I am organizing the ISIR session at the Meetings next year in Chicago.  I am writing to you because you have done research in inventories and related areas, and may be interested in participating in the ISIR session next January.  If you have (or expect to have) a paper that would be suitable for the session, please send me an abstract or a draft of the paper by May 15, 2010.  Electronic submission is preferred, but you may also send a hard copy to me at the address shown at the end of this post.  I would also encourage you forward this information to anyone else who might be interested in participating in the ISIR session.

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James A. Kahn

Yeshiva University
Department of Economics
500 W. 185th St.
New York, New York 10033

Henry and Bertha Kressel Professor of Economics

email: James.Kahn@yu.edu

Bogazici University, Industrial Engineering Department
Istanbul, Turkey

August 22-26, 2011

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The distinction will be awarded at a ceremony at the Residence of Finland’s Ambassador to Sweden, in Stockholm on February 17, 2011.

President Halonen has previously awarded professor Grubbström the dignity as Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. He is also Honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering at Lappeenranta University of Technology, and has received honorary doctoral degrees from other foreign universities.

There will be a dedicated stream on ‘inventory research’ in the forthcoming 53rd Conference of the UK Operational Research Society. The stream is sponsored by the International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR) and the organiser would like to invite theoretical and/or empirical contributions in this area.

The stream addresses issues related to various aspects of inventory research. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Mathematical Models of Inventories
• Forecasting for Inventories
• Economics of Inventories
• Inventory Management.

The stream will provide an opportunity for the constructive exchange of ideas in this area and will include a Keynote presentation.

If you wish to present a paper in this stream, you may submit your abstract electronically at:
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/(cmmgy045xzhfoebzt2cdq1m3)/orcontent.aspx?inc=or53_main.htm
sending also an e-mail to the stream organiser. If you would like to submit an abstract but are not ready yet to do so, then please get in touch with the stream organiser below:

I am looking forward to seeing you in Nottingham.

Dr. M. Zied Babai
BEM – Bordeaux Management School 680 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France Tel. No. +(44) (0) 556846351, Fax. No. +(44) (0) 556845500 e-mail: mohamed-zied.babai@bem.edu

The purpose of this seminar is to provide an opportunity for research scientists and practitioners to meet, present and develop their ideas on subjects within the field of Production Economics. Papers submitted will be distributed to all participants in advance. A discussant will be appointed for each paper. The intention is, that models and methods presented, and the discussion of them, will result in concrete ideas for future research and developments in this area. Participants of the Seminar are expected to act as discussants within their field of expertise.

Production Economics 

focuses on scientific topics treating the interface between engineering and economics/management. The subject is interdisciplinary in nature. The ultimate objective is to create and develop knowledge for improving industrial practice and to strengthen the theoretical base necessary for supporting sound decision making. Tracing economic and financial consequences in the analysis of the problem and solution reported, belongs to the central theme.

Call for abstracts

Participants, who wish to present papers, are requested to send an abstract not exceeding 250 words (in Word format), to the Programme Committee by November 1, 2011 at the latest (by email to robert@grubbstrom.com). The conference language is English. Acceptance of abstracts will be notified to authors by ca December 1, 2011. The number of participants will be limited.

The Seminar is a Working Seminar intending to provide ample opportunities for interaction between Authors, Discussants and Audience. Participants are therefore recommended to join the sessions of the seminar for at least three of the four days.

By submitting an abstract authors implicitly agree to have their paper published in the Seminar Proceedings, which means that their paper has not been published nor is intended to be published elsewhere.

Full papers should be submitted by January 10, 2012, in order to be included in the Pre-Prints.

Papers presented will be reviewed after the seminar. Accepted papers will be printed in proceedings issues of the International Journal of Production Economics by Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Seminar location

Congress Innsbruck GmbH, Rennweg 3, A-6020 Innsbruck / Phone: +43 512 5756-00, fax: +43 512 57 56-07

website: www.come-innsbruck.at

Seminar sessions

The seminar will be held in Congress Innsbruck beginning Tuesday and ending Friday in morning sessions 8.00-11.30 am and evening sessions (except Friday) 7.00-9.15 pm. Afternoons will be free for other activities. Buses will be available for participants going to skiing areas.

Reception and Registration

A reception will be held on Monday, February 20, 2012, beginning at 6 pm in Kristall Foyer, Congress Innsbruck. Registration takes place prior to the reception.

Social Programme

A Social Programme for participants and their accompanying family members will be arranged, preliminarily including a Tyrolean dinner, a ski race, a visit to Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the new ski jump, the new Nordpark Cable Railway, and several other activities.

Organisation Committee

R. W. Grubbström, Linköping Institute of Technology

H. H. Hinterhuber, Universität Innsbruck

J. Lundquist, Linköping Institute of Technology

Official mailing address of the Organisation Committee

Att: Prof. Dr Hans H. Hinterhuber,

Falkstrasse 16, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

e-mails: hans.hinterhuber@uibk.ac.at, robert@grubbstrom.com

Web site of Seminar: http://www.uibk.ac.at/smt/production-economics

The IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is published on behalf of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) by Oxford University Press. The Journal is now in its 21st year of publication (published quarterly) and has enjoyed a constant stream of high quality submissions and a high reputation in Europe in many areas of Operational Research and Management Science, such as Industrial Maintenance, Health Care Management/ Statistics, Financial Modelling and Risk Analysis, and Credit Scoring. In recognition of its standing, the Journal has recently been accepted for listing by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

The journal is well known for its consistency in publishing high quality original research papers, without letting the standards drop in favour of volume. A recently re-organised editorial board aims at maintaining the high standards of the journal whilst expanding its thematic and geographical scope, thereby positioning it in the top-tier of publications in the field. The review process is based on a very careful and selective initial review by the Editors and a strong team of Associate Editors (AEs) with responsibility for particular thematic areas. By assigning an important role to the AEs, the journal continues to ensure the selection of the most appropriate reviewers to judge the value of the manuscripts.

 As part of the re-organisation of the Journal, contributions are invited in the area of Inventory Management – with a particular emphasis on quantitative modelling. More information about the Journal may be obtained at the following website:

http://imaman.oxfordjournals.org/

Please click here for the details.

Organized by Yi Wen

Research Department

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

PO Box 442

St. louis, MO 63166-0442

http://research.stlouisfed.org/
econ/wen/index.html