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2010 Problem Solving Competition Applying Advanced Analytics to Railroad Problems for Fun and Prizes! 1. Purpose The railroad operations are inherently complex/large scale and source of many challenging OR problems. This competition is designed to introduce participants to railroad problems, an exciting and challenging application area for Operations Research and Management Sciences. Homarjun Agrahari (BNSF Railway) First Prize: $2500 Second Prize: $1500 Third Prize: $1000 Each team will also receive a certificate. Sponsors:
This competition is intended to attract new interest in the rail operations research arena. Anyone who is new to railroad problems or new to OR is welcome to participate. Anyone interested in participating can apply before the last date and will be accepted by the Judging Panel at their discretion. At least one member of each prize winning team must be available to present the team’s approach and results at the INFORMS Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 7, 2010 in Austin, Texas. RAS officers, Organizing Committee Members, Employees affiliated with Sponsors are NOT eligible to participate. The Organizing Committee members may NOT help and guide any participating team. 2010 - Locomotive Fueling Plan Optimization
Teams of up to 3 members can participate. Every team must register. To register, please send following information to Homarjun.Agrahari@bnsf.com Team Name – Member Name, Email, Organization, Position Brief statement describing what motivated you to participate. You will receive an email confirming your team’s successful registration and eligibility. If you have any questions about the competition problem, submit your question to Kamalesh_Somani@CSX.com and Juan.Morales@bnsf.com In fairness to all participants, RAS will publish a Q&A on website. All participants will receive Q&A document through email as well. If there are any more questions, similar process will be repeated. No questions will be entertained after August 15, 2010.
June 15 - Last date to register All participating teams must submit the following by the due date.
The judging panel will select up to three finalists based on the following criteria:
The finalists will make a presentation at the Informs Annual Meeting in Austin. Aside from the previous factors, the Judging Panel will take into consideration the clarity of the presentation to make a final decision about the first, second and third places for the competition. Being in the finalist does not guarantee first/second or third place. E-mail all files described on section 9 to RASProblemSolvingCompetition@gmail.com specifying your team’s name in the e-mail’s subject. Attach only three files: (i) the report, (ii) the spreadsheet with the solution and (iii) a zip file (.zip) containing all supporting files. The name of the file for the report and the spreadsheet must match the group’s name 2010 - Winners (winners will be announced at the conference during business meeting)
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