August 1999 • Volume 26 Number 4 The following table of contents lists articles in the August 1999 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 Letters INFORMS Online (IOL) Cyberspace Was it Something I said? Oracle Issues in Education Forum Practice Lesson Real World Calendar Call for Papers New Books Industry Update CPMS Practitioner's Page Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Classifieds Features GIS: Mapping the OR/MS World By Tom Koch Maturing technology transforms maps into powerful "essays" displaying robust solutions to complex problems   Reflections on a Marine Vessel Affair By Manos Chajakis A management science sea story: Five characters in search of synergy and solutions to a complex marine transportation problem   Welcome to OR Territory By Randy Robinson Staking a claim: Can clarifying boundaries increase the influence of operations research?   OR Loses a Few Good Men In Memoriam: Hugh Miser, Gerald Lieberman, Julian Keilson, Izzet Sahin   Computing Software Review: Evolver 4.0 By Paul K. Bergey and Cliff T. Ragsdale Genetic algorithm super solver can be applied successfully to many classes of problems   Software Survey: Linear Programming By Robert Fourer 1999 update of popular OR/MS tool reveals interesting trends and new features   INFORMS News Preview of Philadelphia Meeting President's Desk OR in the News Video Needs Support INFORMS Elections Position Statements Subdivision/Section Awards Simulation Award Nominations People Colloquium Nominations Meetings OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 1999 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite 220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-696 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 1999 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.