The Österreichische Gesellschaft für Operations Research (OeGOR) (Austrian Society of Operations Research) is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of

Operations Research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The society is recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in its country.

History

OeGOR was created in 1978 with the aim of promoting the development of Operations Research and Mathematical Programming in Austria, both from a methodological point as well as an applied research point of views. The recognition of the role and the professional qualification of the operation researchers and the promotion of relationships between operations researchers, inside and outside Austria are strategic goals of OeGOR. Since 1978 the society had the following presidents: * 2022-2024 Ulrich Pferschy * 2016-2022 Raimund Kovacevic * 2012-2016 Marc Reimann * 2006-2012 Marion Rauner * 2003-2006

Immanuel Bomze Immanuel Bomze is an Austrian mathematician. In his Ph.D. thesis, he completely classified all (more than 100 topologically different) possible flows of the generalized Lotka–Volterra dynamics (generalized Lotka–Volterra equation) on the plane ...

* 1999-2003 Richard Hartl * 1997-1999 Mikulas Luptacik * 1993-1997

Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger (born 1949) is an Austrian mathematical economist, applied mathematician, and operations researcher. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Graz, where she headed the department of statistics and operations re ...

* 1992-1993 Georg Pflug * 1991-1992 Wolfgang Katzenberger * 1988-1991 Gustav Feichtinger * 1986-1988

Rainer Burkard Rainer Ernst Burkard (born 28 January 1943, Graz, Austria ) is an Austrian mathematician. His research interests include discrete optimization, graph theory, applied discrete mathematics, and applied number theory.Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger (born 1949) is an Austrian mathematical economist, applied mathematician, and operations researcher. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Graz, where she headed the department of statistics and operations re ...

. Furthermore, the OeGOR News are published once or twice a year containing news about the society.

Awards

Every year OeGOR awards an award for both the best Masters Thesis as well as the best PhD Thesis in the field of Operations Research in Austria.

References

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* {{authority control Operations research societies Research institutes in Austria Organizations established in 1978 1978 establishments in Australia