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Volume 11, issue 6, 1981

The Management Science Achievement Award Tenth Annual Competition: 1981 pp. 2-3

James G. Root

From Freight Flow and Cost Patterns to Greater Profitability and Better Service for a Motor Carrier pp. 4-20

Henry H. Barker, Ed M. Sharon and Dilip K. Sen

Reducing Uncollectible Revenue from Residential Telephone Customers pp. 21-34

J. L. Showers and L. M. Chakrin

Simulation Modeling Improves Operations, Planning, and Productivity of Fast Food Restaurants pp. 35-47

William Swart and Luca Donno

Matching Supplies to Save Lives: Linear Programming the Production of Heart Valves pp. 48-56

Said S. Hilal and Warren Erikson

Scientific Management of Inventory on a Hand-Held Calculator pp. 57-69

Donald B. Brout

Keeping Ahead of a $2 Billion Canal pp. 70-83

Wayne A. Dawson, S. Mohan Lakshminarayan, André A. Landry and J. Bruce McLeod

Using a Dialysis Need-Projection Model for Health Planning in Massachusetts pp. 84-100

Joseph S. Pliskin and Eileen J. Tell

The Fifth Column---The Parable of the Money Bins pp. 101-102

Kenneth P. Pulliam

Seen Elsewhere pp. 103-104

J. I. Morgan

OR/MS Education pp. 105-106

Irwin Greenberg

Applications Reviews pp. 107-108

Roger N. Millen, John R. Hall and Vicki L. Sauter

Book Reviews pp. 109-121

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 11, issue 5, 1981

MBA Can Mean “Management by Action” pp. 1-7

R. S. Stainton

A Coal Unloader: A Finite Queueing System with Breakdowns pp. 12-25

Kenneth Chelst, Andrea Zundell Tilles and J. S. Pipis

The Operations/Management Sciences Audit pp. 26-32

John M. Burnham

Barker-Sharon Laws of Truck Dynamics pp. 33-36

Henry H. Barker and Ed M. Sharon

Information Systems in Management Science---A Case Study of a Decision Analysis: Hamlet's Soliloquy pp. 45-49

Norman C. Dalkey

The Affair Between the Land Developer and the Management Scientist pp. 50-56

Herbert S. Winokur, John B. Frick and James C. Bean

The Application of a Graph Coloring Method to an Examination Scheduling Problem pp. 57-65

Nirbhay K. Mehta

Why Projects Are “Always” Late: A Rationale Based on Manual Simulation of a PERT/CPM Network pp. 66-70

Richard J. Schonberger

Management Science Roundup---Note pp. 71-76

Fraser Dunford

An Application of Linear Programming to Bank Financial Planning pp. 77-83

Sheldon D. Balbirer and David Shaw

Heuristic “Optimization”: Why, When, and How to Use It pp. 84-91

Stelios H. Zanakis and James R. Evans

Evaluating Computerized Geographic Information Systems Using Decision Analysis pp. 92-100

Vladimir M. Ozernoy, Dennis R. Smith and Alan Sicherman

On the Squandering of Resources and Profits via Linear Programming pp. 101-107

Milan Zeleny

Educating the Future Users of O.R pp. 108-112

Richard H. McClure

Book Reviews pp. 113-120

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 11, issue 4, 1981

A Model-Based Decision Support System for Planning and Scheduling Ocean-Borne Transportation pp. 1-10

Kenneth L. Stott and Burnie W. Douglas

Purchase-Inventory Decision Models for Inflationary Conditions pp. 18-23

Sumer C. Aggarwal

Looking Up at Mathematical Programming pp. 24-29

C. Bernhard Tilanus

A Totally New Direction for Management Education: A Modest Proposal pp. 30-34

William C. Glauque and R. E. D. Woolsey

Interactive Scheduling of a Generalized Flowshop. Part III: Quantifying User Objectives to Create Better Schedules pp. 35-41

Thom J. Hodgson and Gerald W. McDonald

Minimizing Inventory Cost pp. 42-47

Thomas E. Phillips and Kenneth R. White

Building Good Models is Not Enough pp. 48-54

Richard Richels

An Algorithm for Setting the List Price of a Residential Real Estate Property pp. 55-61

Jayanta K. Bandyopadhyay and Bratati Bandyopadhyay

How Much Should You Spend on a Marketing Pretest? A Short-Cut Approach pp. 62-66

Saul Sands

Management Science and Jury Size: A Commentary pp. 67-69

William V. Gehrlein

Reply to William Gehrlein's Commentary pp. 70-70

Stuart S. Nagel

The Importance of Impediments to Implementation pp. 71-74

Jack R. Meredith

Teaching OR/MS as a Service Course in Business/Management Schools pp. 75-79

Milton M. Chen

Watching the Whole Doughnut pp. 80-83

T. M. Whitin

Seeing the Doughnut from the Whole: A Response to “Watching the Whole Doughnut” pp. 84-85

Barry Alan Pasternack

Optimizing Course Content pp. 86-88

Glenn T. Wilson, Donald C. Aucamp, Robert L. Barringer and Donald W. Fogarty

Applications Reviews pp. 89-91

Roger N. Millen, John R. Hall and Vicki L. Sauter

Book Reviews pp. 92-100

Marion G. Sobol

Volume 11, issue 3, 1981

Scheduling Crewmen for Recurrent Training pp. 1-8

Monroe Shapiro

Management Science: A Complement of Information Services pp. 12-15

John J. Halsey

Production Planning in a Sri Lanka Coconut Mill Using Parametric Linear Programming pp. 16-23

R. Anil Cabraal

Information Systems in Management Science---Information Evaluation and Decision Makers' Objectives pp. 24-32

Niv Ahituv and Yair Wand

Information Systems in Management Science---Comments by Column Editor pp. 32-33

Andrew Vazsonyi

Management Science and Jury Size pp. 34-39

Stuart S. Nagel

Sequencing and Scheduling in Real Time---Quickly pp. 40-43

Margaret W. Maxfield

An Information System for Allocating Coach Stock on Indian Railways pp. 44-51

K. V. Ramani

Seen Elsewhere pp. 52-54

J. I. Morgan

Uncertainty and the Model Builder pp. 55-58

Kelth C. Brown

The Seven Most Frequent Causes of Simulation Analysis Failure---And How to Avoid Them pp. 59-63

Joseph S. Annino and Edward C. Russell

A System for Workforce-Level Management and Control Within the Government Sector pp. 64-71

Michael W. Davis

Management Science Roundup---Budaps 80: Mathematical Programming pp. 72-74

Fraser Dunford

The Use of Computer Programs in Management Science Education pp. 75-79

Barry Render and Ralph M. Stair

Management Science Process---Understanding the Benefits of Poor Communications pp. 80-82

Robert J. Graham

Interactive Scheduling of a Generalized Flowshop. Part II: Development of Computer Programs and Files pp. 83-88

Thom J. Hodgson and Gerald W. McDonald

Applications Reviews pp. 89-90

Roger N. Millen and John R. Hail

Book Reviews pp. 91-95

T. J. Lowe

Volume 11, issue 2, 1981

Introducing Field Consulting in the Industrial Management Curriculum pp. 1-8

Ludo F. Gelders

The Fifth Column---Newton's Law of Experts pp. 9-10

J.-B. Leon Say

The Optimization of the Fire Service pp. 11-13

Ron Rutstein

The Science of Managing Science: The Training Program at Humboldt University pp. 14-16

Dieter Schulze

Simulation as an Aid in Decision Making at Israel Fertilizers and Chemicals pp. 17-21

D. Bar-Lev and M. A. Pollatschek

Computer Assistance in Labor-Management Negotiations pp. 22-30

Niall M. Fraser and Keith W. Hipel

Quantitative Analysis of Some Decision Rules for Family Planning in an Oriental Society pp. 31-37

T. N. Goh

The Academician's Choice: Compose or Consult? pp. 38-41

John T. Sennetti

Interactive Scheduling of a Generalized Flowshop. Part I: Success Through Evolutionary Development pp. 42-47

Thom J. Hodgson and Gerald W. McDonald

Value Analysis: A Technique for Implementing Systems Thinking in the Organization pp. 48-52

Satish Mehra and Robert W. Bretz

The Pits of OR/MS and Gamesmanship to Skirt the Rim pp. 53-61

Michael W. Davis and Philip E. Robinson

Probabilistic Cost Estimating for the Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant pp. 62-69

Thomas R. Rice and Adam B. Borison

The Application of O.R. to Small Food Firms in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop pp. 70-76

Graham K. Rand

Decision Support Systems: The Real Substance pp. 77-86

G. R. Wagner

Implementing Linear Programming in a Textile Unit: Some Problems and a Solution pp. 87-91

S. C. Bhatnagar

Applications Reviews pp. 92-92

Roger N. Millen and John R. Hall

Book Reviews pp. 93-97

T. J. Lowe

Volume 11, issue 1, 1981

A Simplified Alternative to Current Airline Fuel Allocation Models pp. 1-9

Barry Nash

Energy Audit Program Simulation pp. 13-19

Max Roderick Macon and Efraim Turban

The Art and Science of Mess Management pp. 20-26

Russell L. Ackoff

A Midlife Crisis for Operations Research? New Fundamental Challenges for the Profession? Another View pp. 27-30

John Rowse

Information Systems in Management Science---The Rise and Decline of a Mainframe: A Progress Report pp. 31-35

Andrew Vazsonyi

Effective Alternatives to Large-Scale Information Systems pp. 36-40

L. Ted Moore and Jack Byrd

Joint Determination of Machine Requirements and Shift Scheduling in Banking Operations pp. 41-42

S. G. Davis and E. T. Reutzel

Queueing Theory in Practice pp. 43-49

Hamdy A. Taha

Management Science Roundup pp. 50-55

Fraser Dunford

2001: Can Management Science Keep Up? pp. 56-58

René D. Zentner

Four Vice Presidents, Four Directors, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree pp. 59-61

J. D. Davidson

A Practicable Method to Identify the Excessive Consumer of Energy pp. 62-67

Richard E. Turley and Minh Bui

Management Science Process---Subjectivity in Problem Identification pp. 68-74

Colin Eden and David Sims

Psychosociological Techniques for Mass Transit Development: A French Experience pp. 75-77

Philippe Rochefort

Planning for Interruptions: The Science of Managing Their Effect pp. 78-83

JoAnne S. Growney

Applications Reviews pp. 84-84

Roger N. Millen and John R. Hall

Book Reviews pp. 85-93

T. J. Lowe