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September 2008, Volume 59, Issue 9
- 1149-1149 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson & John C Ranyard - 1150-1172 Forecasting and operational research: a review
by R Fildes & K Nikolopoulos & S F Crone & A A Syntetos - 1173-1181 Use of a coronary heart disease simulation model to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of drugs for the prevention of heart disease
by K Cooper & R Davies & J Raftery & P Roderick - 1182-1190 Minimizing makespan and throughput times at Aalsmeer flower auction
by R de Koster & M Yu - 1191-1200 Petrol delivery tanker assignment and routing: a case study in Hong Kong
by W L Ng & S C H Leung & J K P Lam & S W Pan - 1201-1210 The determinants of customer interactions with internet-enabled e-banking services
by Z Liao & W K Wong - 1211-1219 A fuzzy goal programming approach to integrated loading and scheduling of a batch processing machine
by D Petrovic & O Aköz - 1220-1228 Vehicle routing with soft time windows and Erlang travel times
by R A Russell & T L Urban - 1229-1238 Locating emergency services with different priorities: the priority queuing covering location problem
by F Silva & D Serra - 1239-1252 Preprocessing techniques and column generation algorithms for stochastically efficient demand
by M A Lejeune - 1253-1268 Interactive outranking approaches for multicriteria decision-making problems with imprecise information
by G Özerol & E Karasakal - 1269-1280 Scheduling a single batch-processing machine with arbitrary job sizes and incompatible job families: An ant colony framework
by A H Kashan & B Karimi - 1281-1287 Decision-making and the newsvendor problem: an experimental study
by U Benzion & Y Cohen & R Peled & T Shavit
August 2008, Volume 59, Issue 8
- 1013-1025 Exploring the dynamics of journal citations: Modelling with s-curves
by J Mingers - 1026-1037 Dynamic pricing of airline tickets with competition
by C S M Currie & R C H Cheng & H K Smith - 1038-1046 Managing solid waste through discrete location analysis: A case study in central Portugal
by A P Antunes & J C Teixeira & M S Coutinho - 1047-1054 Tactical store delivery planning
by D Ronen & C A Goodhart - 1055-1065 Robust distribution planning for supplier-managed inventory agreements when demand rates and travel times are stationary
by E-H Aghezzaf - 1066-1076 Development of improved adaptive approaches to electricity demand forecasting
by D J Pedregal & P C Young - 1077-1090 Impact of the pheromone trail on the performance of ACO algorithms for solving the car-sequencing problem
by C Gagné & M Gravel & S Morin & W L Price - 1091-1099 Pragmatic inquiry
by Mike Metcalfe - 1100-1108 Reassignments of common-use check-in counters following airport incidents
by S Yan & C-H Tang & C-H Chen - 1109-1119 A hybrid approach for single-machine tardiness problems with sequence-dependent setup times
by S-W Lin & K-C Ying - 1120-1127 Quadratic interval innovation diffusion models for new product sales forecasting
by F-M Tseng - 1128-1135 Economic design of variable parameters X̄ control charts for processes with fuzzy mean shifts
by Y-K Chen & H-H Chang - 1136-1141 Resource allocation based on the DEA model
by Lei Fang & C-Q Zhang - 1142-1144 The complete proof on the economic order quantity under conditions of permissible delay in payments
by K-J Chung & S-D Lin & G-F Yen - 1144-1144 Reply to Chung, Lin and Yence
by J-T Teng - 1148-1148 Erratum: Book Selection
by U Aickelin
July 2008, Volume 59, Issue 7
- 875-883 Using compromise programming for macroeconomic policy making in a general equilibrium framework: theory and application to the Spanish economy
by F J André & M A Cardenete & C Romero - 884-891 The hazard of being an English football league manager: empirical estimates for three recent league seasons
by R Bachan & B Reilly & R Witt - 892-901 Private versus public high schools in Spain: disentangling managerial and programme efficiencies
by M J Mancebón & M A Muñiz - 902-910 Assessment of a 7-day turn-around for the reporting of cervical smear results using discrete event simulation
by H Pilgrim & J Chilcott - 911-920 Optimal network configuration and capacity expansion of railroads
by J Liu & R K Ahuja & G Şahin - 921-931 Towards profitability: a utility approach to the credit scoring problem
by S M Finlay - 932-938 Model formulations for hub covering problems
by B Wagner - 939-945 Reducing mean flow time in permutation flow shop
by M S Nagano & J V Moccellin - 946-955 Service differentiation in spare parts inventory management
by A A Kranenburg & G J van Houtum - 956-962 Performance criteria for plastic card fraud detection tools
by D J Hand & C Whitrow & N M Adams & P Juszczak & D Weston - 963-976 A tabu search algorithm for the periodic vehicle routing problem with multiple vehicle trips and accessibility restrictions
by F Alonso & M J Alvarez & J E Beasley - 977-987 Scheduling jobs in a contaminated area: a model and heuristic algorithms
by A Janiak & M Y Kovalyov - 988-996 A self-tuning heuristic for a multi-objective vehicle routing problem
by C Alabas-Uslu - 997-1003 A due-window assignment problem with position-dependent processing times
by G Mosheiov & A Sarig - 1004-1011 Quantity discounts based on the previous order in a two-period inventory model with demand uncertainty
by J-Y Lee
June 2008, Volume 59, Issue 6
- 729-742 Extending the range of player-performance measures in one-day cricket
by A J Lewis - 743-755 Scheduling English football fixtures over holiday periods
by G Kendall - 756-761 Experiences in using a contingency factor-based validation methodology for spreadsheet DSS
by L Anastasakis & C W Olphert & J M Wilson - 762-775 Enhanced performance measurement using OR: a case study
by S P Santos & V Belton & S Howick - 776-787 A perturbation metaheuristic for the vehicle routing problem with private fleet and common carriers
by M-C Bolduc & J Renaud & F Boctor & G Laporte - 788-797 The directional distance function and measurement of super-efficiency: an application to airlines data
by S C Ray - 798-804 A comparison between the order and the volume fill rate for a base-stock inventory control system under a compound renewal demand process
by C Larsen & A Thorstenson - 805-811 The multiple location of transfer points
by O Berman & Z Drezner & G O Wesolowsky - 812-822 A variable neighbourhood search algorithm for the constrained task allocation problem
by A Lusa & C N Potts - 823-832 One-dimensional heuristics adapted for two-dimensional rectangular strip packing
by G Belov & G Scheithauer & E A Mukhacheva - 833-841 A heuristic for vehicle fleet mix problem using tabu search and set partitioning
by Y H Lee & J I Kim & K H Kang & K H Kim - 842-856 Portfolio selection under DEA-based relative financial strength indicators: case of US industries
by N C P Edirisinghe & X Zhang - 857-859 A note on due-date assignment and single-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs
by W-H Kuo & D-L Yang - 860-862 Slack-based ranking method: an interpretation to the cross-efficiency method in DEA
by C-P Bao & T-H Chen & S-Y Chang - 863-865 Economic optimization of off-line inspection procedures with inspection errors
by Young H Chun - 865-867 On a more general formulation of off-line inspection with inspection errors
by W Y Wang & S H Sheu & Y C Chen & D J Horng - 867-870 Comment on ‘An ordering policy for deteriorating items with allowable shortage and permissible delay in payment’ by Jamal, Sarker and Wang
by T P Hsieh & C Y Dye & L-Y Ouyang
May 2008, Volume 59, Issue 5
- 575-589 Reasoning maps for decision aid: an integrated approach for problem-structuring and multi-criteria evaluation
by G Montibeller & V Belton & F Ackermann & L Ensslin - 590-599 An iterated local search heuristic for the capacitated prize-collecting travelling salesman problem
by L Tang & X Wang - 600-606 Optimizing the woodpulp stowage using Lagrangean relaxation with clusters
by G M Ribeiro & L A N Lorena - 607-615 An exact algorithm for the petrol station replenishment problem
by F Cornillier & F F Boctor & G Laporte & J Renaud - 616-623 Modelling undesirable outputs with zero sum gains data envelopment analysis models
by E G Gomes & M P E Lins - 624-636 Investigation of practical, robust and flexible decisions for facility location problems using tabu search and simulation
by K Sörensen - 637-651 Solution strategies for multi-stage wafer probing scheduling problem with reentry
by W L Pearn & S H Chung & M H Yang & K P Shiao - 652-662 Robust solutions for network design under transportation cost and demand uncertainty
by S Mudchanatongsuk & F Ordóñez & J Liu - 663-673 A unified tabu search algorithm for vehicle routing problems with soft time windows
by Z Fu & R Eglese & L Y O Li - 674-684 An insurance risk management framework for disaster relief and supply chain disruption inventory planning
by E J Lodree Jr & S Taskin - 685-692 Pareto quantity flexibility contracts for a supply chain under multiple objectives
by C Shi & B Chen - 693-702 The bidding selection and assignment problem with minimum quantity commitment
by A Lim & Z Xu & F Wang - 703-713 Incorporating fractal concepts into equations of attrition for military conflicts
by G C McIntosh & M K Lauren - 714-718 A note on coarse classifying in acceptance scorecards
by K M Jung & L C Thomas - 719-721 Comments on Córdoba and Midgley: the Javeriana case
by R J Ormerod - 721-724 The Javeriana Case: Systems Thinking, Power and Ethics in IS (and OR?) Strategy
by J-R Córdoba
April 2008, Volume 59, Issue 4
- 421-422 Editorial
by Khairy Kobbacy & Sunil Vadera - 423-430 Using Bayesian networks to improve fault diagnosis during manufacturing tests of mobile telephone infrastructure
by A Chan & K R McNaught - 431-442 Accessing feasible space in a generalized job shop scheduling problem with the fuzzy processing times: a fuzzy-neural approach
by R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam & N Safaei & M M O Kah - 443-454 A new solution for a dynamic cell formation problem with alternative routing and machine costs using simulated annealing
by R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam & N Safaei & F Sassani - 455-463 Integration of production planning and scheduling using an expert system and a genetic algorithm
by A Ławrynowicz - 464-472 Evaluating trust in electronic commerce: a study based on the information provided on merchants’ websites
by F Meziane & M K Kasiran - 473-481 Classification for forecasting and stock control: a case study
by J E Boylan & A A Syntetos & G C Karakostas - 482-493 Gearing Six Sigma into UK manufacturing SMEs: results from a pilot study
by J Antony & M Kumar & A Labib - 494-502 Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push-pull strategies
by M Pearson - 503-509 Preventive maintenance scheduling of multi-cogeneration plants using integer programming
by M Alardhi & A W Labib - 510-520 Production planning under uncertainty in textile manufacturing
by S Karabuk - 521-539 A fast heuristic method for minimizing traffic congestion on reconfigurable ring topologies
by Y Shim & S A Gabriel & A Desai & P Sahakij & S Milner - 540-547 A transformation for the mixed general routing problem with turn penalties
by D Soler & E Martínez & J C Micó - 548-555 Robust analysis on promotion duration for two competitive brands
by C Lin & Y-T Lin - 556-562 A three-phase algorithm for the cell suppression problem in two-dimensional statistical tables
by F D Carvalho & M T Almeida - 563-570 Mixed integer programming-based solution procedure for single-facility location with maximin of rectilinear distance
by D Nadirler & E Karasakal - 571-573 JORS Referees 2007
by T Williams & J Wilson
March 2008, Volume 59, Issue 3
- 267-277 An overview of the issues in the airline industry and the role of optimization models and algorithms
by A H Ahmed & C A Poojari - 278-290 Conceptual modelling for simulation Part I: definition and requirements
by S Robinson - 291-304 Conceptual modelling for simulation Part II: a framework for conceptual modelling
by S Robinson - 305-312 Agricultural countermeasures in nuclear emergency management: a stakeholders' survey for multi-criteria model development
by C Turcanu & B Carlé & F Hardeman - 313-321 Short selling and replaning as tools to enhance revenues
by P C Bell - 322-330 ERP system selection using a simulation-based AHP approach: a case of Korean homeshopping company
by B S Ahn & S H Choi - 331-341 An adaptive tabu-simulated annealing for concave cost transportation problems
by F Altiparmak & I Karaoglan - 342-352 Spares provisioning under performance-based logistics contract: profit-centric approach
by D Nowicki & U D Kumar & H J Steudel & D Verma - 353-361 Visualization and model formulation: an analysis of the sketches of expert modellers
by L B Waisel & W A Wallace & T R Willemain - 362-371 Lost demand in a competitive environment
by T Drezner & Z Drezner - 372-380 A Lagrangian relaxation approach for network inventory control of stochastic revenue management with perishable commodities
by H Jiang - 381-387 Measuring performances of multiple-channel queueing systems with imprecise data: a membership function approach
by S-P Chen - 388-398 VLSN search algorithms for partitioning problems using matching neighbourhoods
by T Öncan & S N Kabadi & K P K Nair & A P Punnen - 399-406 The maximum return-on-investment plant location problem with market share
by J Brimberg & P Hansen & G Laporte & N Mladenović & D Urošević - 407-415 Numerical scaling of ratio scale utilities in multi-criteria decision analysis with geometric model
by P Leskinen - 416-420 Minimizing the makespan in a single-machine scheduling problem with the cyclic process of an aging effect
by W-H Kuo & D-L Yang
February 2008, Volume 59, Issue 2
- 147-147 Operational Research in Government
by Jane Parkin & Hiroko Plant - 148-162 Government Operational Research Service: Civil OR in UK Central Government
by H S Turner - 163-163 Erratum: Government Operational Research Service: Civil OR In UK Central Government
by H S Turner - 164-170 Using system dynamics to model the impact of policing activity on performance
by I M Newsome - 171-181 Improving police control rooms using simulation
by M M Günal & S Onggo & M Pidd - 182-185 An integer programming approach to optimize Housing Benefit data retrieval
by E Rappos & E B Thompson - 186-197 Evaluating systems thinking in housing
by M C Jackson & N Johnston & J Seddon - 198-202 Using analysis to influence strategic-decision making: option valuation at ECGD
by D I Calvert & R Kaufman - 203-212 A framework for participatory budget elaboration support
by J Rios & D Rios Insua - 213-224 System dynamics mapping of acute patient flows
by D C Lane & E Husemann - 225-230 Changing behaviours in defence acquisition: a game theory approach
by T Gardener & J Moffat - 231-238 The impact of information technology on organizational efficiency in public services: a DEA-based DT approach
by H Seol & H Lee & S Kim & Y Park - 239-251 Creating composite indicators with DEA and robustness analysis: the case of the Technology Achievement Index
by L Cherchye & W Moesen & N Rogge & T Van Puyenbroeck & M Saisana & A Saltelli & R Liska & S Tarantola - 252-258 Assessing quality improvement initiatives when expert judgements are uncertain
by E D Hahn & C L Knott - 259-265 Simplifying essential competencies for Taiwan civil servants using the rough set approach
by I Y-F Huang & W-W Wu & Y-T Lee
January 2008, Volume 59, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editorial
by Terry Williams & John Wilson - 2-12 Robust solutions and risk measures for a supply chain planning problem under uncertainty
by C A Poojari & C Lucas & G Mitra - 13-24 Determining best practice production in an aluminium smelter involving sub-processes based substantially on tacit knowledge: an application of Communities of Practice
by M G Nicholls & B J Cargill - 25-33 Agent-based modelling and simulation of urban evacuation: relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies
by X Chen & F B Zhan - 34-43 A column generation approach for an employee scheduling problem with multiple shifts and work locations
by S M Al-Yakoob & H D Sherali - 44-53 Raw material inventory solution in iron and steel industry using Lagrangian relaxation
by L Tang & G Liu & J Liu - 54-63 Additive DEA based on MCDA with imprecise information
by M C Gouveia & L C Dias & C H Antunes - 64-79 Efficient heuristics for the rectilinear distance capacitated multi-facility Weber problem
by N Aras & M Orbay & I K Altinel - 80-89 The hub location and network design problem with fixed and variable arc costs: formulation and dual-based solution heuristic
by M-G Yoon & J Current - 90-104 Synchronized production–distribution planning in a single-plant multi-destination network
by N Rizk & A Martel & S D'Amours - 105-118 Single machine scheduling with time deteriorating job values
by S Raut & J N D Gupta & S Swami - 119-136 An exact algorithm for a cross-docking supply chain network design problem
by C S Sung & W Yang - 137-138 Evaluating PSMs
by R J Ormerod - 138-139 Reply to Ormerod
by L White - 139-142 OR and systems—some comments on Checkland's reply to Eden and Ackerman
by R J Ormerod
December 2007, Volume 58, Issue 12
- 1535-1542 Operational research practice as storytelling
by J H Klein & N A D Connell & E Meyer - 1543-1553 What do UK employers want from OR/MS?
by C Mar Molinero & A Xie - 1554-1562 The DH Accident and Emergency Department model: a national generic model used locally
by A Fletcher & D Halsall & S Huxham & D Worthington - 1563-1573 A multi-objective model to determine efficient resource levels in a medical assessment unit
by J P Oddoye & M A Yaghoobi & M Tamiz & D F Jones & P Schmidt - 1574-1585 An estimation of distribution algorithm with intelligent local search for rule-based nurse rostering
by U Aickelin & E K Burke & J Li - 1586-1598 Enhancing case-based reasoning for personnel rostering with selected tabu search concepts
by G Beddoe & S Petrovic - 1599-1604 Solving school bus routing problems through integer programming
by T Bektaş & Seda Elmastaş - 1605-1611 Social network topology: a Bayesian approach
by C J Rhodes & E M J Keefe - 1612-1620 A flexible extended warranty and related optimal strategies
by N Jack & D N P Murthy - 1621-1629 Exploring new directions for research in problem structuring methods: on the role of cognitive style
by L A Franco & M Meadows - 1630-1641 Reactive tabu adaptive memory programming search for the vehicle routing problem with backhauls
by N Wassan - 1642-1651 A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem
by A N Letchford & J Lysgaard & R W Eglese - 1652-1659 Reflections about pseudo-dual prices in combinatorial auctions
by A Drexl & K Jørnsten - 1660-1671 Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting
by H Chen & J E Boylan - 1672-1677 A modified slacks-based measure model for data envelopment analysis with ‘natural’ negative outputs and inputs
by J A Sharp & W Meng & W Liu - 1678-1682 Dynamic programming in cricket: optimizing batting order for a sticky wicket
by J M Norman & S R Clarke
November 2007, Volume 58, Issue 11
- 1397-1397 Risk based methods for supply chain planning and management
by Cormac Lucas & Gautam Mitra & Chandra A Poojari - 1398-1411 An emergent framework for supply chain risk management and performance measurement
by B Ritchie & C Brindley - 1412-1429 Supply chain operations in the presence of a spot market: a review with discussion
by Ç Haksöz & S Seshadri - 1430-1439 An analysis of sources of risk in the consumer electronics industry
by M S Sodhi & S Lee - 1440-1448 Risk and quality control in a supply chain: competitive and collaborative approaches
by C S Tapiero & K Kogan - 1449-1458 Manufacturer's pricing strategies in a single-period framework under price-dependent stochastic demand with asymmetric risk-preference information
by F J Arcelus & S Kumar & G Srinivasan - 1459-1469 Management of supply chain: an alternative modelling technique for forecasting
by S Datta & C W J Granger & M Barari & T Gibbs - 1470-1479 Energy crop supply in France: a min-max regret approach
by A O Kazakçi & S Rozakis & D Vanderpooten - 1480-1493 Multiple objective data envelopment analysis as applied to the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
by H Saranga - 1494-1502 A tabu-based large neighbourhood search methodology for the capacitated examination timetabling problem
by S Abdullah & S Ahmadi & E K Burke & M Dror & B McCollum - 1503-1517 Target setting, lean systems and viable systems: a systems perspective on control and performance measurement
by A J Gregory - 1518-1525 Estimating bus passenger waiting times from incomplete bus arrivals data
by F McLeod - 1526-1533 Choice is a value statement. On inferring optimal multiple attribute portfolios from non-optimal nominations
by P P Sutton & R H Green
October 2007, Volume 58, Issue 10
- 1261-1270 Improving data envelopment analysis by the use of production trade-offs
by V V Podinovski - 1271-1283 How novices formulate models. Part II: a quantitative description of behaviour
by T R Willemain & S G Powell - 1284-1293 Scheduling patrol boats and crews for the Royal Australian Navy
by M E T Horn & H Jiang & P Kilby - 1294-1305 Educating rational decision-makers about uncertainty using US social security investment economics
by S Kumar & T Ressler & M Ahrens - 1306-1320 Systemic evaluation: a participative, multi-method approach
by A Boyd & T Geerling & W J Gregory & C Kagan & G Midgley & P Murray & M P Walsh - 1321-1331 Solving the Dial-a-Ride problem using genetic algorithms
by R M Jorgensen & J Larsen & K B Bergvinsdottir - 1332-1340 A positive approach to estimating the weights for quadratic multiple objective programming
by C M Yates - 1341-1347 Technology scoring model considering rejected applicants and effect of reject inference
by Y Kim & S Y Sohn - 1348-1353 Single-machine scheduling with an actual time-dependent learning effect
by D-L Yang & W-H Kuo - 1354-1360 Efficient sensitivity analysis of PERT network performance measures to significant changes in activity time parameters
by R A Bowman - 1361-1374 A simulation and evaluation of earned value metrics to forecast the project duration
by M Vanhoucke & S Vandevoorde - 1375-1388 Heuristics for a coupled-operation scheduling problem
by C N Potts & J D Whitehead - 1389-1393 Three new models for preference voting and aggregation
by Y M Wang & K S Chin & J B Yang - 1394-1394 A novel method for the network reliability in terms of capacitated-minimum-paths without knowing minimum-paths in advance (Yeh, 2005)
by C C Jane - 1395-1395 Reply to Jane
by W-C Yeh - 1395-1396 Comment on Berman and Huang (2004): Minisum collection depots location problem reduces to the p-median problem
by Ö Özpeynirci & H Süral - 1396-1396 Reply to Özpeynirci and Süral
by O Berman
September 2007, Volume 58, Issue 9
- 1123-1137 Asset replacement for an urban railway using a modified two-cycle replacement model
by P Scarf & R Dwight & A McCusker & A Chan - 1138-1145 Competitive advantage and the cost of equity in international shipping
by J Pointon & A El-Masry - 1146-1155 Competitive dynamics and gaming simulation: lessons from a fishing industry simulator
by M H Kunc & J D W Morecroft - 1156-1166 Fulfilling orders for steel plates from existing inventory
by P A Huegler & J C Hartman - 1167-1177 Ship routing and scheduling with flexible cargo sizes
by G Brønmo & M Christiansen & B Nygreen - 1178-1184 Centralized decision of internal transfer-prices with congestion externalities for two modes of repair with limited repair capacity
by Y Perlman & M Kaspi - 1185-1194 Inventory routing problems: a logistical overview
by N H Moin & S Salhi - 1195-1202 Scheduling trucks in local depots for door-to-door delivery services
by K H Kim & M J Lee - 1203-1213 Alternative algorithms for the optimization of a simulation model of a multimodal container terminal
by E Kozan & B Casey - 1214-1222 Prior-Ratio-Analysis procedure to improve data envelopment analysis for performance measurement
by M I Gonzalez-Bravo - 1223-1234 Open vehicle routing problem with driver nodes and time deadlines
by D Aksen & Z Özyurt & N Aras - 1235-1245 The irregular nesting problem: a new approach for nofit polygon calculation
by L Huyao & H Yuanjun & J A Bennell