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Volume 44, issue 6, 1996

Implementing Setup Optimization on the Shop Floor pp. 843-851

Shailendra Jain, M. Eric Johnson and Fereydoon Safai

Air Network Design for Express Shipment Service pp. 852-863

Cynthia Barnhart and Rina R. Schneur

The Plant Location Problem: New Models and Research Prospects pp. 864-874

Charles S. Revelle and Gilbert Laporte

A Dynamic Subgradient-Based Branch-and-Bound Procedure for Set Covering pp. 875-890

Egon Balas and Maria C. Carrera

A New Heuristic for Three-Machine Flow Shop Scheduling pp. 891-898

Bo Chen, Celia A. Glass, Chris N. Potts and Vitaly A. Strusevich

A Probabilistic Analysis of Two-Machine Flowshops pp. 899-908

Amar Ramudhin, John J. Bartholdi, James M. Calvin, John H. Vande Vate and Gideon Weiss

New Second-Order Bounds on the Expectation of Saddle Functions with Applications to Stochastic Linear Programming pp. 909-922

N. C. P. Edirisinghe

Hub Location and the p -Hub Median Problem pp. 923-935

James F. Campbell

Two-Moment Analysis of Open Queueing Networks with General Workstation Capabilities pp. 936-950

J. Michael Harrison and Michael T. Pich

An Algorithm for Multistage Dynamic Networks with Random Arc Capacities, with an Application to Dynamic Fleet Management pp. 951-963

Raymond K. Cheung and Warren B. Powell

Capacity Allocation for Dynamic Process Improvement with Quality and Demand Considerations pp. 964-975

Suresh Chand, Herbert Moskowitz, Andreas Novak, Ishpal Rekhi and Gerhard Sorger

Stationary-Process Approximations for the Nonstationary Erlang Loss Model pp. 976-983

William A. Massey and Ward Whitt

A Transform-Free Approximation for the Finite Capacity M / G / s Queue pp. 984-988

Toshikazu Kimura

The Impact of Setup Times on the Performance of Multiclass Service and Production Systems pp. 989-1001

Awi Federgruen and Ziv Katalan

An Algorithm for the Multiperiod Market Equilibrium Model with Geometric Distributed Lag Demand pp. 1002-1012

Y. June Wu and J. David Fuller

X-Y Band and Modified ( s, S ) Policy pp. 1013-1019

Chen Shaoxiang and M. Lambrecht

Volume 44, issue 5, 1996

The Use of Linear Programming in Disentangling the Bankruptcies of Al-Manakh Stock Market Crash pp. 665-676

Abdelghani A. Elimam, Maurice Girgis and Samir Kotob

Basing Airtankers for Forest Fire Control in Ontario pp. 677-686

James I. MacLellan and David L. Martell

Enforcement or Treatment? Modeling the Relative Efficacy of Alternatives for Controlling Cocaine pp. 687-695

C. Peter Rydell, Jonathan P. Caulkins and Susan S. Everingham

Comparison of Some Suboptimal Control Policies in Medical Drug Therapy pp. 696-709

Chuanpu Hu, William S. Lovejoy and Steven L. Shafer

On the Analysis of Two New Models for Transporting Hazardous Materials pp. 710-723

Honghua Jin, Rajan Batta and Mark H. Karwan

Allocating Production Capacity Among Multiple Products pp. 724-734

Paul Glasserman

On the Characterization and Measure of Machine Cells in Group Technology pp. 735-744

Shu Ming Ng

The Delta-Wye Approximation Procedure for Two-Terminal Reliability pp. 745-757

Manoj K. Chari, Thomas A. Feo and J. Scott Provan

Exponential Approximations for Tail Probabilities in Queues II: Sojourn Time and Workload pp. 758-763

Joseph Abate, Gagan L. Choudhury and Ward Whitt

Mean Flow Time Minimization in Reentrant Job Shops with a Hub pp. 764-776

Wieslaw Kubiak, Sheldon X. C. Lou and Yingmeng Wang

Shop Problems With Two Machines and Time Lags pp. 777-787

Mauro Dell'Amico

Recursive Utility for Stochastic Trees pp. 788-809

Gordon B. Hazen and James M. Pellissier

The Departure Process of the GI / G /1 Queue and Its MacLaurin Series pp. 810-815

Jian-Qiang Hu

Combined Multiple Recursive Random Number Generators pp. 816-822

Pierre L'Ecuyer

Adaptive Routing on the Plane pp. 823-832

Leandros Tassiulas

Volume 44, issue 4, 1996

DEA/Assurance Region SBDC Efficiency and Unique Projections pp. 533-542

R. G. Thompson, P. S. Dharmapala, E. J. Gatewood, S. Macy and R. M. Thrall

Pooled Testing for HIV Screening: Capturing the Dilution Effect pp. 543-569

Lawrence M. Wein and Stefanos A. Zenios

A Flow Algorithm for Network Synchronization pp. 570-579

Refael Hassin

Single Resource Multi-Item Inventory Systems pp. 580-595

Guillermo Gallego, Maurice Queyranne and David Simchi-Levi

Optimal Dimensioning of Pipe Networks with Application to Gas Transmission Networks pp. 596-608

Daniel de Wolf and Yves Smeers

Decomposition of Utility Functions on Subsets of Product Sets pp. 609-616

François Sainfort and Jean M. Deichtmann

Scheduling Jobs on Several Machines with the Job Splitting Property pp. 617-628

Paolo Serafini

A Decomposition Theorem for Polling Models: The Switchover Times are Effectively Additive pp. 629-633

Robert B. Cooper, Shun-Chen Niu and Mandyam M. Srinivasan

Scheduling a Make-To-Stock Queue: Index Policies and Hedging Points pp. 634-647

Michael H. Veatch and Lawrence M. Wein

A Note on Heuristics of Flow-Shop Scheduling pp. 648-652

Tsung-Chyan Lai

Queue-Length Distribution for the Discriminatory Processor-Sharing Queue pp. 653-657

Kiran M. Rege and Bhaskar Sengupta

Volume 44, issue 3, 1996

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Drawdown Analyses pp. 425-434

Douglas W. Owens, Gregory S. Parnell and Robert L. Bivins

On the Simultaneous Optimization of Server and Work Allocations in Production Line Systems with Variable Processing Times pp. 435-443

Frederick S. Hillier and Kut C. So

Copula Models for Aggregating Expert Opinions pp. 444-457

Mohamed N. Jouini and Robert T. Clemen

A Two-State Partially Observable Markov Decision Process with Uniformly Distributed Observations pp. 458-463

Abraham Grosfeld-Nir

Input Control for Serial Production Lines Consisting of Processing and Assembly Operations with Random Yields pp. 464-468

Hau L. Lee

A Tabu Search Heuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands and Customers pp. 469-477

Michel Gendreau, Gilbert Laporte and René Séguin

Heuristics, LPs, and Trees on Trees: Network Design Analyses pp. 478-496

Anantaram Balakrishnan, Thomas L. Magnanti and Prakash Mirchandani

Minimizing Some Cost Functions Related to Both Burn-In and Field Use pp. 497-500

Jie Mi

Probabilistic Analyses and Practical Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows pp. 501-509

Julien Bramel and David Simchi-Levi

A Survey of Machine Scheduling Problems with Blocking and No-Wait in Process pp. 510-525

Nicholas G. Hall and Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Volume 44, issue 2, 1996

Management Problems of Large Organizations pp. 257-264

Charles J. Hitch

Separating Logistics Flows in the Chicago Public School System pp. 265-273

Donald D. Eisenstein and Ananth V. Iyer

Monitoring Drug Use Using Bayesian Acceptance Sampling: The Illinois Experiment pp. 274-285

Pamela K. Lattimore, Joanna R. Baker and Lance A. Matheson

A New Generation of Vehicle Routing Research: Robust Algorithms, Addressing Uncertainty pp. 286-304

Dimitris J. Bertsimas and David Simchi-Levi

Optimizing Flight Operations for an Aircraft Carrier in Transit pp. 305-312

Richard E. Rosenthal and William J. Walsh

Multiattribute Utility Theory Without Expected Utility Foundations pp. 313-326

John M. Miyamoto and Peter Wakker

Integrated Variance Reduction Strategies for Simulation pp. 327-346

Athanassios N. Avramidis and James R. Wilson

An Object-Oriented Methodology for Solving Assignment-Type Problems with Neighborhood Search Techniques pp. 347-359

Jacques A. Ferland, Alain Hertz and Alain Lavoie

Optimal Scheduling of Fallible Inspections pp. 360-367

Giovanni Parmigiani

Numerical Computation of the Moments of a Probability Distribution from its Transform pp. 368-381

Gagan L. Choudhury and David M. Lucantoni

Managing Uncertainty in a Serial Production Line pp. 382-392

Eric V. Denardo and Thomas Y. S. Lee

Spatial Market Policy Modeling with Goal Targets pp. 393-406

Anna Nagurney, Sten Thore and Jie Pan

On the Max-Min 0-1 Knapsack Problem with Robust Optimization Applications pp. 407-415

Gang Yu

Volume 44, issue 1, 1996

Preface---New Directions for Operations Management Research pp. 2-3

Morris A. Cohen and Michael J. Magazine

Process Planning for Aluminum Tubes: An Engineering-Operations Perspective pp. 7-20

Anantaram Balakrishnan and Stuart Brown

A Production Line that Balances Itself pp. 21-34

John J. Bartholdi and Donald D. Eisenstein

Managing Hotel Reservations with Uncertain Arrivals pp. 35-49

Gabriel R. Bitran and Stephen M. Gilbert

An Analytical Method for Performance Evaluation of Kanban Controlled Production Systems pp. 50-64

Maria Di Mascolo, Yannick Frein and Yves Dallery

Circuit Partitioning Via Set Partitioning and Column Generation pp. 65-76

Moshe Eben-Chaime, Craig A. Tovey and Jane C. Ammons

An Empirical Investigation of the Microstructure of Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer Through Learning by Doing pp. 77-86

Dennis Epple, Linda Argote and Kenneth Murphy

Reducing the Cost of Demand Uncertainty Through Accurate Response to Early Sales pp. 87-99

Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman

Valuing Operational Flexibility Under Exchange Rate Risk pp. 100-113

Arnd Huchzermeier and Morris A. Cohen

Exploratory Evidence on the Behavior of Quality Costs pp. 114-130

Christopher D. Ittner

Forecasting and Inventory Management of Short Life-Cycle Products pp. 131-150

Abbas A. Kurawarwala and Hirofumi Matsuo

Effective Inventory and Service Management Through Product and Process Redesign pp. 151-159

Hau L. Lee

The Service Facility Startup and Capacity Model and its Application to the National Cranberry Case pp. 160-172

Lode Li and Xin Wang

Sequential Screening in Semiconductor Manufacturing, I: Exploiting Spatial Dependence pp. 173-195

Mark D. Longtin, Lawrence M. Wein and Roy E. Welsch

Sequential Screening in Semiconductor Manufacturing, II: Exploiting Lot-to-Lot Variability pp. 196-205

Jihong Ou and Lawrence M. Wein

Learning from Mistakes: A Note on Just-in-Time Systems pp. 206-214

Carlos Ocaña and Eitan Zemel

Managing Inventory with the Prospect of Obsolescence pp. 215-222

Jing-Sheng Song and Paul H. Zipkin

An Empirical Study of Manufacturing Flexibility in Printed Circuit Board Assembly pp. 223-240

Fernando F. Suarez, Michael A. Cusumano and Charles H. Fine