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\section*{OR2003 Proceedings: Instructions for Authors}


\section{General comments}

The proceedings of OR2003 will be produced by Springer from camera-ready
manuscripts. The preparation of manuscripts which are to be reproduced by 
photo-offset requires special care. We therefore kindly ask you to read
very carefully the instructions given below as well as the documentation
which comes along with the Springer style files you are asked to use.
Contributions submitted in a technically unsuitable form or which do not
obey the formatting instructions, will be returned for retyping, or canceled
if the proceedings volume cannot otherwise be finished on time.
Moreover, note that no changes can be made to the manuscripts after
they have been sent to the publisher. You will not receive galley
proofs. This means that particular care should be invested to
proof-read your manuscript. Please do not forget to apply a spell-checker
to your manuscript before sending it away.

Those among you who have submitted contributions to OR proceedings prior to
2001, are asked to take into account that the instructions have changed
considerably. It is not any longer acceptable to prepare your manuscript
with your favourite program and only take care of the sizes of the typing
area and the margins. Please make sure to follow the guidelines given below.


\section{Format of submissions}

Authors may choose between two alternative procedures to prepare
their manuscript, the first of which makes use of LaTeX and the
second of Microsoft Word. We recommend you to use LaTeX 
whenever possible. This will save yourself and the
editors a lot of work. If you choose to use LaTeX, please read
the instructions for LaTeX contributions. Those using Word
are asked to study the instructions for contributions in Word.
(You will notice that the manual for Word users is
considerably longer than than the manual for LaTeX users, another
reason for using LaTeX if possible.)

Please note that manuscripts which are prepared with any system
other than LaTeX or Word will be sent back to the authors
for retyping/reformating. The same happens to contributions
in LaTeX or Word which have not been prepared with the
style files/templates provided by Springer.


\subsection{Instructions for users of LaTeX2e}

Please use the Springer LaTeX2e package for authors/contributors
to multi-author books and proceedings. Note that this package
works for both English and German contributions. The
documentation is available only in English. We suggest that you 
proceed as follows:

\begin{enumerate}
\item Download the package in one of the two ways
indicated below (either from the conference web site, or
directly from the Springer web site).

After downloading you should have the following files
\begin{quote}
{\tt cl2emult.cls\\
cropmark.sty\\                                          
math.sty\\                                             
sprmindx.sty \\
subeqnar.sty \\
author.tex\\
author.dvi\\
author.ps} (called {\tt 2demo.ps} at the Springer web site)\\
{\tt figure.eps \\
1readme.pdf\\
1readme-econ.pdf} (only available at the conference web site)
\end{quote}

The first five files are the style files needed to
prepare your manuscript. The next four files are sample
files where {\tt author.tex} is showing how the style files 
are to applied. The files {\tt author.dvi} and {\tt author.ps} are 
the corresponding Dvi and PostScript files which result 
from processing the LaTeX file {\tt author.tex}. 
The file {\tt figure.eps} contains a sample figure file.

The two readme files contain the documentation of the
package. The second readme file (file {\tt 1readme-econ.pdf}) 
is a shorter readme file
specifically designed by Springer for Economics publications
(such as the OR proceedings).

\item Read the documentation (files {\tt 1readme.pdf} and/or 
{\tt 1readme-econ.pdf}). There all the files included in the
package are explained. Moreover, you will find there
instructions on how to use the style files as well
as a sample file.

\item Go ahead with preparing your manuscript.
It is recommendable to start from the sample file
author.tex and adapt this file to your purposes. Please
do not change the page layout and other settings.
Restrict your own definitions to a strict minimum
and do not use separate macro files. Your contribution
has to consist of a single LaTeX file, possibly
accompanied by separate figure files (in eps
format). Make sure that the quality of the figures
is good enough for photo-offset reproduction.

If you experience problems with the style files, 
start with consulting the readme files and the sample
file. If this does not help, ask your local LaTeX expert
for help. If this fails too, feel free to contact
the support staff of Springer (recommended for technical
questions) or the editors.
\end{enumerate}
    
\subsubsection{Download method 1 (via the conference web site)}

The package for LaTeX2e users is available in compressed
form in two files formats, as Winzip archive (recommended
for Windows users) and as Unix tar file compressed with gzip.
To download one of these archives (recommended method) or all 
files of the package separately direct your browser to\\

\noindent
{\small
{\tt http://or2003.awi.uni-heidelberg.de/registration/proceedings/fr\_latexpack.html}
}

\subsubsection{Download method 2 (via the Springer web site)}

To download the package for users of LaTeX2e directly from the Springer web 
site direct your browser to the address

{\tt ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/math/proc/author/}
\smallskip

\noindent
Either download all files separately, or if you wish to 
download all files at once, download the archive {\tt math-proc.zip}
(Winzip format) from

{\tt ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/math/proc/author/math-proc.zip}
\smallskip

Note that the Springer web site contains only the longer
version of the readme file (file {\tt 1readme.pdf}). If you wish to 
obtain also the shorter one, specifically designed for
Economics publications, download the file {\tt 1readme-econ.pdf} 
from the conference web page (see the description above).


\subsection{Instructions for users of Word}

Please use the Springer Word templates for authors/contributors
to multi-author books and proceedings. These templates are
available in two versions, for English and for German 
contributions. The template is guaranteed to work for 
Winword 7 (Win 95), Word 97, Word 2000 and Word for Macintosh. 
We suggest that you proceed as follows.

\begin{enumerate}
\item Download the support package for Word in one of the two ways
indicated below (either from the conference web site, or
directly from the Springer web site).
\begin{itemize} 
\item English version: After downloading the English version you should have 
the following files
\begin{quote}
{\tt 
svcrproc-e.dot\\         
readme-crproc-e.pdf\\   
crau-engl-instruct.pdf}
\end{quote}
The first file is the Word template file needed to prepare your 
contribution. The second file contains a short explanation on how 
to install and use the template. A much more detailed documentation 
is contained in the third file.

\item  German version: If you have downloaded the German version you should have 
the following files
\begin{quote}
{\tt
svcrproc.dot\\
readme-crproc.pdf\\
install-svcrproc.doc\\
crau-deutsch-anleit.pdf}
\end{quote}
The first file is the Word template file needed to prepare your 
contribution. The second and third files contain a short explanation 
on how to install and use the template. A much more detailed 
documentation is contained in the fourth file. 
\end{itemize}

\item Read the documentation very carefully. 
Start with the files describing the installation
of the template. Then install the template.
Do not forget to adjust the margins with the
command change margins as described in the
documentation.

Before starting to type your manuscript,
please study also the guide for preparing
Springer Word documents available as file 
crau-engl-instruct.pdf (English version)
or crau-deutsch-anleit.pdf (German version).
Please note that the template and the documentation
do not have been set up specifically for the
OR proceedings series, but for general multi-authored 
books and proceedings in mathematics and economics.
Some comments and explanations in the documentation 
do not apply to the case of the OR proceedings - 
it should not be difficult to identify those (they
usually refer to multi-authored books). 
If you are in doubt, feel free to contact the editors.

If you do not read the guidelines, you can almost
be sure that your contribution will not fulfill
the rules and will have to be sent back to you.
If you do not like to study a long documentation,
you might consider using LaTeX as an alternative
(or possibly, ask another person to type your
manuscript with the help of LaTeX).


\item Go ahead with preparing your manuscript.

Please do not change the page layout and other settings.
All instructions given in the documentation have to
be obeyed. Your contribution has to consist of a 
single file; figures should be integrated into
your file. All figures must be available electronically.
Make sure that the quality of the figures
is good enough for photo-offset reproduction.

If you experience problems with using the template, 
start with consulting the documentation files.
If this does not help, ask your local Word expert
for help. If this fails too, feel free to contact
the support staff of Springer (recommended for technical
questions) or the editors.
\end{enumerate}

    
\subsubsection{Download method 1 (via the conference web site)}

The package for Word users is available in compressed form (Winzip archive) 
in two language versions (German and English).

To download one of these archives (recommended method) or all 
files of the package separately direct your browser to\\

\noindent
{\small
{\tt
http://or2003.awi.uni-heidelberg.de/registration/proceedings/fr\_wordpack.html}
}

\subsubsection{Download method 2 (via the Springer web site)}

\begin{itemize}
\item The English version of the package is available 
from the Springer web site at the address

{\tt http://www.springer.de/economics/authors/index.html}
\smallskip

Download the files

{\tt http://www.springer.de/author/crau-engl-instruct.pdf}

and

{\tt http://www.springer.de/author/sv-crproc-e.zip} (archive containing 2 files)

\item The German version of the package is available 
from the Springer web site at the address

{\tt http://www.springer.de/economics-de/authors/index.html}
\smallskip

Download the files

{\tt http://www.springer.de/author-de/crau-deutsch-anleit.pdf}

and

{\tt http://www.springer.de/author-de/sv-crproc.zip} (archive containing 3 files)
\end{itemize}

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