Management Science Roundup

---“Assessment of energy R&D programs for the Appalachian region”;---“From Mexico: A wheat distribution model”;---“Management science model used in Bell system corporate planning”;---“News: Gravitational models in product distribution”; ---“News: Ship combat system”;---“News: Medical treatment and evacuation”;---“News: Police patrol operations”;---“News: Pricing of products in the solar array manufacturing industry”;---“Seen Elsewhere” with five overviews: (1) A Rachet Model of Advertising Carryover Effects ( Journal of Marketing , February 1976, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 76--79) by Leonard J. Parsons (Claremont Graduate School); (2) Image inputs to a Probabilistic Model: Predicting Retail Potential ( Journal of Marketing , July 1976, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 48--53) by Thomas J. Stanley and Murphy A. Sewall (State University of New York at Albany), (3) The State of Practice in Planning Systems ( Sloan Management Review , Winter 1977, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 1--24) by H. Igor Ansoff (Vanderbilt University), (4) Production Performance and Customer Satisfaction: A New Concept ( Journal of Marketing April 1976, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 11--16) by John E. Swan and Linda Jones Combs (University of Arkansas), (5) Articles from SIMSNIPS, February 1977 and May 1977: A Study of Buffer Management Policies for Data Management Systems, Simulating a Virtual Data Machine, Honeywell Time-Sharing System, Dynamics of a Crash Victim, Patient Admission as a Markov Decision Process, Gasoline-Consumption Model, Simulation of Alternate Pediatric Hospital Care Units, Volume III, Air Defense System, Dayton Aircraft Cabin Fire Model, Reference Scene, Growth, Water Planning, Wheat Yield, Undersea Oil Sites, Computer Workload, Airport Parking, Driver-Vehicle Behavior at an Intersection, Hotel Management, Fire Station Location.