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Volume 47, issue 6, 1999

The Simultaneous Planning of Production, Capacity, and Inventory in Seasonal Demand Environments pp. 795-806

James R. Bradley and Bruce C. Arntzen

Warranty Economic Decision Models: A Summary and Some Suggested Directions for Future Research pp. 807-820

Marlin U. Thomas and Sridevi S. Rao

Scheduling in Robotic Cells: Heuristics and Cell Design pp. 821-835

Hichem Kamoun, Nicholas G. Hall and Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Stochastic Programming-Based Bounding of Expected Production Costs for Multiarea Electric Power System pp. 836-848

Benjamin F. Hobbs and Yuandong Ji

Rendezvous Search on the Line with Limited Resources: Maximizing the Probability of Meeting pp. 849-861

Steve Alpern and Anatole Beck

Parallel Machine Scheduling by Column Generation pp. 862-872

J. M. van den Akker, J. A. Hoogeveen and S. L. van de Velde

A Set Partitioning Approach to the Crew Scheduling Problem pp. 873-888

A. Mingozzi, M. A. Boschetti, S. Ricciardelli and L. Bianco

Price-Directed Control of Remnant Inventory Systems pp. 889-898

Daniel Adelman and George L. Nemhauser

Optimal Reliability Allocation with Discrete Cost-Reliability Data for Components pp. 899-906

Subba Rao V. Majety, Milind Dawande and Jayant Rajgopal

Derandomizing Variance Estimators pp. 907-916

Shane G. Henderson and Peter W. Glynn

The Nonpreemptive Priority MAP/G/1 Queue pp. 917-927

Tetsuya Takine

Decentralized Adaptive Flow Control of High-Speed Connectionless Data Networks pp. 928-942

Felisa J. Vázquez-Abad and Lorne G. Mason

Restricted-Recourse Bounds for Stochastic Linear Programming pp. 943-956

David P. Morton and R. Kevin Wood

Too Much of a Good Thing? pp. 957-965

Dana R. Clyman, Michael R. Walls and James S. Dyer

Analysis of a Sampling Control Scheme for a Perishable Inventory System pp. 966-973

David Perry

Rendezvous Search on the Line pp. 974-976

Shmuel Gal

Volume 47, issue 5, 1999

Identifying and Structuring Values to Guide Integrated Resource Planning at BC Gas pp. 651-662

Ralph L. Keeney and Timothy L. McDaniels

Using Analogical Reasoning and Schema Formation to Improve the Success in Formulating Linear Programming Models pp. 663-674

Frederic H. Murphy and Venkat Panchanadam

Dynamic Vehicle Dispatching: Optimal Heavy Traffic Performance and Practical Insights pp. 675-692

Noah Gans and Garrett van Ryzin

Routing Through Virtual Paths in Layered Telecommunication Networks pp. 693-702

Geir Dahl, Alexander Martin and Mechthild Stoer

Asymptotic Mean and Variance of Electric Power Generation System Production Costs via Recursive Computation of the Fundamental Matrix of a Markov Chain pp. 703-712

Fen-Ru Shih, Mainak Mazumdar and Jeremy A. Bloom

Myopic Heuristics for the Random Yield Problem pp. 713-722

Srinivas Bollapragada and Thomas E. Morton

Optimal System Design with Multiple Decision Makers and Possible Debt: A Multicriteria De Novo Programming Approach pp. 723-729

Yong Shi

A Heuristic Method for the Set Covering Problem pp. 730-743

Alberto Caprara, Matteo Fischetti and Paolo Toth

Fast Algorithms for Parametric Scheduling Come From Extensions to Parametric Maximum Flow pp. 744-756

S. Thomas McCormick

A Fully Polynomial Approximation Scheme for the Weighted Earliness–Tardiness Problem pp. 757-761

Mikhail Y. Kovalyov and Wieslaw Kubiak

Improved Design of Queueing Simulation Experiments with Highly Heteroscedastic Responses pp. 762-777

Russell C. H. Cheng and Jack Kleijnen

Inferring Balking Behavior From Transactional Data pp. 778-784

Lee K. Jones

Analysis of Lagrangian Lower Bounds for a Graph Partitioning Problem pp. 785-788

Gajendra K. Adil and Jay B. Ghosh

A Facet Generation Procedure for Solving 0/1 Integer Programs pp. 789-791

Gyana Parija, Radu Gadidov and Wilbert Wilhelm

Volume 47, issue 4, 1999

Approximation Algorithms to Solve Real-Life Multicriteria Cutting Stock Problems pp. 495-508

Chengbin Chu and Julien Antonio

Variance Reduction in Simulations of Loss Models pp. 509-523

Rayadurgam Srikant and Ward Whitt

Heavy Traffic Analysis of Polling Systems in Tandem pp. 524-534

Martin I. Reiman and Lawrence M. Wein

Approximating an Optimal Production Policy in a Continuous Flow Line: Recurrence and Asymptotic Properties pp. 535-549

Houmin Yan, Xun Yu Zhou and G. Yin

Rendezvous Search on the Interval and the Circle pp. 550-558

J. V. Howard

The Changeover Scheduling Problem with Time and Cost Considerations: Analytical Results and a Forward Algorithm pp. 559-569

James D. Blocher, Suresh Chand and Kaushik Sengupta

Core Problems in Knapsack Algorithms pp. 570-575

David Pisinger

A Simple Heuristic for Computing Nonstationary (s, S) Policies pp. 576-584

Srinivas Bollapragada and Thomas E. Morton

Multilevel Splitting for Estimating Rare Event Probabilities pp. 585-600

Paul Glasserman, Philip Heidelberger, Perwez Shahabuddin and Tim Zajic

Optimal Variance Structures and Performance Improvement of Synchronous Assembly Lines pp. 601-618

Steven J. Erlebacher and Medini R. Singh

Poisson-Voronoi Spanning Trees with Applications to the Optimization of Communication Networks pp. 619-631

François Baccelli and Sergei Zuyev

Single-Period Multiproduct Inventory Models with Substitution pp. 632-642

Yehuda Bassok, Ravi Anupindi and Ram Akella

Volume 47, issue 3, 1999

A Method for Strategic Asset-Liability Management with an Application to the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York pp. 345-360

Sridhar Seshadri, A. Khanna, F. Harche and R. Wyle

On Equitable Resource Allocation Problems: A Lexicographic Minimax Approach pp. 361-378

Hanan Luss

Bounds and Policies for Dynamic Routing in Loss Networks pp. 379-394

Dimitris Bertsimas and Thalia Chryssikou

A Tactical Planning Model for Mixed-Model Electronics Assembly Operations pp. 395-409

Anantaram Balakrishnan and François Vanderbeck

Sequential Inspection Under Capacity Constraints pp. 410-421

David D. Yao and Shaohui Zheng

Stochastic Scheduling on Parallel Machines Subject to Random Breakdowns to Minimize Expected Costs for Earliness and Tardy Jobs pp. 422-437

Xiaoqiang Cai and Sean Zhou

Optimal Routing of Customers to Two Parallel Heterogeneous Servers: The Case of IHR Service Times pp. 438-444

Esther Frostig and Benny Levikson

An O(nm)-Time Network Simplex Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem pp. 445-448

Donald Goldfarb and Zhiying Jin

The Assignment Problem with Seniority and Job Priority Constraints pp. 449-453

Gaétan Caron, Pierri Hansen and Brigitte Jaumard

Combined Pricing and Inventory Control Under Uncertainty pp. 454-475

Awi Federgruen and Aliza Heching

On the Complexity of Verifying Structural Properties of Discrete Event Simulation Models pp. 476-481

Sheldon H. Jacobson and Enver Yücesan

A Punt Returner Location Problem pp. 482-487

Jack Brimberg, W. J. Hurley and R. E. Johnson

Dynamics of Two- and Three-Worker “Bucket Brigade” Production Lines pp. 488-491

John J. Bartholdi, Leonid A. Bunimovich and Donald D. Eisenstein

Volume 47, issue 2, 1999

The U.S. Army National Guard's Mobile Training Simulators Location and Routing Problem pp. 175-182

Katta G. Murty and Philipp A. Djang

Pricing and the Newsvendor Problem: A Review with Extensions pp. 183-194

Nicholas C. Petruzzi and Maqbool Dada

Designing Portfolios of Financial Products via Integrated Simulation and Optimization Models pp. 195-208

Andrea Consiglio and Stavros Zenios

Incorporating Competence Sets of Decision Makers by Deduction Graphs pp. 209-220

Han-Lin Li

A Product and Process Selection Model with Multidisciplinary Environmental Considerations pp. 221-234

Julie Ann Stuart, Jane C. Ammons and Laura J. Turbini

Managing Development Risk in Product Design Processes pp. 235-246

Reza Ahmadi and Robert H. Wang

A Column Generation Approach for Large-Scale Aircrew Rostering Problems pp. 247-263

Michel Gamache, François Soumis, Gérald Marquis and Jacques Desrosiers

Structural Analysis of a Queueing System with Multiclasses of Correlated Arrivals and Blocking pp. 264-276

Susan H. Xu

Random Yield and Random Demand in a Production System with Downward Substitution pp. 277-290

Arthur Hsu and Yehuda Bassok

Solving Inverse Spanning Tree Problems Through Network Flow Techniques pp. 291-298

P. T. Sokkalingam, Ravindra K. Ahuja and James B. Orlin

Cramér-von Mises Variance Estimators for Simulations pp. 299-309

David Goldsman, Keebom Kang and Andrew F. Seila

M/M/1 Queues with Switching Costs and Hysteretic Optimal Control pp. 310-312

M. Yu. Kitaev and Richard F. Serfozo

The Importance of Power-Tail Distributions for Modeling Queueing Systems pp. 313-326

Michael Greiner, Manfred Jobmann and Lester Lipsky

Network-Optimized Road Pricing: Part II: Algorithms and Examples pp. 327-336

Robert B. Dial

Maximizing Revenues of Perishable Assets with a Risk Factor pp. 337-341

Youyi Feng and Baichun Xiao

Volume 47, issue 1, 1999

Options in the Real World: Lessons Learned in Evaluating Oil and Gas Investments pp. 1-15

James E. Smith and Kevin F. McCardle

The Founding of INFORMS: A Decision Analysis Perspective pp. 16-28

L. Robin Keller and Craig W. Kirkwood

Snapshot Estimators of Recent HIV Incidence Rates pp. 29-37

Edward H. Kaplan and Ron Brookmeyer

Applying Experimental Design and Regression Splines to High-Dimensional Continuous-State Stochastic Dynamic Programming pp. 38-53

Victoria C. P. Chen, David Ruppert and Christine A. Shoemaker

Network-Optimized Road Pricing: Part I: A Parable and a Model pp. 54-64

Robert B. Dial

Design of an Automated Shop Floor Material Handling System with Inventory Considerations pp. 65-80

M. Eric Johnson and Margaret L. Brandeau

Finding Disjoint Routes in Telecommunications Networks with Two Technologies pp. 81-92

Anne de Jongh, Michel Gendreau and Martine Labbé

Large-Scale Convex Optimization Via Saddle Point Computation pp. 93-101

Markku Kallio and Charles H. Rosa

Spatial Oligopolistic Electricity Models with Cournot Generators and Regulated Transmission Prices pp. 102-112

Wei Jing-Yuan and Yves Smeers

A Graph-Theoretic Decomposition of the Job Shop Scheduling Problem to Achieve Scheduling Robustness pp. 113-124

S. David Wu, Eui-Seok Byeon and Robert H. Storer

Partition-Reversible Markov Processes pp. 125-130

Christos Alexopoulos, Akram A. El-Tannir and Richard F. Serfozo

Order-Fulfillment Performance Measures in an Assemble-to-Order System with Stochastic Leadtimes pp. 131-149

Jing-Sheng Song, Susan H. Xu and Bin Liu

(s, S) Continuous Review Models for Products with Fixed Lifetimes pp. 150-158

Liming Liu and Zhaotong Lian

Good Parameters and Implementations for Combined Multiple Recursive Random Number Generators pp. 159-164

Pierre L'Ecuyer

A Simple Heuristic for m-Machine Flow-Shop and its Applications in Routing-Scheduling Problems pp. 165-170

Igor Averbakh and Oded Berman