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    Journal: Computers & OR

    Volume 23, Issue 9

    829 -- 843Bajis Dodin. Determining the optimal sequences and the distributional properties of their completion times in stochastic flow shops
    845 -- 856Sally C. Brailsford, Peter M. Hubbard, Barbara M. Smith, H. Paul Williams. Organizing a social event - A difficult problem of combinatorial optimization
    857 -- 868Jung-Ug Kim, Yeong-Dae Kim. Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for scheduling products with multi-level product structure
    869 -- 880Wade D. Cook, John Doyle, Rodney H. Green, Moshe Kress. Ranking players in multiple tournaments
    881 -- 895Thomas A. Feo, Kishore Sarathy, John McGahan. A grasp for single machine scheduling with sequence dependent setup costs and linear delay penalties
    897 -- 907Richard A. Sandbothe. A user interactive heuristic procedure for solving the multiple product cycling problem

    Volume 23, Issue 8

    733 -- 740Hwa-Chun Lin, C. S. Raghavendra. Approximating the mean response time of parallel queues with JSQ policy
    741 -- 754P. Patrick Wang. Markovian queueing models with periodic-review
    755 -- 767Jie Sun, Jishan Zhu. A predictor-corrector method for extended linear-quadratic programming
    769 -- 781Avital Lann, Gur Mosheiov. Single machine scheduling to minimize the number of early and tardy jobs
    783 -- 799Evangelos Triantaphyllou, Allen L. Soyster. On the minimum number of logical clauses inferred from examples
    801 -- 817Oya Icmeli, Walter O. Rom. Solving the resource constrained project scheduling problem with optimization subroutine library
    819 -- 828Janis L. Miller, Lori S. Franz. A binary-rounding heuristic for multi-period variable-task-duration assignment problems

    Volume 23, Issue 7

    623 -- 639Luis F. Portugal, Joaquim Júdice. A hybrid algorithm for the solution of a single commodity spatial equilibrium model
    641 -- 651Suresh Chand, Rodney Traub, Reha Uzsoy. An iterative heuristic for the single machine dynamic total completion time scheduling problem
    653 -- 666Yi-Chih Hsieh, Dennis L. Bricker. New infeasible interior-point algorithm based on monomial method
    667 -- 679Asher Tishler, Stan Lipovetsky. Canonical correlation analyses for three data sets: a unified framework with application to management
    681 -- 694Giovanni Cesari. Divide and conquer strategies for parallel TSP heuristics
    695 -- 703C. E. Kim, Y. J. Ju, M. Gens. Multilevel fault tree analysis using fuzzy numbers
    705 -- 721H. M. Soroush. Optimal sequences in stochastic single machine shops
    723 -- 732Melissa Bowers, Charles E. Noon, Benjamin Thomas. A parallel implementation of the TSSP + 1 decomposition for the capacity-constrained vehicle routing problem

    Volume 23, Issue 6

    0 -- 0Samuel J. Raff. Preface
    0 -- 0James P. Ignizio, Laura I. Burke. Foreword
    515 -- 526David W. Coit, Alice E. Smith. Solving the redundancy allocation problem using a combined neural network/genetic algorithm approach
    527 -- 534David B. Fogel, Lawrence J. Fogel. Using evolutionary programming to schedule tasks on a suite of heterogeneous computers
    535 -- 546James P. Ignizio, James R. Soltys. Simultaneous design and training of ontogenic neural network classifiers
    547 -- 558David Levine. Application of a hybrid genetic algorithm to airline crew scheduling
    559 -- 571Christopher L. Huntley, Donald E. Brown. Parallel genetic algorithms with local search
    573 -- 585Edward A. Rietman, Suresh H. Patel, Earl R. Lory. Modeling and control of a semiconductor manufacturing process with an automata network: An example in plasma etch processing
    587 -- 596Christopher R. Houck, Jeffrey A. Joines, Michael G. Kay. Comparison of genetic algorithms, random restart and two-opt switching for solving large location-allocation problems
    597 -- 610Kate A. Smith, Marimuthu Palaniswami, M. Krishnamoorthy. A hybrid neural approach to combinatorial optimization
    611 -- 622Douglas Wood, Bhaskar DasGupta. Classifying trend movements in the MSCI U.S.A. capital market index - A comparison of regression, arima and neural network methods

    Volume 23, Issue 5

    409 -- 417Qi Hao, Zihou Yang, Dingwei Wang, Zheng Li. Common due-date determination and sequencing using tabu search
    419 -- 424Cliff T. Ragsdale, Gerald W. Shapiro. Incumbent solutions in branch-and-bound algorithms: Setting the record straight
    425 -- 432Stephen Engel, Clark Jeffries, Michael M. Kostreva. Mathematical systems for enhancing diffuse images of point sources
    433 -- 441Maria Grazia Speranza. A heuristic algorithm for a portfolio optimization model applied to the Milan stock market
    443 -- 451John K. Karlof, Wei Wang. Bilevel programming applied to the flow shop scheduling problem
    453 -- 463Karl Nachtigall, Stefan Voget. A genetic algorithm approach to periodic railway synchronization
    465 -- 483Richard Marett, Mike Wright. A comparison of neighborhood search techniques for multi-objective combinatorial problems
    485 -- 499Christopher Rose, Roy D. Yates. Genetic algorithms and call admission to telecommunications networks
    501 -- 508Michel Gendreau, Alain Hertz, Gilbert Laporte. The Traveling Salesman Problem with Backhauls
    509 -- 511W. J. Hurley. When are we going to change the learning curve lecture?

    Volume 23, Issue 4

    0 -- 0Cengiz Haksever. Foreword
    0 -- 0Samuel J. Raff. Preface
    311 -- 322Donna L. Retzlaff-Roberts. Relating discriminant analysis and data envelopment analysis to one another
    323 -- 339O. B. Olesen, N. C. Petersen. A presentation of GAMS for DEA
    341 -- 356Sten Thore, Fred Phillips, T. W. Ruefli, P. Yue. DEA and the management of the product cycle: The U.S. computer industry
    357 -- 373Russell G. Thompson, P. S. Dharmapala, Louis J. Rothenberg, Robert M. Thrall. DEA/AR efficiency and profitability of 14 major oil companies in U.S. exploration and production
    375 -- 384H. O. Fried, C. A. K. Lovell, J. A. Turner. An analysis of the performance of university-affiliated credit unions
    385 -- 392Debbie Nash, Alicia Sterna-Karwat. An application of DEA to measure branch cross selling efficiency
    393 -- 404Lennart Hjalmarsson, James Odeck. Efficiency of trucks in road construction and maintenance: An evaluation with data envelopment analysis
    405 -- 408Marvin D. Troutt, Arun Rai, Aimao Zhang. The potential use of DEA for credit applicant acceptance systems

    Volume 23, Issue 3

    207 -- 220Mark A. Coffin, Bernard W. Taylor III. Multiple criteria R&D project selection and scheduling using fuzzy logic
    221 -- 227Hiroaki Sandoh, Hiroyuki Hirakoshi, Hajime Kawai. An optimal time to sleep for an auto-sleep system
    229 -- 235Jacques Renaud, Gilbert Laporte, Fayez F. Boctor. A tabu search heuristic for the multi-depot vehicle routing problem
    237 -- 253Ming-Long Liu, Nikolaos V. Sahinidis. Long range planning in the process industries: A projection approach
    255 -- 262Wlodzimierz Szwarc. The weighted common due date single machine scheduling problem revisited
    263 -- 273Cliff T. Ragsdale, Patrick G. McKeown. On solving the continuous data editing problem
    275 -- 288Gary M. Thompson. A simulated-annealing heuristic for shift scheduling using non-continuously available employees
    289 -- 297Jong Soo Kim, Kyu Chul Shin, Hyung-Keun Yu. Optimal algorithm to determine the spare inventory level for a repairable-item inventory system
    299 -- 308Ho Woo Lee, Seung Hyun Yoon, Soon Seok Lee. A continuous approximation for batch arrival queues with threshold
    309 -- 0Patricio A. Rojas. A note about the Abou-El-Ata model

    Volume 23, Issue 2

    103 -- 111Michael F. Argüello, Thomas A. Feo, Olivier Goldschmidt. Randomized methods for the number partitioning problem
    113 -- 119Mehrdad Tamiz, Simon J. Mardle, Dylan F. Jones. Detecting iis in infeasible linear programmes using techniques from goal programming
    121 -- 129Laura Burke. Conscientious neural nets for tour construction in the traveling salesman problem: the vigilant net
    131 -- 140Susan A. Slotnick, Thomas E. Morton. Selecting jobs for a heavily loaded shop with lateness penalties
    141 -- 152Hussein M. Saber, A. Ravindran. A Partitioning Gradient Based (PGB) algorithm for solving nonlinear goal programming problems
    153 -- 170Houn-Gee Chen, Diptendu Sinha. An inventory decision support system using the object-oriented approach
    171 -- 182Timothy D. Fry, Ronald D. Armstrong, Ken Darby-Dowman, Patrick R. Philipoom. A branch and bound procedure to minimize mean absolute lateness on a single processor
    183 -- 192Kyösti Tarvainen. An elimination condition to check the validity of the principle of optimality
    193 -- 198Fatin Sezgin. A random number generator for 16-bit microcomputers
    199 -- 205Wlodzimierz Ogryczak. A note on modeling multiple choice requirements for simple mixed integer programming solvers

    Volume 23, Issue 12

    1119 -- 1130Thomas Kämpke. Sensitivity analysis for assessing preferentially independent order relations
    1131 -- 1145Yeo Keun Kim, Chul Ju Hyun, Yeongho Kim. Sequencing in mixed model assembly lines: A genetic algorithm approach
    1147 -- 1161Mehran Hojati. Optimal political districting
    1163 -- 1169Kin-Nam Lau, Cheng-Hong Yang, Gerald V. Post. Stochastic preference modeling within a switching regression framework
    1171 -- 1182Kim Allan Andersen, Kurt Jörnsten, Mikael Lind. On bicriterion minimal spanning trees: An approximation
    1183 -- 1190Sri V. Sridharan, Zhuoqun Zhou. Dynamic non-preemptive single machine scheduling
    1191 -- 1201Antonie Stam, Minghe Sun, Marc Haines. Artificial neural network representations for hierarchical preference structures
    1203 -- 1210Yonah Wilamowsky, Sheldon Epstein, Bernard Dickman. Optimal common due-date with completion time tolerance
    1211 -- 1217Moncer Hariga. Lot-sizing heuristics for continuous time-varying demand and shortages

    Volume 23, Issue 11

    0 -- 0. Special issue of computers & operations research: Travelling salesman problem
    1025 -- 1041Kaushal Chari. Resource allocation and capacity assignment in distributed systems
    1043 -- 1057Sam R. Thangiah, Jean-Yves Potvin, Tong Sun. Heuristic approaches to vehicle routing with backhauls and time windows
    1059 -- 1067Jack A. A. van der Veen, Shuzhong Zhang. Low-complexity algorithms for sequencing jobs with a fixed number of job-classes
    1069 -- 1081Selcuk Avci, M. Selim Akturk. Tool magazine arrangement and operations sequencing on CNC machines
    1083 -- 1098Dennis F. X. Mathaisel. Decision support for airline system operations control and irregular operations
    1099 -- 1118Antonio Frangioni. Solving semidefinite quadratic problems within nonsmooth optimization algorithms

    Volume 23, Issue 10

    909 -- 916Ali Allahverdi. Two-machine proportionate flowshop scheduling with breakdowns to minimize maximum lateness
    917 -- 932A. Volgenant. Linear and semi-assignment problems: A core oriented approach
    933 -- 944Louis W. Glorfeld, Bill C. Hardgrave. An improved method for developing neural networks: The case of evaluating commercial loan creditworthiness
    945 -- 956Christos Koulamas. Scheduling two parallel semiautomatic machines to minimize machine interference
    957 -- 961Jae Chul Choi, Dennis L. Bricker. Effectiveness of a geometric programming algorithm for optimization of machining economics models
    963 -- 979Maurício Figueiredo, Fernando A. C. Gomide. Regular policies and stability of dynamic scheduling for manufacturing systems
    981 -- 996P. Patrick Wang, William J. Gray, Meckinley Scott. Quality-related measures of unreliable machines with preventive maintenance
    997 -- 1006Wen-Hwa Yang, Ching-Jong Liao. Group scheduling on two cells with intercell movement
    1007 -- 1023Hani I. Mesak. Incorporating price, advertising and distribution in diffusion models of innovation: Some theoretical and empirical results

    Volume 23, Issue 1

    1 -- 12Guillermo Gallego, Ilkyeong Moon. How to avoid stockouts when producing several items on a single facility? What to do if you can t?
    13 -- 25James T. Fagan, James E. Falk. A method of euclidean centers
    27 -- 35Noel Bryson. Group decision-making and the analytic hierarchy process: Exploring the consensus-relevant information content
    37 -- 51Y. Narahari, L. M. Khan. Performance analysis of scheduling policies in re-entrant manufacturing systems
    53 -- 62Eleftherios Iakovou, Chi M. Ip, Christos Koulamas. Machining economics with phase-type distributed tool lives and periodic maintenance control
    63 -- 72Sohail S. Chaudhry, Linda Salchenberger, Mehdi Beheshtian. A small business inventory DSS: Design development, and implementation issues
    73 -- 91Hsu-Shih Shih, Young-Jou Lai, E. Stanley Lee. Fuzzy approach for multi-level programming problems
    93 -- 102Hoong Chuin Lau. On the complexity of manpower shift scheduling
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