Summary

• GERAD update
• Optimization in airlines: substantial investment can lead to substantial gains
• Optimal pricing for both the customer and the company
• Air Canada: cross fertilization in research between industry and universities
• Solving the big city transit puzzle
• The Caisse de dépôt. Success depends on distribution of assets, which depends on mathematical modeling
• Mathematical tools for automatic classification help meet Basle II accord standards
• IN: Accurate measurement of media and marketing effectiveness. OUT: A finger in the wind
• 28 million customers, 58 nuclear generating stations represent a real puzzle. Long live quantitative methods!
• Analysing the business risk of the good and bad weather