2025 Winner(s)
- Boris Mordukhovich, Wayne State University
This monograph offers the first comprehensive treatment of second-order variational analysis and its broad applications to optimization, control, statistics, machine learning, and beyond. Blending deep theory with practical algorithms, the book introduces powerful second-order tools to address complex problems previously out of reach. The author presents challenging material with clarity and coherence, making advanced topics more accessible. Its breadth, depth, and unifying perspective make it a foundational reference in variational theory and numerical algorithms poised to shape future research and applications across operations research and related fields.
Purpose of the Award
Committee Chair
Azarakhsh Malekian
University of Toronto
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The Lanchester prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years (i.e. 2021 or more recent). For a group of publications, at least one publication of the group must have been published during that same five-year period. The prize includes a commemorative medallion and a U.S. $5,000 cash award. The award is given each year at the fall INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Application Process
To be eligible for the Lanchester Prize, a paper, a book, or a group of books or papers must meet the following requirements:
- It must be on an operations research/management science subject.
- It must have been published in in the past five years (i.e. 2021 or more recent). For a group of publications, at least one publication of the group must have been published during that same five-year period.
- It must be written in the English language, and
- It must have appeared in the open literature.
The submission deadline will be June 15, 2025. The award will be presented at the 2025 Annual INFORMS Meeting.
About the Award/Namesake
Frederick Lanchester, 1868-1946
In 1896 Lanchester and his brother built the first petrol car in England. Lanchester redesigned and re-built the engine the next year into a two cylinder horizontally opposed version using his new wick carburetor design to improve both performance and speed. His true interest remained mechanical flight, which he had been studying since the early 1890s. He developed a model for the vortices that occur behind wings during flight, which included the first full description of lift and drag. During World War I he was particularly interested in predicting the outcome of aerial battles. In 1916 he published Aviation in Warfare: The Dawn of the Fourth Arm, which included a description of a series of differential equations that are today known as Lanchester's Power Laws...