Management Science Roundup

In this issue:

—“SOAP: A Management Science success story”;

—“Management, employment and the economy in the U.K.”;

—“Management sciences, computer applications and industrial development in Cairo”;

—“News from Los Andes, Columbia”;

—“OR/MS at St. Louis Police Department”;

—“Dow Chemical gets federal contract”;

—“Seen Elsewhere: (1) Optimization of the Olefins Manufacturing Technological Process, (2) Nonlinear Programming Model of Crew Assignments for Household Refuse Collection, (3) Some Recent Developments in n-Person Game Theory, (4) Statistical Forecasting in the Bell System, (5) Planning and Managing Process Computer Projects, (6) Analog and Digital Simulation. A Comparison, (7) On Line Adaptive Control Method, (8) Linear Programming Model for Cargo Movement Evaluation, (9) Financial Risk Analysis, and (10) Cluster Analysis”;

—“Bulletin Board: (1) TIMS Meetings, (2) Tentative structure of program, (3) The structure of the organizing committee, (4) Other Meetings/Symposia, (5) Personal notes, (6) Notices, (7) Report of committee on elections, and (8) Letters”.