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1973, issue 4-Part-II, vol 20

Commentary on the Canadian Issue of Management Science pp. 545-545

Martin K. Starr

Preface to Management Science in Canada pp. 546-549

Rein Peterson, David W. Conrath and C. T. L. Janssen

On Bridging the Gaps pp. 550-569

D. J. Daly and Rein Peterson

Comment: Corporate Planning that Works pp. 570-571

Donald B. McCaskill

Comment: Computer-Based Decision Systems and Canadian Management pp. 572-574

Andrew A. Grindlay and Gordon Cummer

Computer Based Decision Systems in Xerox Corporate Planning pp. 575-585

Ronald A. Seaberg and Charlotte Seaberg

Communications Environment and its Relationship to Organizational Structure pp. 586-603

David W. Conrath

Estimation of Rural Demand for Natural Gas pp. 604-616

Seha Tinic, B. M. Harnden and C. T. L. Janssen

Forest Fire Detection Systems Design pp. 617-628

Boyd M. Harnden, P. Michael Maher and Gregory A. Martin

Simulation, Synthesis and Urban Public Decision-Making pp. 629-644

Michael A. Goldberg

Financing Public Hospitals in Ontario: A Case Study in Rationing of Capital Budgets pp. 645-655

H. W. Jackman

A Dynamic Programming Model for the Expansion of Electric Power Systems pp. 656-664

E. R. Petersen

The Pit Charging Problem in Steel Production pp. 665-674

J. A. Buzacott and J. R. Callahan

A Planning Model for a Water Quality Management Agency pp. 675-685

Anthony C. Taylor

Ambulance Location: A Probabilistic Enumeration Approach pp. 686-698

C. Swoveland, D. Uyeno, I. Vertinsky and R. Vickson

A Simulation Model for the Evaluation of Fishing Trawler Designs pp. 699-707

T. B. Nickerson, T. G. O'Flaherty and D. W. Rice

Sure Staf: A Computerized Staff Scheduling System for Telephone Business Offices pp. 708-720

J. G. Church

Notes About Authors pp. 721-724

Anonymous

1973, issue 4-Part-I, vol 20

Management Science in the Developing Countries: A Comparative Approach to Irrigation Feasibility pp. 423-438

J. Rose

A Holistic View of Problem Solving pp. 439-448

Edwin M. Bartee

The Use of Tax Incentives for Employment of Underutilized Resources pp. 449-459

L. Southwick, Jr. and S. Zionts

Reduction Algorithm for Zero-One Single Knapsack Problems pp. 460-463

Giorgio P. Ingargiola and James F. Korsh

Inventory Policy and Trade Credit Financing pp. 464-471

Charles W. Haley and Robert C. Higgins

A Model for a Multi-Item, Multi-Echelon, Multi-Indenture Inventory System pp. 472-481

John A. Muckstadt

A Critique of "The Distribution System Simulator" by M. M. Connors, et al pp. 482-486

Sumer Aggarwal

Determining the Optimal Investment Policy for the Tourism Sector of a Developing Country pp. 487-497

Charles E. Gearing, William W. Swart and Turgut Var

Educational Innovation; The Impact of Organizational and Community Variables on Performance Contract pp. 498-506

James A. Belasco

Utility Functions for Test Performance pp. 507-519

James S. Dyer, William Farrell and Paul Bradley

Analysis of the Allocation of Resources in Family Planning Programs pp. 520-531

Charles E. Lawrence, Axel I. Mundigo and Charles S. Revelle

Note--A Model for Minimizing the Cost of Drilling Dual Completion Oil Wells pp. 532-535

Michael D. Devine

A Note on Offshore Oil Field Development Problems and Suggested Solutions pp. 536-539

Gary L. Lilien

Letter to the Editor--On Lawler's K Best Solutions to Discrete Optimization Problems, 2 pp. 540-541

James Marshall

On Lawler's K Best Solutions to Discrete Optimization Problems, 2: Additional Comments pp. 541-541

Eugene L. Lawler

Notes about Authors pp. 542-544

Anonymous

1973, issue 3, vol 20

A Long-Range Selection and Timing Analysis System for Facility Location: Implementation pp. 261-273

Carl F. Meyer

A Bayesian Sequential Multi-Decision Problem pp. 274-281

N. H. Noe and S. Ehrenfeld

Nested Decomposition and Multi-Stage Linear Programs pp. 282-292

C. Roger Glassey

An Economic Evaluation of Job Shop Dispatching Rules pp. 293-307

C. H. Jones

The Estimation of Nonstationary Transition Probabilities pp. 308-312

Warren Dent

Bounded Production and Inventory Models with Piecewise Concave Costs pp. 313-318

Stephen F. Love

An Extension to Modigliani and Hohn's Planning Horizons Results pp. 319-330

Zvi Lieber

Assignment Problem Based on Ordinal Preferences pp. 331-340

Peter Gardenfors

Computer Simulation for Mixed-Model Production Lines pp. 341-348

J. L. C. Macaskill

Optimization of Deterministic, Multiproduct Inventory Model with Joint Replenishment pp. 349-362

Luigi Mariani and Bernardo Nicoletti

Statistical Analysis for Queueing Simulations pp. 363-369

George S. Fishman

A Simple Expression for the Shapley Value in a Special Case pp. 370-372

Stephen Littlechild and G. Owen

Regularity Conditions for a Class of Convex Programs pp. 373-377

Stanley J. Garstka

Imperfect Inspection in a Multistage Production Process pp. 378-384

E. Gerald Hurst, Jr.

Sequential Policies for Bank Money Management pp. 385-395

Gordon Pye

Profit Analyses and Sequential Bid Pricing Models pp. 396-417

K. O. Kortanek, J. V. Sodeni and D. Sodaro

Note--On the Weber Problem with Rectangular Distance: A Comment pp. 418-419

J. M. Huriot and J. Perreur

Notes About Authors pp. 420-422

Anonymous

1973, issue 2, vol 20

The Political Properties of Crystalline H 2 O: Planning for Snow Emergencies in New York pp. 137-145

E. S. Savas

Airline Seat Share: A Study in False Optimization pp. 146-153

Seymour D. Barcun and Peter Jeming

Alternate Formulations for Static Multi-Attribute Assignment Models pp. 154-158

V. Srinivasan and G. L. Thompson

The Application of an Implicit Enumeration Algorithm to the School Desegregation Problem pp. 159-168

Robin Segerblom Liggett

Nonlinear Effluent Charges pp. 169-178

Terry A. Ferrar

An Optimum Budget Allocation Model for Dynamic, Interacting Market Segments pp. 179-190

Dennis H. Gensch and Ulf Peter Welam

Mail-Order Demands for Style Goods: Theory and Data Analysis pp. 191-202

Warren H. Hausman and Richard St.G. Sides

Allocation Processes with Variable Channel Queues pp. 203-213

Marvin Hersh

Stag Monotone Experimental Design Algorithm (SMEDAL) pp. 214-220

Alexander Morgan

A New Algorithm for Locating Sources Among Destinations pp. 221-231

A. M. El-Shaieb

Determination of Economic Packaging Frequency for Items Jointly Replenished pp. 232-235

S. K. Goyal

On a Class of Stochastic Optimization Problems with a Specified Growth Pattern pp. 236-239

Masao Nakamura

Antecedents and Consequences of Research Planning in a University Setting pp. 240-252

William F. Glueck and Ingrid Deich

Letters to the Editor pp. 253-256

Anonymous

Notes About Authors pp. 257-259

Anonymous

1973, issue 1, vol 20

Markovian Decision Processes with Probabilistic Observation of States pp. 1-13

J. K. Satia and R. E. Lave

Dynamic Lot Size Models for Multi-Stage Assembly Systems pp. 14-21

Wallace B. Crowston and Michael H. Wagner

Empirical Comparison of Models for Short Range Forecasting pp. 22-31

Gene K. Groff

Deterministic Discrete Dynamic Programming with Discount Factor Greater than One: Structure of Optimal Policies pp. 32-43

Yvo M. I. Dirickx

Another Look at the PERT Assumptions pp. 44-49

T. C. T. Kotiah and N. D. Wallace

An Iterative Procedure for the Single-Machine Multi-Product Lot Scheduling Problem pp. 50-55

C. Loren Doll and D. Clay Whybark

Capacity Expansion and Specialization pp. 56-64

A. J. Kalotay

Alternative Formulation of the Job Shop Problem with Due Dates pp. 65-75

Charles A. Holloway and Rosser T. Nelson

Structural Control in a Graded Manpower System pp. 76-84

G. S. Davies

An Imbedding Approach to Additive Value Zero-One Problems pp. 85-100

D. J. White

N-Job, One Machine Sequencing Problems Under Uncertainty pp. 101-109

Roger A. Blau

Planning Horizons for Production Smoothing with Deterministic Demands pp. 110-125

Howard C. Kunreuther and Thomas E. Morton

On Characterizing the Extrema of a Function of Two Variables, One of Which is Discrete pp. 126-129

Hillel Kumin

Note--A Note on Least Squares Fitting of Functions Constrained to be Either Nonnegative, Nondecreasing or Convex pp. 130-132

Warren Dent

Notes About Authors pp. 133-135

Anonymous

1973, issue 12, vol 19

Physician Supply and Surgical Demand Forecasting: A Regional Manpower Study pp. 1345-1354

A. Reisman, B. V. Dean, A. O. Esogbue, V. Aggarwal, V. Kaujalgi, P. Lewy and J. S. Gravenstein

Forecasting and Systems Approach: A Frame of Reference pp. 1355-1367

Erich Jantsch

Square Root Laws for Fire Engine Response Distances pp. 1368-1378

Peter Kolesar and Edward H. Blum

A Time-Sharing Computer Program for the Solution of the Multiple Criteria Problem pp. 1379-1383

James S. Dyer

Utility and Perceived Acceptability of R&D Project Selection Models pp. 1384-1394

William E. Souder

Media Scheduling: A Stochastic Dynamic Model Approach pp. 1395-1406

Fred S. Zufryden

A Model for Cash Balance Management pp. 1407-1413

Daniel P. Heyman

Distributional Constraints in Public Expenditure Planning pp. 1414-1422

Martin Feldstein and Harold Luft

An Experimental Analysis of Network Planning pp. 1423-1432

William R. King and Paul A. Lukas

Scientific Manpower Allocation to New Drug Screening Programs pp. 1433-1443

E. B. Pyle, III, B. Douglas, G. W. Ebright, W. J. Westlake and A. D. Bender

Determination of Excess Stock Quantities pp. 1444-1451

Anthony Hart

A Simple Style Goods Inventory Model pp. 1452-1458

Philip H. Hartung

A Note on the Possibility of Decentralization in a Model of Allocation of Resources pp. 1459-1462

Pradip Maiti and Ramprasad Sengupta

1973, issue 11, vol 19

Evaluating Market Segmentation Studies: The Properties of R 2 pp. 1213-1221

Donald G. Morrison

A Characterization of M/G/1 Queues with Renewal Departure Processes pp. 1222-1228

Ralph L. Disney, Robert L. Farrell and Paulo Renato De Morais

Quadratic Inventory Cost Approximations and the Aggregation of Individual Products pp. 1229-1240

L. J. Krajewski, V. A. Mabert and H. E. Thompson

Dynamic Facility Location pp. 1241-1248

George O. Wesolowsky

Optimal Control of Time-Varying Queuing Systems pp. 1249-1256

F. T. Man

Necessary Conditions for Optimality for Paths Lying on a Corner pp. 1257-1270

Jason L. Speyer

Economically Optimum Design of Cusum Charts pp. 1271-1282

Amrit L. Goel and S. M. Wu

Scheduling to Minimize the Number of Late Jobs When Set-Up and Processing Times are Uncertain pp. 1283-1288

Stephen J. Balut

An Optimal Stopping Problem of a Growing Inventory pp. 1289-1291

Eithan Hochman

Optimal Issuing Policies pp. 1292-1294

Mark Brown and Sheldon M. Ross

A Class of Deterministic Production Planning Problems pp. 1295-1300

R. Jagannathan and M. R. Rao

On a Discounted Replacement Problem with Arbitrary Repair Time Distribution pp. 1301-1309

B. D. Sivazlian

Column Dropping Procedures for the Generalized Programming Algorithm pp. 1310-1321

Frederic H. Murphy

Lot Size Scheduling on a Single Machine for Stochastic Demand pp. 1322-1325

S. K. Goyal

On Chance Constrained Programming Problems with Joint Constraints pp. 1326-1331

Vijay S. Bawa

Note--A Note on "The Influence of Setup Time on Job Shop Performance" by Wilbrecht and Prescott pp. 1332-1333

Sumer C. Aggarwal

Communication to the Editor--Inches and Dollars pp. 1334-1334

Robert E. Machol

Working Papers Received pp. 1334-1334

Anonymous

Erratum--A Note on Sharpe's Algorithm for Minimizing the Sum of Absolute Deviations in a Simple Regression Problem pp. 1334-1334

M. K. Rao and V. Srinivasan

Notes About Authors pp. 1335-1338

Anonymous

1973, issue 10, vol 19

Preface to Management Science, Ecology and the Quality of Life pp. 1105-1109

A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper and G. Kozmetsky

Technology and Environment pp. 1110-1121

Herbert Simon

Management Science, Economics and Environmental Science pp. 1122-1137

Allen V. Kneese

Organization for Environmental Management--National and Transnational pp. 1138-1150

Neil H. Jacoby

The ORSA New Orleans Address on Compact City pp. 1151-1161

George B. Dantzig

Management Science, Ecology, and the Quality of Life: The Law and the Legal Process pp. 1162-1171

Michael A. Duggan

Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Quality of Life pp. 1172-1188

A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper and G. Kozmetsky

A Model to Study Revenue Sharing and Account for Regionalized Economic Activity and Social Goals pp. 1189-1208

A. Charnes, C. Colantoni, W. W. Cooper and K. O. Kortanek

Notes About Authors pp. 1209-1211

Anonymous

1973, issue 9, vol 19

Parameters of Discrete Time Models of Detection of Change pp. 973-984

Amnon Rapoport and Graham J. Burkheimer

Queuing Processes at Competing Service Facilities pp. 985-1000

Matthew J. Sobel

Operating Policies in Multiechelon Dual-Constraint Job Shops pp. 1001-1012

John S. Fryer

Control Policies for a Single Server System pp. 1013-1018

K. R. Balachandran

Tests for Suboptimal Actions in Discounted Markov Programming pp. 1019-1022

N. A. J. Hastings and J. M. C. Mello

Investment in Series and Parallel Systems to Maximize Expected Life pp. 1023-1028

S. E. Jacobsen and S. Arunkumar

Majority Rule Under Transitivity Constraints pp. 1029-1041

V. J. Bowman and C. S. Colantoni

An Efficient Minimal Cost Flow Algorithm pp. 1042-1051

G. E. Bennington

Simplification Activities in a Network Scheduling Context pp. 1052-1062

William J. Abernathy and Joel S. Demski

Job Shop Sequencing Problem on Two Machines with Time Lag Constraints pp. 1063-1066

S. S. Panwalkar

A Variational Study of Optimal Resource Profiles pp. 1067-1081

G. Cullingford and J. D. C. A. Prideaux

State Substitution and the Estimation of Transition Probabilities pp. 1082-1086

Warren T. Dent

Minimal Cost Cut Equivalent Networks pp. 1087-1092

Jean-Claude Picard and H. Donald Ratliff

Note--Economic Ordering Frequency for Several Items Jointly Replenished pp. 1093-1096

Dominique J. Nocturne

Note--A Note on the Deterministic Capacity Problem pp. 1096-1099

Richard J. Giglio

Notes About Authors pp. 1100-1103

Anonymous

1973, issue 8, vol 19

Decentralization by Function and Location pp. 841-856

Manfred Kochen and Karl W. Deutsch

Linear Programming and Financial Analysis of the New Community Development Process pp. 857-872

Richard L. Heroux and William A. Wallace

From Statistical Decision Theory to Practice: Some Problems with the Transition pp. 873-883

David W. Conrath

Cognitive Style and the Acceptance of Management Science Recommendations pp. 884-894

Robert H. Doktor and William F. Hamilton

A Survey of Management Science in University Operations pp. 895-906

Roger G. Schroeder

Analytical Effectiveness of Mathematical Models for R&D Project Selection pp. 907-923

William E. Souder

Multistage Production for Stochastic Seasonal Demand pp. 924-935

Wallace B. Crowston, Warren H. Hausman and William R. Kampe, II

A Class of Solutions for Group Decision Problems pp. 936-946

P. L. Yu

Representation and Analysis of Multi-Stage Problems in R & D pp. 947-960

A. G. Lockett and A. E. Gear

A Mathematical Programming Model for Test Construction and Scoring pp. 961-966

Martin Feuerman and Harvey Weiss

Précis--The Quantitative Approach to Marketing--A Selected Bibliography (1966-1971) pp. 967-967

R. W. Fisher and M. Hirst

Précis--A Statistical Model for Efficiency Comparisons in a Multiple Unit Industrial Operation pp. 967-968

W. H. Williams and Hao Chen

Notes About Authors pp. 969-971

Anonymous

1973, issue 7, vol 19

Semi-Markov Decision Processes with Unbounded Rewards pp. 717-731

Steven A. Lippman

Joint Pricing and Inventory Decisions for Constant Priced Items pp. 732-738

Howard Kunreuther and Linus Schrage

An Example of Loosely Coupled Stages in Dynamic Programming pp. 739-746

D. J. White

Stochastic Programs with Recourse: Random Recourse Costs Only pp. 747-762

Stanley J. Garstka

Optimal Use of Control Charts for Controlling Current Production pp. 763-772

Shaul P. Ladany

Bounds on the Wait in a GI/M/k Queue pp. 773-777

Shelby L. Brumelle

The Joint Stationary Multivariate Queue Length Distribution in a Single Server Queueing System with N Queues, Arbitrary Priorities, and a General Probabilistic Inter-Queue Transition Matrix pp. 778-782

T. K. Wignall and E. G. Enns

Duality Theory for Infinite Horizon Convex Models pp. 783-789

Martin Weitzman

Computational Experience with an M-Salesman Traveling Salesman Algorithm pp. 790-799

Joseph A. Svestka and Vaughn E. Huckfeldt

An Analysis of a Multi-Line Re-Order System Using a Can-Order Policy pp. 800-808

Michael J. Maher, John C. Gittins and Roger W. Morgan

The Equivalence of Integer Programs to Constrained Recursive Systems pp. 809-824

Patanjali S. Nanda

The Use of Distribution Functions to Represent Utility Functions pp. 825-829

Marvin H. Berhold

Communications to the Editor pp. 830-837

Anonymous

Notes About Authors pp. 838-840

Anonymous

1973, issue 6, vol 19

Toward a Normative Model of Promotional Decision Making pp. 593-603

David A. Aaker

A Markovian Analysis of a Geriatric Ward pp. 604-612

Jack Meredith

The Journal Selection Problem in a University Library System pp. 613-626

D. H. Kraft and T. W. Hill, Jr.

A Methodology for Emergency Ambulance Deployment pp. 627-636

James A. Fitzsimmons

Blood Bank Inventory Control pp. 637-645

John B. Jennings

Hospital Admission Systems: Their Evaluation and Management pp. 646-666

John H. Milsum, Efraim Turban and Ilan Vertinsky

Allocation of Importance in a Hierarchial Goal Structure pp. 667-675

Yutaka Sayeki and Karl H. Vesper

An Experimental Investigation of Decision Making in a Simulated Research and Development Environment pp. 676-687

Herbert Moskowitz

Decision Rules in Chance-Constrained Programming: Some Experimental Comparisons pp. 688-702

Douglas V. Smith

Approximation Formulae for Estimation of Waiting-Time in Multiple-Channel Queueing System pp. 703-710

Erik Maaløe

Note--A Note on Decision Making and Replacing Sure Prospects with Uncertain Prospects pp. 711-712

Martin Shubik

Notes About Authors pp. 713-715

Anonymous

1973, issue 5, vol 19

A Program for Research on Management Information Systems pp. 475-487

Richard O. Mason and Ian I. Mitroff

A Computational Approach to the Selection of an Optimal Network pp. 488-498

Hoang Hai Hoc

A Composite Heterogeneous Model for Brand Choice Behavior pp. 499-509

J. Morgan Jones

An Inverse-Basis Method for Beale's Quadratic Programming Algorithm pp. 510-516

A. H. Land and G. Morton

Economic Lot Size Determination in Multi-Stage Assembly Systems pp. 517-527

Wallace B. Crowston, Michael Wagner and Jack F. Williams

Improved Combinatorial Programming Algorithms for a Class of All-Zero-One Integer Programming Problems pp. 528-543

John F. Pierce and Jeffrey S. Lasky

Optimal Sequencing of a Single Machine Subject to Precedence Constraints pp. 544-546

E. L. Lawler

Extensions of the Fundamental Theorem of Exponential Smoothing pp. 547-554

Kenneth O. Cogger

A Simple Continuous Review Deterministic One-Warehouse N-Retailer Inventory Problem pp. 555-566

Leroy B. Schwarz

Continuous-Review (s, S) Inventory Models with State-Dependent Leadtimes pp. 567-574

Donald Gross and Carl M. Harris

The Effectiveness of Three Heuristic Rules for Job Sequencing in a Single Production Facility pp. 575-580

R. D. Haynes, C. A. Komar and Jack Byrd, Jr.

Note--A Comment on the Use of Simplex Method for Absolute Value Problems pp. 581-582

Arunachalam Ravindran and Thomas W. Hill, Jr.

Note--Derivation from Queueing Theory of an Identity Related to Abel's Generalization of the Binomial Theorem, which is Useful in Graph Theory pp. 582-584

Robert B. Cooper

A Note on Parametric Network Flows pp. 585-587

Edward Minieka

Notes About Authors pp. 588-591

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