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Volume 59, issue 12, 2008

The history and ideas of Marxism: the relevance for OR pp. 1573-1590

R J Ormerod

Modelling and analysis of Canadian Forces strategic lift and pre-positioning options pp. 1591-1602

A Ghanmi and R H A D Shaw

Improving product location and order picking activities in a distribution centre pp. 1603-1613

J Renaud and A Ruiz

Linking the individual forgetting context with customer capital from a seller's perspective pp. 1614-1623

Cegarra-Navarro J-G and Sánchez-Polo M-T

The risk management for technology credit guarantee fund pp. 1624-1632

H J Jeon and S Y Sohn

Scaling knowledge: how does knowledge accrue in systems? pp. 1633-1643

J H Powell and J Swart

Model for imperfect age-based preventive maintenance with age reduction pp. 1644-1651

S El-Ferik and M Ben-Daya

A game-theoretic model for repeated assignment problem between two selfish agents pp. 1652-1658

C G Lennon, J M McGowan and K Y Lin

A guided tabu search for the heterogeneous vehicle routeing problem pp. 1659-1673

C D Tarantilis, E E Zachariadis and C T Kiranoudis

Adding and removing an attribute in a DEA model: theory and processing pp. 1674-1684

F J López and J H Dulá

Solving the capacitated vehicle routing problem using the ALGELECT electrostatic algorithm pp. 1685-1695

J Faulin and A García del Valle

A note on unrelated parallel machine scheduling with time-dependent processing times pp. 1696-1697

Chung-Lun Li

Reply to Chung-Lun Li pp. 1697-1697

Dar-Li Yang

Erratum: A guided tabu search for the heterogeneous vehicle routeing problem pp. 1698-1699

C D Tarantilis, E E Zachariadis and C T Kiranoudis

Volume 59, issue 11, 2008

The transformation competence perspective pp. 1435-1448

R J Ormerod

A tabu search heuristic for a routing problem arising in servicing of offshore oil and gas platforms pp. 1449-1459

I Gribkovskaia, G Laporte and A Shlopak

Wide area telecommunication network design: application to the Alberta SuperNet pp. 1460-1470

E A Cabral, E Erkut, G Laporte and R A Patterson

A queuing-based decision support methodology to estimate hospital inpatient bed demand pp. 1471-1482

J K Cochran and K Roche

Horizontal cooperation among freight carriers: request allocation and profit sharing pp. 1483-1491

M A Krajewska, H Kopfer, G Laporte, S Ropke and Georges Zaccour

An additive utility mixed integer programming model for nonlinear discriminant analysis pp. 1492-1505

J J Glen

Optimizing pricing and location decisions for competitive service facilities charging uniform price pp. 1506-1519

R Aboolian, O Berman and D Krass

New integer programming formulations and an exact algorithm for the ordered cutting stock problem pp. 1520-1531

C Alves and J M Valério de Carvalho

A parallel clustering technique for the vehicle routing problem with split deliveries and pickups pp. 1532-1546

S Mitra

Stochastic and minimum regret formulations for transmission network expansion planning under uncertainties pp. 1547-1556

E Bustamante-Cedeño and S Arora

A two-level simulated annealing algorithm for efficient dissemination of electronic content pp. 1557-1567

T Bektaş, Cordeau J-F, E Erkut and G Laporte

Tuning a parametric Clarke–Wright heuristic via a genetic algorithm pp. 1568-1572

M Battarra, B Golden and D Vigo

Volume 59, issue 10, 2008

Dynastic cycle: a generic structure describing resource allocation in political economies, markets and firms pp. 1289-1298

K Saeed and O V Pavlov

Understanding the drivers of broadband adoption: the case of rural and remote Scotland pp. 1299-1311

S Howick and J Whalley

A generic environment for modelling future launch operations—GEM-FLO: a success story in generic modelling pp. 1312-1320

A Kaylani, M Mollaghasemi, D Cope, S Fayez, G Rabadi and M Steele

A finite horizon model for repairable systems with repair restrictions pp. 1321-1331

D Lugtigheid, X Jiang and A K S Jardine

Simulation modelling for problem understanding: a case study in the East Slovakia Coal Industry pp. 1332-1339

B Lehaney, D Malindzak and Z Khan

A real options approach for prioritizing ICT business alternatives: a case study from broadband technology business field pp. 1340-1351

G Angelou and Anastasios Economides

TSD-consistent performance assessment of mutual funds pp. 1352-1362

S Lozano and E Gutiérrez

Scheduling advertising slots for television pp. 1363-1372

M J Brusco

New MILP models for the permutation flowshop problem pp. 1373-1386

F T Tseng and E F Stafford

Heuristic, meta-heuristic and hyper-heuristic approaches for fresh produce inventory control and shelf space allocation pp. 1387-1397

R Bai, E K Burke and G Kendall

The probabilistic 1-maximal covering problem on a network with discrete demand weights pp. 1398-1405

O Berman and J Wang

On the development of decision rules for bar quiz handicapping pp. 1406-1414

D F Percy and P A Scarf

A simple improvement on Silver's heuristic for the joint replenishment problem pp. 1415-1421

A Nilsson and E A Silver

Minimizing total absolute deviation of job completion times: extensions to position-dependent processing times and parallel identical machines pp. 1422-1424

G Mosheiov

An EOQ model for deteriorating items under trade credits by Ouyang, Chang and Teng pp. 1425-1429

Chung K-J

Reply to Kun-Jen Chung pp. 1429-1430

Teng J-T

Complexity results for single-machine scheduling with positional learning effects pp. 1430-1430

Adam Janiak and Radosław Rudek

Volume 59, issue 9, 2008

Editorial pp. 1149-1149

Terry Williams, John Wilson and John C Ranyard

Forecasting and operational research: a review pp. 1150-1172

R Fildes, Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, S F Crone and A A Syntetos

Use of a coronary heart disease simulation model to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of drugs for the prevention of heart disease pp. 1173-1181

K Cooper, R Davies, J Raftery and P Roderick

Minimizing makespan and throughput times at Aalsmeer flower auction pp. 1182-1190

R de Koster and M Yu

Petrol delivery tanker assignment and routing: a case study in Hong Kong pp. 1191-1200

W L Ng, S C H Leung, J K P Lam and S W Pan

The determinants of customer interactions with internet-enabled e-banking services pp. 1201-1210

Z Liao and Wing-Keung Wong

A fuzzy goal programming approach to integrated loading and scheduling of a batch processing machine pp. 1211-1219

D Petrovic and O Aköz

Vehicle routing with soft time windows and Erlang travel times pp. 1220-1228

R A Russell and T L Urban

Locating emergency services with different priorities: the priority queuing covering location problem pp. 1229-1238

Francisco José Silva and Daniel Serra

Preprocessing techniques and column generation algorithms for stochastically efficient demand pp. 1239-1252

Miguel Lejeune

Interactive outranking approaches for multicriteria decision-making problems with imprecise information pp. 1253-1268

G Özerol and E Karasakal

Scheduling a single batch-processing machine with arbitrary job sizes and incompatible job families: An ant colony framework pp. 1269-1280

A H Kashan and B Karimi

Decision-making and the newsvendor problem: an experimental study pp. 1281-1287

U Benzion, Y Cohen, R Peled and Tal Shavit

Volume 59, issue 8, 2008

Exploring the dynamics of journal citations: Modelling with s-curves pp. 1013-1025

J Mingers

Dynamic pricing of airline tickets with competition pp. 1026-1037

C S M Currie, R C H Cheng and H K Smith

Managing solid waste through discrete location analysis: A case study in central Portugal pp. 1038-1046

A P Antunes, J C Teixeira and M S Coutinho

Tactical store delivery planning pp. 1047-1054

D Ronen and C A Goodhart

Robust distribution planning for supplier-managed inventory agreements when demand rates and travel times are stationary pp. 1055-1065

Aghezzaf E-H

Development of improved adaptive approaches to electricity demand forecasting pp. 1066-1076

D J Pedregal and P C Young

Impact of the pheromone trail on the performance of ACO algorithms for solving the car-sequencing problem pp. 1077-1090

C Gagné, M Gravel, S Morin and W L Price

Pragmatic inquiry pp. 1091-1099

Mike Metcalfe

Reassignments of common-use check-in counters following airport incidents pp. 1100-1108

S Yan, Tang C-H and Chen C-H

A hybrid approach for single-machine tardiness problems with sequence-dependent setup times pp. 1109-1119

Lin S-W and Ying K-C

Quadratic interval innovation diffusion models for new product sales forecasting pp. 1120-1127

Tseng F-M

Economic design of variable parameters X̄ control charts for processes with fuzzy mean shifts pp. 1128-1135

Chen Y-K and Chang H-H

Resource allocation based on the DEA model pp. 1136-1141

Lei Fang and Zhang C-Q

The complete proof on the economic order quantity under conditions of permissible delay in payments pp. 1142-1144

Chung K-J, Lin S-D and Yen G-F

Reply to Chung, Lin and Yence pp. 1144-1144

Teng J-T

Erratum: Book Selection pp. 1148-1148

U Aickelin

Volume 59, issue 7, 2008

Using compromise programming for macroeconomic policy making in a general equilibrium framework: theory and application to the Spanish economy pp. 875-883

Francisco André, Manuel Alejandro Cardenete and C Romero

The hazard of being an English football league manager: empirical estimates for three recent league seasons pp. 884-891

Ray Bachan, Barry Reilly and Robert Witt

Private versus public high schools in Spain: disentangling managerial and programme efficiencies pp. 892-901

M J Mancebón and Manuel Muñiz

Assessment of a 7-day turn-around for the reporting of cervical smear results using discrete event simulation pp. 902-910

H Pilgrim and J Chilcott

Optimal network configuration and capacity expansion of railroads pp. 911-920

John Liu, R K Ahuja and G Şahin

Towards profitability: a utility approach to the credit scoring problem pp. 921-931

S M Finlay

Model formulations for hub covering problems pp. 932-938

B Wagner

Reducing mean flow time in permutation flow shop pp. 939-945

Marcelo Nagano and J V Moccellin

Service differentiation in spare parts inventory management pp. 946-955

A A Kranenburg and G J van Houtum

Performance criteria for plastic card fraud detection tools pp. 956-962

D J Hand, C Whitrow, N M Adams, P Juszczak and D Weston

A tabu search algorithm for the periodic vehicle routing problem with multiple vehicle trips and accessibility restrictions pp. 963-976

F Alonso, M J Alvarez and John Beasley

Scheduling jobs in a contaminated area: a model and heuristic algorithms pp. 977-987

A Janiak and M Y Kovalyov

A self-tuning heuristic for a multi-objective vehicle routing problem pp. 988-996

C Alabas-Uslu

A due-window assignment problem with position-dependent processing times pp. 997-1003

G Mosheiov and A Sarig

Quantity discounts based on the previous order in a two-period inventory model with demand uncertainty pp. 1004-1011

Lee J-Y

Volume 59, issue 6, 2008

Extending the range of player-performance measures in one-day cricket pp. 729-742

A J Lewis

Scheduling English football fixtures over holiday periods pp. 743-755

G Kendall

Experiences in using a contingency factor-based validation methodology for spreadsheet DSS pp. 756-761

L Anastasakis, C W Olphert and J M Wilson

Enhanced performance measurement using OR: a case study pp. 762-775

Sérgio Santos, V Belton and S Howick

A perturbation metaheuristic for the vehicle routing problem with private fleet and common carriers pp. 776-787

Bolduc M-C, J Renaud, F Boctor and G Laporte

The directional distance function and measurement of super-efficiency: an application to airlines data pp. 788-797

Subhash Ray

A comparison between the order and the volume fill rate for a base-stock inventory control system under a compound renewal demand process pp. 798-804

C Larsen and A Thorstenson

The multiple location of transfer points pp. 805-811

O Berman, Z Drezner and G O Wesolowsky

A variable neighbourhood search algorithm for the constrained task allocation problem pp. 812-822

A Lusa and C N Potts

One-dimensional heuristics adapted for two-dimensional rectangular strip packing pp. 823-832

G Belov, G Scheithauer and E A Mukhacheva

A heuristic for vehicle fleet mix problem using tabu search and set partitioning pp. 833-841

Y H Lee, J I Kim, K H Kang and K H Kim

Portfolio selection under DEA-based relative financial strength indicators: case of US industries pp. 842-856

N C P Edirisinghe and X Zhang

A note on due-date assignment and single-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs pp. 857-859

Kuo W-H and Dar-Li Yang

Slack-based ranking method: an interpretation to the cross-efficiency method in DEA pp. 860-862

Bao C-P, Chen T-H and Chang S-Y

Economic optimization of off-line inspection procedures with inspection errors pp. 863-865

Young H Chun

On a more general formulation of off-line inspection with inspection errors pp. 865-867

W Y Wang, S H Sheu, Y C Chen and D J Horng

Comment on ‘An ordering policy for deteriorating items with allowable shortage and permissible delay in payment’ by Jamal, Sarker and Wang pp. 867-870

T P Hsieh, C Y Dye and Ouyang L-Y

Volume 59, issue 5, 2008

Reasoning maps for decision aid: an integrated approach for problem-structuring and multi-criteria evaluation pp. 575-589

G Montibeller, V Belton, F Ackermann and L Ensslin

An iterated local search heuristic for the capacitated prize-collecting travelling salesman problem pp. 590-599

L Tang and X Wang

Optimizing the woodpulp stowage using Lagrangean relaxation with clusters pp. 600-606

G M Ribeiro and L A N Lorena

An exact algorithm for the petrol station replenishment problem pp. 607-615

F Cornillier, F F Boctor, G Laporte and J Renaud

Modelling undesirable outputs with zero sum gains data envelopment analysis models pp. 616-623

E G Gomes and M P E Lins

Investigation of practical, robust and flexible decisions for facility location problems using tabu search and simulation pp. 624-636

K Sörensen

Solution strategies for multi-stage wafer probing scheduling problem with reentry pp. 637-651

W L Pearn, S H Chung, M H Yang and K P Shiao

Robust solutions for network design under transportation cost and demand uncertainty pp. 652-662

S Mudchanatongsuk, F Ordóñez and John Liu

A unified tabu search algorithm for vehicle routing problems with soft time windows pp. 663-673

Z Fu, R Eglese and L Y O Li

An insurance risk management framework for disaster relief and supply chain disruption inventory planning pp. 674-684

E J Lodree and S Taskin

Pareto quantity flexibility contracts for a supply chain under multiple objectives pp. 685-692

C Shi and B Chen

The bidding selection and assignment problem with minimum quantity commitment pp. 693-702

A Lim, Z Xu and F Wang

Incorporating fractal concepts into equations of attrition for military conflicts pp. 703-713

G C McIntosh and M K Lauren

A note on coarse classifying in acceptance scorecards pp. 714-718

K M Jung and L C Thomas

Comments on Córdoba and Midgley: the Javeriana case pp. 719-721

R J Ormerod

The Javeriana Case: Systems Thinking, Power and Ethics in IS (and OR?) Strategy pp. 721-724

Córdoba J-R

Volume 59, issue 4, 2008

Editorial pp. 421-422

Khairy Kobbacy and Sunil Vadera

Using Bayesian networks to improve fault diagnosis during manufacturing tests of mobile telephone infrastructure pp. 423-430

A Chan and K R McNaught

Accessing feasible space in a generalized job shop scheduling problem with the fuzzy processing times: a fuzzy-neural approach pp. 431-442

R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, N Safaei and M M O Kah

A new solution for a dynamic cell formation problem with alternative routing and machine costs using simulated annealing pp. 443-454

R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, N Safaei and F Sassani

Integration of production planning and scheduling using an expert system and a genetic algorithm pp. 455-463

A Ławrynowicz

Evaluating trust in electronic commerce: a study based on the information provided on merchants’ websites pp. 464-472

F Meziane and M K Kasiran

Classification for forecasting and stock control: a case study pp. 473-481

J E Boylan, A A Syntetos and G C Karakostas

Gearing Six Sigma into UK manufacturing SMEs: results from a pilot study pp. 482-493

J Antony, M Kumar and A Labib

Prioritizing edge over node: process control in supply chain networks and push-pull strategies pp. 494-502

M Pearson

Preventive maintenance scheduling of multi-cogeneration plants using integer programming pp. 503-509

M Alardhi and A W Labib

Production planning under uncertainty in textile manufacturing pp. 510-520

S Karabuk

A fast heuristic method for minimizing traffic congestion on reconfigurable ring topologies pp. 521-539

Y Shim, S A Gabriel, A Desai, P Sahakij and S Milner

A transformation for the mixed general routing problem with turn penalties pp. 540-547

D Soler, E Martínez and J C Micó

Robust analysis on promotion duration for two competitive brands pp. 548-555

C Lin and Lin Y-T

A three-phase algorithm for the cell suppression problem in two-dimensional statistical tables pp. 556-562

F D Carvalho and M T Almeida

Mixed integer programming-based solution procedure for single-facility location with maximin of rectilinear distance pp. 563-570

D Nadirler and E Karasakal

JORS Referees 2007 pp. 571-573

T Williams and J Wilson

Volume 59, issue 3, 2008

An overview of the issues in the airline industry and the role of optimization models and algorithms pp. 267-277

A H Ahmed and C A Poojari

Conceptual modelling for simulation Part I: definition and requirements pp. 278-290

S Robinson

Conceptual modelling for simulation Part II: a framework for conceptual modelling pp. 291-304

S Robinson

Agricultural countermeasures in nuclear emergency management: a stakeholders' survey for multi-criteria model development pp. 305-312

C Turcanu, B Carlé and F Hardeman

Short selling and replaning as tools to enhance revenues pp. 313-321

P C Bell

ERP system selection using a simulation-based AHP approach: a case of Korean homeshopping company pp. 322-330

B S Ahn and S H Choi

An adaptive tabu-simulated annealing for concave cost transportation problems pp. 331-341

F Altiparmak and I Karaoglan

Spares provisioning under performance-based logistics contract: profit-centric approach pp. 342-352

D Nowicki, U D Kumar, H J Steudel and D Verma

Visualization and model formulation: an analysis of the sketches of expert modellers pp. 353-361

L B Waisel, W A Wallace and T R Willemain

Lost demand in a competitive environment pp. 362-371

T Drezner and Z Drezner

A Lagrangian relaxation approach for network inventory control of stochastic revenue management with perishable commodities pp. 372-380

H Jiang

Measuring performances of multiple-channel queueing systems with imprecise data: a membership function approach pp. 381-387

Chen S-P

VLSN search algorithms for partitioning problems using matching neighbourhoods pp. 388-398

T Öncan, S N Kabadi, K P K Nair and A P Punnen

The maximum return-on-investment plant location problem with market share pp. 399-406

J Brimberg, P Hansen, G Laporte, N Mladenović and D Urošević

Numerical scaling of ratio scale utilities in multi-criteria decision analysis with geometric model pp. 407-415

P Leskinen

Minimizing the makespan in a single-machine scheduling problem with the cyclic process of an aging effect pp. 416-420

Kuo W-H and Dar-Li Yang

Volume 59, issue 2, 2008

Operational Research in Government pp. 147-147

Jane Parkin and Hiroko Plant

Government Operational Research Service: Civil OR in UK Central Government pp. 148-162

H S Turner

Erratum: Government Operational Research Service: Civil OR In UK Central Government pp. 163-163

H S Turner

Using system dynamics to model the impact of policing activity on performance pp. 164-170

I M Newsome

Improving police control rooms using simulation pp. 171-181

M M Günal, S Onggo and M Pidd

An integer programming approach to optimize Housing Benefit data retrieval pp. 182-185

E Rappos and E B Thompson

Evaluating systems thinking in housing pp. 186-197

M C Jackson, N Johnston and J Seddon

Using analysis to influence strategic-decision making: option valuation at ECGD pp. 198-202

D I Calvert and R Kaufman

A framework for participatory budget elaboration support pp. 203-212

J Rios and D Rios Insua

System dynamics mapping of acute patient flows pp. 213-224

D C Lane and E Husemann

Changing behaviours in defence acquisition: a game theory approach pp. 225-230

T Gardener and J Moffat

The impact of information technology on organizational efficiency in public services: a DEA-based DT approach pp. 231-238

H Seol, H Lee, S Kim and Y Park

Creating composite indicators with DEA and robustness analysis: the case of the Technology Achievement Index pp. 239-251

Laurens Cherchye, W Moesen, N Rogge, T Van Puyenbroeck, M Saisana, Andrea Saltelli, Roman Liska and S Tarantola

Assessing quality improvement initiatives when expert judgements are uncertain pp. 252-258

E D Hahn and C L Knott

Simplifying essential competencies for Taiwan civil servants using the rough set approach pp. 259-265

I Y-F Huang, Wu W-W and Lee Y-T

Volume 59, issue 1, 2008

Editorial pp. 1-1

Terry Williams and John Wilson

Robust solutions and risk measures for a supply chain planning problem under uncertainty pp. 2-12

C A Poojari, C Lucas and G Mitra

Determining best practice production in an aluminium smelter involving sub-processes based substantially on tacit knowledge: an application of Communities of Practice pp. 13-24

M G Nicholls and B J Cargill

Agent-based modelling and simulation of urban evacuation: relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies pp. 25-33

X Chen and F B Zhan

A column generation approach for an employee scheduling problem with multiple shifts and work locations pp. 34-43

S M Al-Yakoob and H D Sherali

Raw material inventory solution in iron and steel industry using Lagrangian relaxation pp. 44-53

L Tang, G Liu and J Liu

Additive DEA based on MCDA with imprecise information pp. 54-63

M C Gouveia, Luis Dias and C H Antunes

Efficient heuristics for the rectilinear distance capacitated multi-facility Weber problem pp. 64-79

N Aras, M Orbay and I K Altinel

The hub location and network design problem with fixed and variable arc costs: formulation and dual-based solution heuristic pp. 80-89

Yoon M-G and J Current

Synchronized production–distribution planning in a single-plant multi-destination network pp. 90-104

N Rizk, A Martel and S D'Amours

Single machine scheduling with time deteriorating job values pp. 105-118

S Raut, J N D Gupta and S Swami

An exact algorithm for a cross-docking supply chain network design problem pp. 119-136

C S Sung and Wenyi Yang

Evaluating PSMs pp. 137-138

R J Ormerod

Reply to Ormerod pp. 138-139

L White

OR and systems—some comments on Checkland's reply to Eden and Ackerman pp. 139-142

R J Ormerod