International Journal of Operational Research

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Volume 3, issue 6, 2008

Function optimisation and Brouwer Fixed-Points on acute convex sets pp. 605-613

Marvin D. Troutt, Shui-Hung Hou, Wan-Kai Pang and Toru Higuchi

An integrated approach of Analytic Hierarchy Process and Fuzzy Linear Programming for supplier selection pp. 614-631

Pravin Kumar, Ravi Shankar and Surendra S. Yadav

Fuzzy control of periodic-review state-dependent production systems with unknown deterioration rate pp. 632-642

R. Hedjar

Lower bounds for parallel machine scheduling problems pp. 643-664

Philippe Baptiste, Antoine Jouglet and David Savourey

Possibility and necessity constraints and their uses in inventory control system pp. 665-680

K. Maity

Risk averse selective newsvendor problems pp. 681-703

Kevin Taaffe, Kiran Chahar and Deepak Tirumalasetty

Volume 3, issue 5, 2008

Models for hospital location and capacity allocation for an area prone to natural disasters pp. 473-496

Jomon Aliyas Paul and Rajan Batta

Experimenting crossover operators to solve the vehicle routing problem with time windows by Genetic Algorithms pp. 497-514

Massimiliano Caramia and Riccardo Onori

Production–remanufacturing control problem for defective item under possibility constrains pp. 515-532

U.K. Bera, K. Maity and M. Maiti

Are state-owned banks less efficient? A long- vs. short-run Data Envelopment Analysis of Chinese banks pp. 533-556

W.W. Cooper, Timothy W. Ruefli, Honghui Deng, Jun Wu and Zhongyi Zhang

Determining Economic Manufacturing Quantity for an unreliable manufacturing system in discrete time setting pp. 557-574

B.C. Giri and T. Dohi

Lattice path approach to busy period density of queueing system C 2 /C 2 /1 pp. 575-603

Manju Agarwal, Bidisha Borkakaty and Kanwar Sen

Volume 3, issue 4, 2008

A single-server Poisson queueing system with delayed-service pp. 363-383

Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi, Dimitar P. Mishev and Stefanka S. Chukova

Examination of the similarity between a new Sigmoid function-based consensus ranking method and four commonly-used algorithms pp. 384-398

Madjid Tavana, Frank LoPinto and James W. Smither

A new method based on a fuzzy outranking relation for supporting collective sorting decisions pp. 399-411

Eduardo Fernandez and Rafael Olmedo

Tabu Search Heuristics for the Crane Sequencing Problem pp. 412-429

Alan R. McKendall and Jin Shang

Acquisition policy for multi-item multi-supplier system with inventory capacity constraint pp. 430-443

Madhu Jain, Vidushi Sharma and Kriti Priya

Capacity reservation and time pacing of product introductions in hi-tech manufacturing firms pp. 444-471

Sandeep Dulluri and N.R. Srinivasa Raghavan

Volume 3, issue 3, 2008

A multi-criteria vehicle-target allocation assessment model for network-centric Joint Air Operations pp. 235-254

Madjid Tavana, Matthew D. Bailey and Timothy E. Busch

Railway efficiency analysis from larger Europe during the period 1994–2003 pp. 255-280

Olli-Pekka Hilmola

A tool to convert continuous multiobjective optimisation test problems into combinatorial ones pp. 281-300

P. Siarry and Y. Collette

A deterministic approximation algorithm for the Densest k-Subgraph Problem pp. 301-314

Frederic Roupin and Alain Billionnet

Production planning through Flow Network Optimisation and Mixed Integer Linear Programming models in a petroleum refinery pp. 315-335

John Nelson Abraham and Kavuri Suryaprakasa Rao

Operating parameters for a single-vendor multiple-buyers Vendor Managed Inventory System with Outsourcing pp. 336-361

S.P. Nachiappan, N. Jawahar and K. Navaneetha Kumar

Volume 3, issue 1/2, 2008

Analysis and design of a Production-Inventory system using discrete-time queueing models pp. 1-18

Sandeep Jain and N.R. Srinivasa Raghavan

An application of the generalised K-means algorithm in decision-making processes pp. 19-35

Hsin-Hung Wu, Jiunn-I Shieh, Anthony Y.H. Liao and Shih-Yen Lin

GERT analysis of m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system with overlapping runs and (k–1)-step Markov dependence pp. 36-51

Manju Agarwal and Pooja Mohan

A methodological analysis of the normalisation, calibration and linearity of continuous diversity measures pp. 52-76

William Acar and Marvin D. Troutt

Fuzzy Economic Order Quantity model for perishable items with stochastic demand, partial backlogging and fuzzy deterioration rate pp. 77-96

K.A. Halim, B.C. Giri and K.S. Chaudhuri

An Economic Order Quantity model for seasonal goods pp. 97-118

Shib Sankar Sana

Tabu Search methods for scheduling a burn-in oven with non-identical job sizes and secondary resource constraints pp. 119-139

Chandra Sen Mazumdar, M. Mathirajan, R. Gopinath and A.I. Sivakumar

Supply chain coordination with target profit pp. 140-153

S.P. Sarmah

Optimal management of cross-trained workers, using Markov decision approach pp. 154-182

Oded Berman and Eduard Ianovsky

Online MTO lead-time scheduling: a probabilistic approach pp. 183-200

Zu-Hsu Lee

Constellation graphs and the role of rank position criteria value frontiers in PROMETHEE analysis pp. 201-218

Malcolm J. Beynon

The analysis of a finite-buffer general input queue with batch arrival and exponential multiple vacations pp. 219-234

K. Sikdar, U.C. Gupta and R.K. Sharma

Volume 2, issue 4, 2007

Gains, losses and thresholds of influence in social networks pp. 357-379

J. Todd Hamill, Richard F. Deckro, Victor D. Wiley and Robert S. Renfro

A scheduling problem with unrelated parallel machines and sequence dependent setups pp. 380-399

M. Gomez Ravetti, Geraldo R. Mateus, Pedro L. Rocha and Panos M. Pardalos

Ordering and pricing policies for random discount offerings and permissible shortages pp. 400-413

F.J. Arcelus, T.P.M. Pakkala and G. Srinivasan

An Integer Programming approach for scheduling inbound calls in call centres pp. 414-428

Somchan Vuthipadadon and Sigurdur Olafsson

Role of information in classical and Bayesian modelling pp. 429-439

Surekha Rao and Omprakash K. Gupta

Optimal JIT safety stock and buffer inventory for minimal repair and regular preventive maintenance pp. 440-451

Shibaji Panda

A model and procedure for competitive bidding under resource constraints pp. 452-480

Haitao Li and Norman Womer

Optimal control of a hybrid periodic-review production inventory system with disposal pp. 481-494

A. Foul and L. Tadj

New greedy heuristics for the Multiple-choice Multi-dimensional Knapsack Problem pp. 495-512

Chaitr S. Hiremath and Raymond R. Hill

Volume 2, issue 3, 2007

Time series analysis of process data pp. 231-253

John K. Mahaney, Jr., David Lee Baker and James H. Hamburg

Performance analysis of finite-source retrial queues operating in random environments pp. 254-268

J. Roszik, J. Sztrik and J. Virtamo

Inventory planning for a multi-echelon supply chain pp. 269-283

Srikanta Routroy and Prasad Sanisetty

A fuzzy transshipment model for allocating foreign currencies pp. 284-307

Kamal Smimou

An algorithm for solving the convex feasibility problem pp. 308-320

Abdulwahab Al-Othman and Mohammed Hajeeh

Replenishment policy for EOQ models with time-dependent quadratic demand and shortages pp. 321-337

S.K. Manna, K.S. Chaudhuri and C. Chiang

The effect on inventory of cooperation in single-vendor, single-buyer systems with quality considerations pp. 338-356

Apichai Ritvirool and William G. Ferrell Jr.

Volume 2, issue 2, 2007

Out of control (outlier) detection in business data using the ARMA (1,1) model pp. 115-134

John K. Mahaney, Richard J. Goeke and David E. Booth

The three-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimise maximum lateness with separate setup times pp. 135-155

C.T. Ng, Ali Allahverdi, Fawaz S. Al-Anzi and T.C. Edwin Cheng

A Reactive Tabu Search algorithm with variable clustering for the Unicost Set Covering Problem pp. 156-172

Gary W. Kinney, J. Wesley Barnes and Bruce W. Colletti

An inventory model for a deteriorating item with price-dependent demand and special sale pp. 173-187

T. Roy and K.S. Chaudhuri

A branch-and-price algorithm for the multi-source Weber problem pp. 188-207

Giovanni Righini and Luca Zaniboni

A tandem queueing system with task-splitting, feedback, and blocking pp. 208-230

Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi and Dimitar P. Mishev

Volume 2, issue 1, 2007

Propagated delay estimation and its use in the development of an effective aircraft ground delay strategy pp. 1-25

Sameer Balkrishna Naik and Rajan Batta

Performance measurement using data envelopment analysis and financial statement analysis pp. 26-38

Chien-Ta Bruce Ho

An optimisation model to determine batting order in baseball pp. 39-46

Paul K. Sugrue and Anuj Mehrotra

A hybrid random-key genetic algorithm for a symmetric travelling salesman problem pp. 47-63

Funda Samanlioglu, Mary Beth Kurz, William G. Ferrell and Sarat Tangudu

On a volume flexible inventory model for items with an imperfect production system pp. 64-80

Shib Sankar Sana, Suresh Kumar Goyal and Kripasindhu Chaudhuri

A batch arrival Bernoulli vacation queue with a random setup time under restricted admissibility policy pp. 81-97

Gautam Choudhury and Kailash C. Madan

Improving the efficiency of iron and steel purchasing using supply chain coordination pp. 98-114

Lixin Tang and Guoli Liu