Call for Interfaces Practice Summaries

The goal of "Practice Summaries" is to present interesting, topical, and novel applications of operations research (OR) methodology to a wide range of industrial applications. "Practice Summaries" are intended to provide Interfaces readers with short (2-4 page) descriptions of the most relevant aspects of OR-based projects, in a form that is accessible to academics and practitioners in other organizations. The content of the "Practice Summary" should include:

• The problem and the client company or agency, including background information as necessary;
• Who in the client organization sponsored the work and who did the work;
• What OR approaches or models were used, and how they were applied to the problem, identifying software packages where appropriate;
• What the organization learned and what happened subsequently, including the current status of the work if it is ongoing, and in particular how the organization has received and used the results. We encourage authors to report constructive negative results.

Submissions should be sent for consideration to Interfaces via ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central). Please visit the following website to submit your manuscript:

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/inte.

Under "Manuscript Type" be sure to click on "Practice Summaries." Submissions should be double-spaced and should include all authors’ mailing addresses and the contact author’s telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and a short abstract (approximately 50 words). Upon submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts, manuscripts will be directed to the attention of the "Practice Summaries" editor. Uday Rao is Associate Professor of Operations Management, Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems at University of Cincinnati. Questions may be directed to Professor Rao at uday.rao@uc.edu.