Dear friends and colleagues,
We are thrilled to share the following updates for the 13th Annual AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition:
Cash Prize
- $1.200 for the winning team (e.g., to be used for a new PS5, a set of games, and a great flat party once COVID allows us)+ certificates for each team member
- $600 for the second team (e.g., to be used for a new PS5, a few games, and a small group party once COVID allows us) + certificate for each team member
- $300 for the third team (e.g., to be used for a classic mini-game console and a small group party once COVID allows us) + certificate for each team member
Participation
We hope that as vaccines and vaccination programs continued to ramp up, we could have an in-person MOPTA conference. However, we will consider fully virtual participation of teams in the competition. The competition submission deadline is May 21, 2021, 23:59 Eastern Time.
See Also
- Information about the competition, eligibility, and problem description are posted on the competition webpage. The goal of the competition this year is to solve a Home Service Assignment, Routing, and Appointment Scheduling (H-SARA) problem under three key random factors: service duration, travel time, and customer cancellation.
- General information on the MOPTA conference. The MOPTA conference will be held on August 2-4, 2021, at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
- Interested teams should register as soon as they start working on the competition.
Please feel free to pass along this information to potentially interested colleagues, students, and collaborators.Thank you------------------------------
Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh, MOPTA Competition Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
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