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Optimization hackathons, code fests, and innovation challenges on Nextmv

Looking to innovate in operations research? Or better translate academic research to industrial practice? Build or practice modeling skills set up for real-world impact? Check out this starter guide to hosting challenges on Nextmv.

Deploy your custom decision apps to Nextmv Cloud

Get your custom decision model into production in under 5 minutes. With decision apps on Nextmv Cloud, you can create a unique decision endpoint to run your model remotely and easily integrate it into your current infrastructure.

Optimization, the OR universe, and everything: In conversation with Karla Hoffman

Are AI, ML, and OR the same or different? Is operations research a solved problem? How do you know if you’re ready for optimization? We asked industry veteran Karla Hoffman these questions and more.

A 2022 Look Back and 2023 Preview

2022 was a big year: the next-gen Nextmv platform, multi-paradigm solving, INFORMS, curling in Montreal. 2023 has even more goodness in store.

Release roundup: Nextmv CLI & SDK, MIP solving, and more templates

Catch up on the latest from Nextmv, including a CLI-guided workflow, our customizable SDK, a new MIP solving interface, and models for PagerDuty scheduling and more.

Create optimized PagerDuty on-call rotation schedules with decision automation

I retired our on-call scheduling spreadsheet — and you can too. Here’s how I built a custom decision model that generates and sends optimized schedules to the PagerDuty API.