European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 205

Volume 205, Number 1, August 2010

Invited Review

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  Rubén Ruiz, José Antonio Vázquez Rodríguez:
  The hybrid flow shop scheduling problem. 1-18

Discrete Optimization

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  Bruno Escoffier, Laurent Gourvès, Jérôme Monnot, Olivier Spanjaard:
  Two-stage stochastic matching and spanning tree problems: Polynomial instances and approximation. 19-30
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  Sonda Elloumi, Philippe Fortemps:
  A hybrid rank-based evolutionary algorithm applied to multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem. 31-41
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  Milan Hladík:
  Generalized linear fractional programming under interval uncertainty. 42-46

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Liang-Hsuan Chen, Fu-Sen Kang:
  Integrated inventory models considering the two-level trade credit policy and a price-negotiation scheme. 47-58
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  Jens Lysgaard:
  The pyramidal capacitated vehicle routing problem. 59-64
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  David Peidro, Josefa Mula, Mariano Jiménez, Ma del Mar Botella:
  A fuzzy linear programming based approach for tactical supply chain planning in an uncertainty environment. 65-80
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  Ugur Özcan:
  Balancing stochastic two-sided assembly lines: A chance-constrained, piecewise-linear, mixed integer program and a simulated annealing algorithm. 81-97
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  Hamed Samarghandi, Kourosh Eshghi:
  An efficient tabu algorithm for the single row facility layout problem. 98-105
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  Masashi Miyagawa:
  Distributions of rectilinear deviation distance to visit a facility. 106-112
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  Guowei Hua, Shouyang Wang, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Price and lead time decisions in dual-channel supply chains. 113-126
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  Shilei Yang, Charles L. Munson, Bintong Chen:
  Using MSRP to enhance the ability of rebates to control distribution channels. 127-135

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Zhang Wu, Mei Yang, Michael B. C. Khoo, Fong-Jung Yu:
  Optimization designs and performance comparison of two CUSUM schemes for monitoring process shifts in mean and variance. 136-150
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  Tarik Aouam, Ronald L. Rardin, Jawad Abrache:
  Robust strategies for natural gas procurement. 151-158
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  Sudhir K. Sinha, N. Rangaraj, N. Hemachandra:
  Pricing surplus server capacity for mean waiting time sensitive customers. 159-171
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  Feng Yang:
  Neural network metamodeling for cycle time-throughput profiles in manufacturing. 172-185

Decision Support

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  Christopher J. Woodruff:
  Multivariate optimisation for procurement of emergency services equipment - Teams of the best or the best of teams? 186-194
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  Paul Goodwin, Dilek Önkal-Atay, Mary E. Thomson:
  Do forecasts expressed as prediction intervals improve production planning decisions? 195-201
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  Jun Ye:
  Fuzzy decision-making method based on the weighted correlation coefficient under intuitionistic fuzzy environment. 202-204

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Emre Balibek, Murat Köksalan:
  A multi-objective multi-period stochastic programming model for public debt management. 205-217
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  Joaquín Abellán, Andrés R. Masegosa:
  An ensemble method using credal decision trees. 218-226
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  Emanuele Borgonovo, Stefano Gatti, Lorenzo A. Peccati:
  What drives value creation in investment projects? An application of sensitivity analysis to project finance transactions. 227-236

Volume 205, Number 2, September 2010

Invited Review

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  Jose M. Framiñan, Rubén Ruiz:
  Architecture of manufacturing scheduling systems: Literature review and an integrated proposal. 237-246

Continuous Optimization

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  T. R. Gulati, Himani Saini, S. K. Gupta:
  Second-order multiobjective symmetric duality with cone constraints. 247-252
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  Nader Kanzi, S. Nobakhtian:
  Necessary optimality conditions for nonsmooth generalized semi-infinite programming problems. 253-261
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  J. Li, Nan-Jing Huang, X. Q. Yang:
  Weak sharp minima for set-valued vector variational inequalities with an application. 262-272

Discrete Optimization

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  Osman Oguz:
  Cutting plane algorithms for 0-1 programming based on cardinality cuts. 273-279
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  Nguyen Huynh Tuong, Ameur Soukhal:
  Due dates assignment and JIT scheduling with equal-size jobs. 280-289
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  Zahra Naji Azimi, Paolo Toth, Laura Galli:
  An electromagnetism metaheuristic for the unicost set covering problem. 290-300

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Daniel Granot, Frieda Granot, Tal Raviv:
  On competitive sequential location in a network with a decreasing demand intensity. 301-312
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  George Nenes, Sofia Panagiotidou, George Tagaras:
  Inventory management of multiple items with irregular demand: A case study. 313-324
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  Omer Selvi, Kagan Gokbayrak:
  A search method for optimal control of a flow shop system of traditional machines. 325-331
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  Yong Zha, Liang Liang:
  Two-stage cooperation model with input freely distributed among the stages. 332-338
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  Zhibing Lin, Chen Cai, Baoguang Xu:
  Supply chain coordination with insurance contract. 339-345
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  Tai-Hsi Wu, Shu-Hsing Chung, Chin-Chih Chang:
  A water flow-like algorithm for manufacturing cell formation problems. 346-360

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Joshua C. C. Chan, Dirk P. Kroese:
  Efficient estimation of large portfolio loss probabilities in t-copula models. 361-367
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  Murat Kurt, Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh:
  Optimally maintaining a Markovian deteriorating system with limited imperfect repairs. 368-380
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  Banu Yetkin Ekren, Sunderesh S. Heragu:
  Approximate analysis of load-dependent generally distributed queuing networks with low service time variability. 381-389

Decision Support

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  José Rui Figueira, Arnaud Liefooghe, El-Ghazali Talbi, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki:
  A parallel multiple reference point approach for multi-objective optimization. 390-400
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  Silvia Angilella, Alfio Giarlotta, Fabio Lamantia:
  A linear implementation of PACMAN. 401-411
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  Baichun Xiao, Wei Yang:
  A revenue management model for products with two capacity dimensions. 412-421

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  John Mingers, Fang Xu:
  The drivers of citations in management science journals. 422-430
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  Carlos Pestana Barros, Milton Nektarios, A. Assaf:
  Efficiency in the Greek insurance industry. 431-436
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  Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Qian Candy Tang:
  Free trial or no free trial: Optimal software product design with network effects. 437-447
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  Mikael Frisk, Maud Göthe-Lundgren, Kurt Jörnsten, Mikael Rönnqvist:
  Cost allocation in collaborative forest transportation. 448-458
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  Diana Barro, Antonella Basso:
  Credit contagion in a network of firms with spatial interaction. 459-468

Short Communications

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  Xiaoming Yan, Minghui Zhang, Ke Liu:
  A note on coordination in decentralized assembly systems with uncertain component yields. 469-478
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  Christos Koulamas, Sushil Gupta, George J. Kyparisis:
  A unified analysis for the single-machine scheduling problem with controllable and non-controllable variable job processing times. 479-482
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  Canrong Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Leyuan Shi, Li Zheng:
  A note on deriving decision rules to locate export containers in container yards. 483-485

Book Review

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  Jacques Teghem:
  Metaheuristics. From Design to Implementation, El-Ghazali Talbi. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). XXI + 593 pp., Publication 978-0-470-27858-1. 486-487

Volume 205, Number 3, September 2010

Invited Review

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  L. Alberto Franco, Gilberto Montibeller:
  Facilitated modelling in operational research. 489-500

Continuous Optimization

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  Paul-Emile Maingé:
  Projected subgradient techniques and viscosity methods for optimization with variational inequality constraints. 501-506
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  Michael J. Hirsch, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G. C. Resende:
  Speeding up continuous GRASP. 507-521
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  Velibor V. Misic, Dionne M. Aleman, Michael B. Sharpe:
  Neighborhood search approaches to non-coplanar beam orientation optimization for total marrow irradiation using IMRT. 522-527

Discrete Optimization

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  Guohua Wan, Sudheer R. Vakati, Joseph Y.-T. Leung, Michael L. Pinedo:
  Scheduling two agents with controllable processing times. 528-539
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  José Humberto Ablanedo-Rosas, César Rego:
  Surrogate constraint normalization for the set covering problem. 540-551
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  Igor Averbakh:
  Nash equilibria in competitive project scheduling. 552-556

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Tsan Sheng Ng, Yang Sun, John W. Fowler:
  Semiconductor lot allocation using robust optimization. 557-570
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  Tone Lerher, Iztok Potrc, Matjaz Sraml, Tomaz Tollazzi:
  Travel time models for automated warehouses with aisle transferring storage and retrieval machine. 571-583
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  Y. Zhao, Konstantinos P. Triantis, Dusan Teodorovic, Praveen Edara:
  A travel demand management strategy: The downtown space reservation system. 584-594
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  Hwansik Lee, Emmett J. Lodree Jr.:
  Modeling customer impatience in a newsboy problem with time-sensitive shortages. 595-603
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  Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo, Tom Ervolina, Terry P. Harrison, Barun Gupta:
  Sales and operations planning in systems with order configuration uncertainty. 604-614

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Kurtulus B. Öner, Gudrun P. Kiesmüller, Geert-Jan van Houtum:
  Optimization of component reliability in the design phase of capital goods. 615-624
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  Chin-Chia Jane, Yih-Wenn Laih:
  A dynamic bounding algorithm for approximating multi-state two-terminal reliability. 625-637
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  Christos Langaris, Ioannis Dimitriou:
  A queueing system with n-phases of service and (n-1)-types of retrial customers. 638-649

Decision Support

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  Cornelia Schön:
  Optimal dynamic price selection under attraction choice models. 650-660
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  Stephen Dobson, John Goddard:
  Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports. 661-669
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  Walter J. Gutjahr, Stefan Katzensteiner, Peter Reiter, Christian Stummer, Michaela Denk:
  Multi-objective decision analysis for competence-oriented project portfolio selection. 670-679

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  James Jiann-Haw Liou, Leon Yen, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng:
  Using decision rules to achieve mass customization of airline services. 680-686
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  Shuo-Pei Chen, Wann-Yih Wu:
  A systematic procedure to evaluate an automobile manufacturer-distributor partnership. 687-698
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  Elsa Silva, Filipe Pereira Alvelos, José M. Valério de Carvalho:
  An integer programming model for two- and three-stage two-dimensional cutting stock problems. 699-708

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Ronald D. Armstrong, Mabel Tam Kung, Louis A. Roussos:
  Determining targets for multi-stage adaptive tests using integer programming. 709-718
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  Ruben Chumpitaz, Kristiaan Kerstens, Nicholas Paparoidamis, Matthias Staat:
  Comparing efficiency across markets: An extension and critique of the methodology. 719-728
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  F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Mohsen Rostamy-Malkhalifeh, Zohreh Moghaddas:
  Modified piecewise linear DEA model. 729-733