The ASOR Prize

The Australian Society for Operations Research has agreed to provide to the University an annual prize in Operations Research. The following are the rules for this prize:

1. There shall be a prize known as the "ASOR Prize".
2. The value of the prize shall be $200, or such amount as shall from time to time be determined.
3. The prize shall be awarded annually by the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences.
4. To be eligible for the ASOR Prize, a student must have completed, in the year of the prize, at least two of the following Level III Applied Mathematics courses in the field of Operations Research: APP MTH 3001 Applied Probability III, APP MTH 3014 Optimisation III, APP MTH 3005 Mathematical Programming III, APP MTH 3016 Telecommunications Systems Modelling III.
5. The prize shall be awarded to the student, who, of those eligible, achieved the greatest distinction in the work and examinations of the relevant Level III Applied Mathematics courses taken.
6. No award shall be made if, in the opinion of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, there is no candidate of sufficient merit.
7. The prize may be shared if, in the opinion of the Faculty there are two or more candidates equally deserving of the prize.
8. The award will not be offered more than once to the same person.
9. These rules may be varied by the Faculty from time to time, but the title and general purpose of the prize shall not be changed.