Italian Operations Research Society

AIRO, Italian Operations Research Society
Formation 1961
Legal status Society
Purpose To promote operations research
Region
Italy
Parent organization
 Association of European Operational Research Societies International Federation of Operational Research Societies
Website www.airo.org

The Associazione Italiana di Ricerca Operativa (AIRO) – Optimization and Decision Sciences – is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of Operations Research in Italy.[1] The society is recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in its country.[2] AIRO is part of FIMA, the Italian Federation of Applied Mathematics.

History

AIRO was created in 1961[3] with the aim of promoting the development of Operations Research and mathematical programming in Italy, both from a methodological point and an applied research point of views. The recognition of the role and the professional qualification of the operation researchers and the promotion of relationships between operations researchers, inside and outside Italy, are strategic goals of AIRO.

Since 1961 the society has had the following presidents:

  • Benedetto Barberi (1961-1970)
  • Armando Corso (1971-1975)
  • Bruno Martinoli (1976-1982)
  • Massimo Merlino (1983-1988)
  • Paolo Toth (1989-1995)
  • Giorgio Gallo (1996-2001)
  • Roberto Tadei (2002-2006)
  • Renato De Leone (2007-2011)
  • Anna Sciomachen (2012-2015)
  • Daniele Vigo (2016- )

Governance

AIRO is governed by a president, four-year term, which manages the association with the Council, consisting of about 15 councilors elected by the assembly of the members: 12 elected members, the President, and for one year the President Elect. Among the elected member the council chooses one or two vice presidents, a treasurer and a secretary. On a proposal of the members, within AIRO some thematic sections can be formed, based on either geographical or methodological and application affinity. The headquarters of AIRO is at the Institute of system analysis and informatics “Antonio Ruberti” (IASI, CNR) in Rome.

Membership

Currently (2016), AIRO has about 200 members – individuals (professors and researches from university and research institutions and professionals) and institutions from academia, industry and administration.

Publications

Jointly with the Belgian Society for Operations Research and the French Operations Research Society, AIRO publishes 4OR - A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research,[4] in which methodological and applied papers are published as well as surveys on relevant topics in the field of operations research. The society's publisher is Springer. The 2015 Impact Factor of the journal is 1.371.

From 1970 tol 2002, AIRO was responsible for the publication of the scientific journal Ricerca Operativa.[5]

Since 2005 AIRO is federated with two national societies in the mathematics area, SIMAI and AMASES, into the FIMA (Italian Federation of Applied Mathematics). From the beginning of 2014 AIRO is involved in the Maddmaths project, a web-site finalized to the dissemination of mathematical education. In particular, Airo collaborates in the preparation of informative articles, sent via emal as madd-letters to interested people.

Conferences

Once a year in September, AIRO organizes a national conference, attended by about 150 participants. In addition, every second year, a winter conference is organized, usually at the end of January, attended by about 70 participants.

Awards

Every year AIRO announces an award for the two best master thesis in operations research, one methodologial and one applicative.

In 2014 Airo announced the first best application paper award. This award will be announced regularly every year.

Starting from 2015 a new best paper for ethics and social impact award will be announced.

References

  1. ↑ Tadei, Roberto (2011), "Optimization and Decision Sciences (Italy)", Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, doi:10.1002/9780470400531.eorms1038 . Abstract: "In this article, the history of the Italian Operations Research Society-Optimization and Decision Sciences is presented. It was founded in 1961 and is still very active at the national and international level."
  2. ↑ Member societies: Italy, IFORS, retrieved 2015-02-23.
  3. ↑ Stoller, David S. (August 1963), "The Growth of Operations Research in Italy", Letters to the Editor, Operations Research, 11 (4): 653–658, doi:10.1287/opre.11.4.653 .
  4. ↑ "4OR".
  5. ↑ "Ricerca Operativa".
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