Volume 8 Number 3 September 2014 International Federation of Operational Research Societies NEWS ISSN 2223-4373 From the Editor What’s Inside: Editorial . Responding to the Needs of the 1 Responding to the Needs of the Community 2 Evolving Applications for Evolving Needs Community Elise del Rosario <
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