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How Operations Research makes a Difference

Dr John Holt

Director, OPCOM Pty.Ltd.



Dr John Holt, Director, OPCOM Pty.Ltd.
Level 3, 54 Jephson St
PO Box 149, Toowong, Qld 4066
Tel: +61 7 3371 1311    Fax: +61 7 3371 1257

jnh@opcom.com.au



Biographical note: John was educated at The University of Queensland, obtaining a PhD in 1973. He is a founding director of OPCOM Pty.Ltd., a company which specialises in Operations Research and technical computing. As well, he holds a fractional appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Queensland. John has been closely involved with all aspects of OPCOM's projects, relating to applications of optimisation techniques to industrial resource allocation and scheduling. He has published widely in the area of practical applications of Operations Research, supervised graduate students in this area, and has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences on industrial research and mathematics.

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Inquiries to Professor Ian Sloan, ph 61 2 9385 3357.




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1/26/1997