European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 176

Volume 176, Number 1, January 2007

Invited Review

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  Rainer E. Burkard:
  Monge properties, discrete convexity and applications. 1-14

Continuous Optimization

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  Nan-Jing Huang, X. Q. Yang, W. K. Chan:
  Vector complementarity problems with a variable ordering relation. 15-26
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  Concetta A. DePaolo, David J. Rader Jr.:
  A heuristic algorithm for a chance constrained stochastic program. 27-45
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  Hsien-Chung Wu:
  The Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions in an optimization problem with interval-valued objective function. 46-59
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  P. Kaelo, M. M. Ali:
  Integrated crossover rules in real coded genetic algorithms. 60-76
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  Nguyen Van Hop:
  Fuzzy stochastic goal programming problems. 77-86

Discrete Optimization

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  Akio Imai, Etsuko Nishimura, John R. Current:
  A Lagrangian relaxation-based heuristic for the vehicle routing with full container load. 87-105
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  Faiz A. Al-Khayyal, Seung-June Hwang:
  Inventory constrained maritime routing and scheduling for multi-commodity liquid bulk, Part I: Applications and model. 106-130
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  Leonora Bianchi, Ann Melissa Campbell:
  Extension of the 2-p-opt and 1-shift algorithms to the heterogeneous probabilistic traveling salesman problem. 131-144
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  Lukasz Kuszner, Michal Malafiejski:
  A polynomial algorithm for some preemptive multiprocessor task scheduling problems. 145-150
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  P. M. D. Lieshout, A. Volgenant:
  A branch-and-bound algorithm for the singly constrained assignment problem. 151-164
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  Kjetil K. Haugen, Asmund Olstad, Bård I. Pettersen:
  The profit maximizing capacitated lot-size (PCLSP) problem. 165-176
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  Edmund K. Burke, Barry McCollum, Amnon Meisels, Sanja Petrovic, Rong Qu:
  A graph-based hyper-heuristic for educational timetabling problems. 177-192
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  Shakib Shakeri, Rasaratnam Logendran:
  A mathematical programming-based scheduling framework for multitasking environments. 193-209

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Emanuel Melachrinoudis, Hokey Min:
  Redesigning a warehouse network. 210-229
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  Albert Corominas, Amaia Lusa, Rafael Pastor:
  Planning annualised hours with a finite set of weekly working hours and cross-trained workers. 230-239
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  Kit-Nam Francis Leung:
  A generalized geometric-programming solution to "An economic production quantity model with flexibility and reliability considerations". 240-251
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  Yan-Qun He, Lai-Kow Chan, Ming-Lu Wu:
  Balancing productivity and consumer satisfaction for profitability: Statistical and fuzzy regression analysis. 252-263
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  Dieter Armbruster, Esma Senturk Gel, Junko Murakami:
  Bucket brigades with worker learning. 264-274
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  Xiaobo Zhao, Deju Xu, Hanqin Zhang, Qi-Ming He:
  Modeling and analysis of a supply-assembly-store chain. 275-294
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  Amy Hing Ling Lau, Hon-Shiang Lau, Yong-Wu Zhou:
  A stochastic and asymmetric-information framework for a dominant-manufacturer supply chain. 295-316
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  Rajesh Piplani, Dennis Wetjens:
  Evaluation of entropy-based dispatching in flexible manufacturing systems. 317-331

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Stewart Robinson:
  A statistical process control approach to selecting a warm-up period for a discrete-event simulation. 332-346
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  Yi-Kuei Lin:
  On a multicommodity stochastic-flow network with unreliable nodes subject to budget constraint. 347-360
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  Yu-Chang Lin, Chao-Yu Chou:
  Non-normality and the variable parameters X control charts. 361-373
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  Tho Le-Duc, René M. B. M. de Koster:
  Travel time estimation and order batching in a 2-block warehouse. 374-388
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  Carlo Marinelli:
  The stochastic goodwill problem. 389-404
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  M. A. Ribeiro, Jose Luis Lopes da Silveira, Raad Yahya Qassim:
  Joint optimisation of maintenance and buffer size in a manufacturing system. 405-413

Decision Support

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  Radko Mesiar:
  Fuzzy set approach to the utility, preference relations, and aggregation operators. 414-422
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  Stefano Benati, Romeo Rizzi:
  A mixed integer linear programming formulation of the optimal mean/Value-at-Risk portfolio problem. 423-434
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  Ljiljana Pavlovic, Tomica Divnic:
  A quadratic programming approach to the Randic index. 435-444
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  Michel Mandjes, Judith Timmer:
  A duopoly model with heterogeneous congestion-sensitive customers. 445-467
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  Michael L. Williams, Alan R. Dennis, Antonie Stam, Jay E. Aronson:
  The impact of DSS use and information load on errors and decision quality. 468-481

O.R. Applications

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  Moutaz Khouja, Michael Alan Smith:
  Optimal pricing for information goods with piracy and saturation effect. 482-497
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  M. David Albritton, Patrick R. McMullen:
  Optimal product design using a colony of virtual ants. 498-520
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  Günter Fandel:
  On the performance of universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: Government's redistribution of funds judged using DEA efficiency measures. 521-533
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  Ricardo Ernst, Bardia Kamrad, Keith Ord:
  Delivery performance in vendor selection decisions. 534-541
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  James C. Felli, Wesley H. Anderson, James P. Kremidas, Stephen J. Ruberg:
  A semi-Markov model for patient progression through clinical trials. 542-549
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  Nina Linn Ulstein, Bjørn Nygreen, Jan Richard Sagli:
  Tactical planning of offshore petroleum production. 550-564
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  Stijn Viaene, Mercedes Ayuso, Montserrat Guillen, Dirk Van Gheel, Guido Dedene:
  Strategies for detecting fraudulent claims in the automobile insurance industry. 565-583

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Yann d'Halluin, Peter A. Forsyth, Kenneth R. Vetzal:
  Wireless network capacity management: A real options approach. 584-609
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  Andrzej P. Wierzbicki:
  Modelling as a way of organising knowledge. 610-635

Short Communications

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  Mohammad Ali Yaghoobi, Mehrdad Tamiz:
  A note on article "A tolerance approach to the fuzzy goal programming problems with unbalanced triangular membership function". 636-640
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  J. B. G. Frenk:
  A note on the paper "Fractional programming with convex quadratic forms and functions" by H.P. Benson. 641-642
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  Rongheng Li, Huei Chuen Huang:
  Improved algorithm for a generalized on-line scheduling problem on identical machines. 643-652

Section

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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  The Power of the Tale - Using Narratives for Organisational Success, J. Allan, G. Fairtlough, B. Heinzen. John Wiley, Chichester, UK (2002), ISBN: 0-470-84227-X. 653-655

Volume 176, Number 2, January 2007

Invited Review

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  Eliane Maria Loiola, Nair Maria Maia de Abreu, Paulo Oswaldo Boaventura Netto, Peter Hahn, Tania Maia Querido:
  A survey for the quadratic assignment problem. 657-690

Discrete Optimization

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  Ron Zohar, Dan Geiger:
  Estimation of flows in flow networks. 691-706
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  Ardavan Asef-Vaziri, Gilbert Laporte, Robert Ortiz:
  Exact and heuristic procedures for the material handling circular flow path design problem. 707-726
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  Rym M'Hallah, R. L. Bulfin:
  Minimizing the weighted number of tardy jobs on a single machine with release dates. 727-744
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  Min Ji, Yong He, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Batch delivery scheduling with batch delivery cost on a single machine. 745-755
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  Benoit Crevier, Jean-François Cordeau, Gilbert Laporte:
  The multi-depot vehicle routing problem with inter-depot routes. 756-773
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  David W. Pentico:
  Assignment problems: A golden anniversary survey. 774-793
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  Masoud Rabbani, S. M. T. Fatemi Ghomi, Fariborz Jolai, N. S. Lahiji:
  A new heuristic for resource-constrained project scheduling in stochastic networks using critical chain concept. 794-808
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  Yixun Lin, Xiumei Wang:
  Necessary and sufficient conditions of optimality for some classical scheduling problems. 809-818
• 
  Ann Melissa Campbell, Timothy J. Lowe, Li Zhang:
  The p-hub center allocation problem. 819-835
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  Barrett W. Thomas, Chelsea C. White III:
  The dynamic shortest path problem with anticipation. 836-854
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  Enrique Benavent, Alessandro Carrotta, Angel Corberán, José M. Sanchis, Daniele Vigo:
  Lower bounds and heuristics for the Windy Rural Postman Problem. 855-869
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  Carlos Alberto Alonso Sanches, Nei Yoshihiro Soma, Horacio Hideki Yanasse:
  An optimal and scalable parallelization of the two-list. 870-879

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Sven Axsäter:
  A heuristic for triggering emergency orders in an inventory system. 880-891
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  Guillermo Gallego, Yue Jin, Ana Muriel, Ge Zhang, V. Taylan Yildiz:
  Optimal ordering policies with convertible lead times. 892-910
• 
  Yung-Fu Huang:
  Economic order quantity under conditionally permissible delay in payments. 911-924
• 
  Claudio Barbieri Cunha, Fernando Mutarelli:
  A spreadsheet-based optimization model for the integrated problem of producing and distributing a major weekly newsmagazine. 925-940
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  Julie A. Niederhoff:
  Using separable programming to solve the multi-product multiple ex-ante constraint newsvendor problem and extensions. 941-955
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  Roger M. Hill:
  Continuous-review, lost-sales inventory models with Poisson demand, a fixed lead time and no fixed order cost. 956-963
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  Byung-Cheon Choi, Suk-Hun Yoon, Sung-Jin Chung:
  Minimizing maximum completion time in a proportionate flow shop with one machine of different speed. 964-974

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Otwin Becker, Johannes Leitner, Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger:
  Heuristic modeling of expectation formation in a complex experimental information environment. 975-985
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  Huifen Chen, Yuyen Cheng:
  Non-normality effects on the economic-statistical design of X charts with Weibull in-control time. 986-998
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  Serge Haddad, Patrice Moreaux:
  Sub-stochastic matrix analysis for bounds computation - Theoretical results. 999-1015
• 
  Effie Papageorgiou, George Kokolakis:
  A two-unit general parallel system with (n-2) cold standbys - Analytic and simulation approach. 1016-1032
• 
  So Young Sohn, Michael K. Lim:
  Hierarchical forecasting based on AR-GARCH model in a coherent structure. 1033-1040
• 
  Vanderlei da Costa Bueno, Iran Martins do Carmo:
  Active redundancy allocation for a k. 1041-1051
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  Tai-Yue Wang, Chien-Yu Huang:
  Improving forecasting performance by employing the Taguchi method. 1052-1065
• 
  Fong-Fan Wang, Chao-Ton Su:
  Performance evaluation of a multi-echelon production, transportation and distribution system: A matrix analytical approach. 1066-1083
• 
  Jae-Dong Son:
  Customer selection problem with profit from a sideline. 1084-1102

Decision Support

• 
  Jinfeng Yue, Min-Chiang Wang, Bintong Chen:
  Mean-range based distribution-free procedures to minimize "overage" and "underage" costs. 1103-1116
• 
  Wilco van den Heuvel, Peter Borm, Herbert Hamers:
  Economic lot-sizing games. 1117-1130
• 
  Roberto Cellini, Luca Lambertini:
  A differential oligopoly game with differentiated goods and sticky prices. 1131-1144
• 
  Chang-Chun Lin:
  A revised framework for deriving preference values from pairwise comparison matrices. 1145-1150
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  Surapati Pramanik, Tapan Kumar Roy:
  Fuzzy goal programming approach to multilevel programming problems. 1151-1166

O.R. Applications

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  Jean-François Cordeau, Manlio Gaudioso, Gilbert Laporte, Luigi Moccia:
  The service allocation problem at the Gioia Tauro Maritime Terminal. 1167-1184
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  Jeroen Beliën, Erik Demeulemeester:
  Building cyclic master surgery schedules with leveled resulting bed occupancy. 1185-1204
• 
  Alexandra M. Newman, Mark Kuchta:
  Using aggregation to optimize long-term production planning at an underground mine. 1205-1218
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  Aiying Rong, Risto Lahdelma:
  Efficient algorithms for combined heat and power production planning under the deregulated electricity market. 1219-1245
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  Juan Pablo Vielma, Alan T. Murray, David M. Ryan, Andrés Weintraub:
  Improving computational capabilities for addressing volume constraints in forest harvest scheduling problems. 1246-1264
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  Pete Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Young-Hwan Kim, Jianping Zhu:
  Landscape-level optimization using tabu search and stand density-related forest management prescriptions. 1265-1282
• 
  Benjamin Armbruster, J. Cole Smith, Kihong Park:
  A packet filter placement problem with application to defense against spoofed denial of service attacks. 1283-1292

Erratum

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  Ignacy Kaliszewski:
  Erratum to "Out of the mist - Towards decision-maker-friendly multiple criteria decision making support" [Eur. J. Oper. Res. 158(2004) 293-307]. 1293

Section

• 
  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  C. Eden and F. Ackermann, MAKING STRATEGY, The Journey of Strategic Management, SAGE Publications, London, UK (1998) ISBN 0-7619-5225-X - F. Ackermann, C. Eden and I. Brown, The Practice of MAKING STRATEGY, A Step-by Step Guide, SAGE Publications, London, UK (2005) ISBN 0-7619-4494-X. 1294-1297

Volume 176, Number 3, February 2007

Invited Review

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  David K. Smith:
  Dynamic programming and board games: A survey. 1299-1318

Continuous Optimization

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  Chao-Fang Hu, Chang-Jun Teng, Shao-Yuan Li:
  A fuzzy goal programming approach to multi-objective optimization problem with priorities. 1319-1333
• 
  Daniel Solow, Hantao Li:
  A constrained optimization approach to solving certain systems of convex equations. 1334-1347
• 
  Latif Pourkarimi, Masoud Zarepisheh:
  A dual-based algorithm for solving lexicographic multiple objective programs. 1348-1356
• 
  Xiao-Ming Yuan:
  The prediction-correction approach to nonlinear complementarity problems. 1357-1370

Discrete Optimization

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  Thierry Benoist, Eric Bourreau, Benoît Rottembourg:
  The TV-Break Packing Problem. 1371-1386
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  Guanghui Lan, Gail W. DePuy, Gary E. Whitehouse:
  An effective and simple heuristic for the set covering problem. 1387-1403
• 
  Horst W. Hamacher, Christian Roed Pedersen, Stefan Ruzika:
  Multiple objective minimum cost flow problems: A review. 1404-1422
• 
  Ümit Bilge, Müjde Kurtulan, Furkan Kiraç:
  A tabu search algorithm for the single machine total weighted tardiness problem. 1423-1435
• 
  Parag C. Pendharkar, Gary J. Koehler:
  A general steady state distribution based stopping criteria for finite length genetic algorithms. 1436-1451
• 
  Jacques Carlier, Emmanuel Néron:
  Computing redundant resources for the resource constrained project scheduling problem. 1452-1463
• 
  Hai-Jun Huang, Zhi-Chun Li:
  A multiclass, multicriteria logit-based traffic equilibrium assignment model under ATIS. 1464-1477
• 
  Rodolfo G. Dondo, Jaime Cerdá:
  A cluster-based optimization approach for the multi-depot heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problem with time windows. 1478-1507
• 
  Manuel J. Pereira Lopes, José M. Valério de Carvalho:
  A branch-and-price algorithm for scheduling parallel machines with sequence dependent setup times. 1508-1527

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Felix T. S. Chan, Zheng Wang, Jie Zhang:
  A two-level hedging point policy for controlling a manufacturing system with time-delay, demand uncertainty and extra capacity. 1528-1558
• 
  Haresh Gurnani, Yigal Gerchak:
  Coordination in decentralized assembly systems with uncertain component yields. 1559-1576
• 
  Yung-Fu Huang:
  Optimal retailer's replenishment decisions in the EPQ model under two levels of trade credit policy. 1577-1591
• 
  K. Ertogral, M. Darwish, Mohamed Ben-Daya:
  Production and shipment lot sizing in a vendor-buyer supply chain with transportation cost. 1592-1606
• 
  Layek L. Abdel-Malek, Nathapol Areeratchakul:
  A quadratic programming approach to the multi-product newsvendor problem with side constraints. 1607-1619
• 
  Kai Hoberg, James R. Bradley, Ulrich Wilhelm Thonemann:
  Analyzing the effect of the inventory policy on order and inventory variability with linear control theory. 1620-1642
• 
  Serpil Sayin, Selçuk Karabati:
  Assigning cross-trained workers to departments: A two-stage optimization model to maximize utility and skill improvement. 1643-1658
• 
  Mingzhou Jin, S. David Wu:
  Capacity reservation contracts for high-tech industry. 1659-1677

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Ruey-Huei Yeh, Ming-Yuh Chen, Chen-Yi Lin:
  Optimal periodic replacement policy for repairable products under free-repair warranty. 1678-1686
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  Jesus R. Artalejo, Antonis Economou, Maria Jesus Lopez-Herrero:
  Algorithmic approximations for the busy period distribution of the M. 1687-1702
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  Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Diego Jose Pedregal Tercero, Felix Schmid:
  Unobserved Component models applied to the assessment of wear in railway points: A case study. 1703-1712
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  Martin Crowder, Jerald F. Lawless:
  On a scheme for predictive maintenance. 1713-1722

Decision Support

• 
  Thomas Hanne:
  A multiobjective evolutionary algorithm for approximating the efficient set. 1723-1734
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  Rafael Espín, Eduardo Fernández, Gustavo Mazcorro, Maria Ines Lecich:
  A fuzzy approach to cooperative n. 1735-1751
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  Encarnación Algaba Durán, Jesús Mario Bilbao, Julio Rodrigo Fernández García:
  The distribution of power in the European Constitution. 1752-1766
• 
  Arben Asllani, Alireza Lari:
  Using genetic algorithm for dynamic and multiple criteria web-site optimizations. 1767-1777
• 
  Nicholas Kalouptsidis, Konstantinos Koutroumbas, V. Psaraki:
  Classification methods for random utility models with i.i.d. disturbances under the most probable alternative rule. 1778-1794
• 
  Victor B. Kreng, Chao-Yi Wu:
  Evaluation of knowledge portal development tools using a fuzzy AHP approach: The case of Taiwanese stone industry. 1795-1810

O.R. Applications

• 
  Stelios H. Zanakis, Cecilia Alvarez, Vivian Li:
  Socio-economic determinants of HIV/AIDS pandemic and nations efficiencies. 1811-1838
• 
  Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari:
  Combination of MCDM and covering techniques in a hierarchical model for facility location: A case study. 1839-1858
• 
  Taho Yang, Yiyo Kuo, Chiwoon Cho:
  A genetic algorithms simulation approach for the multi-attribute combinatorial dispatching decision problem. 1859-1873
• 
  Aiying Rong, Risto Lahdelma:
  CO₂ emissions trading planning in combined heat and power production via multi-period stochastic optimization. 1874-1895

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Jerónimo Aznar, Francisco Guijarro:
  Estimating regression parameters with imprecise input data in an appraisal context. 1896-1907
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  Yu-Min Lin, Shu-Cherng Fang, Jeffrey L. Thorne:
  A tabu search algorithm for maximum parsimony phylogeny inference. 1908-1917
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  Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Kazuyuki Sekitani:
  Measurement of returns to scale using a non-radial DEA model: A range-adjusted measure approach. 1918-1946
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  Marco Corazza, Daniela Favaretto:
  On the existence of solutions to the quadratic mixed-integer mean-variance portfolio selection problem. 1947-1960

Section

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  Harold P. Benson:
  Matthias Ehrgott, Multicriteria Optimization (second ed.), Springer (2005) ISBN 3-540-21398-8 323 pages. 1961-1964