ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
    International Federation of Operational Research Societies  (IFORS)
                    Fourth Specialized Conference
                      OR AND ENGINEERING DESIGN

Hyatt Regency Hotel, St. Louis, MO, USA
October 24-27, 1995

Co-Sponsors:
IEEE SMC Soc., ORSA, Institute for Oper. Res.
and the Manag. Sci. , McDonnell Douglas Corp.*,
 St. Louis Univ.,  Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis,
Washington Univ.*

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Thomas L. Magnanti, MIT
Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, NASA

TRACKS AND CHAIRS:
OR Techniques in Aerospace Engineering
   Prabhat Hajela, RPI
OR Techniques in Chemical Engineering
   Nikolaos Sahinidis, U. of Illinois
OR and Civil Engineering
   Luis Valadares Tavares, Instituto Superior Tecnico
Applications of OR in Mining Engineering
   Tuncel M. Yegulap, Columbia Univ.
Applications of OR to Structural Design
   S. Adali, University of Natal
Computer and Communication Network Design
   June Park, Univ. of Iowa
Nonlinear Programming Software
   Leon Lasdon, Univ. of Texas
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems
   Massoud Amin, Washington Univ.

TUTORIALS:
Current Advancements in Nonlinear Prog. Software
Current Advancements in Structural Optim.
Effective Engineering Design Through Simulation

SPECIAL SESSIONS:
Applications of OR to the Pipeline Industry
The Role of Computer Aided Activities in Integ. Optimal Design
Evolutionary Programming
App. of Virtual Env. Tech. in Engineering Design  and Simulation

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Authors are requested to submit an abstract (200 words or less)
 and the Information Form via email to ifors.stl@whimsy.umsl.edu
or to the address below.  Abstracts must be received no later than
February 1, 1995.

2. Three hard copies of the full paper (in English) should be sent to
the  address below and must be received no later than April 3, 1995.
A check or money order for $50 (US), made payable to  `IFORS SPC on
OR and Engin. Design' must accompany full papers.  This will be
applied toward registration if the paper is accepted and returned if the
paper is not accepted.

Send Information Forms, abstracts, and papers to:
IFORS SPC-4
Prof. James Campbell
School of Business Administration
University of Missouri - St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4499  USA
e-mail:  ifors.stl@whimsy.umsl.edu