The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields 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 ...

(O.R.),

management science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

, and

analytics Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It also entails applying data patterns toward effective decision-making. It ...

. It was established in 1995 with the merger of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS).

Overview

INFORMS promotes greater public awareness, interest, and understanding about the benefits of operations research (O.R.) and analytics and provides a variety of programs and services that support lifelong learning and networking for O.R. and analytics professionals. This includes publishing 16 peer-reviewed journals, hosting numerous conferences and meetings, providing continuing education courses and professional certification, and administering dozens of special-interest communities that help professionals network and collaborate with colleagues from around the world. INFORMS is a member of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and the host of the open-source initiative for operations research,

COIN-OR Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN-OR), is a project that aims to "create for mathematical software what the open literature is for mathematical theory." The open literature (e.g., a research journal) provides the operat ...

. INFORMS members are operations researchers and analytics professionals who work for universities, corporations, consulting groups, military, the government, and health care. Many are academics who teach operations research, management science, analytics, and the quantitative sciences in engineering and business schools. INFORMS members come from nearly 90 countries throughout the world. INFORMS includes masters- and Ph.D.-level members, as well as students working toward their degrees: Membership levels are regular member, student member, and retired member. The INFORMS Roundtable includes institutional members from operations research departments at major organizations. INFORMS administers the

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Omega Rho.

Publications

INFORMS publishes scholarly journals, including its flagship journals ''

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 ...

'' and ''

Management Science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

''; and ''INFORMS Transactions on Education'', an online-only,

open-access journal Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...

. INFORMS also publishes ''OR/MS Today'', the membership magazine; ''Analytics'', the industry magazine; and ''OR/MS Tomorrow'', the student membership magazine. The list of INFORMS journals includes: * ''Decision Analysis'' * ''

Information Systems Research ''Information Systems Research'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the areas of information systems and information technology, including cognitive psychology, economics, computer science, operations research, ...

'' * '' INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (formerly Interfaces)'' * ''INFORMS Journal on Computing'' * ''INFORMS Journal on Optimization'' * ''INFORMS Transactions on Education'' * ''

'' * '' Manufacturing & Service Operations Management'' (M&SOM) * '' Marketing Science'' * ''

Mathematics of Operations Research ''Mathematics of Operations Research'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in February 1976. It focuses on areas of mathematics relevant to the field of operations research such as continuous optimization, discrete optimiz ...

'' * ''

'' * '' Organization Science'' * ''Service Science'' * ''Stochastic Systems'' * ''Strategy Science'' * ''

Transportation Science ''Transportation Science'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The studies published in the journal apply operations research techniques to probl ...

'' All INFORMS

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s are peer-reviewed.

Awards

INFORMS bestows many prizes to recognize superior achievements in practice, publishing, and teaching, and to acknowledge those who have made outstanding contributions to the profession. Among those are: *

Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences recognizes excellence in the execution of operations research on the organizational level. About The award is presented annually by the Institute for Operat ...

,Franz Edelman Award
/ref> which recognizes outstanding high-level O.R. and advanced analytics practice * The Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice *

Frederick W. Lanchester Prize The Frederick W. Lanchester Prize is an Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences prize (U.S. $5,000 cash prize and medallion) given for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in Engli ...

for the best contribution to O.R. published in English *

John von Neumann Theory Prize The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is awarded annually to an individual (or sometimes a group) who has made fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in operat ...

* Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award *

George E. Kimball Medal George Elbert Kimball (July 12, 1906 – December 6, 1967) was an American professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. Early life George E. Kimball was born to Arthur G. Kimball in Chic ...

References

Chile wins international prize for the development of analytical tools against the pandemic
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Vishal Gupta Awarded INFORMS Wagner Prize for System to Curb COVID Spread in Greece

External links

INFORMS homepage
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Overview

Publications

Awards

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