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1975, issue 4, vol 22

Compound-Return Mean-Variance Efficient Portfolios Never Risk Ruin pp. 391-400

Nils H. Hakansson and Bruce L. Miller

Optimal Maintenance Policy for a Fleet of Vehicles pp. 401-410

I. Brosh, E. Shlifer and Y. Zeira

A Computer Simulation Model for the Control of Rabies in an Urban Area of Colombia pp. 411-421

Ralph R. Frerichs and Juan Prawda

Regression Analysis for Multiplicative Phenomena and its Implication for the Measurement of Investment Risk pp. 422-426

Meir I. Schneller

On the Linear Complementarity Problem pp. 427-429

Arza K. Rao

Group Decision Making Using Cardinal Social Welfare Functions pp. 430-437

Ralph L. Keeney and Craig W. Kirkwood

Explicit Solutions in Convex Goal Programming pp. 438-448

A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper, D. Klingman and R. J. Niehaus

A Note on Information Value Theory for Experiments Defined Extensive Form pp. 449-454

Jean-Pierre Ponssard

Improved Linear Integer Programming Formulations of Nonlinear Integer Problems pp. 455-460

Fred Glover

Optimal Operation of Public Lotteries pp. 461-469

Arnon Perry and Richard M. Soland

Duels with Continuous Firing pp. 470-476

John Patrick Lang and George Kimeldorf

Stochastic Dominance Tests for Selecting Acceptable Debt Issuance Strategies pp. 477-486

Leroy D. Brooks

Nash Equilibria in a Sealed Bid Auction pp. 487-497

Benjamin T. Smith and James H. Case

Note--A Comment on Blau's Dilemma in "Stochastic Programming" and Bayesian Decision Analysis pp. 498-500

A. Charnes and W. W. Cooper

Note--A Note on First-Degree Stochastic Dominance and Portfolio Composition pp. 501-504

William F. Rentz and Richard B. Westin

Notes About Authors pp. 505-507

Anonymous

1975, issue 3, vol 22

Discrete Optimal Control of Production Plans pp. 261-273

P. R. Kleindorfer, C. H. Kriebel, G. L. Thompson and G. B. Kleindorfer

Capacity Planning for Large Multilocation Systems: Approximate and Incomplete Dynamic Programming Approaches pp. 274-285

Donald Erlenkotter

The Design of Management Information Systems an Information Analysis Approach pp. 286-297

William R. King and David I. Cleland

Manufacturing Cycle Time Determination for a Multi-Stage Economic Production Quantity Model pp. 298-308

Andrew Z. Szendrovits

Sales Territory Design: An Integrated Approach pp. 309-320

Roy J. Shanker, Ronald E. Turner and Andris A. Zoltners

Effective Comparison of Unconstrained Optimization Techniques pp. 321-330

D. F. Shanno and K. H. Phua

Capacity Expansion with Two Producing Regions and Concave Costs pp. 331-339

C. O. Fong and M. R. Rao

Exceptional Paper--Probability Encoding in Decision Analysis pp. 340-358

Carl S. Spetzler and Carl-Axel S. Staël Von Holstein

Information and Decision Systems for Production Planning pp. 359-370

Herbert Moskowitz and Jeffrey G. Miller

A Markovian Analysis of a Single Conveyor System pp. 371-375

G. Gregory and C. D. Litton

Comparative Evaluation of Two Sets of Social Indicators pp. 376-383

Emil E. Malizia

An Alternate Approach to Indicator Development pp. 384-385

Michael J. Flax

Note--Note on "Determination of Optimum Packaging Frequency of Items Jointly Replenished" pp. 386-386

S. K. Goyal

Notes About Authors pp. 387-389

Anonymous

1975, issue 2, vol 22

Outdoor Recreation Areas: Capacity and the Formulation of Use Policy pp. 139-147

Alton J. Penz

On the Optimality of Structured Policies in Countable Stage Decision Processes pp. 148-157

Evan L. Porteus

A Dynamic Programming Solution to Cost-Time Tradeoff for CPM pp. 158-166

Don R. Robinson

Queueing Models of Community Correctional Centers in the District of Columbia pp. 167-171

Carl M. Harris and T. R. Thiagarajan

Comparison of Computer Algorithms and Visual Based Methods for Plant Layout pp. 172-181

Michael Scriabin and Roger C. Vergin

Group Decisions in the Face of Differences of Opinion pp. 182-191

Michael Bacharach

Critical Ratio Scheduling: An Experimental Analysis pp. 192-201

William L. Berry and Vittal Rao

Utilization of Idle Time in an M/G/1 Queueing System pp. 202-211

Yonatan Levy and Uri Yechiali

An Integrated Model for Accounts Receivable Management pp. 212-219

Zvi Lieber and Yair E. Orgler

Optimal Portfolio Decision Making Where the Horizon is Infinite pp. 220-225

Bruce L. Miller

Policy Making Under Discontinuous Change: The Situational Normativism Approach pp. 226-235

Melvin F. Shakun

Working Papers pp. 236-258

Anonymous

Notes About Authors pp. 259-260

Anonymous

1975, issue 1, vol 22

The Value of Sequential Information pp. 1-11

Allen C. Miller

Multivariate Risk Aversion, Utility Independence and Separable Utility Functions pp. 12-21

Scott F. Richard

Perception of Problem Constraints pp. 22-29

Ronald N. Taylor

Efficient Estimators for Simulated Queueing Systems pp. 30-41

Averill M. Law

An Efficient One Dimensional Search Procedure pp. 42-50

R. L. Fox, L. S. Lasdon, Arie Tamir and Margery Ratner

Solutions of Constrained Location Problems pp. 51-56

Arthur P. Hurter, Jr., Margaret K. Schaefer and Richard E. Wendell

The Multiperiod Location-Allocation Problem with Relocation of Facilities pp. 57-65

George O. Wesolowsky and William G. Truscott

Evaluation of University Professors' Research Performance pp. 66-75

Lawrence R. Jauch and William F. Glueck

Global Minimization in Nonconvex All-Quadratic Programming pp. 76-86

Gary R. Reeves

A Primal-Dual Traffic Assignment Algorithm pp. 87-95

E. R. Petersen

Nash Equilibrium Strategies for the Problem of Armament Race and Control pp. 96-105

M. Simaan and J. B. Cruz, Jr.

Characterising the Finite Capacity GI/M/1 Queue with Renewal Output pp. 106-110

G. M. Laslett

Note--A Note on Modeling the Relationship of Diminishing Returns to Media Overlap for the Media Planning Problem pp. 111-115

Leonard M. Lodish

Examining the Pattern of Response Behavior in a Media Model pp. 116-124

Fred S. Zufryden

1975, issue 12, vol 21

Mathematical Models for Optimal Timing of Drilling on Multilayer Oil and Gas Fields pp. 1361-1369

Djangir A. Babayev

Economic Optimization of Offshore Petroleum Development pp. 1370-1379

Les Frair and Mike Devine

The Costs of Industrial Product Innovations pp. 1380-1386

Edwin Mansfield and John Rapoport

Comparative Evaluation of Some Interactive Approaches to Multicriterion Optimization pp. 1387-1396

Jyrki Wallenius

On Optimal Pollution Control Policies pp. 1397-1404

Vijay S. Bawa

Analyzing Multi-Commodity Distribution Networks Having Milling-in-Transit Features pp. 1405-1416

Robert E. Markland

A Simplified Algorithm for Obtaining Approximate Solutions to Zero-One Programming Problems pp. 1417-1427

Yoshiaki Toyoda

Investment Analysis Using the Probability Distribution of the Internal Rate of Return pp. 1428-1437

William Fairley and Henry D. Jacoby

Stochastic Dominance Tests for Decreasing Absolute Risk Aversion. I. Discrete Random Variables pp. 1438-1446

R. G. Vickson

A Model for Manpower Management pp. 1447-1457

Gary L. Lilien and Ambar G. Rao

Planning for Computer Networks: The Trade Analogy pp. 1458-1465

Sanford Berg

Note--A Note on Cord's Method of Allocating Funds to Investment Projects pp. 1466-1470

D. Galai

A Note on "The Equivalence of Integer Programs to Constrained Recursive Systems" pp. 1471-1476

Charles H. Kafpauf

Estimating the Mean and Variance of Subjective Distributions in PERT and Decision Analysis pp. 1477-1480

C. Perry and I. D. Greig

1975, issue 11, vol 21

Simulating Stable Stochastic Systems, IV: Approximation Techniques pp. 1215-1224

Michael A. Crane and Donald L. Iglehart

On Dynamic Programming with Unbounded Rewards pp. 1225-1233

Steven A. Lippman

Optimal and Heuristic Decisions in Single-and Multi-Item Inventory Systems pp. 1234-1249

Eliezer Naddor

Optimal Multi-Product Production Scheduling and Employment Smoothing with Deterministic Demands pp. 1250-1262

John S. C. Yuan, Jeffrey H. Horen and Harvey M. Wagner

Optimal Portfolio Revision with a Proportional Transaction Cost pp. 1263-1271

Jules H. Kamin

Economic Design of Fraction Defective Control Charts pp. 1272-1284

Douglas C. Montgomery, Russell G. Heikes and Joseph F. Mance

Optimal and System Myopic Policies for Multi-Echelon Production/Inventory Assembly Systems pp. 1285-1294

Leroy B. Schwarz and Linus Schrage

The Solution of Leontief Substitution Systems using Matrix Iterative Techniques pp. 1295-1302

Gary J. Koehler, Andrew B. Whinston and Gordon P. Wright

Optimality of Myopic Inventory Policies for Certain Dependent Demand Processes pp. 1303-1307

G. D. Johnson and H. E. Thompson

Bounds for Preference Function Assessment pp. 1308-1319

Stephen P. Bradley and Sherwood C. Frey, Jr.

On the Evaluation of a Class of Inventory Policies for Perishable Products Such as Blood pp. 1320-1325

Eric Brodheim, Cyrus Derman and Gregory Prastacos

A Note on Optimal Service Selection in a Single Server Queue pp. 1326-1331

R. Schassberger

Note--Planning and Forecast Horizons for the Bond Refunding Problem pp. 1332-1337

Yoram Friedman and Zvi Lieber

A Note on the Ratio of Two Normally Distributed Variables pp. 1338-1341

Jack Hayya, Donald Armstrong and Nicolas Gressis

On a Conjecture of Iglehart pp. 1342-1345

Arie Hordijk and Henk Tijms

An Informal Look at the Principle of Optimality pp. 1346-1348

Evan Porteus

Notes About Authors pp. 1352-1354

Anonymous

1975, issue 10, vol 21

An Aircraft Collision Model pp. 1089-1101

Robert E. Machol

A Model of a Distribution Network Aggregate Performance pp. 1102-1112

Philippe A. Naert and Alain V. Bultez

Dynamic Price Models for New-Product Planning pp. 1113-1122

Bruce Robinson and Chet Lakhani

The Importance of "Weltanschauung" in Operations Research: The Case of the School Busing Problem pp. 1123-1132

David H. Stimson and Ronald P. Thompson

Implementation of Analytical Planning Systems pp. 1133-1143

Michael Moses

Optimization of Pentathlon Training Plans pp. 1144-1155

Shaul P. Ladany

Solution of the Multi-Asset Finite Horizon Investment Renewal Problem pp. 1156-1163

Robert R. Trippi and Basheer M. Khumawala

Recent Advances in R&D Benefit Measurement and Project Selection Methods pp. 1164-1175

Norman Baker and James Freeland

Antithetic Variates, Common Random Numbers and Optimal Computer Time Allocation in Simulation pp. 1176-1185

Jack Kleijnen

Multi-Item Lot Size Scheduling by Heuristic Part I: With Fixed Resources pp. 1186-1193

E. F. Peter Newson

Multi-Item Lot Size Scheduling by Heuristic Part II: With Variable Resources pp. 1194-1203

E. F. Peter Newson

Comment on "Solving the `Marketing Mix' Problem using Geometric Programming" pp. 1204-1205

V. Balachandran

Note--A Dominance Relation in Dynamic Lot Sizing pp. 1206-1209

Robert F. Williams

Notes About Authors pp. 1213-1214

Anonymous

1975, issue 9, vol 21

Ordinal Dynamic Programming pp. 967-975

Matthew J. Sobel

Optimal Control of Sales Force Effort in Time pp. 976-985

Charles S. Tapiero and John U. Farley

The Warehouse Location Formulation as a Special Type of Inspection Problem pp. 986-988

R. R. Trippi

Sequencing Two-Machine Flow-Shops with Finite Intermediate Storage pp. 989-996

Sujit K. Dutta and Andrew A. Cunningham

Optimal Allocation of Resources in a Pari-Mutuel Setting pp. 997-1006

Bernard Rosner

A Deterministic Multi-Period Production Planning Model with Piecewise Concave Production and Holding-Backorder Costs pp. 1007-1013

Cary Swoveland

A Node Method for Multiparametric Linear Programming pp. 1014-1020

C. Van De Panne

Multi-Item Production Smoothing Models with Almost Closed Form Solutions pp. 1021-1028

Ulf Peter Welam

Hierarchical Decomposition in Linear Economic Models pp. 1029-1039

Finn Kydland

A Graph Theoretic Formula for the Steady State Distribution of Finite Markov Processes pp. 1040-1048

James J. Solberg

Relevant Policies for Markovian Queueing Systems with Many Types of Service pp. 1049-1054

Avraham Beja and Ariela Teller

A Multiproduct Inventory System with Interactive Set-Up Costs pp. 1055-1063

Fred Andres and Hamilton Emmons

Sequencing for Assembly Lines with Integer Task Times pp. 1064-1070

William V. Gehrlein and James H. Patterson

Note--Optimal Heuristic Decisions for the s, S Inventory Policy pp. 1071-1076

Eliezer Naddor

Comment on "Representational Systems Theory" by Betz and Mitroff pp. 1077-1078

Marvin Berhold

Betz and Mitroff Respond to Berhold pp. 1078-1079

Ian I. Mitroff and Frederick Betz

Notes About Authors pp. 1085-1086

Anonymous

1975, issue 8, vol 21

The Stochastic Cash Balance Problem with Average Compensating-Balance Requirements pp. 849-857

Warren H. Hausman and Antonio Sanchez-Bell

Perceptor: A Model for Product Positioning pp. 858-871

Glen L. Urban

Effective Performance Behaviors in a Simulated Policy and Decision Making Environment pp. 872-882

Joseph Wolfe

Feasibility of Rent and Tax Incentives for Renovation in Older Residential Neighborhoods pp. 883-896

Clarence F. Curry and Dennis H. Gensch

Stochastic Models of a Price Promotion pp. 897-907

Yoram Kinberg and Ambar G. Rao

Performance and the Use of an Information System pp. 908-919

Henry C. Lucas, Jr.

Television and Efficiency in Higher Education pp. 920-930

Dean T. Jamison and Keith G. Lumsden

Resource Planning for Randomly Arriving Stochastic Jobs pp. 931-936

Norman R. Lyons

An Optimal Commission Plan for Salesmen's Control Over Price pp. 937-943

Charles B. Weinberg

A Comparison of Heuristic and Optimum Solutions in Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling pp. 944-955

Edward W. Davis and James H. Patterson

The Science-Technology-Utilization Relationship in Management pp. 956-963

William H. Gruber and John S. Niles

Notes About Authors pp. 965-966

Anonymous

1975, issue 7, vol 21

Exceptional Paper--Markov Renewal Theory: A Survey pp. 727-752

Erhan Çinlar

Retaining Productive Units: A Dynamic Programming Model with a Steady State Solution pp. 753-764

James Flynn

Supply and Redistribution Rules for Two-Location Inventory Systems: One-Period Analysis pp. 765-776

Chandrasekhar Das

Waiting Time Distribution in a Poisson Queue with a General Bulk Service Rule pp. 777-782

J. Medhi

Production, Inventory and Capacity Expansion Scheduling with Integer Variables pp. 783-793

R. H. Barchi, F. T. Sparrow and R. R. Vemuganti

Zero-Sum Games with "Almost" Perfect Information pp. 794-805

Jean-Pierre Ponssard

A Semi-Infinite Game pp. 806-812

A. L. Soyster

A Network Approach to a Multi-Facility, Multi-Product Production Scheduling Problem Without Backordering pp. 813-822

Robert C. Dorsey, Thom J. Hodgson and H. Donald Ratliff

Optimal Theoretic Advertising Stock Models: A Generalization Incorporating the Effects of Delayed Response from Promotional Expenditure pp. 823-832

Don H. Mann

Search and Simulation Selection of a Job-Shop Sequencing Rule pp. 833-843

James C. Hershauer and Ronald J. Ebert

Communication to the Editor--A Note on the E-Model of Chance-Constrained Programming with Random b-Vector pp. 844-845

Willy Gochet

Notes About Authors pp. 846-847

Anonymous

1975, issue 6, vol 21

Virtual Measures: A Variance Reduction Technique for Simulation pp. 607-616

Grace Carter and Edward J. Ignall

Conditions of Equivalence Among E-V, SSD, and E-H Portfolio Selection Criteria: The Case for Uniform, Normal and Lognormal Distributions pp. 617-625

George C. Philippatos and Nicolas Gressis

Predicting Changes in Nasa Satellite Contracts pp. 626-637

William J. Stevenson and P. Bruce Berra

An Optimal Inventory Model for the Intermediate Echelon When Repair is Possible pp. 638-648

Sheldon E. Haber and Rosedith Sitgreaves

An Alternative to Monte Carlo Sampling in Stochastic Models pp. 649-657

E. P. King, C. B. Sampson and L. L. Simms

A Geometric Programming Model for Optimal Allocation of Stream Dissolved Oxygen pp. 658-668

J. G. Ecker

Achieving Organizational Consensus with Respect to R&D Project Selection Criteria pp. 669-681

William E. Souder

A Bayesian Technique to Discriminate between Stochastic Models of Brand Choice pp. 682-696

Robert C. Blattberg and Subrata K. Sen

Diffuse Decision-Making in Hierarchical Organizations: An Empirical Examination pp. 697-707

C. Shumway, P. M. Maher, M. R. Baker, W. E. Souder, A. H. Rubenstein and A. Gallant

Statistical Evaluation of Complex Gaming Performance pp. 708-717

Herbert H. Hand and Henry P. Sims, Jr.

Note--A Note on "A Simple CPM Time-Cost Tradeoff Algorithm" pp. 718-722

S. K. Goyal

Notes About Authors pp. 723-724

Anonymous

1975, issue 5, vol 21

Optimal Funding Paths for a Class of Risky R&D Projects pp. 491-500

Carole Aldrich and Thomas E. Morton

The Steady-State Queueing Time Distribution for the M/G/1 Finite Capacity Queue pp. 501-506

Stephen S. Lavenberg

Effects of Shop Size and Labor Flexibility in Labor and Machine Limited Production Systems pp. 507-515

John S. Fryer

An Optimization Algorithm for a Linear Model of a Simulation System pp. 516-530

Basil A. Kalymon

Finding the n Most Vital Links in Flow Networks pp. 531-539

H. Donald Ratliff, G. Thomas Sicilia and S. H. Lubore

Minimizing the Time-in-System Variance for a Finite Jobset pp. 540-543

Linus Schrage

Flowshop Sequencing Problem with Ordered Processing Time Matrices pp. 544-549

M. L. Smith, S. S. Panwalkar and R. A. Dudek

On the Optimality of Myopic Policies in Sequential Decision Problems pp. 550-556

Yvo M. I. Dirickx and L. Peter Jennergren

Discriminant Functions and Majority Voting pp. 557-566

J. M. Blin and Andrew B. Whinston

Rim Multiparametric Linear Programming pp. 567-575

Tomas Gal

Production Smoothing with Fluctuating Price pp. 576-590

Dov Pekelman

Note--A Computational Survey of Methods for the Set Covering Problem pp. 591-599

Nicos Christofides and S. Korman

Note on Finite Convergence of Exterior Penalty Functions pp. 600-606

Klaus Truemper

Rejoinder to Hsia's "On Rutenberg's Decomposition Method" pp. 607-607

David P. Rutenberg

Working Papers pp. 608-610

Anonymous

On the Maximization of the Geometric Mean with Lognormal Return Distribution: Erratum pp. 610-610

Edwin J. Elton and Martin J. Gruber

Notes About Authors pp. 611-612

Anonymous