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December 2005 issue:  Mr Brandon Pincombe has contributed an interesting paper on Anomaly Detection in Time Series of Graphs using ARMA Processes. We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. The 18th ASOR National Conference was held in Perth, 26-28 September 2005. As a national conference, it was a very successful one. In the conference, one ASOR national medal and two best student paper prizes were awarded. A detailed report on the national award is provided in this issue. A brief report on the conference is also presented.

September 2005 issue:   Kalpana Dahiya and  Vanita Verma have contributed an interesting technical paper on Post-optimality Analysis in Bounded Variables Problem. We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. The 18th ASOR National Conference will be held in Perth, 26-28 September 2005. All ASOR members are encouraged to attend and support the national conference of the society. On September 22, ASOR Melbourne chapter will organise a student conference in Melbourne. Both undergraduate and postgraduate OR students are invited to participate in this unique event by submitting abstracts by 19th September. The details of these conferences can be found in the Forthcoming Conferences section of this Bulletin.

June 2005 issue:  Maria John and David Panton have contributed an interesting short paper on A Novel Divide-and-Conquer Approach to Data Cycle Map Construction . We are delighted to be publishing this paper here for Bulletin readers. The 18th ASOR National Conference will be held in Perth, 26-28 September 2005. The conference chair has announced to publish a refereed proceedings  for all papers accepted for presentation. All ASOR members are encouraged to contribute to this biggest event of the society and to take the opportunity of publishing a refereed paper.

I am pleased to inform you that the electronic version of ASOR Bulletin is available at the this web site. Although the electronic version is prepared as an HTML file, for technical reasons articles may be in PDF or PS format.

 There is always a lack of articles being submitted for publication in the ASOR Bulletin. As in previous issues, I would again like to request all ASOR members, ASOR Bulletin readers and OR organizations in the country to contribute to the ASOR Bulletin. The editorial policy is available either from the web at http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/~ruhul/edipolicy.html or from the inside back cover of the Bulletin. The detailed instructions for preparing the manuscripts is available in the URL: http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/~ruhul/asor.html

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