October 1996 € Volume 23 € Number 5


Applied Probability Best Publication Award



INFORMS' Applied Probability Section invites nominations for its 1997 Best Publication Award. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to Applied Probability, consists of a plaque and $1,000 to be presented at the INFORMS meeting in San Diego, May 1997.

To be eligible for the award, the contribution (a book, paper, or set of papers) must meet the following criteria: (1) the contribution must be in Applied Probability; (2) it must have been published (in the case of a set, at least one member of the set) in the open literature during the interval 1993-1996; and (3) it must be written in English, or have an accurate English translation available.

The contribution will be judged according to: (1) the extent to which it advances the state of the art of Applied Probability; (2) the originality of the theory or methodology, or the degree to which it simplifies or unifies the existing theory or methodology; (3) the new areas of application that it opens; and (4) the clarity and excellence of the exposition.

Nominations may be made by anyone, including the nominee. A nomination package consists of: (1) a detailed description of the contribution and its significance, and (2) a copy of the nominated publication(s). The nominator should send a separate nomination package by Jan. 31, 1997, to each of the award committee members: Robert B. Cooper, Chair, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431; Peter W. Glynn, Dept. of Operations Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 93405-4022; George Shanthikumar, The Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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