2017 INFORMS PRIZE. The Nomination of The United States Air Force

Abstract

The United States Air Force is nominated for the 2017 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Prize. The nomination package highlights twenty operations research applications that had profound impacts: saving money and lives; improving efficiencies; and advancing the field of Operations Research with innovative techniques. It also includes endorsement letters from within the Air Force, U.S. and allied defense leaders, Members of Congress, academics, professional societies, and industry. The United States Air Force has applied and advanced the principles of operations research for 75 years and will continue to lead into the future guided by what we have learned from the field. The impacts of advanced analytics and operations research continue to greatly improve the overall success of the United States Air Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2017
Accession Number
AD1026448

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.