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February 2004, Volume 55, Issue 2
- 123-131 Flexible versus fixed timetabling: a case study
by M Bazargan-Lari - 132-138 A demonstration of the utility of fractional experimental design for finding optimal genetic algorithm parameter settings
by D J Stewardson & R I Whitfield - 139-146 On the evolution of an intelligent maintenance optimization system
by K A H Kobbacy - 147-159 Periodic review (s, S) inventory model with permissible delay in payments
by B S Maddah & M Y Jaber & N E Abboud - 160-169 Job scheduling with technical constraints
by P Corry & E Kozan - 170-178 Local and global returns to scale in performance measurement
by V V Podinovski - 179-186 Efficient heuristics for Median Cycle Problems
by J Renaud & F F Boctor & G Laporte - 187-197 The multiple-choice multi-period knapsack problem
by Edward Y H Lin & Chung-Min Wu - 198-203 Due-date assignment and single machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs
by T C E Cheng & L Kang & C T Ng
January 2004, Volume 55, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson - 2-11 A synthesis of assignment and heuristic solutions for vehicle routing with time windows
by G Ioannou & M N Kritikos - 12-22 Validation of decision-aiding spreadsheets: the influence of contingency factors
by C W Olphert & J M Wilson - 23-33 Productivity breakdown of the information and computing technology industries across countries
by B B M Shao & W S Shu - 34-42 Emergency and on-demand health care: modelling a large complex system
by S C Brailsford & V A Lattimer & P Tarnaras & J C Turnbull - 43-53 A two-stage stochastic programming framework for transportation planning in disaster response
by G Barbarosoǧlu & Y Arda - 54-64 Displacement problem and dynamically scheduling aircraft landings
by J E Beasley & M Krishnamoorthy & Y M Sharaiha & D Abramson - 65-72 Minimax portfolio optimization: empirical numerical study
by X Cai & K L Teo & X Q Yang & X Y Zhou - 73-81 A spring-embedding approach for the facility layout problem
by Ignacio Castillo & Thaddeus Sim - 82-89 Gauging and comparing the performances of dissimilar entities
by C Parkan - 90-90 The practice of UK OR practitioners
by R Ormerod - 90-93 Response to Richard Ormerod
by I Munro & J Mingers
December 2003, Volume 54, Issue 12
- 1231-1233 Obituary Stafford Beer
by Jonathan Rosenhead - 1234-1241 Cost–benefit modelling for reliability growth
by John Quigley & Lesley Walls - 1242-1248 Compensation differences between male and female CEOs for publicly traded firms: a nonparametric analysis
by N Mohan & J Ruggiero - 1249-1253 Incorporating the potential for human error in maintenance models
by M J Carr & A H Christer - 1254-1262 A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem
by J Berger & M Barkaoui - 1263-1274 Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time
by J N D Gupta & A J Ruiz-torres & S Webster - 1275-1282 New heuristic for the dynamic layout problem
by E Erel & J B Ghosh & J T Simon - 1283-1295 Integrated service network design for a cross-docking supply chain network
by C S Sung & S H Song - 1296-1299 A note on activity floats in activity-on-arrow networks
by T Zhao & C-L Tseng - 1300-1301 The power of multi-methodology: some thoughts for John Mingers
by Mike C Jackson - 1301-1302 Mingers on the classification of philosophical assumptions
by Frank H Gregory - 1303-1304 Replies to Jackson and Gregory
by John Mingers
November 2003, Volume 54, Issue 11
- 1127-1140 The intellectual journey of Russell Ackoff: from OR apostle to OR apostate
by M W Kirby - 1141-1147 Solving a home-care districting problem in an urban setting
by M Blais & S D Lapierre & G Laporte - 1148-1154 A dynamic programming method for matching rail-track monitoring data
by J van der Touw & A Veevers - 1155-1166 A two-phase multiple objective approach to university timetabling utilising optimisation and evolutionary solution methodologies
by S K Mirrazavi & S J Mardle & M Tamiz - 1167-1176 When should you sack a football manager? Results from a simple model applied to the English Premiership
by Chris Hope - 1177-1188 Investigating buyer and seller strategies in online auctions
by A T Brint - 1189-1197 A multiple replenishment contract with ARIMA demand processes
by Jong Soo Kim & K Y Shin & S E Ahn - 1198-1208 Two-resource stochastic capacity planning employing a Bayesian methodology
by E Stavrulaki & D K H Fong & D K J Lin - 1209-1221 District design for arc-routing applications
by L Muyldermans & D Cattrysse & D Van Oudheusden - 1222-1224 Due-date assignment with asymmetric earliness–tardiness cost
by G Mosheiov - 1225-1226 Deeper complementarism: a brief response to Ulrich
by M C Jackson - 1226-1229 Reply to the comments of Jackson
by W Ulrich
October 2003, Volume 54, Issue 10
- 1021-1021 Editorial
by T M Williams & J M Wilson - 1022-1028 Operational Research for informed innovation: NHS Direct as a case study in the design, implementation and evaluation of a new public service
by G Royston & J Halsall & D Halsall & C Braithwaite - 1029-1037 Impact of computerization on firm performance: a case of Shanghai manufacturing enterprises
by Y C Ng & M K Chang - 1038-1049 A dispatching rule-based approach to production scheduling in a printed circuit board manufacturing system
by G-C Lee & Y-D Kim & J-G Kim & S-H Choi - 1050-1058 Constructively simple estimating: a project management example
by C Chapman & S Ward - 1059-1075 Design of manufacturing cells in the presence of alternative cell locations and material transporters
by R Logendran & Y Karim - 1076-1084 A branch-and-bound-based local search method for the flow shop problem
by M Haouari & T Ladhari - 1085-1092 Application of the out-of-kilter algorithm to the asymmetric traveling salesman problem
by K Sang-Ho & G Young-Gun & K Maing-Kyu - 1093-1101 Dynamic pricing of inventory with cancellation demand
by P-S You - 1102-1105 On ‘redundant’ constraints in Stafford's MILP model for the flowshop problem
by E F Stafford & F T Tseng - 1106-1107 Professor George A Barnard, 1915–2002
by Dennis V Lindley
September 2003, Volume 54, Issue 9
- 911-913 Part Special Issue Introduction: modelling organizational knowledge
by H Tsoukas & N Mylonopoulos - 914-923 Belief revision and organisational knowledge dynamics
by G Tselekidis & P Peppas & M-a Williams - 924-935 A market-based computational approach to collaborative organizational learning
by P-S Deng & E G Tsacle - 936-948 Approaches to sharing knowledge in group problem structuring
by D Shaw & F Ackermann & C Eden - 949-957 Bad numbers: coping with flawed decision support
by T R Willemain & W A Wallace & K R Fleischmann & L B Waisel & S N Ganaway - 958-969 An evolutionary approach for the target allocation problem
by E Erdem & N E Ozdemirel - 970-983 Binary knapsack problems with random budgets
by S Das & D Ghosh - 984-994 Synchronization in supply chains: implications for design and management
by M Khouja - 995-1001 New reliability bounds for coherent systems
by Y-C Hsieh - 1002-1010 Digital contracts-driven method for pricing complex derivatives
by J Lu & H Ohta - 1011-1015 Optimal retailer's ordering policies in the EOQ model under trade credit financing
by Y-F Huang
August 2003, Volume 54, Issue 8
- 799-805 Short-term electricity demand forecasting using double seasonal exponential smoothing
by J W Taylor - 806-821 Algorithms for parallel machine scheduling: a case study of the tracking and data relay satellite system
by S Rojanasoonthon & J F Bard & S D Reddy - 822-832 Sample selection bias in credit scoring models
by J Banasik & J Crook & L Thomas - 833-837 An examination of the size of orders from customers, their characterisation and the implications for inventory control of slow moving items
by F R Johnston & J E Boylan & E A Shale - 838-845 Dynamic programming in cricket: choosing a night watchman
by S R Clarke & J M Norman - 846-859 Optimal two-stage ordering policy with Bayesian information updating
by T-M Choi & D Li & H Yan - 860-870 Time analysis for planning a path in a time-window network
by Y-L Chen & L-J Hsiao & K Tang - 871-877 A probabilistic one-centre location problem on a network
by O Berman & Z Drezner - 878-887 Determining the best strategy for changing the configuration of a football team
by N Hirotsu & M Wright - 888-895 Economic optimization of off-line inspection with inspection errors
by S H Sheu & Y C Chen & W Y Wang & N H Shin - 896-905 Scale transitivity in the AHP
by P Ji & R Jiang - 906-910 Exact solution of the generalized routing problem through graph transformations
by M Blais & G Laporte
July 2003, Volume 54, Issue 7
- 679-691 Measuring and managing educational performance
by D J Mayston - 692-705 Evaluating electronic workshops through analysing the ‘brainstormed’ ideas
by D Shaw - 706-712 Validity in SSM: neglected areas
by Ö Pala & J A M Vennix & T van Mullekom - 713-722 Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a simulation-based approach for the evaluation of intervention strategies
by I T Vieira & P R Harper & A K Shahani & V De Senna - 723-735 Resource, service quality and performance triad: a framework for measuring efficiency of banking services
by A Mukherjee & P Nath & M Pal - 736-746 Simulation of single start station for Edmonton EMS
by A Ingolfsson & E Erkut & S Budge - 747-750 The best banking strategy when playing The Weakest Link
by L C Thomas - 751-757 A DEA study of gender equity in executive compensation
by W F Bowlin & C J Renner & J M Rives - 758-768 Analysis of compatibility between interdependent matrices in ANP
by L C Leung & Y V Hui & M Zheng - 769-776 The expropriation location problem
by O Berman & Z Drezner & G O Wesolowsky - 777-789 An L-approach for packing (ℓ, w)-rectangles into rectangular and L-shaped pieces
by L Lins & S Lins & R Morabito - 790-797 Exploration of a hybrid feature selection algorithm
by K-M Osei-Bryson & K Giles & B Kositanurit
June 2003, Volume 54, Issue 6
- 559-570 A classification of the philosophical assumptions of management science methods
by J Mingers - 571-584 A priority list based heuristic for the job shop problem
by P M E Shutler - 585-593 An optimal replenishment policy for items with inventory-level-dependent demand and fixed lifetime under the LIFO policy
by Y-W Zhou & S-L Yang - 594-604 Unbounded knapsack problem with controllable rates: the case of a random demand for items
by K Kogan - 605-613 Economic optimization in a fixed sequence of unreliable inspections
by T Avinadav & T Raz - 614-626 Solving the Multi-Mode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with genetic algorithms
by J Alcaraz & C Maroto & R Ruiz - 627-635 Benchmarking state-of-the-art classification algorithms for credit scoring
by B Baesens & T Van Gestel & S Viaene & M Stepanova & J Suykens & J Vanthienen - 636-641 An inventory model with returns and lateral transshipments
by W-K Ching & W-O Yuen & A W Loh - 642-653 Minimizing makespan in re-entrant permutation flow-shops
by JC-H Pan & J-S Chen - 654-660 Experimental evidence on robustness of data envelopment analysis
by D U A Galagedera & P Silvapulle - 661-664 Scheduling to minimize maximum earliness and number of tardy jobs where machine idle time is allowed
by M Azizoglu & M Koksalan & S K Koksalan - 665-665 Reply to B Lehaney and S Clarke
by M Reynolds - 665-665 Comment to M Reynolds
by B Lehaney & S Clarke - 666-668 A comment on solving project-scheduling problems with a heuristic learning algorithm
by M K Ahsan & D-b Tsao - 668-670 Reply to MK Ahsan and D-b Tsao
by R Zamani & L-y Shue - 675-678 JORS Referees 2002
by T Williams & J Wilson
May 2003, Volume 54, Issue 5
- 443-451 Learning from projects
by T Williams - 452-457 Preference-neutral attribute weights in the journal-ranking problem
by I Horowitz - 458-465 Loading aircraft for military operations
by C Guéret & N Jussien & O Lhomme & C Pavageau & C Prins - 466-471 On an M/G/1 quorum queueing system under T-policy
by L Tadj - 472-489 Machine assignment in a nonlinear multi-product flowline
by A Diponegoro & B R Sarker - 490-498 An effective heuristic for the CLSP with set-up times
by K S Hindi & K Fleszar & C Charalambous - 499-506 Batch scheduling with controllable setup and processing times to minimize total completion time
by C T Daniel Ng & T C E Cheng & M Y Kovalyov - 507-514 Performance metrics in supply chain management
by J P C Kleijnen & M T Smits - 515-520 Cost analysis of the unloader queueing system with a single unloader subject to breakdowns
by K-H Wang & Y-C Chiang & J-C Ke - 521-531 Measuring the performance of ethical mutual funds: a DEA approach
by A Basso & S Funari - 532-538 Transitive approximation to pairwise comparison matrices by using interval goal programming
by J González-Pachón & M I Rodríguez-Galiano & C Romero - 539-548 Loans, ordering and shortage costs in start-ups: a dynamic stochastic decision approach
by E Possani & L C Thomas & T W Archibald - 549-554 An EOQ model with process reliability considerations
by P K Tripathy & W-M Wee & P R Majhi - 555-557 A new method for measuring the static complexity in manufacturing
by A Makui & M B Aryanezhad - 557-558 Reply to A Makui
by J Efstathiou & A Calinescu
April 2003, Volume 54, Issue 4
- 325-342 Beyond methodology choice: critical systems thinking as critically systemic discourse
by W Ulrich - 343-349 Analysing maintenance data to gain insight into systems performance
by J Ansell & T Archibald & J Dagpunar & L Thomas & P Abell & D Duncalf - 350-361 Tuning inventory policy parameters in a small chemical company
by R García-Flores & X Z Wang & T F Burgess - 362-370 Minimising total average cycle stock subject to practical constraints
by A Billionnet - 371-378 A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement
by S Apeland & P A Scarf - 379-389 Generalised ‘join the shortest queue’ policies for the dynamic routing of jobs to multi-class queues
by P S Ansell & K D Glazebrook & C Kirkbride - 390-400 Exact and heuristic methods for a full-load, multi-terminal, vehicle scheduling problem with backhauling and time windows
by R H Currie & S Salhi - 401-409 Optimal routing in non-geostationary satellite ATM networks with intersatellite link capacity constraints
by H Lee & D H Ahn & S Kim - 410-418 Workforce cross-training decisions in field service systems with two job types
by S R Agnihothri & A K Mishra & D E Simmons - 419-425 A distributed global optimization method for packing problems
by H-L Li & J-F Tsai & N-Z Hu - 426-431 Costing communication standards in information systems using a minimum cut approach
by A Kimms - 432-436 On an EOQ model for deteriorating items with time-varying demand and partial backlogging
by J-T Teng & H-L Yang & L-Y Ouyang - 437-441 Scheduling unit processing time jobs on an m-machine flow-shop
by G Mosheiov
March 2003, Volume 54, Issue 3
- 213-221 The professional foul in football: Tactics and deterrents
by M Wright & N Hirotsu - 222-229 Using system dynamics to analyse disruption and delay in complex projects for litigation: can the modelling purposes be met?
by S Howick - 230-238 A column generation approach for the timetabling problem of Greek high schools
by K Papoutsis & C Valouxis & E Housos - 239-247 The idea of emergent property
by I Georgiou - 248-254 A genetic algorithm approach on tree-like telecommunication network design problem
by G Zhou & M Gen - 255-262 Kriging for interpolation in random simulation
by W C M van Beers & J P C Kleijnen - 263-272 Trade-off between inventory and repair capacity in spare part networks
by A Sleptchenko & M C van der Heijden & A van Harten - 273-282 Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches
by W Wang - 283-290 Can-order policy for the periodic-review joint replenishment problem
by S G Johansen & P Melchiors - 291-298 A higher-order Markov model for the Newsboy's problem
by W K Ching & E S Fung & M K Ng - 299-306 Wait or buy? The strategic consumer: Pricing and profit implications
by C K Anderson & J G Wilson - 307-317 Forecasting and recombining time-series components by using neural networks
by J V Hansen & R D Nelson - 318-321 How much should we reweigh?
by H Sandoh & T Nakagawa - 322-323 Taket's suggestions for the OR toolkit
by R J Ormerod - 324-324 Reply to Ormerod
by A Taket
February 2003, Volume 54, Issue 2
- 117-118 Editorial
by John S Edwards & Elayne Coakes - 119-129 Team-based reconstruction for expanding organisational ability
by M Lind & U Seigerroth - 130-139 Knowledge management sans frontières
by J S Edwards & J B Kidd - 140-152 It's tacit knowledge but not as we know it: redirecting the search for knowledge
by N A D Connell & J H Klein & P L Powell - 153-164 Dynamics of human resource and knowledge management
by K Hafeez & H Abdelmeguid - 165-174 Evaluating performance of public–private research collaborations: A DEA analysis
by E Revilla & J Sarkis & A Modrego - 175-183 Knowledge supply network
by K-T Mak & A Ramaprasad - 184-193 Codifying or enabling: the challenge of knowledge management systems
by H Hasan & K Crawford - 194-203 Operational knowledge management: identification of knowledge objects, operation methods, and goals and means for the support function
by F Wijnhoven - 204-211 Process-oriented knowledge management: a case study
by M M Kwan & P Balasubramanian
January 2003, Volume 54, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson - 2-10 Use of business process simulation: A survey of practitioners
by N Melão & M Pidd - 11-20 A large-scale application of the partial coverage uncapacitated facility location problem
by F J Vasko & D D Newhart & K L Stott & F E Wolf - 21-31 An algorithm to locate perinatal facilities in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro
by B Boffey & D Yates & R D Galvão - 32-39 Effect of coordinated replenishment policies on quality
by S A Starbird - 40-47 An optimal maintenance policy for skipping imminent preventive maintenance for systems experiencing random failures
by A H Shirmohammadi & C E Love & Z G Zhang - 48-58 Financial statement analysis: A data envelopment analysis approach
by E H Feroz & S Kim & R L Raab - 59-64 The single-assignment hub covering problem: Models and linearizations
by B Y Kara & B C Tansel - 65-71 A list based threshold accepting metaheuristic for the heterogeneous fixed fleet vehicle routing problem
by C D Tarantilis & C T Kiranoudis & V S Vassiliadis - 72-82 Branch-and-price algorithm for a combined problem of virtual path establishment and traffic packet routing in a layered communication network
by C S Sung & S H Song - 83-88 Simple expressions for finding recovery system inventory control parameter values
by G P Kiesmüller & S Minner - 89-100 On the design of lottery games
by R Hartley & G Lanot - 101-108 Equivalent standard DEA models to provide super-efficiency scores
by C A K Lovell & A P B Rouse - 109-115 Optimality and robustness of combinations of moving averages
by J E Boylan & F R Johnston
December 2002, Volume 53, Issue 12
- 1297-1307 Controlling multi-indenture repairable inventories of multiple aircraft parts
by M C Mabini & A H Christer - 1308-1316 Application of network theory and AHP in urban transportation to minimize earthquake damages
by M Modarres & B Zarei - 1317-1323 Tabu search algorithms for an industrial multi-product and multi-objective assembly line balancing problem, with reduction of the task dispersion
by R Pastor & C Andrés & A Duran & M Pérez - 1324-1329 Fairness versus efficiency in charging for the use of common facilities
by M Butler & H P Williams - 1330-1337 The practice of operational research in Taiwan
by S-P Chen & T-S Wei - 1338-1346 Generating optimal cutting patterns for rectangular blanks of a single size
by Y Cui & R Zhou - 1347-1356 Chance constrained programming approaches to technical efficiencies and inefficiencies in stochastic data envelopment analysis
by W W Cooper & H Deng & Z Huang & S X Li - 1357-1366 A new algorithm for the undesirable 1-center problem on networks
by M Colebrook & J Gutiérrez & S Alonso & J Sicilia - 1367-1373 Group scheduling in a two-stage flowshop
by W H Yang - 1374-1379 A high quality solution constructive heuristic for flow shop sequencing
by M S Nagano & J V Moccellin - 1380-1384 A prototype cost model of functional check decisions in reliability-centred maintenance
by X Jia & A H Christer - 1385-1389 Characteristics of positive reciprocal matrices in the analytic hierarchy process
by S I Gass & S M Standard - 1390-1392 A comment on Yolles (2001): Viable boundary critique
by J W Bryant - 1392-1395 Reply to Bryant
by M Yolles - 1396-1396 Capitalizing on Knowledge: From e-business to k-business
by J S Edwards - 1396-1397 ELECTRE and Decision Support: Methods and Applications in Engineering and Infrastructure Investment
by S Kafandaris - 1397-1398 Decision Modeling in Policy Management: An Introduction to the Analytic Concepts
by S French - 1398-1398 Systems Analysis and Modeling: A Macro-to-Micro Approach with Multidisciplinary Applications
by T F Burgess - 1399-1399 Logistic Systems Analysis: Third Revised and Enlarged Edition
by A P M Wagelmans - 1399-1400 Reliability, Maintenance and Logistic Support: A Life Cycle Approach
by A Harding - 1401-1401 Organizing and Organizations: An Introduction
by A Taket - 1401-1402 Turning Lead into Gold: The Demystification of Outsourcing
by J Crocker
November 2002, Volume 53, Issue 11
- 1175-1184 Forest management optimisation models and habitat diversity: a goal programming approach
by M Bertomeu & C Romero - 1185-1196 Supply planning for industrial ecology and remanufacturing under uncertainty: a numerical study of leaded-waste recovery from television disposal
by J D Linton & J S Yeomans & R Yoogalingam