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Volume 57, issue 6, 2009

OR Practice---Catch-Up Scheduling for Childhood Vaccination pp. 1307-1319

Faramroze G. Engineer, Pınar Keskinocak and Larry K. Pickering

Selfish Drug Allocation for Containing an International Influenza Pandemic at the Onset pp. 1320-1332

Peng Sun, Liu Yang and Francis de Véricourt

A Deterministic Smart Market Model for Groundwater pp. 1333-1346

John F. Raffensperger, Mark W. Milke and E. Grant Read

Dynamics of New Product Introduction in Closed Rental Systems pp. 1347-1359

Achal Bassamboo, Sunil Kumar and Ramandeep S. Randhawa

End-of-Period vs. Continuous Accounting of Inventory-Related Costs pp. 1360-1366

Nils Rudi, Harry Groenevelt and Taylor R. Randall

Multiattribute Utility Copulas pp. 1367-1383

Ali E. Abbas

A Decomposition Approach for a Class of Capacitated Serial Systems pp. 1384-1393

Ganesh Janakiraman and John A. Muckstadt

Inventory Centralization Games with Price-Dependent Demand and Quantity Discount pp. 1394-1406

Xin Chen

Dynamic Pricing Without Knowing the Demand Function: Risk Bounds and Near-Optimal Algorithms pp. 1407-1420

Omar Besbes and Assaf Zeevi

The Impact of Oligopolistic Competition in Networks pp. 1421-1437

Roberto Cominetti, José R. Correa and Nicolás E. Stier-Moses

Revenue Optimization for a Make-to-Order Queue in an Uncertain Market Environment pp. 1438-1450

Omar Besbes and Costis Maglaras

Optimal Supply Diversification Under General Supply Risks pp. 1451-1468

Awi Federgruen and Nan Yang

Uncertain Linear Programs: Extended Affinely Adjustable Robust Counterparts pp. 1469-1482

Xin Chen and Yuhan Zhang

Constructing Uncertainty Sets for Robust Linear Optimization pp. 1483-1495

Dimitris Bertsimas and David B. Brown

Against Classification Attacks: A Decision Tree Pruning Approach to Privacy Protection in Data Mining pp. 1496-1509

Xiao-Bai Li and Sumit Sarkar

Combinatorial Benders Cuts for the Minimum Tollbooth Problem pp. 1510-1522

Lihui Bai and Paul A. Rubin

Technical Note---Personalized Dynamic Pricing of Limited Inventories pp. 1523-1531

Goker Aydin and Serhan Ziya

Operations Research Call for Papers: Special Issue on Operations Research for the Public Interest pp. 1549-1549

Moshe Kress, Shmuel Oren and Stefanos Zenios

Volume 57, issue 5, 2009

Area Editor's Statement: Stochastic Models pp. 1057-1057

Bert Zwart

OR Practice---Supporting 3PL Decisions in the Automotive Industry by Generating Diverse Solutions to a Large-Scale Location-Routing Problem pp. 1058-1067

Patrick Schittekat and Kenneth Sörensen

An Effective Two-Finger, Two-Stage Biometric Strategy for the US-VISIT Program pp. 1068-1081

Manas Baveja and Lawrence M. Wein

Competition in the Supply Option Market pp. 1082-1097

Victor Martínez- de-Albéniz and David Simchi-Levi

Conflict Resolution in the Scheduling of Television Commercials pp. 1098-1105

Daya Ram Gaur, Ramesh Krishnamurti and Rajeev Kohli

Advertising Competition in a Dynamic Oligopoly with Multiple Brands pp. 1106-1113

Gary M. Erickson

Resource and Revenue Management in Nonprofit Operations pp. 1114-1128

Francis de Véricourt and Miguel Sousa Lobo

Constructing Risk Measures from Uncertainty Sets pp. 1129-1141

Karthik Natarajan, Dessislava Pachamanova and Melvyn Sim

Multiple Risks and Mean-Variance Preferences pp. 1142-1154

Thomas Eichner and Andreas Wagener

Worst-Case Conditional Value-at-Risk with Application to Robust Portfolio Management pp. 1155-1168

Shushang Zhu and Masao Fukushima

Dynamic Pricing for Nonperishable Products with Demand Learning pp. 1169-1188

Victor F. Araman and René Caldentey

Staffing Many-Server Queues with Impatient Customers: Constraint Satisfaction in Call Centers pp. 1189-1205

Avishai Mandelbaum and Sergey Zeltyn

Revenue Management with Costly Price Adjustments pp. 1206-1219

Sabri Çelik, Alp Muharremoglu and Sergei Savin

A Stochastic Multiple-Leader Stackelberg Model: Analysis, Computation, and Application pp. 1220-1235

Victor DeMiguel and Huifu Xu

Stochastic Scheduling Subject to Preemptive-Repeat Breakdowns with Incomplete Information pp. 1236-1249

Xiaoqiang Cai, Xianyi Wu and Xian Zhou

Strategic Planning with Start-Time Dependent Variable Costs pp. 1250-1261

James Luedtke and George L. Nemhauser

A Decision-Analytic Approach to Reliability-Based Design Optimization pp. 1262-1270

Robert F. Bordley and Stephen M. Pollock

Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition for Solving Multistage Stochastic Capacity-Planning Problems pp. 1271-1286

Kavinesh J. Singh, Andy B. Philpott and R. Kevin Wood

Evaluating Quantile Assessments pp. 1287-1297

Victor Richmond R. Jose and Robert L. Winkler

Technical Note---Price Trends in a Dynamic Pricing Model with Heterogeneous Customers: A Martingale Perspective pp. 1298-1302

Xiaowei Xu and Wallace J. Hopp

Volume 57, issue 4, 2009

OR Forum---Homeland Security: From Mathematical Models to Policy Implementation: The 2008 Philip McCord Morse Lecture pp. 801-811

Lawrence M. Wein

OR Practice---Training Optimization for the Decathlon pp. 812-822

Yori Zwols and Gerard Sierksma

Efficiency of Scalar-Parameterized Mechanisms pp. 823-839

Ramesh Johari and John N. Tsitsiklis

A Stochastic Programming Duality Approach to Inventory Centralization Games pp. 840-851

Xin Chen and Jiawei Zhang

Optimal Capacity Overbooking for the Regular Treatment of Chronic Conditions pp. 852-865

Donald K. K. Lee and Stefanos A. Zenios

Interdicting a Nuclear-Weapons Project pp. 866-877

Gerald G. Brown, W. Matthew Carlyle, Robert C. Harney, Eric M. Skroch and R. Kevin Wood

Copula-Based Multivariate Input Models for Stochastic Simulation pp. 878-892

Bahar Biller

The Value of Multistage Stochastic Programming in Capacity Planning Under Uncertainty pp. 893-904

Kai Huang and Shabbir Ahmed

Protocols with No Acknowledgment pp. 905-915

Dinah Rosenberg, Eilon Solan and Nicolas Vieille

Matrix Bidding in Combinatorial Auctions pp. 916-933

Robert W. Day and S. Raghavan

RFQ Auctions with Supplier Qualification Screening pp. 934-949

Zhixi Wan and Damian R. Beil

Toward Robust Revenue Management: Competitive Analysis of Online Booking pp. 950-963

Michael O. Ball and Maurice Queyranne

Decomposition Based Interior Point Methods for Two-Stage Stochastic Convex Quadratic Programs with Recourse pp. 964-974

Sanjay Mehrotra and M. Gokhan Ozevin

Index Policies for the Admission Control and Routing of Impatient Customers to Heterogeneous Service Stations pp. 975-989

K. D. Glazebrook, C. Kirkbride and J. Ouenniche

Time-Changed Birth Processes and Multiname Credit Derivatives pp. 990-1005

Xiaowei Ding, Kay Giesecke and Pascal I. Tomecek

Connectivity Measures for Internet Topologies on the Level of Autonomous Systems pp. 1006-1025

Thomas Erlebach, Linda S. Moonen, Frits C. R. Spieksma and Danica Vukadinović

Optimal Real-Time Traffic Control in Metro Stations pp. 1026-1039

Carlo Mannino and Alessandro Mascis

Technical Note---A Risk-Averse Newsvendor Model Under the CVaR Criterion pp. 1040-1044

Youhua (Frank) Chen, Minghui Xu and Zhe George Zhang

Test Instances for the Multicommodity Flow Problem: An Erratum pp. 1045-1045

F. Babonneau and J.-P. Vial

Volume 57, issue 3, 2009

OR FORUM--Rocket Science Retailing: The 2006 Philip McCord Morse Lecture pp. 527-540

Marshall Fisher

Dynamic Hedging Under Jump Diffusion with Transaction Costs pp. 541-559

J. S. Kennedy, P. A. Forsyth and K. R. Vetzal

Portfolio Selection with Robust Estimation pp. 560-577

Victor DeMiguel and Francisco J. Nogales

Why Defeating Insurgencies Is Hard: The Effect of Intelligence in Counterinsurgency Operations---A Best-Case Scenario pp. 578-585

Moshe Kress and Roberto Szechtman

Incremental Network Optimization: Theory and Algorithms pp. 586-594

Onur Şeref, Ravindra K. Ahuja and James B. Orlin

Bounds for Maximin Latin Hypercube Designs pp. 595-608

Edwin van Dam, Gijs Rennen and Bart Husslage

Large-Scale, Less-than-Truckload Service Network Design pp. 609-625

Ahmad I. Jarrah, Ellis Johnson and Lucas C. Neubert

Optimal Policies for Inventory Systems with Separate Delivery-Request and Order-Quantity Decisions pp. 626-636

Qing Li, Xiaoli Wu and Ki Ling Cheung

Using Lagrangian Relaxation to Compute Capacity-Dependent Bid Prices in Network Revenue Management pp. 637-649

Huseyin Topaloglu

An Exact Solution Approach for Portfolio Optimization Problems Under Stochastic and Integer Constraints pp. 650-670

P. Bonami and Miguel Lejeune

Dynamic Capacity Management with Substitution pp. 671-684

Robert A. Shumsky and Fuqiang Zhang

Staffing to Maximize Profit for Call Centers with Alternate Service-Level Agreements pp. 685-700

Opher Baron and Joseph Milner

Global Optimization for Generalized Geometric Programs with Mixed Free-Sign Variables pp. 701-713

Han-Lin Li and Hao-Chun Lu

On a Data-Driven Method for Staffing Large Call Centers pp. 714-726

Achal Bassamboo and Assaf Zeevi

Discrete Hit-and-Run for Sampling Points from Arbitrary Distributions Over Subsets of Integer Hyperrectangles pp. 727-739

Stephen Baumert, Archis Ghate, Seksan Kiatsupaibul, Yanfang Shen, Robert L. Smith and Zelda B. Zabinsky

Uncertainty, Information Acquisition, and Technology Adoption pp. 740-752

Canan Ulu and James E. Smith

Near-Optimal Dynamic Lead-Time Quotation and Scheduling Under Convex-Concave Customer Delay Costs pp. 753-768

Barış Ata and Tava Lennon Olsen

A Column Generation Algorithm for Choice-Based Network Revenue Management pp. 769-784

Juan José Miranda Bront, Isabel Méndez-Díaz and Gustavo Vulcano

Technical Note---A Multiperiod Model of Inventory Competition pp. 785-790

Mahesh Nagarajan and S. Rajagopalan

Technical Note---A Note on “The Censored Newsvendor and the Optimal Acquisition of Information” pp. 791-794

Alain Bensoussan, Metin Çakanyıldırım and Suresh Sethi

Volume 57, issue 2, 2009

OR Practice---Efficient Short-Term Allocation and Reallocation of Patients to Floors of a Hospital During Demand Surges pp. 261-273

Steven Thompson, Manuel Nunez, Robert Garfinkel and Matthew D. Dean

A Comparison of Electricity Market Designs in Networks pp. 274-286

Andreas Ehrenmann and Karsten Neuhoff

Cutting Planes for Multistage Stochastic Integer Programs pp. 287-298

Yongpei Guan, Shabbir Ahmed and George L. Nemhauser

Cross-Selling in a Call Center with a Heterogeneous Customer Population pp. 299-313

Itay Gurvich, Mor Armony and Constantinos Maglaras

Indexability and Index Heuristics for a Simple Class of Inventory Routing Problems pp. 314-326

T. W. Archibald, D. P. Black and K. D. Glazebrook

Dynamic Pricing with Online Learning and Strategic Consumers: An Application of the Aggregating Algorithm pp. 327-341

Tatsiana Levina, Yuri Levin, Jeff McGill and Mikhail Nediak

Goal-Driven Optimization pp. 342-357

Wenqing Chen and Melvyn Sim

A Computational Study of the Pseudoflow and Push-Relabel Algorithms for the Maximum Flow Problem pp. 358-376

Bala G. Chandran and Dorit S. Hochbaum

Optimal Policy for a Multiechelon Inventory System with Batch Ordering and Fixed Replenishment Intervals pp. 377-390

Xiuli Chao and Sean X. Zhou

Solving Semi-Open Queuing Networks pp. 391-401

Jing Jia and Sunderesh S. Heragu

A 0--1 LP Model for the Integration and Consolidation of Air Cargo Shipments pp. 402-412

Lawrence C. Leung, Yer Van Hui, Yong Wang and Gang Chen

On Optimal Solutions for the Optimal Communication Spanning Tree Problem pp. 413-425

Franz Rothlauf

Approximation Algorithms for the Supplier's Supply Chain Scheduling Problem to Minimize Delivery and Inventory Holding Costs pp. 426-438

Esaignani Selvarajah and George Steiner

Modeling Implicit Collusion Using Coevolution pp. 439-455

E. J. Anderson and T. D. H. Cau

Scheduling of Container Storage and Retrieval pp. 456-467

Iris F. A. Vis and Kees Jan Roodbergen

Robust Optimization for Empty Repositioning Problems pp. 468-483

Alan L. Erera, Juan C. Morales and Martin Savelsbergh

A Decision-Making Framework for Ozone Pollution Control pp. 484-498

Zehua Yang, Victoria C. P. Chen, Michael E. Chang, Melanie L. Sattler and Aihong Wen

Analysis of Airplane Boarding Times pp. 499-513

Eitan Bachmat, Daniel Berend, Luba Sapir, Steven Skiena and Natan Stolyarov

Technical Note---An Ambush Game with a Fat Infiltrator pp. 514-519

Vic Baston and Kensaku Kikuta

Volume 57, issue 1, 2009

From the Editor pp. 1-3

David Simchi-Levi

OR FORUM---The Evolution of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research pp. 10-18

V. Daniel R. Guide and Luk N. Van Wassenhove

OR Practice---Modeling Potential Demand for Supply-Constrained Drugs: A New Hemophilia Drug at Bayer Biological Products pp. 19-31

Jeffrey S. Stonebraker and Donald L. Keefer

Stochastic Power Generation Unit Commitment in Electricity Markets: A Novel Formulation and a Comparison of Solution Methods pp. 32-46

Santiago Cerisola, Álvaro Baíllo, José M. Fernández-López, Andrés Ramos and Ralf Gollmer

Supply Contracts with Financial Hedging pp. 47-65

René Caldentey and Martin B. Haugh

The Impact of Delay Announcements in Many-Server Queues with Abandonment pp. 66-81

Mor Armony, Nahum Shimkin and Ward Whitt

Dynamic Capacity Expansion for a Service Firm with Capacity Deterioration and Supply Uncertainty pp. 82-93

Xiuli Chao, Hong Chen and Shaohui Zheng

Dynamic Control of a Make-to-Order, Parallel-Server System with Cancellations pp. 94-108

Melanie Rubino and Barış Ata

Omitting Meaningless Digits in Point Estimates: The Probability Guarantee of Leading-Digit Rules pp. 109-117

Wheyming T. Song and Bruce W. Schmeiser

Estimating Quantile Sensitivities pp. 118-130

L. Jeff Hong

Coalition Stability in Assembly Models pp. 131-145

Mahesh Nagarajan and Greys Sošić

Cost Allocation for Joint Replenishment Models pp. 146-156

Jiawei Zhang

The Adoption of Multiple Dependent Technologies pp. 157-169

Soo-Haeng Cho and Kevin F. McCardle

Connectivity Upgrade Models for Survivable Network Design pp. 170-186

Anantaram Balakrishnan, Prakash Mirchandani and Harihara Prasad Natarajan

Generating a Representative Subset of the Nondominated Frontier in Multiple Criteria Decision Making pp. 187-199

Esra Karasakal and Murat Köksalan

Allocation of Cost Savings in a Three-Level Supply Chain with Demand Information Sharing: A Cooperative-Game Approach pp. 200-213

Mingming Leng and Mahmut Parlar

Reoptimization Approaches for the Vehicle-Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands pp. 214-230

Nicola Secomandi and François Margot

Airline Fleet Assignment with Enhanced Revenue Modeling pp. 231-244

Cynthia Barnhart, Amr Farahat and Manoj Lohatepanont

Technical Note---Optimal Dynamic Joint Inventory-Pricing Control for Multiplicative Demand with Fixed Order Costs and Lost Sales pp. 245-250

Yuyue Song, Saibal Ray and Tamer Boyaci

Technical Note---Approximating Vehicle Dispatch Probabilities for Emergency Service Systems with Location-Specific Service Times and Multiple Units per Location pp. 251-255

Susan Budge, Armann Ingolfsson and Erhan Erkut