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Volume 61, issue 6, 2013

Determining the Optimal Configuration of Hospital Inpatient Rooms in the Presence of Isolation Patients pp. 1259-1276

Edieal Pinker and Tolga Tezcan

Improving Health Outcomes Through Better Capacity Allocation in a Community-Based Chronic Care Model pp. 1277-1294

Sarang Deo, Seyed Iravani, Tingting Jiang, Karen Smilowitz and Stephen Samuelson

Optimal Contracts for Outsourcing of Repair and Restoration Services pp. 1295-1311

Nitish Jain, Sameer Hasija and Dana G. Popescu

Analysis of Deterministic LP-Based Booking Limit and Bid Price Controls for Revenue Management pp. 1312-1320

Stefanus Jasin and Sunil Kumar

Saving Seats for Strategic Customers pp. 1321-1332

Eren B. Çil and Martin A. Lariviere

A Simulation-Based Optimization Framework for Urban Transportation Problems pp. 1333-1345

Carolina Osorio and Michel Bierlaire

Models for Effective Deployment and Redistribution of Bicycles Within Public Bicycle-Sharing Systems pp. 1346-1359

Jia Shu, Mabel C. Chou, Qizhang Liu, Chung-Piaw Teo and I-Lin Wang

Euclidean Hub-and-Spoke Networks pp. 1360-1382

John Gunnar Carlsson and Fan Jia

The Wisdom of Competitive Crowds pp. 1383-1398

Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Phillip E. Pfeifer

On the Axiomatization of the Satiation and Habit Formation Utility Models pp. 1399-1410

Ying He, James S. Dyer and John C. Butler

Multivalued Decision Diagrams for Sequencing Problems pp. 1411-1428

Andre A. Cire and Willem-Jan van Hoeve

Technical Note---On Traveling Salesman Games with Asymmetric Costs pp. 1429-1434

Alejandro Toriello and Nelson A. Uhan

Worst-Case-Expectation Approach to Optimization Under Uncertainty pp. 1435-1449

Alexander Shapiro, Wajdi Tekaya, Murilo Pereira Soares and Joari Paulo da Costa

Optimal Rate Scheduling via Utility-Maximization for J -User MIMO Markov Fading Wireless Channels with Cooperation pp. 1450-1462

Wanyang Dai

Volume 61, issue 5, 2013

Introduction to the OR Forum Article: “The Cost of Latency in High-Frequency Trading” pp. 1069-1069

Edieal J. Pinker

OR Forum---The Cost of Latency in High-Frequency Trading pp. 1070-1086

Ciamac C. Moallemi and Mehmet Sağlam

The Bipartite Rationing Problem pp. 1087-1100

Herve Moulin and Jay Sethuraman

The Modern Science of Multicriteria Decision Making and Its Practical Applications: The AHP/ANP Approach pp. 1101-1118

Thomas L. Saaty

Product-Generation Transition Decision Making for Bayer's Hemophilia Drugs: Global Capacity Expansion Under Uncertainty with Supply-Demand Imbalances pp. 1119-1133

Jeffrey S. Stonebraker

An Intersection-Movement-Based Dynamic User Optimal Route Choice Problem pp. 1134-1147

Jiancheng Long, Hai-Jun Huang, Ziyou Gao and W. Y. Szeto

Opening the “Black Box” of Efficiency Measurement: Input Allocation in Multioutput Settings pp. 1148-1165

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Bart Dierynck, Filip Roodhooft and Jeroen Sabbe

Technical Note---Preservation of Supermodularity in Parametric Optimization Problems with Nonlattice Structures pp. 1166-1173

Xin Chen, Peng Hu and Simai He

Sequential Bayes-Optimal Policies for Multiple Comparisons with a Known Standard pp. 1174-1189

Jing Xie and Peter I. Frazier

Learning Preferences Under Noise and Loss Aversion: An Optimization Approach pp. 1190-1199

Dimitris Bertsimas and Allison O'Hair

An Infinite Server System with General Packing Constraints pp. 1200-1217

Alexander L. Stolyar

Robust and Adaptive Network Flows pp. 1218-1242

Dimitris Bertsimas, Ebrahim Nasrabadi and Sebastian Stiller

Parallel Machine Scheduling: Impact of Adding Extra Machines pp. 1243-1257

Kabir Rustogi and Vitaly A. Strusevich

Volume 61, issue 4, 2013

Optimal Economic Dispatch and Risk Management of Thermal Power Plants in Deregulated Markets pp. 791-809

Matt Thompson

Optimizing Trading Decisions for Hydro Storage Systems Using Approximate Dual Dynamic Programming pp. 810-823

Nils Löhndorf, David Wozabal and Stefan Minner

Imposing Connectivity Constraints in Forest Planning Models pp. 824-836

Rodolfo Carvajal, Miguel Constantino, Marcos Goycoolea, Juan Pablo Vielma and Andrés Weintraub

Optimal Dynamic Mechanism Design and the Virtual-Pivot Mechanism pp. 837-854

Sham M. Kakade, Ilan Lobel and Hamid Nazerzadeh

Optimal Bidding in Multi-Item Multislot Sponsored Search Auctions pp. 855-873

Vibhanshu Abhishek and Kartik Hosanagar

Robust Portfolio Control with Stochastic Factor Dynamics pp. 874-893

Paul Glasserman and Xingbo Xu

Exact Sampling of Jump Diffusions pp. 894-907

Kay Giesecke and Dmitry Smelov

Optimal Production Planning with Emissions Trading pp. 908-924

Xiting Gong and Sean X. Zhou

Technical Note—New Results Concerning Probability Distributions with Increasing Generalized Failure Rates pp. 925-931

Mihai Banciu and Prakash Mirchandani

A Simple Behavioral Characterization of Subjective Expected Utility pp. 932-940

Pavlo Blavatskyy

Supermodularity and Affine Policies in Dynamic Robust Optimization pp. 941-956

Dan A. Iancu, Mayank Sharma and Maxim Sviridenko

On Solving Multistage Stochastic Programs with Coherent Risk Measures pp. 957-970

Andy Philpott, Vitor de Matos and Erlon Finardi

Mean Field Equilibrium in Dynamic Games with Strategic Complementarities pp. 971-989

Sachin Adlakha and Ramesh Johari

Optimization with Multivariate Conditional Value-at-Risk Constraints pp. 990-1013

Nilay Noyan and Gábor Rudolf

Online Make-to-Order Joint Replenishment Model: Primal-Dual Competitive Algorithms pp. 1014-1029

Niv Buchbinder, Tracy Kimbrel, Retsef Levi, Konstantin Makarychev and Maxim Sviridenko

Statistical Analysis with Little's Law pp. 1030-1045

Song-Hee Kim and Ward Whitt

Optimal Production Management When Demand Depends on the Business Cycle pp. 1046-1062

Abel Cadenillas, Peter Lakner and Michael Pinedo

Volume 61, issue 3, 2013

Introduction to the OR Forum Article: “Blotto Politics” pp. 531-531

Edieal J. Pinker

OR Forum---Blotto Politics pp. 532-543

Alan Washburn

The Impact of Size and Occupancy of Hospital on the Extent of Ambulance Diversion: Theory and Evidence pp. 544-562

Gad Allon, Sarang Deo and Wuqin Lin

Generating Applicable Synthetic Instances for Branch Problems pp. 563-577

Leo Lopes and Kate Smith-Miles

Multiarea Stochastic Unit Commitment for High Wind Penetration in a Transmission Constrained Network pp. 578-592

Anthony Papavasiliou and Shmuel S. Oren

Approximation Algorithms for the Stochastic Lot-Sizing Problem with Order Lead Times pp. 593-602

Retsef Levi and Cong Shi

Technical Note---Optimal Control Policy for Capacitated Inventory Systems with Remanufacturing pp. 603-611

Xiting Gong and Xiuli Chao

Simple Policies for Dynamic Pricing with Imperfect Forecasts pp. 612-624

Yiwei Chen and Vivek F. Farias

Optimal Stopping and Early Exercise: An Eigenfunction Expansion Approach pp. 625-643

Lingfei Li and Vadim Linetsky

Optimal Sequential Exploration: Bandits, Clairvoyants, and Wildcats pp. 644-665

David B. Brown and James E. Smith

Data Envelopment Analysis with Nonhomogeneous DMUs pp. 666-676

Wade D. Cook, Julie Harrison, Raha Imanirad, Paul Rouse and Joe Zhu

The Robust Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem Under Demand Uncertainty pp. 677-693

Chrysanthos E. Gounaris, Wolfram Wiesemann and Christodoulos A. Floudas

A Graph Patrol Problem with Random Attack Times pp. 694-710

Kyle Y. Lin, Michael P. Atkinson, Timothy H. Chung and Kevin D. Glazebrook

Scheduling Arrivals to a Stochastic Service Delivery System Using Copositive Cones pp. 711-726

Qingxia Kong, Chung-Yee Lee, Chung-Piaw Teo and Zhichao Zheng

Robust Partitioning for Stochastic Multivehicle Routing pp. 727-744

John Gunnar Carlsson and Erick Delage

Optimal Cardinality Constrained Portfolio Selection pp. 745-761

Jianjun Gao and Duan Li

Optimal Budget Allocation for Sample Average Approximation pp. 762-776

Johannes O. Royset and Roberto Szechtman

Joint Optimization of Sampling and Control of Partially Observable Failing Systems pp. 777-790

Michael Jong Kim and Viliam Makis

Volume 61, issue 2, 2013

Mining Coal or Finding Terrorists: The Expanding Search Paradigm pp. 265-279

Steve Alpern and Thomas Lidbetter

Dynamic Business Share Allocation in a Supply Chain with Competing Suppliers pp. 280-297

Hongmin Li, Hao Zhang and Charles H. Fine

An Exact Algorithm for the Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem pp. 298-314

Roberto Baldacci, Aristide Mingozzi, Roberto Roberti and Roberto Wolfler Calvo

An Exact Algorithm for the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Deadheading Demand pp. 315-327

Enrico Bartolini, Jean-François Cordeau and Gilbert Laporte

Staffing and Control of Instant Messaging Contact Centers pp. 328-343

Jun Luo and Jiheng Zhang

Flexible Server Allocation and Customer Routing Policies for Two Parallel Queues When Service Rates Are Not Additive pp. 344-358

Hyun-Soo Ahn and Mark E. Lewis

Utility Copula Functions Matching All Boundary Assessments pp. 359-371

Ali E. Abbas

Expert Elicitation of Adversary Preferences Using Ordinal Judgments pp. 372-385

Chen Wang and Vicki M. Bier

A General Framework for Designing Approximation Schemes for Combinatorial Optimization Problems with Many Objectives Combined into One pp. 386-397

Shashi Mittal and Andreas S. Schulz

Balance Optimization Subset Selection (BOSS): An Alternative Approach for Causal Inference with Observational Data pp. 398-412

Alexander G. Nikolaev, Sheldon H. Jacobson, Wendy K. Tam Cho, Jason J. Sauppe and Edward C. Sewell

A Linear Programming Approach to Nonstationary Infinite-Horizon Markov Decision Processes pp. 413-425

Archis Ghate and Robert L. Smith

Weight Restrictions and Free Production in Data Envelopment Analysis pp. 426-437

Victor V. Podinovski and Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva

Probabilistic Set Covering with Correlations pp. 438-452

Shabbir Ahmed and Dimitri J. Papageorgiou

The Implicit Hitting Set Approach to Solve Combinatorial Optimization Problems with an Application to Multigenome Alignment pp. 453-468

Erick Moreno-Centeno and Richard M. Karp

Basis Paths and a Polynomial Algorithm for the Multistage Production-Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem pp. 469-482

Hark-Chin Hwang, Hyun-Soo Ahn and Philip Kaminsky

LP Bounds in an Interval-Graph Algorithm for Orthogonal-Packing Feasibility pp. 483-497

Gleb Belov and Heide Rohling

On a Level-Set Characterization of the Value Function of an Integer Program and Its Application to Stochastic Programming pp. 498-511

Andrew C. Trapp, Oleg A. Prokopyev and Andrew J. Schaefer

Enhancing Stochastic Kriging Metamodels with Gradient Estimators pp. 512-528

Xi Chen, Bruce E. Ankenman and Barry L. Nelson

Call for Papers ---Special Issue of Operations Research: Information and Decisions in Social and Economic Networks pp. 529-529

Eddie Anderson, David Gamarnik, Anton Kleywegt and Asuman Ozdaglar

Volume 61, issue 1, 2013

OR Forum---Quantum Mechanics and Human Decision Making pp. 1-16

Paras M. Agrawal and Ramesh Sharda

Data Quality of Query Results with Generalized Selection Conditions pp. 17-31

Debabrata Dey and Subodha Kumar

When Is the Right Time to Refresh Knowledge Discovered from Data? pp. 32-44

Xiao Fang, Olivia R. Liu Sheng and Paulo Goes

Building Reliable Air-Travel Infrastructure Using Empirical Data and Stochastic Models of Airline Networks pp. 45-64

Mazhar Arıkan, Vinayak Deshpande and Milind Sohoni

Technical Note---Managing a Secret Project pp. 65-72

Edieal Pinker, Joseph Szmerekovsky and Vera Tilson

Fairness, Efficiency, and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation pp. 73-87

Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis

Technical Note---Optimal Inventory Policy in the Presence of a Long-Term Supplier and a Spot Market pp. 88-97

Youhua (Frank) Chen, Weili Xue and Jian Yang

Dynamic Pay-Per-Action Mechanisms and Applications to Online Advertising pp. 98-111

Hamid Nazerzadeh, Amin Saberi and Rakesh Vohra

Allocating Cost of Service to Customers in Inventory Routing pp. 112-125

Okan Örsan Özener, Özlem Ergun and Martin Savelsbergh

Risk Aversion, Indivisible Timing Options, and Gambling pp. 126-137

Vicky Henderson and David Hobson

Rollout Policies for Dynamic Solutions to the Multivehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits pp. 138-154

Justin C. Goodson, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann and Barrett W. Thomas

Distributed Welfare Games pp. 155-168

Jason R. Marden and Adam Wierman

Computing the Nondominated Surface in Tri-Criterion Portfolio Selection pp. 169-183

Markus Hirschberger, Ralph E. Steuer, Sebastian Utz, Maximilian Wimmer and Yue Qi

A Polynomial Time Algorithm for Rayleigh Ratio on Discrete Variables: Replacing Spectral Techniques for Expander Ratio, Normalized Cut, and Cheeger Constant pp. 184-198

Dorit S. Hochbaum

Design of Survivable Networks Using Three- and Four-Partition Facets pp. 199-213

Yogesh Agarwal

Multiple Objectives Satisficing Under Uncertainty pp. 214-227

Shao-Wei Lam, Tsan Sheng Ng, Melvyn Sim and Jin-Hwa Song

Blind Fair Routing in Large-Scale Service Systems with Heterogeneous Customers and Servers pp. 228-243

Amy R. Ward and Mor Armony

Redundancy Optimization for Critical Components in High-Availability Technical Systems pp. 244-264

Kurtuluş Barış Öner, Alan Scheller-Wolf and Geert-Jan van Houtum