April 2005 • Volume 32 Number 2 The following table of contents lists articles in the April 2005 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections: Departments Features INFORMS News Departments Inside Story President's Desk Letters to the Editor INFORMS Online Cyberspace Issues in Education Was It Something I Said? ORacle Real World Industry News Call for Presentations Last Word Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Sobering Thought: Can IP Solve Liquor Store Scheduling Woes? By Bernard Gendron In Quebec, myriad union rules turn a seemingly simple employee scheduling problem into a logistical nightmare that perhaps only an operations researcher can appreciate.   The 'Sound' Science of Scheduling By Lynn Gordon and Erhan Erkut Viable volunteer schedule produced by O.R. model is music to the ears of Edmonton Folk Festival organizers.   Problem Solving in Airline Operations By Erik Andersson, Anders Forsman, Stefan E. Karisch, Niklas Kohl and Allan Sørensen Marrying end-user modeling and large-scale optimization pays off at SAS and other carriers.   Pulp Fact, Not Fiction By Patrik Flisberg, Stefan Nilsson and Mikael Rönnqvist By taking the guesswork out of the equation, O.R.-based process control system helps cut costs, reduce environmental impact at Swedish paper mill.   Inside the Edelman Competition By John Ranyard and Robert Fildes A behind-the-scenes look at the "Super Bowl of O.R." from two U.K.-based coaches.   Computing Software Review: Crystal Ball v7.0.1 Professional By Wayne Holland Intuitive, well-constructed Excel add-in offers aid to anyone modeling uncertainty or risk, or working with forecasting or optimization problems. INFORMS News IFORS 17th Triennial Conference in Honolulu 2005 Annual Meeting in New Orleans INFORMS Nominations Combined Colloquia 10th INFORMS CIST INFORMS Subdivision Awards Call for Nominations: Journal Editors UMass Student Chapter Call for Nominations: Prizes People Simulation Society Lifetime Achievement Award In Memoriam: Ward Edwards Case Competition INFORMS Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2005 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com URL: http://www.lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 2005 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.