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Volume 54, issue 6, 2006

A Combinatorial Heuristic Approach for Solving Real-Size Machinery Location and Road Design Problems in Forestry Planning pp. 1017-1027

Rafael Epstein, Andrés Weintraub, Pedro Sapunar, Enrique Nieto, Julian B. Sessions, John Sessions, Fernando Bustamante and Hugo Musante

Efficient Supply Chain Management at the U.S. Coast Guard Using Part-Age Dependent Supply Replenishment Policies pp. 1028-1040

Vinayak Deshpande, Ananth V. Iyer and Richard Cho

Online Low-Price Guarantees---A Real Options Analysis pp. 1041-1050

Benjamin Marcus and Chris K. Anderson

Robust One-Period Option Hedging pp. 1051-1062

Frank Lutgens, Jos Sturm and Antoon Kolen

On the Effects of Dimension Reduction Techniques on Some High-Dimensional Problems in Finance pp. 1063-1078

Xiaoqun Wang

Inventory Planning with Forecast Updates: Approximate Solutions and Cost Error Bounds pp. 1079-1097

Xiangwen Lu, Jing-Sheng Song and Amelia Regan

A Monopolistic and Oligopolistic Stochastic Flow Revenue Management Model pp. 1098-1109

Xiaowei Xu and Wallace J. Hopp

Joint Pricing-Production Decisions in Supply Chains of Complementary Products with Uncertain Demand pp. 1110-1127

Yunzeng Wang

Expected Value of Distribution Information for the Newsvendor Problem pp. 1128-1136

Jinfeng Yue, Bintong Chen and Min-Chiang Wang

Inventory and Production Decisions for an Assemble-to-Order System with Uncertain Demand and Limited Assembly Capacity pp. 1137-1150

Ke Fu, Vernon Ning Hsu and Chung-Yee Lee

An Analytical Model for Traffic Delays and the Dynamic User Equilibrium Problem pp. 1151-1171

Georgia Perakis and Guillaume Roels

A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Multilevel Generalized Assignment Problem pp. 1172-1184

Alberto Ceselli and Giovanni Righini

DNA Sequencing by Hybridization via Genetic Search pp. 1185-1192

Jacek Blazewicz, Ceyda Oguz, Aleksandra Swiercz and Jan Weglarz

Piled-Slab Searches pp. 1193-1200

Alan Washburn

Volume 54, issue 5, 2006

Evaluating Academic Programs: With Applications to U.S. Graduate Decision Science Programs pp. 813-828

Ralph L. Keeney, Kelly E. See and Detlof von Winterfeldt

Optimizing Chemotherapy Scheduling Using Local Search Heuristics pp. 829-846

Zvia Agur, Refael Hassin and Sigal Levy

A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm Without Binary Variables for Nonconvex Piecewise Linear Optimization pp. 847-858

Ahmet B. Keha, Ismael R. de Farias and George L. Nemhauser

Revenue Management of a Make-to-Stock Queue pp. 859-875

René Caldentey and Lawrence M. Wein

Dynamic Control of a Multiclass Queue with Thin Arrival Streams pp. 876-892

Barış Ata

Revenue Management Through Dynamic Cross Selling in E-Commerce Retailing pp. 893-913

Serguei Netessine, Sergei Savin and Wenqiang Xiao

Revenue Management for a Multiclass Single-Server Queue via a Fluid Model Analysis pp. 914-932

Constantinos Maglaras

A Continuum Model for a Re-entrant Factory pp. 933-950

Dieter Armbruster, Daniel E. Marthaler, Christian Ringhofer, Karl Kempf and Tae-Chang Jo

Capacitated Multi-Item Lot-Sizing Problems with Time Windows pp. 951-967

Nadjib Brahimi, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès and Najib M. Najid

Models of the Spiral-Down Effect in Revenue Management pp. 968-987

William L. Cooper, Tito Homem- de-Mello and Anton J. Kleywegt

Controlling Inventories in Divergent Supply Chains with Advance-Order Information pp. 988-1010

Johan Marklund

Volume 54, issue 4, 2006

The Network Packing Problem in Terrestrial Broadcasting pp. 611-626

Carlo Mannino, Fabrizio Rossi and Stefano Smriglio

Interruptible Electricity Contracts from an Electricity Retailer's Point of View: Valuation and Optimal Interruption pp. 627-642

Ross Baldick, Sergey Kolos and Stathis Tompaidis

A New Decomposition Method for Multiregional Economic Equilibrium Models pp. 643-655

William Chung, J. D. Fuller and Y. June Wu

Incorporating Multiprocess Performance Standards into the DEA Framework pp. 656-665

Wade D. Cook and Joe Zhu

Quality Cycles and the Strategic Manipulation of Value pp. 666-677

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gustav Feichtinger, Josef Haunschmied and Gernot Tragler

A Piecewise-Diffusion Model of New-Product Demands pp. 678-695

Shun-Chen Niu

Joint Inventory Replenishment and Pricing Control for Systems with Uncertain Yield and Demand pp. 696-705

Qing Li and Shaohui Zheng

Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Assemble-to-Order Systems with Stochastic Sequential Lead Times pp. 706-724

Yao Zhao and David Simchi-Levi

Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains with Clusters of Commonality pp. 725-742

Salal Humair and Sean P. Willems

Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: A New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation pp. 743-755

Hong Wan, Bruce E. Ankenman and Barry L. Nelson

Combinatorial Benders' Cuts for Mixed-Integer Linear Programming pp. 756-766

Gianni Codato and Matteo Fischetti

Solving Nonlinear Single-Unit Commitment Problems with Ramping Constraints pp. 767-775

Antonio Frangioni and Claudio Gentile

An Economic Analysis of Interconnection Arrangements Between Internet Backbone Providers pp. 776-788

Yong Tan, I. Robert Chiang and Vijay S. Mookerjee

Planning Machine Maintenance in Two-Machine Shop Scheduling pp. 789-800

M. A. Kubzin and V. A. Strusevich

Are Base-Stock Policies Optimal in Inventory Problems with Multiple Delivery Modes? pp. 801-807

Qi Feng, Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Operations Research in Health Care pp. 812-812

Edwin Romeijn and Stefanos Zenios

Volume 54, issue 3, 2006

Evaluating Portfolio Policies: A Duality Approach pp. 405-418

Martin B. Haugh, Leonid Kogan and Jiang Wang

Design and Control of a Large Call Center: Asymptotic Analysis of an LP-Based Method pp. 419-435

Achal Bassamboo, J. Michael Harrison and Assaf Zeevi

Global Optimality Conditions for Discrete and Nonconvex Optimization---With Applications to Lagrangian Heuristics and Column Generation pp. 436-453

Torbjörn Larsson and Michael Patriksson

Dual-Optimal Inequalities for Stabilized Column Generation pp. 454-463

Hatem Ben Amor, Jacques Desrosiers and José Manuel Valério de Carvalho

On the Asymptotic Optimality of a Simple On-Line Algorithm for the Stochastic Single-Machine Weighted Completion Time Problem and Its Extensions pp. 464-474

Mabel C. Chou, Hui Liu, Maurice Queyranne and David Simchi-Levi

On the Asymptotic Validity of Fully Sequential Selection Procedures for Steady-State Simulation pp. 475-488

Seong-Hee Kim and Barry L. Nelson

Adaptive Importance Sampling Technique for Markov Chains Using Stochastic Approximation pp. 489-504

T. P. I. Ahamed, V. S. Borkar and S. Juneja

Multiproduct Systems with Both Setup Times and Costs: Fluid Bounds and Schedules pp. 505-522

Wei-Min Lan and Tava Lennon Olsen

The Multiple-Family ELSP with Safety Stocks pp. 523-531

Serge M. Karalli and A. Dale Flowers

Optimal Policy for a Multiechelon Inventory System with Remanufacturing pp. 532-543

Gregory A. DeCroix

A Multiproduct, Multicriterion Supply-Demand Network Equilibrium Model pp. 544-554

T. C. E. Cheng and Y. N. Wu

Order Assignment and Scheduling in a Supply Chain pp. 555-572

Zhi-Long Chen and Guruprasad Pundoor

A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Dial-a-Ride Problem pp. 573-586

Jean-François Cordeau

A New Bottom-Left-Fill Heuristic Algorithm for the Two-Dimensional Irregular Packing Problem pp. 587-601

Edmund Burke, Robert Hellier, Graham Kendall and Glenn Whitwell

A Note on Probability Distributions with Increasing Generalized Failure Rates pp. 602-604

Martin A. Lariviere

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Operations Research in Health Care pp. 609-609

Edwin Romeijn and Stefanos Zenios

Volume 54, issue 2, 2006

A New Linear Programming Approach to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Problems pp. 201-216

H. Edwin Romeijn, Ravindra K. Ahuja, James F. Dempsey and Arvind Kumar

Exact Simulation of Stochastic Volatility and Other Affine Jump Diffusion Processes pp. 217-231

Mark Broadie and Özgür Kaya

Tracking a Financial Benchmark Using a Few Assets pp. 232-246

David D. Yao, Shuzhong Zhang and Xun Yu Zhou

Sensitivity of Performance in the Erlang-A Queueing Model to Changes in the Model Parameters pp. 247-260

Ward Whitt

Combined Network Design and Multiperiod Pricing: Modeling, Solution Techniques, and Computation pp. 261-276

Daniel Bienstock, Olga Raskina, Iraj Saniee and Qiong Wang

Maximum Entropy Utility pp. 277-290

Ali E. Abbas

Dynamic Mechanism Design for Online Commerce pp. 291-310

Jérémie Gallien

An Optimal Lot-Sizing and Offline Inspection Policy in the Case of Nonrigid Demand pp. 311-323

Shoshana Anily and Abraham Grosfeld-Nir

Inventory Policies in a Decentralized Assembly System pp. 324-336

Fernando Bernstein and Gregory A. DeCroix

Effective Heuristics for Multiproduct Partial Shipment Models pp. 337-352

Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni and Sridhar Tayur

Firefighter Staffing Including Temporary Absences and Wastage pp. 353-365

Michael J. Fry, Michael J. Magazine and Uday S. Rao

The Black and White Traveling Salesman Problem pp. 366-378

Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte and Frédéric Semet

Optimal Selection of a Connected Reserve Network pp. 379-388

Hayri Onal and Robert A. Briers

Optimal Inventory Policy with Two Suppliers pp. 389-393

Edward J. Fox, Richard Metters and John Semple

Requirements Planning with Pricing and Order Selection Flexibility pp. 394-401

Joseph Geunes, H. Edwin Romeijn and Kevin Taaffe

Volume 54, issue 1, 2006

From the Editor pp. 1-4

David Simchi-Levi

Managing Patient Service in a Diagnostic Medical Facility pp. 11-25

Linda V. Green, Sergei Savin and Ben Wang

Increasing Risk and Increasing Informativeness: Equivalence Theorems pp. 26-36

Erin Baker

Fluid Models for Multiserver Queues with Abandonments pp. 37-54

Ward Whitt

A Stochastic Programming Approach to Power Portfolio Optimization pp. 55-72

Suvrajeet Sen, Lihua Yu and Talat Genc

Approximation Algorithms for Problems Combining Facility Location and Network Design pp. 73-81

R. Ravi and Amitabh Sinha

A Nonparametric Approach to Multiproduct Pricing pp. 82-98

Paat Rusmevichientong, Benjamin Van Roy and Peter W. Glynn

Fine-Tuning of Algorithms Using Fractional Experimental Designs and Local Search pp. 99-114

Belarmino Adenso-Díaz and Manuel Laguna

Discrete Optimization via Simulation Using COMPASS pp. 115-129

L. Jeff Hong and Barry L. Nelson

A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Multiple Depot Vehicle Scheduling Problem pp. 130-149

Ahmed Hadjar, Odile Marcotte and François Soumis

A Robust Optimization Approach to Inventory Theory pp. 150-168

Dimitris Bertsimas and Aurélie Thiele

Dynamic Pricing Through Discounts for Optimizing Multiple-Class Demand Fulfillment pp. 169-183

Qing Ding, Panos Kouvelis and Joseph M. Milner

Solving Large-Scale Linear Multicommodity Flow Problems with an Active Set Strategy and Proximal-ACCPM pp. 184-197

F. Babonneau, O. du Merle and J.-P. Vial