Operations Research

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Volume 5, issue 6, 1957

A Laboratory for Combat Operations Research pp. 741-749

Franklin C. Brooks and Floyd I. Hill

Inadequacy of Cost Per “Kill” as Measure of Effectiveness pp. 750-764

John E. Walsh

Decision Theory and Operations Research pp. 765-774

Kenneth Arrow

The Application of a High Speed Computer to the Definition and Solution of the Vehicular Traffic Problem pp. 775-793

Harry H. Goode

Operational Requirements for a Collision Warning System pp. 794-814

Eduardo I. Pina and Henry J. Landau

On the Optimal Allocation of Limited Resources pp. 815-819

L. E. Ward

Determining Criteria for Evaluating Man-Machine Links in Weapon System Analysis pp. 820-829

Martin I. Kurke

Balance and Stability in Competitive Situations pp. 830-840

Hans E. Quenzer

Letter to the Editor---Graphic Solution of the Traveling-Salesman Problem pp. 841-845

L. L. Barachet

Letter to the Editor---Comments on “A Possible Solution to the Shortage of Scientists” pp. 846-847

Thomas G. Andrews and Lessing A. Kahn

Letter to the Editor---Note on “Optimum Component Redundancy for Maximum System Reliability” pp. 847-848

John T. Robacker

Letter to the Editor---Errors of Estimate in Operations Analysis pp. 848-851

George A. Peters

Letter to the Editor---Report to the Eighth A.I.I.E. National Convention on the System Simulation Symposium, New York, May 16--17, 1957 pp. 851-858

Warren E. Alberts

Errata pp. 860-860

Byron O. Marshall and William P. Boggess

Education in Operations Research at the Ohio State University pp. 861-862

W. T. Morris

Volume 5, issue 5, 1957

The Theory of Search pp. 613-626

Bernard O. Koopman

Mathematical Analysis of an Inventory Case pp. 627-643

Charles E. Clark

Queuing with Impatient Customers and Indifferent Clerks pp. 644-649

D. Y. Barrer

Queuing with Impatient Customers and Ordered Service pp. 650-656

D. Y. Barrer

An Equipment-Investment Analog pp. 657-669

Robert B. Fetter and Thomas P. Goodman

Digital Simulation of Complex Traffic Problems in Communications Systems pp. 670-679

Lewis Brotman and Jack Minker

Minimum Cost Decision-Feedback Systems for Detecting Signals Perturbed by Additive Gaussian Noise pp. 680-692

B. Harris, A. Hauptschein and L. S. Schwartz

A Queuing Model for an Inventory Problem pp. 693-703

William Karush

A Tactical Air Game pp. 704-712

D. R. Fulkerson and S. M. Johnson

Determination of Optimal Capacities of Service for Facilities with a Linear Measure of Inefficiency pp. 713-717

Friedrich Hanssmann

Letter to the Editor---Operations Research and National Planning---A Dissent pp. 718-723

Charles Hitch

Letter to the Editor---Comment on Dantzig's Paper on Discrete Variable Extremum Problems pp. 723-724

Richard Bellman

Letter to the Editor---A Comment on the Shortest-Route Problem pp. 724-724

George J. Minty

Volume 5, issue 4, 1957

Operations Research and National Planning pp. 457-468

Russell L. Ackoff

On the Construction of a Multi-Stage, Multi-Person Business Game pp. 469-503

Richard Bellman, Charles E. Clark, Donald G. Malcolm, Clifford J. Craft and Franc M. Ricciardi

On Warehousing Problems pp. 504-512

William Prager

The Practical Calculation of Reorder Points pp. 513-517

Byron O. Marshall and William P. Boggess

Networks of Waiting Lines pp. 518-521

James R. Jackson

An Operations-Research Study of the Collection of Defaulted Loans pp. 522-545

Morton Mitchner and Raymond P. Peterson

A Model for Optimum Control of Stochastic Sampled-Data Systems pp. 546-550

Albert B. Bishop

Letter to the Editor---The Data-Enrichment Method pp. 551-554

Henry R. Lewis

Letter to the Editor---A Supplementary Bibliography on Linear Programming pp. 555-563

Harvey M. Wagner

Letter to the Editor---On the Proposal for Merger of ORSA and TIMS pp. 563-564

David A. Katcher

Letter to the Editor---A Note on Production Scheduling by the Use of the Transportation Method pp. 565-566

Salah Elmaghraby

Letter to the Editor---The Operations Research Society of Japan pp. 566-568

Macon Fry

Volume 5, issue 3, 1957

A Possible Solution to the Shortage of Scientists pp. 311-318

Jean G. Taylor and John Balloch

Some Civil Defense Problems in the Nation's Capital Following Widespread Thermonuclear Attack pp. 319-350

Richard Bentz, William Chace, Gordon Doerfer, John Donaldson, Thomas English, James Graves, Paul Grim, David Gunlock, Jerome Horowitz, Leland Miller and Albert Small

Evaluating Health Screening Procedures pp. 351-360

Mark S. Blumberg

A Comparison of the Original and Revised Simplex Methods pp. 361-369

Harvey M. Wagner

An Operations-Research Study of Sales Response to Advertising pp. 370-381

M. L. Vidale and H. B. Wolfe

Distribution of Seasonal Inventory of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company pp. 382-396

Alan R. Eagle

A Monte Carlo Analysis of the Ground Controlled Approach System pp. 397-408

Alfred Blumstein

Computational Aspects of Dynamic Programming pp. 409-415

Stuart E. Dreyfus

A Hand-Computation Determination of Kill Probability for Weapons Having Spherical Lethal Volume pp. 416-421

H. W. Lilliefors

The Mechanical Blackboard pp. 422-428

Robert E. Machol

Linear Programming Isn't Always the Answer pp. 429-433

David E. Debeau

Letter to the Editor---Military Applications of Operational Research pp. 434-440

John W. Abrams

Letter to the Editor---Comments on “Production Scheduling by the Transportation Method of Linear Programming” pp. 440-442

Wolfgang G. Wetzel

Letter to the Editor---Possible Motivation for a Stated Concept of Defense pp. 442-445

John E. Walsh

Letter to the Editor---What is a System? pp. 445-447

Malcolm W. Hoag

Errata pp. 447-447

Andrew Vazsonyi

Volume 5, issue 2, 1957

Résumé of Useful Formulas in Queuing Theory pp. 161-200

Thomas L. Saaty

Some Industrial Applications of Military Operations Research Methods pp. 201-204

George E. Kimball

The Distribution of the Time Required to Reduce to Some Preassigned Level a Single-Channel Queue Characterized by a Time-Dependent Poisson-Distributed Arrival Rate and a General Class of Holding Times pp. 205-209

George Luchak

The Application of Design of Experiments and Modeling to Complex Weapons Systems pp. 210-221

Erwin Biser and Martin Meyerson

Salvo Hit Probabilities for Offset Circular Targets pp. 222-228

Arthur D. Groves and Ed S. Smith

Optimum Component Redundancy for Maximum System Reliability pp. 229-243

Robert Gordon

Symposium on Modern Techniques for Extremum Problems---Linear and Nonlinear Programming pp. 244-257

A. W. Tucker

Gradient Methods for Constrained Maxima pp. 258-265

Kenneth Arrow and Leonid Hurwicz

Discrete-Variable Extremum Problems pp. 266-288

George B. Dantzig

Operations Research at Case Institute of Technology pp. 289-292

E. Leonard Arnoff

Letter to the Editor---A. K. Erlang pp. 293-294

Thomas L. Saaty

Letter to the Editor---From the President's Desk pp. 294-295

Allen Y. Davis

Letter to the Editor---Specification of a Business-Data System pp. 295-295

William B. Worthington

Letter to the Editor---Application of Set Theory to a Class of Allocation Problems pp. 296-297

Glen D. Camp

Letter to the Editor---A Proposed Measure for Determining the Value of a Design pp. 297-299

L. Ivan Epstein

Letter to the Editor---Proposed Amendments to the Constitution pp. 299-301

LeRoy A. Brothers

Letter to the Editor---Comments on Precoda's Paper on Air Weapons Systems Analysis pp. 301-302

John B. Lathrop

Volume 5, issue 1, 1957

The Role of Operational Gaming in Operations Research pp. 1-27

Clayton J. Thomas and Walter L. Deemer

Economic-Lot-Size Formulas in Manufacturing pp. 28-44

Andrew Vazsonyi

Bibliography on Linear Programming pp. 45-62

F. Virginia Rohde

The Solution of a Certain Two-Person Zero-Sum Game pp. 63-67

Richard H. Brown

The Effect of Departures from Assumption when Manufacturing to a Specification pp. 68-74

E. S. Page and Shirley Muris

Bombing Problems---A Statistical Approach pp. 75-89

Andre G. Laurent

Some Factors Tending to Limit the Utility of the Social Scientist in Military Systems Analysis pp. 90-96

Donald N. Michael

On a Problem of Production Scheduling pp. 97-103

George T. Bishop

The Problem of American Shipping---New Questions and Old Answers pp. 104-110

William M. Roth

Operations Research in a Public Corporation pp. 111-122

Leslie C. Edie

Letter to the Editor---A Proposal for Merging ORSA and TIMS pp. 123-125

John B. Lathrop