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Volume 240, month 5, 2016

Preface pp. 1-1

Leo Liberti, Thierry Marchant and Silvano Martello

Twelve surveys in operations research pp. 3-11

Leo Liberti, Thierry Marchant and Silvano Martello

What we can learn from conflicts in propositional satisfiability pp. 13-37

Youssef Hamadi, Saïd Jabbour and Lakhdar Saïs

Optimizing the half-product and related quadratic Boolean functions: approximation and scheduling applications pp. 39-94

Hans Kellerer and Vitaly A. Strusevich

Relaxations of mixed integer sets from lattice-free polyhedra pp. 95-117

Alberto Del Pia and Robert Weismantel

Semidefinite relaxations for partitioning, assignment and ordering problems pp. 119-140

F. Rendl

Bilevel programming and price setting problems pp. 141-169

Martine Labbé and Alessia Violin

Combining metaheuristics with mathematical programming, constraint programming and machine learning pp. 171-215

El-Ghazali Talbi

Using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for single-objective constrained and unconstrained optimization pp. 217-250

Carlos Segura, Carlos A. Coello Coello, Gara Miranda and Coromoto León

Global optimization based on local searches pp. 251-270

Marco Locatelli and Fabio Schoen

Merit functions: a bridge between optimization and equilibria pp. 271-299

Massimo Pappalardo, Giandomenico Mastroeni and Mauro Passacantando

On scheduling with the non-idling constraint pp. 301-319

Philippe Chrétienne

Deriving compact extended formulations via LP-based separation techniques pp. 321-350

Giuseppe Lancia and Paolo Serafini

Simulation optimization: a review of algorithms and applications pp. 351-380

Satyajith Amaran, Nikolaos V. Sahinidis, Bikram Sharda and Scott J. Bury

Emerging production optimization issues in supply chain systems pp. 381-393

Tsan-Ming Choi, Mingzheng Wang and Xiaohang Yue

Trade credit insurance, capital constraint, and the behavior of manufacturers and banks pp. 395-414

Yongjian Li, Xueping Zhen and Xiaoqiang Cai

On lot-sizing problem in a random yield production system under loss aversion pp. 415-434

Xiang Li and Yongjian Li

A robust optimization model for agile and build-to-order supply chain planning under uncertainties pp. 435-470

Morteza Lalmazloumian, Kuan Yew Wong, Kannan Govindan and Devika Kannan

Service outsourcing and disaster response methods in a relief supply chain pp. 471-487

Xihui Wang, Yunfei Wu, Liang Liang and Zhimin Huang

Supply chain risk analysis with mean-variance models: a technical review pp. 489-507

Chun-Hung Chiu and Tsan-Ming Choi

Sustainability investment under cap-and-trade regulation pp. 509-531

Ciwei Dong, Bin Shen, Pui-Sze Chow, Liu Yang and Chi To Ng

Supply planning models for a remanufacturer under just-in-time manufacturing environment with reverse logistics pp. 533-581

Kyung Sung Jung, Milind Dawande, H. Neil Geismar, V. Daniel R. Guide and Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Supplier development investment strategies: a game theoretic evaluation pp. 583-615

Chunguang Bai and Joseph Sarkis

Competing with bandit supply chains pp. 617-640

Meng Li, Suresh Sethi and Jun Zhang

The implication of time-based payment contract in the decentralized assembly system pp. 641-659

Xu Guan, Guo Li and Zhe Yin

Consumer returns reduction and information revelation mechanism for a supply chain pp. 661-681

Tiaojun Xiao and Jing Shi

Impact of taxation on international transfer pricing and offshoring decisions pp. 683-707

Ziping Wang, Wenlian Gao and Samar K. Mukhopadhyay

Optimizing product service system by franchise fee contracts under information asymmetry pp. 709-729

Wenming Xie, Yingxue Zhao, Zhibin Jiang and Pui-Sze Chow

A capacitated firm’s pricing strategies for strategic consumers with different search costs pp. 731-760

Mingzheng Wang, Mengru Ma, Xiaohang Yue and Samar Mukhopadhyay

Volume 239, month 4, 2016

The Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (2012) pp. 1-2

Ender Özcan, Edmund K. Burke, Barry McCollum, Dag Kjenstad and Atle Riise

A review of hyper-heuristics for educational timetabling pp. 3-38

Nelishia Pillay

Workforce scheduling and routing problems: literature survey and computational study pp. 39-67

J. Arturo Castillo-Salazar, Dario Landa-Silva and Rong Qu

The Third International Timetabling Competition pp. 69-75

Gerhard Post, Luca Gaspero, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Barry McCollum and Andrea Schaerf

GOAL solver: a hybrid local search based solver for high school timetabling pp. 77-97

George Henrique Godim Fonseca, Haroldo Gambini Santos, Túlio Ângelo Machado Toffolo, Samuel Souza Brito and Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza

Elective course student sectioning at Danish high schools pp. 99-117

Simon Kristiansen and Thomas R. Stidsen

Repairing high school timetables with polymorphic ejection chains pp. 119-134

Jeffrey H. Kingston

A stochastic local search algorithm with adaptive acceptance for high-school timetabling pp. 135-151

Ahmed Kheiri, Ender Özcan and Andrew J. Parkes

Real-life curriculum-based timetabling with elective courses and course sections pp. 153-170

Tomáš Müller and Hana Rudová

Fairness in academic course timetabling pp. 171-188

Moritz Mühlenthaler and Rolf Wanka

A flexible iterative improvement heuristic to support creation of feasible shift rosters in self-rostering pp. 189-206

E. Veen, J. L. Hurink, J. M. J. Schutten and S. T. Uijland

An assessment of a days off decomposition approach to personnel shift scheduling pp. 207-223

Sophie Veldhoven, Gerhard Post, Egbert Veen and Tim Curtois

Integer programming techniques for the nurse rostering problem pp. 225-251

Haroldo G. Santos, Túlio A. M. Toffolo, Rafael A. M. Gomes and Sabir Ribas

A study of decision support models for online patient-to-room assignment planning pp. 253-271

Wim Vancroonenburg, Patrick Causmaecker and Greet Vanden Berghe

Near-optimal MIP solutions for preference based self-scheduling pp. 273-293

Eyjólfur Ingi Ásgeirsson and Guðríður Lilla Sigurðardóttir

Timetabling of sorting slots in a logistic warehouse pp. 295-316

Antoine Jouglet, Dritan Nace and Christophe Outteryck

Patrol scheduling in urban rail network pp. 317-342

Hoong Chuin Lau, Zhi Yuan and Aldy Gunawan

A combined local search and integer programming approach to the traveling tournament problem pp. 343-354

Marc Goerigk and Stephan Westphal

Analytical and stochastic modelling techniques pp. 355-357

Khalid Al-Begain, Dieter Fiems and Jean-Marc Vincent

Discrete-time queues with variable service capacity: a basic model and its analysis pp. 359-380

Herwig Bruneel, Sabine Wittevrongel, Dieter Claeys and Joris Walraevens

Transient workload distribution in the $$M/G/1$$ M / G / 1 finite-buffer queue with single and multiple vacations pp. 381-400

Wojciech M. Kempa

Multi-server queueing system with a generalized phase-type service time distribution as a model of call center with a call-back option pp. 401-428

Alexander Dudin, Chesoong Kim, Olga Dudina and Sergey Dudin

Retrial queues with balanced call blending: analysis of single-server and multiserver model pp. 429-449

Tuan Phung-Duc, Wouter Rogiest, Yutaka Takahashi and Herwig Bruneel

Decentralized optimization of last-mile delivery services with non-cooperative bounded rational customers pp. 451-469

Yezekael Hayel, Dominique Quadri, Tania Jiménez and Luce Brotcorne

Worst-case analysis of non-cooperative load balancing pp. 471-495

Olivier Brun and Balakrishna Prabhu

$$M/D^{[y]}/1$$ M / D [ y ] / 1 Periodically gated vacation model and its application to IEEE 802.16 network pp. 497-520

Zsolt Saffer, Sergey Andreev and Yevgeni Koucheryavy

Queueing analysis of the DRX power saving mechanism in fault-tolerant 3GPP LTE wireless networks pp. 521-552

Ioannis Dimitriou

Modeling and optimization of CSMA/CA in VANET pp. 553-568

Anh Tuan Giang, Anthony Busson and Marco Di Renzo

Controlling variability in split–merge systems and its impact on performance pp. 569-588

Iryna Tsimashenka, William J. Knottenbelt and Peter G. Harrison

Matching performance objectives for open and closed workloads by consolidation and replication pp. 589-612

Davide Cerotti, Marco Gribaudo, Pietro Piazzolla and Giuseppe Serazzi

Application of stochastic programming to reduce uncertainty in quality-based supply planning of slaughterhouses pp. 613-624

W. A. Rijpkema, E. M. T. Hendrix, R. Rossi and J. G. A. J. Vorst

Resource allocation with stochastic optimal control approach pp. 625-641

Haleh Valian, Mohsen A. Jafari and Davood Golmohammadi

Heuristic representation optimization for efficient generation of PH-distributed random variates pp. 643-665

Gábor Horváth, Philipp Reinecke, Miklós Telek and Katinka Wolter

Mean-field analysis of hybrid Markov population models with time-inhomogeneous rates pp. 667-693

Anton Stefanek, Richard A. Hayden and Jeremy T. Bradley

Lumping and reversed processes in cooperating automata pp. 695-722

Simonetta Balsamo, Gian-Luca Dei Rossi and Andrea Marin