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Volume 60, issue 6, 2012

OR Forum---Intelligence Operations Research: The 2010 Philip McCord Morse Lecture pp. 1297-1309

Edward H. Kaplan

A Hierarchical Framework for Organizing a Software Development Process pp. 1310-1322

Foad Iravani, Sriram Dasu and Reza Ahmadi

Optimizing Intensive Care Unit Discharge Decisions with Patient Readmissions pp. 1323-1341

Carri W. Chan, Vivek F. Farias, Nicholas Bambos and Gabriel J. Escobar

Safe Dike Heights at Minimal Costs: The Nonhomogeneous Case pp. 1342-1355

Ruud Brekelmans, Dick den Hertog, Kees Roos and Carel Eijgenraam

Pattern-Based Modeling and Solution of Probabilistically Constrained Optimization Problems pp. 1356-1372

Miguel Lejeune

Computing Optimal Recovery Policies for Financial Markets pp. 1373-1388

Fred E. Benth, Geir Dahl and Carlo Mannino

Inverse Optimization: A New Perspective on the Black-Litterman Model pp. 1389-1403

Dimitris Bertsimas, Vishal Gupta and Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Clearance Pricing Optimization for a Fast-Fashion Retailer pp. 1404-1422

Felipe Caro and Jérémie Gallien

A Little Flexibility Is All You Need: On the Asymptotic Value of Flexible Capacity in Parallel Queuing Systems pp. 1423-1435

Achal Bassamboo, Ramandeep S. Randhawa and Jan A. Van Mieghem

Coordination of Outsourced Operations at a Third-Party Facility Subject to Booking, Overtime, and Tardiness Costs pp. 1436-1450

Xiaoqiang Cai and George L. Vairaktarakis

Valuing Changes in Investment Opportunities pp. 1451-1460

Ali E. Abbas

Algorithmic Solutions for Envy-Free Cake Cutting pp. 1461-1476

Xiaotie Deng, Qi Qi and Amin Saberi

Base-2 Expansions for Linearizing Products of Functions of Discrete Variables pp. 1477-1490

Warren P. Adams and Stephen M. Henry

The Bin Packing Problem with Precedence Constraints pp. 1491-1504

Mauro Dell'Amico, José Carlos Díaz Díaz and Manuel Iori

Congestion-Based Lead-Time Quotation for Heterogenous Customers with Convex-Concave Delay Costs: Optimality of a Cost-Balancing Policy Based on Convex Hull Functions pp. 1505-1519

Mustafa Akan, Barı ş Ata and Tava Olsen

Optimality of Myopic Policies for Dynamic Lot-Sizing Problems in Serial Production Lines with Random Yields and Autoregressive Demand pp. 1520-1536

Matthew J. Sobel and Volodymyr Babich

Blind Network Revenue Management pp. 1537-1550

Omar Besbes and Assaf Zeevi

Stabilizing Customer Abandonment in Many-Server Queues with Time-Varying Arrivals pp. 1551-1564

Yunan Liu and Ward Whitt

Call for Papers ---Special Issue of Operations Research: Information and Decisions in Social and Economic Networks pp. 1565-1565

Eddie Anderson, David Gamarnik, Anton Kleywegt and Asuman Ozdaglar

Volume 60, issue 5, 2012

Introduction to the OR Forum Article: “A POMDP Approach to Personalize Mammography Screening Decisions” by Turgay Ayer, Oguzhan Alagoz, and Natasha K. Stout pp. 1017-1018

Edieal J. Pinker

OR Forum---A POMDP Approach to Personalize Mammography Screening Decisions pp. 1019-1034

Turgay Ayer, Oguzhan Alagoz and Natasha K. Stout

Optimizing Boat Resources at the U.S. Coast Guard: Deterministic and Stochastic Models pp. 1035-1049

Michael R. Wagner and Zinovy Radovilsky

Process Location and Product Distribution with Uncertain Yields pp. 1050-1063

Felipe Caro, Kumar Rajaram and Jens Wollenweber

Measuring Eco-Inefficiency: A New Frontier Approach pp. 1064-1079

Chien-Ming Chen and Magali Delmas

Patient Streaming as a Mechanism for Improving Responsiveness in Emergency Departments pp. 1080-1097

Soroush Saghafian, Wallace J. Hopp, Mark P. Van Oyen, Jeffrey S. Desmond and Steven L. Kronick

A Single-Supplier, Multiple-Retailer Model with Single-Season, Multiple-Ordering Opportunities, and Fixed Ordering Cost pp. 1098-1110

Apurva Jain, Kamran Moinzadeh and Yong-Pin Zhou

Comparative Statics Analysis of Multiproduct Newsvendor Networks Under Responsive Pricing pp. 1111-1124

Ebru K. Bish, Xin Zeng, Juqi Liu and Douglas R. Bish

Understanding the Performance of the Long Chain and Sparse Designs in Process Flexibility pp. 1125-1141

David Simchi-Levi and Yehua Wei

Pricing Games and Impact of Private Demand Information in Decentralized Assembly Systems pp. 1142-1156

Başak Kalkancı and Feryal Erhun

Flexible PMP Approach for Large-Size Cell Formation pp. 1157-1166

Boris Goldengorin, Dmitry Krushinsky and Jannes Slomp

Cut-First Branch-and-Price-Second for the Capacitated Arc-Routing Problem pp. 1167-1182

Claudia Bode and Stefan Irnich

Reliable Traffic Sensor Deployment Under Probabilistic Disruptions and Generalized Surveillance Effectiveness Measures pp. 1183-1198

Xiaopeng Li and Yanfeng Ouyang

METHODS---One-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions pp. 1199-1212

Ali E. Abbas and David E. Bell

Geo-Graphs: An Efficient Model for Enforcing Contiguity and Hole Constraints in Planar Graph Partitioning pp. 1213-1228

Douglas M. King, Sheldon H. Jacobson, Edward C. Sewell and Wendy K. Tam Cho

Ranking Games and Gambling: When to Quit When You're Ahead pp. 1229-1244

Edward Anderson

A Simple Approximation Algorithm for Computing Arrow-Debreu Prices pp. 1245-1248

Mehdi Ghiyasvand and James B. Orlin

Is Tail-Optimal Scheduling Possible? pp. 1249-1257

Adam Wierman and Bert Zwart

First in Line Waiting Times as a Tool for Analysing Queueing Systems pp. 1258-1266

G. M. Koole, B. F. Nielsen and T. B. Nielsen

Performance Guarantees for Empirical Markov Decision Processes with Applications to Multiperiod Inventory Models pp. 1267-1281

William L. Cooper and Bharath Rangarajan

An Overloaded Multiclass FIFO Queue with Abandonments pp. 1282-1295

Otis B. Jennings and Josh E. Reed

Volume 60, issue 4, 2012

Conditional Value-at-Risk and Average Value-at-Risk: Estimation and Asymptotics pp. 739-756

So Yeon Chun, Alexander Shapiro and Stan Uryasev

A Broader View of Designing the Liver Allocation System pp. 757-770

Mustafa Akan, Oguzhan Alagoz, Baris Ata, Fatih Safa Erenay and Adnan Said

Bullwhip Effect Measurement and Its Implications pp. 771-784

Li Chen and Hau L. Lee

Ordering Policies for Periodic-Review Inventory Systems with Quantity-Dependent Fixed Costs pp. 785-796

Ozgun Caliskan-Demirag, Youhua (Frank) Chen and Yi Yang

Technical Note---On Optimal Policies for Inventory Systems with Batch Ordering pp. 797-802

Woonghee Tim Huh and Ganesh Janakiraman

Strategies for a Centralized Single Product Multiclass M/G/ 1 Make-to-Stock Queue pp. 803-812

Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi, Barış Balcıoğlu and Opher Baron

Priority Assignment in Emergency Response pp. 813-832

Evin Uzun Jacobson, Nilay Tanık Argon and Serhan Ziya

Learning Consumer Tastes Through Dynamic Assortments pp. 833-849

Canan Ulu, Dorothée Honhon and Aydın Alptekinoğlu

Solving an Infinite Horizon Adverse Selection Model Through Finite Policy Graphs pp. 850-864

Hao Zhang

Robust Assortment Optimization in Revenue Management Under the Multinomial Logit Choice Model pp. 865-882

Paat Rusmevichientong and Huseyin Topaloglu

Optimal Pricing in Networks with Externalities pp. 883-905

Ozan Candogan, Kostas Bimpikis and Asuman Ozdaglar

Release Time Scheduling and Hub Location for Next-Day Delivery pp. 906-917

Hande Yaman, Oya Ekin Karasan and Bahar Y. Kara

A Polyhedral Study of Multiechelon Lot Sizing with Intermediate Demands pp. 918-935

Minjiao Zhang, Simge Küçükyavuz and Hande Yaman

Robust and Stochastically Weighted Multiobjective Optimization Models and Reformulations pp. 936-953

Jian Hu and Sanjay Mehrotra

Three Ideas for the Quadratic Assignment Problem pp. 954-964

Matteo Fischetti, Michele Monaci and Domenico Salvagnin

Dynamic Pricing Under a General Parametric Choice Model pp. 965-980

Josef Broder and Paat Rusmevichientong

Hazard Rate Scaling of the Abandonment Distribution for the GI/M/n + GI Queue in Heavy Traffic pp. 981-995

Josh Reed and Tolga Tezcan

Overflow Networks: Approximations and Implications to Call Center Outsourcing pp. 996-1009

Itai Gurvich and Ohad Perry

Volume 60, issue 3, 2012

Introduction to the OR Forum Article: “Modeling the Impacts of Electricity Tariffs on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging, Costs, and Emissions” by Ramteen Sioshansi pp. 505-505

Edieal J. Pinker

OR Forum---Modeling the Impacts of Electricity Tariffs on Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging, Costs, and Emissions pp. 506-516

Ramteen Sioshansi

A New Algorithm for the Open-Pit Mine Production Scheduling Problem pp. 517-528

Renaud Chicoisne, Daniel Espinoza, Marcos Goycoolea, Eduardo Moreno and Enrique Rubio

Conflicting Congestion Effects in Resource Allocation Games pp. 529-540

Michal Feldman and Tami Tamir

Optimal Market-Making with Risk Aversion pp. 541-565

Kan Huang, David Simchi-Levi and Miao Song

Financing the Newsvendor: Supplier vs. Bank, and the Structure of Optimal Trade Credit Contracts pp. 566-580

Panos Kouvelis and Wenhui Zhao

Technical Note---A Note on the Structure of Joint Inventory-Pricing Control with Leadtimes pp. 581-587

Zhan Pang, Frank Y. Chen and Youyi Feng

Quadratic Core-Selecting Payment Rules for Combinatorial Auctions pp. 588-603

Robert W. Day and Peter Cramton

Technical Note---Branch-and-Price-and-Cut Approach to the Robust Network Design Problem Without Flow Bifurcations pp. 604-610

Chungmok Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Kyungchul Park and Sungsoo Park

A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Multidepot and Periodic Vehicle Routing Problems pp. 611-624

Thibaut Vidal, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Michel Gendreau, Nadia Lahrichi and Walter Rei

Habit Formation from Correlation Aversion pp. 625-637

Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, Raul O. Chao and Samuel E. Bodily

Fixed-Charge Transportation Problem: Facets of the Projection Polyhedron pp. 638-654

Yogesh Agarwal and Yash Aneja

Approximate Dynamic Programming via a Smoothed Linear Program pp. 655-674

Vijay V. Desai, Vivek F. Farias and Ciamac C. Moallemi

Technical Note---A Sampling-Based Approach to Appointment Scheduling pp. 675-681

Mehmet A. Begen, Retsef Levi and Maurice Queyranne

Optimization Under Probabilistic Envelope Constraints pp. 682-699

Huan Xu, Constantine Caramanis and Shie Mannor

A Stochastic Competitive R&D Race Where “Winner Takes All” pp. 700-715

Pelin G. Canbolat, Boaz Golany, Inbal Mund and Uriel G. Rothblum

A Stochastic Network Under Proportional Fair Resource Control---Diffusion Limit with Multiple Bottlenecks pp. 716-738

Heng-Qing Ye and David D. Yao

Volume 60, issue 2, 2012

A Simulation Optimization Approach to Long-Term Care Capacity Planning pp. 249-261

Yue Zhang, Martin L. Puterman, Matthew Nelson and Derek Atkins

Technology Adoption with Uncertain Future Costs and Quality pp. 262-274

James E. Smith and Canan Ulu

Lagrangian Duality and Branch-and-Bound Algorithms for Optimal Power Flow pp. 275-285

Dzung T. Phan

Technical Note---On the Quasiconcavity of Lost-Sales Inventory Models with Fixed Costs pp. 286-291

Qing Li and Peiwen Yu

Stochastic Optimization of Sensor Placement for Diver Detection pp. 292-312

Anton Molyboha and Michael Zabarankin

Estimating Primary Demand for Substitutable Products from Sales Transaction Data pp. 313-334

Gustavo Vulcano, Garrett van Ryzin and Richard Ratliff

Generalized Quantity Competition for Multiple Products and Loss of Efficiency pp. 335-350

Jonathan Kluberg and Georgia Perakis

Cargo Capacity Management with Allotments and Spot Market Demand pp. 351-365

Yuri Levin, Mikhail Nediak and Huseyin Topaloglu

A Conic Integer Programming Approach to Stochastic Joint Location-Inventory Problems pp. 366-381

Alper Atamtürk, Gemma Berenguer and Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen

A Column-Generation Based Tactical Planning Method for Inventory Routing pp. 382-397

S. Michel and F. Vanderbeck

Piecewise Linear Multicriteria Programs: The Continuous Case and Its Discontinuous Generalization pp. 398-409

Ya Ping Fang, Kaiwen Meng and Xiao Qi Yang

Belief Propagation for Min-Cost Network Flow: Convergence and Correctness pp. 410-428

David Gamarnik, Devavrat Shah and Yehua Wei

Approximating the Nonlinear Newsvendor and Single-Item Stochastic Lot-Sizing Problems When Data Is Given by an Oracle pp. 429-446

Nir Halman, James B. Orlin and David Simchi-Levi

A New Stochastic Derivative Estimator for Discontinuous Payoff Functions with Application to Financial Derivatives pp. 447-460

Yongqiang Wang, Michael C. Fu and Steven I. Marcus

Staffing Call Centers with Impatient Customers: Refinements to Many-Server Asymptotics pp. 461-474

Bo Zhang, Johan S. H. van Leeuwaarden and Bert Zwart

Exact FCFS Matching Rates for Two Infinite Multitype Sequences pp. 475-489

Ivo Adan and Gideon Weiss

A Diffusion Regime with Nondegenerate Slowdown pp. 490-500

Rami Atar

Volume 60, issue 1, 2012

From the Editor--- Operations Research: The Next Three Years pp. 1-3

Stefanos Zenios

Optimizing Long-Term Production Plans in Underground and Open-Pit Copper Mines pp. 4-17

Rafael Epstein, Marcel Goic, Andrés Weintraub, Jaime Catalán, Pablo Santibáñez, Rodolfo Urrutia, Raúl Cancino, Sergio Gaete, Augusto Aguayo and Felipe Caro

The Planning of Guaranteed Targeted Display Advertising pp. 18-33

John Turner

Design and Operations of Gas Transmission Networks pp. 34-47

Frédéric Babonneau, Yurii Nesterov and Jean-Philippe Vial

Network Optimization Models for Resource Allocation in Developing Military Countermeasures pp. 48-63

Boaz Golany, Moshe Kress, Michal Penn and Uriel G. Rothblum

Pricing Asian Options Under a Hyper-Exponential Jump Diffusion Model pp. 64-77

Ning Cai and Steven Kou

Sequential Importance Sampling and Resampling for Dynamic Portfolio Credit Risk pp. 78-91

Shaojie Deng, Kay Giesecke and Tze Leung Lai

Lower Bounds and Heuristics for Supply Chain Stock Allocation pp. 92-105

Johan Marklund and Kaj Rosling

A Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithm for Single-Product Maritime Inventory Routing pp. 106-122

Faramroze G. Engineer, Kevin C. Furman, George L. Nemhauser, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh and Jin-Hwa Song

Technical Note---Approximation Algorithms for VRP with Stochastic Demands pp. 123-127

Anupam Gupta, Viswanath Nagarajan and R. Ravi

Polymatroid Optimization, Submodularity, and Joint Replenishment Games pp. 128-137

Simai He, Jiawei Zhang and Shuzhong Zhang

On the Complexity of Nonoverlapping Multivariate Marginal Bounds for Probabilistic Combinatorial Optimization Problems pp. 138-149

Xuan Vinh Doan and Karthik Natarajan

Price of Correlations in Stochastic Optimization pp. 150-162

Shipra Agrawal, Yichuan Ding, Amin Saberi and Yinyu Ye

Asymptotic Optimality of Balanced Routing pp. 163-179

Hong Chen and Heng-Qing Ye

The Knowledge Gradient Algorithm for a General Class of Online Learning Problems pp. 180-195

Ilya O. Ryzhov, Warren B. Powell and Peter I. Frazier

Consistency of Multidimensional Convex Regression pp. 196-208

Eunji Lim and Peter W. Glynn

Sequential Correlated Equilibria in Stopping Games pp. 209-224

Yuval Heller

A Copulas-Based Approach to Modeling Dependence in Decision Trees pp. 225-242

Tianyang Wang and James S. Dyer