Operations Research Management Science - October 2001 - Guide to Exhibitors

- Operations Research Management Science - October 2001 - Guide to Exhibitors <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" link="cc0000" vlink="cc0000" text="#000000"> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=1 border=0><br>  <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=480><tr valign=top> <td width=10><img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 hspace=4 border=0></td> <td width=470><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> <B><I>OR/MS Today</I></B><BR> <IMG SRC="../barbluehook.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="4"><BR> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> Posted: 10/16/01<BR> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="3"><B>INFORMS Annual Meeting 2001 Miami Beach</B></font><br> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <B>Guide to Exhibitors</B><br> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=2 border=0><br> <P> <P> 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 <A HREF="http://www.informs.org/Conf/Miami2001/">www.informs.org/Conf/Miami2001</A>.</P> <P> <B>AutoSimulations Div. of Brooks Automation</B><BR> 655 Medical Dr.<BR> Bountiful, UT 84010<BR> 801-298-1398<BR> <B>Booth # 19</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.autosim.com" target="_new">www.autosim.com</A><BR> AutoMod<SUP><SMALL>TM</SMALL></SUP> 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.</P> <P> <B>Decisioneering, Inc.</B><BR> 1515 Arapahoe St., Ste. 1311<BR> Denver, CO 80202<BR> 303-534-1515<BR> <B>Booth # 12</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.decisioneering.com" target="_new">www.decisioneering.com</A><BR> 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. </P> <P> <B>Duxbury/Thomson Learning</B><BR> 10 Davis Dr.<BR> Belmont, CA 94002<BR> 650-595-2350<BR> <B>Booths # 25 & 26</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.duxbury.com" target="_new">www.duxbury.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Elsevier Science</B><BR> P.O. Box 1991<BR> 1000 BZ Amsterdam<BR> The Netherlands<BR> 31-20-485-2467<BR> <B>Booth # 16</B><BR> All Elsevier journals are on ScienceDirect, <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com" target="_new">www.sciencedirect.com</A>, 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 <A HREF="http://www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw" target=_"new">www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw</A>, which also features the Handbooks of OR/MS.</P> <B>Frontline Systems, Inc.</B><BR> P.O. Box 4288<BR> Incline Village, NV 89450<BR> 775-831-0300<BR> <B>Booth # 30</B><BR> <A HREF="../ab/fs-tl.shtml" TARGET="_new">www.solver.com</A><BR> Frontline Systems' Premium Solver products are compatible upgrades to the Excel Solver featuring linear, integer and nonlinear programming, global optimization, constraint programming, and genetic and evolutionary algorithms. Our Solver DLL products make optimization easy-to-use in any Windows application program. At INFORMS Miami we'll demonstrate our most powerful nonlinear optimizers ever. <P> <B>GAMS Development Corp.</B><BR> 1217 Potomac St. NW<BR> Washington, DC 20007<BR> 202-342-0180<BR> <B>Booth # 2</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.gams.com" target="_new">www.gams.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>IBM</B><BR> 4255 South Rd. <BR> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<BR> 845-435-1453<BR> <B>Booths # 34 & 35</B><BR> <A HREF="mailto:jlange@us.ibm.com">jlange@us.ibm.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>ILOG, Inc.</B><BR> 1080 Linda Vista Avenue<BR> Mountain View, CA 94043 <BR> 650-567-8000<BR> <B>Booth # 9</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.ilog.com" target="_new">www.ilog.com</A><BR> 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!</P> <P> <B>Imagine That, Inc.</B><BR> 6830 Via Del Oro, Ste. 230<BR> San Jose, CA 95119<BR> 408-365-0305<BR> <B>Booth # 39</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.imaginethatinc.com" target="_new">www.imaginethatinc.com</A><BR> The world's most progressive companies use Extend<SUP><SMALL>TM</SMALL></SUP> 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.</P> <P> <B>INFORMS</B><BR> 901 Elkridge Landing Rd., Ste. 400<BR> Linthicum, MD 21090<BR> 800-446-3676/410-850-0300<BR> <B>Booths # 20 & 21</B><BR> <A HREF="mailto:informs@informs.org">informs@informs.org</A><BR> 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!</P> <P> <B>INFORMS Meetings 2002</B><BR> One Richmond Square, #215<BR> Providence, RI 02906<BR> 800-343-0062/401-274-2525<BR> <A HREF="mailto:meetings@informs.org">meetings@informs.org</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</B><BR> 605 Third Ave.<BR> New York, NY 10158<BR> 212-850-6000<BR> <B>Booths # 22 & 23</B><BR> <A HREF="http://jws-edcv.wiley.com/college" target="_new">jws-edcv.wiley.com/college</A><BR> Experience the Wiley difference! Make sure to visit the John Wiley & Sons, Inc. booththe 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 studentstake a look for yourself!</P> <P> <B>Kluwer Academic Publishers</B><BR> 101 Philip Dr.<BR> Norwell, MA 02061<BR> 781-871-6600<BR> <B>Booths # 10 & 11</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.wkap.com" target="_new">www.wkap.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>LINDO Systems, Inc.</B><BR> 1415 North Dayton St.<BR> Chicago, IL 60622<BR> 312-988-7422<BR> <B>Booth # 37</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.lindo.com" target="_new">www.lindo.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Maximal Software, Inc</B>.<BR> 2111 Wilson Blvd., #700<BR> Arlington, VA 22201<BR> 703-522-7900<BR> <B>Booth # 33</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.maximal-usa.com" target="_new">www.maximal-usa.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>McGraw-Hill/Irwin</B><BR> Two Penn Plaza, 20th Floor<BR> New York, NY 10121<BR> 212-904-2892<BR> <B>Booths # 14 & 15</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.mhhe.com/irwin" target="_new">www.mhhe.com/irwin</A><BR> 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!</P> <P> <B>Palgrave</B><BR> Houndmills, Basingstoke<BR> Hampshire RG21 6XS<BR> United Kingdom<BR> 44-1256-302999<BR> <B>Booth # 13</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.palgrave.com" target="_new">www.palgrave.com</A><BR> Palgraveglobal 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.</P> <P> <B>Palisade Corp.</B><BR> 31 Decker Rd.<BR> Newfield, NY 14867<BR> 607-277-8000<BR> <B>Booth # 4</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.palisade.com" target="_new">www.palisade.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Prentice Hall</B><BR> 10 Mountainview Rd.<BR> Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458<BR> 201-785-2843<BR> <B>Booth # 3</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.pearsoned.com" target="_new">www.pearsoned.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Rockwell Software</B><BR> 504 Beaver St.<BR> Sweickley, PA 15143<BR> 412-741-3727<BR> <B>Booth # 24</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.rockwell.com" target="_new">www.rockwell.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Sage Publications</B><BR> 2455 Teller Rd.<BR> Thousand Oaks, CA 91320<BR> 805-499-0721<BR> <B>Booth # 17</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.sagepub.com" target="_new">www.sagepub.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>SAS </B><BR> SAS Campus Dr.<BR> Cary, NC 27513<BR> 919-531-6916<BR> <B>Booth # 7</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.sas.com" target="_new">www.sas.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>SchedulExpert, Inc.</B><BR> 117 Oak Hill Rd.<BR> Ithaca, NY 14850<BR> 607-257-2359<BR> <B>Booth # 32</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.schedulexpert.com" target="_new">www.schedulexpert.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>South-Western/Thomson Learning </B><BR> 10 Davis Dr.<BR> Belmont, CA 94002<BR> 650-595-2350<BR> <B>Booth # 27</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.swcollege.com" target="_new">www.swcollege.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.</B><BR> 175 Fifth Ave.<BR> New York, NY 10010<BR> 212-460-1500<BR> <B>Booth # 38</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.springer-ny.com" target="_new">www.springer-ny.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Standard & Poor's Applied Decision Analysis</B><BR> 68 Willow Rd.<BR> Menlo Park, CA 94025<BR> 650-688-8600<BR> <B>Booth # 8</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.adainc.com" target="_new">www.adainc.com</A><BR> 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.</P> <P> <B>Wolfram Research, Inc.</B><BR> 100 Trade Center Dr.<BR> Champaign, IL 61820<BR> 217-398-0700<BR> <B>Booth # 6</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.wolfram.com" target="_new">www.wolfram.com</A><BR> 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. 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