> Those interested in contributing to this, please send the abstract to me > by 1 October latest. Thanks. > > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Special Track on Reliability Modelling and Analysis > At 'APORS 2000 <http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~phuakh/apors.html> - The Fifth > Conference of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operations Research > Societies within IFORS, 5-7 July 2000, Singapore. > > Reliability modelling and analysis is of growing importance to research > and applications. A special track is being planned for APORS'2000. > Contributions are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: > > Reliability models Repair/replacement policies > Reliability-centered maintenance Bayesian reliability > Warranty analysis Testing and data analysis > System reliability Software reliability > > and all other aspects of reliability models and applications. Accepted > papers will be published in the Conference proceedings and presented > papers will be considered for journal publication after review. > > Please submit extended abstract (two pages) or a full paper to Prof M. Xie > at [log in to unmask] The following are the preliminary deadlines: > > October 1, 1999 Submission of extended abstracts > December 1, 1999 Notification of acceptance > February 1, 2000 Deadline for submission of full papers > > Requests for additional information about this special track should be > sent to: > > Prof M. Xie > Dept of Industrial and Systems Eng. > Faculty of Engineering > National University of Singapore > Singapore 119 260 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Fax: + 65 777 1434 > > Prof D.N.P. Murthy > Dept of Mechanical Engineering > The University of Queensland > Brisbane, Q 4072 > AUSTRALIA > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Fax: + 61 7 3365 4799 > About APORS'2000 (http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~phuakh/apors.html) > The conference is intended to provide a forum for researchers dealing with > theoretical, computational, and application aspects of operations > research, to present their research findings and results, and to exchange > their research ideas and experiences. Singapore welcomes all delegates > from the world to attend this Conference. Singapore is an equatorial > modern and clean city with multi-cultural character, and a place "where > East and West meet". > > For more information about Singapore, please visit: > http://www.travel.com.sg/sog, or http://www.sg/ > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%