OR Resources

OR Professional Societies and Organizations
- INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
  - INFORMS has several internal societies dedicated to various facets of OR, including (but limited to):
- Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)
  - CORS fosters the development and application of OR across Canada through specialized interest groups (SIGs), including:
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
  - POMS has several internal colleges dedicated to various facets of OR, including:
OR-Optimization Libraries and Software
- AMPL (A Mathematical Programming Language): An algebraic modeling language to describe and solve high-complexity problems for large-scale mathematical computing.
- Google OR-Tools: OR-Tools is an open-source software suite for optimization, tuned for tackling the world’s toughest problems in vehicle routing, flows, integer and linear programming, and constraint programming.
- Gurobi Optimizer: An optimization solver, widely adopted for linear, mixed-integer, and quadratic programming. Popular for its intuitive APIs and strong academic support.
- IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio: An optimization solver renowned for linear, integer, and quadratic programming.
- PuLP: A free, open-source Python library for formulating linear and integer optimization models. It integrates smoothly with various solvers like CBC, Gurobi, and CPLEX.
- Pyomo: A Python-based, open-source optimization modeling language with a diverse set of optimization capabilities.
Discussion Forums
- Reddit: r/OperationsResearch