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April 1977, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 259-268 Optimal Control of Discrete and Continuous Time Maintenance Systems with Variable Service Rates
by Wayne Winston - 269-278 Analysis and Design of Loop Service Systems via a Diffusion Approximation
by M. J. Fischer - 279-288 Conservation Equations and Their Application to Queuing Simulations
by Averill M. Law - 289-303 On a Linear Programming Technique for the Steady-State Behavior of Some Queuing Systems
by T. C. T. Kotiah - 304-314 Information Theory and the Optimal Detection Search
by William H. Barker - 315-325 Bounds on the Expectation of a Convex Function of a Random Variable: With Applications to Stochastic Programming
by C. C. Huang & W. T. Ziemba & A. Ben-Tal - 326-329 Technical Note—Minimizing Cost to Maintain a Steady-State Growth Rate in a Population
by Rodger Parker - 330-337 Technical Note—Insurance Exposure and Investment Risks: A Comment on the Use of Chance-Constrained Programming
by Yehuda Kahane - 338-345 Technical Note—The One-Dimensional Generalized Lagrange Multiplier Problem
by Harvey J. Greenberg - 346-351 Technical Note—Solving Integer Programming Problems by Aggregating Constraints
by Kenneth E. Kendall & Stanley Zionts - 352-355 Technical Note—On Intersection Cuts in Interval Integer Linear Programming
by A. Charnes & Daniel Granot & Frieda Granot - 356-360 Technical Note—Optimal Service Policies, Just after Idle Periods, in Two-Server Heterogeneous Queuing Systems
by Kiran Seth - 361-363 Technical Note—Some Special Cases of Stochastic Programs with Recourse
by Behram Hansotia
February 1977, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-14 Mathematical Models for Economic and Political Advertising Campaigns
by Harold D. Shane - 15-29 The Completion Time of PERT Networks
by Pierre Robillard & Michel Trahan - 30-44 An Algorithm for Two-Dimensional Cutting Problems
by Nicos Christofides & Charles Whitlock - 45-61 A Survey of Scheduling Rules
by S. S. Panwalkar & Wafik Iskander - 62-69 Optimal Single-Machine Scheduling with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties
by Jeffrey B. Sidney - 70-77 Optimal Two-Machine Orderings in the 3 × n Flow-Shop Problem
by Wlodzimierz Szwarc - 78-88 A Condensation Algorithm for a Class of Algebraic Programs
by Mordecai Avriel & Victoria Gurovich - 89-99 Triangular Factorization and Generalized Upper Bounding Techniques
by Markku Kallio & Evan L. Porteus - 100-127 Cost Models for Stochastic Clearing Systems
by Shaler Stidham - 128-139 Sharp Bounds on the Value of Perfect Information
by C. C. Huang & I. Vertinsky & W. T. Ziemba - 140-147 Two Queues in Tandem Attended by a Single Server
by Miguel Taube-Netto - 148-155 Technical Note—Column Dropping in the Dantzig-Wolfe Convex Programming Algorithm: Computational Experience
by Richard P. O'Neill - 155-163 Technical Note—On Sensitivity Analysis in Geometric Programming
by John J. Dinkel & Gary A. Kochenberger - 163-168 Technical Note—Cost/Completion-Date Tradeoffs in the Transportation Problem
by Theodore S. Glickman & Paul D. Berger - 168-172 Technical Note—Comparison between Two Dynamic Perishable Inventory Models
by Steven Nahmias - 173-177 Technical Note—Minimax Procedure for a Class of Linear Programs under Uncertainty
by R. Jagannathan - 178-178 Letter to the Editor
by A. Charnes
December 1976, Volume 24, Issue 6
- 1027-1044 Sequential Bounding of the Reliability of a Stochastic Network
by Andrew W. Shogan - 1045-1055 The Simple Plant-Location Problem under Uncertainty
by James V. Jucker & Robert C. Carlson - 1056-1077 Implementation and Computational Study on an In-Core, Out-of-Core Primal Network Code
by D. Karney & D. Klingman - 1078-1119 A Research Bibliography in Stochastic Programming, 1955–1975
by I. M. Stancu-Minasian & M. J. Wets - 1120-1128 Comparison of Some Algorithms for Solving the Group Theoretic Integer Programming Problem
by Der-San Chen & Stanley Zionts - 1129-1142 The Assortment Problem with Nonlinear Cost Functions
by David W. Pentico - 1143-1155 Analysis of a Standing Order Inventory System with Emergency Orders
by Matthew Rosenshine & Duncan Obee - 1156-1163 Technical Note—On the Estimation of Smuggling in a “Gray Market” Commodity
by Michael D. Maltz - 1164-1168 Technical Note—Shortest-Path Algorithms: A Comparison
by Bruce Golden - 1169-1175 Technical Note—Surrogate Constraints and the Strength of Bounds Derived from 0-1 Benders' Partitioning Procedures
by Ronald L. Rardin & V. E. Unger - 1176-1178 Technical Note—On Mitten's Axioms for Branch-and-Bound
by A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan - 1179-1179 Letter to the Editor—A Comment on “Optimal Doubling in Backgammon”
by P. J. Orth
October 1976, Volume 24, Issue 5
- 797-798 Preface
by William P. Pierskalla & Glen L. Urban - 801-814 Bibliography of Operations Research in Health-Care Systems
by Brant E. Fries - 815-841 Analytic Framework and Measurement Strategy for Investigating Optimal Staffing in Medical Practice
by Kenneth R. Smith & A. Mead Over & Marc F. Hansen & Frederick L. Golladay & Esther J. Davenport - 842-856 Scheduling Nursing Personnel According to Nursing Preference: A Mathematical Programming Approach
by D. Michael Warner - 857-870 Nurse Scheduling Using Mathematical Programming
by Holmes E. Miller & William P. Pierskalla & Gustave J. Rath - 871-883 A Two-Stage Optimization Model for In-Patient Transfers
by Manus Rabinowitz & M. Barry Dumas & David Valinsky - 884-898 A Stochastic Model for an Optimal Priority Bed Distribution Problem in a Hospital Ward
by Augustine O. Esogbue & Amar J. Singh - 899-915 Selecting Optimal Training Programs in a Hospital for the Mentally Retarded
by Jack Meredith - 916-932 Markov Chain Model for Events Following Induced Abortion
by Richard H. Shachtman & Carol J. Hogue - 933-950 Application of Multidimensional Utility Theory in Determining Optimal Test-Treatment Strategies for Streptococcal Sore Throat and Rheumatic Fever
by William C. Giauque & Thomas C. Peebles - 951-972 Utility Structure of a Medical Decision-Making Problem
by Jeffrey P. Krischer - 973-990 Analytical Approach to Marketing Decisions in Health-Care Organizations
by Yoram Wind & Lawrence K. Spitz - 991-1025 A Consumer Preference Approach to the Planning of Rural Primary Health-Care Facilities
by Barnett R. Parker & V. Srinivasan
August 1976, Volume 24, Issue 4
- 595-610 Scheduling Parallel Production Lines with Changeover Costs: Practical Application of a Quadratic Assignment/ LP Approach
by A. M. Geoffrion & G. W. Graves - 611-627 Branch-and-Bound Strategies for Dynamic Programming
by Thomas L. Morin & Roy E. Marsten - 628-642 Convex Location Problems on Tree Networks
by P. M. Dearing & R. L. Francis & T. J. Lowe - 643-657 Minimization of a Non-Separable Objective Function Subject to Disjoint Constraints
by Richard E. Wendell & Arthur P. Hurter - 658-674 Minimizing the Cost of Servicing an End Product Subject to a Completion Time Constraint
by James E. Falk & Marshall Rose - 675-699 Duality and Sensitivity Analysis for Fractional Programs
by Gabriel R. Bitran & Thomas L. Magnanti - 700-717 A Cotton Ginning Problem
by Darwin Klingman & Paul H. Randolph & Stephen W. Fuller - 718-725 On a General Solution of the Deterministic Lot Size Problem with Time-Proportional Demand
by Michael Resh & Moshe Friedman & Lineu C. Barbosa - 726-741 Analysis of Single Critical Number Ordering Policies for Perishable Inventories
by Morris A. Cohen - 742-759 An Integer Generalized Transportation Model for Optimal Job Assignment in Computer Networks
by V. Balachandran - 760-773 The M / M /∞ Queue with Varying Arrival and Departure Rates
by T. Collings & C. Stoneman - 774-783 Technical Note—Finding Some Essential Characteristics of the Feasible Solutions for a Scheduling Problem
by J. Erschler & F. Roubellat & J. P. Vernhes - 783-787 Technical Note—Exact Solutions of Inexact Linear Programs
by James E. Falk - 788-792 Technical Note—The Shirt Allocation Problem
by Paul Gray - 793-795 Technical Note—A Reduced Tableau for Primal Integer Programming
by Julie Herman Zalkind
June 1976, Volume 24, Issue 3
- 387-399 Manpower Planning with Uncertain Requirements
by Richard C. Grinold - 400-419 Dynamic Modeling and Control of Congestion-Prone Systems
by Carson E. Agnew - 420-437 Aircraft Missile Avoidance
by Thomas L. Vincent & Douglas J. Sticht & Willy Y. Peng - 438-451 On Searching for Events of Limited Duration
by Arnold Barnett - 452-461 Duality in Fractional Programming: A Unified Approach
by Siegfried Schaible - 462-476 Rates of Stability in Nonlinear Programming
by Michael H. Stern & Donald M. Topkis - 477-490 Countable-State, Continuous-Time Dynamic Programming with Structure
by Steven A. Lippman - 491-499 Incorporating Component and System Test Data into the Same Assessment: A Bayesian Approach
by David V. Mastran - 500-515 Probabilistic Analysis of a Multicomponent Series-Parallel System under Preemptive Repeat Repair Discipline
by Masanori Kodama - 516-529 Cyclic Queue Models of Fleet Operations
by Ernest Koenigsberg & Richard C. Lam - 530-542 On the Output of a GI / M / N Queuing System with Interrupted Poisson Input
by Harry Heffes - 543-563 Busy Period Control of Queues Based on Waiting Times at Arrivals
by Leonard Shaw - 564-571 On the Busy Periods of Single-Server Queues with Poisson Input and General Service Times
by Lajos Takács - 572-577 Technical Note—Optimal Initial Conditions for a Simulation Problem
by Albert Madansky - 578-580 Technical Note—Johnson's Three-Machine Flow-Shop Conjecture
by Fennell Burns & John Rooker - 581-585 Technical Note—Stronger Inequalities for 0-1 Integer Programming: Computational Refinements
by Ferydoon Kianfar - 586-591 Technical Note—Probability of Kill and Expected Destroyed Value if the Underlying Distributions Are Rotationally Symmetric
by Gerhard Schroeter - 592-592 Letter to the Editor—Acknowledgment
by Cyrus Derman & Edward Ignall
April 1976, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 207-219 Random Juror Selection from Multiple Lists
by Joseph B. Kadane & John P. Lehoczky - 220-244 An Actual Application of Collective Choice Theory to the Selection of Trajectories for the Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 Project
by James S. Dyer & Ralph F. Miles - 245-255 Utility Independence on Subsets of Product Sets
by Peter C. Fishburn - 256-271 Pyramid and Semicube Decompositions of Multiattribute Utility Functions
by Peter H. Farquhar - 272-290 Network Flows, Minimum Coverings, and the Four-Color Conjectures
by David B. Weinberger - 291-300 Optimal Capacity Expansion with Inventory
by M. R. Rao - 301-313 An Advanced Dual Basic Feasible Solution for a Class of Capacitated Generalized Networks
by John Hultz & Darwin Klingman & Robert Russell - 314-324 Ambushing Random Walks I: Finite Models
by William Ruckle & Robert Fennell & Paul T. Holmes & Charles Fennemore - 325-335 Consistency, Superconsistency, and Dual Degeneracy in Posynomial Geometric Programming
by Robert A. Abrams - 336-347 Stochastic Programs with Incomplete Information
by Aharon Ben-Tal & Eithan Hochman - 348-358 Procedures for the Solution of a Finite-Horizon, Partially Observed, Semi-Markov Optimization Problem
by Chelsea C. White - 359-366 Maintenance Policies When Deterioration Can be Observed by Inspections
by Hanan Luss - 367-372 Technical Note—Facets and Strong Valid Inequalities for Integer Programs
by Laurence A. Wolsey - 373-378 Technical Note—The Silver Anniversary of an Optimization Result in Rolling-Mill Practice
by H. M. Finucan - 378-380 Technical Note—A Simple Concavity Condition for a Class of Chance-Constrained Programming Problems with Joint Constraints
by V. S. Bawa - 380-382 Technical Note—An Application of Martingale Methods to Conflict Models
by R. K. Watson - 382-385 Technical Note—Conditional Response Times in M / M /1 Processor-Sharing Models
by T. M. O'Donovan
February 1976, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-14 A Model for Allocating Retail Outlet Building Resources across Market Areas
by Gary L. Lilien & Ambar G. Rao - 15-25 A Solution Procedure for Geometric Programming
by John R. McNamara - 26-43 Confidence Assessment of Military Airframe Cost Predictions
by Dennis P. Tihansky - 44-69 Canonical Methods in the Solution of Variable-Coefficient Lanchester-Type Equations of Modern Warfare
by James G. Taylor & Gerald G. Brown - 70-91 A Lagrange Multiplier Method for Certain Constrained Min-Max Problems
by Edward S. Pearsall - 92-103 Parametrically Dependent Preferences for Multiattributed Consequences
by Craig W. Kirkwood - 104-117 An N -Server Stochastic Service System with Customer Preferences
by P. Lawrence Bein - 118-130 A Stochastic Model of a Repairable-Item Inventory System with Attrition and Random Lead Times
by F. Russell Richards - 131-140 An Analysis of General Exponential Smoothing
by Ed. McKenzie - 141-155 Markovian Deterioration with Uncertain Information
by Donald Rosenfield - 156-168 Bayes Analysis of Reliability for Complex Systems
by Eugene Y. Chang & William E. Thompson - 169-176 Reliability of a Repairable System with Standby Failure
by R. Subramanian & K. S. Venkatakrishnan & K. P. Kistner - 177-182 Technical Note—Expected Completion Time in Pert Networks
by Pierre Robillard & Michel Trahan - 183-188 Technical Note—Sufficient Conditions for Insensitivity in Linear Models
by Robert W. Rosenthal - 188-190 Technical Note—A Single-Server Queue with Service Times Depending on the Order of Services
by Hisashi Mine & Katsuhisa Ohno & Takatsugu Koizumi - 190-192 Technical Note—A “Hard” Assignment Problem
by Robert E. Machol & Michael Wien - 193-196 Technical Note—Optimality of a Heuristic Solution for a Class of Knapsack Problems
by T. C. Hu & M. L. Lenard - 197-200 Technical Note—On the Comparison of Waiting Times in GI / G /1 Queues
by Tomasz Rolski & Dietrich Stoyan - 201-204 Technical Note—Statistical Measures for Linear Functions on Polytopes
by Johnnie R. Charnetski & Richard M. Soland
December 1975, Volume 23, Issue 6
- 1045-1062 A Queuing-Linear Programming Approach to Scheduling Police Patrol Cars
by Peter J. Kolesar & Kenneth L. Rider & Thomas B. Crabill & Warren E. Walker - 1063-1071 Optimal Doubling in Backgammon
by Emmett B. Keeler & Joel Spencer - 1072-1079 On Competitive Bidding
by M. E. Oren & A. C. Williams - 1080-1090 Optimal Bidding in Sequential Auctions
by Shmuel S. Oren & Michael H. Rothkopf - 1091-1098 Optimization Problems Subject to a Budget Constraint with Economies of Scale
by R. J. Hillestad - 1099-1109 Merging and Sorting Applied to the Zero-One Knapsack Problem
by J. H. Ahrens & G. Finke - 1110-1119 An Algorithm for the Solution of 0-1 Loading Problems
by Giorgio Ingargiola & James F. Korsh - 1120-1130 A Stochastic Sequential Allocation Model
by C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross - 1131-1142 A Discrete Time Inventory Model with Arbitrary Interval and Quantity Distributions of Demand
by Edward P. C. Kao - 1143-1154 Application of a Functional Equation to a Class of Stochastic Detection Models
by Barry Belkin - 1155-1166 Approximate Solutions for Some Two-Stage Tandem Queues, Part 1: Individual Arrivals at the Second Stage
by Matthew Rosenshine & M. Jeya Chandra - 1167-1172 Technical Note—Bench Marks Comparing Transportation Codes based on Primal Simplex and Primal-Dual Algorithms
by Richard S. Hatch - 1172-1178 Technical Note—Capacity Expansion in Convex Cost Networks with Uncertain Demand
by Cornelius T. Leondes & Ranjit K. Nandi - 1179-1182 Technical Note—A Note on the Busy Period of an M / G /1 Finite Queue
by Louis W. Miller - 1183-1191 Technical Note—A Vertex Ranking Procedure for Solving the Linear Fixed-Charge Problem
by Patrick McKeown
October 1975, Volume 23, Issue 5
- 845-868 Approximating the Performance of Urban Emergency Service Systems
by Richard C. Larson - 869-889 An Optimum Manpower Utilization Model for Health Maintenance Organizations
by Donald P. Schneider & Kerry E. Kilpatrick - 890-907 On-Line and Adaptive Optimum Advertising Control by a Diffusion Approximation
by Charles S. Tapiero - 908-927 Minimizing Total Costs in One-Machine Scheduling
by A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan & B. J. Lageweg & J. K. Lenstra - 928-940 Generalized Utility Independence and Some Implications
by Peter C. Fishburn & Ralph L. Keeney - 941-967 A Fractional Hypercube Decomposition Theorem for Multiattribute Utility Functions
by Peter H. Farquhar - 968-978 Optimal Starting Height for Pole-Vaulting
by Shaul P. Ladany - 979-995 Two Models for Optimal Allocation of Aircraft Sorties
by Jerome Bracken & James E. Falk & Alan F. Karr - 996-1010 Infinite Linear Programming in Games with Partial Information
by W. D. Cook & C. A. Field & M. J. L. Kirby - 1011-1032 Approximating the Behavior of Nonstationary Single-Server Queues
by S. C. Moore - 1033-1037 Technical Note—On the Rate of Expansion of Gamma Search Plans
by Barry Belkin - 1037-1042 Technical Note—A Recursion Algorithm for Finding Pure Admissible Decision Functions in Statistical Decisions
by Herbert Moskowitz - 1043-1043 Letter to the Editor—Remarks
by Wlodzimierz Szwarc - 1043-1044 Letter to the Editor—Errata
by T. C. T. Kotiah
August 1975, Volume 23, Issue 4
- 603-613 A Model for Predicting Average Fire Engine Travel Times
by Peter Kolesar - 614-627 Determining the Relation between Fire Engine Travel Times and Travel Distances in New York City
by Peter Kolesar & Warren Walker & Jack Hausner - 628-655 BRANDAID: A Marketing-Mix Model, Part 1: Structure
by John D. C. Little - 656-673 BRANDAID: A Marketing-Mix Model, Part 2: Implementation, Calibration, and Case Study
by John D. C. Little - 674-680 Waiting Time in an ( S − 1, S ) Inventory System
by Isamu Higa & Arlin M. Feyerherm & Arlette L. Machado - 681-686 A Queuing System with Heterogeneous Servers and Autonomous Traffic Control
by Austin J. Lemoine - 687-710 Applying a New Device in the Optimization of Exponential Queuing Systems
by Steven A. Lippman - 711-734 Planning Horizons for the Dynamic Lot Size Model: Zabel vs. Protective Procedures and Computational Results
by Rolf A. Lundin & Thomas E. Morton - 735-749 Optimal Ordering Policies for Perishable Inventory—II
by Steven Nahmias - 750-760 The Output of an M / D /1 Queue
by Charles D. Pack - 761-784 Bounds and Transformations for Discounted Finite Markov Decision Chains
by Evan L. Porteus - 785-795 Normalized Markov Decision Chains I; Sensitive Discount Optimality
by Uriel G. Rothblum - 796-809 Subproblem and Overall Convergence for a Method-of-Centers Algorithm
by Robert Mifflin - 810-818 Optimal Network Capacity Planning: A Shortest-Path Scheme
by P. J. Doulliez & M. R. Rao - 819-820 Technical Note—Waiting Time in an ( S − 1, S ) Inventory System—Constant Service Time Case
by Craig C. Sherbrooke - 821-824 Technical Note—The Queue M / G /1 When Jobs Are Scheduled within Generations
by T. M. O'Donovan - 824-829 Technical Note—Stopping Rules for War Games or Combat Simulations with Exponential Life-Times
by John H. Shuford & Frank E. Grubbs - 830-833 Technical Note—Delays in Single-Server Queues with Batch Input
by P. J. Burke - 833-837 Technical Note—A Note on Zero-One Programming
by Manfred W. Padberg - 838-839 Letter to the Editor—Some Implications of Modeling Food Preferences over Time
by P. H. Benson - 839-840 Letter to the Editor—More about Modeling Food Preferences
by Joseph L. Balintfy & William J. Duffy & Prabhakant Sinha
June 1975, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 389-405 The B oxstep Method for Large-Scale Optimization
by R. E. Marsten & W. W. Hogan & J. W. Blankenship - 406-433 The Accelerated Bound-and-Scan Algorithm for Integer Programming
by Bruce H. Faaland & Frederick S. Hillier - 434-451 Surrogate Constraint Duality in Mathematical Programming
by Fred Glover - 452-474 Measures of Effectiveness for Crime Reduction Programs
by Michael D. Maltz - 475-482 On Scheduling with Ready Times and Due Dates to Minimize Maximum Lateness
by Graham McMahon & Michael Florian - 483-493 Controlling Cutting Pattern Changes in One-Dimensional Trim Problems
by Robert W. Haessler - 494-510 A Chance Constrained Multiple Choice Programming Algorithm
by Ronald D. Armstrong & Joseph L. Balintfy - 511-521 A Linear Fractional Max-Min Problem
by W. D. Cook & M. J. L. Kirby & S. L. Mehndiratta - 522-533 Force-Ratio Considerations for Some Lanchester-Type Models of Warfare
by James G. Taylor & Samuel H. Parry - 534-548 Probabilistic Analysis of a System with Two Dissimilar Units Subject to Preventive Maintenance and a Single Service Facility
by M. N. Gopalan & C. A. D'Souza - 549-553 Technical Note—Optimality Conditions and Recession Cones
by Robert A. Abrams & Adi Ben-Israel - 553-555 Technical Note—A Stopping Criterion for the Golden-Ratio Search
by Byron S. Gottfried - 555-565 Technical Note—Vertex Generation and Cardinality Constrained Linear Programs
by David S. Rubin - 565-571 Technical Note—On the Generalized Lattice Point Problem and Nonlinear Programming
by A. Victor Cabot - 571-574 Technical Note—Turning Off a Server with Customers Present: Is This Any Way to Run an M / M / c Queue with Removable Servers?
by Colin E. Bell - 574-576 Technical Note—On the Stochastic Ordering of Markov Chains
by Cyrus Derman & Edward Ignall - 576-580 Technical Note—Multidimensional Sequencing Rule
by Thomas L. Morin - 581-587 Technical Note—Solving Constrained Multi-Facility Location Problems Involving l p Distances Using Convex Programming
by Robert F. Love & James G. Morris - 587-591 Technical Note—Comment on “The Random Nature of Stock-Market Prices” Authored by Barrett and Wright
by Donald Aucamp - 591-598 Technical Note—Probabilistic Analysis of a Single-Server n -unit System with ( n − 1) Warm Standbys
by M. N. Gopalan - 599-601 Letter to the Editor—An Interesting Test Problem for Nonlinear Programming Algorithms
by Frank J. Cesario
April 1975, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 191-206 An Interactive Procedure for the School Boundary Problem with Declining Enrollment
by Charles A. Holloway & Donald A. Wehrung & Michael P. Zeitlin & Rosser T. Nelson - 207-217 When the Greedy Solution Solves a Class of Knapsack Problems
by M. J. Magazine & G. L. Nemhauser & L. E. Trotter - 218-239 A Social Service Measurement Model
by Samuel J. Mantel & Allan L. Service & Arnold Reisman & Raymond A. Koleski & Arthur Blum & Burton V. Dean & Robert Reich & Miriam Jaffee & Howard Rieger & Richard Ronis & Judah Rubinstein