European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 251

Volume 251, Number 1, May 2016

In Memoriam

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  Robert G. Dyson, George Mitchell:
  Rolfe Cartwright Tomlinson, Former President of EURO 1 September 1925 - 10 October 2015. 1

Invited Review

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  Ole Bent Olesen, Niels Christian Petersen:
  Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis - A review. 2-21

Discrete Optimization

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  Jing Xiao, Zhou Wu, Xi-Xi Hong, Jianchao Tang, Yong Tang:
  Integration of electromagnetism with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for RCPSP. 22-35
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  Renaud Masson, Nadia Lahrichi, Louis-Martin Rousseau:
  A two-stage solution method for the annual dairy transportation problem. 36-43
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  Hipólito Hernández-Pérez, Inmaculada Rodríguez Martín, Juan José Salazar González:
  A hybrid heuristic approach for the multi-commodity pickup-and-delivery traveling salesman problem. 44-52
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  Agostinho Agra, Miguel Fragoso Constantino:
  Lifted Euclidean inequalities for the integer single node flow set with upper bounds. 53-63
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  Claudia O. López, John E. Beasley:
  A formulation space search heuristic for packing unequal circles in a fixed size circular container. 64-73
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  Adam N. Letchford, Juan José Salazar González:
  Stronger multi-commodity flow formulations of the (capacitated) sequential ordering problem. 74-84

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Gregory D. DeYong, Kyle D. Cattani:
  Fenced in? Stochastic and deterministic planning models in a time-fenced, rolling-horizon scheduling system. 85-95
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  Zhaofu Hong, Chengbin Chu, Yugang Yu:
  Dual-mode production planning for manufacturing with emission constraints. 96-106
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  Samira Saedi, O. Erhun Kundakcioglu, Andrea C. Henry:
  Mitigating the impact of drug shortages for a healthcare facility: An inventory management approach. 107-123

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Gianluca Fusai, Guido Germano, Daniele Marazzina:
  Spitzer identity, Wiener-Hopf factorization and pricing of discretely monitored exotic options. 124-134
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  Ji Hwan Cha, Maxim Finkelstein:
  New shock models based on the generalized Polya process. 135-141
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  M. Isabel Reis dos Santos, Pedro M. Reis dos Santos:
  Switching regression metamodels in stochastic simulation. 142-147
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  Andrianos E. Tsekrekos, Athanasios N. Yannacopoulos:
  Optimal switching decisions under stochastic volatility with fast mean reversion. 148-157

Decision Support

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  Marjolein J. W. Harmsen-van Hout, Benedict G. C. Dellaert, P. Jean-Jacques Herings:
  Heuristic decision making in network linking. 158-170
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  Li-Ching Ma:
  A new group ranking approach for ordinal preferences based on group maximum consensus sequences. 171-181
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  Jie Wu, Qingyuan Zhu, Xiang Ji, Junfei Chu, Liang Liang:
  Two-stage network processes with shared resources and resources recovered from undesirable outputs. 182-197
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  Yue Zhang, Liping Liang, Emma Liu, Chong Chen, Derek R. Atkins:
  Patient choice analysis and demand prediction for a health care diagnostics company. 198-205
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  Salem Chakhar, Alessio Ishizaka, Ashraf Labib, Inès Saad:
  Dominance-based rough set approach for group decisions. 206-224
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  Zhiyuan Chen, Xiaoying Liang, Lei Xie:
  Inter-temporal price discrimination and satiety-driven repeat purchases. 225-236
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  Coen van Antwerpen, Neville J. Curtis:
  A data collection and presentation methodology for decision support: A case study of hand-held mine detection devices. 237-251

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Jomon Aliyas Paul, Leo MacDonald:
  Location and capacity allocations decisions to mitigate the impacts of unexpected disasters. 252-263
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  Roman Matousek, Nickolaos G. Tzeremes:
  CEO compensation and bank efficiency: An application of conditional nonparametric frontiers. 264-273
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  Ahmed Saif, Samir Elhedhli:
  Cold supply chain design with environmental considerations: A simulation-optimization approach. 274-287
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  Carla Ciarcià, Patrizia Daniele:
  New existence theorems for quasi-variational inequalities and applications to financial models. 288-299

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Hassan Benchekroun, Guiomar Martín-Herrán:
  The impact of foresight in a transboundary pollution game. 300-309
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  Cristinca Fulga:
  Portfolio optimization under loss aversion. 310-322
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  Giannis Karagiannis, C. A. Knox Lovell:
  Productivity measurement in radial DEA models with a single constant input. 323-328
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  Jozef Baruník, Tomas Krehlik, Lukás Vácha:
  Modeling and forecasting exchange rate volatility in time-frequency domain. 329-340

Short Communication

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  Moawia Alghalith:
  A note on the theory of the firm under multiple uncertainties. 341-343

Volume 251, Number 2, June 2016

Invited Review

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  Wladimir E. Soto-Silva, Esteve Nadal-Roig, Marcela C. González-Araya, Lluís M. Plà-Aragonés:
  Operational research models applied to the fresh fruit supply chain. 345-355

Discrete Optimization

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  John Martinovic, Guntram Scheithauer:
  Integer linear programming models for the skiving stock problem. 356-368
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  Emmanouil E. Zachariadis, Christos D. Tarantilis, Chris T. Kiranoudis:
  The Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pick-ups and Deliveries and Two-Dimensional Loading Constraints. 369-386
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  Stefan Kreter, Julia Rieck, Jürgen Zimmermann:
  Models and solution procedures for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem with general temporal constraints and calendars. 387-403
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  Amit Kumar Vatsa, Sachin Jayaswal:
  A new formulation and Benders decomposition for the multi-period maximal covering facility location problem with server uncertainty. 404-418
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  Rasul Esmaeilbeigi, Parisa Charkhgard, Hadi Charkhgard:
  Order acceptance and scheduling problems in two-machine flow shops: New mixed integer programming formulations. 419-431
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  Ward Passchyn, Sofie Coene, Dirk Briskorn, Johann L. Hurink, Frits C. R. Spieksma, Greet Vanden Berghe:
  The lockmaster's problem. 432-441
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  Pierre Fouilhoux, Omar Jorge Ibarra-Rojas, Safia Kedad-Sidhoum, Yasmín Á. Ríos-Solís:
  Valid inequalities for the synchronization bus timetabling problem. 442-450

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Elin E. Halvorsen-Weare, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh:
  The bi-objective mixed capacitated general routing problem with different route balance criteria. 451-465
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  Julian Kurz:
  Capacity planning for a maintenance service provider with advanced information. 466-477
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  Jan Fabian Ehmke, Ann Melissa Campbell, Barrett W. Thomas:
  Vehicle routing to minimize time-dependent emissions in urban areas. 478-494
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  Yonit Barron:
  Clearing control policies for MAP inventory process with lost sales. 495-508
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  Jianqiang Zhang:
  The benefits of consumer rebates: A strategy for gray market deterrence. 509-521
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  Adam E. Clements, A. S. Hurn, Zili Li:
  Forecasting day-ahead electricity load using a multiple equation time series approach. 522-530

Decision Support

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  Minou C. A. Olde Keizer, Ruud H. Teunter, Jasper Veldman:
  Clustering condition-based maintenance for systems with redundancy and economic dependencies. 531-540
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  Cristinca Fulga:
  Portfolio optimization with disutility-based risk measure. 541-553
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  Sheung Chi Phillip Yam, Hailiang Yang, Fei Lung Yuen:
  Optimal asset allocation: Risk and information uncertainty. 554-561
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  Chialin Chen, Jun Zhang, Ruey-Shan Guo:
  The D-Day, V-Day, and bleak days of a disruptive technology: A new model for ex-ante evaluation of the timing of technology disruption. 562-574
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  Teresa González-Arteaga, José Carlos R. Alcantud, Rocío de Andrés Calle:
  A cardinal dissensus measure based on the Mahalanobis distance. 575-585
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  Fredrik Ødegaard, John G. Wilson:
  Dynamic pricing of primary products and ancillary services. 586-599
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  Josep Freixas, Sascha Kurz:
  The cost of getting local monotonicity. 600-612

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  David C. Lane, Eileen Munro, Elke Husemann:
  Blending systems thinking approaches for organisational analysis: Reviewing child protection in England. 613-623
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  Zdenek Bäumelt, Jan Dvorák, Premysl Sucha, Zdenek Hanzálek:
  A novel approach for nurse rerostering based on a parallel algorithm. 624-639
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  Ridvan Gedik, Chase Rainwater, Heather L. Nachtmann, Edward A. Pohl:
  Analysis of a parallel machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times and job availability intervals. 640-650
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  Hendrik Vermuyten, Stef Lemmens, Inês Marques, Jeroen Beliën:
  Developing compact course timetables with optimized student flows. 651-661
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  Jian Xiong, Roel Leus, Zhenyu Yang, Hussein A. Abbass:
  Evolutionary multi-objective resource allocation and scheduling in the Chinese navigation satellite system project. 662-675
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  Murat Firat, Dirk Briskorn, Alexandre Laugier:
  A Branch-and-Price algorithm for stable workforce assignments with hierarchical skills. 676-685
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  Michael Bendersky, Israel David:
  Deciding kidney-offer admissibility dependent on patients' lifetime failure rate. 686-693

Volume 251, Number 3, June 2016

Invited Review

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  Aurélien Froger, Michel Gendreau, Jorge E. Mendoza, Eric Pinson, Louis-Martin Rousseau:
  Maintenance scheduling in the electricity industry: A literature review. 695-706

Continuous Optimization

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  Steve Alpern, Robbert Fokkink, Martin Simanjuntak:
  Optimal search and ambush for a hider who can escape the search region. 707-714
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  Sifeng Lin, Gino J. Lim, Jonathan F. Bard:
  Benders decomposition and an IP-based heuristic for selecting IMRT treatment beam angles. 715-726
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  Érica Josiane Coelho Gouvêa, Rommel G. Regis, Aline C. Soterroni, Marluce da Cruz Scarabello, Fernando Manuel Ramos:
  Global optimization using q-gradients. 727-738

Discrete Optimization

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  J. M. van den Akker, Paul C. Bouman, J. A. Hoogeveen, Denise D. Tönissen:
  Decomposition approaches for recoverable robust optimization problems. 739-750
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  Cristina Núñez-del-Toro, Elena Fernández, Jörg Kalcsics, Stefan Nickel:
  Scheduling policies for multi-period services. 751-770
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  Aizaz U. Chaudhry, John W. Chinneck, Roshdy H. M. Hafez:
  Fast heuristics for the frequency channel assignment problem in multi-hop wireless networks. 771-782
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  Robert L. Burdett:
  Optimisation models for expanding a railway's theoretical capacity. 783-797

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Sungchul Choi, Paul R. Messinger:
  The role of fairness in competitive supply chain relationships: An experimental study. 798-813
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  Joaquín Bautista, Cristina Batalla García, Rocío Alfaro Pozo:
  Models for assembly line balancing by temporal, spatial and ergonomic risk attributes. 814-829
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  Mohammad Jeihoonian, Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani, Michel Gendreau:
  Accelerating Benders decomposition for closed-loop supply chain network design: Case of used durable products with different quality levels. 830-845

Decision Support

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  Anthony Downward, David Young, Golbon Zakeri:
  Electricity retail contracting under risk-aversion. 846-859
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  Fouad El Ouardighi, Gustav Feichtinger, Dieter Grass, Richard F. Hartl, Peter M. Kort:
  Autonomous and advertising-dependent 'word of mouth' under costly dynamic pricing. 860-872
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  Jean-Paul Renne:
  A tractable interest rate model with explicit monetary policy rates. 873-887
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  Virginia L. M. Spiegler, Mohamed M. Naim, Denis R. Towill, Joakim Wikner:
  A technique to develop simplified and linearised models of complex dynamic supply chain systems. 888-903

Computational Intelligence and Information Management

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  Yiyu Yao, Bing Zhou:
  Two Bayesian approaches to rough sets. 904-917
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  María Asunción Lubiano, Manuel Montenegro, Beatriz Sinova, Sara de la Rosa de Sáa, María Angeles Gil:
  Hypothesis testing for means in connection with fuzzy rating scale-based data: algorithms and applications. 918-929
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  Adam Kolacz, Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski:
  Measures of dispersion for multidimensional data. 930-937

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Gianfranco Guastaroba, Renata Mansini, Wlodzimierz Ogryczak, Maria Grazia Speranza:
  Linear programming models based on Omega ratio for the Enhanced Index Tracking Problem. 938-956
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  Hayri Önal, Yicheng Wang, Sahan T. M. Dissanayake, James D. Westervelt:
  Optimal design of compact and functionally contiguous conservation management areas. 957-968
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  Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, Hila Galili:
  Regulating vehicle sharing systems through parking reservation policies: Analysis and performance bounds. 969-987
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  Ji Hwan Cha, Gianpaolo Pulcini:
  Optimal burn-in procedure for mixed populations based on the device degradation process history. 988-998

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Mette Asmild, Minyan Zhu:
  Controlling for the use of extreme weights in bank efficiency assessments during the financial crisis. 999-1015
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  Andreas Welling:
  The paradox effects of uncertainty and flexibility on investment in renewables under governmental support. 1016-1028
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  Jerry S. Busby, Bhakti S. S. Onggo, Yun Liu:
  Agent-based computational modelling of social risk responses. 1029-1042