The INFORMS Annual Meeting 2002 will be held at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif., Nov. 17-20. Following is a list of companies and organizations that will be exhibiting at the meeting. All attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibit area. For more information about the meeting, go to www.informs.org/Conf/SanJose2002.

Aptech Systems, Inc.
23804 SE Kent-Kangley Rd.
Maple Valley, WA 98038
425-432-7855
Booth # 13
www.aptech.com
The GAUSS Engine, based on the fast and powerful GAUSS Matrix Programming Language, can be used to add the numerical computing power of GAUSS to multi-threaded, multi-user applications written in C, C++ or Java. GAUSS is used in all fields for solving large-scale optimization and data analysis problems.

Blackwell Publishing
350 Main St.
Malden, MA 02148
781-388-8353
Booth # 10
www.blackwellpub.com
Blackwell publishes academic journals and general scholarly college and reference texts, with an emphasis on the humanities, social sciences, and business.

Brooks-PRI Automation
5245 Yeager Rd.
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
801-736-3249
Booth # 38
www.brooks-pri.com
www.automod.com
AutoMod v11.0 simulation software with virtual reality (VR) 3D animation allows you to experiment in the virtual world to save time and money in the real world. AutoMod can simulate the most complex material handling operations, ensuring your system will work before it goes online.

Decisioneering, Inc.
1515 Arapahoe St., Ste. 1311
Denver, CO 80202
303-534-1515
Booth # 34
www.decisioneering.com
Decisioneering, Inc. is a leading developer of business intelligence software tools that simplify analysis and improve decision-making. Decisioneering's Crystal Ball 2000 software is powerful, easy-to-use risk analysis, optimization and time-series forecasting software. Decisioneering's customers include 90% of the Fortune 500, with a significant presence in various industries such as petroleum, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and finance.

Duxbury/Thomson Learning
10 Davis Dr.
Belmont, CA 94002
650-595-2350
Booths # 36 & 37
www.duxbury.com
Please visit Duxbury's booths at this year's conference to see our latest offerings in quantitative methods. From our exciting list of best selling introductory texts to our provocative list of upper level titles, we have prided ourselves on over 30 years of quality and innovation to quantitative methods.

Edgar Inc.
332 Pine St. Ste. 202
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-986-3456
Booth # 11
www.edgar-inc.com
Edgar Inc. provides software products and services applying statistical and operations research solutions to transportation and logistics industries.

Elsevier Science
P.O. Box 1991
1000 BZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
31-20-485-2467
Booth # 22 Elsevier Science journals in OR/MS and related areas are available on ScienceDirect®, the world's largest database of scientific articles.
— Access to 1500 peer reviewed journals (over 2.5 million articles)
— Abstract services (over 40 million abstracts)
— Facilities for search and personalization
Check it out at www.sciencedirect.com.

Frontline Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 4288
Incline Village, NV 89450
775-831-0300
Booth # 19
www.solver.com
Frontline Systems developed the Solvers in Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3. Our Premium Solvers for Excel are compatible upgrades offering greater capacity, speed and ease-of-use. Our solver DLL products are callable by custom VB/C++ applications. Both offer powerful linear, integer and nonlinear optimization, genetic algorithms, global optimization and non-smooth optimization.

GAMS Development Corp.
1217 Potomac St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-342-0180
Booth # 2
www.gams.com
The General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is a high-level modeling system for mathematical programming problems. 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 quickly to new situations.

GoldSim Technology Group
18300 NE Union Hill Rd. Ste. 200
Redmond, WA 98052
425-883-0777
Booth # 1
www.goldsim.com
GoldSim represents the next generation in general simulation software with the functionality to simulate complex, real-world systems. With the ability to dynamically link with external programs, databases and spreadsheets, GoldSim is used to support strategic planning, portfolio management, risk management, supply chain management, and environmental modeling.

ILOG, Inc.
1080 Linda Vista Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
1-800-FOR-ILOG
Booth # 28
www.ilog.com
With proven optimization technology and services, ILOG enables competitive advantage, performance and reliability. In addition to CPLEX, ILOG offers a comprehensive suite of optimization prototyping, modeling, solving and embedding technologies. ILOG's commitment to R&D, technical support and customer service ensures ILOG customers leading edge technology and protection of investment.

Imagine That, Inc.
6830 Via Del Oro, Ste. 230
San Jose, CA 95119 USA
408-365-0305
Booths # 26 & 27
www.imaginethatinc.com
Extend is the software of choice for more schools than any other simulation tool. And our new release shows why - 3D flowchart symbols, web-based data exchange, and a model navigator are just a few of the exciting enhancements in v6. Visit the Imagine That! booth to find out what's ahead for simulation.

INFORMS
901 Elkridge Landing Rd., Ste. 400
Linthicum, MD 21090
800-446-3676/410-850-0300
Booths # 41 & 42
informs@informs.org
Have a membership question? Want to know what's going on at the Institute? Need to know the most current benefits and services or the hottest industry trends? Stop by the INFORMS booth to talk to the staff. We have the latest information on networking, meetings, publications, industry happenings and benefits and services. We look forward to seeing you!

INFORMS Meetings 2003
12 Breakneck Hill Rd. Ste. 102
Lincoln, RI 02865
800-343-0062/401-722-2595
meetings@informs.org
The next INFORMS Conference on OR/MS Practice, takes place May 4-6, 2003, in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will highlight real-world applications, best practices and professional development tutorials. Istanbul, Turkey is the site of the 2003 EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting. INFORMS Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, Oct. 19-22, 2003. Meet with organizing committee representatives and learn more about Atlanta attractions.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
605 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10158
212-850-6000
Booths # 24 & 25
www.wiley.com/college
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is an independent, global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in scientific and technical books, textbooks and education materials for colleges and universities, journals, professional and consumer books and subscription services. To access Wiley's growing college list for decision sciences and information systems, go to www.wiley.com/college or go to www.wiley.com for access to Wiley's Internet site.

Kluwer Academic Publishers
101 Philip Dr.
Norwell, MA 02061
781-871-6600
Booths # 14 & 15
www.wkap.nl
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, a leading publisher of scientific books and journals, invites attendees to visit our display and browse through our latest publications. Receive a 20 percent discount on all titles on display and pick up free sample copies of our journals. For details on all our publications visit our web site.

LINDO Systems, Inc.
1415 North Dayton St.
Chicago, IL 60622
312-988-7422
Booth # 40
www.lindo.com
LINDO Systems will be highlighting recent enhancements to our line of popular optimization modeling software. We will be demonstrating: LINDO API - our powerful solver engine, LINGO - our integrated modeling language and solvers, and What'sBest! - our large scale Excel solver. Stop by our booth and pick up a free trial CD.

Maximal Software, Inc.
2111 Wilson Blvd., #700
Arlington, VA 22201
703-522-7900
Booth # 29
www.maximal-usa.com
We will demonstrate the MPL Modeling System and the new OptiMax 2000 Component Library (API), designed to take full advantage of the ActiveX/Automation component software technologies from Microsoft. OptiMax 2000 allows developers to seamlessly integrate MPL models with languages such as C++, Visual Basic, and VBA for Excel/Access, thus easily creating customized end-user applications to solve real-world optimization problems.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Two Penn Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10121
212-904-2892
Booths # 16 & 17
www.mhhe.com/irwin
McGraw-Hill publishes market-leading texts by leading researchers and authors in their respective fields. We are working at the forefront of technology to develop innovative tools to support learning and teaching in the new millennium. Please visit our booth for a review of our latest titles and meet our wonderful staff!

Oxford University Press
2001 Evans Rd.
Cary, NC 27513
919-677-0977
Booth # 18
www.oup-usa.org
Oxford University Press, the largest university press in the world, is a premier publisher of books and journals. OUP announces the launch of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, www.imaman.oupjournals.org. For more information, visit our web site.

Palgrave Macmillan
Houndmills, Basingstoke
Hampshire RG21 6XS
United Kingdom
44-1256-302999
Booth # 30
www.palgrave-journals.com
Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher serving learning and scholarship in the field of higher education, and publishing for the related professional business, management and OR markets. We are proud to be the publishers of the Journal of the Operational Research Society and European Journal of Information Systems on behalf of The OR Society and International Abstracts in Operations Research/ IAOR Online on behalf of IFORS. You can browse a selection of our publications — books, journals, reference and electronic works - during the INFORMS meeting, or visit us at our Web site.

Palisade Corp.
31 Decker Rd.
Newfield, NY 14867
607-277-8000
Booth # 39
www.palisade.com
Palisade Corporation is the industry leader in analytical software for risk and decision analysis. Our products enhance any serious decision-maker's toolkit. The Palisade product line features the DecisionTools Suite: @RISK, TopRank, PrecisionTree, BestFit and RISKview, as well as Evolver, RISKOptimizer, @RISK for Project, and @RISK Developer's Kit. These tools perform risk and decision analysis in Excel.

Prentice Hall
10 Mountainveiw Rd.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
201-785-2843
Booth # 31
www.pearsoned.com
Prentice Hall is the premier publisher for decision sciences, operations management and business statistics. Interested in well-known author teams? Using technology in class? Online Solutions? Stop by our booth to learn more about our Web sites, WebCT, Blackboard, CourseCompass courses and our latest texts by Russell/Taylor, Ritzman/Krajewsi, Newbold/Carlson/Thorne, Levine/Krehbiel/Berenson, Render/ Stair/Hanna, Render/Stair/Balakrishnan, Slack, Evans/Olson and many more.

Real Options Software, Inc.
1221 W. Campbell Rd. Ste. 261
Dallas, TX 75080
214-741-6455
Booth # 32
www.realoptions-software.com
Real Options, Inc. provides financial consulting, training, and analysis software to Fortune 500 companies driven by large capital expenditures and long project lifetimes in uncertain economic conditions. FlexAble�, the company's core software product, is the only commercial software that provides a complete Real Options solution, not just an options calculator.

River Logic, Inc.
800 Cummings Ctr. Ste. 355W
Beverly, MA 01915
978-753-5035
Booth # 8
www.riverlogic.com
River Logic, Inc. is a market leader in enterprise optimization technologies and decision support applications. Our strategic-level, process modeling tools and approaches help senior managers suggest, evaluate, and understand the impact of business decisions as they relate to the overall profitability of their organizations. Several technologies, such as mixed integer optimization, visual process modeling, accounting and constraint theory, are integrated to bring together the best profitability tool on the market, Enterprise Optimizer®. Consider our solutions and provide a medium for your managers and senior executives to speak a common language-profit.

SAS
SAS Campus Dr.
Cary, NC 27513
919-531-6916
Booth # 9
www.sas.com
Only SAS offers integrated, customizable management science and operations research capabilities that are complemented by broad-based analytic expertise and supported by excellence in data access, data transformation and reporting. To model, solve, and communicate solutions to complex strategic and tactical planning problems today, all you need to know is SAS.

SIAM
3600 UCSC
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-382-9800
Booth # 20
www.siam.org
Visit the SIAM booth to check out our new publications, including "Credit Scoring and Its Applications," by Lyn Thomas, David Edelman and Jonathan Crook, from SIAM's Monographs on Mathematical Modeling and Computation series. Recently published books and information about our newest book series will be on hand. You will see sample journal issues of SIAM's renowned journals, plus membership information and applications will be available.

South-Western/Thomson Learning
10 Davis Dr.
Belmont, CA 94002
650-595-2350
Booth # 35
www.swcollege.com
South-Western offers a wide spectrum of decision science publications for courses across your curriculum. From our best selling business statistics and management science texts to leading texts in quality, operations and project management, our books engage students, enrich them and enable them to succeed.

Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
175 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
212-460-1500
Booth # 23
www.springer-ny.com
Save 20 percent on essential books from Springer-Verlag. From the book "Stochastic Petri Nets: Modelling, Stability, Simulation," by Peter J. Haas to the Computational Management Science journal, Springer has OR/MS covered!

Stanford University Press
521 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
650-725-0820
Booth # 3
www.sup.org
Our featured imprints - Stanford Business Books and Stanford Economics and Finance - offer professionals books with a foundation in the latest theory and academic research in economics, finance, business strategy, quantitative methods, operations management, and innovation and technology as they have impact on the theory of the firm.

Wolfram Research, Inc.
100 Trade Center Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-398-0700
Booth # 21
www.wolfram.com
Mathematica is a fully integrated technical computing system that combines fast, high-precision numerical and symbolic computation with data visualization and programming capabilities. We will cover the basic principles of Mathematica, present the latest features, and illustrate how Mathematica seamlessly connects to environments such as Microsoft Excel, ODBC databases and custom programs.



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