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December 2006 issue: In this issue, M.-T. Nguyen and A. Gill have contributed a techinical paper on A Mathematical Programming Approach to Defence Logistics Funding . We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. We like to dedicate this issue to the memory of Professor Alex Rubinov (1940-2006). We have also provided a short biograpgy of Prof. Rubinov in this issue.

September 2006 issue:   In this issue, Manisha Pal and Sanjoy Kumar Ghosh have contributed a techinical paper on An Inventory Model With Shortage and Quantity Dependent Permissible Delay In Payment . We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. INFORMS journals with their editorial mission are also briefly introduced in this issue.

June 2006 issue: In this issue, Mr. Marcus A. Butavicius has contributed a techinical paper on Evaluating and predicting the performance of an identification face recognition system in an operational setting .   We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers.

March 2006 issue: In the 18th ASOR National Conference, held in Perth during 26-28 September 2005, two best student paper prizes were awarded. One of these two papers was submitted by Mr. Mark Grigoleit on Applying Lagrangian Relaxation to the Submarine Transit Problem. We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. In this issue, we also report the successful OR and Optimisation related ARC Discovery projects for 2006 round.

 There is always a lack of articles being submitted for publication in the ASOR Bulletin. As in previous issues, I would again like to request all ASOR members, ASOR Bulletin readers and OR organizations in the country to contribute to the ASOR Bulletin. The editorial policy is available either from this web site or from the inside back cover of the Bulletin.

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