Hi This is a reminder of the forthcoming IMA conference in 
Maintenance and reliability modelling.


THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
 
FOURTH IMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

MODELLING IN INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY
"DECISION SUPPORT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM"


9-11 April 2001					 University of Salford,
Greater Manchester, UK



CALL FOR PAPERS

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for 
discussion of
traditional and innovative modelling approaches to improve the 
performance
of plant, products and processes. Of particular interest are 
contributions
to modelling issues in:

· Maintenance (inspection, preventive maintenance, replacement, 
spares);
· Condition monitoring (methodology, decision support);
· Reliability (design improvement, reliability and risk analysis,
reliability-centred-maintenance);
· Warranty modelling (methodology, human factors).

Other contributions in related areas would be welcome. 

This conference follows on from the success of earlier IMA 
supported
conferences in Mathematical Modelling in Maintenance 
(Edinburgh, 1992 &
1998; Salford, 1995). The conference will be co-chaired by Dr. 
Philip Scarf
and Dr. Wenbin Wang of the University of Salford.  Informal 
enquiries may be
directed to them and other members of the organising committee 
listed
overleaf.







CALL FOR PAPERS:
Abstracts of 300-500 words, for the selection of papers for 
presentation,
should be sent to Pamela Bye at the address below by 31 
October 2000.  Full
papers will be required by 31 January 2001 for full refereeing for 
the
conference proceedings.


ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr. Philip Scarf, Centre for OR and Applied Statistics, University 
of
Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
Tel: + 44 161 295 3817	Fax: + 44 161 295 5559	Email:
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Dr. Wenbin Wang, Centre for OR and Applied Statistics, 
University of
Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
Tel: + 44 161 295 4124	Fax: + 44 161 295 5559	Email: 
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Prof. Lyn Thomas, Department of Business Studies, University 
of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, EH8 9JY, UK
Tel: + 44 131 650 3798	Fax: + 44 131 668 3050	Email: 
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Prof. Rommert Dekker, Economics Institute, Erasmus 
University, P.O. Box
1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 10 408 1264		Fax: + 31 10 452 7746	Email:
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This event will meet the requirements of the IMA Continuing 
Professional
Development Scheme.
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To:	Mrs. Pamela Bye, Conference Officer, The Institute of 
Mathematics
and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson 
Street,
Southend-on-Sea, Essex  SS1 1EF.
Tel: (01702) 354020  Fax: (01702) 354111
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FOURTH IMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MODELLING IN INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY

9 - 11 April 2001					          University
of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

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