Interfaces

Competition for the 2013 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice provided the six finalist papers featured in this special issue of Interfaces. The prestigious Wagner Prize-awarded for achievement in implemented operations ...

This paper details collaboration between the distribution organization within the Yedioth Group, the largest media group in Israel, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, ...

In this paper, we discuss a decision support system for optimizing staff management of desk customer relations services at Hera, a large Italian multiutility company. The system, SPRINT, which is based on state-of-the-art demand forecasting, implements ...

We present an integrated model for simultaneous optimization of the loading and routing decisions associated with an automotive supplier's outbound supply chain. The supplier, Webb Wheel WW, is a manufacturer of brake drums, rotors, hubs, and spoke ...

In this paper, we discuss the problem of finding an optimal schedule for the German Basketball League BBL for the 2011-2012 season. A major issue that we address is that most of the games take place in multipurpose arenas that are also used for other ...

Efficiently managing pressure in a water distribution network is an issue for water utilities worldwide. Utilities must maintain a delicate balance between lowering the pressure as much as possible to reduce water loss and electricity usage, while ...

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books ...