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<br /> SIMULATED WORLDS: 2015 Simulation Software Survey<br /> October 2015<br /> Volume 42 • Number 5<br /> ormstoday.informs.org<br /> Zombie<br /> pedagogy<br /> What can zombies teach us<br /> about simulation?<br /> Also Inside:<br /> • Has O.R. outgrown O.R.?<br /> Quantitative fields converging in their<br /> aims & fundamentals<br /> • Aviation security decisions<br /> Symposium explores opportunities,<br /> challenges, collaboration<br /> • Guided tour of O.R. history<br /> INFORMS website devoted to history of<br /> operations research<br /> Shell unlocks the benefits of optimization<br /> with AIMMS<br /> The team at Shell Global Solutions<br /> has driven optimization solutions with<br /> AIMMS since 2003.<br /> “GMOS has helped us to optimize our<br /> supply chain and select the feedstock with<br /> the best commercial terms at any given time.<br /> The folks in the petrochemicals business<br /> really trust this tool to hel<a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=1"> SIMULATED WORLDS: 2015 Simulation Software Survey</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=2"> Shell unlocks the benefits of optimization with A</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=3"> </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=4"> Contents October 2015 | Volume 42, No. 5 | or</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=5"> XLMINER®: Data Mining Everywhere Predictive Anal</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=6"> 36 October 2015 | Volume 42, No. 5 | ormstod</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=7"> ANALYTIC SOLVER® PLATFORM From Solver to Full-Po</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=8"> Inside Story Peter Horner, editor peter.hor</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=9"> ANALYTICS IN YOUR BROWSER Optimization, Simulatio</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=10"> President’s Desk L. Robin Keller INFORMS Pr</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=11"> Is your solver provider getting in the way of you</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=12"> Issues in Education Mahdokht Kalantari mahd</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=13"> What's Your StORy? Banafsheh Behzad Assistant </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=14"> INFORMS in the News Terrorists, Twitter, pizz</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=15"> The Fierce Debate About Healthcare Analytics and </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=16"> INFORMS Initiatives M. Eric Johnson and Anne</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=17"> </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=18"> PuzzlORJohn Toczek puzzlor@gmail.com Racecar</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=19"> What's Your StORy? Laura Albert McLay Associate </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=20"> Image © alphaspirit | 123rf.com FORUM: Has oper</a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=21"> job title “operations research analyst” turns up </a> <a title="ORMS Today_October2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec0198b9?page=22"> Has O.R. 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