Annals of Operations Research

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Volume 93, month 1, 2000

Preface pp. 0-0

J. MacGregor Smith, Stanley Gershwin and Chrissoleon Papadopoulos

Tandem queues in bulk port operations pp. 1-14

Tayfur Altiok

AMVA‐based solution procedures for open queueing networks with population constraints pp. 15-40

Ronald Buitenhek, Geert‐Jan van Houtum and Henk Zijm

Comparison among three pull control policies: kanban, base stock, and generalized kanban pp. 41-69

C. Duri, Y. Frein and M. Di Mascolo

The multiple server effect: Optimal allocation of servers to stations with different service‐time distributions in tandem queueing networks pp. 71-90

Kenichi Futamura

A decomposition method for analyzing inhomogeneous assembly/disassembly systems pp. 91-115

Stanley Gershwin and Mitchell Burman

Efficient algorithms for buffer space allocation pp. 117-144

Stanley Gershwin and James Schor

Production systems with interruptions, arbitrary topology and finite buffers pp. 145-176

Surendra Gupta and Ayse Kavusturucu

Simulation optimization of buffer allocations in production lines with unreliable machines pp. 177-216

Gül Gürkan

Approximate analysis of unreliable transfer lines with splits in the flow of material pp. 217-243

Stefan Helber

Sensitivity analysis and decomposition of unreliable production lines with blocking pp. 245-264

Vassilis Kouikoglou

A robust decomposition method for the analysis of production lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers pp. 265-297

Hervé Le Bihan and Yves Dallery

Production variability in manufacturing systems: Bernoulli reliability case pp. 299-324

Jingshan Li and Semyon Meerkov

A unified framework for pull control mechanisms in multi‐stage manufacturing systems pp. 325-355

George Liberopoulos and Yves Dallery

A two‐level queueing network model with blocking and non‐blocking messages pp. 357-372

S. Ramesh and H.G. Perros

A simulated annealing approach for buffer allocation in reliable production lines pp. 373-384

Diomidis Spinellis and Chrissoleon Papadopoulos

Asymptotic variance rate of the output in production lines with finite buffers pp. 385-403

Barış Tan

Modeling and analysis of multi‐stage transfer lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers pp. 405-421

Sheng Yang, Cheng Wu and S. Hu

Capacity analysis of an automated kit transportation system pp. 423-446

W.H.M. Zijm, I.J.B.F. Adan, R. Buitenhek and G.J. van Houtum

Volume 92, month 1, 1999

A linear programming approach to stability, optimisationand performance analysis for Markovian multiclassqueueing networks pp. 1-18

K.D. Glazebrook and J. Niño‐Mora

Almost optimal policies for stochastic systemswhich almost satisfy conservation laws pp. 19-43

K.D. Glazebrook and R. Garbe

Heuristic algorithms for job‐shop scheduling problemswith stochastic precedence constraints pp. 45-63

K. Neumann and W.G. Schneider

An algorithm for minimum wait drainingof two‐station fluid re‐entrant line pp. 65-86

G. Weiss

Scheduling multi‐operation jobs on a single machine pp. 87-105

A.E. Gerodimos, C.A. Glass, C.N. Potts and T. Tautenhahn

Single‐machine scheduling to minimize maximumtardiness with minimum number of tardy jobs pp. 107-123

J.N.D. Gupta, A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts

The setup polytope of N‐sparse posets pp. 125-142

R. Schrader and G. Wambach

Recovering cyclic schedules from delay pp. 143-164

R. Wegner

A new lower bound for the open‐shop problem pp. 165-183

C. Guéret and C. Prins

A polynomial algorithm for the three‐machineopen shop with a bottleneck machine pp. 185-210

I.G. Drobouchevitch and V.A. Strusevich

When difference in machine loads leadsto efficient scheduling in open shops pp. 211-239

A. Kononov, S. Sevastianov and I. Tchernykh

On the set of solutions of the open shop problem pp. 241-263

H. Bräsel, M. Harborth, T. Tautenhahn and P. Willenius

On the hardness of the classical job shop problem pp. 265-279

H. Bräsel, M. Harborth, T. Tautenhahn and P. Willenius

Shop‐scheduling problems with fixed and non‐fixedmachine orders of the jobs pp. 281-304

N.V. Shakhlevich, N. Sotskov and F. Werner

Satisfiability tests and time‐bound adjustmentsfor cumulative scheduling problems pp. 305-333

Ph. Baptiste, C. Le Pape and W. Nuijten

Cardinality constrained bin‐packing problems pp. 335-348

H. Kellerer and U. Pferschy

Scheduling a round robin tennis tournamentunder courts and players availability constraints pp. 349-361

F. Della Croce, R. Tadei and P.S. Asioli

Scheduling chicken catching ‐ An investigationinto the success of a genetic algorithm on areal‐world scheduling problem pp. 363-380

E. Hart, P. Ross and J.A.D. Nelson

The simultaneous determination of the assignment ofitems to resources, the cycle times, and the reorderintervals in repetitive PCB assembly pp. 381-401

J.I. van Zante-de Fokkert and A.G. de Kok

Volume 91, month 1, 1999

Reliability and maintenance in production control ‐ an introduction pp. 1-10

Z. Sinuany-Stern

Achieving growth in reliability pp. 11-24

J. Ansell, L. Walls and John Quigley

A simple suboptimal algorithm for system maintenanceunder partial observability pp. 25-40

I. David, L. Friedman and Z. Sinuany‐Stern

Throughput‐dependent periodic maintenance policiesfor general production units pp. 41-47

E. Iakovou, C.M. Ip and C. Koulamas

Optimal control of assembling complexes underpredetermined maintenance conditions pp. 49-62

K. Kogan and E. Levner

On replacement policies for additive systemswith several working levels pp. 63-82

Mallor and Azcárate

Selecting a quality control attribute sample:An information‐economics method pp. 83-104

N. Margaliot

A Bayesian Dynamic Programming approach tooptimal maintenance combined with burn‐in pp. 105-122

E. Nicolato and W.J. Runggaldier

Inventory models with unreliable suppliersin a random environment pp. 123-136

S. Özekici and M. Parlar

Optimal Stress Screening strategies formulti‐component systems sold under warranty:The case of phase‐type lifetimes pp. 137-161

E.A. Pohl and D.L. Dietrich

Group replacement policies for parallel systems whosecomponents have phase distributed failure times pp. 163-198

E. Popova and J.G. Wilson

Stochastic modeling of fatigue crack damagefor information‐based maintenance pp. 191-204

Amit Ray and S. Phoha

Optimal capacity and operation of deterioratingchemical production service facilities pp. 205-225

E. Shemesh, G. Rabinowitz and A. Mehrez

A general ordering policy with number‐dependentminimal repair and random lead time pp. 227-250

s.‐H. Sheu

A general solution of the preventive maintenanceproblem when data are right‐censored pp. 251-261

H. Shore

A general hazard regression modelfor accelerated life testing pp. 263-280

Shyur H.‐-J, E.A. Elsayed and J.T. Luxhøj

Optimal surveillance of a failure system pp. 281-287

W. Stadje and D. Zuckerman

Control of production processes subjectto random shocks pp. 289-304

E. Collani

Some maintenance models and availability withimperfect maintenance in production systems pp. 305-318

H. Wang and Hieu Pham

Modeling diminishing marginal returns in ahierarchical inventory system of reparable spare parts pp. 319-337

W.L. Zorn, R.F. Deckro and L.J. Lehmkuhl