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Volume 36, issue 6, 1988

OR Practice—A Logistics Planning System at W. R. Grace pp. 811-822

Darwin Klingman, John Mote and Nancy V. Phillips

Introduction—Special Focus and Decision Support Systems (DSS) pp. 823-825

Paul Gray and Jan Karel Lenstra

Computer-Aided Deliberation: Model Management and Group Decision Support pp. 826-848

J. F. Nunamaker, Lynda M. Applegate and Benn R. Konsynski

Development of a Knowledge-Based Model Management System pp. 849-863

Ting-Peng Liang

A Decision Support System for Funds Management in a Public University pp. 864-881

Rajesh Tyagi, Laurence J. Moore and Bernard W. Taylor

A Decision Support System for Purchasing Management of Large Projects pp. 882-890

Boaz Ronen and Dan Trietsch

The Three-Dimensional Gantt Chart pp. 891-903

Christopher V. Jones

Descriptive Analysis for Computer-Based Decision Support pp. 904-916

Mark S. Silver

Mass Screening Models for Contagious Diseases with No Latent Period pp. 917-928

Hau L. Lee and William P. Pierskalla

A Priori Solution of a Traveling Salesman Problem in Which a Random Subset of the Customers Are Visited pp. 929-936

Patrick Jaillet

A Stochastic Scheduling Problem with Intree Precedence Constraints pp. 937-943

Esther Frostig

Stability Conditions for Multidimensional Queueing Systems with Computer Applications pp. 944-957

Wojciech Szpankowski

Some Theorems on Instability with Applications to Multiaccess Protocols pp. 958-966

Wojciech Szpankowski and Vernon Rego

Volume 36, issue 5, 1988

OR Practice—Estimating Visual Detection Performance at Sea pp. 651-659

D. D. Engel and J. R. Weisinger

Stochastic Optimization Models for Lake Eutrophication Management pp. 660-681

László Somlyódy and Roger J.-B. Wets

A Mathematical Programming Approach to a Nash-Cournot Equilibrium Analysis for a Two-Stage Network of Oligopolies pp. 682-702

Hanif D. Sherali and Joanna M. Leleno

Disjoint Products and Efficient Computation of Reliability pp. 703-715

Michael O. Ball and J. Scott Provan

The Analysis of Random Polling Systems pp. 716-732

Leonard Kleinrock and Hanoch Levy

Characterization and Optimization of Achievable Performance in General Queueing Systems pp. 733-741

A. Federgruen and H. Groenevelt

The Deadline Constrained Weighted Completion Time Problem: Analysis of a Heuristic pp. 742-746

Marc E. Posner

Multi-Item Inventory Systems with a Service Objective pp. 747-755

J. Christopher Mitchell

Short-Term Scheduling of Thermal-Electric Generators Using Lagrangian Relaxation pp. 756-766

Jonathan F. Bard

Models Arising from a Flexible Manufacturing Machine, Part I: Minimization of the Number of Tool Switches pp. 767-777

Christopher S. Tang and Eric V. Denardo

Models Arising from a Flexible Manufacturing Machine, Part II: Minimization of the Number of Switching Instants pp. 778-784

Christopher S. Tang and Eric V. Denardo

Efficiency Frontier Determination by Constrained Facet Analysis pp. 785-796

A. Bessent, W. Bessent, J. Elam and T. Clark

OR Forum—Operations Research: A Global Language for Business Strategy pp. 797-803

Harvey M. Wagner

Volume 36, issue 4, 1988

OR Practice—Intelligent Data Compression in a Coal Model pp. 521-531

Clark Bullard and Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans

Optimality of Zero-Inventory Policies for Unreliable Manufacturing Systems pp. 532-541

T. Bielecki and P. R. Kumar

Optimal Periodic Replacement of Multicomponent Reliability Systems pp. 542-552

Süleyman Özekici

Scheduling Open Shops with Unit Execution Times to Minimize Functions of Due Dates pp. 553-559

C. Y. Liu and R. L. Bulfin

State Dependence in M / G /1 Server-Vacation Models pp. 560-565

Carl M. Harris and William G. Marchal

On Stochastic Decomposition in M / G /1 Type Queues with Generalized Server Vacations pp. 566-569

J. George Shanthikumar

Sensitivity of the EOQ Model to Parameter Estimates pp. 570-574

Gregory Dobson

Approximations for the Random Minimal Spanning Tree with Application to Network Provisioning pp. 575-584

Anjani Jain and John W. Mamer

Decision Processes with Monotone Hysteretic Policies pp. 585-588

Sabine K. Hipp and Ulrich D. Holzbaur

Probabilistic Inference and Influence Diagrams pp. 589-604

Ross D. Shachter

Bargaining Under Two-Sided Incomplete Information: The Unrestricted Offers Case pp. 605-618

Kalyan Chatterjee and Larry Samuelson

Volume 36, issue 3, 1988

OR Practice—Development and Implementation of a Scheduling System for a Wafer Fabrication Facility pp. 377-395

Gabriel R. Bitran and Devanath Tirupati

Structuring Objectives for Problems of Public Interest pp. 396-405

Ralph L. Keeney

Modeling and Forecasting Energy Markets with the Intermediate Future Forecasting System pp. 406-420

Frederic H. Murphy, John J. Conti, Susan H. Shaw and Reginald Sanders

Modeling the Performance of Organizational Structures pp. 421-436

Thomas W. Malone and Stephen A. Smith

A Quality Control Model with Learning Effects pp. 437-444

Charles H. Fine

An Adaptable Scheduling Algorithm for Flexible Flow Lines pp. 445-453

Robert J. Wittrock

An Interpolation Approximation for Queueing Systems with Poisson Input pp. 454-469

Martin I. Reiman and Burton Simon

Simple Bounds for Finite Single-Server Exponential Tandem Queues pp. 470-477

Nico M. Van Dijk and Bernard F. Lamond

A Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Location Problem on Networks pp. 478-484

David Simchi-Levi and Oded Berman

The Euclidean Multifacility Location Problem pp. 485-492

Francisc Radó

An Application of Combinatorial Optimization to Statistical Physics and Circuit Layout Design pp. 493-513

Francisco Barahona, Martin Grötschel, Michael Jünger and Gerhard Reinelt

Volume 36, issue 2, 1988

Component Allocation and Partitioning for a Dual Delivery Placement Machine pp. 176-191

Javad Ahmadi, Stephen Grotzinger and Dennis Johnson

Sequencing of Insertions in Printed Circuit Board Assembly pp. 192-201

Michael O. Ball and Michael J. Magazine

Empirical Evaluation of a Queueing Network Model for Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication pp. 202-215

Hong Chen, J. Michael Harrison, Avi Mandelbaum, Ann Van Ackere and Lawrence M. Wein

Strategic Analysis of Integrated Production-Distribution Systems: Models and Methods pp. 216-228

Morris A. Cohen and Hau L. Lee

The Role of Work-in-Process Inventory in Serial Production Lines pp. 229-241

Richard Conway, William Maxwell, John O. McClain and L. Joseph Thomas

A Discrete Time Average Cost Flexible Manufacturing and Operator Scheduling Model Solved by Deconvexification Over Time pp. 242-257

B. Curtis Eaves and Uriel G. Rothblum

Machine Layout Problem in Flexible Manufacturing Systems pp. 258-268

Sunderesh S. Heragu and Andrew Kusiak

Production Control in Multistage Systems with Variable Yield Losses pp. 269-278

Hau L. Lee and Candace Arai Yano

Dynamic Scheduling and Routing for Flexible Manufacturing Systems that Have Unreliable Machines pp. 279-292

Oded Z. Maimon and Stanley B. Gershwin

The Weighted Total Tardiness Problem with Fixed Shipping Times and Overtime Utilization pp. 293-307

Hirofumi Matsuo

Estimating Average Production Intervals Using Inventory Measurements: Little's Law for Partially Observable Processes pp. 308-323

Ardavan Nozari and Ward Whitt

The Discrete Two-Dimensional Assortment Problem pp. 324-332

David W. Pentico

On Server Allocation in Multiple Center Manufacturing Systems pp. 333-342

J. George Shanthikumar and David D. Yao

Buffer Space Allocation in Automated Assembly Lines pp. 343-358

J. MacGregor Smith and Sophia Daskalaki

A Max-Min Allocation Problem: Its Solutions and Applications pp. 359-367

Christopher S. Tang

Volume 36, issue 1, 1988

OR Practice—The Army Manpower Long-Range Planning System pp. 5-17

Saul I. Gass, Roger W. Collins, Craig W. Meinhardt, Douglas M. Lemon and Marcia D. Gillette

The Nozzle Guide Vane Problem pp. 18-33

Robert D. Plante

Planning and Scheduling for Epitaxial Wafer Production Facilities pp. 34-49

Gabriel R. Bitran and Devanath Tirupati

A Dynamic Programming Solution to the Dynamic, Multi-Item, Single-Machine Scheduling Problem pp. 50-56

André Gascon and Robert C. Leachman

Estimating the Performance of Multi-Level Inventory Systems pp. 57-72

Antony Svoronos and Paul Zipkin

An Approximation Method for Tandem Queues with Blocking pp. 73-83

Alexandre Brandwajn and Yung-Li Lily Jow

Optimal Obnoxious Paths on a Network: Transportation of Hazardous Materials pp. 84-92

Rajan Batta and Samuel S. Chiu

Relaxation Methods for Minimum Cost Ordinary and Generalized Network Flow Problems pp. 93-114

Dimitri P. Bertsekas and Paul Tseng

The Cost of Delayed Lottery Resolution pp. 115-121

Robert F. Bordley

Sensitivity Analysis of Additive Multiattribute Value Models pp. 122-127

Hutton Barron and Charles P. Schmidt

A Sample Performance Function of Closed Jackson Queueing Networks pp. 128-136

Xi-Ren Cao

A Simple and Efficient Algorithm to Compute Tail Probabilities from Transforms pp. 137-144

Loren K. Platzman, Jane C. Ammons and John J. Bartholdi

Boole-Bonferroni Inequalities and Linear Programming pp. 145-162

András Prékopa

Technical Note—An Improved Transformation of the Symmetric Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem pp. 163-167

Roy Jonker and Ton Volgenant