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Index, Volume 6

AUTHORS OF ARTICLES, LETTERS, REVIEWS

A

ABENDROTH, W. W. (review), 644 ACKOFF, RUSSELL L., On Hitch's Dissent

on "Operations Research and National Planning" (letter), 121-124

ALEXANDER, MICHAEL N., J. BROOKS FEREBEE, PAUL J. GRIM, LEONARD S. LEBOW, STEPHEN D. SENTURIA, AND ANN M. SINGLETERRY, Effect of Popu- lation Mobility on the Location of Com- munal Shelters, 207-231

ARNOFF, E. LEONARD, EUGENE B1. KANIA, AND ELIZABETH SMALL DAY, An Integrated Process Control System at the Cummins Engine Company, 467-497

B

BAUMOL, WILLIAM J., AND PHILIP WOLFE, A Warehouse-Location Prob- lem, 252-263

BELLMAN, RICHARD, On "Heuristic Problem Solving," by Simon and Newell (letter), 448-449

---, AND STUART DREYFUS, On a Tactical Air-Warfare Model of Mengel, 65-78 --- _--, Dynamic Programming and the Reliability of Multicomponent Devices, 200-206

BEVAN, RONALD W., Trends in Opera- tional Research (letter), 441-447

BISHOP, ALBERT B., AND THOMAS H. ROCKWELL, A Dynamic-Programming Computational Procedure for Optimal Manpower Loading in a Large Aircraft Company, 835-848

BLACKWELL, DAVID (review), 155 BOND, ANGUS F., see CHAMBERS ET AL.,

385-398 BOWMAN, EDWARD H., Scale of Opera-

tions-An Empirical Study, 320-328 BRANCH, MELVILLE C., The Corporate

Planning Process: Plans, Decision, Implementation, 539-552

BROOKS, SAMUEL H., A Discussion of Random Methods for Seeking Maxima, 244-251

BROTHERS, LEROY A., Letter to the Editor of Operations Research (letter), 450-451

BROWN, BONNAR (review), 783

C

CAMP, GLENN D., Literature to Turkey (letter), 131-132

CAYWOOD, THOMAS E. (review), 452 CHAMBERS, JOHN C., Consideration of a

Biased Estimate in an Information- Sampling Situation, 729-739

--, ANGUS F. BOND, AND JAMES H. LEAKE, Optimum Lot Sizes for Parts Used in Aircraft Production, 385-398

CHANDLER, ROBERT E., ROBERT HER-

MAN, AND ELLIOTT W. MONTROLL,

Traffic Dynamics: Studies in Car Fol- lowing, 165-184

CHOW, TSE-SUN, Operational Analysis of a Traffic Dynamic Problem, 827-834

CHOW, W. M., Incidental Intelligence (letter), 130

CHRISTIE, LEE S., see WHITE AND CHRIS- TIE, 79-95

COILE, RUSSELL, AND BABA FOSTER, Use of Computers for Mechanized Literature Searching in Operations-Research Li- braries (letter), 434-438

CREELMAN, GEORGE D., AND RICHARD W. WALLEN, The Place of Psychology in Operations Research (letter), 116-121

CROES, G. A., A Method for Solving Traveling-Salesman Problems, 791-812

D

DAILEY, JOHN T., Prediction of First- Cruise Reenlistment Rate, 686-692

DAN6, SVEN, AND ERNST LYKKE JENSEN, Production and Inventory Planning in a Fluctuating Market (letter), 293-295

DAY, ELIZABETH SMALL, see ARNOFF, ET AL., 467-497

DREYFUS, STUART, see BELLMAN AND DREYFUS, 65-78, 200-206

E

ELDER, C. O., see LANGEVIN ET AL., 710- 722

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912 Index, Volume 6

ELLIS, H. F., Written in a Queue (letter), 125-127

F

FABIAN, TIBOR (review), 904 FEREBEE, J. BROOKS, see ALEXANDER

ET AL., 207-231 FORD, L. R., JR., AND D. R. FULKERSON,

Constructing Maximal Dynamic Flows from Static Flows, 419-433

FOSTER, BABA, see COILE AND FOSTER, 434-438

FRENCH, CHARLES E., MILTON M. SNOD-

GRASS, AND JAMES C. SNYDER, Applica- tion of Operations Research in Farm Operations and Agricultural Marketing (letter), 766-775

FRIEDMAN, LAWRENCE, Game-Theory Models in the Allocation of Advertising Expenditures, 699-709

FULKERSON, D. R., see FORD AND FUL- KERSON, 419-433

AND D. GALE, Comments on "Solution of the Quota Problem by a Successive-Reduction Method" (letter), 874-875

G

GALE, D., see FULKERSON AND GALE, 874-875

GALLIHER, HERBERT P., AND R. CLYDE WHEELER, Nonstationary Queuing Probabilities for Landing Congestion of Aircraft, 264-275

GLICK, ANDREW (review), 455 GLICKMAN, ALBERT S., Factor Analysis

of Personnel Components of Ship Per- formance, 106-115

GOLDSCHMIDT, KARL, Comments on Busi- ness Games (letter), 124

GREENSTONE, R., see LANGEVIN ET AL.,

710-722 GRIM, PAUL J., see ALEXANDER ET AL.,

207-231

H HAIGHT, FRANK A., Towards a Unified

Theory of Road Traffic, 813-826 HANSSMANN, FRED (reviews), 299, 456 HARE, R. R., JR. A Mathematical Model

of Terrain Shielding, 530-537 HARLING, JOHN, Simulation Techniques

in Operations Research-A Review, 307- 319

HARRIS, B., A. HAUPTSCHEIN, AND L. S.

SCHWARTZ, Optimum Information- Acquisition Systems, 516-529

HAUPTSCHEIN, A., see HARRIS ET AL., 516-529

HAYWARD, A. E. (review), 453 HERD, G. RONALD (reviews), 454, 904 HERMAN, ROBERT, see CHANDLER ET AL.,

165-184 HERTZ, DAVID B., ORSA and TIMS

Should Affiliate Rather than Merge (letter), 296-297

HOOKE, ROBERT, AND T. A. JEEVES, Comments on Brooks' Discussion of Random Methods (letter), 881-882

HOVEY, RONALD W., AND HARVEY M. WAGNER, A Sample Survey of Indus- trial Operations-Research Activities (letter), 876-881

ISRAEL, MARION S., see WHITNEY AND ISRAEL, 573-579

J

JEEVES, T. A., see HOOKE AND JEEVES 881-882

JENSEN, ERNST LYKKE, see DAN6 AND JENSEN, 293-295

JOHNSON, ELLIS A., The Crisis in Science and Technology and Its Effect on Mili- tary Development, 11-34

K IKALABA, ROBERT, Optimum Preventative

Sampling via Dynamic Programming (letter), 439-440

KANIA, EUGENE B., see ARNOFF ET AL., 467-497

KARUSH, W., AND L. A. MOODY, Determi- nation of Feasible Shipping Schedules for a Job Shop, 35-55

KLAHR, CARL N., Multiple Objectives in Mathematical Programming, 849-855

KLEIN, BURTON, AND WILLIAM MECK- LING, Application of Operations Re- search to Development Decisions, 352- 363

L

LANGEVIN, R. A., R. GREENSTONE, AND C. 0. ELDER, Effectiveness of Troops Exposed to Thermal Radiation from Nuclear Weapons, 710-722

LAURENT, ANDRE G., Errata (letter), 297

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Authors of Articles, Letters, Reviews 913

LEAKE, JAMES H., see CHAMBERS ET AL., 385-398

LEBOW, LEONARD S., see ALEXANDER ET AL., 207-231

LEIBOWITZ, MARTIN L., Metaphysical Considerations Involved in Choosing a Measure of Effectiveness (letter), 127- 130

M

MANNE, ALAN S., A Target-Assignment Problem, 346-351

MCCLOSKEY, JOSEPH F., Whither ORSA? (letter), 135-136 --(reviews), 157, 635, 784

MCEACHRON, WILLIAM D., Prediction and Feedback in Business Planning 560-572

MECKLING, WILLIAM, see KLEIN AND MECKLING, 352-363

MEISLING, TORBEN, Discrete-Time Queu- ing Theory, 96-105

MIEHLE, WILLIAM, Link-Length Mini- mization in Networks, 232-243

---, Calculation of Higher Transitions in a Markov Process, 693-698

MINAS, J. G., AND L. G. MITTEN, The Hub Operation Scheduling Problem, 329-345

MINTY, GEORGE J., A Variant on the Shortest-Route Problem (letter), 882-883

MITTEN, L. G.7 see MINAS AND MITTEN, 329-345

MONTROLL, ELLIOTT W., see CHANDLER ET AL., 165-184

MOOD, ALEXANDER M. (review), 299 MOODY, L. A., see KARUSH AND MOODY,

35-55 MOSS, JOHN HUNTON, Commentary on

Harling's "Simulation Techniques in Operations Research" (letter), 591-593

MOUND, HARRY (review), 643

N

NADDOR, ELIEZER, AND SIDNEY SALTZ- MAN, Optimal Reorder Periods for an Inventory System with Variable Costs of Ordering, 676-685

NELSON, Ross T., Waiting-Time Distri- butions for Application to Series of Service Centers, 856-862

NEWELL, ALLEN, see SIMON AND NEWELL, 1-10, 449-450

P

PINKHAM, ROGER, An Approach to Linear Inventory-Production Rules, 185-189

R

RANDOLPH, PAUL H. (reviews), 298, 636 REILAND, ROBERT F., Das Geschuten-

werkes Werdebuke (letter), 132-135 ROCKWELL, THOMAS H., see BISHOP AND

ROCKWELL, 835-848 RUTLEDGE, R. W., Operations Research

in Australia (letter), 883-884

S

SAATY, THOMAS L. (reviews), 156, 456, 906

SALTZMAN, SIDNEY, see NADDOR AND SALTZMAN, 676-685

SCHILLER, DONALD H. (review), 783 SCHRAGE, ROBERT W., Optimizing a

Catalytic Cracking Operation by the Method of Steepest A scents, 498-515

SCHULTZ, ANDREW, JR. (review), 786 SCHWARTZ, L. S., see HARRIS ET AL.,

516-529 SENTURIA, STEPHEN D., see ALEXANDER

ET AL., 207-231 SHELLARD, GORDON (review), 158 SIMON, HERBERT A., AND ALLEN NEw-

ELL, Heuristic Problem Solving: The Next Advance in Operations Research, 1-10 ?--,---, Reply: Heuristic Problem Solving (letter), 449-450

SIMPSON, KENNETH F., JR., In-Process Inventories, 863-873

SINGLETERRY, ANN, see ALEXANDER ET AL ., 207-231

SNODGRASS, MILTON M., see FRENCH ET AL., 766-775

SNYDER, JAMES C., see FRENCH ET AL., 766-775

STEARMAN, ROEBERT L. (review), 787 STEPHAN, FREDERICK F., Two Queues

Under Preemptive Priority with Poisson Arrival and Service Rates, 399-418; Errata, 778

STEWART, EARLE, Long Range Planning -a Kaleidoscopic View, 552-560

STEWART, ROBERT M., The Widespread Adoption of an Operational Policy and Its Effect on the World as a Whole (letter), 447-448

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STOLLER, DAVID S., A Failure Model for Equipments Undergoing Complex Operation, 723-728

---(review), 156 SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM H., Graphical

Selection of Military Supply Tables (letter), 775-777

SWENSSON, OLLE, An Approach to a Class of Queuing Problems, 276-292; Errata, 593

T

THOMPSON, W. A., JR., Two Uses of the Diffused-Target Concept in Aerial Tar- get Analysis, 671-675

V

VAN ATTA, L. C. (review), 637 VASWANI, RAM, The Value of Irreducibles

in the Planning of Service Systems, 740-765

VERHULST, MICHEL, Joint Optimization Long-Range Planning and Short-Range Programming, 580-590

VOTAW, D. F., JR., Solution of the Quota

Problem by a Successive-Reduction Method, 56-64; Comments (letter), 875- 876

W

WAGNER, HARVEY M., The Simplex Method for Beginners, 190-199

---, A Practical Guide to the Dual Theorem, 364-384

---, see HOVEY AND WAGNER, 876-881 WALLEN, RICHARD W., see CREELMAN

AND WALLEN, 116-121 WELDON, FOSTER L., Cargo Containeri-

zation in the West Coast-Hawaiian Trade, 649-670

WHEELER, CLYDE, see GALLIHER AND

WHEELER, 264-275 WHITE, HARRISON, AND LEE S. CHRISTIE,

Queuing with Preemptive Priorities or with Breakdown, 79-95

WHITNEY, BERNARD, AND MARION S.

ISRAEL, A Working Model of the Fi- nancial Dynamics of a Business, 573- 579

WOLFE, PHILIP, see BAIJMOL AND WOLFE, 252-263

AUTHORS OF PAPERS AT SOCIETY MEETINGS

A

ACKOFF, RUSSELL L., 611, 889

ALBERTS, HENRY C., 149 ALLDERIGE, JOHN M., 895 ALLEN, STEPHEN G., 619 ALLEN, WILLIAM R., 614 ANDERSON, J. T., 621 AUBERT, E. F., 615

B

BACON, FRANK R., JR., 898

BECKMANN, MARTIN J., 896

BELLMAN, RICHARD E., 622

BEVIS, HOWARD W., 142 BISHOP, ALBERT B., 147 BISSINGER, BERNARD H.,

628 BOCK, FREDERICK, 154,

633, 897

BOLL, CHARLES H., 608 BOND, ANGUS F., 146 BROIDA, THEODORE R.,

619 BROOKS, FRANKLIN C.,

613 BROTMAN, LEWIS, 620,

632, 892 BROWN, ROBERT A., 632 BROWN, ROBERT G., 894 BURRELL, M., 620

C

CALDWELL, W., 618 CALHOUN, S. REED, 624 CAMERON, SCOTT, 633 CAMP, GLEN D., 902 CARLSON, P. R., 149 CHAMBERS, JOHN C., 146 CHASE, MARTIN, 595 CHRISTENSEN, RICHARD,

901 CHURCHMAN, C. WEST,

889

CLAPHAM, J. C. R., 612 CLARK, DONALD F., 617 COOMBS, C., 618 COOPER, GERSHON, 626,

902 COOPER, RALPH N., 899 CRON, BENJAMIN F., 892

D

DEAN, BURTON V., 617 DENICOFF, MARVIN, 620 DENNIS, JACK B., 595 DILLINGER, J. L., 899 DONALDSON, R. D., JR.,

611 DRAKE, W. W. JR., 611 DREYFUS, PHILIPPE, 623 DREYFUS, STUART, 606 DUNLAP, J. W., 903 DUNN, PAUL F., 626 DUREN, GAY, 595

E EDIE, LESLIE E., 889

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Authors of Papers at Society Meetings 915

EILON, SAMUEL, 894 ENGEL, JOSEPH H., 889 ENKE, STEPHEN, 151, 624

F

FABIAN, TIBOR, 625 FAIN, JANICE, 894 FAIN, WILLIAM W., 891 FEENY, GEORGE J., 595,

889 FREEMAN, RAOUL J., 149 FRENCH, CHARLES E., 145 FREY, SHERWOOD C., 149 FREYBERGER, DONALD

L., 153 FRIEDMAN, LAWRENCE,

153 FULWIDER, L. S., 620

G

GALLIHER, HERBERT P.,

595, 901 GARDNER, ELIZABETH L.,

142 GILFILLAN, EDWARD S.,

JR., 628 GLASER, HAROLD, 626 GLAZER, HERBERT, 145 GRACE, JAMES C., 632 GREEN, PAUL E., 153, 624 GUPTA, SHIV K., 611

H

HAYNES, JOHN, 154 HELLER, J., 630 HENDERSON, GEORGE P.,

902 HENDERSON, PAUL B.,

JR., 151, 630 HERMANN, PHILIP, 902 HERNITER, JEROME D.,

607 HEYNE, JAY B., 620, 892 HINES, WILLIAM W., 895 HITCHMAN, NORMAN, 626 HODGSON, JAMES, 629 HOLT, CHARLES C., 144 HOSLEY, W. N., 617 HOUTHAKKER, H. S., 144 HOWLAND, DANIEL, 154,

614 HUNT, RALPH B., 886 HUNTER, JOHN R., 899

J

JACOBS, HERBERT H., 612 JACKSON, JAMES R., 625 JEWELL, WILLIAM S., 595,

633 JOHNSON, ROBERT E.,

623, 892 JOSEPH, J. A., 893 JOYNER, E., 620

K KAHN, DAVID A., 903 KALABA, ROBERT, 606 KAMI, MICHAEL J., 630 KANTNER, HAROLD H.,

154, 634 KARR, HERBERT W., 608 KARUSH, WILLIAM, 896 KEHL, WILLIAM B., 608 KIMBALL, GEORGE E.,

595, 606 KLEIN, BURTON, 148 KNIGHT, W., 620 KOENIGSBERG, ERNEST,

617 KOLNER, T. K., 146 KRETSCHMER, KENNETH

S., 608, 634

L

LATHROP, JOHN B., 616 LAURENT, ANDRE G., 628 LAYZOREK, MICHAEL, 616 LEAKE, JAMES H., 146 LE GARFF, ANDRA, 623 LEGAULT, RICHARD R.,

621 LEIBOWITZ, MARTIN L.,

152 LESCAULT, JACQUES, 623 LEVINE, ROBERT A., 886 LOWE, RONALD H., 886 LUCHAK, GEORGE, 632 LUTHER, MARVIN, 607

M

MACHOL, ROBERT E., 621, 898

MALCOLM, D. G., 622 MANNOS, MURRAY, 611 MARKS, A. R., 901 MARTIN, HAROLD W.,

618, 895 MATERNA, ANTHONY T.,

615

MCCLOSKEY, JOSEPH F., 149

MCEACHRON, W. D., 143 MCGEE, C. G., 613 MCKOWN, D. C., 625 MCMILLAN, BROCKWAY,

148 MEALS, DONALD, 595 MECKLING, WILLIAM, 148 MEIER, RICHARD L., 142 MERCHANT, H. D., 890 METZGER, ROBERT W.,

613 MEYER, RICHARD F., 146 MIHANOVICH, A. J., 617 MILLER, JACK M., 621 MISER, HUGH J., 890 MODER, JOSEPH J., 895

N

NADDOR, ELIEZER, 629 NEAL, J., 620 NEWMAN, J. ROBERT, 614 NORTON, JOHN DEWITT,

152 NOZICK, S., 900

0

O'BRIEN, GEORGE G., 894 OKUN, ARTHUR M., 610 OLIVER, ROBERT M., 153,

606

P

PAXSON, E. W., 903 PECK, LESLIE G., 595 PETERSON, W. JOHN, 624 POE, P. H., 625 PUGH, GEORGE, 886 PUNGA, VALDEMARS, 897

R RAINEY, RICHARD B., 886 REDDY, J. M., 613 REEDY, D. M., 625 REHKOP, JEAN, 622 REZUCHA, IVAN, 595 ROBINSON, PATRICK J.,

902 ROELLKE, DONALD, 153,

606 ROSEMAN, BERNARD B.,

901 ROSENBAUM, ROBERT H.,

595

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ROSENFELI), LAURENCE,

627 ROSIIOLDT, ERLING 1F.,

886 ROSSMAN, MORTON J.,

147, 634, 897 ROWEN , J. S., 903 RUBENSTEIN, ALBERT

H., 150 ItU 1) NER, R IC I ARIl) S., 150

S

SASIENI, MVIAURICE W., 616, 89(

SASxS, AhIR(;(o A., 626 SCARF, ThtRBERT, 143 SCIIOEFFLER, M. S., 618 SCHREIBER, ROBERT J.,

612 SCCHWARTZ, BENJAMIIN,

631 SCHWARTZ, LENARD S.,

144 SCH-IWART'Z, RICHARI), 893 SIMPSON, IKENNETII F.,

.JR., 896 SM\IIThI, W. REIM), 615 SMITH, WILLIANI 11.,.895 S&ITh, RICIIARID, 631

SNODGRASS, MILTON M., 145

SNYDER, JAMES C., 145 SOLOMON, HENRY, 620

SORENSEN, ERIc E., 902 SPANGLER, MILLER B.,

611.

SPECHIT, ROBERT D)., 886 STEMIBER, LARRY, 631

STEWART, EARLE, 143,

627 STOCKLIN, PHILIP L., 891

STOLLER, DAVID S., 630 STOVER, ALBERT M., 147,

615a SUNOUCIII, HARNO, 617

'I'

TAYLOR, J., 620 TAYLOR, JAMES L., 891 TEEPLE, JOHN B., 627,

898

TIIRALL,t R. MI., 618 TOENNIES;, H., 620 ToOTINIMAN, HARoLI) L.,

626 TIWN'RY, RAYMOND J.)

147, 634, 897

v

VA(- EROT, MA U RICE G., 898, 899

VAN BORN, RICIHAni J.

630 VENTURA, E., 609 V\ERIIUL.ST, MICIIEL, 143 VOrTAGuIO, EDWARD J.,

634

W

WAGNER, HARVEY \1.,

607 WALKER, CARLETON S.,

892 WALSH, JOHN Li., 890 WEBB, KENNETH W., 892 WEINWUJRM, ERNEST H.,

610 WEISS, HERBERT K., 625 WIESTER, LEONN, 634 WHITIN, TIIOMSON M.,

607 WHITNEY, BERNARD, 143 WHITSON, W. L., 890 WILCOX, RICHARD H., 626 WILSON, I)ONAlA) F., 626 WILSON, WILLIAM H., 892 WINTERS, PETER It., 152 WOLF', J. NI., 621 WOLFE, HIARRY B., 146

SUBJECT INDEX

A Abstracts of ineetings, 142--154, (06; 634,

889-903 Accounting, 143, 889 Advertising, 153, 613, 699-709 Aerial target analysis, 671-675 Agricultural marketing, J45 Agricultural operations rescarcb, 76-775 Air defensee>, 621. Air Force logistics., 151. Aircraft,.

landing congestion, 264-275 propellor failure, 620

Aircraft industry dlynamic, programming, 1 47, 835--848 long-range planning, 552-560 optimum lot Sizes; 146, 385-398 removal quantities, 895

Airline operation, 146

Airport landing (ongestiOn, 264-275 Air-raid. shelter, 207-231 Air-warfarc modeled 65-78 Allocation p)rol)ems, 612 AnalYsts1 ' :Booksbhell' 155-161, 298 ... 302,

452--460, 635-646, 783-788, 901-908 Announicements, 162-164, 303-03, , 461

465-, 647 648X 789-790, 909-91( Australian operaLtions research, 883-881 Aviation gaming,' 891 Aviation, industry, see Aircraft industry

Book reviews, 155-160, 298-302, 452-460, 6:35 -645, 783 787, 904 908

1.Books received, 160, 302, 645-646, 787 788, 9(08

Business game, 124, 899

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Subject Index 917

C Ceramics operations research, 580-590 Civil defense, location of shelters, 207-

231 Combinatorial programming, 634, 897 Communication systems, 148, 899 Communications, 516-529 Computers, 1-10, 434-438, 623, 625 Concave programming, 252-263 Consumer response, 613 Control system, 616 Computer simulation, 619, 625, 899 Convex programming, 896 Corporate planning, 143, 149-150, 538-590 Cost analysis, 385-398

D Data

enrichment, 136 processing, 611, 629-631

Decision-development, 148 Decision-making, 11-34, 606, 740-765 Decision rule, 616, 619, 895 Defense strategy, 890 Demand estimation, 612 Development decisions, 148, 352-363 Digital calculation, 498-515 Digital computer, 617, 618 Dynamic programming, 65-78, 147, 200-

206, 389, 419-433, 439-440, 606-609, 827-834, 835-848

E Economic forecasting, 610-611 Effectiveness measure, 127-130 Effectiveness study, 320-328

F Factor analysis, 614 Factors in ship performance, 106-115 Failure model, 723-728 Failure theory tables, 628 Farm operations, 145 Feedback in planning, 143, 560-572 Financial dynamics, 573-579

G Game theory, 699-709 Gaming, 624, 625, 626, 898, 899

H Heuristic problem solving, 1-10, 448-449,

449-450 Hospitals, 154

Industrial operations research, 149, 876- 881

aircraft, 146 catalytic cracking, 498-515 ceramics, 580-590 chemical, 615 computer, 623 corporate planning, 143, 149-150 effectiveness study, 320-328 failure model, 723-728 feedback in planning, 560-572 gaming, 624 inventory planning, 293-295 job-centered approach, 901 linear programming, 35-55, 293-295 mining, 902 petroleum, 498-515, 902 prediction in planning, 560-572 productivity, 895 queuing, 147-148 research and development planning,

149-150 science and technology, 11-34 shipping schedules, 35-55 simulation, 622 traffic dynamics, 165-184 weapons system planning, 149

Information-acquisition system, 516-529 Information sampling, 729-739 Inventory, 144, 153, 185-189, 620, 896

control, 152-153, 467-497, 617, 619, 889, 894, 895

in-process, 863-873, 896 management, 622 minimum-cost management, 615 obsolescence cost, 385-398 optimal reorder periods, 676-685 planning, 293-295, 616 time lags, 143-144

Investment operations research, 627

K

Kill probability, 894

- L

Lanchester Prize, 598-600, 781 Lead-time, 11-34 Letters to the Editor, 116-136, 293-297,

434-451, 591-593, 766-778, 874-884 Library, 890 Library card catalogs, 898 Life testing, 614 Linear equations, 897

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918 Index, Volume 6

Linear inventory-production rules, 185- 189

Linear programming, 35-55, 144, 185-189, 190-199, 293-295, 419-433, 613, 632, 633, 827-834, 895

dual theorem 364-384 Link-length minimization in networks,

232-243 Literature searching, 434-438 Load-allocation problem, 338 Logistics simulation, 624 Long-range planning, 143, 552-560, 580-

590, 627 Lot sizes in aircraft production, 385-398 Lunar bases, 903

M

Machine obsolescence, 149 Management

control, 627 decision, 328 information system, 630 system model, 151

Managerial controls, 615 Manpower gaming, 898 Manpower requirements, 627 Markov process, higher transitions, 693-

698 Mathematical programming, 849-855, 896 Maximal dynamic flows, 419-433 Military operations research, 152, 297,

835-848 aerial target analysis, 671-675 air defense, 621 Air Force, 890 aircraft, 620 Army, 890 aviation gaming, 891 defense strategy, 890 dynamic programming, 65-78 gaming, 624 intelligence, 618, 621 inventory management, 622 logistics, 624 missile support systems, 893 Monte Carlo method, 629 naval, 889 naval- overhaul process, 892 naval personnel components, 106-115 naval reenlistment rate, 686692 POL transportation systems, 892 range programming, 89 science and technology, 11-34 ship performance, 106-115 simulation, 622, 623 spare parts supply control, 901

supply tables, 775-777 systems analysis, 891 tactical gaming, 625, 626 tactical information, 626 target analysis, 671-675 thermal radiation hazards, 710-722 troop exposure, 710-722 weapons evaluation, 623 zoned target, 894

Mining, 902 Monte-Carlo analogue, 629 Monte-Carlo method, 153, 276-292 Mlulticomponent devices, 200-206 Multi-person game, 625 Multiple balance experimentation, 613 Multi-stage game, 892

N

National planning, 121-124 Naval operations research, 889

inventory problem, 620 reenlistment, 686-692

Network, 154, 232-243 Network traffic, 633 Nonlinear programming, 252-263, 346-

351, 498-515

0

Operational policy, 447-448 Operations, research, see Industrial

operations research and Military operations research

defined, 626 education, 11-34, 602-605 in Australia, 883-884 in England, 441-447 new applications, 145-148 new developments in theory, 143-145

OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 137-154, 594-634, 885-903

abstracts of papers, 142-154, 606-634, 889-903

constitutional amendments, 782 International Cooperation Committee,

140-141 Lanchester Prize, 598-600, 781 meetings, 137-154, 594-634, 885-903 proposal for affiliation with TIMS,

296-297 Publications Committee, 782 report of the Education Committee,

600-602 report of the Secretary, 138-139, 595-

598, 887-888 report of the Treasurer, 779-780

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Subject Index 919

report on Fourth Conference on Operations-Research Education, 602- 605

Optimal location-allocation, 634 Optimal reorder periods, 676-685 Optimization, 580-590, 611, 902 Optimizing a catalytic cracking opera-

tion, 498-515 Optimum information-acquisition sys-

tems, 516-529 Optimum lot size, 146, 385-398 Order processing, 467-497 Organization planning, 150-152

P

Parametric programming, 372 Personality traits, 628 Personnel, 144, 835-848

classification problem, 56-64, 874-875, 876, 895

naval components, 106-115 Petroleum industry, 902-903 Planning

accounting for, 143 communication systems, 148 corporate, 143, 149-150, 538-590 feedback, 560-572 inventory, 293-295, 616 long-range, 143, 552-560, 580-590, 627 organization, 150-152 prediction, 560-572 research and development, 148-150 service systems, 740-765 short-range, 143 symposium, 538-590 urban, 142-143 weapons system, 149

Prediction in planning, 560-572 Price forecasting, 609 Probability formulation, 244-251 Process-control system, 467-497 Production, 144

control, 467-497 scheduling, 618, 894, 895

Programming combinatorial, 634, 897 concave, 252-263 convex, 896 dynamic, 147, 389, 419-433, 439-440,

606-609, 827-834, 835-848 linear, 144, 185-189, 190-199, 293-295,

419-433, 613, 632, 633, 827-834, 895 mathematical, 849-855, 896 model, 152, 849-855 nonlinear, 252-263, 346-351, 498-515 parametric, 372

quadratic, 144, 153 short-range, 580-590

Psychology, 116-121 Public administration, 740-765 Public utility, 628

Q Quadratic programming, 144, 153 Queuing, 145, 207-231, 264-275, 276-292,

399-418, 593, 617, 620, 632, 778, 856- 862

discrete time, 96-105 industrial, 125-127 preemptive priority, 399-418 theory, 79-95, 96-105, 147-148, 617,

813-326, 892 with priorities or breakdown, 79-95

Quota problem, 56-64, 874-875, 876

R

Random methods, 244-251, 881-882 for seeking maxima, 244-251

Random numbers, 308 Random sampling technique, 628 Readiness probability, 892 Redundance in electronic system, 900 Reenlistment rate, 686-692 Reliability of multicomponent devices,

200-206 Research and development, 11-34, 150-

151 planning, 148-150 program, 630

S Sampling errors, 729-739 Sampling techniques, 889 Scale of operations, 320-328 Scheduling, see Production scheduling

barge line, 894 hub operation, 329-345 hydroelectric power, 611

Science and technology, crisis in, 11-34 Secretary's Report, 138-139, 595-598,887-

888 Servo analog, 614 Shelters, location of, 207-231 Ship performance, 106-115 Shipping, 894, 902

containerization in ocean shipping, 649-670

schedules, 35-55, 894 schedules for a job shop, 35-55

Short-range programming, 580-590 Shortest-route problem, 882-883 Simplex methods, 190-199, 364-384, 897 Simulation, 151, 625, 632, 899

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in operations research, 307-319 techniques, 307-319, 591-593, 622, 623

Soap-film method, 232-243 Spare parts supply control, 901 Steepest-ascent method, 498-515 Supply tables, 775-777 Symposium on corporate planning, 538-

590

T

Tactical air-warfare model, 65-78 gaming, 625, 626 information, 626

Target analysis, 671-675 assignment problem, 346-351

Ternary decision, 892 Terrain shielding, 530-537 Thermal radiation hazards, 710--722 TIMS and ORSA, proposal for affiliation,

296-297 Traffic, 165-184, 264-275, 813-826, 827-

834, 889

dynamics of car following, 165-184, 827-834

Transportation, 142-143, 146, 147, 632, 649-670

empty-vehicle problem, 340 load-allocation problem, 338 scheduling, 329-345

Traveling-salesman problem, 791-812, 897

Troop exposure, 710-722 Turkey, 131-132

U

Urban planning, 142-143

W

Waiting lines, see Queuing Waiting-time, 856-862 Warehouse-location problem, 252-263,

634 Weapon effectiveness, 530-537 Weapons systems

evaluation, 621, 623 planning, 149

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