Management Science Roundup
Authors: Bucatinsky Julio 
Published: October 2008

—“From Colombia: ‘O. R. Department’, A Risky Name for Survival”;

—“From the ORSA/TIMS Puerto Rico Meeting: New Approaches to the Teaching of Modelling”;

—“A ‘How-To-Evaluate-Existing-Models’ Course”;

—“News: N.S.F. Supports New Program in Applied Mathematics”;

—“News: Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Cybernetic Concepts to Automation of Business Problem Solving”;

—“News: Engineering Foundation Conferences”;

—“SIMSCRIPT II.5 Models”;

—“Seen Elsewhere: (1) Application of Kalman Filter to Parameter Estimation of Macro-Econometric Models By T. Ozkan, (2) Uncertainty in the Oil and Gas Exploratory Process—A Framework for Analysis and Econometric Estimation By K. Challa and M. G. Subrahmanyam, (3) A Model for Manpower Management By G. L. Lilien and A. G. Rao, (4) Application of Programs with Maximum Objective Functions to Problems of Optimal Resource Allocation (NTIS) By Seymour Kaplan, (5) Automated Language Analysis (NTIS) By Sally Yeates Sedelow, (6) Method for Resource Allocation for Research and Development Work (NTIS) By A. M. Pyatkin, (7) A Two Product Dynamic Economic Lot Size Production Model with Either-or Production Constraints (NTIS) By Thomas B. Crabill and David L. Jaquette, (8) Pollution Abatement and Economic Growth—an Application of the Von Neumann Model of an Expanding Economy (NTIS) By John E. Cremens, (9) A Methodology for Planning Land Use and Engineering Alternatives for Floodplain Management. The Value of Land in Alternative Urban Uses (NTIS) By Reuben Weisz and John C. Day, (10) Evaluation of Interregional Input-Output Models for Potential Use in the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Multiple Purpose Project Impact Study (NTIS) By Ungsoo Kim, (11) Routing of-Aircraft and Economics of Flight Operations (Beitrag Zum Netzumlauf Von Flugzeugen Und Zur Wirtschaftlichkeit Des Flugbetriebs) Ph.D. Thesis-Tech. Univ. Stuttgart (NTIS) By H. J. Peters, (12) Models of Subjective Response to In-flight Motion Data (NTIS) By A. N. Rudrapatna and I. D. Jacobson, (13) Alternative SIM (Selected Item Management) Criteria (NTIS) By D. W. Thompson and R. J. Gabriel, (14) A Summary and Analysis of Selected Life Cycle Costing Techniques and Models (NTIS) By Lawrence E. Dover and Billie E. Oswald, (15) A Numerical Solution for Time Dependent, Multi-Channel Queues and an Application to the Acute Minor Illness Clinic. Silas B. Hays Hospital, Fort Ord, California (NTIS) By David Lester Vanasdlen and Leonard Otto Wahlig, (16) Convex Location Problems on Tree Networks (NTIS) By R. L. Francis, T. J. Lowe, and P. N. Dearing, (17) A Computer Simulation Study of the General Purpose Multiplex System (GPMS) Applied to the Information Transfer Requirements of the A-7E Aircraft (NTIS) By John J. Kearney, (18) A Survey of Inventory Theory and Practice (NTIS) By Donald Gross and David A. Schrady, (19) Measuring Markets. A Guide to the Use of Federal and State Statistical Data (NTIS) By Theodore A. Nelson and Toledo W. Chumley, (20) Fires - RC. A Computer Program for the Fire Response of Structures - Reinforced Concrete Frames (NTIS) By James M. Becker and Boris Bresler, (21) Demand Activated Transit (NTIS) By Francis P. D. Navin, (22) Methods for Predicting and Assessing the Impact of Technology on Human Resource Parameters. Report of the Literature (NTIS) By Norman R. Potter and Duncan L. Dieterly, (23) Software Systems Development Program. Demand Model Selection Manual (NTIS) By Peat, Warwick, Mitchell and Co., Urban Mass Transportation Administration, and Cambridge Systematics, Inc., (24) Regional Analysis for Development Planning in Disaster Areas (NTIS) By Barclay G. Jones and James H. Mars, (25) Sensitivity Analyses and Graphical Method for Preliminary Solutions (NTIS) By Ghiath Taleb-Agha, (26) An Optimization Model for Determining Headways for Transit Routes (NTIS) By B. P. Lingaraj, A. Chatterjee and K. C. Sinha, (27) Constructing a Data Processing Cost Accounting System (NTIS) By A. B. Hand and W. L. Rives, (28) Protection Plan for a Most Valuable Asset—Business Information (NTIS) By T. V. Sobczak, (29) Self Simulation—A Replacement for Simulation Models (NTIS) By L. L. Walker, (30) Proceedings of the Wharton Conference on Research on Computers in Organizations. Winter, 1973 (NTIS), (31) Small Company MIS (Management Information System) (NTIS) By J. D. Couger and L. M. Wergin, (32) Effects of Economic and Political Plans Will Be Predicted by Computer (NTIS) By Computers and People, Wisconsin Univ., Madison, and (33) Interactive Business Modeling (NTIS)”.