The cost of registration will be $210 US. It will include:

• Transportation from and to Santiago.
• A one year subscription to the International Transactions in Operations Research, which will publish two issues equivalent with refereed papers of the symposium.
• The bus tour of the coastal region and dinner at the restaurant in Cartagena.
• A CD with all presented papers.
• Writing material for the symposium.

    The meeting will bring together scientists and practitioners from the operations research, geography, and forest science communities who are developing models and computational systems for forest management. The purpose of the meeting is to present new work in four problem areas described below. We encourage methodological contributions to real or hypothetical problems in each area including linear, integer and nonlinear programming, simulation, heuristics, stochastic models and uncertainty, mufti‑objective programming, hierarchical models, and linkages to information technology and telecommunications. The meeting will include workshops to discuss new research directions in each area.

Problem Areas:

1. Managing forest plantations: long term models, tactical decisions, and operational scheduling. Leader: Mikael Ronnqvist, Linkoping University, Division of Optimization, Linkoping, Sweden. Email: miron@mai.liu.se
   
   
2. Structuring spatial relationships in forestry: modeling adjacency, access, and transportation. Leader: Alan Murray, Ohio State University, Dept. of Geography, Columbus, OH, USA. Email: murray.308@osu.edu
   
   
3. Managing native forests for multiple uses: models of natural disturbance processes including fire, insects, and disease. Leader: David Martell, University of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Email: martell@smokey.forestry.utoronto.ca
   
   
4. Managing native forests for multiple uses: models for biodiversity and wildlife management. Leader: Michael Bevers, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, fort Collins, CO, USA. Email: mbevers@fs.fed.us

The Organizers:

Andres Weintraub, General Chair, University of Chile, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, P.O. Box 2777, Santiago, Chile. Email: aweintra@dii.uchile.cl

Robert Haight, Program Chair, USDA Forest Service, North Central Station, 1992 Folwell Ave. St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA. Email: rhaight@fs.fed.us

Guidelines for Submission:

    Authors wishing to present a paper at the workshop should submit a title and extended abstract (2+ pages) to the appropriate session leader. Abstract should include author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address. Deadline for submissions is January 10th, 2002. Authors submitting papers before the deadline will be notified earlier.

The Location:

    The symposium will take place at a beautiful beach resort with wonderful late summer weather. The cost per person for accommodations and 3 high quality meals is about $70 US per day per person, and $120 US for two sharing a cabin.

    A CD containing all presented papers will be distributed to participants.

    Also, we plan to publish papers presented at the workshop in the International Transactions of Operations Research (ITOR), a journal of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, a workshop sponsor. Two issues of ITOR in 2003 will be devoted to workshop papers. All participants will receive a complimentary subscription to ITOR in 2003. Workshop papers published in ITOR will be peer reviewed. Authors wishing to engage the peer review process should submit their papers to Andres Weintraub, General Chair, by January 10, 2002.

    The format for the papers corresponds to the one for ITOR and is described below. This same date, Jan 10, 2002 is the deadline for inclusion in the CD.

    All authors must sign the 'Transfer of Copyright' agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables the publisher to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author's proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microform or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations, and includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.

Manuscripts

    Authors are invited to submit three copies of their paper to the General Chair, Andres Weintraub (aweintra@dii.uchile.cl), Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, POB 2777, Santiago, Chile. All articles submitted to the journal must be original and should in no way violate any existing copyright, and should contain nothing of libellous or scandelous nature. Copyright in all papers will be transferred to IFORS.

    Papers should not exceed 5,000 words in length. They should be typed on one side of the paper in double spacing, with wide margins.

    Do not number sections and headings consecutively.

    Spelling should conform either to Websters or to the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

    The Editor's decision as to whether a paper is published, and when it appears, is final.

Text Preparation on Disk

    The publisher encourages submission to the journal on disk. The electronic version on disk should be sent with the final accepted version of the paper to the Editor. The hard copy and electronic files must match exactly. All word processing packages are acceptable. Full guidelines on disk submission are available on request from the editorial offices.

Abstracts and Index

    An abstract not exceeding 150 words should accompany each manuscript submitted. Authors are also asked to supply a maximum of 10 key words or phrases which will be useful for indexing purposes.

Tables and Figures

    Do not sent glossy prints, photographs or original artwork for the text of the article until acceptance. Copies of all tables and figures should be included with each copy of the manuscript, and authors should indicate in the text the approximate place where the figure or table is to be placed. Upon acceptance of manuscript for publication, original, camera-ready figures and any photographs must be submitted, unmounted and on glossy paper.

    Tables and Figures should be numbered consecutively and carry a brief title. Captions and titles should be typed consecutively on a separate piece of paper at the end of the paper. Write the article title and figure number lightly in pencil on the back of each.

Literature Citations

    Footnotes should be used sparingly, and not used for literature citations. Literature references in the text should be indicated by the author's name and year of publication, e.g. (Jonker, 1984). The page number can be included if appropriate (Govish, 1987, p. 507). Where the author's name is included in the text, it should not be repeated e.g. 'Volgenant (1990) says'... If the bibliography contains more than one work by an author in a given year, suffixes a, b... may be used.

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