Applications of Methods of Operations Research and Modern Economic Theory

It is rather a pity that we received only three papers especially devoted to subject 2, "applications of methods of operations research and modern economic theory". Maybe the time for real applications of operations research techniques in the insurance field has still to come. However, I am convinhed that sooner or later such techn i q u e s i n connection with the use of the computor--wil l play a more or less important part in the management of insurance business. An impulse to this of course will be the appearance of le t me say " t ex tbooks" on this subject; such as the book written by Wolff, Methoden der Unternehmensforschung im Versicherungswesen, Sl)ringerverlag 1966, a copy of which I received a few days ago. Meanwhile, the fact that only a few papers have been sent in gives me the opportuni ty to report on them in some detail and to make a few side remarks.