MANUSCRIPT DATA AND CRITERIA FOR THE DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL.

Manuscript data and criteria for the October 1971 issue of the "Decision Sciences" are presented. Members of the editorial board are listed together with their affiliations. A table of content is also given. The editorial policy and objectives of "Decision Sciences," the official journal of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS), are discussed. AIDS is an organization committed to promoting the development and application of quantitative methodology to functional and behavioral problems or administration by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, experience and information among those who teach in collegiate schools of business and among those who have a special interest in the development and use of quantitative methodologies. The message of the last article of Albert J. Simone as periodical editor is discussed. Simone formally turn over the editorship responsibility to Professor William S. Peters.