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<br /> STATISTICAL SOFTWARE: Tools provide power to the people<br /> February 2015<br /> Volume 42 • Number 1<br /> ormstoday.informs.org<br /> The loss of<br /> Malaysia Flight 370<br /> An analytical look at what it means and doesn’t<br /> mean about aviation safety<br /> • Rigs to Reefs<br /> Decision analysis: decommissioning<br /> California’s offshore oil platforms<br /> • Value Pricing<br /> Expanding the revenue management<br /> frontier with innovative modeling<br /> • Academic Analytics<br /> How to build a college business<br /> analytics program: the UT experience<br /> OPTIMIZE YOUR BUSINESS<br /> WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPEED<br /> IDEA<br /> IN A FEW<br /> HOURS<br /> MISSION CRITICAL PUBLISHED PROOF OF<br /> ENTERPRISE APP INSTANTLY CONCEPT<br /> IN A FEW TO YOUR ENTERPRISE IN A FEW<br /> MONTHS OPTIMIZATION DAYS<br /> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=1"> STATISTICAL SOFTWARE: Tools provide power to the </a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=2"> OPTIMIZE YOUR BUSINESS WITH UNPRECEDENTED SP</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=3"> </a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=4"> Contents February 2015 | Volume 42, No. 1 |</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=5"> ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM Easy to Use, Industrial </a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=6"> February 2015 | Volume 42, No. 1 40 comput</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=7"> ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM From Solver to Full-Powe</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=8"> Inside Story Peter Horner, editor peter.horne</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=9"> ANALYTICS IN YOUR BROWSER Optimization, Simulatio</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=10"> President's Desk L. Robin Keller INFORMS Pres</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=11"> Is your solver provider getting in the way of you</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=12"> INFORMS in the News Compiled by Barry List B</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=13"> “ Everything that's wrong with the common sprea</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=14"> Issues in Education By Susan Hotle and Laur</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=15"> Given the study found positive and negative as</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=16"> PuzzlORJohn Toczek puzzlor@gmail.com Coins ad</a> <a title="ORMS Today, February 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1b5d46b?page=17"> What's Your StORy? 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