<br />
CERTIFICATION TAKES SHAPE: Update on practitioner's program<br />
February 2012<br />
Volume 39 · Number 1<br />
On the Road to<br />
Innovation<br />
Vehicle routing survey: fierce competition<br />
produces creative solutions<br />
A L S O I N S I D E:<br />
· ANALYTICS OBSTACLES<br />
Consultant's guide to overcoming<br />
corporate resistance<br />
· PANDEMIC PREDICTION<br />
Agent-based simulation models<br />
address complex problem<br />
· DECISION ANALYSIS<br />
Time to `surf on sea of uncertainty,<br />
not drown in it'<br />
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Departments<br />
4 Inside Story<br />
6 President's Desk<br />
8 Issues in Education<br />
12 PuzzlOR<br />
14 O.R. in the News<br />
60 Classifieds<br />
64 ORacle<br />
18<br />
Consulting: Facing social, behavioral & cultural issues.<br />
24<br />
Next pandemic: How should public officials respond?<br />
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