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Volume 43, issue 6, 1995

Preparing for the Future: The Opportunities and Limitations for INFORMS on the Pacific Rim pp. 911-915

Joseph F. Coates

Model Formulation: What Experts Think About and When pp. 916-932

Thomas R. Willemain

Evaluating Improvements in Electric Utility Reliability at British Columbia Hydro pp. 933-947

Ralph L. Keeney, Timothy L. McDaniels and Cary Swoveland

Global Sensitivity Analysis pp. 948-969

Harvey M. Wagner

The Productivity of Financial Intermediation and the Technology of Financial Product Management pp. 970-982

Martin R. Holmer and Stavros Zenios

Withdrawable Bids as Winner's Curse Insurance pp. 983-994

Ronald Harstad and Michael H. Rothkopf

Decomposition Algorithms for Analyzing Transient Phenomena in Multiclass Queueing Networks in Air Transportation pp. 995-1011

Michael D. Peterson, Dimitris J. Bertsimas and Amedeo R. Odoni

Polyhedral and Computational Investigations for Designing Communication Networks with High Survivability Requirements pp. 1012-1024

M. Grötschel, C. L. Monma and M. Stoer

Processing Networks with Inventories: Sequential Refinement Systems pp. 1025-1036

Yong-Joo Lee and Paul Zipkin

A Stochastic Approximation Algorithm with Varying Bounds pp. 1037-1048

Sigrún Andradóttir

An Effective Tour Construction and Improvement Procedure for the Traveling Salesman Problem pp. 1049-1057

Geoffrey Zweig

A Time Window Approach to Simultaneous Scheduling of Machines and Material Handling System in an FMS pp. 1058-1070

Ümit Bilge and Gündüz Ulusoy

Volume 43, issue 5, 1995

Research Strategies Used by OR/MS Workers as Shown by an Analysis of Papers in Flagship Journals pp. 731-740

Arnold Reisman and Frank Kirschnick

Improving Personnel Scheduling at Airline Stations pp. 741-751

Michael J. Brusco, Larry W. Jacobs, Robert J. Bongiorno, Duane V. Lyons and Baoxing Tang

Application of Linear Programming in a Gauze Splitting Operation pp. 752-757

Todd A. Schultz

Optimal Algorithms and a Remarkably Efficient Heuristic for the Ground-Holding Problem in Air Traffic Control pp. 758-770

Octavio Richetta

Exact and Approximate Solutions of Affine Reservoir Models pp. 771-780

Bernard F. Lamond and Matthew J. Sobel

Computing Lower Bounds for the Quadratic Assignment Problem with an Interior Point Algorithm for Linear Programming pp. 781-791

Mauricio G. C. Resende, K. G. Ramakrishnan and Zvi Drezner

A Weighted Least Squares Approach to Computer Simulation Factor Screening pp. 792-806

Douglas J. Morrice and Indranil R. Bardhan

Generalized Chebychev Inequalities: Theory and Applications in Decision Analysis pp. 807-825

James E. Smith

A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Computing Optimal Replacement Policies in K -Out-of- N Systems pp. 826-837

Chia-Shin Chung and James Flynn

Bounds on Expected Project Tardiness pp. 838-850

John Birge and Marilyn J. Maddox

Response Time Design in Integrated Order Processing/Production Systems pp. 851-861

William S. Lovejoy and Seungjin Whang

Finite Horizon Markov Decision Processes with Uncertain Terminal Payoffs pp. 862-869

D. J. White

Parallel Service with Vacations pp. 870-878

Sid Browne and Offer Kella

One-Attribute Sequential Assignment Match Processes in Discrete Time pp. 879-884

Israel David and Uri Yechiali

Exponential Approximations for Tail Probabilities in Queues, I: Waiting Times pp. 885-901

Joseph Abate, Gagan L. Choudhury and Ward Whitt

An Inventory Model with Exogenous Failures pp. 902-903

Israel David and Avraham Mehrez

Volume 43, issue 4, 1995

The Life Cycle of Goal Programming Research as Recorded in Journal Articles pp. 551-557

Marc J. Schniederjans

Probability Models of Needle Exchange pp. 558-569

Edward H. Kaplan

Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Via Linear Programming pp. 570-577

Olvi L. Mangasarian, W. Nick Street and William H. Wolberg

Mathematical Programming Models for Environmental Quality Control pp. 578-622

Harvey J. Greenberg

Locating Discretionary Service Facilities, II: Maximizing Market Size, Minimizing Inconvenience pp. 623-632

Oded Berman, Dimitris Bertsimas and Richard C. Larson

Two-Stage Multiple Comparisons with the Best for Computer Simulation pp. 633-640

Frank J. Matejcik and Barry L. Nelson

The Parameter Space Investigation Method of Multiple Objective Nonlinear Programming: A Computational Investigation pp. 641-648

Ralph E. Steuer and Minghe Sun

A Location Based Heuristic for General Routing Problems pp. 649-660

Julien Bramel and David Simchi-Levi

Specially Structured Uncapacitated Facility Location Problems pp. 661-669

Philip C. Jones, Timothy J. Lowe, Georg Muller, Ning Xu, Yinyu Ye and James L. Zydiak

The Nonlinear Resource Allocation Problem pp. 670-683

Kurt M. Bretthauer and Bala Shetty

An Exact Algorithm for Maximum Entropy Sampling pp. 684-691

Chun-Wa Ko, Jon Lee and Maurice Queyranne

Scheduling Groups of Jobs on a Single Machine pp. 692-703

Scott Webster and Kenneth R. Baker

On Normalizing Constants in Multiclass Queueing Networks pp. 704-711

Alexander I. Gerasimov

The Throughput of Multistation Production Lines with No Intermediate Buffers pp. 712-715

Hrissoleon T. Papadopoulos

On the Finite Horizon EOQ Model with Cost Changes pp. 716-717

André Gascon

Volume 43, issue 3, 1995

Dispatching Petroleum Products pp. 379-387

David Ronen

Regulation by Simulation: The Role of Production Cost Models in Electricity Planning and Pricing pp. 388-398

Edward Kahn

Arc Routing Problems, Part II: The Rural Postman Problem pp. 399-414

H. A. Eiselt, Michel Gendreau and Gilbert Laporte

Using Judgment in Resource Management: A Multiple Objective Analysis of a Fisheries Management Decision pp. 415-426

Timothy L. McDaniels

An Application of Yield Management to the Hotel Industry Considering Multiple Day Stays pp. 427-443

Gabriel R. Bitran and Susana V. Mondschein

Component Fixture Positioning/Sequencing for Printed Circuit Board Assembly with Concurrent Operations pp. 444-457

Javad Ahmadi, Reza Ahmadi, Hirofumi Matsuo and Devanath Tirupati

Efficient Algorithms for Finding Optimal Power-of-Two Policies for Production/Distribution Systems with General Joint Setup Costs pp. 458-470

Awi Federgruen and Yu-Sheng Zheng

Bayesian Group Replacement Policies pp. 471-476

John G. Wilson and Ali Benmerzouga

A New Scenario Decomposition Method for Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization pp. 477-490

John M. Mulvey and Andrzej Ruszczynski

Deadhead Selection for the Long-Haul Crew Pairing Problem pp. 491-499

Cynthia Barnhart, Levent Hatay and Ellis L. Johnson

Optimal Partitioning Which Maximizes the Sum of the Weighted Averages pp. 500-508

Shmuel Gal and Boris Klots

On the Choice of Alternative Measures in Importance Sampling with Markov Chains pp. 509-519

Sigrún Andradóttir, Daniel P. Heyman and Teunis J. Ott

Queueing Analysis of a Jockeying Model pp. 520-529

Yiqiang Zhao and Winfried K. Grassmann

Exploiting Partial Information in Queueing Systems pp. 530-536

Yasushi Masuda

Networks of Queues with Customers, Signals and Arbitrary Service Time Distributions pp. 537-544

Xiuli Chao

Volume 43, issue 2, 1995

MS/OR Enabled Systems Design pp. 199-207

Robert M. O'Keefe

Aluminum Production Modeling—A Nonlinear Bilevel Programming Approach pp. 208-218

Miles G. Nicholls

Facility-Wide Planning and Scheduling of Printed Wiring Board Assembly pp. 219-230

Thomas A. Feo, Jonathan F. Bard and Scott D. Holland

Arc Routing Problems, Part I: The Chinese Postman Problem pp. 231-242

H. A. Eiselt, Michel Gendreau and Gilbert Laporte

Two-Person Zero-Sum Games for Network Interdiction pp. 243-251

Alan Washburn and Kevin Wood

Optimal and Approximate Control Policies for Airline Booking with Sequential Nonmonotonic Fare Classes pp. 252-263

Lawrence W. Robinson

Robust Optimization of Large-Scale Systems pp. 264-281

John M. Mulvey, Robert J. Vanderbei and Stavros Zenios

Mean-Square Consistency of the Variance Estimator in Steady-State Simulation Output Analysis pp. 282-291

Halim Damerdji

On the Strategic Role of Outside Options in Bilateral Bargaining pp. 292-297

Abhinay Muthoo

The Distributional Little's Law and Its Applications pp. 298-310

Dimitris Bertsimas and Daisuke Nakazato

Lot Sizing with Random Yields: A Review pp. 311-334

Candace Arai Yano and Hau L. Lee

98%-Effective Lot Sizing for Series Inventory Systems with Backlogging pp. 335-345

Derek Atkins and Daning Sun

The Two-Stage Assembly Scheduling Problem: Complexity and Approximation pp. 346-355

C. N. Potts, S. V. Sevast'janov, V. A. Strusevich, L. N. Van Wassenhove and C. M. Zwaneveld

Two-Dimensional Failure-Free Warranty Policies: Two-Dimensional Point Process Models pp. 356-366

D. N. P. Murthy, B. P. Iskandar and R. J. Wilson

An Optimal Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows pp. 367-371

Yvan Dumas, Jacques Desrosiers, Eric Gelinas and Marius M. Solomon

Volume 43, issue 1, 1995

From the Editor pp. 2-2

Don Ratliff and Rona Ginsberg

Analysis of Distribution Strategies in the Industrial Paper and Plastics Industry pp. 6-18

Morris A. Cohen, Narendra Agrawal, Vipul Agrawal and Ananth Raman

An Assessment of the Risk of Chronic Lung Injury Attributable to Long-Term Ozone Exposure pp. 19-28

Robert L. Winkler, Thomas S. Wallsten, Ronald G. Whitfield, Harvey M. Richmond, Stanley R. Hayes and Arlene S. Rosenbaum

Telecommunications—A Revolution in Progress pp. 29-32

Bezalel Gavish

Modeling Handovers in Cellular Mobile Networks with Dynamic Channel Allocation pp. 33-42

D. L. Pallant and P. G. Taylor

Lower Bounding Procedures for Multiperiod Telecommunications Network Expansion Problems pp. 43-57

Suk-Gwon Chang and Bezalel Gavish

A Decomposition Algorithm for Local Access Telecommunications Network Expansion Planning pp. 58-76

Anantaram Balakrishnan, Thomas L. Magnanti and Richard T. Wong

Second-Order Fluid Flow Models: Reflected Brownian Motion in a Random Environment pp. 77-88

Rajeeva L. Karandikar and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni

Optimal Control of Arrivals to Token Ring Networks with Exhaustive Service Discipline pp. 89-101

Kent H. Tseng and Man-Tung T. Hsiao

A Logical Topology and Discrete Capacity Assignment Algorithm for Reconfigurable Networks pp. 102-116

Ming-Jeng Lee and James R. Yee

Smoothing Point Processes as a Means to Increase Throughput pp. 117-129

Cheng-Shang Chang

A 2n Constraint Formulation for the Capacitated Minimal Spanning Tree Problem pp. 130-141

Luis Gouveia

Modeling and Solving the Two-Facility Capacitated Network Loading Problem pp. 142-157

Thomas L. Magnanti, Prakash Mirchandani and Rita Vachani

Approximation of the Mean Queue Length of an M/G/c Queueing System pp. 158-165

Bobby N. W. Ma and Jon W. Mark

Speech Compression in Attendant Services: Analysis of a Queueing System with Delay-Dependent Service Times pp. 166-176

Donald E. Smith

Polling, Greedy and Horizon Servers on a Circle pp. 177-186

Arie Harel and Alan Stulman

An Efficient Algorithm for the Multiperiod Capacity Expansion of One Location in Telecommunications pp. 187-190

Iraj Saniee