Operations Research

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Volume 30, issue 6, 1982

Special Issue on Health Care pp. 1023-1026

Richard H. Shachtman and David L. Zalkind

Simulation of a Health Insurance Market with Adverse Selection pp. 1027-1042

Roger D. Feldman and Bryan E. Dowd

Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory to Measure Social Preferences for Health States pp. 1043-1069

George W. Torrance, Michael H. Boyle and Sargent P. Horwood

Conditional Rate Derivation in the Presence of Intervening Variables Using a Markov Chain pp. 1070-1081

Richard H. Shachtman, John R. Schoenfelder and Carol J. Hogue

An Iterative Estimation and Validation Procedure for Specification of Semi-Markov Models with Application to Hospital Patient Flow pp. 1082-1104

Elliott N. Weiss, Morris A. Cohen and John C. Hershey

A Stochastic Model to Measure Patient Effects Stemming from Hospital-Acquired Infections pp. 1105-1133

George T. Kastner and Richard H. Shachtman

An Alternative Method for Hospital Partition Determination Using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis pp. 1134-1147

T. D. Klastorin

Estimating Need and Demand for Prehospital Care pp. 1148-1167

Ricardo D. Kamenetzky, Larry J. Shuman and Harvey Wolfe

Planning for a Vertically Integrated Forest Industry pp. 1168-1182

Oscar Barros and Andres Weintraub

Periodic Replacement with Increasing Minimal Repair Costs at Failure pp. 1183-1189

Philip J. Boland and Frank Proschan

Volume 30, issue 5, 1982

Feature Article—Decision Analysis: An Overview pp. 803-838

Ralph L. Keeney

Assessing Risks Through the Determination of Rare Event Probabilities pp. 839-866

Allan R. Sampson and Robert L. Smith

Setting Standards for Offshore Oil Discharges: A Regulatory Decision Analysis pp. 867-886

Detlof von Winterfeldt

A Hybrid Decomposition Method for Integrating Coal Supply and Demand Models pp. 887-906

Jeremy F. Shapiro and David E. White

Operations Research and Capacity Expansion Problems: A Survey pp. 907-947

Hanan Luss

A Multiserver Queue with Thresholds for the Acceptance of Customers into Service pp. 948-960

Marcel F. Neuts and R. Nadarajan

Regret in Decision Making under Uncertainty pp. 961-981

David E. Bell

Strength of Preference and Risky Choice pp. 982-997

Rakesh Kumar Sarin

Generalized Network Problems Yielding Totally Balanced Games pp. 998-1008

Ehud Kalai and Eitan Zemel

Technical Note—Reducing Space Requirements for Shortest Path Problems pp. 1009-1013

J. Ian Munro and Raul J. Ramirez

Technical Note—The Expected Remaining Service Time in a Single Server Queue pp. 1014-1018

Demetrios Fakinos

Technical Note—A Partitioning Problem with Additive Objective with an Application to Optimal Inventory Groupings for Joint Replenishment pp. 1018-1022

A. K. Chakravarty, J. B. Orlin and U. G. Rothblum

Volume 30, issue 4, 1982

Feature Article—Operations Research for Agricultural Pest Management pp. 601-618

Richard M. Feldman and Guy L. Curry

Tandem Queues with Dependent Service Times in Light Traffic pp. 619-635

Ronald W. Wolff

The Optimality of Full Service Policies pp. 636-649

Matthew J. Sobel

Time-Inhomogenous Bulk Server Queue in Discrete Time: A Transportation Type Problem pp. 650-658

Attahiru Sule Alfa

Optimal Control of Production Sequences: A Continuous Parameter Analysis pp. 659-679

R. G. Vickson

Perishable Inventory Theory: A Review pp. 680-708

Steven Nahmias

On the Objective Function Behavior in ( s, S ) Inventory Models pp. 709-724

Izzet Sahin

Duality and Distance Constraints for the Nonlinear p -Center Problem and Covering Problem on a Tree Network pp. 725-744

B. C. Tansel, R. L. Francis, T. J. Lowe and M. L. Chen

Optimal Locations on a Line Are Interleaved pp. 745-759

Eric V. Denardo, Gur Huberman and Uriel G. Rothblum

Minimizing the Number of Vehicles to Meet a Fixed Periodic Schedule: An Application of Periodic Posets pp. 760-776

James B. Orlin

Efficient Algorithms for the (Weighted) Minimum Circle Problem pp. 777-795

Donald W. Hearn and James Vijay

Erratum pp. 796-796

W. K. Grassmann

Volume 30, issue 3, 1982

Bernard Osgood Koopman, 1900–1981 pp. 417-427

Philip M. Morse

An Optimizing Nuclear Exchange Model for the Analysis of Nuclear War and Deterrence pp. 428-445

Jeffrey H. Grotte

Decision Aid Development for Use in Ambulatory Health Care Settings pp. 446-463

Chelsea C. White, Edward C. Wilson and Alfred C. Weaver

A Comparison Between Tandem Queues with Dependent and Independent Service Times pp. 464-479

Michael Pinedo and Ronald W. Wolff

Explicit Steady-State Solutions to Some Elementary Queueing Models pp. 480-489

Marcel F. Neuts

Solutions of M / G /1// N -type Loops with Extensions to M / G /1 and GI / M /1 Queues pp. 490-514

J. L. Carroll, A. van de Liefvoort and Lester Lipsky

Linear Estimators for a Class of Stationary Queueing Processes pp. 515-529

Shlomo Halfin

Bounding the Reliability of Multistate Systems pp. 530-544

David A. Butler

Stochastic Allocation Rules pp. 545-555

Saligrama Agnihothri, Uday S. Karmarkar and Peter Kubat

Batch Size Effects in the Analysis of Simulation Output pp. 556-568

Bruce Schmeiser

Detecting Initialization Bias in Simulation Output pp. 569-590

Lee W. Schruben

Technical Note—Extension of the Elzinga-Hearn Algorithm to the Weighted Case pp. 591-594

Christakis Charalambous

Technical Note—Analysis of a Layered Defense Model pp. 595-599

Walter R. Nunn, David V. Glass, Ih-Ching Hsu and David A. Perin

Volume 30, issue 2, 1982

Poisson Arrivals See Time Averages pp. 223-231

Ronald W. Wolff

Hierarchical Production Planning: A Two-Stage System pp. 232-251

Gabriel R. Bitran, Elizabeth A. Haas and Arnoldo C. Hax

Imperfect Competition in the International Energy Market: A Computerized Nash-Cournot Model pp. 252-280

Stephen Salant

On Convergence of the PIES Algorithm for Computing Equilibria pp. 281-300

Byong-Hun Ahn and William W. Hogan

Action Elimination Procedures for Modified Policy Iteration Algorithms pp. 301-318

Martin L. Puterman and Moon Chirl Shin

Iteration and Sensitivity for a Spatial Equilibrium Problem with Linear Supply and Demand Functions pp. 319-335

Caulton L. Irwin and Chin W. Yang

Optimal Performance of Inverted Files pp. 336-354

Jeffrey A. Hoffer and Antonio Kovacevic

Bivariate Gamma Random Vectors pp. 355-374

Bruce W. Schmeiser and Ram Lal

On Dynamic Programming Methods for Assembly Line Balancing pp. 375-390

Edward P. C. Kao and Maurice Queyranne

Common Due Date Assignment to Minimize Total Penalty for the One Machine Scheduling Problem pp. 391-399

S. S. Panwalkar, M. L. Smith and A. Seidmann

Coupled Successive Approximations for Markov Programs pp. 400-403

Bennett L. Fox

Technical Note—On the Solution of an Inventory Model with Variable Lead Times pp. 404-410

Georghios P. Sphicas

Technical Note—Complementary Slackness Theorem in Multiple Objective Linear Programming pp. 410-412

Soondal Park

Technical Note—Equity in Risk Bearing pp. 412-414

John Broome

Volume 30, issue 1, 1982

Sensitivity Analysis of a Nonlinear Water Pollution Control Model Using an Upper Hudson River Data Base pp. 1-28

Anthony V. Fiacco and Abolfazl Ghaemi

Optimal Sizing of Records when Divided Messages Can Be Stored in Records of Different Sizes pp. 29-39

Ranel E. Erickson, Shlomo Halfin and Hanan Luss

Optimal Integrated Control of Univoltine Pest Populations with Age Structure pp. 40-61

Christine A. Shoemaker

An Iterative Aggregation Procedure for Markov Decision Processes pp. 62-73

Roy Mendelssohn

A Finite Difference Equations Approach to a Priority Queue pp. 74-81

Alexandre Brandwajn

Optimal Replacement for Shock Models with General Failure Rate pp. 82-92

Gary Gottlieb

A Mixed Delay Dependent Queue Discipline pp. 93-96

John J. Kanet

A Single Server Queueing System Working under Mixed Priority Disciplines pp. 97-115

I. Adiri and I. Domb

Linear-Time Algorithms for Scheduling on Parallel Processors pp. 116-124

Clyde L. Monma

Approximating a Point Process by a Renewal Process, I: Two Basic Methods pp. 125-147

Ward Whitt

Minimizing the Expected Makespan in Stochastic Flow Shops pp. 148-162

Michael Pinedo

On Scheduling Independent Tasks with Restricted Execution Times pp. 163-171

Joseph Y.-T. Leung

A Problem of Optimal Choice and Assignment pp. 172-181

John S. Rose

Statistical Results on Control Variables with Application to Queueing Network Simulation pp. 182-202

Stephen S. Lavenberg, Thomas L. Moeller and Peter D. Welch

Technical Note—Equity and Public Risk: Some Empirical Results pp. 203-207

M. Hammerton, M. W. Jones-Lee and V. Abbott

Technical Note—Maintaining the All-Integer Property of an ILP when Using Cuts in Rational Data pp. 208-209

Søren Holm

Technical Note—A Limit Theorem on Subintervals of Interrenewal Times pp. 210-216

Linda Green

Technical Note—Probability of Success in the Search for a Moving Target pp. 216-222

Marc Mangel