Operations Research

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Volume 8, issue 6, 1960

Time-Dependent Solution of the Many-Server Poisson Queue pp. 755-772

Thomas L. Saaty

Time-Dependent Solution of the Bulk-Service Queuing Problem pp. 773-781

N. K. Jaiswal

Solution of the Akers-Friedman Scheduling Problem pp. 782-788

Włodzimierz Szwarc

A Boltzmann-Like Approach for Traffic Flow pp. 789-797

I. Prigogine and F. C. Andrews

A Decade of Military Operations Research in Perspective---A Symposium pp. 798-798

A. W. Boldyreff

Operations Research for the U.S. Navy Since World War II pp. 798-809

Joseph H. Engel

The Growth of the Operations Research Office in the U.S. Army pp. 809-824

W. L. Whitson

Rand---A Personal View of its History pp. 825-839

R. D. Specht

Operations Research for the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff pp. 839-846

George E. Pugh

Operational Research in the Canadian Department of National Defence pp. 847-856

R. H. Lowe

Concluding Remarks pp. 857-860

O. M. Solandt

Letter to the Editor---Optimal Inventory Policy When Demand is Increasing pp. 861-863

Joel Levy

Letter to the Editor---A Note on V. Punga's Method of Solving Linear Equations pp. 864-865

Włodzimierz Szwarc

Letter to the Editor---Comments on Two Charts pp. 865-865

Giyora Doeh

Letter to the Editor---The Shortest-Route Problem pp. 866-868

Robert M. Peart, Paul H. Randolph and T. E. Bartlett

Letter to the Editor---Correction and Addendum to “A New Measure of Effectiveness for Queuing Problems” pp. 868-870

Eugene Rawdin

Letter to the Editor---Possible Improvements in Society Meetings pp. 870-872

Thornton Page

The Analyst's Bookshelf pp. 873-879

Joseph F. McCloskey

Volume 8, issue 5, 1960

Queuing Systems in Which the Discipline is “Last-Come, First-Served” pp. 591-599

David M. C. Wishart

Simulation of Air Operations with the Air-Battle Model pp. 600-615

R. H. Adams and J. L. Jenkins

The Optimum Solution in Operations Research pp. 616-629

J. C. Ornea and Paul Stillson

A Simple Queue with Several Preemptive Priority Classes pp. 630-638

C. R. Heathcote

The Contextual Study: A Structured Approach to the Study of Political and Military Aspects of Limited War pp. 639-651

J. W. Ellis and T. E. Greene

Minimization of a Piecewise Quadratic Function Arising in Production Scheduling pp. 652-674

Douglass J. Wilde and Andreas Acrivos

The Nature and Validity of Operations-Research Studies, with Emphasis on Force Composition pp. 675-693

Walter J. Strauss

Allocation of Two Types of Aircraft in Tactical Air War: A Game-Theoretic Analysis pp. 694-706

L. D. Berkovitz and Melvin Dresher

Probabilistic Model of System Operation with a Varying Degree of Spares and Service Facilities pp. 707-718

Kanu G. Ashar

Letter to the Editor---Queues with “Exponential-Type” Service-Time Distributions pp. 719-721

Thomas L. Healy

Letter to the Editor---The Bayesian Approach to the Reliability-Confidence Relation for Exponential Failure pp. 721-724

Edward L. Pugh

Letter to the Editor---An Approach to the Ship-Collision Problem pp. 724-727

A. Kyrala

Letter to the Editor---The Initial Solution of the Transportation Problem pp. 727-729

Wyodzimierz Szwarc

Letter to the Editor---The Effect of Introducing Priorities pp. 730-733

M. A. Aczel

Letter to the Editor---The Maximum Capacity Through a Network pp. 733-736

Maurice Pollack

The Analyst's Bookshelf pp. 737-752

Joseph F. McCloskey

Volume 8, issue 3, 1960

Computers in Medical Data Processing pp. 299-310

Robert S. Ledley and Lee B. Lusted

The Use of Wye-Delta Transformations in Network Simplification pp. 311-323

Sheldon B. Akers

Optimal Composition and Deployment of a Heterogeneous Local Air-Defense System pp. 324-337

Martin L. Leibowitz and Gerald J. Lieberman

Optimum Size and Hardness of Sites for Storage of Nuclear Weapons pp. 338-355

James M. Dobbie

Efficiency Criterion for Comparing Cargo Aircraft in Deliveries between Two Terminals pp. 356-361

Roy P. Brady and John E. Walsh

Optimal Persistence Policies pp. 362-380

J. MacQueen and R. G. Miller

An Extremal Production-Line Problem pp. 381-384

Fred Supnick and Jacob Solinger

Assembly-Line Balancing by Linear Programming pp. 385-389

E. H. Bowman

The Flow of Highway Traffic Through a Sequence of Synchronized Traffic Signals pp. 390-405

G. F. Newell

Letter to the Editor---Failure Testing in Preventive Maintenance pp. 406-407

Harold Greenberg

Letter to the Editor---On Pulse-Type Arrivals to a Queue pp. 407-418

Jay B. Heyne and Lewis Brotman

Letter to the Editor---Comments on a Paper by Karush pp. 418-420

Andrew Vazsonyi

Letter to the Editor---Note on a Paper by Firstman pp. 420-421

Albert Schild

Letter to the Editor---Digital Simulation of a Massed-Bomber, Manned-Interceptor Encounter pp. 421-423

Lewis Brotman and Barry Seid

Letter to the Editor---A New Application of Operations Research pp. 423-424

Irwin Greenberg

Letter to the Editor---Comments on a Paper by Shakun pp. 425-425

Gordon B. Davis

The Analyst's Bookshelf pp. 426-432

Joseph F. McCloskey

Volume 8, issue 2, 1960

Choice of Pay-Offs for Military Operations of the Future pp. 159-168

Douglas L. Brooks

Bibliography on the Use of Simulation in Management Analysis pp. 169-177

D. G. Malcolm

Some Numerical Experiments for an M × J Flow Shop and its Decision-Theoretical Aspects pp. 178-184

J. Heller

The Utility of Statistics of Random Numbers pp. 185-195

Charles E. Clark

A Managerial Game for an Insurance Company pp. 196-209

John S. McGuinness

Brand Preferences and Simple Markov Processes pp. 210-218

Richard B. Maffei

On the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem pp. 219-223

Alan Manne

Solutions of the Shortest-Route Problem---A Review pp. 224-230

Maurice Pollack and Walter Wiebenson

Transient Behavior of Single-Server Queuing Processes with Recurrent Input and Exponentially Distributed Service Times pp. 231-245

Lajos Takács

Finite Queues and Cyclic Queues pp. 246-253

Ernest Koenigsberg

Sampling and Persuasion pp. 254-259

C. West Churchman

Unsuccessful Case Studies and Why pp. 259-263

Russell L. Ackoff

Review of Port of New York Authority Study pp. 263-277

Leslie C. Edie

Letter to the Editor---A New Measure of Effectiveness for Queuing Problems pp. 278-280

E. Rawdin

Letter to the Editor---A Generalized PERT pp. 281-281

Raoul J. Freeman

The Analyst's Bookshelf pp. 282-294

Joseph F. McCloskey

Volume 8, issue 1, 1960

The Long-Range Future of Operational Research pp. 1-23

Ellis A. Johnson

Computing Tetraethyl-Lead Requirements in a Linear-Programming Format pp. 24-29

T. K. Kawaratani, R. J. Ullman and George B. Dantzig

System Reliability as a Function of System Age; Effects of Intermittent Component Usage and Periodic Maintenance pp. 30-44

Betty J. Flehinger

A Forecasting Method for Management of Seasonal Style-Goods Inventories pp. 45-52

D. B. Hertz and K. H. Schaffir

Measures of Dependability pp. 53-64

John E. Hosford

Application of Operations Research to Complex Financial Agreements---A Profit-Sharing Illustration pp. 65-81

Melvin F. Shakun

Diffusion Attrition Model pp. 82-89

Milton Ash

Optimum Preventive Maintenance Policies pp. 90-100

Richard Barlow and Larry Hunter

Decomposition Principle for Linear Programs pp. 101-111

George B. Dantzig and Philip Wolfe

The Problem of the Amber Signal Light in Traffic Flow pp. 112-132

Denos Gazis, Robert Herman and Alexei Maradudin

Letter to the Editor---Selection of an Initial Solution for the Traveling-Salesman Problem pp. 133-134

Michael F. Dacey

Letter to the Editor---Design of Threat Models pp. 134-139

Harold Tombach

Letter to the Editor---Bulk-Service Queuing Problem pp. 139-143

N. K. Jaiswal

Letter to the Editor---A Graphical Tool for the No-Queue Model pp. 143-145

Giyora Doeh

The Analyst's Bookshelf pp. 146-154

Joseph F. McCloskey