Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 55

Volume 55, Number 1, January 2004

Editorial

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  Terry Williams, John Wilson:
  Editorial. 1

General Papers

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  George Ioannou, Manolis N. Kritikos:
  A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows. 2-11
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  C. Wendy Olphert, John M. Wilson:
  Validation of decision-aiding spreadsheets: the influence of contingency factors. 12-22
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  Benjamin B. M. Shao, Wesley S. Shu:
  Productivity breakdown of the information and computing technology industries across countries. 23-33

Case-Oriented Papers

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  Sally C. Brailsford, Valerie A. Lattimer, P. Tarnaras, J. C. Turnbull:
  Emergency and on-demand health care: modelling a large complex system. 34-42
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  Gülay Barbarosoglu, Yasemin Arda:
  A two-stage stochastic programming framework for transportation planning in disaster response. 43-53

Theoretical Papers

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  John E. Beasley, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Yazid M. Sharaiha, David Abramson:
  Displacement problem and dynamically scheduling aircraft landings. 54-64
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  Xiaoqiang Cai, Kok Lay Teo, Xiaoqi Yang, Xun Yu Zhou:
  Minimax portfolio optimization: empirical numerical study. 65-72
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  Ignacio Castillo, Thaddeus Sim:
  A spring-embedding approach for the facility layout problem. 73-81
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  Celik Parkan:
  Gauging and comparing the performances of dissimilar entities. 82-89

Viewpoints

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  Richard Ormerod:
  The practice of UK OR practitioners. 90-93
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  Ian Munro, John Mingers:
  Response to Richard Ormerod. 90-93

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 94-99

Volume 55, Number 2, February 2004

Editorial

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  Khairy Kobbacy, Sunil Vadera:
  Editorial. 101-102

Part Special Issues

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  T. Perris, A. W. Labib:
  An intelligent system for prioritisation of organ transplant patient waiting lists using fuzzy logic. 103-115
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  Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa, C. M. C. Vieira:
  Optimal scheduling of batch industrial facilities. 116-122
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  Massoud Bazargan-Lari:
  Flexible versus fixed timetabling: a case study. 123-131
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  D. J. Stewardson, Robert Ian Whitfield:
  A demonstration of the utility of fractional experimental design for finding optimal genetic algorithm parameter settings. 132-138
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  Khairy A. H. Kobbacy:
  On the evolution of an intelligent maintenance optimization system. 139-146

Theoretical Papers

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  Bacel Maddah, Mohamad Y. Jaber, N. E. Abboud:
  Periodic review (s, S) inventory model with permissible delay in payments. 147-159
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  Paul Corry, Erhan Kozan:
  Job scheduling with technical constraints. 160-169
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  Victor V. Podinovski:
  Local and global returns to scale in performance measurement. 170-178
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  Jacques Renaud, Fayez F. Boctor, Gilbert Laporte:
  Efficient heuristics for Median Cycle Problems. 179-186
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  Edward Yu-Hsien Lin, Chung-Min Wu:
  The multiple-choice multi-period knapsack problem. 187-197
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  T. C. E. Cheng, Liying Kang, C. T. Ng:
  Due-date assignment and single machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs. 198-203

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 204-210

Volume 55, Number 3, March 2004

Case-Oriented Papers

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  E. J. Levin, Y. Ma, R. E. Wright:
  Profit maximization in a multi-product firm with impatient customers. 211-218
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  S. C. Lenny Koh:
  MRP-controlled batch-manufacturing environment under uncertainty. 219-232
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  Murat Caner Testik, Jeffery K. Cochran, George C. Runger:
  Adaptive server staffing in the presence of time-varying arrivals: a feed-forward control approach. 233-239

Theoretical Papers

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  C.-S. Shi, Chao-Ton Su:
  Integrated inventory model of returns-quantity discounts contract. 240-246
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  Andy An-Kai Jeng, Bertrand M. T. Lin:
  Makespan minimization in single-machine scheduling with step-deterioration of processing times. 247-256
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  Aleksander Bachman, Adam Janiak:
  Scheduling jobs with position-dependent processing times. 257-264
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  Victor V. Podinovski:
  Bridging the gap between the constant and variable returns-to-scale models: selective proportionality in data envelopment analysis. 265-276
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  Yuri N. Sotskov, Ali Allahverdi, Tsung-Chyan Lai:
  Flowshop scheduling problem to minimize total completion time with random and bounded processing times. 277-286
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  Dong-Ho Lee, Paul C. Xirouchakis:
  A two-stage heuristic for disassembly scheduling with assembly product structure. 287-297
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  Gautam Appa, Dimitrios Magos, Ioannis Mourtos:
  A Branch & Cut algorithm for a four-index assignment problem. 298-307

Technical Notes

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  J. M. Norman:
  Running uphill: energy needs and Naismith's Rule. 308-311
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  S. B. Sinha, Surabhi Sinha:
  A linear programming approach for linear multi-level programming problems. 312-316

Volume 55, Number 4, April 2004

Foreword

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  Rupert Smith:
  Foreword. 317

Editorial

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  James Moffat, Roger Forder:
  Editorial. 318

Review Paper

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  R. A. Forder:
  Operational research in the UK Ministry of Defence: an overview. 319-332

Case-Oriented Papers

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  B. Taylor, A. Lane:
  Development of a novel family of military campaign simulation models. 333-339
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  James Moffat, I. Campbell, Paul Glover:
  Validation of the mission-based approach to representing command and control in simulation models of conflict. 340-349
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  R. K. Huber, B. Schmidt:
  Limits of German defence reform: results of parametric analyses for the commission 'Common Security and Future of the Bundeswehr'. 350-360
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  Timothy John Sullivan, W. L. Perry:
  Identifying indicators of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons development activity in sub-national terrorist groups. 361-374
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  N. J. Lambert:
  Analysis and Evaluation of the Command and Control Concept of the NATO Immediate Reaction Task Force (Land). 375-389
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  G. L. Mathieson:
  Benefits analysis - a robust assessment approach. 390-402
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  N. S. Walmsley, P. Hearn:
  Balance of investment in armoured combat support vehicles: an application of mixed integer programming. 403-412
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  John F. M. Brennan, A. L. Denton:
  COMPASS - the verification and validation of an operational analysis model for use in the prediction of Nimrod MRA4 operational effectiveness. 413-421
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  Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Robert S. Tripp, L. A. Galway:
  Integrated logistics planning for the air and space expeditionary force. 422-430
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  A. H. C. Eaves, Brian G. Kingsman:
  Forecasting for the ordering and stock-holding of spare parts. 431-437

Volume 55, Number 5, May 2004

Editorial

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  Terry Williams, John Wilson:
  Editorial. 439

Case-oriented Papers

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  Miles G. Nicholls, Barbara J. Cargill, Krishna S. Dhir:
  Using OR for diagnosis and facilitation in change programmes: a university application. 440-452
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  Duncan Shaw, Mark Westcombe, Julie Hodgkin, Gilberto Montibeller:
  Problem structuring methods for large group interventions. 453-463
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  Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Jean-Marc Martel, A. Mselmi:
  IMGD: an interactive method for multiobjective group decision aid. 464-474

Theoretical Papers

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  Ruud H. Teunter, Erwin A. van der Laan, Dimitrios Vlachos:
  Inventory strategies for systems with fast remanufacturing. 475-484
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  S. Wang, Bhaba R. Sarker:
  A single-stage supply chain system controlled by kanban under just-in-time philosophy. 485-494
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  Jinn-Tsair Teng, Hui-Ling Yang:
  Deterministic economic order quantity models with partial backlogging when demand and cost are fluctuating with time. 495-503
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  Funda Sivrikaya-Serifoglu, Gündüz Ulusoy:
  Multiprocessor task scheduling in multistage hybrid flow-shops: a genetic algorithm approach. 504-512
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  Martine Labbé, Inmaculada Rodríguez Martín, Juan José Salazar González:
  A branch-and-cut algorithm for the plant-cycle location problem. 513-520
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  Carlos Serrano-Cinca, Cecilio Mar-Molinero:
  Selecting DEA specifications and ranking units via PCA. 521-528

Practice Notes

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  Paul R. Harper, Jan Yates, Hilary Wilderspin, Arjan K. Shahani, Cameron Bowie, Celia Duff:
  Population needs assessment and access modelling for cardiac services. 529-534
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  Miguel F. Anjos, Russell C. H. Cheng, Christine S. M. Currie:
  Maximizing revenue in the airline industry under one-way pricing. 535-541

Technical Notes

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  Jean-François Cordeau, Gilbert Laporte, Anne Mercier:
  Improved tabu search algorithm for the handling of route duration constraints in vehicle routing problems with time windows. 542-546
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  Y.-J. Seong, Young-Gun G, M.-K. Kang, C.-W. Kang:
  An improved branch and bound algorithm for a strongly correlated unbounded knapsack problem. 547-552

Viewpoints

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  Ken Bowen:
  Viewpoint. 553
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  Werner Ulrich:
  Reply to the comments of Bowen. 553-554

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 555-560

Volume 55, Number 6, June 2004

General Paper

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  Marilyn T. Lucas, Dilip Chhajed:
  Applications of location analysis in agriculture: a survey. 561-578

Case-Oriented Papers

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  M. Al-Marsumi, O. A'zoza:
  LP modelling of the finishing hot rolling programme for low carbon steel coils. 579-588
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  Sophie D. Lapierre, Angel B. Ruiz:
  Balancing assembly lines: an industrial case study. 589-597
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  Susan Howick, Colin Eden:
  On the nature of discontinuities in system dynamics modelling of disrupted projects. 598-605
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  G. Riddington, Matthias Beck, J. Cowie:
  Evaluating train protection systems. 606-613

Theoretical Papers

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  S. I. Brown, Ronald G. McGarvey, José A. Ventura:
  Total flowtime and makespan for a no-wait m-machine flowshop with set-up times separated. 614-621
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  Rajat Roy, Raghu Arunachalam:
  Parallel discrete event simulation algorithm for manufacturing supply chains. 622-629
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  C. S. Sung, H. C. Rim:
  Receiver set partitioning and sequencing for multicasting traffic in a WDM lightwave single-hop network. 630-639
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  Jack Brimberg, Nenad Mladenovic, Saïd Salhi:
  The multi-source Weber problem with constant opening cost. 640-646
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  T. W. Sloan:
  A periodic review production and maintenance model with random demand, deteriorating equipment, and binomial yield. 647-656

Practice Notes

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  Paul R. Harper, Martin A. Pitt:
  On the challenges of healthcare modelling and a proposed project life cycle for successful implementation. 657-661
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  Adam Hindle, David J. Worthington:
  Models to estimate average route lengths in different geographical environments. 662-666

Technical Notes

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  Udo Buscher, Gerd Lindner:
  Ensuring feasibility in 'a generalized quantity discount pricing model to increase supplier's profits'. 667-670
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  Jianli Hu, Charles L. Munson, Edward A. Silver:
  A modified Silver-Meal heuristic for dynamic lot sizing under incremental quantity discounts. 671-673

Viewpoint

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  M. A. Hoque, Suresh K. Goyal:
  Some comments on 'Inventory models with fixed and variable lead time crash costs consideration'. 674-676

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 677-683

Volume 55, Number 7, July 2004

Editorial

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  Celia A. Glass, Chris N. Potts, A. L. Tuson:
  Editorial. 685-686

Part Special Issue

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  Colin R. Reeves, Anton V. Eremeev:
  Statistical analysis of local search landscapes. 687-693
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  Hans-Jürgen Bandelt, A. J. T. Maas, Frits C. R. Spieksma:
  Local search heuristics for multi-index assignment problems with decomposable costs. 694-704
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  John Levine, Frederick Ducatelle:
  Ant colony optimization and local search for bin packing and cutting stock problems. 705-716
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  Claudia Archetti, M. Grazia Speranza:
  Vehicle routing in the 1-skip collection problem. 717-727
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  G. McCormick, R. S. Powell:
  Derivation of near-optimal pump schedules for water distribution by simulated annealing. 728-736
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  Rodolfo Torres-Velázquez, Vladimir Estivill-Castro:
  Local search for Hamiltonian Path with applications to clustering visitation paths. 737-748

Case-oriented Papers

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  F. C. Duckworth, A. J. Lewis:
  A successful operational research intervention in one-day cricket. 749-759
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  H. Ding, Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigues, Yi Zhu:
  New heuristics for over-constrained flight to gate assignments. 760-768

Theoretical Paper

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  Oded Berman, R. Huang:
  Minisum collection depots location problem with multiple facilities on a network. 769-779

Technical Note

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  Paul M. E. Shutler:
  A priority list based heuristic for the job shop problem: part 2 tabu search. 780-784

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 785-790

Volume 55, Number 8, August 2004

General Paper

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  Michael Pidd:
  Contemporary OR/MS in strategy development and policy-making: some reflections. 791-800

Case-oriented Papers

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  Wing Yan Hung, Sergei S. Kucherenko, Nouri J. Samsatli, Nilay Shah:
  A flexible and generic approach to dynamic modelling of supply chains. 801-813
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  Tarja Joro, E.-J. Viitala:
  Weight-restricted DEA in action: from expert opinions to mathematical models. 814-821
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  M. Carter, Graeme Guthrie:
  Cricket interruptus: fairness and incentive in limited overs cricket matches. 822-829

Theoretical Papers

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  O. Etiler, Bilal Toklu, M. Atak, John M. Wilson:
  A genetic algorithm for flow shop scheduling problems. 830-835
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  Felipe Caro, Takeshi Shirabe, Monique Guignard, Andrés Weintraub:
  School redistricting: embedding GIS tools with integer programming. 836-849
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  Jae-Gyeun Cho, B.-J. Yum:
  Functional estimation of activity criticality indices and sensitivity analysis of expected project completion time. 850-859
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  Wai-Ki Ching, Michael K. Ng, Ka-Kuen Wong, Eitan Altman:
  Customer lifetime value: stochastic optimization approach. 860-868
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  Dylan F. Jones, Simon J. Mardle:
  A distance-metric methodology for the derivation of weights from a pairwise comparison matrix. 869-875
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  Jack P. C. Kleijnen, Wim C. M. Van Beers:
  Application-driven sequential designs for simulation experiments: Kriging metamodelling. 876-883
• 
  J. Ben Atkinson:
  On the economic tender quantity. 884-891
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  Jen-Ming Chen, Liang-Tu Chen:
  Pricing and lot-sizing for a deteriorating item in a periodic review inventory system with shortages. 892-901

Technical Note

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  S. Sharma:
  Optimal production policy with shelf life including shortages. 902-909

Volume 55, Number 9, September 2004

General Paper

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  Said Gattoufi, Muhittin Oral, Arnold Kumar, Arnold Reisman:
  Content analysis of data envelopment analysis literature and its comparison with that of other OR/MS fields. 911-935

Review Paper

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  Edward A. Silver:
  An overview of heuristic solution methods. 936-956

Case-Oriented Papers

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  E. D. Adamides, Y. A. Stamboulis, A. G. Varelis:
  Model-based assessment of military aircraft engine maintenance systems. 957-967
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  L. M. P. Neves, Antonio Gomes Martins, Carlos Henggeler Antunes, Luis C. Dias:
  Using SSM to rethink the analysis of energy efficiency initiatives. 968-975
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  Jashen Chen, Russell K. H. Ching, Yi-Shen Lin:
  An extended study of the K-means algorithm for data clustering and its applications. 976-987

Theoretical Paper

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  Young H. Chun:
  Generalized best choice problem based on the information economics approach. 988-999
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  José Elias Claudio Arroyo, Vinícius Amaral Armentano:
  A partial enumeration heuristic for multi-objective flowshop scheduling problems. 1000-1007

Technical Note

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  John Ruggiero:
  Data envelopment analysis with stochastic data. 1008-1012

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 1013-1019

Volume 55, Number 10, October 2004

Editorial

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  Terry Williams, John Wilson:
  Editorial. 1021-1022

Part Special Issue Papers

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  Finn R. Førsund, Lennart Hjalmarsson:
  Calculating scale elasticity in DEA models. 1023-1038
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  Patrick L. Brockett, William W. Cooper, Subal C. Kumbhakar, M. J. Kwinn Jr, D. McCarthy:
  Alternative statistical regression studies of the effects of Joint and Service Specific advertising on military recruitment. 1039-1048
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  Vladimir E. Krivonozhko, O. B. Utkin, A. V. Volodin, I. A. Sablin, M. Patrin:
  Constructions of economic functions and calculations of marginal rates in DEA using parametric optimization methods. 1049-1058
• 
  Rodney H. Green, Wade D. Cook:
  A free coordination hull approach to efficiency measurement. 1059-1063
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  Jeong-Dong Lee, Alexandre Repkine, Seog-Won Hwang, Tai-Yoo Kim:
  Estimating consumers' willingness to pay for individual quality attributes with DEA. 1064-1070
• 
  Gary D. Ferrier, V. G. Valdmanis:
  Do mergers improve hospital productivity? 1071-1080
• 
  Ines Herrero, Sean Pascoe:
  Analysing the effect of technical change on individual outputs using modified quasi-Malmquist indexes. 1081-1089
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  Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, Lidia Angulo Meza, Angela Cristina Moreira da Silva:
  A multi-objective approach to determine alternative targets in data envelopment analysis. 1090-1101

Theoretical Papers

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  Hirofumi Fukuyama, William L. Weber:
  Economic inefficiency measurement of input spending when decision-making units face different input prices. 1102-1110
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  Maria Conceição A. Silva Portela, Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Gary Simpson:
  Negative data in DEA: a directional distance approach applied to bank branches. 1111-1121

Volume 55, Number 11, November 2004

Obituary

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  Werner Ulrich:
  Obituary: C West Churchman, 1913-2004. 1123-1129

Case-oriented Papers

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  C.-K. Woo, Ira Horowitz, B. Horii, R. I. Karimov:
  The efficient frontier for spot and forward purchases: an application to electricity. 1130-1136
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  Selcen (Pamuk) Phelps, Murat Köksalan, Refik Güllü:
  Analysis and improvement of the product delivery system of a beer producer in Ankara. 1137-1144
• 
  T.-S. Jan, C.-T. Hsiao:
  A four-role model of the automotive industry development in developing countries: a case in Taiwan. 1145-1155

Theoretical Papers

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  Cathal M. Brugha:
  Structure of multi-criteria decision-making. 1156-1168
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  Christos Papahristodoulou, E. Dotzauer:
  Optimal portfolios using linear programming models. 1169-1177
• 
  Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigues, L. Song:
  Manpower allocation with time windows. 1178-1186
• 
  Luka Neralic, Richard E. Wendell:
  Sensitivity in data envelopment analysis using an approximate inverse matrix. 1187-1193
• 
  Wen Lea Pearn, Shu-Hsing Chung, Ming-Hsien Yang, Y. H. Chen:
  Algorithms for the wafer probing scheduling problem with sequence-dependent set-up time and due date restrictions. 1194-1207
• 
  Gilbert Laporte, Gilles Pesant:
  A general multi-shift scheduling system. 1208-1217
• 
  Haim Shore:
  A general solution for the newsboy model with random order size and possibly a cutoff transaction size. 1218-1228

Viewpoints

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  Richard J. Ormerod:
  Pragmatism: an emergent property of Georgiou's paper? 1229-1230
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  J. Ben Atkinson:
  A note on Georgiou's discussion of emergent property. 1230-1233
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  Ion Georgiou:
  Reply to the comments of Ormerod and Atkinson. 1233-1234
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  David J. Worthington:
  A note on SCL Koh's paper 'MRP-controlled batch-manufacturing environment under uncertainty'. 1235
• 
  S. C. Lenny Koh:
  Comment on Dave Worthington's note on Koh SCL (2004): MRP-controlled batch-manufacturing environment under uncertainty. 1235
• 
  Richard Ormerod:
  A contribution to the discussion of Ulrich's paper. 1236-1238
• 
  Werner Ulrich:
  Reply to the comments of Ormerod: the history of ideas of CST. 1238-1241

Volume 55, Number 12, December 2004

Review

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  Jose M. Framiñan, Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Rainer Leisten:
  A review and classification of heuristics for permutation flow-shop scheduling with makespan objective. 1243-1255

Case-Oriented Papers

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  C. Kao, Y.-C. Lin:
  Evaluation of the university libraries in Taiwan: total measure versus ratio measure. 1256-1265
• 
  G. D. I. Barr, B. S. Kantor:
  A criterion for comparing and selecting batsmen in limited overs cricket. 1266-1274

Theoretical Papers

• 
  Veena Adlakha, K. Kowalski:
  A simple algorithm for the source-induced fixed-charge transportation problem. 1275-1280
• 
  Pauline Coolen-Schrijner, Frank P. A. Coolen:
  Adaptive age replacement strategies based on nonparametric predictive inference. 1281-1297
• 
  Wen-Chyuan Chiang, Robert A. Russell:
  A metaheuristic for the vehicle-routeing problem with soft time windows. 1298-1310
• 
  Victor V. Podinovski:
  Production trade-offs and weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis. 1311-1322
• 
  Mhand Hifi, M. Michrafy, Abdelkader Sbihi:
  Heuristic algorithms for the multiple-choice multidimensional knapsack problem. 1323-1332
• 
  Robert M. Nauss:
  The elastic generalized assignment problem. 1333-1341
• 
  Yanzhi Li, Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigues:
  Crossdocking - JIT scheduling with time windows. 1342-1351

Practice Note

• 
  Efi Chassioti, David J. Worthington:
  A new model for call centre queue management. 1352-1357

Technical Notes

• 
  Pawel Jan Kalczynski, Jerzy Kamburowski:
  Generalization of Johnson's and Talwar's scheduling rules in two-machine stochastic flow shops. 1358-1362
• 
  K. S. Park:
  Simplification of the transformations and redundancy of assurance regions in IDEA (imprecise DEA). 1363-1366

Viewpoint

• 
  Constantine N. Goulimis:
  Minimum score separation - an open combinatorial problem associated with the cutting stock problem. 1367-1368

Corrigendum

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  S. R. Das, Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Basheer M. Khumawala:
  A savings index heuristic algorithm for flowshop scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times. 1369