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September 2007, Volume 58, Issue 9
- 1246-1251 Spherical frontier DEA model based on a constant sum of inputs
by J V Guedes de Avellar & A Z Milioni & T N Rabello - 1252-1255 Optimal ordering policies for a retailer in a supply chain with up-stream and down-stream trade credits
by J-T Teng & S K Goyal - 1255-1255 Reply to ‘Optimal ordering policies for a retailer in a supply chain with up-stream and down-stream trade credits’ by Teng and Goyal
by Y F Huang
August 2007, Volume 58, Issue 8
- 983-995 How novices formulate models. Part I: qualitative insights and implications for teaching
by S G Powell & T R Willemain - 996-1007 Technical efficiency, managerial efficiency and objective-setting in the educational system: an international comparison
by V Giménez & D Prior & C Thieme - 1008-1020 Project advancement and its applications to multi-air-route quality budget allocation
by C-C Chang & R-S Chen - 1021-1029 Developing professional judgement with the aid of a ‘low-profile’ group support system
by M Read & T Gear - 1030-1046 Weekly staff scheduling with workstation group restrictions
by L Wan & J F Bard - 1047-1055 Reliability analysis and maintenance decision for railway sleepers using track condition information
by J Zhao & A H C Chan & M P N Burrow - 1056-1064 Team syntegrity and democratic group decision making: theory and practice
by A Espinosa & R Harnden - 1065-1074 Incorporating the pricing decisions into the dynamic fleet management problem
by G J King & H Topaloglu - 1075-1083 Tool replacement policy for one-sided processes with low fraction defective
by W L Pearn & Y-C Hsu & J-J Horng Shiau - 1084-1098 Large-scale data envelopment analysis (DEA) implementation: a strategic performance management approach
by A Medina-Borja & K S Pasupathy & K Triantis - 1099-1102 Complexity results for single-machine scheduling with positional learning effects
by B M T Lin - 1103-1108 Due-date assignment and parallel-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs
by T C E Cheng & L Y Kang & C T Ng - 1109-1113 Philosophy for professionals: towards critical pragmatism
by W Ulrich - 1113-1117 The ethics of pragmatism: a response to Werner Ulrich
by R J Ormerod
July 2007, Volume 58, Issue 7
- 841-849 A benchmark-learning roadmap for regional sustainable development in China
by W-M Lu & S-F Lo - 850-864 A multiobjective optimization model for processing and distributing biosolids to reuse fields
by S A Gabriel & P Sahakij & M Ramirez & C Peot - 865-873 Alternative targets for data envelopment analysis through multi-objective linear programming: Rio de Janeiro Odontological Public Health System Case Study
by J Quariguasi Frota Neto & L Angulo-Meza - 874-886 An evaluation of the limitations of, and alternatives to, the Co-Plot methodology
by C Mar-Molinero & J Mingers - 887-893 A prognosis model for wear prediction based on oil-based monitoring
by W Wang - 894-900 Collaborative pricing and replenishment policy for hi-tech industry
by P C Yang & H M Wee & J C P Yu - 901-910 Operations policy for a supply chain system with fixed-interval delivery and linear demand
by A Diponegoro & B R Sarker - 911-921 A dynamic scorecard for monitoring baseline performance with application to tracking a mortgage portfolio
by J Whittaker & C Whitehead & M Somers - 922-928 Towards a normative model for inventory cost management in a generalized ABC classification system
by R E Stanford & W Martin - 929-937 Measuring the performances of decision-making units using geometric average efficiency
by Y M Wang & K S Chin & J B Yang - 938-947 Minimizing makespan for two parallel machines with job limit on each availability interval
by C-J Liao & C-M Chen & C-H Lin - 948-956 Modelling replenishment and transshipment decisions in periodic review multilocation inventory systems
by T W Archibald - 957-963 Modelling aesthetic variables in the valuation of paintings: an interval goal programming approach
by J Aznar & F Guijarro - 964-971 Impact of demand uncertainty on coordinating supply chain inventories through common replenishment epochs
by Y Feng & S Viswanathan - 972-981 Minimizing makespan on a two-machine re-entrant flowshop
by S-W Choi & Y-D Kim
June 2007, Volume 58, Issue 6
- 701-713 An application of Soft Systems Dynamics Methodology (SSDM)
by A Paucar-Caceres & R Rodriguez-Ulloa - 714-719 Forecasting both time varying MTBF of fighter aircraft module and expected demand of minor parts
by K B Yoon & S Y Sohn - 720-728 Forecasting S-shaped diffusion processes via response modelling methodology
by H Shore & D Benson-Karhi - 729-739 Flexible facility interior layout: a real options approach
by T Zhao & C-L Tseng - 740-750 Planar maximal covering location problem under block norm distance measure
by H Younies & G O Wesolowsky - 751-759 Pareto-optimal contracts for a supply chain with satisficing objectives
by C Shi & B Chen - 760-768 Assessing the impact of problem structuring methods in multi-organizational settings: an empirical investigation
by L A Franco - 769-778 Game theoretic analysis of the bargaining process over a long-term replenishment contract
by J S Kim & T C Kwak - 779-790 A Bayesian approach for multiple criteria decision making with applications in Design for Six Sigma
by R Rajagopal & E del Castillo - 791-796 Metaheuristics for meltshop scheduling in the steel industry
by P A Huegler & F J Vasko - 797-807 Port space allocation with a time dimension
by Z Fu & Y Li & A Lim & B Rodrigues - 808-815 Effective heuristics for the dynamic demand joint replenishment problem
by E P Robinson & A Narayanan & L-L Gao - 816-823 A hybrid optimization algorithm for area traffic control problem
by S-W Chiou - 824-826 A note on parallel-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs
by A A K Jeng & B M T Lin - 827-831 A lognormal approximation of activity duration in PERT using two time estimates
by S Mohan & M Gopalakrishnan & H Balasubramanian & A Chandrashekar - 832-835 On the history and future of OR
by R J Ormerod - 835-835 Reply to Ormerod
by M C Jackson
May 2007, Volume 58, Issue 5
- 545-546 Taking problem structuring methods forward
by Alberto Franco & Duncan Shaw & Mark Westcombe - 547-556 Problem structuring without workshops? Experiences with distributed interaction within a PSM process
by A Morton & F Ackermann & V Belton - 557-575 Developing a visioning methodology: Visioning Choices for the future of operational research
by F O'Brien & M Meadows - 576-587 Problem structuring methods: theorizing the benefits of deconstructing sustainable development projects
by S Bell & S Morse - 588-601 The uses of observation: combining problem structuring methods and ethnography
by T Horlick-Jones & J Rosenhead - 602-613 Drama theory: dispelling the myths
by J Bryant - 614-632 Facilitation practices in decision workshops
by K N Papamichail & G Alves & S French & J B Yang & R Snowdon - 633-644 Using Robustness Analysis to structure online marketing and communication problems
by H-Y Wong - 645-654 Systemic problem structuring applied to community involvement in water conservation
by J L Foote & J E Gregor & M C Hepi & V E Baker & D J Houston & G Midgley - 655-668 Developing unbounded systems thinking: using causal mapping with multiple stakeholders within a Vietnamese company
by H V Vo & B Chae & D L Olson - 669-682 Using soft OR principles for collaborative simulation: a case study in the Dutch airline industry
by M den Hengst & G-J de Vreede & R Maghnouji - 683-686 Operational research: the science of better?
by J Mingers - 686-689 Are the benefits of PSMs being sold sufficiently? A practitioner's view
by N Morrill - 689-691 PSMs: looking in from the outside
by S Robinson - 691-694 Group model building: problem structuring, policy simulation and decision support
by D F Andersen & J A M Vennix & G P Richardson & E A J A Rouwette
April 2007, Volume 58, Issue 4
- 413-422 A robust optimization model for production planning of perishable products
by S C H Leung & K K Lai & W-L Ng & Y Wu - 423-428 A market-driven approach to the optimal stocking problem on African game ranches
by J W Hearne - 429-438 A local search approach to a circle cutting problem arising in the motor cycle industry
by K A Dowsland & M Gilbert & G Kendall - 439-445 Case study: problem formulation and solution for a real-world sports scheduling problem
by M B Wright - 446-453 A simple graphical decision aid for the placement of elderly people in long-term care
by H Xie & T J Chaussalet & W A Thompson & P H Millard - 454-466 Signal design for an isolated intersection during congestion
by I Talmor & D Mahalel - 467-480 A tabu search algorithm for the single vehicle routing allocation problem
by L Vogt & C A Poojari & J E Beasley - 481-490 Developing a decomposable measure of profit efficiency using DEA
by M C A S Portela & E Thanassoulis - 491-504 Some properties of buyback and other related schemes in a newsvendor-product supply chain with price-sensitive demand
by A H L Lau & H-S Lau & J-C Wang - 505-515 A compact mean-variance-skewness model for large-scale portfolio optimization and its application to the NYSE market
by H S Ryoo - 516-527 Optimization of air vehicles operations using mixed-integer linear programming
by C Schumacher & P R Chandler & M Pachter & L S Pachter - 528-532 A generalized crossing local search method for solving vehicle routing problems
by L Zeng & H L Ong & K M Ng - 533-540 Efficiency bounds and efficiency classifications in DEA with imprecise data
by K S Park
March 2007, Volume 58, Issue 3
- 271-287 Fields of application of SSM: a categorization of publications
by H van de Water & M Schinkel & R Rozier - 288-300 Scheduling a hot rolling mill
by D de Ladurantaye & M Gendreau & J-Y Potvin - 301-308 A small-to-medium-sized conference scheduling heuristic incorporating presenter and limited attendee preferences
by M G Nicholls - 309-316 Optimal purchase of two-itemized drugs for a disease
by C-H Lan & C-C Chen - 317-325 Modelling the operations of a component placement machine with rotational turret and stationary component magazine
by E Duman - 326-336 Dominance, potential optimality and alternative ranking in imprecise multi-attribute decision making
by A Mateos & S Ríos-Insua & A Jiménez - 337-345 Economic design of an adaptive T 2 control chart
by Y-K Chen - 346-354 Minimizing total tardiness in an unrelated parallel-machine scheduling problem
by S-O Shim & Y-D Kim - 355-367 The open vehicle routing problem with time windows
by P P Repoussis & C D Tarantilis & G Ioannou - 368-377 Analysis of finite capacity discrete-time GI/Geo/1 queueing system with multiple vacations
by S K Samanta & U C Gupta & R K Sharma - 378-390 Locating semi-obnoxious facilities with expropriation: minisum criterion
by O Berman & Q Wang - 391-401 Analysis and design of returns policies from a supplier's perspective
by H Wang & W Wang & K A H Kobaccy - 402-407 Improvements to the Or-opt heuristic for the symmetric travelling salesman problem
by G Babin & S Deneault & G Laporte
February 2007, Volume 58, Issue 2
- 141-144 Editorial
by S C Brailsford & P R Harper - 145-158 OR and the challenge to improve the NHS: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
by N C Proudlove & S Black & A Fletcher - 159-167 Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
by R Sachdeva & T Williams & J Quigley - 168-176 Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
by K Cooper & S C Brailsford & R Davies - 177-185 A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
by E Ekaette & R C Lee & K-L Kelly & P Dunscombe - 186-194 Refocusing upstream: Operational Research for population health
by C Thunhurst - 195-201 Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
by T Andersson & P Värbrand - 202-211 A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
by C Vasilakis & B G Sobolev & L Kuramoto & A R Levy - 212-218 Modelling the flow of congestive heart failure patients through a hospital system
by B Shaw & A H Marshall - 219-227 Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
by K Katsaliaki & S C Brailsford - 228-234 The development and use of tools for monitoring the occurrence of surgical wound infections
by C Sherlaw-Johnson & P Wilson & S Gallivan - 235-245 Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization
by J Patrick & M L Puterman - 246-254 Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department
by R Ceglowski & L Churilov & J Wasserthiel - 255-261 Where to treat the older patient? Can Markov models help us better understand the relationship between hospital and community care?
by S McClean & P Millard - 262-270 Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
by T Eldabi & R J Paul & T Young
January 2007, Volume 58, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson - 2-9 Blackett Memorial Lecture: the nuclear option—human factors in safety
by S J Cox - 10-28 AI and OR in management of operations: history and trends
by K A H Kobbacy & S Vadera & M H Rasmy - 29-38 Application of stochastic analytic hierarchy process within a domestic appliance manufacturer
by R Bañuelas & J Antony - 39-51 Systemic risk assessment: a case study
by F Ackermann & C Eden & T Williams & S Howick - 52-61 A new approach of forecasting intermittent demand for spare parts inventories in the process industries
by Z S Hua & B Zhang & J Yang & D S Tan - 62-72 Minimizing maximum lateness in a flow shop subject to release dates
by M Haouari & T Ladhari - 73-79 Partial enumeration in heuristics for some combinatorial optimization problems
by A Volgenant & I Y Zwiers - 80-90 On-line scheduling with forbidden zones
by K Khammuang & A Abdekhodaee & A Wirth - 91-99 The multiple server location problem
by O Berman & Z Drezner - 100-114 Guided construction search metaheuristics for the capacitated p-median problem with single source constraint
by I H Osman & S Ahmadi - 115-121 Minimizing the number of pickups on a multi-head placement machine
by T Knuutila & S Pyöttiälä & O S Nevalainen - 122-133 Characterizing optimal empty container reposition policy in periodic-review shuttle service systems
by D-P Song - 134-140 A new algorithm for minimizing makespan, C max, in blocking flow-shop problem through slowing down the operations
by I N Kamal Abadi
December 2006, Volume 57, Issue 12
- 1383-1399 Forty years of discrete-event simulation—a personal reflection
by B W Hollocks - 1400-1412 Improving the cost-effectiveness of Chlamydia screening with targeted screening strategies
by D Evenden & P R Harper & S C Brailsford & V Harindra - 1413-1424 Modelling treatment effects in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
by J D Griffiths & Z F Lawson & J E Williams - 1425-1434 A measure of competitiveness in leagues: a network approach
by A Jessop - 1435-1441 Process and content: two ways of using SSM
by P Checkland & M Winter - 1442-1451 An extension of Sharpe's single-index model: portfolio selection with expert betas
by A Bilbao & M Arenas & M Jiménez & B Perez Gladish & M V Rodríguez - 1452-1463 A heuristic for sea-freight container selection, cargo allocation and cargo orientation
by T N Wong & P S Chow & D Sculli - 1464-1471 Crane scheduling with non-crossing constraint
by Y Zhu & A Lim - 1472-1481 Carrier assignment models in transportation procurement
by Y Guo & A Lim & B Rodrigues & Y Zhu - 1482-1490 Finding the best visualization of an ontology
by C V Fabritius & N L Madsen & J Clausen & J Larsen - 1491-1496 An enhanced goal programming method for generating priority vectors
by C-C Lin - 1497-1498 Comment on M Gravel, C Gagné and WL Price (2005). Review and comparison of three methods for the solution of the car sequencing problem
by N Boysen & M Fliedner - 1498-1498 Comment on Inventory policy for products with price and time-dependent demands
by N Tanrıöver & E Medetoğulları - 1498-1498 Response to Boysen and Fliedner
by C Gagne & M Gravel & W L Price - 1498-1499 Reply to Tanrıöver and Medetoğulları
by P S You - 1499-1500 Optimal production policy with shelf-life including shortages: a comment
by L E Cárdenas-Barrón - 1500-1500 Reply to Cárdenas-Barrón
by S Sharma
November 2006, Volume 57, Issue 11
- 1263-1263 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson - 1264-1278 A survey of decision support system applications (1995–2001)
by S Eom & E Kim - 1279-1288 An analysis of combined arms teaming for the Australian defence force
by S Wheeler - 1289-1299 Random effects logistic regression model for ranking efficiency in data envelopment analysis
by S Y Sohn - 1300-1312 ‘Doing the right problem’ versus ‘doing the problem right’: problem structuring within a Land Force environment
by N J Curtis & P J Dortmans & J Ciuk - 1313-1322 A rule-based risk decision-making approach and its application in China's customs inspection decision
by Z Hua & S Li & Z Tao - 1323-1340 A differentiated service scheme to optimize website revenues
by J Ou & M Parlar & M Sharafali - 1341-1352 A fuzzy MCDM approach for stock selection
by C-T Tsao - 1353-1365 Dynamic zigzag pricing of resalable goods with no depreciation and intergroup externalities
by K Kogan & U Spiegel - 1366-1368 Resolving a strange case of efficiency
by R Färe & S Grosskopf - 1369-1370 Statistics and management science
by Michael Wood - 1370-1371 John Mingers is a critical realist imperialist
by Mike C Jackson - 1371-1373 The OR approach to forecasting: comments on Mingers' paper
by Richard Ormerod - 1373-1375 Intelligent thinking instead of critical realism?
by Mike Chiasson & Robert Fildes & Mike Pidd - 1375-1379 Response from the author: Intelligence and realism in OR
by John Mingers
October 2006, Volume 57, Issue 10
- 1143-1160 A survey of simulated annealing as a tool for single and multiobjective optimization
by B Suman & P Kumar - 1161-1172 ‘A festering sore’: the issue of professionalism in the history of the Operational Research Society
by M W Kirby - 1173-1179 Crew rostering problem in a public transport company
by M Lezaun & G Pérez & E Sáinz de la Maza - 1180-1187 European generic scoring models using survival analysis
by G Andreeva - 1188-1196 A maintenance resources capacity estimator
by J Guarnieri & A W Johnson & S M Swartz - 1197-1215 A priority assessment multi-criteria decision model for human spaceflight mission planning at NASA
by M Tavana - 1216-1223 Choosing best alliance partners and allocating optimal alliance resources using the fuzzy multi-objective dummy programming model
by J-J Huang & G-H Tzeng & C-S Ong - 1224-1230 The optimum prepaid monetary incentives for mail surveys
by J Saunders & D Jobber & V Mitchell - 1231-1240 A Lagrangean heuristic algorithm for disassembly scheduling with capacity constraints
by H-J Kim & D-H Lee & P Xirouchakis - 1241-1247 An analytical framework for aggregating multiattribute utility functions
by J González-Pachón & C Romero - 1248-1251 A local search method for permutation flow shop scheduling
by W Q Huang & L Wang - 1252-1255 An exact calculation of the cycle service level in a generalized periodic review system
by M Cardós & C Miralles & L Ros - 1256-1257 A note on the categorization of demand patterns
by A V Kostenko & R J Hyndman - 1257-1258 Reply to Kostenko and Hyndman
by A A Syntetos & J E Boylan & J D Croston
September 2006, Volume 57, Issue 9
- 1019-1026 Simulation as a pedagogical tool for managerial decision-making in a transition economy
by D L Olson & M F Shipley & M Johnson & P Dimitrova & I Marchevski & I Stoykov & N Yankov - 1027-1034 Using Foucault to analyse ethics in the practice of problem structuring methods
by J-R Córdoba - 1035-1044 Scheduling preventive railway maintenance activities
by G Budai & D Huisman & R Dekker - 1045-1052 Solving a vehicle-routing problem arising in soft-drink distribution
by J Privé & J Renaud & F Boctor & G Laporte - 1053-1063 Some evidence on forecasting time-series with support vector machines
by J V Hansen & J B McDonald & R D Nelson - 1064-1080 Broadening the boundaries: an application of critical systems thinking to IS planning in Colombia
by J-R Córdoba & G Midgley - 1081-1088 Heuristic procedures for the single facility inspection problem with minimal repair and increasing failure rate
by M Hariga & N Azaiez - 1089-1099 Opportunistic supply chain formation from qualified partners for a new market demand
by S S Chauhan & J-M Proth & A M Sarmiento & R Nagi - 1100-1112 Large-scale capacitated part-routing in the presence of process and routing flexibilities and setup costs
by M Diaby & A L Nsakanda - 1113-1125 A bi-criteria two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with a learning effect
by P Chen & C-C Wu & W-C Lee - 1126-1133 A decision approach to competitive electronic sealed-bid auctions for land
by E Ballestero & C Bielza & D Pla-Santamaría - 1134-1141 A heuristic for multiple-feeder PCB manufacturing
by A Volgenant & A de Waal
August 2006, Volume 57, Issue 8
- 885-891 An analytical approach for constructing and measuring concepts
by P J Dortmans & N J Curtis & N Tri - 892-909 The history and ideas of pragmatism
by R Ormerod - 910-919 Using principal components in a proportional hazards model with applications in condition-based maintenance
by D Lin & D Banjevic & A K S Jardine - 920-927 Optimal cooperative advertising integration strategy for organizations adding a direct online channel
by P D Berger & J Lee & B D Weinberg - 928-938 A combined terminal location and ship routing problem
by H Gunnarsson & M Rönnqvist & D Carlsson - 939-949 Quid pro quo: Reflections on the value of problem structuring group workshops
by D Shaw & J S Edwards & P M Collier - 950-956 A methodology to optimize foundation seminar assignments
by K A Willoughby & C J Zappe - 957-964 Repair strategies in an uncertain environment: Markov decision process approach
by Y-H Kim & L C Thomas - 965-974 Optimizing VVT strategies: a decomposition approach
by M Barad & A Engel - 975-985 Valuation of soccer spread bets
by A D Fitt & C J Howls & M Kabelka - 986-994 A cost model for N-version programming with imperfect debugging
by T Bhaskar & U D Kumar - 995-1004 A practical approach to approximate bilinear functions in mathematical programming problems by using Schur's decomposition and SOS type 2 variables
by S A Gabriel & R García-Bertrand & P Sahakij & A J Conejo - 1005-1013 Two modifications of the least cost per period heuristic for dynamic lot-sizing
by J C Ho & Y-L Chang & A O Solis - 1014-1017 A goal programming approach for developing pre-harvest forecasts of crop yield
by A Bhattacharya - 1018-1018 Erratum: A new tabu search heuristic for the open vehicle routing problem
by Z Fu & R Eglese & L Y O Li
July 2006, Volume 57, Issue 7
- 757-758 Problem structuring methods: new directions in a problematic world
by Duncan Shaw & Alberto Franco & Mark Westcombe - 759-765 Past, present and future of problem structuring methods
by J Rosenhead - 766-768 Where next for problem structuring methods
by C Eden & F Ackermann - 769-771 Reply to Eden and Ackermann: Any future for problem structuring methods?
by P Checkland - 772-775 Labels, methodologies and strategic decision support
by John Friend - 776-778 Where next for PSMs—A grassroots revolution?
by Mark Westcombe & L Alberto Franco & Duncan Shaw