European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 179

Volume 179, Number 1, May 2007

Invited Review

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  Xiuhui Li, Qinan Wang:
  Coordination mechanisms of supply chain systems. 1-16

Discrete Optimization

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  Gustavo H. A. Martins, Robert F. Dell:
  The minimum size instance of a Pallet Loading Problem equivalence class. 17-26
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  Edmund K. Burke, Robert S. R. Hellier, Graham Kendall, Glenn Whitwell:
  Complete and robust no-fit polygon generation for the irregular stock cutting problem. 27-49
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  Saïd Hanafi, Fred W. Glover:
  Exploiting nested inequalities and surrogate constraints. 50-63
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  Rafail N. Gasimov, Aydin Sipahioglu, Tugba Saraç:
  A multi-objective programming approach to 1.5-dimensional assortment problem. 64-79

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Jun-ya Gotoh, Yuichi Takano:
  Newsvendor solutions via conditional value-at-risk minimization. 80-96
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  Thomas W. Archibald, Lyn C. Thomas, Edgar Possani:
  Keep or return? Managing ordering and return policies in start-up companies. 97-113
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  Z. Pelin Bayindir, S. Ilker Birbil, J. B. G. Frenk:
  A deterministic inventory/production model with general inventory cost rate function and piecewise linear concave production costs. 114-123

Stochastics and Statistics

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  So Young Sohn, In Sang Chang, Tae Hee Moon:
  Random effects Weibull regression model for occupational lifetime. 124-131
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  Chih-Hsiung Wang:
  Economic off-line quality control strategy with two types of inspection errors. 132-147
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  José Villén-Altamirano:
  Rare event RESTART simulation of two-stage networks. 148-159

Decision Support

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  Thierry Marchant:
  An axiomatic characterization of different majority concepts. 160-173
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  P. Cecconi, Fiorenzo Franceschini, Maurizio Galetto:
  The conceptual link between measurements, evaluations, preferences and indicators, according to the representational theory. 174-185
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  U. Çelikyurt, Süleyman Özekici:
  Multiperiod portfolio optimization models in stochastic markets using the mean-variance approach. 186-202
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  Miguel López-Díaz, Luis J. Rodríguez-Muñiz:
  Influence diagrams with super value nodes involving imprecise information. 203-219
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  Huawen Liu, Guo-Jun Wang:
  Multi-criteria decision-making methods based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets. 220-233

Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Information Management

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  Eitel J. M. Lauría, Peter Duchessi:
  A methodology for developing Bayesian networks: An application to information technology (IT) implementation. 234-252
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  Francisco Álvarez, Cristina Mazón:
  Comparing the Spanish and the discriminatory auction formats: A discrete model with private information. 253-266

Short Communications

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  Bruce Curry:
  Neural networks and seasonality: Some technical considerations. 267-274
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  Yuan Lin Zhang:
  A discussion on "A bivariate optimal replacement policy for a repairable system". 275-276

Erratum

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  Joe Zhu:
  Erratum to "Super-efficiency and DEA sensitivity analysis" [European Journal of Operational Research 129 (2) (2001) 443-455]. 277

Section

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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  E.R. Pedersen, M. Huniche (Eds.), Corporate Citizenship in Developing Countries - New partnership Perspectives, Copenhagen Business School Press, Denmark (2006) ISBN: 87-630-0141-1. 278-280

Volume 179, Number 2, June 2007

Discrete Optimization

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  Hassene Aissi, Cristina Bazgan, Daniel Vanderpooten:
  Approximation of min-max and min-max regret versions of some combinatorial optimization problems. 281-290
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  Peter Trkman, Miro Gradisar:
  One-dimensional cutting stock optimization in consecutive time periods. 291-301
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  Alex J. Ruiz-Torres, Francisco J. López, Johnny C. Ho:
  Scheduling uniform parallel machines subject to a secondary resource to minimize the number of tardy jobs. 302-315
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  Nhu Binh Ho, Joc Cing Tay, Edmund Ming-Kit Lai:
  An effective architecture for learning and evolving flexible job-shop schedules. 316-333

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Narasimha B. Kamath, Rahul Roy:
  Capacity augmentation of a supply chain for a short lifecycle product: A system dynamics framework. 334-351
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  Manas Kumar Maiti, Manoranjan Maiti:
  Two-storage inventory model with lot-size dependent fuzzy lead-time under possibility constraints via genetic algorithm. 352-371
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  Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Lian Qi:
  Incorporating inventory and routing costs in strategic location models. 372-389
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  Kung-Jeng Wang, S.-M. Wang, Shu-Jung Sunny Yang:
  A resource portfolio model for equipment investment and allocation of semiconductor testing industry. 390-403
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  Suresh Kumar Goyal, Jinn-Tsair Teng, Chun-Tao Chang:
  Optimal ordering policies when the supplier provides a progressive interest scheme. 404-413
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  Erik Levén, Anders Segerstedt:
  A scheduling policy for adjusting economic lot quantities to a feasible solution. 414-423

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse, Nico Vandaele, Kumar Rajaram, Uday S. Karmarkar:
  Buffer sizing in multi-product multi-reactor batch processes: Impact of allocation and campaign sizing policies. 424-443
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  Xavier Brusset, Nico M. Temme:
  Optimizing an objective function under a bivariate probability model. 444-458
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  Huiwen Wang, Qiang Liu, Henry M. K. Mok, Linghui Fu, Wai Man Tse:
  A hyperspherical transformation forecasting model for compositional data. 459-468
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  Lani Haque, Michael J. Armstrong:
  A survey of the machine interference problem. 469-482

Decision Support

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  János Flesch, Frank Thuijsman, O. J. Vrieze:
  Stochastic games with additive transitions. 483-497
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  Ivan Kojadinovic:
  A weight-based approach to the measurement of the interaction among criteria in the framework of aggregation by the bipolar Choquet integral. 498-517

O.R. Applications

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  S. Kameshwaran, Y. Narahari, Charles H. Rosa, Devadatta M. Kulkarni, Jeffrey D. Tew:
  Multiattribute electronic procurement using goal programming. 518-536
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  Elliot Bendoly:
  Resource enablement modeling: Implications for studying the diffusion of technology. 537-553
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  M. Mathirajan, R. Ramanathan:
  A (0-1) goal programming model for scheduling the tour of a marketing executive. 554-566
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  Andrew T. Potter, Biao Yang, Chandra Lalwani:
  A simulation study of despatch bay performance in the steel processing industry. 567-578
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  Akio Imai, Etsuko Nishimura, Masahiro Hattori, Stratos Papadimitriou:
  Berth allocation at indented berths for mega-containerships. 579-593

Short Communication

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  Rolf Färe, Valentin Zelenyuk:
  Extending Färe and Zelenyuk (2003). 594-595

Book Review

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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  P. Shaw and R. Stacey, Experiencing Risk, Spontaneity and Improvisation in Organizational Change, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK (2006) ISBN 0-415-35129-4. 596-599

Volume 179, Number 3, June 2007

Feature Cluster: Applications of Metaheuristics

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  Wout Dullaert, Marc Sevaux, Kenneth Sörensen, Johan Springael:
  Applications of metaheuristics. 601-604
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  M. E. Pérez-Vázquez, Angel M. Gento-Municio, Helena R. Lourenço:
  Solving a concrete sleepers production scheduling by genetic algorithms. 605-620
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  Sofie Van Volsem, Wout Dullaert, Hendrik Van Landeghem:
  An Evolutionary Algorithm and discrete event simulation for optimizing inspection strategies for multi-stage processes. 621-633
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  A. N. Martinez-Garcia, J. Anderson:
  Cárnico-ICSPEA2 - A metaheuristic co-evolutionary navigator for a complex co-evolutionary farming system. 634-655
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  A. P. Reynolds, Geoff P. McKeown:
  Construction of factory schedules using reverse simulation. 656-676
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  Jorge Maturana, María Cristina Riff:
  Solving the short-term electrical generation scheduling problem by an adaptive evolutionary approach. 677-691
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  Seamus M. McGovern, Surendra M. Gupta:
  A balancing method and genetic algorithm for disassembly line balancing. 692-708
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  Taïcir Loukil, Jacques Teghem, Philippe Fortemps:
  A multi-objective production scheduling case study solved by simulated annealing. 709-722
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  José António Oliveira:
  Scheduling the truckload operations in automatic warehouses. 723-735
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  Jesús F. Alegre, Manuel Laguna, Joaquín A. Pacheco:
  Optimizing the periodic pick-up of raw materials for a manufacturer of auto parts. 736-746
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  Claudio Barbieri da Cunha, Marcos Roberto Silva:
  A genetic algorithm for the problem of configuring a hub-and-spoke network for a LTL trucking company in Brazil. 747-758
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  Kathryn A. Dowsland, Eric Soubeiga, Edmund K. Burke:
  A simulated annealing based hyperheuristic for determining shipper sizes for storage and transportation. 759-774
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  Celso C. Ribeiro, Sebastián Urrutia:
  Heuristics for the mirrored traveling tournament problem. 775-787
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  Andres Diaz Legües, Jacques A. Ferland, Celso C. Ribeiro, Jorge R. Vera, Andrés Weintraub:
  A tabu search approach for solving a difficult forest harvesting machine location problem. 788-805
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  Christos D. Tarantilis, Chris T. Kiranoudis:
  A flexible adaptive memory-based algorithm for real-life transportation operations: Two case studies from dairy and construction sector. 806-822
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  Michael Polacek, Karl F. Doerner, Richard F. Hartl, Guenter Kiechle, Marc Reimann:
  Scheduling periodic customer visits for a traveling salesperson. 823-837
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  Kenneth Sörensen:
  Multi-objective optimization of mobile phone keymaps for typing messages using a word list. 838-846
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  Laura Núñez-Letamendia:
  Fitting the control parameters of a genetic algorithm: An application to technical trading systems design. 847-868
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  Andrés L. Medaglia, Samuel B. Graves, Jeffrey L. Ringuest:
  A multiobjective evolutionary approach for linearly constrained project selection under uncertainty. 869-894
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  Marc Sevaux, Yves Mineur:
  A curve-fitting genetic algorithm for a styling application. 895-905
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  Hanene Azzag, Gilles Venturini, Antoine Oliver, Christiane Guinot:
  A hierarchical ant based clustering algorithm and its use in three real-world applications. 906-922

Feature Cluster: Advances in Location Analysis

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  Maria Dimopoulou, Ioannis Giannikos:
  Advances in Location Analysis. 923-926
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  Nenad Mladenovic, Jack Brimberg, Pierre Hansen, José A. Moreno-Pérez:
  The p-median problem: A survey of metaheuristic approaches. 927-939
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  Maria Albareda-Sambola, Elena Fernández, Gilbert Laporte:
  Heuristic and lower bound for a stochastic location-routing problem. 940-955
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  Igor Averbakh, Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, George O. Wesolowsky:
  The uncapacitated facility location problem with demand-dependent setup and service costs and customer-choice allocation. 956-967
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  Sérgio Barreto, Carlos Ferreira, José Pinto Paixão, Beatriz Sousa Santos:
  Using clustering analysis in a capacitated location-routing problem. 968-977
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  Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, George O. Wesolowsky:
  The transfer point location problem. 978-989
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  Lázaro Cánovas, Sergio García, Alfredo Marín:
  Solving the uncapacitated multiple allocation hub location problem by means of a dual-ascent technique. 990-1007
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  Marcos Colebrook, Joaquin Sicilia:
  A polynomial algorithm for the multicriteria cent-dian location problem. 1008-1024
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  Eduardo Conde:
  Minmax regret location-allocation problem on a network under uncertainty. 1025-1039
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  Horst A. Eiselt:
  Locating landfills - Optimization vs. reality. 1040-1049
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  Pascual Fernández, Blas Pelegrín, María Dolores García Pérez, Peter H. Peeters:
  A discrete long-term location-price problem under the assumption of discriminatory pricing: Formulations and parametric analysis. 1050-1062
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  Maria Isabel Gomes Salema, Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa, Augusto Q. Novais:
  An optimization model for the design of a capacitated multi-product reverse logistics network with uncertainty. 1063-1077
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  Karl Doerner, Axel Focke, Walter J. Gutjahr:
  Multicriteria tour planning for mobile healthcare facilities in a developing country. 1078-1096
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  Laura E. Jackson, George N. Rouskas, Matthias F. M. Stallmann:
  The directional p. 1097-1108
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  Andreas Klose, Simon Görtz:
  A branch-and-price algorithm for the capacitated facility location problem. 1109-1125
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  Alfredo Marín:
  Lower bounds for the two-stage uncapacitated facility location problem. 1126-1142
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  Teresa Cáceres, Juan A. Mesa, Francisco A. Ortega:
  Locating waste pipelines to minimize their impact on marine environment. 1143-1159
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  Avijit Sarkar, Rajan Batta, Rakesh Nagi:
  Placing a finite size facility with a center objective on a rectangular plane with barriers. 1160-1176
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  Wei Yi, Linet Özdamar:
  A dynamic logistics coordination model for evacuation and support in disaster response activities. 1177-1193
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  Z. M. Zainuddin, Saïd Salhi:
  A perturbation-based heuristic for the capacitated multisource Weber problem. 1194-1207
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  Ronald I. Becker, Isabella Lari, Andrea Scozzari:
  Algorithms for central-median paths with bounded length on trees. 1208-1220
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  Lawrence V. Snyder, Mark S. Daskin, Chung-Piaw Teo:
  The stochastic location model with risk pooling. 1221-1238
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  Tammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner:
  The gravity p. 1239-1251
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  Gert Wanka, Radu Ioan Bot, Emese Vargyas:
  Duality for location problems with unbounded unit balls. 1252-1265
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  Zvi Drezner, Shogo Shiode:
  A distribution map for the one-median location problem on a network. 1266-1273
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  José Fernández, Blas Pelegrín, Frank Plastria, Boglárka Tóth:
  Solving a Huff-like competitive location and design model for profit maximization in the plane. 1274-1287