EDITORIAL

       The Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly (CAMQ) has been established to disseminate scientific knowledge relating to the mathematical sciences and to nurture the inherent cross-influences that this breadth engenders. We feel most strongly that Applied Mathematics is a legitimate, self-supporting discipline of scientific activity, side by side with pure mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.

      Despite the word "Canadian" in the title of CAMQ, our aim is to establish a truly international journal of exacting standards. To this end our international Board of Associate Editors have been instructed to employ at least two referees in arriving at their editorial decisions. CAMQ, in keeping with its mandate, will consider for publication original research articles relating principally, but not exclusively, to the mathematics of the physical, medical, biological, and engineering sciences. All articles submitted should attempt to establish a strong connection between the mathematics and its applications. Papers which develop new mathematical models based upon scientific principles and/or the analysis of data are particularly encouraged.