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December 1991, Volume 38, Issue 6
- 865-876 On hazard rate processes
by Y. Kebir - 877-892 Testing guaranteed exponentiality
by Ramalingam Shanmugam - 893-910 Developing production schedules which balance part usage and smooth production loads for just‐in‐time production systems
by G.J. Miltenburg & T. Goldstein - 911-924 Sandwich approximation of univariate convex functions with an application to separable convex programming
by Rainer E. Burkard & Horst W. Hamacher & Günter Rote - 925-933 Multiobjective fractional programming duality theory
by C. Singh & M.A. Hanson
October 1991, Volume 38, Issue 5
- 637-668 Optimal sequential replenishment of ships during combat
by S. E. Pilnick & K. D. Glazebrook & D. P. Gaver - 669-677 Interactive optimization methodology for fleet scheduling
by William G. Nulty & H. Donald Ratliff - 679-698 A descent approach to solving the complementary programming problem
by V. Venkateswaran - 699-713 Economic lot scheduling of fully loaded processes with external setups
by Robert R. Inman & Philip C. Jones & Guillermo M. Gallego - 715-720 A proof for the longest‐job‐first policy in one‐machine scheduling
by T. C. E. Cheng & H. G. Kahlbacher - 721-727 A single‐machine problem with multiple criteria
by Ali S. Kiran & Ali Tamer Unal - 729-742 A planning horizon algorithm for deterministic inventory management with piecewise linear concave costs
by Alain Bensoussan & Jean‐Marie Proth & Maurice Queyranne - 743-761 An analytic basis for decision support in negotiations
by Gregory E. Kersten & Wojtek Michalowski & David Cray & Ian Lee - 763-777 Facility location when demand is time dependent
by Zvi Drezner & G. O. Wesolowsky
August 1991, Volume 38, Issue 4
- 463-463 Editorial
by Richard E. Rosenthal - 465-468 Introduction special issue on search theory
by Lawrence D. Stone & Alan R. Washburn - 469-494 A survey of the search theory literature
by Stanley J. Benkoski & Michael G. Monticino & James R. Weisinger - 495-510 Cumulative search‐evasion games
by James N. Eagle & Alan R. Washburn - 511-529 An infiltration game on k arcs
by John M. Auger - 531-554 Optimal search for a Markovian target
by Akira Ohsumi - 555-565 Linear search with bounded resources
by R. D. Foley & T. P. Hill & M. C. Spruill - 567-577 Dependence in target element detections induced by the environment
by Mark A. Youngren - 579-597 Heterogeneous multitrunking queueing systems with thresholds
by Martin J. Fischer & Carl M. Harris - 599-609 Bayesian inference of survival curve from record‐breaking observations: Estimation and asymptotic results
by Ram C. Tiwari & Jyoti N. Zalkikar - 611-621 Estimation of the survival function of a repairable standby series system
by Z. Khalil & A. D. Dharmadhikari & B. H. Joshi - 623-635 Nonlinear and unconstrained multiple‐objective optimization: Algorithm, computation, and application
by Asim Roy & Jyrki Wallenius
June 1991, Volume 38, Issue 3
- 289-302 Optimal strategies for problems of simultaneous attack against an area defense without impact‐point prediction
by Norman T. O'Meara & Richard M. Soland - 303-313 A two‐on‐one stochastic duel with maneuvering and fire allocation tactics
by Moshe Kress - 315-331 A new heuristic solution method in resource‐constrained project scheduling
by Colin E. Bell & Jaemin Han - 333-350 Minimizing flow time on a single machine with job classes and setup times
by A. J. Mason & E. J. Anderson - 351-365 Parallel machine replacement
by Philip C. Jones & James L. Zydiak & Wallace J. Hopp - 367-381 Heuristics for minimizing mean tardiness for m parallel machines
by Johnny C. Ho & Yih‐Long Chang - 383-396 Dynamic scheduling in single‐server multiclass service systems with unit buffers
by Sid Browne & Uri Yechiali - 397-412 Evaluation of base‐stock policies in multiechelon inventory systems with compound‐poisson demands
by Paul Zipkin - 413-430 Distance‐directed augmenting path algorithms for maximum flow and parametric maximum flow problems
by Ravindra K. Ahuja & James B. Orlin - 431-445 A branch‐and‐bound algorithm for flow‐path design of automated guided vehicle systems
by M. A. Venkataramanan & Kathryn A. Wilson - 447-461 Optimal clustering: A model and method
by Gary Klein & Jay E. Aronson
April 1991, Volume 38, Issue 2
- 123-144 Estimating a survival curve when new is better than used with respect to a distinguished set
by D. M. Reneau & F. J. Samaniego & R. A. Boyles - 145-156 A cumulative damage shock model with imperfect preventive maintenance
by Masaaki Kijima & Toshio Nakagawa - 157-170 A visual search model: The waiting time distribution of the number of fixations until detection
by Tony Lin - 171-182 A generalized inspection game
by V. J. Baston & F. A. Bostock - 183-201 Simulation of stochastic activity networks using path control variates
by Athanassios N. Avramidis & Kenneth W. Bauer & James R. Wilson - 203-220 Timing replacement decisions under discontinuous technological change
by Wallace J. Hopp & Suresh K. Nair - 221-240 Optimal inventory policies for substitutable commodities with stochastic demand
by Barry A. Pasternack & Zvi Drezner - 241-259 Estimating travel distances by the weighted lp norm
by Jack Brimberg & Robert F. Love - 261-271 Scheduling on a single machine with a single breakdown to minimize stochastically the number of tardy jobs
by I. Adiri & E. Frostig & A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan - 273-287 Scheduling of parallel processors: A posterior bound on LPT sequencing and a two‐step algorithm
by James D. Blocher & Suresh Chand
February 1991, Volume 38, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editorial
by Richard E. Rosenthal - 1-22 Accelerated life test plans under intermittent inspection and type‐I censoring: The case of weibull failure distribution
by Sun‐Keun Seo & Bong‐Jin Yum - 23-32 Designing an optimal life test with type I censoring
by Hiroaki Sandoh & Susumu Fujii - 33-40 Bounds for circular error probabilities
by Y. S. Sathe & S. M. Joshi & S. P. Nabar - 41-51 Probabilistic partial set covering problems
by Hanif D. Sherali & Seong‐In Kim & Edna L. Parrish - 53-69 An exact ceiling point algorithm for general integer linear programming
by Robert M. Saltzman & Frederick S. Hillier - 71-85 Vector processing approach to constrained network problems
by M. A. Venkataramana & John J. Dinkel & John Mote - 87-105 Inventory rotation policies for slow moving items
by John W. Bradford & Paul K. Sugrue - 107-121 Future supply uncertainty in EOQ models
by Mahmut Parlar & Defne Berkin
December 1990, Volume 37, Issue 6
- 807-825 Optimization in simulation: Current issues and the future outlook
by M. Hossein Safizadeh - 827-845 An approach to modeling electric utility capacity expansion planning
by Frederic H. Murphy & Howard J. Weiss - 847-854 When is greedy module assembly optimal?
by David M. Malon - 855-865 A periodic maintenance model with used equipment and random minimal repair
by D. Ait Kadi & C. Beaucaire & R. Cléroux - 867-874 The discrete evasion game with three‐move lag
by L. Y. Lee & K. T. Lee - 875-892 Design and estimation for small sample sensitivity testing
by Barry A. Bodt & Henry B. Tingey - 893-904 Cost effectiveness of using a correlated variable in a complete inspection plan when inspection error is present
by Kwei Tang & Helmut Schneider - 905-918 Economic design of sampling plans with multi‐decision alternatives
by Do Sun Bai & Sung Hoon Hong - 919-928 Economic screening procedures in logistic and normal models
by Sang Boo Kim & Do Sun Bai - 929-935 Queueing‐location problems on the plane
by Zvi Drezner & Siegfried Schaible & David Simchi‐Levi - 937-944 Analysis of a bicriteria location model
by Adel A. Aly & Boubekeur Rahali - 945-952 Floor layouts using a multifacility location model
by Paul D. Dowling & R. F. Love - 953-959 An interactive aid for descriptive multiattribute problems
by Gary Klein - 961-966 Convergence properties of the modified subgradient method of camerini et al
by Sehun Kim & Hyunsil Ahn - 967-979 Lower bounds for single‐machine scheduling problems
by Reza H. Ahmadi & Uttarayan Bagchi - 981-995 Multiobjective flow‐shop scheduling
by Richard L. Daniels & Robert J. Chambers
October 1990, Volume 37, Issue 5
- 603-615 Multiobserver multitarget visibility probabilities for poisson shadowing processes in the plane
by M. Yadin & S. Zacks - 617-625 Some conditions for stochastic equality
by Marco Scarsini & Moshe Shaked - 627-646 A cusum procedure based on sequential ranks
by David McDonald - 647-659 Incomplete identification models for group‐testable items
by Shaul K. Bar‐Lev & Arnon Boneh & David Perry - 661-677 Single‐machine scheduling subject to stochastic breakdowns
by J. Birge & J. B. G. Frenk & J. Mittenthal & A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan - 679-694 Cyclic sequencing problems in the two‐machine permutation flow shop: Complexity, worst‐case, and average‐case analysis
by Hirofumi Matsuo - 695-705 Heuristic algorithms for continuous flow‐shop problem
by Chandrasekharan Rajendran & Dipak Chaudhuri - 707-713 The dynamic lot size model with quantity discount
by Awi Federgruen & Chung‐Yee Lee - 715-723 On the optimality of the (S — 1,S) policy
by Carl R. Schultz - 725-743 Safety stock reduction by order splitting
by Péter Kelle & Edward A. Silver - 745-751 Asymptotic normality of the estimated optimal order quantity for one‐period inventories with supply uncertainty
by Sujit K. Basu & Rahul Mukerjee - 753-772 Diffusion approximation to the G/G/R machine repair problem with warm standby spares
by B. D. Sivazlian & K. H. Wang - 773-787 The shortest queue model with jockeying
by Yiqiang Zhao & W. K. Grassmann - 789-805 Unbalanced production line scheduling with partial job specialization
by Wafik H. Iskander & Jar Chou
August 1990, Volume 37, Issue 4
- 431-432 Introduction special issue on global optimization
by S. Selcuk Erenguc & A. Victor Cabot - 433-471 Deterministic methods in constrained global optimization: Some recent advances and new fields of application
by Reiner Horst - 473-497 The relief indicator method for constrained global optimization
by Phan Thiên Thach & Hoàng Tuy - 499-514 Guaranteed ϵ‐approximate solution for indefinite quadratic global minimization
by A. T. Phillips & J. B. Rosen - 515-525 An algorithm for concave integer minimization over a polyhedron
by Harold P. Benson & S. Selcuk Erenguc - 527-538 An algorithm for quadratic zero‐one programs
by Bahman Kalantari & Ansuman Bagchi - 539-558 A multifamily dynamic lot‐sizing model with coordinated replenishments
by S. Selcuk Erenguc & H. Murat Mercan - 559-577 A simulated annealing approach to scheduling a manufacturing cell
by Asoo J. Vakharia & Yih‐Long Chang - 579-586 Solving production smoothing problems with a nonlinear candidate constraint method
by Jonathan D. Stanley & Awanti P. Sethi - 587-597 A note on the generalized due dates scheduling problems
by C. Sriskandarajah
June 1990, Volume 37, Issue 3
- 341-354 Yield randomness, cost tradeoffs, and diversification in the EOQ model
by Yigal Gerchak & Mahmut Parlar - 355-363 On ruckle's game of ambush
by K. T. Lee - 365-381 Multiple finite source queueing model with dynamic priority scheduling
by Phadhana Tosirisuk & Jeya Chandra - 383-402 Split delivery routing
by Moshe Dror & Pierre Trudeau - 403-417 An interactive branch‐and‐bound algorithm for bicriterion nonconvex/mixed integer programming
by Yasemin Aksoy - 419-427 Rectilinear m‐Center problem
by M. T. Ko & R. C. T. Lee & J. S. Chang
April 1990, Volume 37, Issue 2
- 191-202 A correspondence principle for relative entropy minimization
by Donald E. Brown & Robert L. Smith - 203-230 Design and performance analysis of consecutive‐K‐out‐of‐n structure
by Mingjian Zuo & Way Kuo - 231-244 An assignment problem with queueing time cost
by Saligrama R. Agnihothri & Sridhar Narasimhan & Hasan Pirkul - 245-261 Formulating processing network models: Viability theory
by John W. Chinneck - 263-277 An interactive MCDM weight space reduction method utilizing a tchebycheff utility function
by Robert F. Dell & Mark H. Karwan - 279-297 A bard‐type method for a generalized linear complementarity problem with a nonsingular m‐matrix
by J. J. Júdice & F. M. Pires - 299-307 An analysis of six greedy selection rules on a class of zero‐one integer programming models
by G. Edward Fox & Christopher J. Nachtsheim - 309-326 A minimum‐length covering subtree of a tree
by Tae Ung Kim & Timothy J. Lowe & James E. Ward & Richard L. Francis - 327-340 A relaxation/decomposition algorithm for the fixed charged network problem
by Bala Shetty
February 1990, Volume 37, Issue 1
- 1-30 Priority repair and dispatch policies for reparable‐item logistics systems
by David F. Pyke - 31-59 Lanchester attrition of interpenetrating forces
by D. Willard - 61-84 Solving resource‐constrained project scheduling problems by a* search
by Colin E. Bell & Kwangho Park - 85-97 Control of input and demand rates in inventory systems of perishable commodities
by D. Perry & M. J. M. Posner - 99-109 Scheduling tasks with failure probabilities to minimize expected cost
by Mordechai I. Henig & David Simchi‐Levi - 111-121 Worst‐case analysis of local search heuristics for the one‐machine total tardiness problem
by Shiwei Chang & Hirofumi Matsuo & Guochun Tang - 123-133 Queues served in cyclic order with an arbitrary start‐up distribution
by S. W. Fuhrmann & A. Moon - 135-149 Relations between the prearrival and postdeparture state probabilities and the fcfs waiting time distribution in the Ek/G/s queue
by Xenophon Papaconstantinou & Dimitris Bertsimas - 151-164 A lagrangian heuristic for set‐covering problems
by J. E. Beasley - 165-181 Optimal file allocation and report assignment in distributed information networks
by R. Ramesh & B. Ryan
December 1989, Volume 36, Issue 6
- 721-764 Some two‐on‐two homogeneous stochastic combats
by A. V. Gafarian & K. R. Manion - 765-777 Assessment of machine tool reliability using a proportional hazards model
by Thomas A. Mazzuchi & Refik Soyer - 779-795 Optimal design of accelerated life tests under periodic inspection
by Bong‐Jin Yum & Seung‐Cheol Choi - 797-806 Level crossing analysis of priority queues and a conservation identity for vacation models
by J. George Shanthikumar - 807-815 Optimal arrangement of components via pairwise rearrangements
by Philip J. Boland & Frank Proschan & Y. L. Tong - 817-828 Principal‐agent maintenance problem
by I. Krinsky & A. Mehrez - 829-849 Monte Carlo estimation of the maximal flow distribution with discrete stochastic arc capacity levels
by George S. Fishman
October 1989, Volume 36, Issue 5
- 533-557 Cost realism in defense contracting
by K. T. Wallenius & N. K. Womer - 559-575 Estimation and prediction in a semi‐markov model for evasive vehicle movement along a fixed path
by Danny W. Turner & Virgil R. Marco & Dean M. Young - 577-596 Asymptotic results in search theory
by Ira Moskowitz & Jeff Simmen - 597-613 Optimal search plan minimizing the expected risk of the search for a target with conditionally deterministic motion
by Köji Iida - 615-624 Lot sizes under continuous demand: The backorder case
by David Yao & Morton Klein - 625-638 Incorporating redundancy considerations into stockage models
by Alan J. Kaplan - 639-654 Power approximations in the economic design of control charts
by George Tagaras - 655-661 A theoretical justification for an increasing average failure rate strength distribution in fibrous composites
by S. D. Durham & J. D. Lynch & W. J. Padgett - 663-673 Single‐machine scheduling to minimize absolute deviation of completion times from a common due date
by Wlodzimierz Szwarc - 675-682 Determining restrictive goals in linear goal programs
by Philip O. Beck & Gary Klein - 683-692 The optimal linear combination of control variates in the presence of asymptotically negligible bias
by Peter W. Glynn & Donald L. Iglehart - 693-707 Estimating a survival curve when new is better than used in expectation
by Lyn R. Whitaker & Francisco J. Samaniego - 709-717 Facility location on a grid with a diagonal line
by Enrique R. Venta & Francis J. Nourie
August 1989, Volume 36, Issue 4
- 359-372 Identifying and ranking a most preferred subset of alternatives in the presence of multiple criteria
by M. Murat Köksalan - 373-381 An operational analysis of system calibration
by Donald P. Gaver & Hasan B. Mutlu - 383-388 Excess games
by Alan Washburn - 389-397 Chebyshev subinterval polynomial approximations for continuous distribution functions
by Hsien‐Tang Tsai & Herbert Moskowitz - 399-418 The inventory packing problem
by Nicholas G. Hall - 419-446 A survey of preventive maintenance models for stochastically deteriorating single‐unit systems
by Ciriaco Valdez‐Flores & Richard M. Feldman - 447-461 On the robustness of the modified beta distribution for acceptance sampling in statistical quality control
by Hau L. Lee & George Tagaras - 463-477 Estimating the lead‐time demand distribution for an autocorrelated demand by the pearson system and a normal approximation
by Bong‐Geun An & Stergios B. Fotopoulos & Min‐Chiang Wang - 479-490 A one‐dimensional helicopter‐submarine game
by V. J. Baston & F. A. Bostock - 491-506 A model for use in the rationing of inventory during lead time
by Hugh C. Haynsworth & Barbara A. Price - 507-514 A deterministic lot‐size inventory model with shortages and a linear trend in demand
by Upendra Dave - 515-528 A nonlinear approach to the multiorigin, multidestination fleet deployment problem
by Nikiforos A. Papadakis & Anastassios N. Perakis
June 1989, Volume 36, Issue 3
- 243-253 Continuous‐time markov duels: Theory and application
by C. Bernard Barfoot - 255-264 Transient analysis of multiple‐unit reliability systems
by O. P. Sharma & N. Ravichandran & J. Dass - 265-271 Interrelationships between performance measures for the machine‐repairman problem
by Saligrama R. Agnihothri - 273-281 Open‐shop scheduling problems with dominated machines
by I. Adiri & N. Aizikowitz (Hefetz) - 283-295 Application of generalized benders decomposition to a nonlinear distribution system design problem
by Sangwon Moon - 297-310 On the number of games played in a best of (2n – 1) series
by H. N. Nagariaja & W. T. Chan - 311-320 A mofified gub algorithm for solving linear minimax problems
by Takahito Kuno & Kouji Mori & Hiroshi Konno - 321-335 Interactive multicriteria linear programming: An extension of the method of Zionts and Wallenius
by R. Ramesh & Mark H. Karwan & Stanley Zionts - 337-353 Approximate semieconomic design of control charts with multiple control limtis
by George Tagars & Hau L. Lee
April 1989, Volume 36, Issue 2
- 127-137 Aircraft sortie effectiveness model
by Boghos D. Sivazlian - 139-145 A model for critical crack size estimation in fatigue failure of gun barrels
by W. J. Padgett & S. D. Durham - 147-165 Algorithms for the design of finite‐capacity service units
by S. Chakravarthy & Marcel F. Neuts - 167-177 Should we be using cost of capital in calculating holding costs of consumable inventory?
by Bruce P. Christensen & Mark A. Fryman - 179-195 An approximation to the stationary distribution of a multiechelon repairable‐item inventory system with finite sources and repair channels
by S. Christian Albright - 197-214 Estimation for dirichlet mixed models
by Steve Leeds & Alan E. Gelfand - 215-238 Application of dirichlet integrals for curtailment problems in sampling inspection
by Milton Sobel & M. Ebneshahrashoob & J. Y. Lin
February 1989, Volume 36, Issue 1
- 1-26 Risk pooling in a two‐period, two‐echelon inventory stocking and allocation problem
by Peter L. Jackson & John A. Muckstadt - 27-42 An interactive optimization system for bulk‐cargo ship scheduling
by Marshall L. Fisher & Moshe B. Rosenwein - 43-60 Optimal layered search
by J. R. Weisinger & S. J. Benkoski - 61-68 Component commonality in assemble‐to‐order systems: Models and properties
by Yigal Gerchak & Mordechai Henig - 69-87 Analysis of project scheduling strategies in a client‐contractor environment
by Joshua B. Levy & Giri Kumar Tayi - 89-102 Discount pricing policies for inventories subject to declining demand
by Amiya K. Chakravarty & G. E. Martin - 103-110 On partial orderings of life distributions
by Harshinder Singh - 111-123 The threshold policy in the M/G/1 queue with server vacations
by Offer Kella
December 1988, Volume 35, Issue 6
- 537-537 Editorial
by Herbert Solomon & Richard E. Rosenthal - 539-542 A special issue on multiple criteria decision making
by Stanley Zionts & Mark H. Karwan - 543-566 Multiple criteria decision making in the USSR: A survey
by Vladimir M. Ozernoy - 567-574 Multicriteria efficiency with arbitrary finite sets and cyclic preferences
by Peter C. Fishburn - 575-596 Integrating multiple criteria decision making models into the decision support system framework for marketing decisions
by Rajshekhar G. Javalgi & Hemant K. Jain - 597-613 Utility assessment procedures for polynomial‐exponential functions
by Peter H. Farquhar & Yutaka Nakamura - 615-623 A pareto race
by Pekka Korhonen & Jyrki Wallenius - 625-641 An approach for solving discrete alternative multiple criteria problems involving ordinal criteria
by Murat Köksalan & Mark H. Karwan & Stanley Zionts - 643-654 Entropy‐based selection with multiple objectives
by F. Hutton Barron & Charles P. Schmidt - 655-672 The uncertainty sensitivity index method (USIM) and its extension
by Duan Li & Yacov Y. Haimes - 673-695 Fuzzy versus stochastic approaches to multicriteria linear programming under uncertainty
by R. Slowinski & J. Teghem - 697-705 Determination of efficient points in multiple‐objective location problems
by B. Pelegrin & F. R. Fernandez - 707-717 Multicriteria ranking of spares allocations
by Radivoj Petrović & Aleksandar S̄enborn & Mirko Vujos̄ević - 719-731 Experience with prototype multicriteria decision support systems for pelagic fish quota determination
by Theodor J. Stewart
October 1988, Volume 35, Issue 5
- 365-372 A general age replacement model with minimal repair
by H. W. Block & W. S. Borges & T. H. Savits - 373-392 Optimal inspection under semi‐markovian deterioration: Basic results
by Armando Z. Milioni & Stanley R. Pliska - 393-411 Optimal inspection under semi‐markovian deterioration: The catastrophic case
by Armando Z. Milioni & Stanley R. Pliska - 413-418 A note on the optimality conditions for the bilevel programming problem
by P. A. Clark & A. W. Westerberg - 419-425 Error bounds for EOQ
by Ram Rachamadugu - 427-440 Backorders optimization in a one‐warehouse N‐identical retailer distribution system
by Ralph D. Badinelli & Leroy B. Schwarz - 441-446 A one‐dimensional infiltration game
by S. P. Lalley