Mathematical Optimization Society

The Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS), known as the Mathematical Programming Society until 2010,[1] is an international association of researchers active in optimization. The MOS encourages the research, development, and use of optimization—including mathematical theory, software implementation, and practical applications (operations research).

Founded in 1973, the MOS has several activities: Publishing journals and a newsletter, organizing and cosponsoring conferences, and awarding prizes.

History

In the 1960s, mathematical programming methods were gaining increasing importance both in mathematical theory and in industrial application. To provide a discussion forum for researchers in the field arose, the journal Mathematical Programming was founded in 1970.

Based on activities by George Dantzig, Albert Tucker, Phil Wolfe and others, the MOS was founded in 1973, with George Dantzig as its first president.

Activities

Conferences

Several conferences are organized or co-organized by the Mathematical Optimization Society, for instance:

Journals and other publications

There are several publications by the Mathematical Optimization Society:

Prizes

The MOS awards prizes in the field of optimization, including the Fulkerson Prize, the Dantzig Prize and the Tucker Prize.

George B. Dantzig Prize

Since 1979 in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAM the Mathematical Optimization Society awards the George B. Dantzig Prize for "original research that has had a major impact on the field of mathematical programming". This prize was first awarded in 1982 to Michael J. D. Powell and R. Tyrrell Rockafellar.[2]

Since then it has been awarded every three years; the recipients are Ellis L. Johnson[3] and Manfred W. Padberg (1985), Michael J. Todd (1988), Martin Grötschel and Arkadi Nemirovski (1991), Claude Lemaréchal and Roger J-B Wets (1994), Roger Fletcher and Stephen M. Robinson (1997), Yurii Nesterov (2000), Jong-Shi Pang and Alexander Schrijver (2003), Éva Tardos (2006), Gérard Cornuéjols (2009),Jorge Nocedal and Laurence Wosley(2012).[2]

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