ORSNZ 99

Number

Start

Finish

Session

Chair

Venue

S1

7.30

8.50

Breakfast

MSB Foyer

S2

8.50

9.00

Presentation by Viago Ltd, The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chains

J. Buchanan

MSB1.01

S3

9.00

9.25

Farewell Address by H. Daellenbach

A. Philpott

MSB1.01

S4

9.25

10.10

Keynote Address - Simulation Models of Traffic Flow - by J. Taplin

L. Foulds

MSB1.01

S5

10.10

10.40

Morning Break

MSB Foyer

S6A

10.40

12.00

Parallel Session : OR Theory and Applications

M. Lauren

MSB1.01

S6A1

10.40

11.00

A New Polytope for the Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem, by T. Arthanari

S6A2

11.00

11.20

Supply Chain Optimisation in the Paper Industry, by A. Philpott and G. Everett

S6A3

11.20

11.40

Operational Synthesis Applied to Mutual NZ/US Questions : Part I, by G. Horne and M. Lauren

S6A4

11.40

12.00

Part II : Characterising Battlefield Complexity using Fractal Statistics, by M. Lauren

S6B

10.40

12.00

Parallel Session : Production

V. Mabin

MSB1.05

S6B1

10.40

11.00

Graph Theoretic Based Heuristics for Facility Layout Design, by L. Caccetta and Y. Kusumah

S6B2

11.00

11.20

Testing Failure Data For Evidence of Aging, by Y. Hayakawa, S. Paul, and T. Vignaux

S6B3

11.20

11.40

Reframing the Product Mix Problem using the Theory of Constraints, by V. Mabin and J. Davies

S6B4

11.40

12.00

Energy Efficiency in House Construction, by P. Tiwari

S7

12.00

13.30

Lunch

Cafedemic

S8A

13.30

14.50

Parallel Session : The Future of OR

J. Scott

MSB1.01

S8A1

13.30

13.50

Dual OR : A Partial Paradigm for the Future?, by G. Read

S8A2

13.50

14.10

The Future of OR : Decision Support Systems & Information Technology, by L. Foulds

S8A3

14.10

14.30

Analyzing the Future of Franchising in New Zealand, by J. Paynter

S8A4

14.30

14.50

Through the Education Looking Glass – a Future for OR, by J. Scott

S8B

13.30

14.50

Parallel Session : Algorithms

B. Murtagh

MSB1.05

S8B1

13.30

13.50

A New Interior - Point Algorithm, by  A. McNaughton

S8B2

13.50

14.10

The Marriage of Dynamic Programming and Integer Programming, by  J. Raffensperger

S8B3

14.10

14.30

Utility Maximizing Stochastic Dynamic Programming : An Overview, by  A. Kerr

S8B4

14.30

14.50

Nonlinear Integer Programming : Algorithms and Applications, by  B. Murtagh

S9

14.50

15.20

Afternoon Break

S10

15.20

16.20

Panel Discussion : OR in the New Millenium,  M. Rothkopf, H. Daellenbach, A. Philpott, G. Read, and L. Foulds

J. Scott

MSB1.01

S11

16.20

16.30

Closing Ceremony

J. Buchanan

MSB1.01