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I am pleased to participate in this Summer School and look forward to sharing some ideas with you over the next few days. At the outset I would like to describe the approach I will take in 1 presenting the material. I aim to present the material in a non rigorous way and hopefully in an intuitive manner. At the same time I will draw attention to some of the major technical problems. It is pitched at someone who is unfamiliar with the area. The results presented here are unfamiliar to actuaries and insurance mathematicians although they are well known in some other fields. During the next few minutes I will make some preliminary comments. The purpose of these comments is to place the lectures...
Die "Operations Research Proceedings 1985" geben eine vollständige Übersicht über die Vorträge, die auf der vierzehnten Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesell schaft für Operations Research in der Zeit vom 11. bis 13. September 1985 an der Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg gehalten wurden. Mehr als 300 Teilnehmer waren der Einladung der DGOR gefolgt, neue methodische Entwicklungslinien und aktuelle Anwendungsverfahren auf den unterschiedlichsten Gebieten des Operations Research miteinander zu diskutieren. Es wurden 112 Fachvorträge gehalten, die nach thematischen Schwerpunkten in 13 Sektionen gegliedert waren. 59 von diesen 112 Fachvorträgen sind in den Proceedings mit einer etwa 8 Seite...
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Ed Myers (1917-2002) was a remarkable man who focused his capacious mind and learning on the issue of the earth's future. A realist with an engaging sense of humor, he wrote dozens of articles, letters, sermons, and diatribes on topics ranging from global climate change to the benefits of not smoking. Running throughout all his writings was his belief that the earth's long-term health could only be assured, if we, its inhabitants, changed our behavior. And he firmly believed we had the means and the will to do so. Ed Myers saw the humor in almost everything that happened, but he was deadly serious about saving the planet and turning it over to successive generations in better shape than he f...