INFORMS Dallas 1997 Sessions

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Sunday, October 26, 1997

• SA01 PANEL: Reality of Implementing DSS-Critical Success Factors
• SA02 TUTORIAL: OR Glue at the FAA - Making Good Decisions that Stick
• SA03 The Road to Free Flight
• SA04 Revolution in Military Affairs
• SA05 Decision Analysis & Finance
• SA06 EDUCATION TUTORIAL: Teaching Tips for New Teachers, or Just 'cuz You Know It Doesn't Mean You Can TeForum on Education
• SA07 Supply Chain Management
• SA08 Cellular Manufacturing
• SA09 Flexible Manufacturing I
• SA10 Traffic Flow Theory
• SA11 Routing
• SA13 Managing Information Flows in the Product Development Process
• SA14 PANEL: Technology Transfer & the Military
• SA15 Perspectives on Knowledge Transfer
• SA16 PANEL: Dissertation Proposal Competition Awards
• SA17 AIDS Modeling I
• SA18 TUTORIAL: Data Envelopment Analysis - Theory, Methodology & Application
• SA20 Telecommunication Network Design
• SA21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT I
• SA23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management I
• SA25 Bayesian Diagnostics, Assessing Compatibility, Model Selection & Computation
• SA26 PANEL: The Importance of Student Chapters in Our Community
• SA27 Intelligent Heuristics in Logistics
• SA28 TUTORIAL: Lagrangean Relaxation, Extensions & Applications
• SA29 Nonlinear Programming Theory & Application
• SA30 Heuristics for Vehicle Routing & Transportation Problems I
• SA31 Boolean Combinatorics & Optimization
• SA32 Heuristic Approaches to Integer Network Problems
• SB01 PANEL: Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies in OR/MS Applications
• SB02 TUTORIAL: Large-Scale Math Programming Computation with Applications in Airlines
• SB03 Free Flight - Implications for the Carriers
• SB04 Joint Warfare Systems I
• SB05 Copulas in Decision Analysis
• SB06 EDUCATION TUTORIAL: Marketing Engineering - Market Analysis & Planning in the Information Age
• SB07 Category Management
• SB08 Managing Information -Intensive Firms
• SB09 Flexible Manufacturing II
• SB10 Traffic Measurement & Estimation Algorithms
• SB11 TUTORIAL: Perspectives & Prospects in Time Constrained Routing
• SB13 Empirical Studies of Product Development
• SB14 Technology Transfer & NASA
• SB15 Strategic Dimensions of Technology Integration
• SB16 Strategy & Institutional Theory
• SB17 AIDS Modeling II
• SB18 Resource Sharing in DEA
• SB19 INFORMS New Member Welcome & INFORMS Meeting Orientation
• SB20 Database, Advertising & Economic Issues in Electronic Commerce I
• SB21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT II
• SB23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management II
• SB25 Adaptive Markov Decision Models in Reliability
• SB26 What's Hot in Operations Research
• SB27 Neural Networks & Tabu Search in Operations Research
• SB28 TUTORIAL: Projection & Inverse Projection in Linear Integer Optimization
• SB29 Theory of Error Bounds with Applications
• SB30 Heuristics for Vehicle Routing & Transportation Problems II
• SB31 Boolean Functions & Applications
• SC37 BEALE KEYNOTE: Developments in OR/MS Increasing Both the Science & Impact of Industrial Maintenance
• SC38 EDELMAN KEYNOTE: Decision Support Scheduling Systems for SNCF
• SD01 OR/MS Applications in the Energy Sector
• SD02 TUTORIAL: Revenue Management, OR at SABRE
• SD03 Airspace Models
• SD04 Joint Warfare Systems II
• SD05 Copula Applications in Decision & Risk Analysis
• SD06 EDUCATION TUTORIAL: Turning a Dud into a Winner
• SD07 Emergent Approaches to Production Line Management
• SD08 Planning for Producer & Consumer Flexibility
• SD09 Performance Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems
• SD10 Freeway/Arterial Traffic Control
• SD11 Methods for Problem Representation in Routing & Scheduling I
• SD13 Issues in the Management of New Product Variety
• SD14 Technology Transfer & NIST
• SD15 Issues in Product Development & Design
• SD16 Strategy & Economics
• SD17 Economic & Efficiency Models of Health Care
• SD18 Resampling & Simulation Methods for DEA
• SD19 PANEL: George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award
• SD20 Database, Advertising & Economic Issues in Electronic Commerce II
• SD21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT III
• SD23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management III
• SD24 Finance
• SD25 Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Complex Problems
• SD26 Professional Program
• SD27 Computational Intelligence & Operations Research
• SD28 TUTORIAL: Computational Issues in Combinatorial Optimization
• SD29 Interior Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming
• SD30 Search Heuristics for Complex Systems
• SD31 Binary Optimization
• SD32 Interaction of Analytic Information Systems & Decision Technologies
• SE01 OR/MS Applications in Supply Chain Planning
• SE02 TUTORIAL: Real-Time, Mission-Critical Decision Support Systems for Controlling & Managing Airline Op
• SE04 Future Air & Space Combat
• SE05 New Findings in Behavioral Decision Research: Implications for Decision Analysis
• SE06 Innovative Teaching with Spreadsheets
• SE07 Evaluating Production Schedules
• SE08 Product Variety & Store Choice
• SE09 Modeling of Semiconductor Manufacturing at Texas Instruments
• SE10 Network Traffic Control Algorithms
• SE11 Methods for Problem Representation in Routing & Scheduling II
• SE12 Large-Scale Supply Chains
• SE13 Models & Methods for Concurrent Engineering
• SE14 Financial Engineering
• SE15 Management of Risk in Complex Systems
• SE16 Strategy & Networks
• SE17 Quality & Productivity in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care
• SE18 Performance Measurement with DEA
• SE19 PANEL: Mentoring - How To Get It & How To Do It
• SE20 Integration Technology, Implications & Justifications
• SE21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT IV
• SE23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management VI
• SE24 Economics
• SE25 Recent Developments in Bayesian Modeling: Model Choice & Diagnostics
• SE26 Academic Program
• SE27 Generic Memory-Based Heuristic Search
• SE28 TUTORIAL: Heuristics for Discrete Optimization Problems
• SE29 Nonlinear Programming Algorithms & Applications
• SE30 Tabu Search for Difficult Scheduling & Routing Problems
• SE31 Network Design I
• SE32 Recent Developments in Logical Analysis of Data Methods & Applications

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  Monday, October 27, 1997

• MP37 PLENARY:
• MA01 OR/MS Applications in Passenger Rail
• MA02 Applications in Services
• MA03 Flight Planning
• MA04 Defense Enterprise Planning & Management
• MA05 Predicted vs. Experienced Utility
• MA06 Integrating Consulting & Teaching for OR Faculty: How & Why
• MA07 Production & Inventory Planning
• MA08 Strategic Considerations in Supply Chain Management & Product-Process Related Choices
• MA09 Modeling & Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing I
• MA10 Dynamic Traffic Assignment I: Network Stochasticity
• MA11 Fleet Management & Routing
• MA12 Management of Supply Chains
• MA13 Dew Product Development Process Perspectives
• MA14 Estimating Implied Probability Distributions from Option Prices
• MA15 Multicriteria Decision Making Involving Risk & Uncertainty
• MA16 Strategy & Technology
• MA17 Use of Expectations in Analysis of Quality of Care Data
• MA19 TUTORIAL: Electronic Commerce
• MA20 Research Directions in Accounting Information Systems
• MA21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT V
• MA23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management V
• MA24 Advertising & Promotions
• MA25 Reliability Modeling & Bayesian Analysis
• MA26 Performance of Queueing Networks
• MA27 Theory & Applications of Genetic Algorithms
• MA28 TUTORIAL: Large-Scale Problem Reformulation
• MA29 TUTORIAL: Neural Networks & Linear Programming
• MA30 PANEL: The Future of Vehicle Routing Research
• MA31 Network Design II
• MA32 Case Studied I: Developing End-User Applications Using Optimization Modeling
• MA33 Software Demonstrations I
• MC01 Logistics & Automotive Support at Norfolk Southern Corporation
• MC02 Applications in Telecommunications
• MC03 What's Happening in Aviation OR?
• MC04 Tracking & Forecasting Defense Contractor Overhead Costs
• MC05 Decision Analysis Arcade
• MC06 VBA in OR/MS Education
• MC07 Stochastic Models of Supply Chains
• MC08 Yield Management, Inspection & Semiconductor Competitiveness
• MC09 Modeling & Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing II
• MC10 Developments in Urban Travel Forecasting Methods
• MC11 Dynamic Vehicle Dispatching
• MC12 Topics in Supply Chain Management
• MC13 New Developments in Integrated Product Development: Industrial & Academic Perspectives
• MC14 GARCH Models
• MC15 Emerging Issues in Management & Technology
• MC16 Strategy & Learning
• MC17 Health Care Applications
• MC18 PANEL: Applying DEA
• MC19 Electronic Commerce
• MC20 Software Process Improvement
• MC21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT VI
• MC23 Logistics & Supply Chain Management IV
• MC24 Marketing I
• MC25 Nonparametric Statistics in Marketing: Recent Developments
• MC26 Global Optimization
• MC27 Machine Learning in Manufacturing
• MC28 Production/Operations Management Applications
• MC29 Enhancement Techniques in Interior Point Methods
• MC30 Recent Developments in Production Scheduling I
• MC31 Heuristics for Scheduling
• MC32 Case Studied II: Developing End-User Applications Using Optimization Modeling
• MC33 Software Demonstrations II
• MD01 Assessing the Railroad Market
• MD02 Applications in Manufacturing & Process Industries
• MD03 Airline Yield Management I
• MD04 Issues in Air Force & Army Operations Modeling
• MD05 PANEL: teaching Multiobjective Decision Analysis
• MD06 PANEL: The Role of OR/MS in MBA Programs
• MD07 Recent Advances in Pull Systems
• MD08 Manufacturing Marketing Interfaces
• MD09 SRC/NSF Initiative: Operational Methods in Semiconductor Manufacturing
• MD10 Facilities Location
• MD11 In Tribute to Robert Herman
• MD12 Information Sharing in Supply Chains
• MD13 Warranty Issues in New Product Development
• MD14 Performance of Financial Institutions
• MD15 Contemporary Research in Technology & Innovation Management
• MD16 Computational Approaches to Strategy & Evolution
• MD17 Health Care Applications in Canada
• MD18 Quality Management I
• MD19 Intermediaries in Electronic Markets
• MD20 State-of-the-Art Information Technology Metrics
• MD21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT VII
• MD23 Decision Analysis I
• MD24 Marketing II
• MD25 Adaptive Maintenance Policies
• MD26 Performance Issues in Communication Networks
• MD27 Fuzzy Sets & Fuzzy Decision Systems
• MD28 Applications of Integer Programming in Scheduling
• MD29 Interior Point Methods for Mathematical Programming
• MD30 Recent Developments in Production Scheduling II
• MD31 Cooperative & Multithreaded Parallel Algorithms
• MD32 Case Studied III: Developing End-User Applications Using Optimization Modeling
• MD33 Software Demonstrations III
• ME01 Designing an Operating Plan to Respond to the Customer's Needs
• ME02 Applications in Semiconductor Manufacturing
• ME03 Yield Management User Interfaces
• ME04 TRAC-White Sands Military Applications
• ME05 Decision Analysis Society Awards Presentation
• ME06 EDUCATION TUTORIAL: Teaching Probabilistic Analysis
• ME07 Organization of Flexible Workers & Control of Queues
• ME08 Inventory Models & Management
• ME09 Planning & Control
• ME10 Facilities Layout
• ME11 In Tribute to Robert Herman
• ME12 The Role of Information in Multi-Echelon Systems
• ME13 Flexibility in Integrated Product Development
• ME14 Legal Issues in Energy Development
• ME15 PANEL: Lessons Learned from UT-Austin's Innovative MS Degree Program in Science & Technology Commerc
• ME16 Advances in Understanding & Modeling the Random Component of Utility in Consumer Choice
• ME17 IS/OR/MS Applications in the Management of Technology in Health Care
• ME18 Quality Management II
• ME19 Economic Product Implications of Electronic Markets
• ME20 Information Systems Policies
• ME21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT VIII
• ME23 Decision Analysis II
• ME24 Consumer Behavior
• ME25 Modeling of Maintenance
• ME26 Stochastic Analysis of Computer & Communication Systems
• ME27 OR Models for Project Planning & Control
• ME28 Combinatorial Issues in Network Design & Air Traffic Control
• ME29 Convex & Semidefinite Optimization
• ME30 Resource Scheduling Using Auction & Bidding Models
• ME31 Routing
• ME32 Case Studied IV: Developing End-User Applications Using Simulation Modeling
• ME33 Software Demonstrations IV

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  Tuesday, October 28, 1997

• TP37 OMEGA RHO PLENARY: Where It's Been. Where It Should Be Going
• TA01 OR/MS Applications in the Travel Industry
• TA02 Applications in Airline Transportation
• TA03 Crew Planning & Management
• TA04 VERT Simulation in Program Management, Consulting & Teaching
• TA05 Advances in Decision Analysis Applications
• TA06 Industry Corner: What Do Employers or OR Graduates Think About OR Education
• TA07 Dynamic Resource Allocation in Production/Logistics
• TA08 New Developments in Supply-Chain Models
• TA09 Network Location Models
• TA10 Traffic Incident Detection & Management
• TA11 Activity-Based Analysis & Microsimulation in Transportation
• TA12 Operational Hedging & Flexibility Issues
• TA13 Concurrent Engineering Practices & Effectiveness
• TA14 Information Issues in Energy Development
• TA15 Agile Collaboration Through Integration of Technology, Process & People
• TA16 Promotional Strategies & Competition
• TA17 Transfer, Innovation & the Management of Technology in Health Care
• TA18 PANEL: Teaching Service Operations Management
• TA19 Strategic Internet & World Wide Web usage
• TA20 Application Assembly Using Object Components
• TA21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT IX
• TA22 Operations Management I
• TA23 Decision Analysis III
• TA24 Project Management
• TA25 Statistics in Medicine
• TA26 Queueing Networks
• TA27 Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• TA28 Integer Programming: Methods & Applications
• TA29 Recent Progress in the Practical Interior Point Methods
• TA30 Shop Scheduling: Algorithms & Complexity
• TA31 Combinatorics
• TA32 Computational Combinatorial Optimization
• TA33 Software Demonstrations V
• TA35 Machine Scheduling
• TA36 General Queueing
• TB01 OR/MS Applications in Airline Industry A
• TB02 Applications in the Automobile Industry
• TB03 Scheduling & Fleet Routing
• TB04 Task Force XXI Advanced Warfighting Experiment
• TB05 Asking the Right Questions: Pilot Models & Sensitivity Analysis
• TB06 Case Studies & Sponsored Projects in OR
• TB07 TUTORIAL: Set Partitioning, Linear Programming & Combinatorial Optimization in Supply Chain ManagemeMSOM
• TB08 Production & Inventory Models
• TB09 Facility Location in a Stochastic Environment
• TB11 Transportation Routing & Location Problems
• TB12 Real Options in Operations Management
• TB13 New Product Development Process Perspectives
• TB15 Project Scheduling
• TB16 Price Effects in Consumer Choice
• TB17 OR/MS in Health Care: Focus on the Year 2000 Computer Date Problem
• TB18 PANEL: Service Management Networking Workshop
• TB19 Consumer Perspectives in Electronic Commerce
• TB20 Recent Developments in Decision Support Systems
• TB21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT X
• TB22 Operations Management II
• TB23 Multicriteria Decision Problems
• TB24 Benchmarking
• TB26 Applied Probability & Telecommunication
• TB27 Interior Point Methods & Applications
• TB28 Integer Programming Applications in the High-Tech Industry
• TB29 Parallel & Supercomputing
• TB30 Scheduling Algorithms & Systems
• TB31 Vehicle Routing & Crew Scheduling
• TB32 Modeling Systems & Language
• TB33 Software Demonstrations VI
• TB35 Flowshop Scheduling
• TB36 Queueing Models
• TC01 OR/MS Applications in Airline Industry B
• TC02 PANEL: Industry-University Research Consortia
• TC03 Forecasting & Market Research
• TC04 Complex Issues in Finance
• TC05 Risks & Decision Making: Generic Models & Phenomena Across Cultures
• TC06 Teaching the Practice of OR Using Cases & Projects
• TC07 Theory in the Retail Industry
• TC08 Inventory, Bargaining & Games
• TC09 Continuous Location Problems
• TC10 OR/MS in Public Transit
• TC11 Dynamic Traffic Assignment II: Consistency Issues
• TC12 Supply Chain Planning from a Software Perspective
• TC13 Cross-Functional Problems in Product Line Selection
• TC14 Decision & Risk Analysis in Environmental Remediation Technology Selection
• TC15 Knowledge Management & Information Technology
• TC16 Consumer Dynamic Choice Processes
• TC17 Health Applications I
• TC18 Forecasting Applications in New Jersey
• TC20 Telecom Network Design
• TC21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT XI
• TC22 Operations Management III
• TC23 Group Decision & Negotiation
• TC24 Strategic Planning
• TC25 Reliability Research
• TC26 Global Optimization
• TC27 Machine Learning Applications in Health Care
• TC28 Integer Programming in Application
• TC29 Stochastic Programming
• TC30 Intelligent Scheduling Systems
• TC31 TUTORIAL: Visualization Techniques for Optimization
• TC32 Computer Applications
• TC33 Software Demonstrations VII
• TC35 Scheduling Algorithms
• TC36 Traffic Control in Queueing Models
• TD01 OR/MS Applications in Logistics
• TD02 Transportation Applications
• TD03 Flexible Plant Layouts
• TD04 Texas Instruments Contributed Session
• TD05 Learning in Games & Choices
• TD06 EDUCATION TUTORIAL: A Beginner's Guide to Using OR/MS Cases in the Classroom
• TD07 Pricing Policies in the Retail Industry
• TD08 User Competition Operations Management
• TD09 Production & Scheduling
• TD10 Transportation: Truck/Rail
• TD11 Dynamic Traffic Assignment III: Distributed Schemes
• TD12 Contractual Arrangements in Supply Chains
• TD13 New Product Development I
• TD14 Logistics Models for Recoverable Products
• TD15 Technology Management & Sustainable Development
• TD16 Shopping Basket Empirics
• TD17 Health Applications II
• TD18 Forecasting Applications in Transportation
• TD19 Development & Application of Simulation Methods
• TD20 Telecommunications
• TD21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT XII
• TD22 Operations Management IV
• TD23 Strategic Planning
• TD24 Semiconductor Industries Applications
• TD25 Reliability Engineering Research
• TD26 Global Optimization Algorithms & Applications
• TD27 Applications of AI Techniques
• TD28 Interior Point Methods & Applications
• TD29 PANEL: Parallel & Supercomputing
• TD30 Scheduling
• TD31 Combinatorial Methods
• TD32 Decision Support Systems
• TD33 Software Demonstrations VIII
• TD35 Scheduling Applications I
• TE01 OR/MS Applications in the Food & Beverage Industry
• TE02 Industrial Applications
• TE03 Emerging Trends in Facility Layout & Material Handling
• TE04 Cost & Performance
• TE06 The Best OR/MS Cases
• TE08 Manufacturing I
• TE09 Production Planning
• TE10 Traffic Network Assignment Algorithms & Path-Based Formulations
• TE12 Issues in Logistics
• TE13 New Product Development II
• TE14 Planning & Control Issues for Recoverable Manufacturing Systems
• TE16 Competitive Marketing Strategies
• TE18 Planning & Forecasting
• TE19 Advances in Simulation Sampling Techniques
• TE20 Telecommunications Network: Pricing & Performance
• TE21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT XIII
• TE22 PANEL: Publication Strategies & Direction of IEE Transactions on Engineering Management
• TE25 Reliability/Maintenance Modeling & Prediction
• TE27 Optimization in Machine Learning
• TE28 Integer Programming I
• TE29 Stochastic Programming in Finance
• TE30 Scheduling & Inventory
• TE31 Network & Graphs
• TE33 Software Demonstrations IX
• TE35 Scheduling Applications II

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  Wednesday, October 29, 1997

• WA01 OR/MS Applications in Finance
• WA02 Service Industry
• WA03 Agile & Dynamic Facility Layout
• WA04 Combat Modeling: Issues & Technology
• WA05 Military Applications I
• WA06 PANEL: Distance Learning - Experience is the Best Teacher
• WA07 Queueing in Production Systems
• WA08 Manufacturing II
• WA09 Queueing/Inventory I
• WA10 Transportation Policy, Evaluation & Design
• WA12 Supply Chain Optimization
• WA14 System Design Issues in Recoverable Manufacturing Systems
• WA15 Management of Technology I
• WA16 Brand Choice & Product Positioning
• WA19 Sampling in Simulation
• WA20 Simulation Applications
• WA21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT XIV
• WA22 Technology Management
• WA25 Reliability
• WA26 Nonlinear Programming
• WA27 Neural Networks
• WA28 Integer Programming II
• WA29 Stochastic Optimization
• WA31 Optimization/Complexity
• WB03 Transportation: Airline Industry
• WB04 Advancing Military Science
• WB05 Military Applications II
• WB06 Educational Technology
• WB07 Flexible Manufacturing
• WB08 Manufacturing Control
• WB09 Queueing/Inventory II
• WB10 Multimodal Transportation Project Section
• WB12 Management
• WB14 PANEL: The International Aspects of Systems for Recoverable Products
• WB15 Management of Technology II
• WB16 Marketing Consumer Choice
• WB20 Simulation Optimization
• WB21 Theoretical Foundations of MMT XV
• WB25 Process Improvement/Quality Control
• WB26 Dynamic Programming
• WB29 Stochastic Modeling & Analysis