Journal of Applied Probability

Advances in Applied Probability

Papers published in Journal of Applied Probability are of two kinds:

(i) research papers not exceeding 20 printed pages;

(ii) short communications of a few printed pages in the nature of notes or brief accounts of work in progress.

Letters relating specifically to articles which have appeared in JAP will also be published there.

Papers published in Advances in Applied Probability are of six kinds:

(i) review papers;

(ii) longer research papers in applied probability, which may include expository material;

(iii) expository papers on branches of mathematics of interest to probabilists;

(iv) papers outlining areas in the biological, physical, social and technological sciences in which probability models can usefully be developed;

(v) papers in applied probability presented at conferences which do not publish their proceedings;

(vi) letters to the Editor on any appropriate topic in applied probability.

In addition, contributions relating to stochastic geometry and statistical applications will appear in the SGSA section.

It is the policy not to accept for publication papers which cannot appear in print within 15 months of the date of receipt of the final version. In order to meet this deadline, an accepted paper may be published in either journal, according to the space available.

Fifty offprints of each paper will be provided free, with additional offprints available at cost.

Papers submitted to the Applied Probability journals are considered on the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another publication. Accepted papers will not be published elsewhere without the written permission of the Trust. Papers should be written in English or French; papers in other languages may be accepted, but will appear (subject to the author's agreement) in English or French translation.

Papers should include:

(i) a short abstract of 4-10 lines giving a non-mathematical description of the subject matter and results;

(ii) a list of keywords detailing the contents;

(iii) a list of classifications using the 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification scheme.

Letters to the Editor need not include these.

To assist authors in writing papers in the Applied Probability style, they may use the LaTeX class file aptpub.cls, along with the template file template.tex and the APT bibliography style file, apt.bst. We also recommend that authors consult the guide Submitting a paper in electronic form to the Applied Probability journals. These files are also available as a zipped archive. Use of the Applied Probability class file is not a condition of submission, but will considerably increase the speed at which papers are processed.

Papers may be submitted as hard copy or as electronic files (with hard copy back-up). All submissions will be acknowledged on receipt and must be accompanied by a covering letter stating the author's postal address and affiliation.

Hard copy: Send all submissions to the Applied Probability office in Sheffield, and not to individual editors. Two copies of the paper, at least one of which should be double spaced, should be sent to:

Executive Editor

Applied Probability

School of Mathematics and Statistics

The University of Sheffield

Sheffield S3 7RH

United Kingdom

Electronic submission: Please email a double-spaced PostScript™ (.ps) or portable document format (.pdf) file, not exceeding 1 Mb. The files must be clearly identified by name in a separate covering message. The address for email submissions is

l.nash at sheffield.ac.uk

The subject line must contain the word “Submission”. Authors should also submit one hard copy to the Executive Editor, as above.