Informs 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair

Tamás Terlaky

Lehigh University

Program Co-Chairs

Jeff Linderoth

University of Wisconsin-

Madison

Invited Sessions Co-Chairs

Gino Lim

University of Houston

Sponsored Sessions Co-Chairs

Noah Gans

The Wharton School,

University of Pennsylvania

Tutorials Chairs

Dionne Aleman

University of Toronto

Contributed Sessions Co-Chairs

Hande Benson

Drexel University

Practice Program Co-Chairs

Manoj Chari

SAS

Plenary/Keynotes Co-Chairs

Paul Griffin

Georgia Institute of Technology

Poster Sessions Co-Chairs

Allen Holder

Rose-Hulman Institute

of Technology

Wenjing Shen

Drexel University

Arrangements Co-Chairs

Abby Barlok

Leigh University

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CONTENT

Sponsors Welcome from the Chair Program & Special Event Schedule INFORMS Community Meetings Networking, Receptions, & Social Events Special Receptions Mobile App, Online Tools Plenary & Keynote Presentations Tutorials Invited Cluster Chairs Sponsored Cluster Chairs Exhibit Hall Map Technology Center Career Center & Job Fair INFORMS Center Exhibit Listing & Software Demonstrations Exhibitors

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Poster Sessions Session Chair Index Author Index Session Index

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

AnyLogic HK Polytechnic University Illinois Institute of Technology SIAM SigmaXL Syncopation 2 3 4 9 10 12 13 14 21 22 23 25 25 25 25 26 34 37 105 176 248 139 , 210 329 334 366 11 Back Cover 7 Inside Back Cover 8 Inside Front Cover

Mohammad Oskoroouchi

California State University

San Marcos

Larry Snyder

Lehigh University

Ted Ralphs

Lehigh University

Aurelie Thiele

Lehigh University

Virginia Miori

Saint Joseph’s University

Stefan Karisch

Boeing

Katya Scheinberg

Lehigh University

Min Wang

Drexel University

Neil Desnoyers

Saint Joseph’s University