European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 178

Volume 178, Number 1, April 2007

Case Study

Peng Zhou, Kim-Leng Poh, Beng Wah Ang:
A non-radial DEA approach to measuring environmental performance. 1-9
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Continuous Optimization

Jung-Fa Tsai, Ming-Hua Lin, Yi-Chung Hu:
On generalized geometric programming problems with non-positive variables. 10-19
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S. K. Mishra, K. K. Lai:
Second order symmetric duality in multiobjective programming involving generalized cone-invex functions. 20-26
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Discrete Optimization

Haldun Aytug, Gary J. Koehler:
The effect of multiple optima on the simple GA run-time complexity. 27-45
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J. J. Yuan, Y. X. Lin, C. T. Ng, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
Approximability of single machine scheduling with fixed jobs to minimize total completion time. 46-56
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Xiuli Wang, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
Single-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs and learning effects to minimize the makespan. 57-70
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Abraham Duarte, Rafael Martí:
Tabu search and GRASP for the maximum diversity problem. 71-84
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Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

Pierpaolo Caricato, Gianpaolo Ghiani, Antonio Grieco, Roberto Musmanno:
Improved formulation, branch-and-cut and tabu search heuristic for single loop material flow system design. 85-91
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Chinho Lin, Yihsu Lin:
A cooperative inventory policy with deteriorating items for a two-echelon model. 92-111
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Peter Shaohua Deng, Robert H.-J. Lin, Peter Chu:
A note on the inventory models for deteriorating items with ramp type demand rate. 112-120
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Robert N. Boute, Stephen M. Disney, Marc Lambrecht, Benny Van Houdt:
An integrated production and inventory model to dampen upstream demand variability in the supply chain. 121-142
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Stochastics and Statistics

Jung Yoon Hwang, Way Kuo:
Model-based clustering for integrated circuit yield enhancement. 143-153
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James W. Taylor:
Forecasting daily supermarket sales using exponentially weighted quantile regression. 154-167
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Decision Support

Ivan Kojadinovic, Jean-Luc Marichal:
Entropy of bi-capacities. 168-184
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Patrik Eklund, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Harrie C. M. de Swart:
Consensus reaching in committees. 185-193
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Youdi Schipper, Peter Nijkamp, Piet Rietveld:
Deregulation and welfare in airline markets: An analysis of frequency equilibria. 194-206
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Wade D. Cook, Joe Zhu:
Within-group common weights in DEA: An analysis of power plant efficiency. 207-216
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Denis Bouyssou, Thierry Marchant:
An axiomatic approach to noncompensatory sorting methods in MCDM, I: The case of two categories. 217-245
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Denis Bouyssou, Thierry Marchant:
An axiomatic approach to noncompensatory sorting methods in MCDM, II: More than two categories. 246-276
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Interfaces with Other Disciplines

Wen-Chih Chen, Leon F. McGinnis:
Reconciling ratio analysis and DEA as performance assessment tools. 277-291
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Angel M. Prieto, José L. Zofío:
Network DEA efficiency in input-output models: With an application to OECD countries. 292-304
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Mette Asmild, Joseph C. Paradi, David N. Reese, Fai Tam:
Measuring overall efficiency and effectiveness using DEA. 305-321
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Short Communication

Shin-yi Wu:
Optimal infrastructure design and expansion of broadband wireless access networks. 322-329
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Volume 178, Number 2, April 2007

Invited Review

Mikhail Y. Kovalyov, C. T. Ng, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
Fixed interval scheduling: Models, applications, computational complexity and algorithms. 331-342
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Continuous Optimization

Pooja Pandey, Abraham P. Punnen:
A simplex algorithm for piecewise-linear fractional programming problems. 343-358
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Marvin D. Troutt, Ike C. Ehie, Alan A. Brandyberry:
Maximally productive input-output units. 359-373
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Discrete Optimization

Jirachai Buddhakulsomsiri, David S. Kim:
Priority rule-based heuristic for multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problems with resource vacations and activity splitting. 374-390
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Bernd Wagner:
An exact solution procedure for a cluster hub location problem. 391-401
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Christos Koulamas, George J. Kyparisis:
Single-machine and two-machine flowshop scheduling with general learning functions. 402-407
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Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

Jean-Pierre Kenné, Anis Gharbi, M. Beit:
Age-dependent production planning and maintenance strategies in unreliable manufacturing systems with lost sale. 408-420
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Xiangtong Qi:
Order splitting with multiple capacitated suppliers. 421-432
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I. Konstantaras, S. Papachristos:
Optimal policy and holding cost stability regions in a periodic review inventory system with manufacturing and remanufacturing options. 433-448
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H. Edwin Romeijn, Jia Shu, Chung-Piaw Teo:
Designing two-echelon supply networks. 449-462
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Stochastics and Statistics

Doo Il Choi, Tae-Sung Kim, Sangmin Lee:
Analysis of a queueing system with a general service scheduling function, with applications to telecommunication network traffic control. 463-471
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Sunantha Teyarachakul, Suresh Chand, Jen Tang:
Estimating the limits for statistical process control charts: A direct method improving upon the bootstrap. 472-481
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A. D. Wall, D. J. Worthington:
Time-dependent analysis of virtual waiting time behaviour in discrete time queues. 482-499
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Decision Support

Tommi Tervonen, Risto Lahdelma:
Implementing stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis. 500-513
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Serafim Opricovic, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng:
Extended VIKOR method in comparison with outranking methods. 514-529
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Rudolf Berghammer, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Harrie C. M. de Swart:
Applying relational algebra and Rel. 530-542
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Husam Hamad, Sami Al-Hamdan:
Discovering metamodels' quality-of-fit for simulation via graphical techniques. 543-559
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O.R. Applications

Jau-yeu Menq, Pan-chio Tuan, Ta-sheng Liu:
Discrete Markov ballistic missile defense system modeling. 560-578
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Chun-hyun Paik, Samit Soni:
A simulated annealing based solution approach for the two-layered location registration and paging areas partitioning problem in cellular mobile networks. 579-594
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Interfaces with Other Disciplines

Ephraim Clark, Joshy Z. Easaw:
Optimal access pricing for natural monopoly networks when costs are sunk and revenues are uncertain. 595-602
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Dries R. Goossens, A. J. T. Maas, Frits C. R. Spieksma, Joris van de Klundert:
Exact algorithms for procurement problems under a total quantity discount structure. 603-626
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Short Communication

Sanjay Sharma:
A fresh approach to performance evaluation in a multi-item production scenario. 627-630
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J. J. Yuan, T. C. Edwin Cheng, C. T. Ng:
NP-hardness of the single-variable-resource scheduling problem to minimize the total weighted completion time. 631-633
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Aaron Luntala Nsakanda, Wilson L. Price, Moustapha Diaby, Marc Gravel:
Ensuring population diversity in genetic algorithms: A technical note with application to the cell formation problem. 634-638
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Section

Matthias Ehrgott:
Review of "Vector Optimization" by Johannes Jahn. 639-642
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Volume 178, Number 3, May 2007

Invited Review

Brian Boffey, Roberto D. Galvão, Luis Gonzalo Acosta Espejo:
A review of congestion models in the location of facilities with immobile servers. 643-662
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Discrete Optimization

Jayaram K. Sankaran:
On solving large instances of the capacitated facility location problem. 663-676
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Pawel Jan Kalczynski, Jerzy Kamburowski:
On no-wait and no-idle flow shops with makespan criterion. 677-685
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Daniel Quadt, Heinrich Kuhn:
A taxonomy of flexible flow line scheduling procedures. 686-698
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K. Ganesh, T. T. Narendran:
CLOVES: A cluster-and-search heuristic to solve the vehicle routing problem with delivery and pick-up. 699-717
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Kalpana Dahiya, Vanita Verma:
Capacitated transportation problem with bounds on RIM conditions. 718-737
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Kamlesh Mathur, Prahalad Venkateshan:
A new lower bound for the linear knapsack problem with general integer variables. 738-754
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Nabila Azi, Michel Gendreau, Jean-Yves Potvin:
An exact algorithm for a single-vehicle routing problem with time windows and multiple routes. 755-766
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Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

Chia-Shin Chung, James Flynn, Piotr Stalinski:
A single-period inventory placement problem for a supply chain with the expected profit objective. 767-781
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Indranil Bose, Anand Paul:
On returns policies with exogenous price. 782-788
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Chung-Yuan Dye, Liang-Yuh Ouyang, Tsu-Pang Hsieh:
Deterministic inventory model for deteriorating items with capacity constraint and time-proportional backlogging rate. 789-807
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Stochastics and Statistics

Sumeetpal S. Singh, Vladislav B. Tadic, Arnaud Doucet:
A policy gradient method for semi-Markov decision processes with application to call admission control. 808-818
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Jonathan E. Leightner, Tomoo Inoue:
Tackling the omitted variables problem without the strong assumptions of proxies. 819-840
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Yan-Kwang Chen:
Adaptive sampling enhancement for Hotelling's T. 841-857
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Ming Dong, David He:
Hidden semi-Markov model-based methodology for multi-sensor equipment health diagnosis and prognosis. 858-878
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Decision Support

Yves Crama, Luc Leruth:
Control and voting power in corporate networks: Concepts and computational aspects. 879-893
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Ryusuke Hohzaki:
An inspection game with multiple inspectees. 894-906
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Howard R. Clayton, Patrick R. McMullen:
Combining approaches for evaluating auditing populations: A simulation study. 907-917
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Short Communications

Jinjiang Yuan, Ameur Soukhal, Youjun Chen, Lingfa Lu:
A note on the complexity of flow shop scheduling with transportation constraints. 918-925
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Cédric Bentz, Marie-Christine Costa, Christophe Picouleau, Maria Zrikem:
The shortest multipaths problem in a capacitated dense channel. 926-931
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