The Operations Research Society of Japan

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The Operations Research Society of Japan

• History and Present Activities
• Masanori FUSHIMI
• Nanzan University

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Before the Founding of ORSJ

• 1946 Founding of JUSE (Japanese Union of
  Scientists and Engineers)
• Various Activities Related to OR and QC
• 1950 Start of K Committee (Prof. T. Kawada)
• Applications of Statistical Methods to
  Industrial Productions
• 1952 Start of OR Committee
  ORSA
• 1953 Japanese Translation of Methods of OR by
  Morse and Kimball
• First Seminar on OR (31 Days, 190
  Hours)
• To be Held Biannually for Many Years
  TIMS
• 1954 OR Committee on Mining Industry (7
  Corporate Members)
• 1955 First OR Conference

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Foundation of ORSJ (1957)

• Founding Members 305
• First President H. Kurushima (President of
• Dowa Mining Industry, Inc.)
• 1st and 2nd Conferences 1st IFORS, Oxford
• 1958 2nd President S. Ohnishi
  (Vice-President of Hitachi, Inc.)
• Translation of Intro. OR by Churchman,
  Ackoff Arnoff
• 1959 Seminar by G. B. Dantzig

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Coordination between Industries and Academics

• 19571971 All (8) Presidents from Industries
• 19721975 2 Presidents from Universities
• 19761979 2 Presidents from Industries
• 1980 Elects Presidents Alternatively
  from Academics and Industries

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Activities (19601965)

• 1960 Joined IFORS 2nd IFORS, France
• 1961 JUSE MIT OR Seminar by P. M. Morse, R. A.
  Howard J. M. Dobbid
• 1962 Mathematical Programming Symp. By JUSE
  (DP, LP, Queue, Simulation)
• To Be Continued for Many Years
• 1963 10th TIMS, Tokyo, 3rd IFORS, Oslo
• 1964 Tokyo Olympic, Shinkansen
• 1965 PERT/CPM Seminar for Civil Engineers
  

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Activities (19701975)

• 1967 7th President Toshio DOKO, JIS Z812
  (Terminology of OR)
• 1968 Special Interest GroupsScheduling,
  Electric Power Industry
• 1969 8th President Kouji KOBAYASHI,
• OR on OR
• 1970 Newsletter, Monthly Lectures
• 1972 ORSJ Becomes a Corporate Organization
• 1973 RAMP (Math. Programming Symposium)
• 1975 7th IFORS 22nd TIMS (Tokyo Kyoto)

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Domestic Activities (1)

• 2-Day National Conference
• Spring Tokyo or Its Vicinity
• Fall Hosted by One of 6 Regional Chapters
• 350 Participants, 150 Presentations
• Symposium
• On the Day Before National Conference
• 50100 Participants
• Examples of the Themes Game Theory and OR,
• OR and Financial Engineering, Queuing Theory
  and Internet, Multi-Agent Systems and OR

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Latest National Conference

• Sept. 8-9, 2004, at Tohoku University
• Session Titles(No. of Talks)
• Queue(6), Reliability(9), Game Theory(6),
  Nonlinear Programming(7), Scheduling(4), Integer
  Programming(3), Assessment(2), Combinatorial
  Optimization(23), Urban OR(17), Dynamic
  Programming(5), Marketing(19), Financial
  Engineering(22), AHP(13), Sports(4), DEA(5),
  Production Management(4), Miscellaneous(4)
  Case
  Studies(4) (Reports from Industries)

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Latest Symposium

• Sept. 7, 2004, at Tohoku University
• Theme Social Welfare
• Regional Networks to Support an Ageing Society
• The Nursing-Care Insurance System and an
  Algorithm to Assess the Level of Care Needed
• Computers, Social Welfare and Medical Treatment

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Periodicals (1)

• Communications of ORSJ, A Monthly Journal
• News State-of-the-Art Technologies and Theory of
  OR/MS Other Information Related to Research,
  Pedagogy and Other OR/MS Topics
• Examples of Special Topics Election OR, Recent
  Trends in Network Engineering Technologies,
  Applications of AHP, New Trends in Logistic
  Systems, Security Evaluation and Risk Management
  of Network Systems

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Periodicals (2)

• Journal of ORSJ, A Quarterly Journal of
  Original Research Papers
• Vol. 46 (2003) Consists of 542 Pages, and
  Contains 32 Papers, written in English as well as
  in Japanese
• From 2004, it will contain papers written in
  English only.

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Periodicals (3)

• Transactions of ORSJ
• A new journal which will contain original
  research papers written in Japanese
• Will be published irregularly

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Other Publications (1)

• Encyclopedia of OR (1975)
• Part 1 Methodology
• Part 2 Applications
• Part 3 Reference Materials
• (History, Formulas, Nomograms, Miscellaneous
  Data)

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Other Publications (2)

• Collection of Applications
• 1983----375 Cases
• 1991----396 Cases
• No. of Cases in Various Fields

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Other Publications (3)

• New Encyclopedia of OR (2000) (CD-ROM)
• (In Commemoration of 40th Anniversary, 1997)
• Part 1 Methodology (200 Items)
• Part 2 Applications (400 Cases)
• Part 3 Terminology (Also in Printing Form)
  (1600)
• Part 4 Miscellaneous Data (History, Activities
  of Regional Chapters, IFORS, APORS)

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Lectures

• A Plan of a Hyper-text City
• A Returns Policy for Distribution Channel
  Coordination of Perishable Items
• Some Open Question of Fair Division
• An Aspect of Safety in Systems Design

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Seminars

• Frontiers and Prospects of Supply Chain
  Management of Consumer Products in Japan
• Theory and Applications of DEA
• Towards Modeling of Brand Value

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Forum Top or Middle Manager of an Industry Gives
a Talk and the Participants Discuss with Him or
among Themselves

• On Competitions in Energy and OR
• Development of New Business and OR
• ----From Optimal to Preferred----

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Special Interest Groups

• 16 Groups
• Queuing Theory, Decision Theory, AHP, Algorithms,
  Mathematical Programming, OR/MS and Systems
  Management, Marketing, Game Theory, Foods and
  Environmental Problems, Global Infrastructure
• Report Their Activities at Semiannual National
  Conferences

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International Contributions (IFORS)

• 1960 Joined IFORS
• 1975 Hosted 7th IFORS Conference (Jointly with
  22nd TIMS Conference)
• 197476 Prof. T. Matsuda Served as the President
  
• 198385 Prof. M. Iri, Vice-President
• 199597 Prof. T. Hasegawa, Vice-President
• 1999 Support to IFORS 99 in Beijing

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International Contributions (APORS)

• 1985 Inauguration ORSC Hosted the 1st Council
  Meeting at Tsukuba Science City
• 1988 1st Conference, Seoul
• 1991 2nd Conference, Beijing
• 1994 3rd Conference, Fukuoka
• Secretaries K. Wakayama, S. Park,
• T. Ohyama

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Reform of University System in Japan and OR

• Until a Few Years Ago
• 99 National Universities
• 75 Public Universities
• 500 Private Universities and Colleges
• All the National Universities Have Been
  Administered Following the Same Rules Made by the
  Government
• Strict Restrictions on Joint Works between
  National Universities and Industries

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Reform of University System in Japan and OR

• Government Aims to Revitalize National
  Universities by Giving Them Management Autonomy
  and Independence Encourages Mergers of
  Universities
• April 2004
• 89 National Universities (Corporate
  Organizations)
• Given Large Extent of Autonomy (Deregulation of
  Budget and Personnel)

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Reform of University System in Japan and OR

• Influences on OR
• Collaborations between Industries and
  Universities are Encouraged ? Agrees with a
  Founding Policy of ORSJ
• Universities will Become More Competitive ? OR is
  Expected to be Utilized for University Management
  
• (Another Aspect Sharp Decrease of Birth Rate and
  Number of Teen-Agers ? Some Universities Cannot
  Meet Their Quota)

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Examples at Nanzan University (1) School Bus
Problem ?

• New Departments Started in 2000 at Seto Campus in
  the Suburbs of Nagoya, Far from the Subway System
  In Nagoya (40 Minutes Drive from the Nearest
  Station)
• Enrolls About 500 Students Each Year
• 2000---- 500 Students (10 Buses)
• 2001----1000 Students (20 Buses)
• 2002----1500 Students (30 Buses)
• 2003----2000 Students (40 Buses)

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Examples at Nanzan University (1) School Bus
Problem ?

• Junior and Senior High Schools, Junior College on
  the Same Campus
• Using 40 Buses
• Schools Start at 830
• Nanzan University
• Classes Start at 930
• Some of the 40 Buses Can Be Used for Carrying
  Students of Nanzan University, But Not Enough.
• Traffic Jam Problem

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Examples at Nanzan University (1) School Bus
Problem ?

• University Staff Planed to Buy Additional Buses
• 1 Bus Costs 1 Million Chinese Yen Salary for 1
  Driver
• Also, Must Replace Old Buses to Meet the New
  Anti-Pollution Act
• Severe Financial Problem
• Former Vice-President (Member of ORSJ) Proposed
  to Use OR to Solve the Problem

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Examples at Nanzan University (1) School Bus
Problem ?

• Solution (Idea)
• Decrease the Peak Load
• Avoids Rush Hours
• Solution (Concrete)
• Delay the Starting Time of Classes at Nanzan
  University
• 930?950
• Result Needs No New Buses

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Examples at Nanzan University (2) Scheduling
Problem ?

• Entrance Exams. 6 Days in February
• Assign Faculty Members to Proctors
• Restrictions
• Each Member Serves 5 Times
• At Most 3 Times / Day
• At Most 2 Consecutive Hours
• At Least 2 Proctors / Room (Chief Sub)

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Examples at Nanzan University (2) Scheduling
Problem ?

• Restrictions (continued)
• Foreign Faculty Members Cannot be A Chief
  (Language Problem) (60)
• Must Avoid Some Combinations of Members in the
  Same Room (Problem of Personal Relations)
• Newcomer Cannot be a Chief

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Examples at Nanzan University (2) Scheduling
Problem ?

• A Staff Used to Spend Several Days to Solve the
  Assignment Problem
• Solution by OR
• Formulated as a Multi-stage Assignment Problem
• Gets a Solution in a Few Minutes by PC Once the
  Data is Ready

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Examples at Nanzan University (3) Future

• These Successful Cases Have Made the Executives
  Trust OR
• Plan to Organize an OR Group to Find Solve
  Various Administrative Problems at Nanzan
  University

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Future of ORSJ

• Forecast is a Most Difficult Problem of OR
• Hope Increase of Regular and Corporate
  Memberships
• Hope Both ORSC and ORSJ Will Develop by Closer
  Collaboration

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• Hope You Can Come to Nanzan University and EXPO
  2005
• Thank You Very Much for Your Attention!