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Over the years, Operational Research (OR) has been used extensively to support the forest products industry and public forestry organizations (e.g., governments, environmental protection groups) in their respective planning activities concerning the flow of wood fiber from the forest to the customer. The applications deal with a wide range of problems, ranging from long-term strategic problems ...

In the present paper we shall present a general framework to manage a part of the company’s knowledge that is the Operational Knowledge (OK). Moreover, we shall analyze the main differences between traditional Knowledge Management perspective and our Operational Knowledge Management approach. Afterwards, we present a case study on the Operational Knowledge Management (OKM), defined and develope...

Gerald G. Brown • Robert F. Dell • Ray L. Davis • Richard H. Duff Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943-5000 Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943-5000 Hidden Valley Manufacturing Company, 1221 Broadway, Oakland, California 94612-1888 INSIGHT, Inc., Sudley North Business Center, 7960 Oonegan Drive, S...

T issue marks the start of the 50th volume of Management Science. As is customary on such “round number” occasions, we will be taking time for a bit of retrospective review and soul-searching speculation. We begin here with an overall assessment of the journal’s performance relative to its original mission. In subsequent articles, which will appear in issues throughout Volume 50, we will take m...

Defence Research and Development Canada – Valcartier has sponsored the development a Conceptual Operational Model of the strategic planning process within the Canadian Forces Joint Staff. This model is intended to convey an understanding of the processes within the headquarters for planning and monitoring international missions. As such, it captures the command and control processes at the stra...

Slot machine games used to be very simple, often limited to just one spin of the reels, but have evolved to accommodate a variety of features that provide added excitement and the potential for greater wins. They also engage the players more by, quite often, requiring them to make choices. This paper presents one of these games, Bitz & Pizzas. This case study introduces a novel application of O...