing Good With Good O.R.
• People
• Annual Meeting: photo essay
• In memoriam: Mary DeMelim
• Healthcare 2013 preview
• Meetings