MORe: Bob Johnston's Publications

Refereed Papers

1. 1970 Johnston, R.E. and Kirk, L.A. Sub-optimum grade change procedures in "Paper-making Systems and their Control", British Paper and Board Manufacturers Association, London.
2. 1970 Johnston, R.E. and Kirk, L.A. Basis weight controllers Pulp and Paper Mag Can T269.
3. 1970 Johnston, R.E. Non-interacting control of pressurised flowboxes in "Paper-making Systems and their Control", British Paper and Board Manufacturers Association, London.
4. 1971 Johnston, R.E. and Bourke, S.B. The development and introduction of computer programs for reels deckle filling Appita J, Vol. 26, p. 444.
5. 1974 Johnston, R.E. Quantitative attempts in environmental quality control Appita J, Vol. 29, p. 181.
6. 1977 Johnston, R.E. Environmental Study Methods in "Australian Environmental Studies - Order for Disorder" Eds. N. Holmes and S. Clark.
7. 1981 Johnston, R.E. Operations Research in the Paper Industry Int. Jnl. of Mgmt. Sc. Vol. 9, 43.
8. 1982 Johnston, R.E. A direct combinatorial algorithm for cutting stock problems in "The Applications of Mathematics to Industry", Eds Anderssen and de Hoog, Nijhoff, The Hague.
9. 1984 Johnston, R.E. Cutting patterns and cutting schedules ASOR Bull Vol 4, 1, 3.
10. 1985 Johnston, R.E. Developing factory-wide control strategies Japan Paper Journal Vol 28, 1 (in Japanese).
11. 1986 Johnston, R.E. and Licata, R. A scheduling procedure to minimise wastages in cable manufacturing processes Ricerca Operativa Vol. 40, 87.
12. 1986 Johnston, R.E. Rounding algorithms for cutting stock problems Asia-Pacific Journal of OR Vol. 3, 166.
13. 1990 Johnston, R.E. Reducing Cardinality in Linear Programmed Cutting Stock Problems Asia-Pacific Journal of Or, Vol. 7, 1.
14. 1992 Johnston, R.E. Dimensional efficiency in cable manufacturing Mathl. Computer Modelling, Vol. 16, 1.
15. 1993 Johnston, R.E. and Young, J. Scheduling Pipeline Transfers in the Petroleum Industry, Chemeca '93, Vol 2, 447-452.
16. 1993 Johnston, R.E. Some observations on the N-nested one-Dimensional Cutting Stock Problem, Asia Pac Jnl of OR, Vol 10, 1, p. 1-14.
17. 1994 Filmer, P.J., Johnston, R.E. and Marcondes, J.A. Simulation of High-speed Packaging Lines, Pack. Tech. and Sc., Vol 7, p. 123-130.
18. 1994 Brennan, D.J. and Johnston, R.E. Industrial Ecology - A challenge for Chemical Engineers, Chemeca '94 (Perth).
19. 1995 Johnston, R.E. and Khan, L.R. Bounds for Nested Knapsack Problems, Eur Jnl OR, 81(1), p. 154-165.
20. 1995 Johnston, R.E. and Khan, L.R. A note on dominance in unbounded knapsack problems, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 12, 145-160.
21. 1996 Johnston, R.E., Grennan, B., Maylon, R. and Krishnamoorthy, M. Store Capacity Optimisation, Proceedings of 1996 Mathematics in Industry Conference.
22. 1997 Johnston, R.E., Ting, T.H.D. and Chiu, W.K. Network changes in paper under compression in the z-direction: the effect of loading rate and fibre wall thickness, Appita Journal, 50, 3, 223-229.
23. 1997 Johnston, R.E. Tutorial - A note on mass balance, Appita Journal, 50, 3, 24-250.
24. 1997 Johnston, R.E., Further developments of the Shallhorn and Karnis model, Appita Journal, 50, 5, 400-404.
25. 1997 Johnston, R.E., Li, M. and Waschl, R, Eucalypt fibre size fractions: modelling and measuring their effect on sheet properties, Appita Journal, Vol 50, 4, 307-312.
26. 1997 Johnston, R.E. A Critique of Life Cycle Analysis : Paper products, in The Industrial green Game, Ed. Richards, D.J. (National Academy Press, Washington, p. 225-233.
27. 1998 Chiu, W.K., Johnston, R.E. and Ting, T.H.D. Confocal laser scanning microscope imaging of network changes in unbeaten handsheets under in-plane tensile elongation, Appita Journal, Vol. 51, 4, 281-286.
28. 1999 Ferguson, I.S. and Johnston, R.E. Fibre supply models for the Australian and New Zealand paper industry, Appita Journal, Vol 52, 3, 185-191.
29. 1999 Li, M., Johnston, R.E., Xu., L., Filonenko, Y. and Parker, I.H. Characterisation of Hydrocyclone Separated Eucalypt Fractions, Jnl Pulp and Paper Science, Vol. 25 (8), 299-304, August.
30. 1999 Wu, Z., Batchelor, W. J. and Johnston, R.E. Development of an impedance method to measure the moisture content of a wet paper web, Appita Journal, Vol. 52, No. 6, pp 425-428.
31. 2000 Johnston, R.E. and Khan, L.R., Algorithms for order cutting in the paper industry, ASOR BULLETIN, Volume 19, Number 3, September, pp. 2-10.
32. 2001 Johnston, R.E. Recycling, importing and exporting: impacts on greenhouse gas accounting, Appita Journal, Vol 54, No2, pp92-97
33. 2002 Mitchell, C., Parker, I.H. and Johnston, R.E., Development of the Moving Belt Sheet Former/Drainage Tester, Japanese Jnl. Paper Tech. 45(5)25-30. (In Japanese)
34. 2002 Johnston, R.E. and Sadinlija, E. A practical computerised approach to minimising winder slab loss, Appita Journal Vol 55(1)65-69
35. 2002 Batchelor, W.J., Wu, Z. and Johnston, R.E. Measurement of z-direction moisture transport and shrinkage in the drying of paper, (Accepted for Publication) Appita Journal.
36. 2002 He, J., Batchelor, W.J., Markowski, R. and Johnston, R.E. A new approach for quantitative analysis of paper structure at fibre level (Accepted for publication) Appita Journal
37. 2002 Mitchell, C. and Johnston, R.E. Modelling Water Removal from Wet Fibre Mats , Appita Journal (Accepted for publication)
38. 2003 He, J., Batchelor, W.J., Markowski, R. and Johnston, R.E. A new approach for quantitative analysis of paper structure at fibre level Appita Journal Vol. 56(5)366-370
39. 2003 Mitchell, C. and Johnston, R.E. Modelling Water Removal from Wet Fibre Mats , Appita Journal Vol. 56(6)433-437
40. 2003 Johnston, R.E. and Sadinlija, E. A new model for complete solutions to one-dimensional cutting stock problems Eur Jnl OR Vol 153/1,176-183
41. 2003 He, J., Batchelor, W.J. and Johnston, R.E., The Behaviour of Fibres in Wet Pressing Tappi J. 2(12)27-31
42. 2004 Batchelor, W.J., Wu, Z. and Johnston, R.E. Measurement of z-direction moisture transport and shrinkage in the drying of paper, Appita Journal Vol. 57(2) 107-111, 127

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS, OTHER ARTICLES (Last 5 years only)

1. 1998 Khan, L.R. and Johnston, R.E. The k Best Solutions for the Unbounded Knapsack Problem, EURO 16 Conference, Brussels, July 12-15.
2. 1998 Launonen, U. and Johnston, R.E. Process Dynamics in Steam Heated Dryers, 52nd Appita Annual General Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, p. 383-388.
3. 1998 Ting, T.H.D., Johnston, R.E. and Chiu, W.K. Compression of paper in the z-direction - the effects of fibre morphology, wet pressing and refining, 52nd Appita Annual General Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, p.527-534.
4. 1998 Ferguson, I.S. and Johnston, R.E. Fibre Supply Models for the Australian and New Zealand paper Industry, 52nd Appita Annual General Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1, p.131-140.
5. 1999 Wu, Z., Batchelor, W.J. and Johnston, R.E. Development of an online impedance method to measure the moisture content of a sheet of paper, Proc 53rd Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua, May) p. 837-840.
6. 1999 Johnston, R.E. Computerised winder and cutter scheduling, 53rd Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua, May), p. 633-639, Vol. 2.
7. 1999 Mitchell, C. and Johnston, R.E. Pulsating Suction during vacuum dewatering and its effect on the rate and extent of water removal. 54th Appita Annual Conference (Melbourne, April) p 443-448, Vol 2
8. 2000 Johnston, R.E. Recycling, importing and exporting: impacts on greenhouse gas accounting 54th Appita Annual Conference (Melbourne, April) p 319-326, Vol 1
9. 2000 Nguyen, K. L.; Johnston, R.E.. Simplification of kraft pulping for mill closure. Kami Parupu Gijutsu Kyokai, Nenji Taikai Koen Yoshishu (
10. 2000), (Int. Session), 93-99.
11. 2001 Mitchell, C. and Johnston, R.E. Modelling Water Removal from Wet Fibre Mats Proc. 55th Appita Annual Conference (Hobart) pp101-106
12. 2001 Johnston, R.E. and Sadinlija, E. A Practical Computerised Approach to Minimising (Winder) Slab Loss Proc. 55th Appita Annual Conference (Hobart) pp365-371
13. 2001 Johnston, R.E., Paper: The Smart Surface, Keynote Address to Conf. on New Possibilities for Paper (Sunshine Coast)
14. 2002 Mitchell, C., Parker, I.H. and Johnston, R.E. Development of the Moving Belt Sheet Former/Drainage Tester, Proc. 56th Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua) pp287-292
15. 2002 He. J, Batchelor, W., Markovski, R. and Johnston, R.E. A new approach for quantitative analysis of paper structure at fibre level, 56th Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua) pp81-88
16. 2002 Batchelor, W., Wu, Z. and Johnston, R.E. Measurement of z-direction moisture transport and shrinkage in the drying of paper, 56th Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua) pp111-118
17. 2002 Johnston, R.E. and Sadinlija, E.A compact integer programming formulation for the cutting stock problem, 56th Appita Annual Conference (Rotorua) pp403-408
18. 2003 He, J., Batchelor, W., Johnston, R.E. A microscopic study of fibre-fibre contacts in paper, 57th Appita Annual Conference (Melbourne) pp323-330
19. 2003 Lee, P.F. and Johnston, R.E. Paper product innovation: better widgits or new widgits? 57th Appita Annual Conference (Melbourne) p239
20. 2003 Johnston, R.E. and Sadinlija, E., Sequencing in the one-dimensional cutting stock problem for mill-wide control systems, Chemeca, Adelaide
21. 2004 Johnston, R.E., An MIP for minimising patterns in (McDiarmid's) two-across cutting stock problems, ESICUP Mtg, Wittenberg, March
22. 2004 Johnston, R.E., O-paper or E-paper? - the future of lignocellulosics in paper products, USM-Jircas Conference on Lignocellulosics for the Tropics, Penang, March