Welcome The Applied Probability Society is a subdivision of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The Society is concerned with the application of probability theory to systems that involve random phenomena, for example, manufacturing, communication network, computer network, service, and financial systems. The Society promotes the development and use of methods for the improvement of evaluation, control, and design of these systems. Such methods include (stochastic) dynamic programming, queueing theory, Markov decision process, discrete event dynamic systems, point processes, large deviations, reliability, and so on. Our members include practitioners, educators, and researchers with backgrounds in business, engineering, statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, and other applied sciences.

News   Slides from the 2007 APS Markov Lecture given by Ruth Williams at the Seattle INFORMS Meeting are now available.   The Applied Probability Society's next biannual conference will take place in Ithaca, New York, from July 12th to 15th of 2009. We encourage all those interested to attend our discipline's major conference, the 15th INFORMS Applied Probability Conference.   New Journal!  Applied Probability and Operations Research.   IMS and Bernoulli Society members can now join APS at the discounted rate of $10 per year. In addition, INFORMS APS faculty members can now add their Ph.D. students at $5 each per year at the time that they renew their membership.   Special reduced subscription rates to Queueing Systems for APS members. Click here for details.