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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 dec ...
(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 dec ...
'' 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 o ...
. 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'' * '' INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (formerly Interfaces)'' * ''INFORMS Journal on Computing'' * ''INFORMS Journal on Optimization'' * ''INFORMS Transactions on Education'' * ''
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 ...
'' * ''
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management ''Manufacturing & Service Operations Management'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1999 that is published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. It covers analytical research about operat ...
'' (M&SOM) * ''
Marketing Science Marketing science is a field that approaches marketing – the understanding of customer needs, and the development of approaches by which they might be fulfilled – predominantly through scientific methods, rather than through tools a ...
'' * ''
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 optimi ...
'' * ''
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 dec ...
'' * '' Organization Science'' * ''Service Science'' * ''Stochastic Systems'' * ''Strategy Science'' * '' Transportation Science'' All INFORMS
scholarly journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
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,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 for the best contribution to O.R. published in English * John von Neumann Theory Prize * Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award * George E. Kimball Medal


See also

* Institute of Industrial Engineers


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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