Rob Pratt
Senior Manager, SAS
Rob Pratt has worked at SAS since 2000 and is a Senior Manager in the Scientific Computing Department in the Analytics R&D Division. He manages a team of developers responsible for the optimization modeling language and solvers for linear, mixed integer linear, quadratic, and conic optimization. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics (with a second major in English) from the University of Dayton and both an M.S. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Operations Research for Social Good: A Practitioner’s Introduction Using SAS® and Python
By Natalia Summerville and Rob Pratt
Advance your knowledge of operations research and social good!
Recent technological developments allow data analytics practitioners to solve large problems better and faster with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) tools. At the same time, humanity faces overarching challenges such as the climate crisis, child malnutrition, systemic racism, and global pandemics, among others. Operations Research for Social Good: A Practitioner’s Introduction Using SAS® and Python showcases operations research (OR) methodologies typically required in engineering curricula to applications targeted to make this world a better place.
Designed for data scientists, analytics and operations research practitioners, and graduate-level students interested in learning optimization modeling with applied use cases, this book provides the skills to model and solve OR problems with both SAS and Python as well as practical tools and tips to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world implementations based on Data4Good initiatives.
Featured Authors
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Robert N. Rodriguez retired from SAS in 2018 after serving as a senior director in research and development. Bob received a PhD in statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a research statistician at General Motors Research Laboratories before joining SAS.
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Ron Klimberg, PhD, is a professor at the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA.
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Terisa Roberts is a director and Global Solution lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning at SAS. She has extensive experience in quantitative risk management, regulatory compliance, and model governance and validation. She has worked in financial services, telecommunications, government, energy, and retail sectors.
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Todd Case has been working in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistical programmer for over 20 years. He completed his MS in Epidemiology from Columbia University and has worked at Forest Laboratories (now Allergan), Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Biogen. He currently works at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.