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LINEAR PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SURVEY
June 2017
Volume 44 • Number 3
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Contents June 2017 | Volume 44, No. 3 | ormst
Welcome to Analytic Solver® Cloud-based Optimiza
June 2017 | Volume 44, No. 3 | ormstoday.info
Is your solver provider getting in the way of you
Inside Story Peter Horner, editor peter.hor
What's Your StORy? Ranganath S. Nuggehal
President’s Desk Brian Denton INFORMS Presi
Healthcare 2017 OPTIMIZING OPERATIONS & OUTCOMES
ForumBy Laura Albert Opportunities for O.R.
DATA ANALYTICA CEREBRUM understanding the un
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