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Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Laudon, Kenneth C. and Laudon, Jane P. 1988, Management Information Systems, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 749 pp., $32.00—reviewed by Mohammad Dadashzadeh Chacko, George 1986, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity: US Japan Concomitant Coalitions, Petrocilli Books, Princeton, New Jersey, 335 pp., $45.00—reviewed by Wilbet E. Wilhelm Turban, Efraim 1988, Decision Support and Expert Systems, Managerial Perspectives, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 697 pages, $36.75—reviewed by Mark G. Simkin and Fritz H. Grupe Minoux, Michel 1986, Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 489 pp., $66.95—reviewed by Eric S. Theise Merkhofer, Miley 1986, Decision Science and Social Risk Management, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 330 pp., $39.50—reviewed by Dennis J. Hanseman Estabrooks, Maurice F. 1989, Programmed Capitalism, M. E. Sharpe Inc., New York, 207 pp., $24.95—reviewed by Holger Hinz Allio, Robert J. 1988, The Practical Strategist, Business and Corporate Strategies in the 1990s, Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 212 pp., $29.95—reviewed by B. R. Baliga Nahmias, Steven 1988, Production and Operations Analysis, Richard D. Irwin, Homewood, Illinois, 693 pp., $42.95—reviewed by David Simchi-Levi Hayes, Mike and Tomes, Anne 1988, Practical Operations Management, Philip Allan Publishers Limited, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 249 + xi pp., $19.95 paperback, $49.95 cloth—reviewed by Ruth A. Maurer Niwa, Kiyoshi 1989, Knowledge-Based Risk Management in Engineering: A Case Study in Human-Computer Cooperative Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New York, xi + 132 pp., $29.95—reviewed by Ayodele O. Mobolurin
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Golden, Bruce L.; Wasil, Edward A.; and Harker, Patrick T. eds. 1989, The Analytic Hierarchy Process: Applications and Studies, Springer-Verlag, New York, 265 pp., $59.50—reviewed by Irving H. LaValle and Jonathan F. Bard Osborne, M. R. 1985, Finite Algorithms in Optimization and Data Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England, 383 + xvi pp., $99.95—reviewed by Ton Volgenant Bendell, A.; Disney, J.; and Pridmore, W. A. eds. 1989, Taguchi Methods: Applications in World Industry, Springer-Verlag, New York, 395 pp., $79.00—reviewed by Enio E. Velazco Rubenstein, Albert H. 1989, Managing Technology in the Decentralized Firm, John Wiley and Sons, New York, xxiv + 476 pp., $49.95—reviewed by R. Gehani Levin, Richard I.; Rubin, David S.; Stinson, Joel P.; and Gardner, Everette S., Jr. 1989, Quantitative Approaches To Management, Seventh edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 848 pp., $49.95—reviewed by Ruth A. Maurer Ecker, Joseph G. and Kupferschmid, Michael 1988, Introduction to Operations Research, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 509 pp., $53.76—reviewed by B. A. McCarl and Hayri Onal
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Ettlie, John E.; Burstein, Michael C.; and Fiegenbaum, Avi 1990, Manufacturing Strategy, Kluwer, Boston, Massachusetts, 256 pp., $50.00—reviewed by Binshan Lin Slowinski, Roman and Weglarz, Jan 1989, Advances in Project Scheduling, Elsevier Science Publishing, New York, 531 pp., $142.00—reviewed by Jerome D. Wiest de Neufville, Richard 1990, Applied Systems Analysis: Engineering Planning and Technology Management, McGraw Hill, New York, 470 pp., $44.95—reviewed by Robert E. Machol Greif, Irene, ed. 1988, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: A Book of Readings, Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, California, 783 pp., $42.95—reviewed by Joseph G. Davis Martin, James H. 1990, A Computational Model of Metaphor Interpretation, Academic Press, San Diego, California, 229 + xxiii pp., $34.95—reviewed by Roberto R. Kampfner
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Calvert, James E. and Voxman, William L. 1989, Linear Programming, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, Florida, xi + 655 pp., $34.00—reviewed by William B. Widhelm Sugiyama, Tomo 1989, The Improvement Book: Creating the Problem-Free Workplace, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 256 pp., $49.95—reviewed by Bala Ram Porter, Michael E. 1990, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, The Free Press, New York, 855 + xx pp., $35.00—reviewed by Yu-Min Chou Schocken, Shimon 1990, IF a THEN b ⋯ probably, An Analysis of Uncertainty Management in Rule-Based Systems, International Center for Information Technologies, Washington, DC, 184 pp., $29.95—reviewed by Stephen H. Kaisler Ghosh, Subir ed. 1990, Statistical Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, xii + 533 pp., $55.00—reviewed by A. N. Perakis Kay, Ronald 1990, Managing Creativity in Science and Hi-Tech, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelburg, Germany, 221 pp., $29.95—reviewed by John Whittaker Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, S. Garfunkel, Project Director 1991, For All Practical Purposes: Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics, second edition, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 400 pp., $35.95—reviewed by Saul I. Gass Gass, Saul I. 1990, An Illustrated Guide to Linear Programming, Dover Publications, New York, 173 pp., $6.95—reviewed by Harlan P. Crowder
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Conway, Richard; Maxwell, William L.; McClain, John, O.; and Worona, Steven L. 1990, User's Guide to XCELL + Factory Modeling System Release 4.0, The Scientific Press, San Francisco, California, 186 pp., $47.50—reviewed by Suraj M. Alexander Thomas, Joseph L.; McClain, John O.; and Edwards, David B. 1989, Teaching Notes Cases in Operations Management Using the XCELL Factory Modeling System, The Scientific Press, Redwood City, California, 103 pp., $15.00—reviewed by Suraj M. Alexander Thomas, L. Joseph; McClain, John, O.; and Edwards, David B. 1989, Cases in Operations Management Using the XCELL Factory Modeling System, The Scientific Press, Redwood City, California, 143 pp., $22.50—reviewed by Suraj M. Alexander Horovitz, Jacques 1990, Winning Ways: Achieving Zero-Defect Service, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 177 pp., $24.95—reviewed by Wan S. Shin Evans, James R. 1991, Creative Thinking in the Decision and Management Sciences, Southwestern Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio, 167 pp., $12.50—reviewed by Frederic H. Murphy Quarterman, John S. 1990, The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide, Digital Press, Bedford, Massachusetts, 723 pp., $49.95—reviewed by E. S. Theise Ross, Sheldon M. 1990, A Course in Simulation, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 202 pp., $35.00—reviewed by Franklin E. Grange Wolstenholme, Eric F. 1990, System Enquiry: A System Dynamics Approach, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 238 + xvi pp., $39.95—reviewed by A. N. Perakis
Introduction to the Special Section on Strategy
Authors: Hax Arnoldo , Klavans Richard 
Published: October 2008

To formulate and implement strategies in high-technology environments one needs an interdisciplinary framework. One needs to understand the role of the individual entrepreneur, the appropriateness of organizational policies, the evolution of a firm's distinctive competencies over time, and the financial implications of competitive strategies. This special edition has brought together some of the most advanced studies on these topics. The contributors come from two important groups: academics with a strong orientation towards practice and consultants with a strong orientation towards theory. Each contribution is the tip of a different iceberg. Behind each contribution is a wealth of research and practical experience in formulating and implementing strategies in high-technology environments.
Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement
Authors: Spencer Thomas , Graves Stephen C. , Murphy Frederic H. 
Published: October 2008

The 21st annual Franz Edelman Award Competition marked the beginning of the third decade of a competition that has matured into our profession's most honored award for the practice of management science. The Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement is jointly sponsored by TIMS and the College on the Practice of Management Science of TIMS and ORSA (CPMS). The quality of the submitted work was very high, and it was a difficult process to select the seven finalists who competed at the joint TIMS/ORSA meeting in Orlando on April 26, 1992. As usual, the presentations were of the highest caliber, which made the work of the judges very difficult. The purpose of the competition is to draw out and reward outstanding examples of work done by our profession. The prize is awarded for implemented work that has had significant, verifiable, and preferably quantifiable impact—not for the paper submitted nor for the presentation describing the work. The client organization that used each finalist's work is presented with a plaque commemorating the prize. The authors receive a replica of the plaque and cash awards that this year totaled $15,000.
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Goodwin, Paul and Wright, George 1991, Decision Analysis for Management Judgment, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester/New York, 308 pp., $39.95—reviewed by John R. Schuyler Bain, Lee J. and Engelhardt, Max 1991, Statistical Analysis of Reliability and Life-Testing Models, second edition, Marcel Dekker, New York, 520 pp., $115.00—reviewed by Jayavel Sounderpandian Ellis, Dennis and Nathan, Jay 1990, A Managerial Guide to Business Forecasting, Graceway Publishing Co., Flushing, New York, 153 pp. (paper), $29.50—reviewed by Douglas A. Samuelson Erickson, Gary 1991, Dynamic Models of Advertising Competition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, 122 pp., $49.95—reviewed by Dennis J. Hanseman Adelman, Leonard 1992, Evaluating Decision Support and Expert Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 232 pp., $44.95—reviewed by Roger Alan Pick Fucini, Joseph J. and Fucini, Suzy 1990, Working for the Japanese: Inside Mazda's American Auto Plant, The Free Press, New York, $viii + 258 pp., $19.95—reviewed by R. Ray Gehani Trippi, Robert R. and Turban, Efraim 1990, Investment Management: Decision Support and Expert Systems, Boyd and Fraser Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, paperback, 292 + xx pp., $13.50—reviewed by David Bendel Hertz Smith, David K. 1991, Dynamic Programming: A Practical Introduction, Ellis Horwood, London, 164 pp., $29.95—reviewed by A. N. Perakis Clark, Kim B. and Fujimoto, Takahiro 1991, Product Development Performance: Strategy, Organization, and Management in the World Auto Industry, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 410 pp., $29.95—reviewed by Sang-Lin Han
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Tetzlaff, Ulrich A. W. 1990, Optimal Design of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (Springer-Verlag, New York), 190 pp., $52.00—reviewed by Franklin E. Grange Francis, Richard L.; McGinnis, Leon F., Jr.; and White, John A. 1992, Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach, second edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 589 + xvi pp., $68.00—reviewed by Yupo Chan Kreiner, Howard W. 1992, Fields of Operations Research, Operations Research Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland, 150 pp., $15.00—reviewed by Carl Harris and Irving Greenberg Birkholz, Charles B. and Villella, Jim 1991, The Battle to Stay Competitive: Changing the Traditional Workplace, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 110 pp. (paper), $9.95—reviewed by Douglas A. Samuelson Harrison, Alan 1992, Just-in-Time Manufacturing in Perspective, Prentice Hall International, London, 277+ pp., $28.00—reviewed by Dennis E. Kroll Sekine, Kenichi 1990, One Piece Flow, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 286 pp., $75.00—reviewed by K. V. Patri Bazerman, M. H. and Neale, M. A. 1992, Negotiating Rationally, Free Press, New York, xii + 196 pp., $24.95—reviewed by Stanley Zionts Bana e Costa, C. A., ed. 1990, Readings in Multiple Criteria Decision Aid, Springer-Verlag, New York, 660 pp., $115.00—reviewed by Yupo Chan
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Carter, Grace M.; Murray, Michael P.; Walker, Robert G.; and Walker, Warren E. 1992, Building Organizational Decision Support Systems, Academic Press, New York, 358 pp., $49.95—reviewed by Sean B. Eom Gulledge, Thomas R. and Lovell, C. A. Knox, eds. 1992, International Applications of Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 199 pp., $80.00/Dfl170.00—reviewed by Per Nikolaj D. Bukh Ansell, J. and Wharton, F., eds. 1992, Risk: Analysis, Assessment and Management, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 220 pp., $59.95—reviewed by Lawrence Leemis Morgan, M. Granger and Hendrion, Max 1990, Uncertainty: A Guide for Dealing with Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 332 pp., $44.50—reviewed by John Whittaker
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Ramamurthy, K. G. 1990, Coherent Structures and Simple Games, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, xii + 160 pp., $79.00—reviewed by Marco LiCalzi Freeman, James A. 1994, Simulating Neural Networks with Mathematica, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 341 pp., $39.75—reviewed by Sheo G. Misra Shoji, Shiba; Graham, Alan; and Walden, David 1993, A New American TQM: Four Practical Revolutions in Management, Productivity Press, Portland, Oregon, 606 pp., $49.95—reviewed by Stanley J. Stough Ahuja, R. K.; Magnanti, T. L.; and Orlin, J. B. 1993, Network Flows—Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 846 pp., $78.67—reviewed by Gary R. Waissi Tsuchiya, S. 1992, Quality Maintenance: Zero Defects Through Equipment Management, Productivity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 223 pp., $59.95—reviewed by Paulo A. Dasilva
Book Reviews
Authors: Lev Benjamin 
Published: October 2008

Armistead, Colin and Rowland, Philip 1996, Managing Business Processes: BPR and Beyond, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 362 pp., $42.00—reviewed by Belarmino Adenso-Díaz Kanji, Gopal K. and Asher, Mike 1996, 100 Methods for Total Quality Management, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California, 237 pp., $25.95—reviewed by Jack S. Cook Winkelmann, Rainer 1997, Econometric Analysis of Count Data, second edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 193 pp., $99.95—reviewed by Alan Rimm-Kaufman Glover, Fred and Laguna, Manuel 1997, Tabu Search, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 382 pp., $160.00—reviewed by Belarmino Adenso-Díaz Enright, Donald J. 1995, Queueing Analysis: The Pseudo State Model, Texas Queueing Software, Austin, Texas, xii + 287 pp., $47.00—reviewed by J. Ben Atkinson
Management Science Roundup
Authors: Bucatinsky Julio 
Published: October 2008

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”.
Management Science Roundup
Authors: Bucatinsky Julio 
Published: October 2008

—“Input/Output Models: Anybody Using Them?”; —“Input/Output: An Interview with Gerard Piel”; —“Ralston Purina Unveils New CRT-Based Logistics System”; —“Management Science/Operations Research in Argentina”; —“What are the Scientists Doing?”; —“News: Simulation Symposium”; —“News: TIMS XXII Rolls On”; —“Bulletin Board”.
The Fifth Column—O. Tempora, O. Mores, O. C. Jackson Grayson, Jr.
Authors: Woolsey Gene 
Published: October 2008

In recent article in the Harvard Business Review [Grayson, C. Jackson, Jr. 1973. Management science and business practice. Harvard Bus. Rev. (July–August) 41–48.], Dr. C. Jackson Grayson discussed the shortcomings of the MS/OR establishment. The article clearly implies that, by and large, practitioners of MS/OR wouldn't know how to punch their way out of a paper bag. Another monumental implication seemed to be that the professon, with very few exceptions, was made up of either fools or knaves. One is left with the uneasy feeling that the MS/OR profession is moving in time to a stately pavane [2], while the world that needs our help is getting its vibes from Alice Cooper or the Led Zeppelin [3]. At the time of this writing, this columnist is not aware of any real reply to, nor discussion of, Dr. Grayson's article in the MS/OR literature. This unfortunate situation, it is hoped, will be somewhat rectified by the following discussion from an admittedly pragmatic point of view.
The Sources and Uses of Sensitivity Information
Authors: Blanning Robert W. 
Published: October 2008

The central concept of management science is the concept of a model—that is, a relationship between those variables under the control of a decision-maker (decision variables), those not under his control (environmental variables), and one or more measures of cost or performance. To solve a model means to (1) experiment with the model to calculate the anticipated cost and performance of proposal decisions (simulation) or to calculate the decision variables that minimize or maximize a single measure of cost or performance with constraints on other measures (optimization), and (2) to perform sensitivity analyses that measure the rate of change of the “output” of the model (the cost and performance measures) with respect to the “inputs” (the decisions and the environment). The management science literature has emphasized the former objective, and in many cases the latter has been a byproduct. Optimization techniques often provide some useful sensitivity information with little or no additional computational effort once an optimal solution has been calculated. Simulations do not admit sensitivity calculations as easily. Since the sensitivity studies are usually accomplished by performing multiple simulations with marginally different inputs, the cost of performing such studies can be quite large. Therefore, it appears useful to outline the way in which sensitivity analyses are used in decision-making and to examine the way in which they are generated, with a view to reducing the computational effort needed to produce useful sensitivity information.
Perspectives on MS Applications—All Around the Model
Authors: Shycon Harvey N. 
Published: October 2008

“Planning and decision making,” management scientists are fond of saying, “are the objectives of management science application.” These are the words which we hear over and over in the pursuit of daily life of the typical management scientist. And they are certainly true. But what should be our goals, organizationally, in order that management science have the greatest effect on planning and decision making in the organizations we serve? The possibilities are many. Management science literature is replete with impassioned exhortations for getting management science techniques to the highest levels of management. Our ultimate objective, it would appear, is that an elite management science group sit at the right-hand of the chief executive ready to advise on all major issues of concern. This concept of the ultimate objective of management science was common in the late fifties and early sixties. Others have suggested that perhaps our objective ought to be not as advisors to the chief executive, but to be the chief decision making instrument of the organization itself. This concept also was fairly common in earlier days. Let us now look realistically from our current vantage point, the mid-seventies, at what our objectives might reasonably be, and where management science can ultimately hope to go in the typical organization.
Management Science Roundup
Authors: Bucatinsky Julio 
Published: October 2008

—“From Germany: A Family of Models for International Financial Planning”; —“Assessment of a Remote Videotaped or Course”; —“Joint American-Soviet Study of Large Cities”; —“The Interface with the Future”; —“Estimation of Solid Waste for Recycling”; —“The Making of a TIMS Meeting: TIMS XXII in Kyoto”.
Management Science in Energy Policy—A Case History And Success Story
Authors: Debanne J. G. 
Published: October 2008

A policy setting decision in 1967 on the pricing of Canadian natural gas exports to the Pacific Northwest offers a good case history about successful integration of management science in national policy formulation and decision making. The opportunity cost of exported gas was determined using dynamic programming and showed that the minimum cost alternative to supply the U.S. Pacific Northwest was markedly higher than the “in line price” of Canadian gas exports imposed by the U.S. Federal Power Commission. System simulations confirmed this finding and led to rejection of gas exports on FPC's terms and substitution of opportunity cost pricing to “in line” pricing. The abandoned policy decreed that U.S. imports of Canadian gas be priced no higher than the price at the point of export in Canada, in this case 31.6¢/Mcf in the Vancouver region. The gas exporting company accepted the FPC ruling because it had no other choice, having already invested about fifty million dollars in facilities, in anticipation of this export. Canada's National Energy Board objected to “in line pricing”, particularly since the same gas exporter was already selling a far larger amount of gas to the Pacific Northwest at 23.3¢/Mcf which was far below the 31.6¢/Mcf price in Vancouver. Yet NEB was under extreme pressure to grant the application considering the disastrous effect of a denial of the export on the applicant, which was one of its regulated public utilities. The management science contribution was to show through optimal pipeline expansion studies that the minimum cost of alternate U.S. sources of gas supply was far above 31.6¢/Mcf, and, hence, that rejection of the application would force abandonment of FPC's policy and lift the ceiling on gas export prices. The application was rejected, but the FPC backed down and allowed this gas and subsequent imports at higher prices.
Design and Implementation of a New Check Clearing System for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District
Authors: Hess Sidney W. 
Published: October 2008

In 1972 Federal Reserve Banks were ordered to provide overnight clearing services for all intra-district checks. Each District's new system required specification of —number, location and capacity of processing centers, and —transportation network including time tables. Check flow was simulated by linking sub-models of —transportation —check volume by individual commercial bank —commercial bank behavior as to choice among Fed, correspondent bank, or local group clearing —facility sizing to handle anticipated workload. Performance measures include total costs, service provided, and checks late. It was concluded that an expansion of the existing Philadelphia facility was feasible and optimal. The new system began operation in February 1973. A more important study benefit was the demonstration to the Fed of the advantages of taking a comprehensive and systematic view of their decision-making. Five in-house operations research groups have since been formed within the Federal Reserve System.