European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 180

Volume 180, Number 1, July 2007

Invited Review

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  P. Ravi Kumar, Vadlamani Ravi:
  Bankruptcy prediction in banks and firms via statistical and intelligent techniques - A review. 1-28

Continuous Optimization

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  Ching-Ter Chang:
  Binary fuzzy goal programming. 29-37
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  Alexey V. Demyanov, Antonio Fuduli, Giovanna Miglionico:
  A bundle modification strategy for convex minimization. 38-47
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  Yueting Yang, Chengxian Xu:
  A compact limited memory method for large scale unconstrained optimization. 48-56
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  Janet M. Wagner, Daniel G. Shimshak:
  Stepwise selection of variables in data envelopment analysis: Procedures and managerial perspectives. 57-67

Discrete Optimization

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  Xiaochuan Luo, Chengbin Chu:
  A branch-and-bound algorithm of the single machine schedule with sequence-dependent setup times for minimizing maximum tardiness. 68-81
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  Emmanuel Peters, Renato E. deMatta, Warren Boe:
  Short-term work scheduling with job assignment flexibility for a multi-fleet transport system. 82-98
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  Maria João Alves, João C. N. Clímaco:
  A review of interactive methods for multiobjective integer and mixed-integer programming. 99-115
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  Carlos García-Martínez, Oscar Cordón, Francisco Herrera:
  A taxonomy and an empirical analysis of multiple objective ant colony optimization algorithms for the bi-criteria TSP. 116-148
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  Hari Kelachankuttu, Rajan Batta, Rakesh Nagi:
  Contour line construction for a new rectangular facility in an existing layout with rectangular departments. 149-162
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  Dennis Huisman:
  A column generation approach for the rail crew re-scheduling problem. 163-173

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Hoi-Ming Chi, Okan K. Ersoy, Herbert Moskowitz, Jim Ward:
  Modeling and optimizing a vendor managed replenishment system using machine learning and genetic algorithms. 174-193
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  Xiande Zhao, Jinxing Xie, Jerry C. Wei:
  The value of early order commitment in a two-level supply chain. 194-214
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  Erik Lindebo, Ayoe Hoff, Niels Vestergaard:
  Revenue-based capacity utilisation measures and decomposition: The case of Danish North Sea trawlers. 215-227
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  Haresh Gurnani, Murat Erkoc, Yadong Luo:
  Impact of product pricing and timing of investment decisions on supply chain co-opetition. 228-248
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  Subhashish Samaddar, Craig A. Hill:
  Controlling adverse effect on work in process inventory while reducing machine setup time. 249-261
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  Hisashi Kurata, Dong-Qing Yao, John J. Liu:
  Pricing policies under direct vs. indirect channel competition and national vs. store brand competition. 262-281

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Rosangela Helena Loschi, Pilar Loreto Iglesias, Reinaldo Boris Arellano-Valle, Frederico R. B. Cruz:
  Full predictivistic modeling of stock market data: Application to change point problems. 282-291
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  Cahit Perkgoz, Amir Azaron, Hideki Katagiri, Kosuke Kato, Masatoshi Sakawa:
  A multi-objective lead time control problem in multi-stage assembly systems using genetic algorithms. 292-308
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  Yong-Wu Zhou, Sheng-Dong Wang:
  Optimal production and shipment models for a single-vendor-single-buyer integrated system. 309-328
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  Sofia Panagiotidou, George Tagaras:
  Optimal preventive maintenance for equipment with two quality states and general failure time distributions. 329-353
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  Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Paul Goodwin, Alexandros Patelis, Vassilis Assimakopoulos:
  Forecasting with cue information: A comparison of multiple regression with alternative forecasting approaches. 354-368

Decision Support

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  Ljiljana Pavlovic:
  On the conjecture of Delorme, Favaron and Rautenbach about the Randic index. 369-377
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  Ali E. Abbas:
  Moments of utility functions and their applications. 378-395
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  Xiaoxia Huang:
  Two new models for portfolio selection with stochastic returns taking fuzzy information. 396-405

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Vladislav V. Podinovski:
  Interval articulation of superiority and precise elicitation of priorities. 406-417
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  Amnon Levy:
  Optimal enlistment age: A cost-benefit analysis and some simulations. 418-425
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  Elliot Bendoly, Doug Blocher, Kurt M. Bretthauer, M. A. Venkataramanan:
  Service and cost benefits through clicks-and-mortar integration: Implications for the centralization/decentralization debate. 426-442
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  William W. Cooper, José L. Ruiz, Inmaculada Sirvent:
  Choosing weights from alternative optimal solutions of dual multiplier models in DEA. 443-458
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  Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Kazuyuki Sekitani:
  Computational strategy for Russell measure in DEA: Second-order cone programming. 459-471

Short Communications

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  Stanislaw Gawiejnowicz:
  Scheduling deteriorating jobs subject to job or machine availability constraints. 472-478
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  S. Ilker Birbil, J. B. G. Frenk, Georg J. Still:
  An elementary proof of the Fritz-John and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions in nonlinear programming. 479-484
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  Mark E. Ferguson, Vaidy Jayaraman, Gilvan C. Souza:
  Note: An application of the EOQ model with nonlinear holding cost to inventory management of perishables. 485-490

Volume 180, Number 2, July 2007

Invited Review

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  Marco A. López, Georg Still:
  Semi-infinite programming. 491-518

Discrete Optimization

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  Giovanni Felici, Mariagrazia Mecoli:
  Resource assignment with preference conditions. 519-531
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  Anders Dohn, Søren Gram Christensen, David Magid Rousøe:
  The p/q-active uncapacitated facility location problem: Investigation of the solution space and an LP-fitting heuristic. 532-546
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  Shangyao Yan, Ching-Hui Tang:
  A heuristic approach for airport gate assignments for stochastic flight delays. 547-567
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  Irina Gribkovskaia Sr., Øyvind Halskau, Gilbert Laporte, Martin Vlcek:
  General solutions to the single vehicle routing problem with pickups and deliveries. 568-584

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Amy Hing Ling Lau, Hon-Shiang Lau, Jian-Cai Wang:
  Designing a quantity discount scheme for a newsvendor-type product with numerous heterogeneous retailers. 585-600
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  Hojung Shin, W. C. Benton:
  A quantity discount approach to supply chain coordination. 601-616
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  Debasis Mishra, Dharmaraj Veeramani:
  Vickrey-Dutch procurement auction for multiple items. 617-629
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  Xiaohang Yue, Srinivasan Raghunathan:
  The impacts of the full returns policy on a supply chain with information asymmetry. 630-647
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  Nawel Amrouche, Georges Zaccour:
  Shelf-space allocation of national and private brands. 648-663
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  Singa Wang Chiu, Shan-Ling Wang, Yuan-Shyi Peter Chiu:
  Determining the optimal run time for EPQ model with scrap, rework, and stochastic breakdowns. 664-676

Decision Support

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  Leon Yang Chu, Zuo-Jun Max Shen:
  Trade reduction vs. multi-stage: A comparison of double auction design approaches. 677-691
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  Wade D. Cook, Joe Zhu:
  Classifying inputs and outputs in data envelopment analysis. 692-699
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  Rafael Amer, José Miguel Giménez, Antonio Magaña:
  Accessibility in oriented networks. 700-712
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  Sung-ko Li, Yuk-shing Cheng:
  Solving the puzzles of structural efficiency. 713-722

Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Information Management

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  Riyaz Sikora, Selwyn Piramuthu:
  Framework for efficient feature selection in genetic algorithm based data mining. 723-737
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  Lili Sun, Prakash P. Shenoy:
  Using Bayesian networks for bankruptcy prediction: Some methodological issues. 738-753

O.R. Applications

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  G. D. H. Claassen, Th. H. B. Hendriks:
  An application of Special Ordered Sets to a periodic milk collection problem. 754-769
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  Maria P. Papadopoulou, George F. Pinder, George P. Karatzas:
  Flexible time-varying optimization methodology for the solution of groundwater management problems. 770-785
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  Arielle Lasry, Gregory S. Zaric, Michael W. Carter:
  Multi-level resource allocation for HIV prevention: A model for developing countries. 786-799
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  Charles V. Trappey, Tsui-Yii Shih, Amy J. C. Trappey:
  Modeling international investment decisions for financial holding companies. 800-814
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  John A. Sharp:
  Evaluating the effect of sourcing decisions on e-commerce process operations risk. 815-833
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  Edgar Alberto Cabral, Erhan Erkut, Gilbert Laporte, Raymond A. Patterson:
  The network design problem with relays. 834-844
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  Chin-Shan Lu, Kee-hung Lai, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Application of structural equation modeling to evaluate the intention of shippers to use Internet services in liner shipping. 845-867
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  Shu-Kai S. Fan, Yen Lin:
  Multiple-input dual-output adjustment scheme for semiconductor manufacturing processes using a dynamic dual-response approach. 868-884

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Tara van de Water, Henny van de Water, Cock Bukman:
  A balanced team generating model. 885-906
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  Nobuo Matsubayashi:
  Price and quality competition: The effect of differentiation and vertical integration. 907-921
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  Gregory E. Kersten, Hsiangchu Lai:
  Satisfiability and completeness of protocols for electronic negotiations. 922-937
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  Dong-Joo Lee, Jae-Hyeon Ahn:
  Reward systems for intra-organizational knowledge sharing. 938-956

Short Communications

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  Michael A. A. Cox:
  Examining alternatives in the interval analytic hierarchy process using complete enumeration. 957-962
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  Henry Schellhorn:
  A note on the first moment of makespan in an assembly shop. 963-969

Volume 180, Number 3, August 2007

Invited Review

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  E. E. Ammar:
  On optimality and duality theorems of nonlinear disjunctive fractional minmax programs. 971-982

Discrete Optimization

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  Warren P. Adams, Monique Guignard, Peter M. Hahn, William L. Hightower:
  A level-2 reformulation-linearization technique bound for the quadratic assignment problem. 983-996
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  Dag Haugland, Sin C. Ho, Gilbert Laporte:
  Designing delivery districts for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. 997-1010
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  John Sylva, Alejandro Crema:
  A method for finding well-dispersed subsets of non-dominated vectors for multiple objective mixed integer linear programs. 1011-1027
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  Salem M. Al-Yakoob, Hanif D. Sherali:
  A mixed-integer programming approach to a class timetabling problem: A case study with gender policies and traffic considerations. 1028-1044
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  Peter Francis, Guangming Zhang, Karen R. Smilowitz:
  Improved modeling and solution methods for the multi-resource routing problem. 1045-1059
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  Tadeusz Sawik:
  A lexicographic approach to bi-objective scheduling of single-period orders in make-to-order manufacturing. 1060-1075

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Kyung Bok Yoon, So Young Sohn:
  Finding the optimal CSP inventory level for multi-echelon system in Air Force using random effects regression model. 1076-1085
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  Huynh Trung Luong:
  Measure of bullwhip effect in supply chains with autoregressive demand process. 1086-1097
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  Kürsad Agpak, Hadi Gökçen:
  A chance-constrained approach to stochastic line balancing problem. 1098-1115
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  Wen Lea Pearn, Ya-Chen Hsu:
  Optimal tool replacement for processes with low fraction defective. 1116-1129
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  Hui-Ming Wee, J. F. Jong, J. C. Jiang:
  A note on a single-vendor and multiple-buyers production-inventory policy for a deteriorating item. 1130-1134
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  Amit Eynan, Dean H. Kropp:
  Effective and simple EOQ-like solutions for stochastic demand periodic review systems. 1135-1143
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  Samar K. Mukhopadhyay, Robert Setaputra:
  A dynamic model for optimal design quality and return policies. 1144-1154
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  Stephen Lynn, Kashi R. Balachandran:
  Allocating costs of a shared server with stochastic service parameters and job class priorities. 1155-1167

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Tom Maertens, Joris Walraevens, Herwig Bruneel:
  A modified HOL priority scheduling discipline: Performance analysis. 1168-1185
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  Amir Azaron, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam:
  Multi-objective time-cost trade-off in dynamic PERT networks using an interactive approach. 1186-1200
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  Ming Fan:
  A queueing model for mixed loss-delay systems with general interarrival processes for wide-band calls. 1201-1220
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  Saminathan Balamurali, Chi-Hyuck Jun:
  Multiple dependent state sampling plans for lot acceptance based on measurement data. 1221-1230

Decision Support

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  Cheng-Hsiung Chiang, Liang-Hsuan Chen:
  Availability allocation and multi-objective optimization for parallel-series systems. 1231-1244
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  A. K. Maddulapalli, Shapour Azarm, A. Boyars:
  Sensitivity analysis for product design selection with an implicit value function. 1245-1259
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  Takehiro Inohara:
  Self-consistency of decision rules for group decision making. 1260-1271
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  Khaled Jabeur, Jean-Marc Martel:
  An ordinal sorting method for group decision-making. 1272-1289

O.R. Applications

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  Jan M. H. Vissers, Ivo J. B. F. Adan, Nico P. Dellaert:
  Developing a platform for comparison of hospital admission systems: An illustration. 1290-1301
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  Mei-Hui Wang, Tai-Hsin Huang:
  A study on the persistence of Farrell's efficiency measure under a dynamic framework. 1302-1316
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  Fotios Pasiouras, Chrysovalantis Gaganis, Constantin Zopounidis:
  Multicriteria decision support methodologies for auditing decisions: The case of qualified audit reports in the UK. 1317-1330
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  Xiao-Sheng Qin, Guo H. Huang, Guang-Ming Zeng, Amitabha Kabha Chakma, Yuefei Huang:
  An interval-parameter fuzzy nonlinear optimization model for stream water quality management under uncertainty. 1331-1357
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  Suresh K. Nair, David C. Novak:
  A traffic shaping model for optimizing network operations. 1358-1380
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  James S. K. Ang, Chengxuan Cao, Hengqing Ye:
  Model and algorithms for multi-period sea cargo mix problem. 1381-1393
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  Gökhan Çelik, Ihsan Sabuncuoglu:
  Simulation modelling and analysis of a border security system. 1394-1410
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  Cem Vardar, Esma Senturk Gel, John W. Fowler:
  A framework for evaluating remote diagnostics investment decisions for semiconductor equipment suppliers. 1411-1426

Short Communication

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  Jing-Rung Yu, Sheu-Ji Cheng:
  An integrated approach for deriving priorities in analytic network process. 1427-1432

Section

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  Suthathip Yaisawarng:
  Review of "An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis" Second Ed., Timothy J. Coelli, D.S. Prasada Rao, Christopher J. O'Connell & George E. Battese. Springer (2005), Science+Business Media, Inc. 1433-1435