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A curated index of Operations Research resources — solvers, courses, books, datasets, communities and more. Classified by type, topic and audience.
- Advanced modeling for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about advanced modeling for discrete optimization, covering topics such as debugging or predicates
- AliGorithmVideo
YouTube channel with interesting knowledge about optimization.
- Amazon ScienceBlog
Blog with news from the Operations Research and Optimization group at Amazon
- Annals of Operations ResearchJournal
The journal publishes 24 issues a year that focus on the theoretical, practical, and computational aspects of operations research
- Anything you can do I can do betterVideo
Prof Marco Lubbecke talks about optimization in a TED Talk.
- Basic modeling for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about basic modeling for discrete optimization with MiniZinc
- Computers & Operations ResearchJournal
Operations research and computers interact in many scientific fields of vital importance to our society. These include, among others, transportation, economics, investment strategy, inventory control, logistics, safety, reliability, urban planning, and ecology. Computers & Operations Research (COR) provides an international forum for the application of computers and operations research techniques to problems in these and related fields.
- Discord: CVXPYCommunity
The CVXPY Discord community is a group of people who use the CVXPY software to solve convex optimization problems in Python
- Discord: HiGHSCommunity
The HiGHS Discord server.
- Discord: Operations ResearchCommunity
Discord community about Operations Research
- Discord: OR-ToolsCommunity
Discord community about OR-Tools, a Google framework for mathematical modeling and solvers
- Discrete Applied MathematicsJournal
Journal covering algorithmic and applied areas of discrete mathematics
- Discrete Optimization courseCourse
Course about discrete optimization covering a wide range of optimization techniques such as Constraint Programming, Local Search or Column Generation
- European Journal of Operational ResearchJournal
It is a peer-reviewed academic journal in operations research. It was founded in 1977 by the Association of European Operational Research Societies
- Flexciton newsBlog
Blog with news from one of the biggest companies in the world optimizing chip making
- Free the world from wasteful scheduling with Timefold AIVideo
Solve NP-hard optimization problems with Timefold AI.
- Gurobi blogBlog
Blog with news from Gurobi, the company behind one of the most important solvers globally
- Gurobi case studiesBlog
Use cases from Gurobi
- International Transactions in Operational ResearchJournal
It is a peer-reviewed academic journal which is published six times a year by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. The editorial mission of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of Operational Research and Management Science internationally
- Mathematics Of Operations ResearchJournal
It is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in February 1976. It focuses on areas of mathematics relevant to the field of operations research such as continuous optimization, discrete optimization, game theory, machine learning, simulation methodology, and stochastic models. The journal is published by INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
- MathOpt: Solver Independent Modeling in Google OR-ToolsVideo
A new interface for Google OR-Tools.
- MIPLearnSoftware
An extensible framework for solving discrete optimization problems using a combination of Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MIP) and Machine Learning (ML). MIPLearn uses ML methods to automatically identify patterns in previously solved instances of the problem, then uses these patterns to accelerate the performance of conventional state-of-the-art MIP solvers such as CPLEX, Gurobi or XPRESS.
- ML ain’t your only hammerVideo
Introduction to the field of mathematical optimization.
- Operations ResearchJournal
Journal about Operations Research from INFORMS
- Operations Research LettersJournal
It is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering operations research. It was established in 1981
- Optano blogBlog
Blog with news about optimization of structures and processes (including logistics planning, network planning, production planning…)
- OR from 0 to 1Course
7-day free email course to kickstart in Operations Research.
- Pragmatic OR: Solving large scale optimization problems in fast moving environmentsVideo
Rubén Ruiz, Principal Applied Scientist at Amazon, shows how he leverages Hexaly at Amazon to solve a gigantic optimization problem that is out of the scope of other MILP solvers.
- RWTHx: Mathematical Optimization for EngineersCourse
Course about all things mathematical optimization: unconstrained, LP, NLP, MIP, Global optimization, Dynamic optimization, ML for optimization, and optimization under uncertainty.
- Solvermax blogBlog
Blog about mathematical modeling with Python and Excel
- Solving algorithms for discrete optimizationCourse
Course about solving discrete optimization problems with different techniques: Constraint Programming, Mixed Integer Programming and Local Search
- Stack Exchange: Operations ResearchCommunity
Stack Exchange about Operations Research topics
- Subreddit: Operations ResearchCommunity
Subreddit about Operations Research
- Subreddit: OptimizationCommunity
Subreddit about Optimization
- Vaidehi Joshi blogBlog
Blog about data structures and algorithms
- X (Twitter): Operations Research listCommunity
X (Twitter) list with accounts related to Operations Research