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Volume 65, issue 12, 2014

Optimal budget for system design series network DEA model pp. 1781-1787

Lei Fang

Max control chart with adaptive sample sizes for jointly monitoring process mean and standard deviation pp. 1788-1799

Ching Chun Huang

GRASP with path relinking for the orienteering problem pp. 1800-1813

Vicente Campos, Rafael Martí, Jesús Sánchez-Oro and Abraham Duarte

Effects of operator learning on production output: a Markov chain approach pp. 1814-1823

Corey Kiassat, Nima Safaei and Dragan Banjevic

A new chance-constrained DEA model with birandom input and output data pp. 1824-1839

Madjid Tavana, Rashed Khanjani Shiraz and Adel Hatami-Marbini

Periodic capacitated arc-routing problem with inventory constraints pp. 1840-1852

Juan-Pablo Riquelme-Rodríguez, Michel Gamache and André Langevin

Periodic review inventory systems with a service level criterion pp. 1853-1863

Marco Bijvank

kmth price sealed-bid auctions with general independent values and equilibrium linear mark-ups pp. 1864-1875

Martin Skitmore

Characterizing a subset of the PPS maintaining the reference hyperplane of the radial projection point pp. 1876-1885

N Nasrabadi, A Dehnokhalaji and M Soleimani-damaneh

Efficiency of the strategic style of pension funds: an application of the variants of the slacks-based measure in DEA pp. 1886-1895

Laura Andreu, José Luis Sarto and Luis Vicente

Scheduling of production and logistics operations of steam production systems in food industries: a case study of the tomato processing industry pp. 1896-1904

Cleber Damião Rocco and Reinaldo Morabito

Imbalance-oriented SVM methods for financial distress prediction: a comparative study among the new SB-SVM-ensemble method and traditional methods pp. 1905-1919

Jie Sun, Zhiming Shang and Hui Li

Volume 65, issue 11, 2014

A multi-objective optimization approach for invasive species control pp. 1625-1635

I Esra Buyuktahtakin, Zhuo Feng and Ferenc Szidarovszky

Multi-period supplier selection under price uncertainty pp. 1636-1648

Alper Sen, Hande Yaman, Kemal Guler and Evren Korpeoglu

MIP models for two-dimensional non-guillotine cutting problems with usable leftovers pp. 1649-1663

Ricardo Andrade, Ernesto G Birgin, Reinaldo Morabito and Débora P Ronconi

Transformation of wealth produced into quality of life: analysis of the social efficiency of nation-states with the DEA’s triple index approach pp. 1664-1681

Enzo Barberio Mariano and Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

A game-theoretic analysis of information sharing and security investment for complementary firms pp. 1682-1691

Xing Gao, Weijun Zhong and Shue Mei

Impact of the industry on franchise chain efficiency: a meta-DEA and context-dependent DEA approach pp. 1692-1699

Isabelle Piot-Lepetit, Rozenn Perrigot and Gerard Cliquet

A framework for mapping the RFID-enabled process redesign in a simulation model pp. 1700-1710

Angeliki Karagiannaki, George Doukidis and Katerina Pramatari

Bi-criteria dynamic location-routing problem for patrol coverage pp. 1711-1725

Shirley (Rong) Li and Burcu B Keskin

Applying structured scenario fusion to address multifaceted strategic challenges&star pp. 1726-1734

Alec D Barker

Models for capacitated lot-sizing problem with backlogging, setup carryover and crossover pp. 1735-1747

Márcio AF Belo-Filho, Franklina MB Toledo and Bernardo Almada-Lobo

Optimal resource acquisition policy for a newsvendor under supply risk pp. 1748-1759

Doğan A Serel

Maintenance outsourcing coordination with risk-averse contractors pp. 1760-1769

Fu-Shiang Tseng and Yingchieh Yeh

Scheduling a triple round robin tournament with minitournaments for the Finnish national youth ice hockey league pp. 1770-1779

Kimmo Nurmi, Dries Goossens and Jari Kyng&aauml;s

Volume 65, issue 10, 2014

The downhill plow problem with multiple plows pp. 1465-1474

Benjamin Dussault, Bruce Golden and Edward Wasil

A hybrid and integrated approach to evaluate and prevent disasters pp. 1475-1489

Alessio Ishizaka and Ashraf Labib

Knowledge management strategy and organizational culture pp. 1490-1500

Sajjad M Jasimuddin and Zuopeng (Justin) Zhang

A novel approach to independent taxi scheduling problem based on stable matching pp. 1501-1510

Ruibin Bai, Jiawei Li, Jason A D Atkin and Graham Kendall

Recharge and consolidation decisions for stored value cards with an application to Beijing public transit pp. 1511-1521

David J Robb and Yang Yang

Examining the feasibility of using a modelling tool to assess resilience across a health-care system and assist with decisions concerning service reconfiguration pp. 1522-1532

Sonya Crowe, Christos Vasilakis, Andrew Skeen, Phil Storr, Peter Grove, Steve Gallivan and Martin Utley

Staffing a service system with appointment-based customer arrivals pp. 1533-1543

Kwanghun Chung and Daiki Min

Equilibrium structures of two supply chains with price and displayed-quantity competition pp. 1544-1554

Yong-Wu Zhou and Zong-Hong Cao

Locating replenishment stations for electric vehicles: application to Danish traffic data pp. 1555-1561

Min Wen, Gilbert Laporte, Oli B G Madsen, Anders V Nørrelund and Allan Olsen

On the rate allocation problem under co-existence of uncertain utility function parameters and uncertain link capacities pp. 1562-1570

Dariusz Gąsior and Donat Orski

A graph-theoretic approach to interval scheduling on dedicated unrelated parallel machines pp. 1571-1579

Chi To Ng, Tai Chiu Edwin Cheng, Andrei M Bandalouski, Mikhail Y Kovalyov and Sze Sing Lam

Multi-objective assembly permutation flow shop scheduling problem: a mathematical model and a meta-heuristic algorithm pp. 1580-1592

Zahra Tajbakhsh, Parviz Fattahi and Javad Behnamian

The salvo combat model with a sequential exchange of fire pp. 1593-1601

Michael J Armstrong

A comparison of several enumerative algorithms for Sudoku pp. 1602-1610

Leandro C Coelho and Gilbert Laporte

A penalty-shift-insertion-based algorithm to minimize total flow time in no-wait flow shops pp. 1611-1624

Dipak Laha, Jatinder N D Gupta and Sagar U Sapkal

Volume 65, issue 9, 2014

A variable neighbourhood descent algorithm for the open-pit mine production scheduling problem with metal uncertainty pp. 1305-1314

Amina Lamghari, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos and Jacques A Ferland

A dynamic programming algorithm for the space allocation and aisle positioning problem pp. 1315-1324

Peter Bodnar and Jens Lysgaard

Modelling the future of the Canadian cardiac surgery workforce using system dynamics pp. 1325-1335

Sonia A Vanderby, Michael W Carter, Tim Latham and Chris Feindel

Dominance relations and ranking of units by using interval number ordering with cross-efficiency intervals pp. 1336-1343

Nuria Ramón, José Ruiz and Inmaculada Sirvent

System/scenario duality—a supporting equivalence pp. 1344-1360

John H Powell

Evaluating capacity management tactics for a legacy manufacturing plant pp. 1361-1370

Agha Iqbal Ali, Ahmed Ghoniem and Alexander Franke

Characterization of facility assignment costs for a location-inventory model under truckload distribution pp. 1371-1379

Sıla Çetinkaya, Burcu B Keskin and Halit Üster

A statistical approach to measure the consistency level of the pairwise comparison matrix pp. 1380-1386

Changsheng Lin, Gang Kou and Daji Ergu

A decision support tool for Public Rights of Way officers based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process pp. 1387-1395

David John Parsons, Andrew Angus, Martyn Brawn and Joe Morris

The effect of risk aversion on a supply chain with postponed pricing pp. 1396-1411

Tatyana Chernonog and Konstantin Kogan

Condition-based maintenance optimization considering improving prediction accuracy pp. 1412-1422

Zhigang Tian, Bairong Wu and Mingyuan Chen

The travelling maintainer problem: integration of condition-based maintenance with the travelling salesman problem pp. 1423-1436

Fatih Camci

On the formulation of credit barrier model using radial basis functions pp. 1437-1452

Humphrey K K Tung and Michael Wong

Characterizing and finding full dimensional efficient facets in DEA: a variable returns to scale specification pp. 1453-1464

Mostafa Davtalab Olyaie, Israfil Roshdi, Gholamreza Jahanshahloo and Masoud Asgharian

Volume 65, issue 8, 2014

On the generalized directed rural postman problem pp. 1143-1154

Michael Drexl

Three fuzzy goal programming models for index portfolios pp. 1155-1169

Liang-chuan Wu and I-chan Tsai

Computational complexity of the single processor makespan minimization problem with release dates and job-dependent learning pp. 1170-1176

R Rudek

A simulation of the impacts of dynamic price management for perishable foods on retailer performance in the presence of need-driven purchasing consumers pp. 1177-1188

Jaekwon Chung and Dong Li

An analysis of a widely used version of the CUSUM tracking signal pp. 1189-1192

Peruvemba Sundaram Ravi

Credit card pricing and impact of adverse selection pp. 1193-1201

Bin Huang and L C Thomas

The linear formulation of the ZSG-DEA models with different production technologies pp. 1202-1211

Gongbing Bi, Chenpeng Feng, Jingjing Ding, Liang Liang and Feng Chu

Extended utility and DEA models without explicit input pp. 1212-1220

Guoliang Yang, Wanfang Shen, Daqun Zhang and Wenbin Liu

A variable neighbourhood search for hybrid flow-shop scheduling problem with rework and set-up times pp. 1221-1231

Hamidreza Eskandari and Amirhamed Hosseinzadeh

An artificial neural network meta-model for constrained simulation optimization pp. 1232-1244

Ali Mohammad Nezhad and Hashem Mahlooji

The mangle of OR practice: towards more informative case studies of ‘technical’ projects pp. 1245-1260

Richard J Ormerod

A path-oriented encoding evolutionary algorithm for network coding resource minimization pp. 1261-1277

Huanlai Xing, Rong Qu, Graham Kendall and Ruibin Bai

A network traffic flow model for motorway and urban highways pp. 1278-1291

Chao Yang, Rasa Remenyte-Prescott and John Andrews

Prior analysis and scheduling of the 2011 Rugby Union ITM Cup in New Zealand pp. 1292-1300

Mark Johnston and Mike Wright

Profiles in Operations Research—Pioneers and Innovators pp. 1301-1302

Jane Holland

Practical Spreadsheet Risk Modelling for Management pp. 1301-1301

Brian Spedding

Financing Health in Latin America Volume 1: Household Spending and Impoverishment pp. 1302-1303

Olga Biosca

Volume 65, issue 7, 2014

A multi-criteria large neighbourhood search for the transportation of disabled people pp. 983-1000

Fabien Lehuédé, Renaud Masson, Sophie N Parragh, Olivier Péton and Fabien Tricoire

A combined approach for fuzzy multi-objective multiple knapsack problems for defence project selection pp. 1001-1016

B B Bakirli, C Gencer and E K Aydoğan

Scheduling in bicriteria single machine systems with past-sequence-dependent setup times and learning effects pp. 1017-1036

H M Soroush

Column generation and sequential heuristic procedure for solving an irregular shape cutting stock problem pp. 1037-1052

X Song and J A Bennell

Determining optimal treatment rate after a disaster pp. 1053-1067

Asli Kilic, M Cemali Dincer and Mahmut Ali Gokce

Hybrid algorithm for the two-dimensional rectangular layer-packing problem pp. 1068-1077

Weidong Chen, Pengfei Zhai, Heng Zhu and Yongbo Zhang

A perspective on operational research prospects for agriculture pp. 1078-1089

Lluís M Plà, Daniel L Sandars and Andrew J Higgins

On the comparison of risk-neutral and risk-averse newsvendor problems pp. 1090-1107

Abhilasha Prakash Katariya, Sila Cetinkaya and Eylem Tekin

Subsidizing to disrupt a terrorism supply chain—a four-player game pp. 1108-1119

Xiaojun Shan and Jun Zhuang

Overall performance evaluation: new bounded DEA models against unreachability of efficiency pp. 1120-1132

Jin-Xiao Chen

A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for facility dispersion under conditions of spatial uncertainty pp. 1133-1142

Ran Wei and Alan T Murray

Volume 65, issue 6, 2014

Sustainable Operations Management: design, modelling and analysis pp. 801-805

Angappa Gunasekaran and Zahir Irani

Modelling and analysis of sustainable operations management: certain investigations for research and applications pp. 806-823

Angappa Gunasekaran, Zahir Irani and Thanos Papadopoulos

Infrastructure topology optimization under competition through cross-entropy pp. 824-841

H Le Cadre

A bi-objective genetic approach for the selection of sugarcane varieties to comply with environmental and economic requirements pp. 842-854

H de Oliveira Florentino and M V Pato

Environmentally conscious optimization of supply chain networks pp. 855-872

T Paksoy and E Özceylan

Combined location and routing problems for designing the quality-dependent and multi-product reverse logistics network pp. 873-887

K M M Sheriff, S Nachiappan and H Min

Evolution of innovation and its strategies: from ecological niche models of supply chain clusters pp. 888-903

Guojun Ji and Angappa Gunasekaran

Impact of information technology on the performance of logistics industry: the case of Hong Kong and Pearl Delta region pp. 904-916

King Lun Choy, Angappa Gunasekaran, Hoi Yan Lam, Ka Ho Chow, Yick Chi Tsim, Tsz Wing Ng, Ying Kei Tse and Xiao Ang Lu

A comprehensive decision support model for the evaluation of eco-designs pp. 917-934

X Wang, H K Chan and L White

Analysing factors affecting the choice of emergent human resource capital pp. 935-953

S Irani, Y K Dwivedi and M D Williams

Improving organisational performance through reverse logistics pp. 954-962

Antonio Mihi-Ramirez and Víctor García Morales

Exploring the role of supplier relationship management for sustainable operations: an OR perspective pp. 963-978

Amir M Sharif, Sarmad Alshawi, Muhammad M Kamal, Tillal Eldabi and Aiyaz Mazhar

Volume 65, issue 5, 2014

Effective cancellation policy to reduce the negative impact of patient no-show pp. 605-615

Y Huang and P Zuniga

On multiple priority multi-server queues with impatience pp. 616-632

O Jouini and A Roubos

A note on extending the generic crew scheduling model of Beasley and Cao by deadheads and layovers pp. 633-644

U Derigs and S Sch&aauml;fer

Independence of the hedging points in PHP control policy pp. 645-659

Z Wang and F T S Chan

Modelling and simulation in business and industry: insights into the processes and practices of expert modellers pp. 660-672

R Ahmed and S Robinson

Design Science, the design of systems and Operational Research: back to the future&quest pp. 673-684

R O'Keefe

Reducing shoplifting by investment in security pp. 685-693

Y Perlman and Y Ozinci

A new method for evaluating decision making units in DEA pp. 694-707

Dariush Khezrimotlagh, Shaharuddin Salleh and Zahra Mohsenpour

Iterative algorithms for improving consistency of intuitionistic preference relations pp. 708-722

Z Xu and M Xia

Company-wide production planning using a multiple technology DEA approach pp. 723-734

S Lozano

Using Singular Spectrum Analysis to obtain staffing level requirements in emergency units pp. 735-746

Jonathan Gillard and Vincent Knight

A Lagrangian heuristic for determining the speed and bunkering port of a ship pp. 747-754

Kim H-J

Estimating returns to scale of Chinese airport airside activities using the CCR-0-objective RTS method pp. 755-762

Bowen Zhang, J Wang, L Meng, C Zhu and R Nie

A cost-effective urgent care policy to improve patient access in a dynamic scheduled clinic setting pp. 763-776

Yu-Li Huang, Paulina Zuniga and Justin Marcak

A resource investment problem with time/resource trade-offs pp. 777-790

Erdem Colak and Meral Azizoglu

On constructing a composite indicator with multiplicative aggregation and the avoidance of zero weights in DEA pp. 791-792

Chris Tofallis

Response to Viewpoint: On constructing a composite indicator with multiplicative aggregation and the avoidance of zero weights in DEA pp. 792-793

I Contreras, F J Blancas and J M Ramírez-Hurtado

Pragmatic Strategy: Eastern wisdom, global success pp. 794-794

Richard J Ormerod

Making Strategy: Mapping Out Strategic Success pp. 795-796

L Alberto Franco

Postponement Strategies in Supply Chain Management pp. 796-797

Frank Schwartz and Stefan Voß

Perishable Inventory Systems pp. 797-798

Aris A Syntetos

Principles of Inventory Management: When You are Down to Four, Order More pp. 798-798

Aris A Syntetos

Mathematical Modeling of Collective Behaviour in Socio-Economic and Life Sciences pp. 799-799

Ramachandran Bharath

Volume 65, issue 4, 2014

Health Systems Operations Research pp. 481-482

Diwakar Gupta and Vedat Verter

Matching patient and physician preferences in designing a primary care facility network pp. 483-496

E D Güneş, H Yaman, B Çekyay and V Verter

A simulation case study to improve staffing decisions at mass immunization clinics for pandemic influenza pp. 497-511

Michael F Beeler, Dionne M Aleman and Michael W Carter

Outpatient appointment scheduling in presence of seasonal walk-ins pp. 512-531

Tugba Cayirli and Evrim Didem Gunes

Modelling length of stay and patient flows: methodological case studies from the UK neonatal care services pp. 532-545

Eren Demir, Reda Lebcir and Shola Adeyemi

A robust approach for scheduling in hospitals using multiple objectives pp. 546-556

Sebastian Rachuba and Brigitte Werners

Biologically guided intensity modulated radiation therapy planning optimization with fraction-size dose constraints pp. 557-571

Behlul Saka, Ronald L Rardin and Mark P Langer

Priority dispatching strategies for EMS systems pp. 572-587

Damitha Bandara, Maria E Mayorga and Laura A McLay

Health-based pharmaceutical pay-for-performance risk-sharing agreements pp. 588-604

Reza Mahjoub, Fredrik Odegaard and Gregory S Zaric

Volume 65, issue 3, 2014

Special issue credit risk modelling pp. 321-322

Jonathan Crook and David Edelman

Creditworthiness dynamics and Hidden Markov Models pp. 323-330

L Quirini and L Vannucci

On reduced-form intensity-based model with ‘trigger’ events pp. 331-339

Jia-Wen Gu, Wai-Ki Ching, Tak Kuen Siu and Harry Zheng

Retail credit stress testing using a discrete hazard model with macroeconomic factors pp. 340-350

Tony Bellotti and Jonathan Crook

Stress testing credit card portfolios: an application in South Africa pp. 351-362

Yixin Seah, Mee Chi So and Lyn C Thomas

The economy and loss given default: evidence from two UK retail lending data sets pp. 363-375

Mindy Leow, Christophe Mues and Lyn Thomas

Forecasting Loss Given Default models: impact of account characteristics and the macroeconomic state pp. 376-392

Ellen Tobback, David Martens, Tony Van Gestel and Bart Baesens

Forecasting probabilities of default and loss rates given default in the presence of selection pp. 393-407

D Rösch and Harald Scheule

Selection bias in credit scorecard evaluation pp. 408-415

David J Hand and Niall M Adams

Modelling credit risk with scarce default data: on the suitability of cooperative bootstrapped strategies for small low-default portfolios pp. 416-434

Raquel Florez-Lopez and Juan Manuel Ramon-Jeronimo

Optimal ROE loan pricing with or without adverse selection pp. 435-442

B V Oliver and R M Oliver

Monetary and relative scorecards to assess profits in consumer revolving credit pp. 443-453

Luis Javier Sánchez Barrios, Galina Andreeva and Jake Ansell

Bayesian corporate bond pricing and credit default swap premium models for deriving default probabilities and recovery rates pp. 454-465

Tomohiro Ando

Chinese companies distress prediction: an application of data envelopment analysis pp. 466-479

Zhiyong Li, Jonathan Crook and Galina Andreeva

Volume 65, issue 2, 2014

The co-production approach to service: a theoretical background pp. 161-168

Truong Trinh, V Kachitvichyanukul and D B Khang

Efficient wafer sorting scheduling using a hybrid artificial immune system pp. 169-179

Ying K-C and Lin S-W

A joint production and transportation planning problem with heterogeneous vehicles pp. 180-196

A Toptal, U Koc and I Sabuncuoglu

A participative and facilitative conceptual modelling framework for discrete event simulation studies in healthcare pp. 197-213

K Kotiadis, A A Tako and C Vasilakis

Universiti Malaysia Pahang examination timetabling problem: scheduling invigilators pp. 214-226

M N Mohmad Kahar and G Kendall

Formation of seasonal groups and application of seasonal indices pp. 227-241

J E Boylan, H Chen, M Mohammadipour and A Syntetos

Improving estimates of asset condition using historical data pp. 242-251

A Brint and M Black

Company failure prediction with limited information: newly incorporated companies pp. 252-264

Nicholas Wilson and A Altanlar

DEA Cobb–Douglas frontier and cross-efficiency pp. 265-268

W D Cook and J Zhu

Use of modelling to inform public health policy: a case study on the blood-borne transmission of variant-CJD pp. 269-277

S Crowe, P Bennett, M Daraktchiev and M Utley

Effects of state-dependent balking on multi-server non-stationary queueing systems pp. 278-290

E Chassioti, D Worthington and K Glazebrook

Single-machine scheduling with common due-window assignment for deteriorating jobs pp. 291-301

John Liu, Y Wang and X Min

Multi-period empty container repositioning with stochastic demand and lost sales pp. 302-319

Bowen Zhang, C T Ng and T C E Cheng

Handbook of Metaheuristics (2nd edition) pp. 320-320

Said Salhi

Volume 65, issue 1, 2014

Single-machine due window assignment and scheduling with a common flow allowance and controllable job processing time pp. 1-13

Y Yin, T C E Cheng, Wu C-C and Cheng S-R

Efficiency evaluation model with constraint resource: an application to banking operations pp. 14-22

D Wu, C Luo, L Liang and A Dolgui

A compromised multi-objective solution using fuzzy mixed integer goal programming for market-based short-term unit commitment problem pp. 23-36

M M Lotfi and S F Ghaderi

A metaheuristic based on a pool of routes for the vehicle routing problem with multiple trips and time windows pp. 37-48

Z Wang, W Liang and X Hu

Scheduling controllable processing time jobs in a deteriorating environment pp. 49-56

D Oron

Improving service rate for a tree-type three-echelon supply chain system with backorders at retailer's level pp. 57-72

B R Sarker, R Rochanaluk and P J Egbelu

Uncertain constrained optimization by interval-oriented algorithm pp. 73-87

Samiran Karmakar and Asoke Kumar Bhunia

An incentive model for closed-loop supply chain under the EPR law pp. 88-96

X Li, Y Li and K Govindan

Generalised gamma bidding model pp. 97-107

M Skitmore

Integrating two-dimensional cutting stock and lot-sizing problems pp. 108-123

E Silva, F Alvelos and J M Valério de Carvalho

Optimal evacuation planning using staging and routing pp. 124-140

D R Bish, H D Sherali and A G Hobeika

On product classification with various membership functions and binary behaviour pp. 141-150

Chang C-T

Polynomial time solutions for scheduling problems on a proportionate flowshop with two competing agents pp. 151-157

B Mor and G Mosheiov

Interactive Dynamic-System Simulation, Second Edition pp. 158-159

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo

Queueing Networks: A Fundamental Approach pp. 158-158

Eman Almehdawe