INFORMS San Diego 1997 Sessions

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Sunday, May 4, 1997

• SA04 DEA I
• SA05 New Theoretical Developments in Linear & Semi-Definite Programming
• SA06 GRASP
• SA07 Variational Inequalities
• SA08 Meta-Heuristics for Solving Integer, Nonlinear & Stochastic Problems
• SA10 Production Scheduling I
• SA12 OR/MS Applications in Transportation Systems I
• SA13 Automatic Graph Drawing
• SA15 Organizational Theory
• SA16 Technology Management
• SA17 Operations Management I
• SA18 TUTORIAL: Health Care Information Systems
• SA20 Transportation I
• SA21 Aviation
• SA22 Flexible Manufacturing Systems I
• SA23 Stochastic Scheduling & Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
• SA24 Decision Analysis I
• SA25 Education I
• SA26 Optimization of Supply Chains
• SA27 Marketing I
• SA29 Services Management I
• SA30 Modeling & Simulation without Validated Data
• SA31 Manpower Analysis
• SA32 Network Design
• SA34 Accounting for Human Inference Characteristics in Developing Methods & Systems for Decision Support
• SA37 George E. Nicholson Student Paper Prize Competition I
• SB04 DEA II
• SB05 Recent Developments in Linear Programming Software & Its Applications
• SB06 Cooperative Search Applied to Combinatorial Optimization
• SB07 Data Mining, Estimation & Search
• SB08 Advances in Mixed-Integer Programming
• SB10 Production Scheduling II
• SB12 OR/MS Applications in Transportation Systems II
• SB13 Graph Drawing Systems
• SB14 Product Innovation & Introduction
• SB15 Production Planning Methods & Applications
• SB16 PANEL: Publishing Outlets for Research on the Management of Innovation
• SB17 Operations Management II
• SB18 TUTORIAL: Fair Division - From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution
• SB20 Transportation II
• SB21 National Center of Excellence for Aviation OR
• SB22 Flexible Manufacturing Systems II
• SB23 New Practices in Yield Management
• SB24 Decision Analysis II
• SB25 Education II
• SB26 PANEL: Some Perspectives on Queueing Theory
• SB27 Marketing II
• SB29 Service Management II
• SB30 PANEL: The Future of Military Operational Analysis
• SB31 Mobility Modeling
• SB32 Traffic Management for Integrated Services
• SB34 Conceptual Aspects of Decision Aid
• SB37 George E. Nicholson Student Paper Prize Competition II
• SC04 Optimization & Decision Analysis at Sandia
• SC05 Approximation by LP
• SC06 Integer Programming
• SC07 Variational Problems
• SC08 Integer Programming by Branch & Cut I
• SC09 Scheduling in Computer & Manufacturing Systems
• SC10 Production Scheduling III
• SC12 Neural Networks I
• SC13 Hybrids of Heuristic Techniques with Artificial Intelligence for Combinatorial Optimization
• SC14 Materials Management
• SC15 Production Control of Manufacturing Systems
• SC16 Global Networked Entrepreneurship
• SC17 Operations Management III
• SC18 TUTORIAL: Entropy Optimization & Mathematical Programming
• SC20 Route Guidance in Urban Traffic Networks
• SC21 Revenue Management Forecasting & Optimization Issues
• SC22 Marketing - Manufacturing Coordination
• SC23 The Design & Control of Furniture Manufacturing Systems
• SC24 Decision Analysis III
• SC25 PANEL: Trends & Critical Contents of a Core Operations Management Course for Fast Changing Ind. & Ec
• SC26 Queueing Systems - Numerical Approaches
• SC27 Simulation
• SC28 Location
• SC29 Service Management III
• SC30 Military Economics
• SC31 Evaluation of Military Telemedicine Applications
• SC32 Economic Issues in Telecommunications
• SC34 Risk & Perception
• SC36 INFORMS New Member Welcome & Workshop
• SD04 Threats to Life & Limb
• SD05 Linear Programming
• SD06 Applications of Combinatorial Optimization
• SD07 Recent Advances in Complementarity & Related Problems
• SD08 IP Column Generation Methods
• SD09 Scheduling in Transportation Systems
• SD10 Production Scheduling IV
• SD12 Neural Networks II
• SD13 Heuristics in Combinatorial Optimization
• SD14 Planning
• SD15 Scheduling & Logistics
• SD16 PANEL: Publishing in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
• SD17 Operations Management IV
• SD20 Incident Detection Algorithms
• SD21 Airline Pricing & Yield Management
• SD22 Product Variety Management
• SD23 Management of Paced Assembly Systems
• SD24 Decision Analysis IV
• SD25 The Use of Spreadsheets in Teaching OR/MS
• SD26 Applied Probability
• SD27 Analysis of Stochastic Systems Using Simulation
• SD28 Continuous Location Problems
• SD29 Service Management IV
• SD30 Manpower & Personnel
• SD31 Managing Change in a Turbulent Environment
• SD32 Network Design Aspects about SONET
• SD34 Consistency & the Analytic Hierarchy Process
• SD36 How to Navigate a National Meeting
• SE04 Criminal Justice & Drug Policy
• SE05 Linear Programming & Decision Making
• SE06 Sequential Diagnosis
• SE07 Computation of Economic Equilibria
• SE08 OR/MS in Forestry I
• SE09 Scheduling with Due Dates or Deadlines
• SE10 Production Scheduling V
• SE12 Neural Networks: Applications
• SE13 Data Mining
• SE14 Logistics I
• SE15 Dynamic Programming
• SE16 Japanese Manufacturing in North America
• SE17 Operations Management V
• SE18 TUTORIAL: Selected Developments in Supply Chain Management
• SE20 Traffic Flow Theory
• SE21 Airline Optimization
• SE22 Supply Chain Inventory Management: Contracting & Coordination
• SE23 Design & Control of Multi-Product Facilities with Setup Times
• SE24 Decision Analysis V
• SE25 PANEL: Myths, Heresies & Embarrasing Questions in OR Education
• SE27 Statistical Methods for Increasing Simulation Efficiency
• SE28 Location Models I
• SE29 Inventory I
• SE30 Resources & Readiness
• SE31 Simulation & Analysis in Support of Army XXI
• SE32 Network Design Aspects about ATM
• SE34 Choices in Optimization
• SE36 PANEL: Promotion & Tenure - Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

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  Monday, May 5, 1997

• MP35 Plenary: Principles of Inference - In Theory & In Practice
• MA04 Public Policy Analysis in the Netherlands
• MA05 Recent Developments in Linear Programming
• MA06 Heuristic Search for Operations Management
• MA07 Frontiers of Optimization
• MA08 Applications of Integer Programming in Planning & Scheduling
• MA09 Project Scheduling
• MA10 Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming & Applications
• MA12 PANEL: Data Preparation for Neural Networks
• MA13 Data Organization for OR-Based Decision Support Systems
• MA14 Logistics II
• MA15 Applications in Scheduling & Distribution
• MA16 Current Research Issues in Innovation Management
• MA17 Information Systems I
• MA18 TUTORIAL: Nonlinear Programming
• MA19 Railroad Applications
• MA20 Computational Methods for Traffic Analysis & Management
• MA21 What's Happening in Aviation OR: A Round Table Discussion
• MA22 Design of Manufacturing Systems
• MA23 Recent Developments in Manufacturing Operations Scheduling
• MA24 Strategic Decision Modeling
• MA25 PANEL: Entrepreneurial OR Practice in a Changing Client Environment
• MA26 Queueing Networks
• MA27 New Developments in Ranking & Selection Procedures for Simulation
• MA28 Location Models II
• MA29 Inventory II
• MA30 Picatinny Arsenal & West Point Joint Relationship I
• MA31 Future of Army Training Analysis
• MA32 Global Network Design Issues
• MA33 OR Applications I
• MA34 Derivatives Risk Management
• MB04 Evaluating Benefits of Government Aviation Technology Programs
• MB05 Linear Programming: Strong Polynomiality & Related Issues
• MB06 Integer Programming, Theory & Applications
• MB07 Interior Point Column Generation Algorithms for Convex Programming
• MB08 Applications of Discrete Optimization in Operations Management
• MB09 Single Machine Scheduling
• MB10 Stochastic Programs with Network Structure
• MB12 OR in Telecommunications I: Design & Management Problems
• MB13 Geographic Information Systems
• MB14 Logistics III
• MB15 Networks & Cuts
• MB16 Technology Intensive Alliances
• MB17 Information Systems II
• MB18 TUTORIAL: Applied Conjugate Duality
• MB19 Operations Research Applications in Passenger Rail
• MB20 Dynamic Traffic Assignment I (Network Algorithms)
• MB21 Aircraft & Passenger Choice
• MB22 Modeling Retailer Strategies & Optimal Consumer Response
• MB23 Manufacturing Technology Management: Models & Applications
• MB24 Interpretations of Probability
• MB25 Case Studies & Projects in Operations Research
• MB26 Performance & Control of Multiclass Queueing Networks
• MB27 Mathematical Models for Input & Output Processes & File Management Monte Carlo Simulation
• MB28 Location Models III
• MB29 Inventory III
• MB30 Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville Military Operations Research Society
• MB31 Operations Research in Theater Medical Modeling
• MB32 Design & Routing for Telecommunication Networks
• MB33 OR Applications II
• MB34 Controlling Continuous Decision Spaces: New Statistical Methods in Quality Control
• MC04 What Can We Learn About Public Policy from Volunteer Organizations?
• MC05 New Directions in Algebraic Modeling Languages
• MC06 Heuristic Approaches to Routing & Scheduling Problems
• MC07 Generalized Convexity/Monotonicity
• MC08 Industrial Applications of Integer Programming
• MC09 Scheduling of Manufacturing Systems
• MC10 Simulation-Based Optimization
• MC12 OR in Telecommunications II: Business, Capital & Budget Allocation Problems
• MC13 Intelligent Systems for Spacecraft Operations I
• MC14 Issues in Logistics
• MC15 Linear Cost Network Flow Algorithms
• MC16 Organizational Capabilities for Innovation
• MC17 Information Systems III
• MC18 TUTORIAL: Geometric Programming
• MC19 Train Scheduling Algorithms
• MC20 PANEL: Dynamic Traffic Assignment II - Development of Real-Time Systems & Control
• MC21 Air Cargo Yield Management
• MC22 Operations Strategy in Information Centered Industries
• MC23 Production Scheduling & Due Date Management
• MC24 Communicating About Probability & Uncertainty
• MC25 The Use of Projects to Teach OR/MS
• MC26 Stochastic Dynamic Programming
• MC27 Modeling & Simulation in Business Process Reengineering
• MC28 Location Analysis
• MC29 Designing Contracts in Supply Chain Systems
• MC30 Recent Operations Research Projects at the US Military Academy
• MC31 Future Main Battle Tank Simulation
• MC32 Network Design & Engineering of Emerging Telecommunication Systems
• MC33 Optimization Techniques I
• MD04 How Good are Medical Records as a Basis for Cost Decisions
• MD05 Linear Programming in Approximation & Algorithms I
• MD06 A Heuristic Approach for Berth Planning
• MD07 Numerical Optimization
• MD08 Computational Mixed Integer Programming
• MD09 Production Scheduling & Capacity Reservation Systems
• MD12 Performance of Communications Systems
• MD13 Intelligent Systems for Spacecraft Operations II
• MD14 Management of Supply Chains
• MD15 Multicommodity Flows
• MD16 Distinguished Speaker: New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research
• MD17 Information Systems IV
• MD18 TUTORIAL: Operations Strategy in Service Management
• MD19 Optimization I
• MD20 PANEL: Dynamic Traffic Assignment III - Development of Real-Time Systems, Software Issues & GuidanceINFORMS Transportation Science Section
• MD21 Aviation Modeling & Simulation
• MD22 Manufacturing I
• MD23 Production Scheduling Models
• MD24 Decision Analysis Research: What Industry Needs from Academia & Vice Versa
• MD25 PANEL: Using Projects to Teach Modeling
• MD26 Optimal Design & Control of Queues
• MD27 Simulation Success Stories
• MD28 Health Applications I
• MD29 Policy Issues in Manufacturing
• MD30 The Impact of Information Technology on the Education & Practice of Military OR I
• MD31 JOP&E Modeling & Documentation
• MD32 Wireless Communication
• MD33 Optimization Techniques II
• MD34 PANEL: NSF Research Opportunities

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  Tuesday, May 6, 1997

• TA02 Teaching Optimization Modeling on the Web: The MPL On-Line Tutorial
• TA04 Decision & Risk in the Public Sector
• TA05 Linear Programming in Approximation & Algorithms II
• TA06 CO Formulation & Meta-Heuristics in VLSI Layout
• TA07 Discrete Time Queueing
• TA08 Integer Programming I
• TA09 Scheduling I
• TA10 Supply Chain Management
• TA11 Restaurant Systems
• TA12 Computational Services in Information Networks
• TA13 Reports from the Front: Case Studies in Real-World OR Consulting I
• TA14 Environmental Decision & Risk Analysis
• TA15 Stochastic Networks
• TA16 Product Variety by Design
• TA17 Electric Power Markets
• TA18 TUTORIAL: Service Operations Management - An Agenda for Normative & Empirical Analysis
• TA19 Optimization II
• TA20 Freeway Traffic Congestion Dynamics
• TA21 Transportation III
• TA22 Managing Global Operations
• TA23 The Role of Flexibility in Managing Uncertainty: Manufacturing & Service
• TA24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Industry I
• TA25 Undergraduate Education
• TA26 Heavy Tails and/or Long Range Dependence
• TA27 Stochastic Processes
• TA28 Using Information Technology in Managed Care
• TA29 Coordination Issues in Inventory & Assembly Systems
• TA30 PANEL: The Utility of Modeling & Simulation in Operational Effectiveness Analysis
• TA31 Oak Ridge Military OR
• TA32 Business, Engineering & Modeling in Telcommunication Systems
• TA34 PANEL: Organizational Information Systems - Strategic Directions & Implications
• TB01 Keynote: Marketplace Issues - Health Care in the 21st Century
• TB04 Emergency Service & Facility Location
• TB05 Multiobjective Linear Programming
• TB06 Solution of Combinatorial Problems
• TB07 Statistical Inference in Queueing Models
• TB08 Integer Programming II
• TB09 Scheduling II
• TB10 Supply Chains: Improving Customer Service Through Postponement
• TB11 Tourism Research I
• TB12 Advances in Computational Methods for Reasoning Under Uncertainty
• TB13 Reports from the Front: Case Studies in Real-World OR Consulting II
• TB14 Solid Waste Management Decision Support
• TB15 Network Optimization
• TB16 Technology Commercialization for Superior Performance
• TB17 Market Trading, Bidding & Settlement Models for Electric Power
• TB18 TUTORIAL: Bucket Brigades - An Example of Self-Organizing Logistic Systems
• TB19 Optimization III
• TB20 Traffic Control Techniques for Urban Networks
• TB21 Transportation IV
• TB22 Issues in Global Operations Management
• TB23 FMS Planning & Scheduling Problems
• TB24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Industry II
• TB25 PANEL: OR/MS in Business School Education I - Has the Bubble Burst?
• TB26 Descriptors for Point Processes
• TB27 Strategy I
• TB28 PANEL: Multimedia Medical Informatics
• TB29 Barriers & Benefits to Supply Chain Integration
• TB30 Marine Corps Evolutions Research
• TB31 Military Operations Research: An International Perspective
• TB32 New Methods in Telecommunication Systems Research
• TB33 OR/MS in Forestry II
• TB34 PANEL: Use of Collaborative Technology to Manage Change in a Liberal Arts College
• TC02 Optimization on the Internet I
• TC04 Managing Government Operations
• TC05 LP Applications in the Electrical Power Industry
• TC06 Linear Programming in Branch & Cut II
• TC07 Queueing Applications in Manufacturing Systems & Decision Process
• TC08 Business Applications I
• TC09 Machine Scheduling I
• TC10 Supply Chains: Models for Material Management
• TC11 Tourism Planning
• TC12 Frontiers in Knowledge Reuse & Adaptation
• TC13 OR Applications of Java I
• TC14 Environment
• TC15 Network Flows I
• TC16 Concept & Platform Development in New Product Development
• TC17 Modeling Applications in Energy
• TC18 TUTORIAL: Fractional Programming, Generalized Convexity & Generalized Monotonicity
• TC19 Optimization IV
• TC20 World Wide Web & Transportation
• TC21 Research in Artificial Intelligence
• TC22 Practical Realities of Logistics Providers in the Global Environment
• TC23 FMS Design & Planning Problems
• TC24 Applications of Decision Analysis in the Oil & Gas Industry
• TC25 PANEL: OR/MS in Business School Education II - Rising from the Ashes?
• TC26 Matrix-Analytic Methods I
• TC27 Strategy II
• TC28 Exploring Efficiency Frontiers in the Hospital Industry: Stochastic Models vs. DEA Models
• TC29 New Perspectives in Supply Chain Modeling
• TC30 Readiness, Training & Scheduling
• TC31 Metaheuristics: Military Applications
• TC32 Broadband Network Design & Routing
• TC33 OR/MS in Forestry III
• TC34 Groupware: Improving Electronic Meetings
• TD02 Optimization on the Internet II
• TD04 Efficiency in Health Care
• TD05 LP Models in Telecommunications
• TD06 TUTORIAL: Recent Advances in Deterministic Global Optimization
• TD07 Queueing
• TD08 Business Applications II
• TD09 Machine Scheduling II
• TD10 Supply Chain Integration
• TD11 Information & Technology Issues in the Restaurant Industry
• TD12 Solving Complex Planning Problems
• TD13 OR Applications of Java II
• TD14 The Remedial Dilemma: Defensible Data, Validated Results - Mathematical Theory, Application & Case SINFORMS Section on Environment
• TD15 Network Flows II
• TD16 Mobilizing Information Technology to Communicate with Front-Line Workers
• TD17 Economic Instruments for Energy & Environmental Policy
• TD18 TUTORIAL: Robust Discrete Optimization & Its Operations Management Applications
• TD19 Cross-Cultural Negotiation & Computer Technologies
• TD20 Vehicle Routing Problems
• TD21 Decision Support Systems in Health Care
• TD22 Issues in Global Logistics
• TD23 Automation Control Issues
• TD24 Applications of Decision Analysis in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• TD25 The Best OR/MS Cases
• TD26 Matrix-Analytic Methods II
• TD27 Strategic Planning I
• TD28 Revolutionary Technologies in Health Care: INFOMEDICS (Intelligent Voice Response Systems & Clinical
• TD29 Issues in Assembly Manufacturing Systems
• TD30 Reliability & Maintainability Models in Communication & Logistics
• TD31 Value-Added Applications for Army Issues
• TD32 Internet, Java & Distributed Computing: The Future of OR Practice?
• TD33 OR/MS in Forestry IV
• TD34 Managing the Facilitation of GSS Groups
• TE02 PANEL: Optimization on the Internet III
• TE04 AIDS Modeling I
• TE05 Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources in Project Scheduling
• TE06 Applications of Global Optimization
• TE08 Business Applications III
• TE09 Machine Scheduling III
• TE10 Retail Inventory
• TE11 Tourism Research II
• TE12 Intelligent Methods for Vehicle Routing & Scheduling Problems
• TE14 Industrial Production, Environment & Energy I
• TE15 Network Flows III
• TE16 Management of Technology: Methodology Issues & Examples
• TE17 Financial Analysis & Risk Management in Energy Markets
• TE18 TUTORIAL: Tabu Search for Discrete, Nonlinear & Stochastic Optimization
• TE19 Group Decision & Negotiation
• TE20 Routing, Resource Allocation & Transportation Networks
• TE21 Advanced Manufacturing System Design
• TE22 Global Operations Management
• TE23 Manufacturing System Design
• TE24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Research & Development
• TE25 TUTORIAL: The Use of Inclass Games in Teaching Operations Management
• TE26 Stochastic Modeling
• TE27 Strategic Planning II
• TE28 Comparing the Nature of Errors in Health Care with Errors in Other Industries: What Lessons Can We L
• TE29 Inventory & Coordination
• TE30 Picatinny Arsenal & West Point Joint Relationship II
• TE31 Analysis in Support of Development of Virtual Training
• TE32 Network Database Security
• TE34 Understanding Trust in the Networked Organization

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  Wednesday, May 7, 1997

• WA02 No Title Supplied
• WA04 AIDS Modeling II
• WA05 Hospitality Decision Making
• WA06 Bi-Level Programming
• WA07 Quality Control
• WA08 Business Applications IV
• WA09 Machine Scheduling IV
• WA10 Multicriteria Decision Making I
• WA12 Toward an Empirical Science of Algorithms
• WA16 The Integration of Product Design & Process Development in the Race to Market
• WA17 Economics
• WA18 TUTORIAL: Constraint Programming
• WA19 Productivity & Competitiveness
• WA20 Analysis of Urban Transit Systems
• WA21 Artificial Intelligence I
• WA22 Manufacturing II
• WA24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Environmental Management
• WA25 TUTORIAL: Team Learning I
• WA27 Telecommunications I
• WA28 Health Applications II
• WA29 Military Applications I
• WA30 Decision Analysis at the Center for Army Analysis
• WA31 PANEL: Special Operations - Theory, Applications & Future Needs
• WA32 Emerging Technologies
• WA33 Reliability I
• WB04 AIDS Modeling III
• WB05 PANEL: Future Impact of Information Technology in the Hospitality Industry
• WB06 Interior Point Methods in Global Optimization
• WB07 Quality
• WB08 Business Process Reengineering I
• WB09 Machine Scheduling V
• WB10 Multicriteria Decision Making II
• WB12 OR Applications on the Internet & Using Java
• WB14 Forecasting
• WB16 Management of Technology I
• WB18 TUTORIAL: Structural Equation Modeling Using LISREL
• WB19 TUTORIAL: Linguistic Geometry - Problems & Solutions
• WB20 Demand Modeling & Activity Analysis in Transportation I
• WB21 Artificial Intelligence II
• WB22 Yield Management
• WB24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Capital Investment Planning
• WB25 TUTORIAL: Team Learning II
• WB27 Telecommunications II
• WB28 Health Applications III
• WB29 Military Applications II
• WB30 Scenario Analysis Modeling for the Army
• WB31 PANEL: Markets, Competition & the Support Infrastructure - How's DoD Doing?
• WB32 Telecommunication Network & Service Planning
• WB33 Reliability II
• WC07 Nonlinear Programming
• WC08 Business Process Reengineering II
• WC16 Management of Technology II
• WC20 Demand Modeling & Activity Analysis in Transportation II
• WC24 Applications of Decision Analysis in Resource Allocation
• WC25 Teaching Students to be Effective Modelers: Techniques & Success Stories
• WC30 Impact of Information Technology on the Education & Practice of Military OR II
• WC31 Undergraduate Research at the US Service Academies
• MW35 Welcoming Session
• WD24 Decision Analysis VI