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Operations Research publishes quality operations research and management science work of interest to the OR practitioner and researcher in three substantive categories: methods, data based operational science, and the practice of OR. The Journal seeks papers re- porting underlying data based principles of operational science, observations and modeling of operating systems, contributions to the methods and models of OR, case histories of applications, review articles, and discussions of the administrative environment, history, policy, prac- tice, future, and arenas of application of operations research.
Complete studies that contain data, computer experi- ments, and model validation, and that integrate theory, methods, and applications are of particular interest. Thus, we encourage case studies of lasting value. Con- tributors should submit informal descriptions of cases to the joint ORSA/TIMS publication Interfaces.
In addition to the regular ARTICLES section, there are three special sections: OR PRACTICE contains practitioner-oriented applications, tutorials, and surveys. Application papers whose utility is as yet undemonstrated in practice or that are not tailored for practitioners should be submitted to the appropriate Area Editor. The OR FORUM section publishes papers on history, policy, analyses of current and future trends, and related subject
matter. TECHNICAL NOTES contains brief articles on all of the topics covered by the Journal. For more infor- mation on subject coverage and editorial policy, see the Editorial and Area Editor statements published in the January-February 1989 issue.
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1. Statement of Contribution. Beginning in 1989, a statement of contribution is required for each submitted paper. The form will appear in nearly every issue of the Journal and should be completed and submitted at the time a paper is sent to an Area Editor. The purpose of this statement is to aid area editors and reviewers in determining if the paper meets its stated objectives. Once a paper is accepted for publication, this statement will serve as the basis for the In This Issue column.
When preparing this statement, include the following: Why is the topic that is addressed in the paper important? What specific contributions does the paper make to operations research? What do you believe is the basis for publication? Provide a brief assessment of the near and long-term implications of the contribution.
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FLOOD, M. M. 1962. New Operations Research Poten- tials. Opns. Res. 10, 423-436.
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ROSENWEIN, M. 1986. Design and Application of Solution Methodologies to Optimize Problems in Transportation Logistics. Ph.D. Dissertation. Depart- ment of Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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IN THIS ISSUE 198 Heuristic and Special Case Algorithms for Dispersion Problems 299
S. S. Ravi, D. J. Rosenkrantz and OR FORUM G. K.Tayi Needed: An Empirical Science of Algorithms 201
J. N. Hooker Conditional Stochastic Decomposition: An Algorithmic Interface for Optimization and Stimulation 311
OR PRACTICE Julia L. Higle, Wing W. Lowe and Insights on Modeling From a Dozen Experts 213 Ronald Odio
Thomas R. Willemain Process Control With Learning 323
Integrated Simulation and Optimization Maqbool Dada and Richard L. Marcellus Models for Tracking Indices of Fixed-Income Securities 223 Optimal Control of a Two-Station Tandem
Kenneth J. Worzel, Christiana Vassiadou- Production/Inventory System 337 Zeniou and Stavros A. Zenios Michael H. Veatch and Lawrence M. Wein
ARTICLES Sample Path Derivatives for (s, S) Inventory Systems 35 1
Scheduling Multiple Variable-Speed Michael C. Fu Machines 234
Michael A. Trick Observing Queues Before Joining 365
M1. Hlynka, D. A. Stanford, W. H. Poon The Multi-Airport Ground-Holding Problem and T. Wang in Air Traffic Control 249
Peter B. Vranas, Dimitris J. Bertsimas and On the Conservation Law and the Amedeo R. Odoni Performance Space of Single Server Systems 372
Leonidas Georgiadis and loannis Viniotis A Stochastic Analysis of State Transitions in an Air-Space Management System 262 The Relationship Between Bernoulli and
Emanuel I. Ringel and Charles J. Mode Fixed Feedback Policies for the M4GI I
An Algorithm for the Multiattribute, Queue 380
Multicommodity Flow Problem With Freight Vikram S. Adve and Randolph Nelson
Consolidation and Inventory Costs 274 Douglas A. Popken CONTRIBUTORS 386
Worst-Case Analysis of Heuristics for the Bin Cover illustration. Attribute spacefrom ".41 Packing Problem With General Cost Algorithm for the Mitiiauribute, Structures 287 Multicommodit v Flow Problem Wi/i FIreight
Shoshana Anily, Julien Bramel and Consolidation and Inventori' Costs" bi' David Simchi-Levi Douglas Popken, p. 279.
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