European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 217

Volume 217, Number 1, February 2012

Invited Review

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  Jeroen Beliën, Hein Forcé:
  Supply chain management of blood products: A literature review. 1-16

Discrete Optimization

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  Zahra Naji Azimi, Majid Salari, Paolo Toth:
  An Integer Linear Programming based heuristic for the Capacitated m-Ring-Star Problem. 17-25
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  Andrew Lim, Hu Qin, Zhou Xu:
  The freight allocation problem with lane cost balancing constraint. 26-35
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  Adam Kasperski, Adam Kurpisz, Pawel Zielinski:
  Approximating a two-machine flow shop scheduling under discrete scenario uncertainty. 36-43
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  Enrique Machuca, Lawrence Mandow, José-Luis Pérez-de-la-Cruz, Amparo Ruiz-Sepúlveda:
  A comparison of heuristic best-first algorithms for bicriterion shortest path problems. 44-53
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  Gianfranco Guastaroba, Maria Grazia Speranza:
  Kernel Search: An application to the index tracking problem. 54-68
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  Geraldo R. Mauri, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena:
  A column generation approach for the unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem. 69-74

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Yu Xiong, Wei Yan, Kiran Jude Fernandes, Zhongkai Xiong, Nian Guo:
  "Bricks vs. Clicks": The impact of manufacturer encroachment with a dealer leasing and selling of durable goods. 75-83
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  Sampath Rajagopalan, Nan Xia:
  Product variety, pricing and differentiation in a supply chain. 84-93
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  Shih-Wei Lin, Vincent F. Yu:
  A simulated annealing heuristic for the team orienteering problem with time windows. 94-107
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  Yina Li, Xuejun Xu, Xiande Zhao, Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung, Fei Ye:
  Supply chain coordination with controllable lead time and asymmetric information. 108-119

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Subhash C. Narula, John F. Wellington, Stephen A. Lewis:
  Valuating residential real estate using parametric programming. 120-128
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  Vincent Guigues, Claudia A. Sagastizábal:
  The value of rolling-horizon policies for risk-averse hydro-thermal planning. 129-140
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  Honggang Wang:
  Retrospective optimization of mixed-integer stochastic systems using dynamic simplex linear interpolation. 141-148
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  Zhongju Zhang, John N. Daigle:
  Analysis of job assignment with batch arrivals among heterogeneous servers. 149-161

Decision Support

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  Juuso Liesiö, Ahti Salo:
  Scenario-based portfolio selection of investment projects with incomplete probability and utility information. 162-172
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  Satoshi Washio, Syuuji Yamada, Tamaki Tanaka, Tetsuzo Tanino:
  Improvements by analyzing the efficient frontier in DEA. 173-184
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  Mengqi Hu, Jeffery D. Weir, Teresa Wu:
  Decentralized operation strategies for an integrated building energy system using a memetic algorithm. 185-197
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  Vladimir V. Mazalov, Julia S. Tokareva:
  Arbitration procedures with multiple arbitrators. 198-203

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Junhyuk Park, Hyunchul Tae, Byung-In Kim:
  A post-improvement procedure for the mixed load school bus routing problem. 204-213
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  Chengxuan Cao, Ziyou Gao, Keping Li:
  Capacity allocation problem with random demands for the rail container carrier. 214-221
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  Andrés Codas, Eduardo Camponogara:
  Mixed-integer linear optimization for optimal lift-gas allocation with well-separator routing. 222-231

Volume 217, Number 2, March 2012

Invited Review

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  Jörg Fliege, Konstantinos Kaparis, Banafsheh Khosravi:
  Operations research in the space industry. 233-240

Discrete Optimization

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  Mustafa S. Canbolat, George O. Wesolowsky:
  On the use of the Varignon frame for single facility Weber problems in the presence of convex barriers. 241-247
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  Maria Albareda-Sambola, Elena Fernández, Stefan Nickel:
  Multiperiod Location-Routing with Decoupled Time Scales. 248-258
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  Hanne Klindworth, Christian Otto, Armin Scholl:
  On a learning precedence graph concept for the automotive industry. 259-269
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  Sindhura Balireddi, Nelson A. Uhan:
  Cost-sharing mechanisms for scheduling under general demand settings. 270-277
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  Mette Gamst, B. Petersen:
  Comparing branch-and-price algorithms for the Multi-Commodity k-splittable Maximum Flow Problem. 278-286

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Simon Emde, Nils Boysen:
  Optimally routing and scheduling tow trains for JIT-supply of mixed-model assembly lines. 287-299
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  Roman Capek, Premysl Sucha, Zdenek Hanzálek:
  Production scheduling with alternative process plans. 300-311
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  Justin C. Goodson, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, Barrett W. Thomas:
  Cyclic-order neighborhoods with application to the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand. 312-323
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  Dimitrios G. Pandelis, E. G. Kyriakidis, Theodosis Dimitriou Dimitrakos:
  Single vehicle routing problems with a predefined customer sequence, compartmentalized load and stochastic demands. 324-332
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  Volodymyr Babich, Hantao Li, Peter H. Ritchken, Yunzeng Wang:
  Contracting with asymmetric demand information in supply chains. 333-341

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Weifen Zhuang, Michael Z. F. Li:
  Monotone optimal control for a class of Markov decision processes. 342-350
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  M. Hakan Berument, N. Nergiz Dincer, Zafer Mustafaoglu:
  Effects of growth volatility on economic performance - Empirical evidence from Turkey. 351-356
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  Esa Hyytiä, Aleksi Penttinen, Samuli Aalto:
  Size- and state-aware dispatching problem with queue-specific job sizes. 357-370

Decision Support

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  Jun-ya Gotoh, Akiko Takeda:
  Minimizing loss probability bounds for portfolio selection. 371-380
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  Carlos A. Bana e Costa, María Carmen Carnero, Mónica Duarte Oliveira:
  A multi-criteria model for auditing a Predictive Maintenance Programme. 381-393
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  Chia-Wei Kuo, Kwei-Long Huang:
  Dynamic pricing of limited inventories for multi-generation products. 394-403
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  Musrrat Ali, Patrick Siarry, Millie Pant:
  An efficient Differential Evolution based algorithm for solving multi-objective optimization problems. 404-416
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  Joern Meissner, Arne Strauss:
  Improved bid prices for choice-based network revenue management. 417-427
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  Markku Kallio, Markku Kuula, Sami Oinonen:
  Real options valuation of forest plantation investments in Brazil. 428-438

Innovative Applications of O.R

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  Sheneeta W. White, Ralph Badinelli:
  A model for efficiency-based resource integration in services. 439-447
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  Günther Zäpfel, Michael Bögl:
  Two heuristic solution concepts for the vehicle selection problem in line haul transports. 448-458
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  Luca D'Acierno, Mariano Gallo, Bruno Montella:
  An Ant Colony Optimisation algorithm for solving the asymmetric traffic assignment problem. 459-469
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  K. J. Bassey, Polycarp E. Chigbu:
  On optimal control theory in marine oil spill management: A Markovian decision approach. 470-478

Short Communication

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  Emilio Carrizosa:
  On approximate Monetary Unit Sampling. 479-482

Volume 217, Number 3, March 2012

Invited Review

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  Dominik Kress, Erwin Pesch:
  Sequential competitive location on networks. 483-499

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Oded Berman, Dmitry Krass, M. Mahdi Tajbakhsh:
  A coordinated location-inventory model. 500-508
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  Subal C. Kumbhakar:
  Specification and estimation of primal production models. 509-518
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  Chaya Losada, Maria Paola Scaparra, Jesse R. O'Hanley:
  Optimizing system resilience: A facility protection model with recovery time. 519-530
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  Andreas Bortfeldt, Florian Forster:
  A tree search procedure for the container pre-marshalling problem. 531-540

Decision Support

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  Milosz Kadzinski, Salvatore Greco, Roman Slowinski:
  Selection of a representative value function in robust multiple criteria ranking and choice. 541-553
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  Mohammad Delasay, Bora Kolfal, Armann Ingolfsson:
  Maximizing throughput in finite-source parallel queue systems. 554-559
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  Chien-Wei Wu, Muhammad Aslam, Chi-Hyuck Jun:
  Variables sampling inspection scheme for resubmitted lots based on the process capability index C_pk. 560-566
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  Juscelino Almeida Dias, José Rui Figueira, Bernard Roy:
  A multiple criteria sorting method where each category is characterized by several reference actions: The Electre Tri-nC method. 567-579
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  Ping Cao, Jianbin Li, Hong Yan:
  Optimal dynamic pricing of inventories with stochastic demand and discounted criterion. 580-588
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  Edward W. Sun, Thomas Meinl:
  A new wavelet-based denoising algorithm for high-frequency financial data mining. 589-599

Innovative Applications of O.R

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  Mahmood Rezaei, Fahimeh Shamsaei, Iman Mohammadian, Mathieu Van Vyve:
  A heuristic method to schedule training programs for Small and Medium Enterprises. 600-608
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  Gino J. Lim, Wenhua Cao:
  A two-phase method for selecting IMRT treatment beam angles: Branch-and-Prune and local neighborhood search. 609-618
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  Shiguang R. Xie, Douglas R. Bish, Ebru K. Bish, Anthony D. Slonim, Susan L. Stramer:
  Safety and waste considerations in donated blood screening. 619-632
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  Patrick Taillandier, Franck Taillandier:
  Multi-criteria diagnosis of control knowledge for cartographic generalisation. 633-642
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  Roberto Ippoliti, Greta Falavigna:
  Efficiency of the medical care industry: Evidence from the Italian regional system. 643-652

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Panos L. Lorentziadis:
  Optimal bidding in auctions of mixed populations of bidders. 653-663
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  Graça Trindade, Jorge A. Ambrósio:
  An optimization method to estimate models with store-level data: A case study. 664-672
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  Young H. Chun:
  Monte Carlo analysis of estimation methods for the prediction of customer response patterns in direct marketing. 673-678