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STATISTICAL SOFTWARE: Tools provide power to the people
February 2015
Volume 42 • Number 1
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The loss of
Malaysia Flight 370
An analytical look at what it means and doesn’t
mean about aviation safety
• Rigs to Reefs
Decision analysis: decommissioning
California’s offshore oil platforms
• Value Pricing
Expanding the revenue management
frontier with innovative modeling
• Academic Analytics
How to build a college business
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Contents February 2015 | Volume 42, No. 1 |
ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM Easy to Use, Industrial
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ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM From Solver to Full-Powe
Inside Story Peter Horner, editor peter.horne
ANALYTICS IN YOUR BROWSER Optimization, Simulatio
President's Desk L. Robin Keller INFORMS Pres
Is your solver provider getting in the way of you
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Multiple Signal Modeling
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