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1978, issue 16, vol 24

Incorporating Exogenous Factors in Adaptive Forecasting of Hospital Census pp. 1677-1699

Edward P. C. Kao and Frank M. Pokladnik

Multiobjective Decision Analysis for Transmission Conductor Selection pp. 1700-1709

Dale M. Crawford, Bruce C. Huntzinger and Craig W. Kirkwood

An Algorithm for the Dynamic Lot-Size Problem with Time-Varying Production Capacity Constraints pp. 1710-1720

Kenneth R. Baker, Paul Dixon, Michael J. Magazine and Edward A. Silver

Priority Ranking and Consensus Formation pp. 1721-1732

Wade D. Cook and Lawrence Seiford

Optimal Aggregation of Multi-Item Production Smoothing Models pp. 1733-1739

G. J. Gaalman

Municipal Resource Allocation: Minimizing the Cost of Fire Protection pp. 1740-1748

Samuel M. Seward, Donald R. Plane and Thomas E. Hendrick

Note--On Optimal Resource Allocation in Community Hypertension Programs pp. 1749-1752

Roken Ahmed

Note--A New Approach to Urban Modelling pp. 1753-1758

John F. Brotchie

Note--Optimal Strategies on Fourth Down pp. 1758-1762

Virgil Carter and Robert E. Machol

Note--Single and Double Vertex Substitution in Heuristic Procedures for the p-Median Problem pp. 1763-1766

Samuel Eilon and Roberto D. Galvão

Note--Comments on "Single Cycle Continuous Review Policies for Arborescent Production/Inventory Systems" pp. 1766-1768

John A. Muckstadt and Howard M. Singer

Reply--On Stationarity and Optimality in Arborescent Production/Inventory Systems pp. 1768-1769

Stephen C. Graves and Leroy B. Schwarz

Note--Sensitivity to Distributions in Inventory Systems pp. 1769-1772

Eliezer Naddor

Communication: Reply to Fox and Schruben pp. 1772-1774

Jack Kleijnen

Note--On "Further Results on Planning Horizons in the Production Smoothing Problem" pp. 1774-1776

Robert E. Johnson and John O. McClain

Communication--Caveats Concerning Efficiency/Effectiveness Measures of Mass Transit Performance pp. 1777-1778

John M. Gleason and Darold T. Barnum

Communication--On "Dynamic Programming for a Stochastic Markovian Process with an Application to the Mean Variance Models" by J. Goldwerger pp. 1779-1779

Bruce L. Miller

About Authors pp. 1780-1781

Anonymous

1978, issue 15, vol 24

Forecasting Political Risk pp. 1557-1567

D. W. Bunn and M. M. Mustafaoglu

Models of New Product Diffusion Through Advertising and Word-of-Mouth pp. 1568-1578

Joe A. Dodson, Jr. and Eitan Muller

The Role of Team and Task Characteristics in R&D Team Collaborative Problem Solving and Productivity pp. 1579-1588

Robert C. Daley

Innovation Diffusion in a Dynamic Potential Adopter Population pp. 1589-1597

Vijay Mahajan and Robert A. Peterson

Socially and Individually Optimal Control of Arrivals to a GI/M/1 Queue pp. 1598-1610

Shaler Stidham, Jr.

A Simultaneous Equation Model of Corporate Strategy pp. 1611-1621

Dan Schendel and G. Richard Patton

On a Production Allocation and Distribution Problem pp. 1622-1630

Thomas G. Mairs, Glenn W. Wakefield, Ellis L. Johnson and Kurt Spielberg

Strategic Planning for Management Information Systems pp. 1631-1641

Phillip Ein-Dor and Eli Segev

Priority Assignment of OSHA Safety Inspectors pp. 1642-1649

Everett E. Adam, Jr.

Probability Revision Under Act-Conditional States pp. 1650-1657

Bertram Schoner and J. K. Mann

Simulation of Decentralized Planning in Two Danish Organizations Using Linear Programming Decomposition pp. 1658-1667

John Christensen and Börge Obel

On the Feasibility of Scheduling Lot Sizes for Two Products on One Machine pp. 1668-1673

R. R. Vemuganti

About Authors pp. 1674-1676

Anonymous

1978, issue 14, vol 24

A Procedure for Air Monitoring Instrumentation Location pp. 1451-1461

Thomas D. Lee, Robert J. Graves and Leon F. McGinnis

An Analytical Investigation of Kotler's Competitive Simulation Model pp. 1462-1473

Hermann Simon

The Nonstationary Infinite Horizon Inventory Problem pp. 1474-1482

Thomas E. Morton

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Dialectical Inquiry Systems pp. 1483-1490

Richard A. Cosier, Thomas L. Ruble and John C. Aplin

Composition vs. Decomposition: Two Approaches to Modeling Organizational Decision Processes pp. 1491-1499

Dennis J. Sweeney, E. P. Winkofsky, Probir Roy and Norman R. Baker

A Perspective on Modeling in Decision Analysis pp. 1500-1506

Steven N. Tani

A Trajectory Method for the Optimization of the Multi-Facility Location Problem With lp Distances pp. 1507-1514

Z. Drezner and G. O. Wesolowsky

Integer Programming Solution of a Classification Problem pp. 1515-1525

J. M. Liittschwager and C. Wang

Optimal Resource Allocation in Community Hypertension Programs pp. 1526-1537

Albert L. Nichols and Milton C. Weinstein

Note--Sufficient Conditions for Maintaining a Balanced University Budget pp. 1538-1541

Arie P. Schinnar

Note--A Goals/Values Solution to Mandatory Retirement Age for Tenured Faculty: An Application of Situational Normativism pp. 1541-1545

Melvin F. Shakun and Ephraim F. Sudit

Note--An Interpretation of Fractional Objectives in Goal Programming as Related to Papers by Awerbuch, et al., and Hannan pp. 1546-1549

A. L. Soyster and B. Lev

Note--Solving the Generalized Market Area Problem pp. 1549-1554

Michael Todd

About Authors pp. 1555-1556

Anonymous

1978, issue 13, vol 24

Consumer Preference Axioms: Behavioral Postulates for Describing and Predicting Stochastic Choice pp. 1331-1341

John R. Hauser

The Application of a Product Mix Linear Programming Model in Corporate Policy Making pp. 1342-1350

Jack Byrd, Jr. and L. Ted Moore

Standard Setting in an Agency pp. 1351-1361

Anthony A. Atkinson

Optimal Dispatching of a Finite Capacity Shuttle pp. 1362-1372

Rajat K. Deb

A By-Product Production System with an Alternative pp. 1373-1383

Bryan L. Deuermeyer and William P. Pierskalla

Order-Level Inventory Systems with Independent Stochastic Leadtimes pp. 1384-1392

David Zalkind

A Framework for the Study of Work Settings pp. 1393-1403

James S. Dyer, Robert A. Millen and John J. Morse

Market Share Models as Approximators of Aggregated Heterogeneous Brand Choice Behavior pp. 1404-1416

Moshe Givon and Dan Horsky

Analysis of the Time Indexed List Procedure for Synchronization of Discrete Event Simulations pp. 1417-1427

Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans and William L. Maxwell

Organizational Systematics: Taxonomic Lessons from Biology pp. 1428-1440

Bill McKelvey

A Direct Numerical Method for a Class of Queueing Problems pp. 1441-1447

J. Wijngaard

About Authors pp. 1449-1450

Anonymous

1978, issue 12, vol 24

Generalized Networks: A Fundamental Computer-Based Planning Tool pp. 1209-1220

F. Glover, J. Hultz, D. Klingman and J. Stutz

Nevada's Gaming Revenues: Time Characteristics and Forecasting pp. 1221-1230

Thomas F. Cargill and William Eadington

The Role of Attitude Toward Risk in Strictly Competitive Decision-Making Situations pp. 1231-1241

Jehoshua Eliashberg and Robert L. Winkler

Production Switching Heuristics for the Aggregate Planning Problem pp. 1242-1251

Joseph M. Mellichamp and Robert M. Love

Jointly Optimal Sales Commissions for Nonincome Maximizing Sales Forces pp. 1252-1258

Charles B. Weinberg

A Group Decision Process for Resource Allocation in the Health Setting pp. 1259-1267

John G. Nackel, Jay Goldman and William L. Fairman

Stochastic Dominance Without Transitive Preferences pp. 1268-1277

Peter C. Fishburn

Police Deployment--Introduction pp. 1278-1279

Richard C. Larson

A Patrol Car Allocation Model: Background pp. 1280-1290

Jan M. Chaiken and Peter Dormont

A Patrol Car Allocation Model: Capabilities and Algorithms pp. 1291-1300

Jan M. Chaiken and Peter Dormont

Police Sector Design Incorporating Preferences of Interest Groups for Equality and Efficiency pp. 1301-1313

Samuel E. Bodily

An Algorithm for Deploying a Crime Directed (Tactical) Patrol Force pp. 1314-1327

Kenneth Chelst

About Authors pp. 1328-1330

Anonymous

1978, issue 11, vol 24

Planning the Process of Improving the Planning Process: A Case Study in Meta-Planning pp. 1095-1108

James R. Emshoff

Amtrak, Auto-Train, and Vacation Travel to Florida: Little Trains that Could pp. 1109-1116

James H. Gapinski and Howard P. Tuckman

On the Hotel Overbooking Problem--An Inventory System with Stochastic Cancellations pp. 1117-1126

Varda Liberman and Uri Yechiali

Modified Policy Iteration Algorithms for Discounted Markov Decision Problems pp. 1127-1137

Martin L. Puterman and Moon Chirl Shin

A Minimax Ordering Policy for the Infinite Stage Dynamic Inventory Problem pp. 1138-1149

Ravi Jagannathan

LIFO Inventory Systems pp. 1150-1162

Morris A. Cohen and Dov Pekelman

An Efficient Integer Programming Algorithm with Network Cuts for Solving Resource-Constrained Scheduling Problems pp. 1163-1174

F. Brian Talbot and James H. Patterson

State of the Art--Networks of Queues: A Survey of Weak Convergence Results pp. 1175-1193

Austin J. Lemoine

Note--On "Production Runs for Multiple Products: The Two-Product Heuristic" pp. 1194-1198

Stephen C. Graves and Robert W. Haessler

Communication: Box-Jenkins Rules, O.K.--Provided You Know It Makes Sense pp. 1199-1199

Oliver D. Anderson

Communication: Dynamic Data System Modeling--Revisited pp. 1200-1202

H. J. Steudel and S. M. Wu

Communication: Dynamic Data System Modeling--Revisited pp. 1203-1205

Oliver D. Anderson

About Authors pp. 1206-1207

Anonymous

1978, issue 10, vol 24

Adaptive Forecasting Models Based on Predictive Distributions pp. 977-986

Robert L. Winkler, Wayne S. Smith and Ram B. Kulkarni

Optimization of the Arbitrage Process in Advance Refunding of Municipal Bonds pp. 987-1000

Yair M. Babad and Paul D. Speer, Jr.

A Model for Planning Ambulatory Health Services pp. 1001-1010

Peter Ittig

Algoristics for Single-Machine Sequencing with Precedence Constraints pp. 1011-1020

Thomas E. Morton and Bala Ganga Dharan

An Approach to Solving Multiple Criteria Macroeconomic Policy Problems and an Application pp. 1021-1030

Hannele Wallenius, Jyrki Wallenius and Pentti Vartia

A Spike Collective Dynamic Factorization Algorithm for the Simplex Method pp. 1031-1042

Richard D. McBride

Predicting Demand from Sales Data in the Presence of Stockouts pp. 1043-1054

William E. Wecker

The Value of Data for a Quadratic Decision Problem pp. 1055-1063

Thomas Richard Rice

Organizational Context and the Success of Management Information Systems pp. 1064-1077

Phillip Ein-Dor and Eli Segev

A Production-Inventory Control Model with a Mixture of Back-Orders and Lost-Sales pp. 1078-1087

B. T. Doshi, F. A. van der Duyn Schouten and Adolphus Talman

Note--On the Validity of the Analytic-Heuristic Instrument Utilized in "The Minnesota Experiments" pp. 1088-1090

Robert W. Zmud

Note--On the Validity of the Analytic-Heuristic Instrument Utilized in "The Minnesota Experiments": A Reply pp. 1091-1092

Norman L. Chervany and Gary W. Dickson

About Authors pp. 1093-1094

Anonymous

1978, issue 9, vol 24

Price Sensitive Consumer Demands in Energy Modeling--A Quadratic Programming Approach to the Analysis of Some Federal Energy Agency Policies pp. 877-886

C. Roger Glassey

The Process and Product of System Design pp. 887-898

Richard J. Boland, Jr.

(s, S) Policies Under Continuous Review and Discrete Compound Poisson Demand pp. 899-909

Blyth C. Archibald and Edward A. Silver

Note--Optimal Recruitment Advertising pp. 910-918

David Chappell and David Peel

Note--On "An Efficient Algorithm for the 0-1 Knapsack Problem, by Robert M. Nauss" pp. 918-919

D. Fayard and G. Plateau

Communication pp. 919-919

Anonymous

Strategy Formulation--Introduction to a Grouping on Strategy Formulation pp. 920-920

Henry Mintzberg and Melvin F. Shakun

Archetypes of Strategy Formulation pp. 921-933

Danny Miller and Peter H. Friesen

Patterns in Strategy Formation pp. 934-948

Henry Mintzberg

Performance and Autonomy in Organizations: Determining Dominant Environmental Components pp. 949-959

Yair Aharoni, Zvi Maimon and Eli Segev

Strategic Choice as a Negotiated Outcome pp. 960-972

Edwin A. Murray, Jr.

About Authors pp. 974-975

Anonymous

1978, issue 8, vol 24

Administrative Experimentation: A Methodology for More Rigorous "Muddling Through" pp. 789-799

Victor N. Berlin

On Equity in Providing Public Services pp. 800-808

E. S. Savas

Winning Strategies for Wagering on National Football League Games pp. 809-818

Roger C. Vergin and Michael Scriabin

Deterministic Inventory Lot Size Models--A General Root Law pp. 819-826

Lineu C. Barbosa and Moshe Friedman

Testing Bowman's Managerial Coefficient Theory Using a Competitive Gaming Environment pp. 827-835

William Edward Remus

Teaching Dynamic Feedback Systems Thinking: An Elementary View pp. 836-843

Nancy Roberts

An Appraisal of the Empirical Performance of the Linear Decision Rule for Aggregate Planning pp. 844-849

Leroy B. Schwarz and Robert E. Johnson

Unnetworks, with Applications to Idle Time Scheduling pp. 850-858

John J. Bartholdi, III and H. Donald Ratliff

Communications--A Comment on Geometric Mean Portfolios pp. 859-859

Donald C. Aucamp

Reply to Aucamp pp. 860-860

James H. Vander Weide, David W. Peterson and Steven F. Maier

Estimation and Simulation pp. 860-861

Bennett Fox

Reply to Fox pp. 862-862

Lee W. Schruben

Note--A Comment on "Optimal and System Myopic Policies for Multi-Echelon Production/Inventory Assembly Systems pp. 863-864

Andrew Z. Szendrovits

Note--On Echelon Holding Costs pp. 865-866

Leroy B. Schwarz and Linus Schrage

Note--An Efficient Goal Programming Algorithm Using Constraint Partitioning and Variable Elimination pp. 867-868

Jeffrey L. Arthur and A. Ravindran

Note--An Improved Algorithm for the Stationary Cost Dynamic Lot Size Model with Backlogging pp. 869-873

Thomas E. Morton

Notes about Authors pp. 874-875

Anonymous

1978, issue 7, vol 24

Methodology and Teleology pp. 709-711

Constantine D. Tsatsos

Sequential Investment Decisions with Bayesian Learning pp. 712-718

R. M. Cyert, M. H. DeGroot and Charles Holt

Transfer of Emergency Service Deployment Models to Operating Agencies pp. 719-731

Jan M. Chaiken

The Use of Exponentially-Smoothed Transition Matrices to Improve Forecasting of Cash Flows from Accounts Receivable pp. 732-739

A. Wayne Corcoran

Resource Management in the Petrochemical Industry pp. 740-746

Mark A. Stadtherr and Dale F. Rudd

Solving the Pipe Network Analysis Problem Using Optimization Techniques pp. 747-760

M. Collins, L. Cooper, R. Helgason, J. Kennington and L. LeBlanc

An Empirical Evaluation of a Composite Heterogeneous Model of Brand Choice and Purchase Timing Behavior pp. 761-773

Fred S. Zufryden

Designing Scientific Journals: Issues and Survey Results pp. 774-784

William R. King, Ralph H. Kilmann and Kenneth Sochats

Errata to "A Survey of Multiattribute Utility Theory and Applications" pp. 785-785

Peter H. Farquhar

Notes About Authors pp. 786-787

Anonymous

1978, issue 6, vol 24

The Economic Lot Scheduling Problem (ELSP): Review and Extensions pp. 587-598

Salah E. Elmaghraby

Interactive Preference Optimization for University Administrators pp. 599-611

Donald A. Wehrung, David S. P. Hopkins and William F. Massy

Pay Satisfaction: An Empirical Test of a Discrepancy Model pp. 612-622

H. Jack Shapiro and Mahmoud A. Wahba

Determining Reorder Points When Demand is Lumpy pp. 623-632

J. B. Ward

A Spatial Equilibrium Model for Evaluating Alternative Policies for Controlling Sediment from Agriculture pp. 633-644

James C. Wade and Earl O. Heady

Stochastic Dynamic Location Analysis pp. 645-653

Richard E. Rosenthal, John A. White and Donovan Young

ARTS PLAN: A Model Based System for Use in Planning a Performing Arts Series pp. 654-664

Charles B. Weinberg and Kenneth M. Shachmut

Optimal Repairman Allocation--Asymptotic Results pp. 665-674

Donald R. Smith

A Proxy Approach to Multi-Attribute Decision Making pp. 675-689

Kenneth R. Oppenheimer

Forecasting the Product of Two Time Series with a Linear Asymmetric Error Cost Function pp. 690-701

Steven D. Wood and Bert M. Steece

Note--Optimal Assignment of Customers in a Two Server Congestion System with No Waiting Room pp. 702-705

Wayne Winston

Notes About Authors pp. 706-707

Anonymous

1978, issue 5, vol 24

Stochastic Horizons for the Aggregate Planning Problem pp. 485-497

Paul Kleindorfer and Howard Kunreuther

A Multiple-Objective Policy Model: Results of an Application to a Developing Country pp. 498-509

Augusto A. Legasto, Jr.

Grouping Observations in Digital Simulation pp. 510-521

George S. Fishman

A Diffusion Approximation to the Multi-Server Queue pp. 522-529

Baruch Halachmi and W. R. Franta

The Single Machine Problem with Quadratic Penalty Function of Completion Times: A Branch-and-Bound Solution pp. 530-534

W. Townsend

Finding Minimal Center-Median Convex Combination (Cent-Dian) of a Graph pp. 535-544

Jonathan Halpern

Optimization of Priority Queues--A Semi-Markov Decision Chain Approach pp. 545-553

Derek Robinson

A Renewal Decision Problem pp. 554-561

C. Derman, G. J. Lieberman and S. M. Ross

Note--On "A Renewal Decision Problem" pp. 562-563

Donald R. Smith

An HMMS Type Interactive Model for Aggregate Planning pp. 564-575

Ulf Peter Welam

Note--A Note on Dynamic Programming with Unbounded Rewards pp. 576-580

J. A. E. E. van Nunen and J. Wessels

Note--More on Planning for Freedom pp. 581-584

K. Singhal and V. Vyasulu

Notes About Authors pp. 585-586

Anonymous