December | Volume 42 | Number 6

The following table of contents lists articles in the December 2015 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:

Features

Profile: BNSF Railway

By Amy Casas
An inside look at Roundtable member’s operations research team that helps lay tracks for the future.
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Opportunities in sustainability

By Suvrajeet Sen, et al.
Second in a series of articles on “Grand Challenges” focuses on O.R.’s role in energy and the environment.
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Agriculture & analytics

By Joseph Byrum
Fertile ground for analytics and innovation: Does O.R. hold the key to feeding billions of people?
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Protection for our protectors

By Douglas A. Samuelson
In recommending priorities for veterans’ care, new study presents opportunities for quantitative analytics.
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Meet the ‘member in chief’

By Peter Horner
Interview with Ed Kaplan, the next president of INFORMS who plans to lead by example in 2016.
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INFORMS News

Analytics Conference [OPEN ACCESS]
Election Results [OPEN ACCESS]
Call for Nominees [OPEN ACCESS]
INFORMS Healthcare 2017 [OPEN ACCESS]
International Conference [OPEN ACCESS]
Recap: INFORMS 2015 [OPEN ACCESS]
President’s Award [OPEN ACCESS]
Dantzig Dissertation [OPEN ACCESS]
Kimball Medal winners [OPEN ACCESS]
Trio wins Lanchester Prize [OPEN ACCESS]
Expository Writing Award [OPEN ACCESS]
von Neumann Prize [OPEN ACCESS]
Teaching Practice Prize [OPEN ACCESS]
Nicholson Student Paper [OPEN ACCESS]
Team wins Wagner Prize [OPEN ACCESS]
Undergraduate Prize [OPEN ACCESS]
Doing Good with O.R. [OPEN ACCESS]
Moving Spirit Award [OPEN ACCESS]
Fora Moving Spirit Award [OPEN ACCESS]
In Memoriam: H. E. Scarf [OPEN ACCESS]
Welcome New Fellows [OPEN ACCESS]
Meetings [OPEN ACCESS]

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