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A curated index of Operations Research resources — solvers, courses, books, datasets, communities and more. Classified by type, topic and audience.
- Conference index Operations ResearchConference
Index with conferences about Operations Research for the following years
- Conference index OptimizationConference
Index with conferences about Optimization for the following years
- CP ConferenceConference
International conference about Constraint Programming
- CPAIORConference
International conference about the integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research
- CSPlibDataset
CSPLib is a library of test problems for constraint solvers.
- CVRPlibDataset
Instances for the CVRP challenge.
- 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 Optimization TalksPodcast
Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs) is a virtual seminar series from the Mixed Integer Programming Society (MIPS), a technical section of the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS). Topics of interest are theoretical, computational, and applied aspects of integer and combinatorial optimization. The typical format of each session is two 30-minute talks.
- ICORESConference
International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems
- IISE Operations Research podcast seriesPodcast
It features conversations between students, faculty and professionals around OR-related topics
- INFORMS Calendar of eventsConference
Calendar of events from INFORMS
- International Conference on Operations Research (OR)Conference
International Conference on Operations Research
- Mathprog-ORlibDataset
This site provides access to a number of Operations Research problem data sets.
- Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing Conference 2023Conference
International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing
- Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC)Conference
Metaheuristics International Conference
- 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.
- MIT Supply Chain FrontiersPodcast
Thought leadership from the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.
- NeEDS - Network of European Data ScientistsPodcast
The Network consists of six academic and nine industrial participants from five EU countries, USA and Chile. The participants combine strong and complementary expertise, within industry sectors ranging from energy, retailing, insurance to banking, as well as national statistical offices.
- Optimizing youPodcast
Discussions around optimization, interviewing academics in the field of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
- Optsicom ProjectDataset
Instances for several interesting NP-hard problems.
- QAPlibDataset
Instances for Quadratic Assignment Problems.
- Resoundingly Human - INFORMSPodcast
The podcast from INFORMS that talks about different topics around Operations Research
- SNDlibDataset
SNDlib is a library of data for Survivable fixed telecommunication Network Design. Its purpose is to provide data about realistic telecommunication networks (including traffic) available to the research community.
- Stack Exchange: Operations ResearchCommunity
Stack Exchange about Operations Research topics
- Subject toPodcast
"Subject to" offers a series of informal conversations with relevant figures in the fields of Operations Research, Combinatorial Optimization and Logistics, and they are hosted by Anand Subramanian, an Associate Professor at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil
- Subreddit: Operations ResearchCommunity
Subreddit about Operations Research
- Subreddit: OptimizationCommunity
Subreddit about Optimization
- The Decision Intelligence LabPodcast
The Decision Intelligence Lab explores practical challenges of applying data science, analytics, and AI to drive real-world business outcomes. Hosted by Prof. Michael Watson (Nortwestern University) and Prof. Vijay Mehrotra (University of San Francisco) - both seasoned entrepreneurs, consultants, and researchers - this podcast delivers real-world insights for data professionals, business leaders, & anyone seeking to leverage data for smarter decision making. Each episode features leaders sharing how smarter decisions are reshaping business and technology.
- The OR-LibraryDataset
OR-Library is a collection of test data sets for a variety of Operations Research (OR) problems.
- TSPlibDataset
TSPLIB is a library of sample instances for the TSP (and related problems) from various sources and of various types.
- VRPlibDataset
This web is dedicated to the study of VRP; we have compiled here a great deal of information about it for public access: technical reports, many different variants of the problem, alternative algorithms and techniques for solving it, some well-known instances of the problem, the best-so-far solutions for those instances, bibliography, related links…
- X (Twitter): Operations Research listCommunity
X (Twitter) list with accounts related to Operations Research