The INFORMS Annual Meeting 2001 will be held at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers, Nov. 4-7. Following is a list of companies and organizations that will be exhibiting at the meeting. All attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibit area. For more information about the meeting, go to www.informs.org/Conf/Miami2001.

AutoSimulations Div. of Brooks Automation
655 Medical Dr.
Bountiful, UT 84010
801-298-1398
Booth # 19
www.autosim.com
AutoMod^TM allows you to experiment in the virtual world to save time and money in the real world. AutoMod, an easy to use, true-scale 3D simulation tool combines the ease of a simulator with the power of a simulation language and includes templates for material handling, manufacturing and continuous flow. Come see why AutoMod is the simulation software of choice.

Decisioneering, Inc.
1515 Arapahoe St., Ste. 1311
Denver, CO 80202
303-534-1515
Booth # 12
www.decisioneering.com
Decisioneering, Inc. is the leading provider of risk management software and solutions that simplify analysis and improve decision-making. The company provides a comprehensive suite of tools for desktop and Web-based risk analysis, optimization and forecasting. Decisioneering users are found in over 85% of Fortune 1000 companies, with a significant presence in the finance, petroleum, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries.

Duxbury/Thomson Learning
10 Davis Dr.
Belmont, CA 94002
650-595-2350
Booths # 25 & 26
www.duxbury.com
Celebrating our 30th year, Duxbury, a division of Thomson Learning, publishes exclusively in the field of statistics and quantitative methods, in all areas of application and for all levels of learning. Duxbury is dedicated to publishing the very best and innovative ideas while crafting the highest quality products.

Elsevier Science
P.O. Box 1991
1000 BZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
31-20-485-2467
Booth # 16
All Elsevier journals are on ScienceDirect, www.sciencedirect.com, the world's largest database of scientific articles. If your institution does not have access to ScienceDirect, check with your librarian or see a more limited service for the OR/MS community at www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw, which also features the Handbooks of OR/MS.

GAMS Development Corp.
1217 Potomac St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-342-0180
Booth # 2
www.gams.com
GAMS is the leading tool to develop models for mathematical programming problems. It is currently used in nearly every country in the world for modeling large, complex optimization problems in academia, industry and government. GAMS allows the flexibility to develop several model types and has excellent documentation and debugging features.

IBM
4255 South Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-435-1453
Booths # 34 & 35
jlange@us.ibm.com
IBM's Optimization Solutions - Version 3: IBM's Optimization Solutions products are used by operations research, management science and mathematics professionals worldwide to solve large, complex problems in finance, insurance, transportation, process and manufacturing industries and are used extensively in business intelligence and supply chain applications.

ILOG, Inc.
1080 Linda Vista Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-567-8000
Booth # 9
www.ilog.com
Providing leading mathematical programming, constraint programming, and hybrid optimization products, technology and professional services. ILOG at INFORMS 2001: unveiling exciting new technology and product releases for CPLEX, OPL Studio and other products in the ILOG Optimization Suite. Stop by our booth or attend our software demo session to learn more. Trial CD giveaway!

Imagine That, Inc.
6830 Via Del Oro, Ste. 230
San Jose, CA 95119
408-365-0305
Booth # 39
www.imaginethatinc.com
The world's most progressive companies use Extend^TM to solve their complex modeling problems. Extend is also the most popular simulation tool for textbooks. It's clear that obtaining accurate results and developing an understanding of process dynamics is as important to educators as it is to corporations. That's the advantage of Extend.

INFORMS
901 Elkridge Landing Rd., Ste. 400
Linthicum, MD 21090
800-446-3676/410-850-0300
Booths # 20 & 21
informs@informs.org
Have a membership question? Want to know what's going on at the Institute? Need to know the most current benefits and services or the hottest industry trends? Stop by the INFORMS booth to talk to the staff. We have the latest information on networking, meetings, publications, industry happenings and benefits and services. We look forward to seeing you!

INFORMS Meetings 2002
One Richmond Square, #215
Providence, RI 02906
800-343-0062/401-274-2525
meetings@informs.org
Stop by the booth for all the exciting details on 2002 meetings. Analyzing and Enhancing the Extended Enterprise, May 2002, a conference highlighting real-world applications, best practices and professional development tutorials. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2002 takes place in San Jose, the Capital of Silicon Valley and the crossroads of high-tech movers and shakers.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
605 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10158
212-850-6000
Booths # 22 & 23
jws-edcv.wiley.com/college
Experience the Wiley difference! Make sure to visit the John Wiley & Sons, Inc. booth—the place to be! Wiley is committed to quality texts in information systems and decision sciences offering an array of specialized services and print/multimedia materials to instructors and students—take a look for yourself!

Kluwer Academic Publishers
101 Philip Dr.
Norwell, MA 02061
781-871-6600
Booths # 10 & 11
www.wkap.com
Kluwer Academic Publishers will have sample copies of our research journals on display as well as new titles including: the six-volume "Encyclopedia of Optimization" edited by C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos, "Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods" by E. Cascetta, and Principles of Forecasting by S. Armstrong. Visit our booth for the latest research publications offered at a conference discount.

LINDO Systems, Inc.
1415 North Dayton St.
Chicago, IL 60622
312-988-7422
Booth # 37
www.lindo.com
LINDO Systems will be highlighting recent software enhancements and demonstrating our new callable LINDO API. We will also be demonstrating: LINDO, our powerful solver engine; LINGO, our integrated modeling language and solvers; and What'sBest!, our large scale Excel solver. Stop by our booth and pick up a free trial CD.

Maximal Software, Inc.
2111 Wilson Blvd., #700
Arlington, VA 22201
703-522-7900
Booth # 33
www.maximal-usa.com
We will demonstrate the OptiMax 2000, an extensive Component Library (API) designed to take full advantage of the ActiveX Automation component software technologies from Microsoft. OptiMax 2000 allows the model developer to seamlessly integrate MPL into VBA for Excel/Access, Visual Basic, and Visual C++, thus easily creating customized end-user applications to solve real-world optimization problems. We will also demonstrate MPL for Windows 5.0.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Two Penn Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10121
212-904-2892
Booths # 14 & 15
www.mhhe.com/irwin
McGraw-Hill publishes market-leading texts by leading researchers and authors in their respective fields. We are working at the forefront of technology to develop innovative tools to support learning and teaching in the new millennium. Please visit our booth for a review of our latest titles and meet our wonderful staff!

Palgrave
Houndmills, Basingstoke
Hampshire RG21 6XS
United Kingdom
44-1256-302999
Booth # 13
www.palgrave.com
Palgrave—global academic publishing from St. Martin's Press. We publish leading operations research and management science journals and books, including Journal of the Operational Research Society, the longest established OR journal in the world. Visit us at the INFORMS Miami Beach meeting or at our Web site.

Palisade Corp.
31 Decker Rd.
Newfield, NY 14867
607-277-8000
Booth # 4
www.palisade.com
Palisade Corporation is the industry leader in analytical software for risk and decision analysis. Our products enhance any serious decision-maker's toolkit. The Palisade product line features the DecisionTools Suite: @RISK, TopRank, PrecisionTree, BestFit and RISKview, as well as Evolver, RISKOptimizer, @RISK for Project, and @RISK Developer's Kit. These tools perform risk and decision analysis in Excel.

Prentice Hall
10 Mountainview Rd.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
201-785-2843
Booth # 3
www.pearsoned.com
Prentice Hall is the premier publisher for decision sciences and business statistics. Interested in well-known author teams? Using technology in class? Online Solutions? Stop by our booth to learn more about our websites, WebCT, Blackboard courses, and our latest texts by Krajewski/Ritzman, Levine/Stephan/Krehbiel/Berenson, Berenson/Levine/Krehbiel, Hanna/Newman, Shannon/Groebner/Fry/Smith, Chopra/Meindl, Heizer/Render, Taylor, Foster, Nicholas, Russell/Taylor, Evans/Olson and more.

Rockwell Software
504 Beaver St.
Sweickley, PA 15143
412-741-3727
Booth # 24
www.rockwell.com
Arena® simulation software from Rockwell Software offers the unparalleled ease-of-use, flexibility and domain expertise required for modeling any aspect of a business enterprise. The Arena product family supports both in-depth analyses of a particular functional area (e.g., manufacturing, logistics, customer service) and analysis of processes that span several functional areas.

Sage Publications
2455 Teller Rd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
805-499-0721
Booth # 17
www.sagepub.com
Sage Publications, a leading international publisher of journals, books and electronic media, celebrated 35 years of global publishing excellence in 2000. We provide researchers, professionals, scholars, policymakers and students with the tools and information they need to succeed. Please stop by our booth or visit our Web site to review our publications and/or discuss your publishing ideas.

SAS
SAS Campus Dr.
Cary, NC 27513
919-531-6916
Booth # 7
www.sas.com
Tackle today's complex strategic and tactical planning problems with integrated, customizable management science and supply chain solutions from SAS. Stop by our booth to see why decision-makers around the world rely on SAS solutions to turn data into information, uncover the best options and provide critical decision support reporting.

SchedulExpert, Inc.
117 Oak Hill Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-257-2359
Booth # 32
www.schedulexpert.com
SchedulExpert, Inc. sells software for optimizing course schedules in post-secondary and large-scale corporate training environments. Both products generate conflict-free schedules, have user-friendly GUIs, incorporate numerous constraints and preferences, and allow users to set the relative priority of 10+ objectives. Details and trial software are available at our Web site.

South-Western/Thomson Learning
10 Davis Dr.
Belmont, CA 94002
650-595-2350
Booth # 27
www.swcollege.com
South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning, is an industry-leading provider of business and economics educational materials worldwide. South-Western develops innovative resources for the higher education, secondary education, professional, corporate and retail markets. Our history of innovative success began over a century ago, and continues today with diversified product lines that meet the emerging needs of our learning markets and integrate the latest digital technologies for more flexible, comprehensive solutions.

Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
175 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
212-460-1500
Booth # 38
www.springer-ny.com
Stop by our booth and save 20% on all our titles! Springer-Verlag publishes a wide range of books and journals in operations research and management science.

Standard & Poor's Applied Decision Analysis
68 Willow Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-688-8600
Booth # 8
www.adainc.com
DPL (Decision Programming Language) is decision analysis software developed to meet the requirements of decision-makers in business and government. DPL offers an advanced synthesis of the two major decision-making tools, influence diagrams and decision trees, which assist in structuring complete and focused analyses. DPL's powerful solution algorithms and many graphical outputs provide comprehensive and insightful results.

Wolfram Research, Inc.
100 Trade Center Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-398-0700
Booth # 6
www.wolfram.com
Mathematica is the world's most powerful technical computing system. Used by over a million people in science, industry and academia, Mathematica combines fast, high-precision numeric and symbolic computation with easy-to-use data visualization and programming capabilities. Mathematica creates publication-quality documents with its customizable, cross-platform file format.

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