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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Happy new year! James Howard and I are excited to share that CRC Press has greenlit a second
edition of <i class="ContentPasted0 FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted1" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research!
</i><span class="ContentPasted0 FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted1" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The first edition was released in 2020, and we anticipate a 2024 release date for the second
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book is organized into four sections: Approaches, Soft Skills and Client Relations, Applications, and Perspectives. </span></span></div>
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to ToC for first edition: <a href="https://www.drnataliescala.com/mdor-toc">https://www.drnataliescala.com/mdor-toc</a></span></span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="ContentPasted0 FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted1" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>We
are seeking up to 4 new chapters for this edition.</b> Chapters should i</span></span><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">llustrate the application of operations research and analytics
techniques within the military, national defense, and homeland security sectors. We envision this book aiding educators who teach military and defense applications, especially at service academies, as well as practitioners transitioning into military and defense
analyst roles. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> D</o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">iscussions of how client projects or research can be applied
or implemented are also of value to this audience. Even a discussion on soft skills and scoping the defense problem space can be of value.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0"><b>Our deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2023. </b> I hope you consider submitting a proposal, using this link: </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMDORAbstracts&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHWVlVUwFOVIlvlGsghNRP192wVOA" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://bit.ly/MDORAbstracts</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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