2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting Program

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FICO 5
FICO is a leading analytics software company,
helping businesses in 90+ countries make
better decisions that drive higher levels of
growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s
groundbreaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms
to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries.
FICO provides analytics software and tools used across multiple
industries to manage risk, fight fraud, build more profitable
customer relationships, optimize operations and meet strict
government regulations. Many of our products reach industry-wide
adoption. These include the FICO® Score, the standard measure of
consumer credit risk in the United States. FICO solutions leverage
open-source standards and cloud computing to maximize
flexibility, speed deployment and reduce costs. The company also
helps millions of people manage their personal credit health.
Tuesday, November 15, 4:30–5:15pm
Technology Tutorial: How to deploy your analytic models to
empower non-technical business users. You have a team with
great analytics background. They have developed advanced
analytical tools using SAS, Python, R, or with your current
traditional optimization solver. They have derived crucial
insights from your data, and figured out how your decisions
shape your customers’ behaviors. Now it’s time to put these
critical analytical insights in the hands of your non-technical
business users. In this tutorial, we will cover how FICO’s
Optimization Suite (including Xpress and Optimization Modeler)
make it possible to embed your analytic models in user-
friendly business-user facing applications. Learn how you can
supercharge your analytic models with simulation, optimization,
reporting, what-if analysis and agile extensibility.
Frontline Systems, Inc. 39
Frontline Systems is
democratizing analytics,
enabling business analysts
and developers to get results quickly with just a browser,
spreadsheet, or programming language, instead of expensive
enterprise software with steep learning curves. See how easily
you can solve optimization, simulation/risk analysis, forecasting
and data mining problems–starting for free, and scaling up
easily to the largest models, using , Analytic
Solver® for desktop Excel, and our RASON ® modeling language
and REST API. Use our Solver and XLMiner® SDKs for C#, Java,
C++, R and Python to create your own analytics applications.
Find your fastest path to real analytics results.
Tuesday, November 15, 8–8:45am
Technology Tutorial: Data Mining, Simulation
and Optimization in Your Web Browser. is the
new, simple, point-and-click way to create and run analytic models
using only your web browser – that also works interchangeably
with your spreadsheet. Whether you need forecasting, data mining
and text mining, Monte Carlo simulation and risk analysis, and
conventional and stochastic optimization, you can “do it all” in
the cloud. We’ll show how you can upload and download Excel
workbooks, pull data from SQL Server databases and Apache Spark
Big Data clusters, solve large-scale models, and visualize results –
without leaving your browser. If you’re more comfortable working
on your own laptop or server, we’ll show how you can do that, too.
GAMS Development Corp 4
The General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
is a high-level modeling system for mathematical
programming and optimization. It consists of a
language compiler and a stable of integrated high-
performance solvers. GAMS is tailored for complex,
large-scale modeling applications, and allows you to build large
maintainable models that can be adapted to new situations. Come
to our booth to learn more about GAMS or ask for an evaluation
license. Visit our technology workshop or software demo.
Monday, November 14, 1:30–2:15pm
Technology Tutorial: We demonstrate many of the capabilities of
the GAMS software as we start with a simple optimization model
and build it out by adding nonlinear and integer variables to the
model and connecting it with a GUI in a sample application.
Gurobi Optimization 21
Gurobi Optimization is dedicated
to helping our users succeed
with optimization. We provide
the leading math programming solvers, offering best-in-class
performance as well as a broad array of tools for developing
and deploying optimization applications on top of these solvers.
We support all of the most popular programming languages,
as well as client-server architectures, cloud computing, and
distributed optimization. We also provide outstanding, easy-to-
reach support and transparent, no-surprises pricing.
Monday, November 14, 4:30–5:15pm
Technology Tutorial: Advanced Python Modeling with Gurobi. Are
you looking for an environment that combines the expressiveness
of a modeling language with the power and flexibility of a
programming language? The Gurobi Python interface allows you
to build concise and efficient optimization model, using high-level
modeling constructs. This tutorial will provide an overview of these
capabilities, including an introduction to new modeling features
that significantly enhance the expressiveness of our environment.
IBM 35
Critical business decisions can be made
with ease when you know what is likely
to happen in the future and how you
should respond. IBM is paving the way to the next generation
of analytics solutions and platforms by combining descriptive,
predictive and prescriptive analytics with the power of cloud
and cognitive insights. These advanced analytics capabilities
provide robust; user friendly platforms aimed at helping you
solve even the most complex business and research problems.
Visit the IBM Advanced Analytics booth to learn more
Monday, November 14, 11:45am–12:30pm
Technology Tutorial: IBM Decision Optimization: Performance
gains and New features in CPLEX and CP Optimizers. In this
tutorial, you will learn about the new CPLEX and CP Optimizer
engine features in the upcoming IBM CPLEX Optimization
Studio release, including how to use the new features, how they
can help you during the development of your model, and how
they can speed up the resolution of your models.
Exhibit Listings & Technology Tutorials
All Technology Tutorials will take place in the Music City Center, 5th Avenue Lobby.