In this workshop three themes were central: On-line algorithms,
computational
methods for stochastic models, and job-shop scheduling and
manufacturing
systems. The foreign speakers were J. Abate (AT&T Bell Labs,
Warren),
G.L. Choudhury (AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel), M.F. Neuts (University of
Arizona, Tuczon) and G. Turàn (University of Illinois, Chicago).
As Dutch speakers acted J.P.C. Blanc (KUB), W. Kern, J.H.A. de Smit,
S.L.
van de Velde and W.H.M. Zijm (all from the University of Twente).