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Volume 16, issue 6, 1986

Strategic Planning for Bank Operations with Multiple Check-Processing Locations pp. 1-12

Samuel G. Davis, George B. Kleindorfer, Gary A. Kochenberger, Edward T. Reutzel and Emmitt W. Brown

Why Indirect Health Risks of Regulations Should be Examined pp. 13-27

Ralph L. Keeney and Detlof von Winterfeldt

Misapplications Reviews: Pulling the Goalie Revisited pp. 28-34

Donald G. Morrison and Rita D. Wheat

Comparative Site Evaluations for Locating a High-Energy Physics Lab in Texas pp. 35-49

Russell G. Thompson, F. D. Singleton, Robert M. Thrall and Barton A. Smith

How Much Safety? pp. 50-57

Robert E. Machol

The Fifth Column: The Case of the Unused Forecast or When Trying to Forecast What’s to Be, First Try Y = MX + B pp. 58-60

Gene Woolsey

Artificial Intelligence and the Management Science Practitioner: Expert Systems---Getting a Handle on a Moving Target pp. 61-63

Kenneth Fordyce, Peter Norden and Gerald Sullivan

Scenarios for Strategic Business Planning: A Case History for Aerospace and Defense Companies pp. 64-72

Stephen M. Millett and Fred Randles

Measuring User Satisfaction pp. 73-76

Kieran Mathieson

Modeling and Analysis of a Large Wire and Cable Plant Operation pp. 77-85

Udai Garg and Chin-Yang Tsai

The Fact-Net Model: A Problem Diagnosis Procedure pp. 86-94

Hindupur V. Ramakrishna and Harvey J. Brightman

Forecasting for Inventory Control: An Example of When “Simple” Means “Better” pp. 95-99

Rochelle Cohen and Fraser Dunford

An Evaluation of Rules for Selecting an Extrapolation Model on Yearly Sales Forecasts pp. 100-107

Steven P. Schnaars

Applications Reviews pp. 108-109

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Book Reviews pp. 110-119

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 16, issue 5, 1986

Boston & Maine Achieves Control over Railroad Performance pp. 1-16

Carl D. Martland, Henry S. Marcus and George B. Raymond

Locating a Blood Bank pp. 17-26

W. L. Price and Michel Turcotte

MS/OR Academic and Practitioner Interactions: A Promising New Approach pp. 27-33

Robert D. Smith and Robert H. Culhan

Spreadsheet Modeling as a Stepping Stone pp. 34-52

Samuel E. Bodily

The Fifth Column: On the Minimization of Need for New Facilities, or Space Wars, Lack of Presence, and Delphi pp. 53-55

Gene Woolsey

Routing Special-Education School Buses pp. 56-64

Robert A. Russell and Reece B. Morrel

Pricing in the Government Bond Market pp. 65-71

P. R. Chandy and Prakash Kharabe

20/30 Hindsight: Cash Management in Local Banks pp. 72-79

Ron A. Peffer and Jan Telgen

Logic Programming: A Tool for MS/OR? pp. 80-91

Ramachandran Bharath

A Decision Support System for Assigning Classes to Rooms pp. 92-100

C. Roger Glassey and Michael Mizrach

Estimating Start-up Resource Utilization in a Newly Formed Organization pp. 101-109

Marc J. Schniederjans and Robert E. Markland

Seen Elsewhere pp. 110-113

J. I. Morgan

Applications Reviews pp. 114-116

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Book Reviews pp. 117-123

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 16, issue 4, 1986

A Quadratic Programming Model for Farm Planning of a Region in Central Macedonia pp. 2-12

Basil Manos and George I. Kitsopanidis

The Efficient Drilling of Printed Circuit Boards pp. 13-23

Vangelis F. Magirou

Management Science/Operations Research in Greece pp. 24-30

John C. Papageorgiou

Management Science and Productivity Improvement in Irish Milk Cooperatives pp. 31-40

H. Harrison

A Computer-Based Strategic Planning System for Steel Production pp. 41-46

Friedrich Wilhelm Bielefeld, Klaus-Dieter Walter and Rolf Wartmann

Optimal Ship Routing and Personnel Assignment for Naval Recruitment in Thailand pp. 47-52

Paiboon Choypeng, Pojana Puakpong and Richard E. Rosenthal

Operations Research and Its Practice in Finland pp. 53-59

Hannu Kivijärvi, Pekka Korhonen and Jyrki Wallenius

Investment Decision-Making Practices in Colombia: A Survey pp. 60-65

Ignacio Velez and Gabriel Nieto

Timetabling in Germany---A Survey pp. 66-74

Werner Junginger

Karmarkar’s Linear Programming Algorithm pp. 75-90

J. N. Hooker

Misapplications Reviews: Ice Follies pp. 91-95

Arnold Barnett

The Analytic Hierarchy Process---A Survey of the Method and its Applications pp. 96-108

Fatemeh Zahedi

What MS/OR Groups Do: Analytical Tools for Economic Regulation of Energy Utilities pp. 109-119

Kevin A. Kelly

Applications Reviews pp. 120-121

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Book Reviews pp. 122-124

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 16, issue 3, 1986

The Challenges and Success Factors in Implementing an Integrated Products Planning System for Citgo pp. 1-19

Darwin Klingman, Nancy Phillips, David Steiger, Ross Wirth and Warren Young

The Impact of Technology on the Information Systems and Operations Research Professions pp. 20-30

Alan Kitchener

A Planning and Decision-Aiding Procedure for Purchasing and Launching Spacecraft pp. 31-40

William T. Scherer and Chelsea C. White

The Ombudsman: Academic Research in MS/OR: Science or Trivial Pursuit? pp. 41-48

Ron Halse and Gary L. Lilien

Simulation of a CD Portfolio pp. 49-54

Robert A. Russell and Regina Hickle

The Fifth Column: On System Acceptance pp. 55-59

Gene Woolsey

Multi-Item Inventory Control for Fluctuating Reorder Intervals pp. 60-67

Albert C. Holt

Optimal Management of Tax-Sheltered Employee Reimbursement Programs pp. 68-72

Donald B. Rosenfield

Mortgage Selection Using a Decision Tree Approach pp. 73-81

Robert E. Luna and Richard A. Reid

Establishing the Value of Information Systems pp. 82-89

George P. Schell

A Note on Yield-to-Maturity Approximations pp. 90-97

Reynolds Griffith and P. R. Chandy

Applications Reviews pp. 98-99

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Book Reviews pp. 100-102

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 16, issue 2, 1986

Introduction to Operations Research in the People’s Republic of China pp. 1-1

John Bartholdi

Popularization of Management Science in China pp. 2-9

Chen Dequan, Ji Lei and Pang Chungmin

Reflections on Operations Management in Shanghai pp. 10-17

Stephen C. Graves

Scheduling Bulk-Pickup-Delivery Vehicles in Shanghai pp. 18-23

Marshall L. Fisher, Huang Jiegang and Tang Bao-Xing

Operations Research in China pp. 24-30

John J. Bartholdi

Strive to Conquer the Black Stink: Decision Analysis in the People’s Republic of China pp. 31-37

Stephen M. Pollock and Kan Chen

What MS/OR Groups Do: Ethicon Incorporated---A Stitch in Time pp. 38-42

Ronald Calderone

Is the Fact that the Emperor Wears No Clothes a Subject Worthy of Publication? pp. 43-51

W. K. Grassmann

Structuring Value Attributes pp. 52-62

Dennis M. Buede

Misapplications Reviews: Speed Kills? pp. 63-68

Arnold Barnett

Note: Further Gymnastics pp. 69-71

Samuel Eilon and Ailsa Land

Health Planning in Massachusetts: Revisited After Four Years pp. 72-74

Joseph S. Pliskin and Eileen J. Tell

Decision Analysis and Its Application in the Choice Between Two Wildcat Oil Ventures pp. 75-85

Jinoos Hosseini

Confessions of an Optimist pp. 86-92

Paul Zipkin

Applications Reviews pp. 93-95

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Book Reviews pp. 96-102

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 16, issue 1, 1986

Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement pp. 1-5

Kenneth L. Rider, Peter Kolesar and Gary L. Lilien

Weyerhaeuser Decision Simulator Improves Timber Profits pp. 6-15

Mark R. Lembersky and Uli H. Chi

Coordinating the Energy Generation of the Brazilian National Hydrothermal Electrical Generating System pp. 16-38

L. A. Terry, M. V. F. Pereira, T. A. Araripe Neto, L. F. C. A. Silva and P. R. H. Sales

United Airlines Station Manpower Planning System pp. 39-50

Thomas J. Holloran and Judson E. Byrn

Expansion of Canadian National Railway’s Line Capacity pp. 51-64

Norma Welch and James Gussow

PGandE’s State-of-the-Art Scheduling Tool for Hydro Systems pp. 65-82

Yoshiro Ikura, George Gross and Gene Sand Hall

Polishing the Big Apple: How Management Science Has Helped Make New York Streets Cleaner pp. 83-88

Lucius J. Riccio, Joseph Miller and Ann Litke

The Ombudsman: Research on Forecasting: A Quarter-Century Review, 1960--1984 pp. 89-109

J. Armstrong

Applications Reviews pp. 110-111

John R. Hall, Roger N. Millen, Vicki L. Sauter, Russell S. Winer and Charles Dale

Letter to the Editor pp. 111-111

Edward H. Kaplan

Book Reviews pp. 112-120

Marion G. Sobol