European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 211

Volume 211, Number 1, May 2011

Invited Review

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  Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Ozlem Defterli, Sirma Zeynep Alparslan Gök, Erik Kropat:
  Modeling, inference and optimization of regulatory networks based on time series data. 1-14

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Nils Boysen, Stefan Bock:
  Scheduling just-in-time part supply for mixed-model assembly lines. 15-25
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  Wee Meng Yeo, Xue-Ming Yuan:
  Optimal inventory policy with supply uncertainty and demand cancellation. 26-34
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  Marc Reimann:
  Speculative production and anticipative reservation of reactive capacity by a multi-product newsvendor. 35-46
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  Sushil Gupta, Kaushik Dutta:
  Modeling of financial supply chain. 47-56
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  Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo, Tom Ervolina, Terry P. Harrison, Barun Gupta:
  Component rationing for available-to-promise scheduling in configure-to-order systems. 57-65
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  Ángel Felipe, M. Teresa Ortuño, Gregorio Tirado:
  Using intermediate infeasible solutions to approach vehicle routing problems with precedence and loading constraints. 66-75
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  Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Mika Goto:
  Measurement of Returns to Scale and Damages to Scale for DEA-based operational and environmental assessment: How to manage desirable (good) and undesirable (bad) outputs? 76-89

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Matthew J. Carr, Wenbin Wang:
  An approximate algorithm for prognostic modelling using condition monitoring information. 90-96
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  Juan Eloy Ruiz-Castro, Quan-Lin Li:
  Algorithm for a general discrete k-out-of-n: G system subject to several types of failure with an indefinite number of repairpersons. 97-111
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  James Bekker, Chris Aldrich:
  The cross-entropy method in multi-objective optimisation: An assessment. 112-121
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  Gustavo Bergantiños, Leticia Lorenzo, Silvia Lorenzo-Freire:
  A generalization of obligation rules for minimum cost spanning tree problems. 122-129
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  Yu-Hsin Liu:
  Incorporating scatter search and threshold accepting in finding maximum likelihood estimates for the multinomial probit model. 130-138
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  Julien Mostard, Ruud H. Teunter, René M. B. M. de Koster:
  Forecasting demand for single-period products: A case study in the apparel industry. 139-147
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  Francesc Carreras, José Miguel Giménez:
  Power and potential maps induced by any semivalue: Some algebraic properties and computation by multilinear extensions. 148-159

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Alberto García-Villoria, Saïd Salhi, Albert Corominas, Rafael Pastor:
  Hyper-heuristic approaches for the response time variability problem. 160-169
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  Kanchan Das:
  Integrating effective flexibility measures into a strategic supply chain planning model. 170-183
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  Michael A. Martinez, Alexandra M. Newman:
  A solution approach for optimizing long- and short-term production scheduling at LKAB's Kiruna mine. 184-197
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  David K. George, Cathy H. Xia:
  Fleet-sizing and service availability for a vehicle rental system via closed queueing networks. 198-207

Short Communications

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  Huachun Xiong, Jinxing Xie, Miao Wang:
  A note on "Price discount based on early order commitment in a single manufacturer-multiple retailer supply chain". 208-212
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  George J. Kyparisis, Christos Koulamas:
  A note on the classification of consumer demand functions with respect to retailer pass-through rates. 213-215

Book Reviews

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  Susana Relvas:
  Alexandre Dolgui and Jean-Marie Proth, Supply Chain Engineering - Useful Methods and Techniques , Springer-Verlag (2010) 541 pp., ISBN: 978-1-84996-016-8. 216-217
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  Pedro de Faria:
  Innovation at Large: Managing Multi-Organization, Multi-Team Projects, Johanna E.M. Schönrok. Structural Change and Structural Policies, Vol. 20. Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main (2010). 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-631-60217-1. 218-219

Volume 211, Number 2, June 2011

Invited Review

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  Mariá Cristina Vasconcelos Nascimento, André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho:
  Spectral methods for graph clustering - A survey. 221-231

Discrete Optimization

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  Laureano F. Escudero, Mercedes Landete, Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía:
  Stochastic set packing problem. 232-240
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  Ibrahim Akgün, Barbaros Ç. Tansel, R. Kevin Wood:
  The multi-terminal maximum-flow network-interdiction problem. 241-251
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  Sinan Gürel:
  A conic quadratic formulation for a class of convex congestion functions in network flow problems. 252-262

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Mir Mehdi SeyedEsfahani, Maryam Biazaran, Mohsen Gharakhani:
  A game theoretic approach to coordinate pricing and vertical co-op advertising in manufacturer-retailer supply chains. 263-273
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  Jack C. Hayya, Terry P. Harrison, Xin James He:
  The impact of stochastic lead time reduction on inventory cost under order crossover. 274-281
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  Sumit Kunnumkal, Huseyin Topaloglu:
  Linear programming based decomposition methods for inventory distribution systems. 282-297
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  Christian Howard, Johan Marklund:
  Evaluation of stock allocation policies in a divergent inventory system with shipment consolidation. 298-309
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  Charles X. Wang, Scott Webster, Sidong Zhang:
  A comparison of two sourcing tactics for a new component. 310-317
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  Ismail Karaoglan, Fulya Altiparmak, Imdat Kara, Berna Dengiz:
  A branch and cut algorithm for the location-routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery. 318-332

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Rob J. I. Basten, M. C. van der Heijden, J. M. J. Schutten:
  Practical extensions to a minimum cost flow model for level of repair analysis. 333-342
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  Edilson F. Arruda, Marcelo D. Fragoso, João Bosco Ribeiro do Val:
  Approximate dynamic programming via direct search in the space of value function approximations. 343-351
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  Jean-Luc Marichal, Pierre Mathonet:
  Weighted Banzhaf power and interaction indexes through weighted approximations of games. 352-358

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Muammer Ozer:
  Understanding the impacts of product knowledge and product type on the accuracy of intentions-based new product predictions. 359-369
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  Kjell Hausken, Vicki M. Bier:
  Defending against multiple different attackers. 370-384
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  Benny Mantin, David Gillen:
  The hidden information content of price movements. 385-393

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Gary M. Erickson:
  A differential game model of the marketing-operations interface. 394-402
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  Edward J. Anderson, T. D. H. Cau:
  Implicit collusion and individual market power in electricity markets. 403-414
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  Guiomar Martín-Herrán, Simon Pierre Sigué:
  Prices, promotions, and channel profitability: Was the conventional wisdom mistaken? 415-425

Volume 211, Number 3, June 2011

Invited Review

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  César Rego, Dorabela Gamboa, Fred W. Glover, Colin Osterman:
  Traveling salesman problem heuristics: Leading methods, implementations and latest advances. 427-441

Discrete Optimization

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  Hande Yaman:
  Allocation strategies in hub networks. 442-451
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  Li He, Guo H. Huang, Hong-Wei Lu:
  Bivariate interval semi-infinite programming with an application to environmental decision-making analysis. 452-465
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  Ruchit Shah, Patrick M. Reed:
  Comparative analysis of multiobjective evolutionary algorithms for random and correlated instances of multiobjective d-dimensional knapsack problems. 466-479

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Siddharth Mestry, Purushothaman Damodaran, Chin-Sheng Chen:
  A branch and price solution approach for order acceptance and capacity planning in make-to-order operations. 480-495
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  Adam J. Fleischhacker, Yao Zhao:
  Planning for demand failure: A dynamic lot size model for clinical trial supply chains. 496-506
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  Irena Okhrin, Knut Richter:
  An O(T³) algorithm for the capacitated lot sizing problem with minimum order quantities. 507-514
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  Chiang Kao, Shiuh-Nan Hwang:
  Decomposition of technical and scale efficiencies in two-stage production systems. 515-519
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  Shih-Wei Lin:
  Inventory models with managerial policy independent of demand. 520-524

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Arturo J. Fernández, Carlos J. Pérez-González, Muhammad Aslam, Chi-Hyuck Jun:
  Design of progressively censored group sampling plans for Weibull distributions: An optimization problem. 525-532
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  Ba Chu, John Knight, Stephen E. Satchell:
  Large deviations theorems for optimal investment problems with large portfolios. 533-555
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  Yanjie Li, Baoqun Yin, Hongsheng Xi:
  Finding optimal memoryless policies of POMDPs under the expected average reward criterion. 556-567
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  Dingjun Yao, Hailiang Yang, Rongming Wang:
  Optimal dividend and capital injection problem in the dual model with proportional and fixed transaction costs. 568-576

Decision Support

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  Victor V. Podinovski, Timo Kuosmanen:
  Modelling weak disposability in data envelopment analysis under relaxed convexity assumptions. 577-585
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  Chiang Kao, Pei-Huang Lin:
  Qualitative factors in data envelopment analysis: A fuzzy number approach. 586-593
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  José Carlos Dias, Mark B. Shackleton:
  Hysteresis effects under CIR interest rates. 594-600
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  Chi-Bin Cheng:
  Reverse auction with buyer-supplier negotiation using bi-level distributed programming. 601-611

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Eva Vallada, Rubén Ruiz:
  A genetic algorithm for the unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times. 612-622
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  Panos L. Lorentziadis, Stylianos G. Vournas:
  A quantitative model of accelerated vehicle-retirement induced by subsidy. 623-629
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  Mircea Epure, Kristiaan Kerstens, Diego Prior:
  Bank productivity and performance groups: A decomposition approach based upon the Luenberger productivity indicator. 630-641

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Hani I. Mesak, Abdullahel Bari, Barry J. Babin, Laura M. Birou, Anthony Jurkus:
  Optimum advertising policy over time for subscriber service innovations in the presence of service cost learning and customers' disadoption. 642-649
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  Jiaqi Zhang, Thomas W. Archibald:
  A semi-Markov model with holdout transshipment policy and phase-type exponential lead time. 650-657
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  Pradeep K. Jha, Rakhi Jha, Rajul Datt, Sujoy K. Guha:
  Entropy in good manufacturing system: Tool for quality assurance. 658-665

Short Communication

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  Massimiliano Caramia, Francesca Guerriero:
  A note on the modelling of project networks with time constraints. 666-670