European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 202

Volume 202, Number 1, April 2010

Invited Reviews

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  Christos Koulamas:
  The single-machine total tardiness scheduling problem: Review and extensions. 1-7
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  Gerardo Berbeglia, Jean-François Cordeau, Gilbert Laporte:
  Dynamic pickup and delivery problems. 8-15
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  William Ho, Xiaowei Xu, Prasanta Kumar Dey:
  Multi-criteria decision making approaches for supplier evaluation and selection: A literature review. 16-24

Continuous Optimization

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  Milan Hladík:
  Multiparametric linear programming: Support set and optimal partition invariancy. 25-31
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  Hachem Slimani, Mohammed Said Radjef:
  Nondifferentiable multiobjective programming under generalized d_I-invexity. 32-41
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  Chi Keong Goh, Kay Chen Tan, D. S. Liu, Swee Chiang Chiam:
  A competitive and cooperative co-evolutionary approach to multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm design. 42-54
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  Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Hatem Masri:
  A compromise solution for the multiobjective stochastic linear programming under partial uncertainty. 55-59
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  Zhi-Hua Hu:
  A multiobjective immune algorithm based on a multiple-affinity model. 60-72

Discrete Optimization

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  João Pedro Pedroso, Mikio Kubo:
  Heuristics and exact methods for number partitioning. 73-81
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  Mette Gamst, Peter Neergaard Jensen, David Pisinger, Christian Plum:
  Two- and three-index formulations of the minimum cost multicommodity k-splittable flow problem. 82-89
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  Min Ji, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Batch scheduling of simple linear deteriorating jobs on a single machine to minimize makespan. 90-98

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Sergio Cabello, José Miguel Díaz-Báñez, Stefan Langerman, Carlos Seara, Inmaculada Ventura:
  Facility location problems in the plane based on reverse nearest neighbor queries. 99-106
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  Bin Zhang, Shaofu Du:
  Multi-product newsboy problem with limited capacity and outsourcing. 107-113
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  Mustafa S. Canbolat, George O. Wesolowsky:
  The rectilinear distance Weber problem in the presence of a probabilistic line barrier. 114-121
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  Marie-Claude Bolduc, Gilbert Laporte, Jacques Renaud, Fayez F. Boctor:
  A tabu search heuristic for the split delivery vehicle routing problem with production and demand calendars. 122-130
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  Fredrik Olsson, Patrik Tydesjö:
  Inventory problems with perishable items: Fixed lifetimes and backlogging. 131-137
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  Yao Chen, Wade D. Cook, Joe Zhu:
  Deriving the DEA frontier for two-stage processes. 138-142

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Amélie Charles:
  The day-of-the-week effects on the volatility: The role of the asymmetry. 143-152
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  Armann Ingolfsson, Fernanda Campello, Xudong Wu, Edgar Alberto Cabral:
  Combining integer programming and the randomization method to schedule employees. 153-163
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  Jack P. C. Kleijnen, Wim C. M. van Beers, Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse:
  Constrained optimization in expensive simulation: Novel approach. 164-174

Decision Support

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  Alex Weissensteiner:
  Using the Black-Derman-Toy interest rate model for portfolio optimization. 175-181
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  Rudolf Berghammer, Agnieszka Rusinowska, Harrie C. M. de Swart:
  Applying relation algebra and RelView to measures in a social network. 182-195
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  Peter M. Kort, Pauli Murto, Grzegorz Pawlina:
  Uncertainty and stepwise investment. 196-203

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Roberta Blass Staub, Geraldo da Silva e Souza, Benjamin Miranda Tabak:
  Evolution of bank efficiency in Brazil: A DEA approach. 204-213
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  Abolhassan Halati, Yuanjie He:
  Analysis of supply chains with quantity based fixed incentives. 214-222
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  Juliane Müller:
  Approximative solutions to the bicriterion Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. 223-231
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  Pierpaolo Uberti, Silvia Figini:
  How to measure single-name credit risk concentrations. 232-238
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  Xiang Li, Zhongfeng Qin, Samarjit Kar:
  Mean-variance-skewness model for portfolio selection with fuzzy returns. 239-247
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  Florian Jaehn, Peter Letmathe:
  The emissions trading paradox. 248-254
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  Cristina Fuentes-Albero, Santiago J. Rubio:
  Can international environmental cooperation be bought? 255-264
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  Yi-Kai Juan, Daniel Castro, Kathy Roper:
  Decision support approach based on multiple objectives and resources for assessing the relocation plan of dangerous hillside aggregations. 265-272

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Nicole Adler, Ekaterina Yazhemsky:
  Improving discrimination in data envelopment analysis: PCA-DEA or variable reduction. 273-284
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  Stelios D. Bekiros:
  Fuzzy adaptive decision-making for boundedly rational traders in speculative stock markets. 285-293
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  Andranik Tangian:
  Evaluation of German parties and coalitions by methods of the mathematical theory of democracy. 294-307

Erratum

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  Kaoru Tone, Miki Tsutsui:
  Erratum to "Network DEA: A slacks-based measure approach" [European Journal of Operational Research 197 (2009) 243-252]. 308-309

Volume 202, Number 2, April 2010

Invited Review

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  Junhyuk Park, Byung-In Kim:
  The school bus routing problem: A review. 311-319

Discrete Optimization

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  Alberto García-Villoria, Rafael Pastor:
  Solving the response time variability problem by means of a genetic algorithm. 320-327
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  George Alexandris, Ioannis Giannikos:
  A new model for maximal coverage exploiting GIS capabilities. 328-338
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  Abdelkader Sbihi:
  A cooperative local search-based algorithm for the Multiple-Scenario Max-Min Knapsack Problem. 339-346
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  Yong Wu, Wenkai Li, Mark Goh, Robert de Souza:
  Three-dimensional bin packing problem with variable bin height. 347-355
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  Wolfram Wiesemann, Daniel Kuhn, Berç Rustem:
  Maximizing the net present value of a project under uncertainty. 356-367
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  Xiang Song, C. B. Chu, Rhyd Lewis, Y. Y. Nie, Jonathan M. Thompson:
  A worst case analysis of a dynamic programming-based heuristic algorithm for 2D unconstrained guillotine cutting. 368-378
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  Celia A. Glass, Roger A. Knight:
  The nurse rostering problem: A critical appraisal of the problem structure. 379-389
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  Iván A. Contreras, Elena Fernández, Alfredo Marín:
  The Tree of Hubs Location Problem. 390-400

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Emmanouil E. Zachariadis, Christos D. Tarantilis, Chris T. Kiranoudis:
  An adaptive memory methodology for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-ups and deliveries. 401-411
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  Jianxiang Li, Haoxun Chen, Feng Chu:
  Performance evaluation of distribution strategies for the inventory routing problem. 412-419
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  Patroklos Georgiadis, Efstratios Athanasiou:
  The impact of two-product joint lifecycles on capacity planning of remanufacturing networks. 420-433
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  Lian Qi, Zuo-Jun Max Shen:
  Worst-case analysis of demand point aggregation for the Euclidean p-median problem. 434-443
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  Tiaojun Xiao, Xiangtong Qi:
  Strategic wholesale pricing in a supply chain with a potential entrant. 444-455
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  Simone Göttlich, Michael Herty, Christian A. Ringhofer:
  Optimization of order policies in supply networks. 456-465
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  M. Zied Babai, Aris A. Syntetos, Ruud H. Teunter:
  On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics. 466-472
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  Chao-Kuei Huang, Deng-Maw Tsai, Ji-Cheng Wu, Kun-Jen Chung:
  An integrated vendor-buyer inventory model with order-processing cost reduction and permissible delay in payments. 473-478
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  Zhongfeng Qin, Xiaoyu Ji:
  Logistics network design for product recovery in fuzzy environment. 479-490
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  Jörg Kalcsics, Stefan Nickel, Justo Puerto, Antonio M. Rodríguez-Chía:
  Distribution systems design with role dependent objectives. 491-501
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  Haifeng Wang, Bocheng Chen, Houmin Yan:
  Optimal inventory decisions in a multiperiod newsvendor problem with partially observed Markovian supply capacities. 502-517

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Emmanuel Fragnière, Jacek Gondzio, Xi Yang:
  Operations risk management by optimally planning the qualified workforce capacity. 518-527
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  Steven Finlay:
  Credit scoring for profitability objectives. 528-537
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  Luca Venditti, Dario Pacciarelli, Carlo Meloni:
  A tabu search algorithm for scheduling pharmaceutical packaging operations. 538-546
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  Nguyen Vi Cao, Emmanuel Fragnière, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Marlène Sapin, Eric D. Widmer:
  Optimizing the marriage market: An application of the linear assignment model. 547-553
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  Dolores Romero Morales, Jingbo Wang:
  Forecasting cancellation rates for services booking revenue management using data mining. 554-562
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  Laurens Cherchye, Kristof De Witte, Erwin Ooghe, Ides Nicaise:
  Efficiency and equity in private and public education: A nonparametric comparison. 563-573

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Edieal J. Pinker, Abraham Seidmann, Yaniv Vakrat:
  Using bid data for the management of sequential, multi-unit, online auctions with uniformly distributed bidder valuations. 574-583
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  Timo Kuosmanen, Mika Kortelainen, Timo Sipiläinen, Laurens Cherchye:
  Firm and industry level profit efficiency analysis using absolute and uniform shadow prices. 584-594
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  Amin Mostafaee, F. H. Saljooghi:
  Cost efficiency measures in data envelopment analysis with data uncertainty. 595-603
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  Dimitris K. Despotis, Lamprini V. Stamati, Yannis G. Smirlis:
  Data envelopment analysis with nonlinear virtual inputs and outputs. 604-613

Volume 202, Number 3, May 2010

Invited Review

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  Christian Bierwirth, Frank Meisel:
  A survey of berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problems in container terminals. 615-627

Discrete Optimization

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  Antonio Sedeño-Noda, Carlos González-Martín:
  On the K shortest path trees problem. 628-635
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  Jacques Carlier, Mohamed Haouari, Mohamed Kharbeche, Aziz Moukrim:
  An optimization-based heuristic for the robotic cell problem. 636-645
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  Nguyen Huynh Tuong, Ameur Soukhal, Jean-Charles Billaut:
  A new dynamic programming formulation for scheduling independent tasks with common due date on parallel machines. 646-653
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  Bum-Jin Kim, William L. Hightower, Peter M. Hahn, Yi-Rong Zhu, Lu Sun:
  Lower bounds for the axial three-index assignment problem. 654-668
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  Alessandro Agnetis, Marta Flamini, Gaia Nicosia, Andrea Pacifici:
  Scheduling three chains on two parallel machines. 669-674

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Mehmet Murat Fadiloglu, Önder Bulut:
  A dynamic rationing policy for continuous-review inventory systems. 675-685
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  Vera C. Hemmelmayr, Karl F. Doerner, Richard F. Hartl, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh:
  Vendor managed inventory for environments with stochastic product usage. 686-695
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  Manish Verma, Vedat Verter:
  A lead-time based approach for planning rail-truck intermodal transportation of dangerous goods. 696-706
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  Jianhua Xu, Michael P. Johnson, Paul S. Fischbeck, Mitchell J. Small, Jeanne M. VanBriesen:
  Robust placement of sensors in dynamic water distribution systems. 707-716
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  Chung-Chi Hsieh, Yu-Te Liu:
  Quality investment and inspection policy in a supplier-manufacturer supply chain. 717-729
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  Komarudin, Kuan Yew Wong:
  Applying Ant System for solving Unequal Area Facility Layout Problems. 730-746
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  Céline Gicquel, N. Miègeville, Michel Minoux, Yves Dallery:
  Optimizing glass coating lines: MIP model and valid inequalities. 747-755
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  Nabila Azi, Michel Gendreau, Jean-Yves Potvin:
  An exact algorithm for a vehicle routing problem with time windows and multiple use of vehicles. 756-763

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Demet Batur, F. Fred Choobineh:
  A quantile-based approach to system selection. 764-772
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  Hans Reijnierse, Peter Borm, Marieke Quant, Marc Meertens:
  Processing games with restricted capacities. 773-780
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  Yada Zhu, Elsayed A. Elsayed, Haitao Liao, Ling-Yau Chan:
  Availability optimization of systems subject to competing risk. 781-788
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  Ramji Balakrishnan, Xin Ying Qiu, Padmini Srinivasan:
  On the predictive ability of narrative disclosures in annual reports. 789-801
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  Halis Sak, Wolfgang Hörmann, Josef Leydold:
  Efficient risk simulations for linear asset portfolios in the t-copula model. 802-809

Decision Support

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  Gerrit Löber, Matthias Staat:
  Integrating categorical variables in Data Envelopment Analysis models: A simple solution technique. 810-818
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  Eduardo Fernández, Jorge Navarro, Sergio Bernal:
  Handling multicriteria preferences in cluster analysis. 819-827
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  Christian Wernz, Abhijit Deshmukh:
  Multiscale decision-making: Bridging organizational scales in systems with distributed decision-makers. 828-840
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  Rudolf Vetschera, Ye Chen, Keith W. Hipel, D. Marc Kilgour:
  Robustness and information levels in case-based multiple criteria sorting. 841-852
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  Maryam Ehsani, Ahmad Makui, Soheil Sadi-Nezhad:
  A methodology for analyzing decision networks, based on information theory. 853-863

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Sylvain Perron, Pierre Hansen, Sébastien Le Digabel, Nenad Mladenovic:
  Exact and heuristic solutions of the global supply chain problem with transfer pricing. 864-879
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  Bram Foubert, Els Gijsbrechts:
  Please or Squeeze? Brand performance implications of constrained and unconstrained multi-item promotions. 880-892
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  Eleni T. Stavrou, Stelios Spiliotis, Chris Charalambous:
  Flexible working arrangements in context: An empirical investigation through self-organizing maps. 893-902
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  Sin C. Ho, Janny M. Y. Leung:
  Solving a manpower scheduling problem for airline catering using metaheuristics. 903-921