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Volume 252, month 5, 2017

Computational methods and applications in queueing theory pp. 1-2

Onno Boxma and Joris Walraevens

Analysis of discrete-time queues with general service demands and finite-support service capacities pp. 3-28

Michiel Muynck, Sabine Wittevrongel and Herwig Bruneel

Stability criterion of a multiserver model with simultaneous service pp. 29-39

Alexander Rumyantsev and Evsey Morozov

Delay analysis and optimality of the renewal access protocol pp. 41-62

Yunbae Kim and Ganguk Hwang

Staffing of time-varying queues using a geometric discrete time modelling approach pp. 63-84

Xi Chen and Dave Worthington

The finite/infinite horizon ruin problem with multi-threshold premiums: a Markov fluid queue approach pp. 85-99

Mehmet Akif Yazici and Nail Akar

A computational approach to steady-state convergence of fluid limits for Coxian queuing networks with abandonment pp. 101-120

Max Tschaikowski and Mirco Tribastone

Waiting time distributions in an M/G/1 retrial queue with two classes of customers pp. 121-134

Bara Kim and Jeongsim Kim

A simple analysis of the batch arrival queue with infinite-buffer and Markovian service process using roots method: $$ GI ^{[X]}/C$$ G I [ X ] / C - $$ MSP /1/\infty $$ M S P / 1 / ∞ pp. 135-173

M. L. Chaudhry, A. D. Banik and A. Pacheco

Characterisation of the output process of a discrete-time GI / D / 1 queue, and its application to network performance pp. 175-190

Bart Steyaert, Sabine Wittevrongel and Herwig Bruneel

Moments of losses during busy-periods of regular and nonpreemptive oscillating $$M^X/G/1/n$$ M X / G / 1 / n systems pp. 191-211

Fátima Ferreira, António Pacheco and Helena Ribeiro

Preface pp. 213-214

Ender Özcan, Edmund K. Burke and Barry McCollum

Modeling high school timetabling with bitvectors pp. 215-238

Emir Demirović and Nysret Musliu

Feature-based tuning of single-stage simulated annealing for examination timetabling pp. 239-254

Michele Battistutta, Andrea Schaerf and Tommaso Urli

Adaptive large neighborhood search for the curriculum-based course timetabling problem pp. 255-282

Alexander Kiefer, Richard F. Hartl and Alexander Schnell

Integer programming for minimal perturbation problems in university course timetabling pp. 283-304

Antony E. Phillips, Cameron G. Walker, Matthias Ehrgott and David M. Ryan

A multi-stage IP-based heuristic for class timetabling and trainer rostering pp. 305-333

Oliver Czibula, Hanyu Gu, Aaron Russell and Yakov Zinder

A simulation scenario based mixed integer programming approach to airline reserve crew scheduling under uncertainty pp. 335-363

Christopher Bayliss, Geert Maere, Jason A. D. Atkin and Marc Paelinck

Modeling and solving a real-life multi-skill shift design problem pp. 365-382

Alex Bonutti, Sara Ceschia, Fabio De Cesco, Nysret Musliu and Andrea Schaerf

Optimal duty rostering for toll enforcement inspectors pp. 383-406

Ralf Borndörfer, Guillaume Sagnol, Thomas Schlechte and Elmar Swarat

A resource type analysis of the integrated project scheduling and personnel staffing problem pp. 407-433

Broos Maenhout and Mario Vanhoucke

Lessons from building an automated pre-departure sequencer for airports pp. 435-453

Daniel Karapetyan, Jason A. D. Atkin, Andrew J. Parkes and Juan Castro-Gutierrez

The representation of partially-concurrent open shop problems pp. 455-469

Tal Grinshpoun, Hagai Ilani and Elad Shufan

Volume 251, month 4, 2017

Preface: Multiple criteria optimization and goal programming in science, engineering, and social sciences pp. 1-5

Davide La Torre

Multi-criteria decision analysis with goal programming in engineering, management and social sciences: a state-of-the art review pp. 7-40

Cinzia Colapinto, Raja Jayaraman and Simone Marsiglio

Goal programming model for management accounting and auditing: a new typology pp. 41-54

Belaid Aouni, Sheila McGillis and Mustafa Elkasih Abdulkarim

Optimal control in epidemiology pp. 55-71

Oluwaseun Sharomi and Tufail Malik

Nondifferentiable minimax programming problems with applications pp. 73-87

Thai Doan Chuong and Do Sang Kim

Quasiconvexity of set-valued maps assures well-posedness of robust vector optimization pp. 89-104

Giovanni P. Crespi, Daishi Kuroiwa and Matteo Rocca

A decomposition approach to vector equilibrium problems pp. 105-115

Nicolae Popovici

Multiple criteria hierarchy process for sorting problems based on ordinal regression with additive value functions pp. 117-139

Salvatore Corrente, Michael Doumpos, Salvatore Greco, Roman Słowiński and Constantin Zopounidis

Fuzzy goal programming model for classification problems pp. 141-160

Soulef Smaoui and Belaid Aouni

An analytical derivation of the efficient surface in portfolio selection with three criteria pp. 161-177

Yue Qi, Ralph E. Steuer and Maximilian Wimmer

A multiple stochastic goal programming approach for the agent portfolio selection problem pp. 179-192

Hatem Masri

Fuzzy chance-constrained goal programming model for multi-attribute financial portfolio selection pp. 193-204

Laila Messaoudi, Belaid Aouni and Abdelwaheb Rebai

A fuzzy multiple-attribute decision making model to evaluate new product pricing strategies pp. 205-242

Adil Baykasoğlu, İlker Gölcük and Derya Eren Akyol

A chance constrained recourse approach for the portfolio selection problem pp. 243-254

Meryem Masmoudi and Fouad Ben Abdelaziz

A fuzzy goal programming model to analyze energy, environmental and sustainability goals of the United Arab Emirates pp. 255-270

Raja Jayaraman, Danilo Liuzzi, Cinzia Colapinto and Tufail Malik

Sustainability and intertemporal equity: a multicriteria approach pp. 271-284

Cinzia Colapinto, Danilo Liuzzi and Simone Marsiglio

The conservative Kalai–Smorodinsky solution for multiple scenario bargaining pp. 285-299

L. Monroy, V. Rubiales and A. M. Mármol

Fuzzy approach to decision analysis with multiple criteria and uncertainty in health technology assessment pp. 301-324

Michał Jakubczyk and Bogumił Kamiński

A fuzzy multi-criteria approach for robust operating room schedules pp. 325-350

Sebastian Rachuba and Brigitte Werners

Supply chain management through the stochastic goal programming model pp. 351-365

Alireza Azimian and Belaid Aouni

Value analysis planning with goal programming pp. 367-382

Marc J. Schniederjans, Dara Schniederjans and Qing Cao

A recourse goal programming approach for airport bus routing problem pp. 383-396

Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Hatem Masri and Houda Alaya

A three-dimensional bin-packing model: exact multicriteria solution and computational complexity pp. 397-427

Gregory S. Taylor, Yupo Chan and Ghulam Rasool

Volume 250, month 3, 2017

Novel theory and methodology developments in data envelopment analysis pp. 1-3

Rajiv D. Banker and Victor V. Podinovski

On comparison of different sets of units used for improving the frontier in DEA models pp. 5-20

Vladimir E. Krivonozhko, Finn Førsund and Andrey V. Lychev

On the use of super-efficiency procedures for ranking efficient units and identifying outliers pp. 21-35

Rajiv D. Banker, Hsihui Chang and Zhiqiang Zheng

Data envelopment analysis and its related linear programming models pp. 37-43

Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Giannis Karagiannis and Dimitris Margaritis

A complex adaptive systems approach for productive efficiency analysis: building blocks and associative inferences pp. 45-63

Francis L. Dougherty, Nathaniel P. Ambler and Konstantinos P. Triantis

The hybrid returns-to-scale model and its extension by production trade-offs: an application to the efficiency assessment of public universities in Malaysia pp. 65-84

Victor V. Podinovski and Wan Rohaida Wan Husain

Measuring bank performance with a dynamic network Luenberger indicator pp. 85-104

Hirofumi Fukuyama and William L. Weber

How relevant is the choice of risk management control variable to non-parametric bank profit efficiency analysis? The case of South Korean banks pp. 105-127

Richard Simper, Maximilian Hall, WenBin Liu, Valentin Zelenyuk and Zhongbao Zhou

Investigation of the Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Hospital Costs and Quality of Care pp. 129-146

Fabienne Miller, Justin Wang, Joe Zhu, Ya Chen and Jason Hockenberry

Determining radial efficiency with a large data set by solving small-size linear programs pp. 147-166

Wen-Chih Chen and Sheng-Yung Lai

On classifying decision making units in DEA: a unified dominance-based model pp. 167-184

Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Mohammad Bagher Ahmadi and Biresh Sahoo

Data envelopment analysis, endogeneity and the quality frontier for public services pp. 185-203

David Mayston

Coordination efficiency in multi-output settings: a DEA approach pp. 205-233

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock and Veerle Hennebel

Modeling efficiency in the presence of multiple partial input to output processes pp. 235-248

Wang Hong Li, Liang Liang, Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto, Raha Imanirad, Wade D. Cook and Joe Zhu

The role of multiplier bounds in fuzzy data envelopment analysis pp. 249-276

Adel Hatami-Marbini, Per Agrell, Hirofumi Fukuyama, Kobra Gholami and Pegah Khoshnevis

Decision models for sustainable supply chain design and management pp. 277-278

Behnam Fahimnia, Joseph Sarkis, Angappa Gunasekaran and Reza Farahani

A memetic algorithm for a multi-objective obnoxious waste location-routing problem: a case study pp. 279-308

Nasrin Asgari, Mohsen Rajabi, Masoumeh Jamshidi, Maryam Khatami and Reza Zanjirani Farahani

Sustainable transport fleet appraisal using a hybrid multi-objective decision making approach pp. 309-340

Chunguang Bai, Behnam Fahimnia and Joseph Sarkis

Assessing alternative production options for eco-efficient food supply chains using multi-objective optimization pp. 341-362

Aleksander Banasik, Argyris Kanellopoulos, G. D. H. Claassen, Jacqueline Bloemhof-Ruwaard and Jack G. A. J. Vorst

Influence of non-price and environmental sustainability factors on truckload procurement process pp. 363-388

R. Jothi Basu, Nachiappan Subramanian, Angappa Gunasekaran and P. L. K. Palaniappan

An Optimization Model for Sustainability Program pp. 389-425

N. Jawahar, G. Satish Pandian, Angappa Gunasekaran and Nachiappan Subramanian

Designing multi-period supply chain network considering risk and emission: a multi-objective approach pp. 427-461

Ravi Shankar Kumar, Alok Choudhary, Soudagar A. K. Irfan Babu, Sri Krishna Kumar, A. Goswami and M. K. Tiwari

Green supply chain network design with stochastic demand and carbon price pp. 463-485

Ahmad Rezaee, Farzad Dehghanian, Behnam Fahimnia and Benita Beamon

How supply chain coordination affects the environment: a carbon footprint perspective pp. 487-519

Ayşegül Toptal and Bilgesu Çetinkaya

Modeling and analysis of sustainable supply chain dynamics pp. 521-536

Gang Wang and Angappa Gunasekaran

Green, greener or brown: choosing the right color of the product pp. 537-567

Arda Yenipazarli and Asoo J. Vakharia