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Volume 293, month 10, 2020

Preface: Queueing theory and network applications II pp. 1-1

Tuan Phung-Duc, Yutaka Takahashi and Hideaki Takagi

System occupancy in a multiclass batch-service queueing system with limited variable service capacity pp. 3-26

Jens Baetens, Bart Steyaert, Dieter Claeys and Herwig Bruneel

Stabilizing the virtual response time in single-server processor sharing queues with slowly time-varying arrival rates pp. 27-55

Yongkyu Cho and Young Myoung Ko

Delay analysis of a two-class priority queue with external arrivals and correlated arrivals from another node pp. 57-72

Sofian De Clercq and Joris Walraevens

Analysis of a queue with general service demands and correlated service capacities pp. 73-99

Michiel Muynck, Herwig Bruneel and Sabine Wittevrongel

A finite-source M/G/1 retrial queue with outgoing calls pp. 101-121

Velika I. Dragieva and Tuan Phung-Duc

Modelling large timescale and small timescale service variability pp. 123-140

Marco Gribaudo, Illés Horváth, Daniele Manini and Miklós Telek

Excessive backlog probabilities of two parallel queues pp. 141-174

Kamil Demirberk Ünlü and Ali Devin Sezer

Transform approach for discounted aggregate claims in a risk model with descendant claims pp. 175-192

Hyunjoo Yoo, Bara Kim, Jeongsim Kim and Jiwook Jang

A clustered virtual machine allocation strategy based on a sleep-mode with wake-up threshold in a cloud environment pp. 193-212

Shunfu Jin, Xiuchen Qie, Wenjuan Zhao, Wuyi Yue and Yutaka Takahashi

Stochastic geometry analysis of the correlation between consecutive packet transmissions in WLAN pp. 213-235

Youngrock Oh and Ganguk Hwang

On the modelling and performance measurement of service networks with heterogeneous customers pp. 237-268

Ryan Palmer and Martin Utley

Delay performance of data-center queue with setup policy and abandonment pp. 269-293

Tuan Phung-Duc and Ken’ichi Kawanishi

Cloud data storage: a queueing model with thresholds pp. 295-315

Apoorv Saxena, Dieter Claeys, Bo Zhang and Joris Walraevens

Optimal strategies for managing complex authentication systems pp. 317-342

Daniel F. Silva, Bo Zhang and Hayriye Ayhan

Analysis of tandem polling queues with finite buffers pp. 343-369

Ravi Suman and Ananth Krishnamurthy

On the impact of job size variability on heterogeneity-aware load balancing pp. 371-399

Ignace Spilbeeck and Benny Houdt

Preface: multiple criteria decision making for sustainable decisions pp. 401-403

Sarah Ben Amor, Anissa Frini and Gilles Reinhardt

Environmental sustainability and multifaceted development: multi-criteria decision models with applications pp. 405-432

Cinzia Colapinto, Raja Jayaraman, Fouad Ben Abdelaziz and Davide La Torre

SMAA methods and their applications: a literature review and future research directions pp. 433-493

R. Pelissari, M. C. Oliveira, S. Ben Amor, A. Kandakoglu and A. L. Helleno

Estimating criteria weight distributions in multiple criteria decision making: a Bayesian approach pp. 495-519

Barbaros Yet and Ceren Tuncer Şakar

On the analytical derivation of efficient sets in quad-and-higher criterion portfolio selection pp. 521-538

Yue Qi and Ralph E. Steuer

A stochastic dynamic multiobjective model for sustainable decision making pp. 539-556

Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Cinzia Colapinto, Davide La Torre and Danilo Liuzzi

A multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm for business sustainability analysis of small and medium sized enterprises pp. 557-586

Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Houda Alaya and Prasanta Kumar Dey

A weight-consistent model for fuzzy supplier selection and order allocation problem pp. 587-605

Sirin Suprasongsin, Pisal Yenradee and Huynh Van-Nam

Ranking sustainable suppliers by context-dependent data envelopment analysis pp. 607-637

Mohammad Izadikhah and Reza Farzipoor Saen

Towards a sustainable assessment of suppliers: an integrated fuzzy TOPSIS-possibilistic multi-objective approach pp. 639-668

A. Mohammed

Evaluation and selection of third party logistics provider under sustainability perspectives: an interval valued fuzzy-rough approach pp. 669-714

Jagannath Roy, Dragan Pamučar and Samarjit Kar

Examining barriers to reverse logistics practices in the leather footwear industry pp. 715-746

Md. Abdul Moktadir, Towfique Rahman, Syed Mithun Ali, Nazmun Nahar and Sanjoy Kumar Paul

Managing sustainable development through goal programming model and satisfaction functions pp. 747-766

Salem Nechi, Belaid Aouni and Zouhair Mrabet

The potential learning effect of a MCDA approach on consumer preferences for alternative fuel vehicles pp. 767-787

Gabriela D. Oliveira and Luis Dias

Assessing the quality of life in French municipalities: a multidimensional approach pp. 789-808

Michalis Doumpos, Alexis Guyot, Emilios Galariotis and Constantin Zopounidis

A bi-criteria optimization model for medical device sterilization pp. 809-831

Onur Ozturk

Data-driven multiple criteria decision making for diagnosis of thyroid cancer pp. 833-862

Chao Fu, Weiyong Liu and Wenjun Chang

An analysis of the sensitivity and stability of patients’ preferences can lead to more appropriate medical decisions pp. 863-901

M. Gabriela Sava, Luis G. Vargas, Jerrold H. May and James G. Dolan

Volume 292, month 9, 2020

Production-based pollution versus deforestation: optimal policy with state-independent and-dependent environmental absorption efficiency restoration process pp. 1-26

Fouad El Ouardighi, Eugene Khmelnitsky and Marc Leandri

Fixing ice hockey’s low scoring flip side? Just flip the sides pp. 27-45

Michal Friesl, Jan Libich and Petr Stehlík

Sustainable, multimodal and reliable supply chain design pp. 47-70

Ozgur Kabadurmus and Mehmet S. Erdogan

A modified discrete Raiffa approach for efficiency assessment and target setting pp. 71-95

Sebastián Lozano and Narges Soltani

The inverse connected p-median problem on block graphs under various cost functions pp. 97-112

Kien Trung Nguyen and Nguyen Thanh Hung

Due-window assignment scheduling in the proportionate flow shop setting pp. 113-131

Xinyu Sun, Xin-Na Geng and Tao Liu

Mode generation rules to define activity flexibility for the integrated project staffing problem with discrete time/resource trade-offs pp. 133-160

Mick Van Den Eeckhout, Broos Maenhout and Mario Vanhoucke

The UEFA Champions League seeding is not strategy-proof since the 2015/16 season pp. 161-169

László Csató

Efficient quotient extensions of the Myerson value pp. 171-181

Daniel Li Li and Erfang Shan

Discrete analogues of continuous multivariate probability distributions pp. 183-190

Martin Wiegand, Saralees Nadarajah and Yuanyuan Zhang

A two-step stochastic approach for operating rooms scheduling in multi-resource environment pp. 191-214

Arezoo Atighehchian, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Pejman Shadpour and Kamran Kianfar

Developing childhood vaccine administration and inventory replenishment policies that minimize open vial wastage pp. 215-247

Zahra Azadi, Harsha Gangammanavar and Sandra Eksioglu

Towards a stochastic programming modeling framework for districting pp. 249-285

Antonio Diglio, Stefan Nickel and Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama

Combining regression and mixed-integer programming to model counterinsurgency pp. 287-320

Marvin L. King, David R. Galbreath, Alexandra M. Newman and Amanda S. Hering

A second-order cone programming based robust data envelopment analysis model for the new-energy vehicle industry pp. 321-339

Chao Lu, Jie Tao, Qiuxian An and Xiaodong Lai

Mixture inventory model of lost sale and back-order with stochastic lead time demand on permissible delay in payments pp. 341-369

Rabin Kumar Mallick, Kartik Patra and Shyamal Kumar Mondal

Statistical estimation of operating reserve requirements using rolling horizon stochastic optimization pp. 371-397

Site Wang, Harsha Gangammanavar, Sandra Ekşioğlu and Scott J. Mason

A comparative survey of service facility location problems pp. 399-468

Derya Celik Turkoglu and Mujde Erol Genevois

Knapsack polytopes: a survey pp. 469-517

Christopher Hojny, Tristan Gally, Oliver Habeck, Hendrik Lüthen, Frederic Matter, Marc E. Pfetsch and Andreas Schmitt

Robust mean-variance portfolio through the weighted $$L^{p}$$ L p depth function pp. 519-531

Giuseppe Pandolfo, Carmela Iorio, Roberta Siciliano and Antonio D’Ambrosio

Robust portfolio optimization: a categorized bibliographic review pp. 533-552

Panos Xidonas, Ralph Steuer and Christis Hassapis

Solving utility-maximization selection problems with Multinomial Logit demand: Is the First-Choice model a good approximation? pp. 553-573

Laurent Alfandari, Victoire Denoyel and Aurélie Thiele

Stochastic optimization: theory and applications pp. 575-580

Giorgio Consigli, Darinka Dentcheva and Francesca Maggioni

On the number of stages in multistage stochastic programs pp. 581-603

Giovanni Pantuso and Trine K. Boomsma

Bounds in multi-horizon stochastic programs pp. 605-625

Francesca Maggioni, Elisabetta Allevi and Asgeir Tomasgard

Equivalence between time consistency and nested formula pp. 627-647

Henri Gérard, Michel Lara and Jean-Philippe Chancelier

A combined SDDP/Benders decomposition approach with a risk-averse surface concept for reservoir operation in long term power generation planning pp. 649-681

Andre Luiz Diniz, Maria Elvira P. Maceira, Cesar Luis V. Vasconcellos and Debora Dias J. Penna

Solving joint chance constrained problems using regularization and Benders’ decomposition pp. 683-709

Lukáš Adam, Martin Branda, Holger Heitsch and René Henrion

The stochastic opportunistic replacement problem, part III: improved bounding procedures pp. 711-733

Efraim Laksman, Ann-Brith Strömberg and Michael Patriksson

Multi-stage emissions management of a steel company pp. 735-751

František Zapletal, Martin Šmíd and Miloš Kopa

Balancing supply and demand in the presence of renewable generation via demand response for electric water heaters pp. 753-770

Adham I. Tammam, Miguel F. Anjos and Michel Gendreau

The distortion principle for insurance pricing: properties, identification and robustness pp. 771-794

Debora Daniela Escobar and Georg Ch. Pflug

On the singular control of exchange rates pp. 795-832

Giorgio Ferrari and Tiziano Vargiolu

Joint tails impact in stochastic volatility portfolio selection models pp. 833-848

Marco Bonomelli, Rosella Giacometti and Sergio Ortobelli Lozza

A copula-based scenario tree generation algorithm for multiperiod portfolio selection problems pp. 849-881

Zhe Yan, Zhiping Chen, Giorgio Consigli, Jia Liu and Ming Jin

Enhanced index tracking with CVaR-based ratio measures pp. 883-931

Gianfranco Guastaroba, Renata Mansini, Wlodzimierz Ogryczak and M. Grazia Speranza

Developing new portfolio strategies by aggregation pp. 933-971

Giovanni Bonaccolto and Sandra Paterlini

Long-term individual financial planning under stochastic dominance constraints pp. 973-1000

Giorgio Consigli, Vittorio Moriggia and Sebastiano Vitali

Correction to: Preface: Stochastic optimization: theory and applications pp. 1001-1001

Giorgio Consigli, Darinka Dentcheva and Francesca Maggioni