OR Institute and Associations

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 Canada:
Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)
http://www.cors.ca/

 North America:
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
http://www.informs.org/

 Europe:
The Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO)
http://www.euro-online.org/

 The Entire Globe:

International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS)
http://ifors.org/
OR Methods and Techniques
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 Operations Research includes a wide range of problem-solving methods and techniques such as:

 Optimization

 Simulation

 Game theory

 Queueing theory

 Stochastic processes

 Expert systems

 Decision analysis

 …
Optimization
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 Main fields in Optimization (or Mathematical Programming):

 Convex programming
 Linear programming
 Semidefinite programming
 Conic programming
 Quadratic programming
 Nonlinear programming
 Network optimization
 Integer and combinatorial optimization
 Stochastic programming
 Robust optimization
 Constraint programming
 Dynamic programming
 Semi-infinite programming
 Multi-objective optimization
 Optimal control
 ...
Course Overview
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 This course focuses applications of OR. In particular, it covers topics from:

 Mathematical Modeling
 Modeling various applications in Industrial Engineering
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Linear and Integer Programming Software:

 CPLEX
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419058

 XPRESS
http://optimization.co.com/student-version-of-co-xpress.html

 GUROBI
http://www.gurobi.com/