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July 2006, Volume 57, Issue 7
- 779-791 Causal maps and the evaluation of decision options—a review
by G Montibeller & V Belton - 792-801 Problem structuring using computer-aided morphological analysis
by T Ritchey - 802-812 Problem structuring in project management: an application of soft systems methodology (SSM)
by M Winter - 813-821 Forms of conversation and problem structuring methods: a conceptual development
by L A Franco - 822-829 On becoming expert in the use of problem structuring methods
by P Keys - 830-841 Journey Making group workshops as a research tool
by D Shaw - 842-855 Evaluating problem-structuring methods: developing an approach to show the value and effectiveness of PSMs
by L White - 856-867 Combining PSMs with hard OR methods: the philosophical and practical challenges
by K Kotiadis & J Mingers - 868-878 Beyond problem structuring methods: reinventing the future of OR/MS
by M C Jackson
June 2006, Volume 57, Issue 6
- 615-629 A warehouse-based design model for reverse logistics
by M I Salema & A P B Póvoa & A Q Novais - 630-636 Financial survival analysis of defaulted debtors
by L N Allen & L C Rose - 637-642 Orange harvesting scheduling management: a case study
by J V Caixeta-Filho - 643-654 Discontinuity in decision-making when objectives conflict: a military command decision case study
by L Dodd & J Moffat & J Smith - 655-669 Predictive models of expenditure and over-indebtedness for assessing the affordability of new consumer credit applications
by S M Finlay - 670-681 Capacity and tool allocation problem in flexible manufacturing systems
by S Bilgin & M Azizoǧlu - 682-691 Implementing the balanced scorecard using the analytic hierarchy process & the analytic network process
by L C Leung & K C Lam & D Cao - 692-702 Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime
by D J Robb & E A Silver - 703-710 Single-machine scheduling with flexible and periodic maintenance
by J S Chen - 711-717 Cascades of queues
by J D Griffiths - 718-726 A reactive local search-based algorithm for the disjunctively constrained knapsack problem
by M Hifi & M Michrafy - 727-734 A multi-objective heuristic approach for the casualty collection points location problem
by T Drezner & Z Drezner & S Salhi - 735-746 Method of sentinels for packing items within arbitrary convex regions
by E G Birgin & J M Martínez & W F Mascarenhas & D P Ronconi - 747-747 On ‘Optimal production policy with shelf life including shortages’
by S K Goyal & S Viswanathan - 748-748 Reply to SK Goyal
by S Sharma - 748-750 Quarantine OCRA spam
by S Wang & H Wang - 750-754 On OCRA: response to comments by Wang and Wang (2005)
by C Parkan - 755-755 Erratum: Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime
by D J Robb & E A Silver
May 2006, Volume 57, Issue 5
- 475-489 Humanitarian aid logistics: supply chain management in high gear
by L N Van Wassenhove - 490-498 Scheduling of brand production and shipping within a sugar supply chain
by A Higgins & G Beashel & A Harrison - 499-509 Multicriteria and multiperiod programming for scenario analysis in Guadalquivir river irrigated farming
by M J López-Baldovin & C Gutiérrez-Martin & J Berbel - 510-525 Combining MCDA and conflict analysis: an exploratory application of an integrated approach
by F B Losa & V Belton - 526-531 Markovian networks in labour markets
by A Rodrigo & M Vazquez & C Carrera - 532-540 An interactive approach for multiobjective decision making
by M Köksalan & E Karasakal - 541-551 A penalty-based heuristic algorithm for the permutation flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent set-up times
by F T Tseng & J N D Gupta & E F Stafford - 552-560 Random effects logistic regression model for data envelopment analysis with correlated decision making units
by S Y Sohn & H Choi - 561-578 Multiobjective vendor allocation in multiechelon inventory systems: a spreadsheet model
by S W Lam & L C Tang - 579-587 Vehicle routing problem with simultaneous deliveries and pickups
by J-F Chen & T-H Wu - 588-592 Forecasting for intermittent demand: the estimation of an unbiased average
by E A Shale & J E Boylan & F R Johnston - 593-602 Complexity in rework cells: theory, analysis and comparison
by S B Yu & J Efstathiou - 603-611 Emergent learning behaviour in a simulated organization faced with tasks requiring team effort
by P-S Deng & E G Tsacle - 612-612 Beware multiple hypothesis testing—the curse of type I errors
by D Worthington - 613-614 Thank you to Referees
by T Williams & J Wilson
April 2006, Volume 57, Issue 4
- 337-349 Measuring bank operations performance: an approach based on Grey Relation Analysis
by Chien-Ta Ho - 350-356 Electricity price forecasting through transfer function models
by F J Nogales & A J Conejo - 357-366 Optimal inventory policy for specialty chemical products in multiple packages
by E J Comeaux & B R Sarker - 367-376 Improving harvesting and transport planning within a sugar value chain
by A J Higgins & L A Laredo - 377-388 Management decision-making in the single period optimum pricing problem
by P C Bell & M Zhang - 389-399 On alternative mixed integer programming formulations and LP-based heuristics for lot-sizing with setup times
by M Denizel & H Süral - 400-409 The correct Kriging variance estimated by bootstrapping
by D den Hertog & J P C Kleijnen & A Y D Siem - 410-415 Minimizing total flow time in the single-machine scheduling problem with periodic maintenance
by W J Chen - 416-422 On selecting a process with the smallest number of unfortunate events
by M S Mulekar & F J Matejcik - 423-433 Multi-period aggregate production planning in a news-vendor framework
by K Kogan & V Portougal - 434-442 A dialectical framework for problem structuring and information technology
by I Millet & J L Gogan - 443-449 Cutting costs or enhancing revenues? An example of a multi-product firm with impatient customers illustrates an important choice facing operational researchers
by P C Bell & J Chen - 450-459 Variables sampling plans with PPM fraction of defectives and process loss consideration
by W L Pearn & Chien-Wei Wu - 460-468 A three-machine permutation flow-shop problem with minimum makespan on the second machine
by S Yanai & T Fujie - 469-473 Mixed binary interval goal programming
by Ching-Ter Chang
March 2006, Volume 57, Issue 3
- 231-240 Knowledge acquisition and revision using neural networks: an application to a cross-national study of brand image perception
by R Setiono & S-L Pan & M-H Hsieh & A Azcarraga - 241-249 New measures of proximity for the assignment algorithms in the MDVRPTW
by L Tansini & O Viera - 250-261 Single versus multiple sourcing in the presence of risks
by P D Berger & A Z Zeng - 262-270 Optimal production time and number of maintenance actions for an imperfect production system under equal-interval maintenance policy
by Chih-Hsiung Wang & Ruey Huei Yeh & Peitsang Wu - 271-280 Minimizing sum of completion times on a single machine with sequence-dependent family setup times
by S Karabatı & C Akkan - 281-289 Optimal business policies for a supplier–transporter–buyer channel with a price-sensitive demand
by L Lei & Q Wang & C Fan - 290-295 Completing projects according to plans: an earned-value improvement index
by D F Cioffi - 296-303 Lot streaming with variable sublots: an integer programming formulation
by D Biskup & M Feldmann - 304-315 Optimal policies for inventory usage, production and pricing of fashion goods over a selling season
by K Kogan & U Spiegel - 316-324 Lagrangian relaxation algorithms for real-time hybrid flowshop scheduling with finite intermediate buffers
by L Tang & H Xuan - 325-328 Book Selection
by Uwe Aickelin - 329-331 Book Selection
by U Aickelin - 332-335 Book Selection
by U Aickelin
February 2006, Volume 57, Issue 2
- 123-132 A stochastic programming approach for multi-site aggregate production planning
by S C H Leung & Y Wu & K K Lai - 133-139 Single-machine scheduling with time window-dependent processing times
by C Lahlou & S Dauzère-Pérès - 140-147 A tabu search heuristic for solving the CLSP with backlogging and set-up carry-over
by B Karimi & S M T Fatemi Ghomi & J M Wilson - 148-162 Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems
by E K Burke & B L MacCarthy & S Petrovic & R Qu - 163-176 Minimizing flow time in a flow-line manufacturing cell with family setup times
by J N D Gupta & J E Schaller - 177-189 Order splitting in single sourcing with scheduled-release orders
by A K Mishra & P R Tadikamalla - 190-201 Generating ranking groups in the analytical hierarchy process
by J Yue & B Chen & M-C Wang - 202-219 A critique of statistical modelling in management science from a critical realist perspective: its role within multimethodology
by J Mingers - 220-226 Flow shop scheduling problems with deteriorating jobs under dominating machines
by J-B Wang & Z-Q Xia - 227-230 Book Selection
by U Aickelin
January 2006, Volume 57, Issue 1
- 2-9 Bootstrapping to solve the limited data problem in production control: an application in batch process industries
by V C Ivănescu & J W M Bertrand & J C Fransoo & J P C Kleijnen - 10-21 Men and measures: capturing knowledge requirements in firms through qualitative system modelling
by J Swart & J H Powell - 22-28 The maximal expected coverage relocation problem for emergency vehicles
by M Gendreau & G Laporte & F Semet - 29-37 Tabu search for a multi-objective routing problem
by J Pacheco & R Martí - 38-51 Semi-dynamic modelling of heterogeneous land combat
by N E Ozdemirel & L Kandiller - 52-62 Supply chain network design: partner selection and production/distribution planning using a systematic model
by D Y Sha & Z H Che - 63-81 Nonparametric adaptive opportunity-based age replacement strategies
by P Coolen-Schrijner & F P A Coolen & S C Shaw - 82-93 Solving the uncapacitated multi-facility Weber problem by vector quantization and self-organizing maps
by N Aras & K C Özkısacık & İ K Altınel - 94-100 Improving demand forecasting accuracy using nonlinear programming software
by J D Bermúdez & J V Segura & E Vercher - 101-110 Scheduling multi-stage parallel-processor services to minimize average response time
by A Allahverdi & F S Al-Anzi - 111-116 A reactive tabu search for the vehicle routing problem
by N A Wassan - 117-120 The OR/MS contribution to strategy development and policy-making
by R Ormerod - 120-121 Reply to R Ormerod
by M Pidd
December 2005, Volume 56, Issue 12
- 1349-1350 George B Dantzig, 1914–2005
by H P Williams - 1351-1351 Editorial
by J Wilson - 1352-1362 Productivity differences across OECD countries in the presence of environmental constraints
by F J Arcelus & P Arocena - 1363-1372 Using a group support system to aid input–output identification in DEA
by B Casu & D Shaw & E Thanassoulis - 1373-1378 About the structure of boundary points in DEA
by V E Krivonozhko & O B Utkin & A V Volodin & I A Sablin - 1379-1398 Putting soft OR methods to work: the case of IS strategy development for the UK Parliament
by R Ormerod - 1399-1407 The Lanchester (n, 1) problem
by G T Kaup & D J Kaup & N M Finkelstein - 1408-1418 The explicit role of weight bounds in models of data envelopment analysis
by V V Podinovski - 1419-1430 Simple, efficient heuristics for multi-item multi-location spare parts systems with lateral transshipments and waiting time constraints
by H Wong & G J van Houtum & D Cattrysse & D Van Oudheusden - 1431-1438 Programmatic efficiency comparisons between unequally sized groups of DMUs in DEA
by G Simpson - 1439-1447 Determining a sequence of targets in DEA
by S Lozano & G Villa - 1448-1451 A note on an L-approach for solving the manufacturer's pallet loading problem
by E G Birgin & R Morabito & F H Nishihara - 1452-1454 Book Selection
by U Aickelin
November 2005, Volume 56, Issue 11
- 1241-1249 A semi-Markov approach for modelling asset deterioration
by M Black & A T Brint & J R Brailsford - 1250-1257 The use of simulation in the design of a road transport incident detection algorithm
by B J Waterson & T J Cherrett & M McDonald - 1258-1264 Modelling category demand in retail chains
by G Baltas - 1265-1272 Using hazard networks to determine risk reduction strategies
by T S Glickman & H Khamooshi - 1273-1286 A critical comparison of the various plausible inter-echelon gaming processes in supply chain models
by A H L Lau & H-S Lau - 1287-1295 Review and comparison of three methods for the solution of the car sequencing problem
by M Gravel & C Gagné & W L Price - 1296-1302 Metaheuristics applied to mixed and simultaneous extensions of vehicle routing problems with backhauls
by J Crispim & J Brandão - 1303-1309 Time aggregation effect on the correlation coefficient: added-systematically sampled framework
by R Jea & C-T Su & J-L Lin - 1310-1324 Joint optimization of process improvement investments for supplier–buyer cooperative commerce
by E J Comeaux & B R Sarker - 1325-1330 Flow-shop scheduling with a learning effect
by J-B Wang & Z-Q Xia - 1331-1333 Addendum to ‘Comment on Bose S, Goswami A and Chaudhuri KS (1995). An EOQ model for deteriorating items with linear time-dependent demand rate and shortages under inflation and time discounting’ by Moon and Giri
by C-Y Dye - 1333-1333 Authors' response
by B C Giri - 1333-1337 Comment on Carter M and Guthrie G (2004). Cricket interruptus: fairness and incentive in limited overs cricket matches
by F C Duckworth & A J Lewis - 1337-1341 Reply to the comments of Duckworth and Lewis
by M Carter & G Guthrie - 1342-1348 Book Selection
by U Aickelin
October 2005, Volume 56, Issue 10
- 1119-1121 Patrick Rivett
by Alan Mercer - 1122-1131 Modelling for policy assessment in the natural gas industry
by Y Olaya & I Dyner - 1132-1140 Applying neural network and scatter search to optimize parameter design with dynamic characteristics
by Chao-Ton Su & Mu-Chen Chen & Hsiao-Ling Chan - 1141-1150 A system dynamics model of the semiconductor industry development in Taiwan
by J H Chen & T S Jan - 1151-1158 A complexity perspective to deploy artistic exhibits
by C-H Lan & C-Y Hsui & L-C Wei - 1159-1165 The impact of information sharing in a two-level supply chain with multiple retailers
by T C E Cheng & Y N Wu - 1166-1175 Goal programming and cognitive biases in decision-making
by T J Stewart - 1176-1183 Two optimization models of the optimum inspection problem
by R Jiang & A K S Jardine - 1184-1195 Internet protocol network design with uncertain demand
by M Riis & A J V Skriver & S F Møller - 1196-1203 Data envelopment analysis with common weights: the compromise solution approach
by C Kao & H-T Hung - 1204-1212 Interactive group decision-making procedure using weak strength of preference
by C H Han & B S Ahn - 1213-1223 An empirical study of hybrid genetic algorithms for the set covering problem
by F J Vasko & P J Knolle & D S Spiegel - 1224-1234 Effects of joint replenishment and channel coordination for managing multiple deteriorating products in a supply chain
by J-M Chen & T-H Chen - 1235-1240 A novel method for the network reliability in terms of capacitated-minimum-paths without knowing minimum-paths in advance
by W-C Yeh
September 2005, Volume 56, Issue 9
- 1003-1005 Credit Scoring
by J N Crook & D E Edelman & L C Thomas - 1006-1015 A survey of the issues in consumer credit modelling research
by L C Thomas & R W Oliver & D J Hand - 1016-1029 Optimal scoring cutoff policies and efficient frontiers
by P Beling & Z Covaliu & R M Oliver - 1030-1040 Designing win-win financial loan products for consumers and businesses
by R L Keeney & R M Oliver - 1041-1050 Modelling the purchase propensity: analysis of a revolving store card
by G Andreeva & J Ansell & J N Crook - 1051-1062 Impact of demographic and economic variables on financial policy purchase timing decisions
by L C Thomas & S Thomas & L Tang & O Ap Gwilym - 1063-1071 Hurdle models of loan default
by P G Moffatt - 1072-1081 Credit scoring, augmentation and lean models
by J Banasik & J Crook - 1082-1088 Support vector machines for classifying and describing credit applicants: detecting typical and critical regions
by K B Schebesch & R Stecking - 1089-1098 Neural network survival analysis for personal loan data
by B Baesens & T Van Gestel & M Stepanova & D Van den Poel & J Vanthienen - 1099-1108 Data mining feature selection for credit scoring models
by Y Liu & M Schumann - 1109-1117 Good practice in retail credit scorecard assessment
by D J Hand
August 2005, Volume 56, Issue 8
- 879-888 Soft modelling in risk communication and management: examples in handling food risk
by S French & A J Maule & G Mythen - 889-901 Using data envelopment analysis to model the performance of UK coastguard centres
by R B van der Meer & J Quigley & J E Storbeck - 902-911 The grocery superstore vehicle scheduling problem
by R W Eglese & A Mercer & B Sohrabi - 912-921 Knowledge-based improvement: simulation and artificial intelligence for identifying and improving human decision-making in an operations system
by S Robinson & T Alifantis & J S Edwards & J Ladbrook & A Waller - 922-930 A simulated annealing approach to mine production scheduling
by M Kumral & P A Dowd - 931-941 Relevance assumed: a case study of balanced scorecard development using system dynamics
by H A Akkermans & K E van Oorschot - 942-946 Fitting Lanchester's square law to the Ardennes Campaign
by C-Y Hung & G K Yang & P S Deng & T Tang & S-P Lan & P Chu - 947-953 A fast ant-colony algorithm for single-machine scheduling to minimize the sum of weighted tardiness of jobs
by O Holthaus & C Rajendran - 954-961 A new enhancement of the Clarke and Wright savings heuristic for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
by İ K Altınel & T Öncan - 962-968 Maximizing the value of an Earth observation satellite orbit
by J-F Cordeau & G Laporte - 969-980 A reassessment of the human development index via data envelopment analysis
by D K Despotis - 981-992 The impact of sample bias on consumer credit scoring performance and profitability
by G Verstraeten & D Van den Poel - 993-996 ‘No Overlap No Gap’ and the attack of a linear target by n different weapons
by I David & M Kress - 997-1000 Allocating the gains from resource pooling with the Shapley Value
by G Reinhardt & M Dada - 1001-1001 Erratum: New heuristic for the dynamic layout problem
by E Erel & J B Ghosh & J T Simon
July 2005, Volume 56, Issue 7
- 757-762 Using revenue sharing to create win–win in the video rental supply chain
by J A A van der Veen & V Venugopal - 763-775 Problem difficulty of real instances of convoy planning
by A L Tuson & S A Harrison - 776-786 Devising a quick-running heuristic for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) routing system
by G W Kinney & R R Hill & J T Moore - 787-798 Identifying strategic action in highly politicized contexts using agent-based qualitative system dynamics
by J H Powell & R G Coyle - 799-803 Dynamic model for a defective production system with Poka-Yoke
by J-C Tsou & J-M Chen - 804-815 Towards fairer measures of player performance in one-day cricket
by A J Lewis - 816-824 Tabu search embedded simulated annealing for the shortest route cut and fill problem
by A Lim & B Rodrigues & J Zhang - 825-835 A static allocation model for the outsourcing of warranty repairs
by L Ding & K D Glazebrook - 836-843 An economic model for credit assessment problems using screening approaches
by H-T Tsai & L C Thomas & H-C Yeh - 844-854 Analysis of monitoring and limiting of commercial cheating: a newsvendor model
by K Liu & J-A Li & Y Wu & K K Lai - 855-861 Rank reversals in multi-criteria decision analysis with statistical modelling of ratio-scale pairwise comparisons
by P Leskinen & J Kangas - 862-869 Modelling nationwide hospital length of stay: opening the black box
by C Vasilakis & A H Marshall - 870-873 Inventory policy for products with price and time-dependent demands
by P-S You - 874-876 Intellectual and practical journeys
by R J Ormerod - 876-877 Reply to Richard Ormerod
by M W Kirby
June 2005, Volume 56, Issue 6
- 619-629 Discrete-event simulation: from the pioneers to the present, what next?
by S Robinson - 630-641 Using regression analysis to model the performance of UK Coastguard centres
by R B Van der Meer & J Quigley & J E Storbeck - 642-648 A TSP (1,2) application arising in cable assembly shops
by E Duman & M H Ozcelik & A N Ceranoglu - 649-658 Heuristical labour scheduling to optimize airport passenger flows
by S Casado & M Laguna & J Pacheco - 659-675 Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health services
by K Taylor & B Dangerfield - 676-686 Data envelopment analysis with heterogeneous data: an application
by J K Sengupta - 687-698 Using metaheuristic compromise programming for the solution of multiple-objective scheduling problems
by C Gagné & M Gravel & W L Price - 699-707 Status quo analysis in the graph model for conflict resolution
by K W Li & D M Kilgour & K W Hipel - 708-718 A heuristic approach to the multi-period multi-commodity transportation problem
by K L Poh & K W Choo & C G Wong - 719-726 An EOQ model for deteriorating items under trade credits
by L-Y Ouyang & C-T Chang & J-T Teng - 727-731 Using DEA and simulation in guiding operating units to improved performance
by A Greasley - 732-737 Estimating energy consumption of transport modes in India using DEA and application to energy and environmental policy
by R Ramanathan - 738-743 Multi-objective allocation of multi-function workers with lower bounded capacity
by A Corominas & J Ojeda & R Pastor - 744-749 Estimating completion-time distribution in stochastic activity networks
by N-H Shih
May 2005, Volume 56, Issue 5
- 479-482 The next 50 years of OR
by T Williams & J Wilson & M Pidd - 483-494 Cost efficiency, production and value-added models in the analysis of bank branch performance
by A S Camanho & R G Dyson - 495-503 On the categorization of demand patterns
by A A Syntetos & J E Boylan & J D Croston - 504-513 An Intranet-based architecture for building military scenario training systems
by S H Liao - 514-525 The search for an alerted moving target
by J F J Vermeulen & M van den Brink - 526-538 Improving robustness of solutions to arc routing problems
by G Fleury & P Lacomme & C Prins & W Ramdane-Chérif - 539-548 Greedy algorithms for packing unequal circles into a rectangular container
by W Q Huang & Y Li & H Akeb & C M Li