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<br /> SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ISSUE<br /> April 2015<br /> Volume 42 • Number 2<br /> ormstoday.informs.org<br /> It’s an<br /> O.R. world<br /> (after all)<br /> • Kazakhstan National Railway<br /> • Chilean soccer scheduling<br /> • Most interesting O.R. person<br /> • Operations research in Cuba<br /> • Flooding in Mozambique<br /> • French Army logistics<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 /> APP STORE<br /> OPTIMIZATION APP<br /> IN A FEW<br /> WEEKS<br /> To learn more about AIMMS Optimization Apps, visit aimms.com.<br /> info@aimms.com | +1 425 458 4024<br /> <br /> Contents<br /> April 2015 | Vo<a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=1"> SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ISSUE April 2015 Vol</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=2"> OPTIMIZE YOUR BUSINESS WITH UNPRECEDENTED SP</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=3"> </a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=4"> Contents April 2015 | Volume 42, No. 2 | </a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=5"> ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM Easy to Use, Industrial </a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=6"> April 2015 | Volume 42, No. 2 46 Special </a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=7"> ANALYTIC SOLVER PLATFORM From Solver to Full-Powe</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=8"> Inside Story Peter Horner, editor peter.horne</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=9"> ANALYTICS IN YOUR BROWSER Optimization, Simulatio</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=10"> President's Desk L. Robin Keller INFORMS Pres</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=11"> Is your solver provider getting in the way of you</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=12"> INFORMS in the News Compiled by Barry List B</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=13"> AMPL MeAns Business Modeling Software for Large</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=14"> Issues in Education By Richard C. Larson rc</a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=15"> CPLEX Optimization Studio . </a> <a title="ORMS Today, April 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9a496eb?page=16"> ViewpointBy James J. 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