Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 62

Volume 62, Number 1, January 2011

Editorial

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  Thomas W. Archibald, Jonathan Crook:
  Editorial. 1-2

General Paper

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  Jukka Luoma, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Esa Saarinen:
  Acting with systems intelligence: integrating complex responsive processes with the systems perspective. 3-11

Case-oriented Papers

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  Markus Günther, Christian Stummer, Lea M. Wakolbinger, Michael Wildpaner:
  An agent-based simulation approach for the new product diffusion of a novel biomass fuel. 12-20
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  Chris Martin, Mike Metcalfe:
  Implementation processes: a Boolean analysis. 21-28
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  Katarzyna Bijak:
  Kalman filtering as a performance monitoring technique for a propensity scorecard. 29-37
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  N. Anken, Jean Philippe Gagliardi, Jacques Renaud, Angel B. Ruiz:
  Space allocation and aisle positioning for an industrial pick-to-belt system. 38-49
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  Alec Morton, D. Bird, A. Jones, M. White:
  Decision conferencing for science prioritisation in the UK public sector: a dual case study. 50-59
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  Mustafa Kumral:
  Incorporating geo-metallurgical information into mine production scheduling. 60-68
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  John Jackman, Z. Guerra de Castillo, Sigurdur Ólafsson:
  Stochastic flow shop scheduling model for the Panama Canal. 69-80
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  M. Atwi, J. S. Chóliz:
  A negotiated solution for the Jordan Basin. 81-91

Theoretical Papers

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  Z. P. Fan, Y. Chen, J. Ma, S. Zeng:
  A hybrid genetic algorithmic approach to the maximally diverse grouping problem. 92-99
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  Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner, Pawel Jan Kalczynski:
  A cover-based competitive location model. 100-113
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  Wassim Zahrouni, Hichem Kamoun:
  Transforming part-sequencing problems in a robotic cell into a GTSP. 114-123
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  Wenbin Wang:
  Maintenance models based on the np control charts with respect to the sampling interval. 124-133
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  Rui Peng, Gregory Levitin, Min Xie, Szu Hui Ng:
  Optimal defence of single object with imperfect false targets. 134-141
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  Xugang Ye, Donniell E. Fishkind, Lowell Abrams, Carey E. Priebe:
  Sensor information monotonicity in disambiguation protocols. 142-151
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  Melih Özlen, Meral Azizoglu:
  Rescheduling unrelated parallel machines with total flow time and total disruption cost criteria. 152-164
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  Shih-Wei Lin, Zne-Jung Lee, Kuo-Ching Ying, Rong-Ho Lin:
  Meta-heuristic algorithms for wafer sorting scheduling problems. 165-174
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  Moussa Larbani, Belaïd Aouni:
  A new approach for generating efficient solutions within the goal programming model. 175-182
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  Bin Yu, Zhongzhen Yang, Jing-Xin Xie:
  A parallel improved ant colony optimization for multi-depot vehicle routing problem. 183-188
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  Francisco Ruiz, Jose Manuel Cabello, Luque Luque:
  An application of reference point techniques to the calculation of synthetic sustainability indicators. 189-197
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  A. K. Miranda, Enrique del Castillo:
  Robust parameter design optimization of simulation experiments using stochastic perturbation methods. 198-205

Technical Notes

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  Wen-Hung Kuo, Dar-Li Yang:
  A note on due-date assignment and single-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs and learning effects. 206-210
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  David Ronen:
  The effect of oil price on containership speed and fleet size. 211-216
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  Pedro Lara-Velázquez, Rafael López-Bracho, Javier Ramírez-Rodríguez, Javier Yáñez:
  A model for timetabling problems with period spread constraints. 217-222
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  Tamer Doyuran, Bülent Çatay:
  A robust enhancement to the Clarke-Wright savings algorithm. 223-231
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  S. H. Yoon, I. S. Lee:
  New constructive heuristics for the total weighted tardiness problem. 232-237
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  Gur Mosheiov, Assaf Sarig:
  A note: a due-window assignment problem on parallel identical machines. 238-241

Viewpoint

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  Richard J. Ormerod:
  The relationship between operational research and systems thinking. 242-245

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 246-250

Volume 62, Number 2, February 2011

Special Issue: Heuristic Optimisation

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  Uwe Aickelin, Alistair R. Clark:
  Heuristic optimisation. 251-252
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  William O. Wilson, Phil Birkin, Uwe Aickelin:
  Motif detection inspired by immune memory. 253-265
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  Roberto Aringhieri, Roberto Cordone:
  Comparing local search metaheuristics for the maximum diversity problem. 266-280
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  Tony Wauters, Katja Verbeeck, Greet Vanden Berghe, Patrick De Causmaecker:
  Learning agents for the multi-mode project scheduling problem. 281-290
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  Stephen F. Roehrig, Rema Padman, Ramayya Krishnan, George T. Duncan:
  Exact and heuristic methods for cell suppression in multi-dimensional linked tables. 291-304
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  Doug Hains, L. Darrell Whitley, Adele E. Howe:
  Revisiting the big valley search space structure in the TSP. 305-312
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  Ying Xu, Rong Qu:
  Solving multi-objective multicast routing problems by evolutionary multi-objective simulated annealing algorithms with variable neighbourhoods. 313-325
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  Jean-Yves Potvin, Marc-André Naud:
  Tabu search with ejection chains for the vehicle routing problem with private fleet and common carrier. 326-336
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  R. L. Nance, August G. Roesener, James T. Moore:
  An advanced tabu search for solving the mixed payload airlift loading problem. 337-347
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  Haluk Yapicioglu, H. Liu, Alice E. Smith, Gerry V. Dozier:
  Hybrid approach for Pareto front expansion in heuristics. 348-359
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  Edmund K. Burke, Timothy Curtois, L. F. van Draat, Jan-Kees C. W. van Ommeren, Gerhard F. Post:
  Progress control in iterated local search for nurse rostering. 360-367
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  Farah Zeghal Mansour, Mohamed Haouari, Hanif D. Sherali, Najla Aissaoui:
  Flexible aircraft fleeting and routing at TunisAir. 368-380
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  José Antonio Vázquez Rodríguez, Gabriela Ochoa:
  On the automatic discovery of variants of the NEH procedure for flow shop scheduling using genetic programming. 381-396
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  Jairo Rafael Montoya-Torres, Andres Aponte, Paula Rosas:
  Applying GRASP to solve the multi-item three-echelon uncapacitated facility location problem. 397-406

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 407-410

Volume 62, Number 3, March 2011

Special Issue: Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning

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  Aris A. Syntetos, John E. Boylan:
  Supply chain forecasting and planning. 411-412

Case-Oriented Papers

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  Federico Caniato, Matteo Kalchschmidt, Stefano Ronchi:
  Integrating quantitative and qualitative forecasting approaches: organizational learning in an action research case. 413-424
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  Berrin Aytac, S. David Wu:
  Modelling high-tech product life cycles with short-term demand information: a case study. 425-432
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  F. R. Johnston, Estelle A. Shale, S. Kapoor, R. True, A. Sheth:
  Breadth of range and depth of stock: forecasting and inventory management at Euro Car Parts Ltd. 433-441
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  Muhammad Naiman Jalil, Rob A. Zuidwijk, Moritz Fleischmann, Jo van Nunen:
  Spare parts logistics and installed base information. 442-457

Theoretical Papers<br/>Supply Chain Planning

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  Yaman Barlas, Baris Gunduz:
  Demand forecasting and sharing strategies to reduce fluctuations and the bullwhip effect in supply chains. 458-473
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  Mohammad Ali, John E. Boylan:
  Feasibility principles for Downstream Demand Inference in supply chains. 474-482
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  Robert Fildes, Brian G. Kingsman:
  Incorporating demand uncertainty and forecast error in supply chain planning models. 483-500
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  Luciano Ferreira, Denis Borenstein:
  Normative agent-based simulation for supply chain planning. 501-514

Sales and Operations Planning

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  Gerd J. Hahn, Heinrich Kuhn:
  Optimising a value-based performance indicator in mid-term sales and operations planning. 515-525
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  ManMohan S. Sodhi, Christopher S. Tang:
  Determining supply requirement in the sales-and-operations-planning (S&OP) process under demand uncertainty: a stochastic programming formulation and a spreadsheet implementation. 526-536

Supply Chain Forecasting

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  Philip Hans Franses, Rianne Legerstee:
  Experts' adjustment to model-based SKU-level forecasts: does the forecast horizon matter? 537-543
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  Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Aris A. Syntetos, John E. Boylan, Fotios Petropoulos, Vassilis Assimakopoulos:
  An aggregate-disaggregate intermittent demand approach (ADIDA) to forecasting: an empirical proposition and analysis. 544-554
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  James W. Taylor:
  Multi-item sales forecasting with total and split exponential smoothing. 555-563

Volume 62, Number 4, April 2011

General Paper

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  Moshe Dror, Bruce C. Hartman:
  Survey of cooperative inventory games and extensions. 565-580

Case-oriented Papers

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  Nadia Lehoux, Sophie D'Amours, Yannick Frein, André Langevin, Bernard Penz:
  Collaboration for a two-echelon supply chain in the pulp and paper industry: the use of incentives to increase profit. 581-592
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  Suat Bog, Ashish K. Nemani, Ravindra K. Ahuja:
  Iterative algorithms for the curfew planning problem. 593-607
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  Tae Hee Moon, Yoonseong Kim, So Young Sohn:
  Technology credit rating system for funding SMEs. 608-615
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  Goutam Dutta, Narain Gupta, Robert Fourer:
  An optimization-based decision support system for strategic planning in a process industry: the case of aluminium company in India. 616-626
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  Ayfer Basar, Bülent Çatay, Tonguç Ünlüyurt:
  A multi-period double coverage approach for locating the emergency medical service stations in Istanbul. 627-637
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  Ahmed Ghanmi:
  Canadian forces global reach support hubs: facility location and aircraft routing models. 638-650
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  J. A. Eady, Miles G. Nicholls:
  Reducing workforce turnover in Asian factories using a mixed-mode modelling approach. 651-661
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  Brent D. Williams, Matthew A. Waller:
  Estimating a retailer's base stock level: an optimal distribution center order forecast policy. 662-666

Theoretical Papers

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  John J. Glen:
  Mean-variance portfolio rebalancing with transaction costs and funding changes. 667-676
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  Souhail Dhouib, Aïda Kharrat, Habib Chabchoub:
  Goal programming using multiple objective hybrid metaheuristic algorithm. 677-689
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  Boris Goldengorin, John A. Keane, Viktor Kuzmenko, Michael Tso:
  Optimal supplier choice with discounting. 690-699
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  Alessio Ishizaka, Dieter Balkenborg, Todd R. Kaplan:
  Influence of aggregation and measurement scale on ranking a compromise alternative in AHP. 700-710
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  Matthias Kannegiesser, Hans Otto Günther:
  An integrated optimization model for managing the global value chain of a chemical commodities manufacturer. 711-721
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  P. N. Ram Kumar, T. T. Narendran:
  On the usage of Lagrangean Relaxation for the convoy movement problem. 722-728
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  Blas Pelegrín, Pablo Dorta-González, Pascual Fernández-Hernández:
  Finding location equilibria for competing firms under delivered pricing. 729-741
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  Qianxin Mu, Zhuo Fu, Jens Lysgaard, Richard W. Eglese:
  Disruption management of the vehicle routing problem with vehicle breakdown. 742-749
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  Fei-Long Chen, Cho-Hua Yeh:
  Economic statistical design for x-bar control charts under non-normal distributed data with Weibull in-control time. 750-759
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  Lanting Lu, Christine S. M. Currie, Russell C. H. Cheng, John Ladbrook:
  Classification analysis for simulation of the duration of machine breakdowns. 760-767
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  Linhui Sun, Linyan Sun, Ji-Bo Wang:
  Single-machine scheduling to minimize total absolute differences in waiting times with deteriorating jobs. 768-775
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  Bruce Chien-Ta Ho:
  Measuring dot com efficiency using a combined DEA and GRA approach. 776-783
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  Zhichang Zhu:
  After paradim: why mixing-methodology theorising fails and how to make it work again. 784-798

Technical Note

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  Ning Shi, Raymond K. Cheung, He Xu, Kin Keung Lai:
  An adaptive routing strategy for freight transportation networks. 799-805

Viewpoints

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  Stephen A. Harwood:
  Mixing methodologies and paradigmatic commensurability. 806-809
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  John Mingers:
  Clarification or confusion: response to Harwood. 809-811
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  Mike C. Jackson:
  The multi-methodology debate: a response to Harwood. 811-813

Volume 62, Number 5, May 2011

Special Issue: OR's Contribution to Supporting Strategy

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  L. Alberto Franco, Frances A. O'Brien, P. Bell:
  Supporting strategy: Contributions from OR. 815-816
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  C. Ram, Gilberto Montibeller, Alec Morton:
  Extending the use of scenario planning and MCDA for the evaluation of strategic options. 817-829
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  G. Burt:
  Towards the integration of system modelling with scenario planning to support strategy: the case of the UK energy industry. 830-839
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  Jim Bryant, John Darwin, Christine Booth:
  Strategy making with the whole organisation: OR and the art of the possible. 840-854
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  Gilberto Montibeller, L. Alberto Franco:
  Raising the bar: strategic multi-criteria decision analysis. 855-867
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  Susan Howick, Colin Eden:
  Supporting strategic conversations: the significance of a quantitative model building process. 868-878
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  Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette:
  Facilitated modelling in strategy development: measuring the impact on communication, consensus and commitment. 879-887
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  Efstathios Tapinos, Robert G. Dyson, Maureen Meadows:
  Does the Balanced Scorecard make a difference to the strategy development process? 888-899
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  Frances A. O'Brien:
  Supporting the strategy process: a survey of UK OR/MS practitioners. 900-920

Special Issue Viewpoints

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  Fran Ackermann:
  How OR can contribute to strategy making. 921-923
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  John Hough:
  Supporting strategy from the inside. 923-926
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  Lawrence D. Phillips:
  What is strategy? 926-929
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  P. R. Syms:
  Does OR have a role in global population growth strategy? 929-932

Special Issue Book Selection

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  Special Issue Book Selection. 933-937

Volume 62, Number 6, June 2011

Case-oriented Papers

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  G. Mitchell, John E. Beasley:
  Optimisation of sludge treatment and transport. 939-948
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  H.-Y. Lin, C.-J. Liao, C.-T. Tseng:
  An application of variable neighbourhood search to hospital call scheduling of infant formula promotion. 949-959
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  Jean-François Audy, Sophie D'Amours, Louis-Martin Rousseau:
  Cost allocation in the establishment of a collaborative transportation agreement - an application in the furniture industry. 960-970
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  Tsung-Sheng Chang, Y.-F. Liao:
  Routing strategies for integrating forward distribution and reverse collection. 971-981
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  Karen J. Cairns, Adele H. Marshall, Frank Kee:
  Using simulation to assess cardiac first-responder schemes exhibiting stochastic and spatial complexities. 982-991
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  Darko M. Louit, Rodrigo Pascual, Dragan Banjevic, Andrew K. S. Jardine:
  Optimization models for critical spare parts inventories - a reliability approach. 992-1004
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  Nima Safaei, Dragan Banjevic, Andrew K. S. Jardine:
  Bi-objective workforce-constrained maintenance scheduling: a case study. 1005-1018
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  M. A. Rahman, Bhaba R. Sarker, Luis A. Escobar:
  Peak demand forecasting for a seasonal product using Bayesian approach. 1019-1028

Theoretical Papers

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  Armando Zeferino Milioni, José Virgílio Guedes de Avellar, T. N. Rabello, G. M. de Freitas:
  Hyperbolic frontier model: a parametric DEA approach for the distribution of a total fixed output. 1029-1037
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  Gerard M. Campbell:
  A two-stage stochastic program for scheduling and allocating cross-trained workers. 1038-1047
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  Alan Jessop:
  Using imprecise estimates for weights. 1048-1055
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  Natividad Blasco, Pilar Corredor, Sandra Ferreruela:
  Detecting intentional herding: what lies beneath intraday data in the Spanish stock market. 1056-1066
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  Silvia Figini, Paolo Giudici:
  Statistical merging of rating models. 1067-1074
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  Muh-Cherng Wu, Liang-Chuan Huang, Hsi-Mei Hsu, Tai-Sheng Su:
  Multiple lot-sizing decisions in a two-stage production with an interrupted geometric yield and non-rigid demand. 1075-1084
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  Angel A. Juan, Javier Faulin, Josep Jorba, Daniel Riera, David Masip, Barry B. Barrios:
  On the use of Monte Carlo simulation, cache and splitting techniques to improve the Clarke and Wright savings heuristics. 1085-1097
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  Selda Taskin, Emmett J. Lodree Jr.:
  A Bayesian decision model with hurricane forecast updates for emergency supplies inventory management. 1098-1108
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  Q. L. Wei, T.-S. Chang:
  Optimal system design series-network DEA models. 1109-1119
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  Marco Visentin, Mariachiara Colucci, Gian Luca Marzocchi:
  Genuine representation of brands: a new method of representing unbiased brand-by-attribute perceptions. 1120-1127
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  Mohammad Mehdi Lotfi, Masoud Rabbani, S. F. Ghaderi:
  A weighted goal programming approach for replenishment planning and space allocation in a supermarket. 1128-1137
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  Aris A. Syntetos, Nicholas C. Georgantzas, John E. Boylan, Brian C. Dangerfield:
  Judgement and supply chain dynamics. 1138-1158
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  T. H. Moon, S. Y. Sohn:
  Survival analysis for technology credit scoring adjusting total perception. 1159-1168
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  Francis J. Vasko, J. D. Bobeck, M. A. Governale, D. J. Rieksts, J. D. Keffer:
  A statistical analysis of parameter values for the rank-based ant colony optimization algorithm for the traveling salesperson problem. 1169-1176

Technical Note

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  Everette S. Gardner Jr., Ed McKenzie:
  Why the damped trend works. 1177-1180

Volume 62, Number 7, July 2011

Case-oriented Papers

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  Giles A. Hindle, T. Hindle:
  Safety cameras and road accidents: effectiveness in local authority areas in England. 1181-1188
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  Jacek Blazewicz, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Maciej Machowiak, Ceyda Oguz:
  Berth and quay crane allocation: a moldable task scheduling model. 1189-1197
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  Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos, Rui Carvalho Oliveira:
  Delimitation of service areas in reverse logistics networks with multiple depots. 1198-1210
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  Y. Wu:
  Modelling of containerized air cargo forwarding problems under uncertainty. 1211-1226
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  Silvija Vlah, Zrinka Lukac, Joaquín Pacheco:
  Use of VNS heuristics for scheduling of patients in hospital. 1227-1238
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  N. Görmez, Murat Köksalan, F. Sibel Salman:
  Locating disaster response facilities in Istanbul. 1239-1252
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  Stelios Tsafarakis, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis:
  Consumer choice behaviour and new product development: an integrated market simulation approach. 1253-1267
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  H.-T. Lin:
  Efficiency analysis of chain stores: a case study. 1268-1281
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  Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Mika Kortelainen, Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes:
  Costs and efficiency of higher education institutions in England: a DEA analysis. 1282-1297
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  Sérgio P. Santos, Carla Alexandra Filipe Amado, J. R. Rosado:
  Formative evaluation of electricity distribution utilities using data envelopment analysis. 1298-1319
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  Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Sérgio P. Santos, P. M. M. Rodrigues:
  Adding value to bank branch performance evaluation using cognitive maps and MCDA: a case study. 1320-1333

Theoretical Papers

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  Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani, Mustapha Nourelfath, Daoud Ait-Kadi:
  Production planning with uncertainty in the quality of raw materials: a case in sawmills. 1334-1343
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  Ricardo Chalmeta, Sergio Palomero:
  Methodological proposal for business sustainability management by means of the Balanced Scorecard. 1344-1356
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  Michael J. Brusco, T. R. Johns:
  An integrated approach to shift-starting time selection and tour-schedule construction. 1357-1364
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  Lupércio F. Bessegato, Roberto da Costa Quinino, Linda Lee Ho, Luiz Duczmal:
  Variable interval sampling in economical designs for online process control of attributes with misclassification errors. 1365-1375
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  M. Isabel Reis dos Santos, Pedro M. Reis dos Santos:
  Construction and validation of distribution-based regression simulation metamodels. 1376-1384
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  Stephen R. Clarke:
  Rating non-elite tennis players using team doubles competition results. 1385-1390
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  T. E. van der Lei, Bert Enserink, Wil A. H. Thissen, Geertje Bekebrede:
  How to use a systems diagram to analyse and structure complex problems for policy issue papers. 1391-1402
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  N. Nekoiemehr, Ghasem Moslehi:
  Minimizing the sum of maximum earliness and maximum tardiness in the single-machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup time. 1403-1412
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  Kristiaan Kerstens, Ignace Van de Woestyne:
  Negative data in DEA: a simple proportional distance function approach. 1413-1419

Technical Note

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  Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Dimitris Margaritis:
  The diet problem and DEA. 1420-1422

Erratum

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  Z. P. Fan, Y. Chen, J. Ma, S. Zeng:
  Erratum: A hybrid genetic algorithmic approach to the maximally diverse grouping problem. 1423-1430

Volume 62, Number 8, August 2011

General Papers

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  Korina Katsaliaki, Navonil Mustafee:
  Applications of simulation within the healthcare context. 1431-1451
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  Alberto Paucar-Caceres:
  The development of management sciences/operational research discourses: surveying the trends in the US and the UK. 1452-1470

Case-oriented Papers

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  Julio Mar-Ortiz, Belarmino Adenso-Díaz, José Luis González Velarde:
  Design of a recovery network for WEEE collection: the case of Galicia, Spain. 1471-1484
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  A. Filinkov, M. Richmond, R. Nicholson, M. Alshansky, J. Stewien:
  Modelling personnel sustainability: a tool for military force structure analysis. 1485-1497
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  Christina N. Burt, Lou Caccetta, P. Welgama, L. Fouché:
  Equipment selection with heterogeneous fleets for multiple-period schedules. 1498-1509
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  Cristián E. Cortés, Michel Gendreau, D. Leng, Andrés Weintraub:
  A simulation-based approach for fleet design in a technician dispatch problem with stochastic demand. 1510-1523
• 
  Virginia M. Miori:
  A multiple objective goal programming approach to the truckload routing problem. 1524-1532
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  Mercedes Esteban-Bravo, Nora Lado:
  Brand value in horizontal alliances: the case of twin-cars. 1533-1542

Theoretical Papers

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  Gerald Midgley, Luis A. Pinzón:
  Boundary critique and its implications for conflict prevention. 1543-1554
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  Xianpeng Wang, Lixin Tang:
  Scheduling a single machine with multiple job processing ability to minimize makespan. 1555-1565
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  V. Sri Vanamalla, R. Parthasarathy:
  Incentive mechanism to control customer buy-down behaviour. 1566-1573
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  Y. Asiedu:
  Determining extreme capability requirements using orthogonal arrays: an empirical study. 1574-1584
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  Seyed Mostafa Mirhedayatian, Reza Farzipoor Saen:
  A new approach for weight derivation using data envelopment analysis in the analytic hierarchy process. 1585-1595

Corrigendum

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  Korina Katsaliaki, Navonil Mustafee, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi:
  A profile of OR research and practice published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society. 1596-1597

Volume 62, Number 9, September 2011

General Paper

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  Alberto Paucar-Caceres, Angela Espinosa:
  Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications. 1601-1620

Case-Oriented Papers

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  Simanti Bandyopadhyay:
  In search of contextual variables in a stochastic DEA framework: effect of regulation on efficiency of Indian cement industry. 1621-1637
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  Jian-Bo Yang, Dong-Ling Xu, Xinlian Xie, Anil Kumar Maddulapalli:
  Multicriteria evidential reasoning decision modelling and analysis - prioritizing voices of customer. 1638-1654

Theoretical Papers

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  Huachun Xiong, Jinxing Xie, Xiaoxue Deng:
  Risk-averse decision making in overbooking problem. 1655-1665
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  Sharareh Taghipour, Dragan Banjevic, Andrew K. S. Jardine:
  Prioritization of medical equipment for maintenance decisions. 1666-1687
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  G. D. Sharp, W. J. Brettenny, John W. Gonsalves, M. Lourens, R. A. Stretch:
  Integer optimisation for the selection of a Twenty20 cricket team. 1688-1694
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  Reza Farzipoor Saen:
  Media selection in the presence of flexible factors and imprecise data. 1695-1703
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  Albert Corominas, Rafael Pastor:
  Designing greedy algorithms for the flow-shop problem by means of Empirically Adjusted Greedy Heuristics (EAGH). 1704-1710
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  Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin:
  Predicting the false alarm rate in multi-institution mortality monitoring. 1711-1718
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  R. T. Stewart:
  A profit-based scoring system in consumer credit: making acquisition decisions for credit cards. 1719-1725
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  Hande Küçükaydin, Necati Aras, I. Kuban Altinel:
  A discrete competitive facility location model with variable attractiveness. 1726-1741
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  Yangang Xing, Brian C. Dangerfield:
  Modelling the sustainability of mass tourism in island tourist economies. 1742-1752
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  W. Hobbs, Neville J. Curtis:
  Theory and application of perceptual positions to data collection and analysis in military environments. 1753-1764

Technical Note

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  Ji-Bo Wang, Jian-Ji Wang, Ping Ji:
  Scheduling jobs with chain precedence constraints and deteriorating jobs. 1765-1770

Volume 62, Number 10, October 2011

General Papers

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  Kyung Sam Park, I. Jeong:
  How to treat strict preference information in multicriteria decision analysis. 1771-1783
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  Shabnam Rezapour, Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Tammy Drezner:
  Strategic design of competing supply chain networks for inelastic demand. 1784-1795
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  Gholam Reza Jahanshahloo, Majid Zohrehbandian, Alireza Alinezhad, S. Abbasian Naghneh, H. Abbasian, Reza Kiani Mavi:
  Finding common weights based on the DM's preference information. 1796-1800
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  Alessio Ishizaka, Dieter Balkenborg, Todd R. Kaplan:
  Does AHP help us make a choice? An experimental evaluation. 1801-1812
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  I. Kuban Altinel, Necati Aras, Kerem Can Özkisacik:
  Variable neighbourhood search heuristics for the probabilistic multi-source Weber problem. 1813-1826

Case-Oriented Papers

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  Ahmad I. Jarrah, Jonathan F. Bard:
  Pickup and delivery network segmentation using contiguous geographic clustering. 1827-1843
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  Geraldo da Silva e Souza, Mirian Souza, Eliane Gonçalves Gomes:
  Computing confidence intervals for output-oriented DEA models: an application to agricultural research in Brazil. 1844-1850
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  Peter T. Vanberkel, Richard J. Boucherie, Erwin W. Hans, Johann L. Hurink, Wineke A. M. van Lent, Wim H. van Harten:
  An exact approach for relating recovering surgical patient workload to the master surgical schedule. 1851-1860

Theoretical Papers

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  Jens Irion, Jye-Chyi Lu, Faiz A. Al-Khayyal, Yu-Chung Tsao:
  A hierarchical decomposition approach to retail shelf space management and assortment decisions. 1861-1870
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  Stéphane Blancard, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Hervé Leleu:
  Measuring potential gains from specialization under non-convex technologies. 1871-1880
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  Wade D. Cook, Joe Zhu:
  Output-specific input-assurance regions in DEA. 1881-1887
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  Sangbok Lee:
  The role of preparedness in ambulance dispatching. 1888-1897

Technical Note

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  Jian-Jun Wang, Ji-Bo Wang, F. Liu:
  Parallel machines scheduling with a deteriorating maintenance activity. 1898-1902

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 1903-1906

Volume 62, Number 11, November 2011

General Papers

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  José L. Ruiz, Inmaculada Sirvent:
  A DEA approach to derive individual lower and upper bounds for the technical and allocative components of the overall profit efficiency. 1907-1916
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  Intesar M. Al-Mudahka, Mhand Hifi, Rym M'Hallah:
  Packing circles in the smallest circle: an adaptive hybrid algorithm. 1917-1930
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  Philip Scarf, Sohail Akhtar:
  An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on. 1931-1940
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  Roberto Cervelló-Royo, Fernando García, Francisco Guijarro:
  Ranking residential properties by a multicriteria single price model. 1941-1950
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  R. Bhattacharya, Paramjit S. Gill, Tim B. Swartz:
  Duckworth-Lewis and Twenty20 cricket. 1951-1957
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  Yuan Shi, Feng Wu, Lap Keung Chu, Domenic Sculli, Y. H. Xu:
  A portfolio approach to managing procurement risk using multi-stage stochastic programming. 1958-1970
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  Sharif H. Melouk, Burcu B. Keskin, C. Armbrester, M. Anderson:
  A simulation optimization-based decision support tool for mitigating traffic congestion. 1971-1982
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  Stanislaw Gawiejnowicz, W.-C. Lee, C.-L. Lin, Chin-Chia Wu:
  Single-machine scheduling of proportionally deteriorating jobs by two agents. 1983-1991
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  Jen-Ming Chen, Hung-Liang Cheng, I.-C. Lin:
  On channel coordination under price-dependent revenue-sharing: can eBay's fee structure coordinate the channel? 1992-2001
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  Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, Dmitry Krass:
  Discrete cooperative covering problems. 2002-2012
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  Jalel Euchi, Habib Chabchoub:
  Hybrid metaheuristics for the profitable arc tour problem. 2013-2022
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  Ahmed Ghoniem, Hanif D. Sherali:
  Set partitioning and packing versus assignment formulations for subassembly matching problems. 2023-2033
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  Rafael Caballero, Manuel Laguna, Rafael Martí, Julián Molina:
  Scatter tabu search for multiobjective clustering problems. 2034-2046

Book Selection

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  Book Selection. 2047-2050

Volume 62, Number 12, December 2011

General Papers

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  Rodrigo Pascual, Darko M. Louit, Andrew K. S. Jardine:
  Optimal inspection intervals for safety systems with partial inspections. 2051-2062
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  Zhihong Shen, Maged M. Dessouky, Fernando Ordóñez:
  Perishable inventory management system with a minimum volume constraint. 2063-2082
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  Christian Almeder, Lars Mönch:
  Metaheuristics for scheduling jobs with incompatible families on parallel batching machines. 2083-2096
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  Chien-Ta Ho, C.-K. Liao, H.-T. Kim:
  Valuing Internet companies: a DEA-based Multiple Valuation Approach. 2097-2106
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  Guglielmo Lulli, Ugo Pietropaoli, Nicoletta Ricciardi:
  Service network design for freight railway transportation: the Italian case. 2107-2119
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  Stefan Lessmann, Ming-Chien Sung, Johnnie E. V. Johnson:
  Towards a methodology for measuring the true degree of efficiency in a speculative market. 2120-2132
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  Dirk Briskorn:
  A branching scheme for minimum cost tournaments with regard to real-world constraints. 2133-2145
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  S. You, H. Yan:
  A new approach in modelling undesirable output in DEA model. 2146-2156
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  Öncü Hazir, A. Shtub:
  Effects of the information presentation format on project control. 2157-2161
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  Ling-Jing Kao, Cheng-Chin Lu, Chih-Chou Chiu:
  The training institution efficiency of the semiconductor institute programme in Taiwan - application of spatiotemporal ICA with DEA approach. 2162-2172
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  Maria Conceição A. Silva Portela, Emmanuel Thanassoulis, A. Horncastle, T. Maugg:
  Productivity change in the water industry in England and Wales: application of the meta-Malmquist index. 2173-2188