Sources and Acknowledgements

The Science of Better Campaign was developed by an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

 

Committee
Chair: Dr. Thomas M. Cook, Past President, INFORMS; former chairman and CEO, CALEB Technologies, Inc.

INFORMS Volunteer Members
Dr. Gary L. Lilien, former president, The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS); member, Public Information Committee (PIC); Co-Founder and Research Director, Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM), Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science

Dr. Irvin Lustig, member, INFORMS Round Table; Manager of Technical Services, ILOG; ILOG Direct Optimization Evangelist

Dr. Randall Robinson, Executive Director, INFORMS (retired); Chair, Public Information Committee (PIC)

INFORMS Staff
Mark Doherty, Executive Director

Barry List, Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Lionheart Publishing
John Llewellyn, President

Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business
Dr. Ralph Oliva, Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM), Professor of Marketing

Dr. Karen Jansen, Assistant Professor of Management/Management and Organization

Kristen Price

Philip Johnson Associates
Philip Johnson, President

Janet Carlisle, Account Director

Chris Frame, Creative Director

Hugh Kennedy, Partner, Director of Planning

Matt Magee, Associate Creative Director

Doug Parrish, Associate Art Director

Douglas Reynolds, Senior Interactive Producer

Schwartz Communications
Carol McGarry, Executive Vice President

 

Sources
The websites www.ORChampions.org and www.scienceofbetter.org , along with The OR Champions Kit and the Executive Guide to Operations Research, were written by the Science of Better Committee and draw on the expertise of its members. Additional sources include:

  • Interfaces, the practice journal of INFORMS, interfaces.pubs.informs.org, January Edelman issues, 2000 – 2004
  • ORMS Today, June 2000, Special Issue: Executives' Guide to Operations Research lionhrtpub.com
  • Seven Helpful Hints for OR/MS Consultants: How to sell your technical expertise and get clients to acknowledge and appreciate the results by Harlan Crowder, ORMS Today lionhrtpub.com
  • Operations Research Consulting: Solving complex business problems for fun and profit by Harlan Crowder dieselbrain.com
  • Defining Expectations, Delivering Satisfaction by John Ranyard and Robert Fildes, ORMS Today, www.lionhrtpub.com
  • Internal OR Consulting: Effective Practice in a Changing Environment by John Ranyard and Robert Fildes, Interfaces, www.interfaces.smeal.psu.edu
  • Return of the Lone Ranger: The Life and Times of an Isolated Practitioner by Dr. Jack Theurer, ORMS Today, www.lionhrtpub.com
  • INFORMS Marketing Research 2003, a report by Philip Johnson Associates, August 2, 2003

 

Acknowledgements
Many INFORMS members contributed in small and large ways to the Science of Better campaign and to the Science of Better materials in print and online. Thanks to -

INFORMS Round Table

The OR Society

Dr. Peter Bell

Dr. Brian Borchers

Dr. James J. Cochran

Dr. Collette Coullard

Dr. Harlan Crowder

Dr. Erhan Erkut

Michael Grant

Dr. Thomas Grossman

Randy Kiefer

Dr. Matthew Saltzman

Graham Sharp

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