ASOR Bulletin

"Operations Research is the application of the methods of science to complex problems arising in the direction and management of large systems of men, machines, materials and money in industry, business government and defence.  The distinctive approach is to develop a scientific model of the system, incorporating measurements of factors such as chance and risk, with which to predict and compare the outcomes of alternative decisions, strategies or controls.  The purpose is to help management determine its policy and actions scientifically."

The ASOR Bulletin is published in March, June, September and December by the Australian Society of Operations Research Incorporated.

It aims to provide news, world-wide abstracts, Australian problem descriptions and solution approaches, and a forum on topics of interests to Operations Research practitioners, researchers, academics and students.

Contributions and suggestions are welcomed, however it should be noted that technical articles should be brief and relate to specific applications. Detailed mathematical developments should be omitted from the main body of articles but can be included as an Appendix to the article. Both refereed and non-refereed papers are published. The refereed papers are peer reviewed by at least two independent experts in the field and published under the section ‘Refereed Paper’.

Articles must contain an abstract of not more than 100 words. The author's correct title, name, position, department, and preferred address must be supplied.  References should be specified and numbered in alphabetical order as illustrated in the following examples:

[1] Higgins, J.C. and Finn, R.  Managerial Attitudes Towards Computer Models for Planning and Control.  Long Range Planning, Vol. 4, pp 107-112. (Dec. 1976).

[2] Simon, H.A. The New Science of Management Decision. Rev. Ed. Prentice-Hall, N.J. (1977).

Contributions should be prepared in MSWord (doc or rtf file), suitable for IBM Compatible PC, and a soft copy should be submitted either as an email attachment or on a 3.5” diskette. 

Reviews: Books for review should be sent to the book review subeditor A/Prof. G.K.Whymark, c/- the editors.  Note that the subeditor is also interested in hearing from companies wishing to arrange reviews of software.

Advertising: The current rate is $300 per page, with layout supplied.  Pro-rata rates apply to half and quarter pages and discounts are available for advance bookings over four issues.

Subscriptions: For Vol. 22, bulletins will be provided to all Members of ASOR as part of the membership fee.

Deadlines: The deadline for (for non-refereed articles, news items, conference announcements & reports, interviews, book reviews, advertisements, etc.) each issue is the first day of the month preceding the month of publication. The refereed articles usually take several months.

Editor: Address all correspondence and contributions to:

A/Prof Ruhul A Sarker
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, UNSW@ADFA
Northcott Drive, Canberra  ACT  2600
Tel:  (02) 6268 8051     Fax: (02) 6268 8581
Email: r.sarker@adfa.edu.au

Editorial Board :

• A/Prof Ruhul Sarker (editor), UNSW@ADFA,
  Email: r.sarker@adfa.edu.au
  
  
• Prof Lou Caccetta, Curtin University of Technology,
  Email: caccetta@maths.curtin.edu.au
  
  
• Dr Andrew Higgins, CSIRO,
  Email: Andrew.Higgins@csiro.au
  
  
• Prof Erhan Kozan, Queensland University of Technology,
  Email: e.kozan@qut.edu.au
  
  
• Prof Pra Murthy, University of Queensland,
  Email: murthy@mech.uq.oz.au
  
  
• A/Prof Baikunth Nath, University of Melbourne,
  Email: baikunth@unimelb.edu.au
  
  
• Prof Charles Newton, UNSW@ADFA,
  Email: c.newton@adfa.edu.au
  
  
• Prof Charles Pearce, Adelaide University,
  Email: cpearce@maths.adelaide.edu.au
  
  
• A/Prof Moshe Sniedovich, University of Melbourne,
  Email: m.sniedovich@ms.unimelb.edu.au
  
  
• Dr Yakov Zinder, University Technology Sydney,
  Email: yakov@maths.uts.edu.au