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	OPERATIONS RESEARCH LETTERS Abstracts/Articles on ScienceDirect Members Order Form Decision Sciences Alert subscribe/unsubscribe Editor-in-Chief: Jan Karel Lenstra See editorial board for all editors information Description EDITORIAL POLICY AND SCOPE Operations Research Letters is a publication for literature on all aspects of operations research and the management and decision sciences. The features distinguishing it from other journals in the field are * concise articles, generally limited to 6 journal pages * rapid review and fast publication * broad coverage of the literature. Apart from the page limitation, originality, relevance, quality and clarity are the only criteria for selecting the material to be published. The journal covers continuous and discrete optimization, stochastic models, and situations with multiple decision makers. The subject matter can be theory, methodology, empirical studies, and applications. The mainstream of contributions focuses on new models, theorems, algorithms, and experimental work that the author wants to disseminate rapidly. We will publish theory and methodology with proofs only sketched, provided that the author submits support material that enables us to verify the findings. We will also publish computational and experimental studies that are not necessarily based on new theory or methodology, but are of significant scientific value because they confirm or refute prior results. Similarly, we will publish reports on applications and case studies that demonstrate a novel use of existing techniques or contain significant ideas about data collection and analysis, modelling, or implementation. Bibliographic details ISSN: 0167-6377 Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND Commenced publication 1982 Subscriptions for the year 2009, Volume 37, 6 issues Price and Ordering Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect. Institutional price: USD 817 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran JPY 96,800 for Japan EUR 729 for European countries and Iran Conditions of sale & ordering procedures, and links to our regional sales offices. For an overview of recently-dispatched issues, see the Journal issue dispatch dates Audience Researchers and Practitioners working in Operations Research, and the management and decision sciences. Impact factor of this journal 2007: 0.517 © Journal Citation Reports 2008, published by Thomson Reuters 606/567 Last update: 14 Oct 2008	For Readers Free Tables of contents and abstracts For Authors Guide for authors Artwork instructions Track your accepted article For Editors Tracking for Editors Related websites Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK) Search through the articles of this journal powered by  Scirus Search by keywords Search by author Bookmark this page Recommend this publication Overview of all journals