Journal: Computers & OR

Volume 31, Issue 9

1365 -- 1410Herbert F. Lewis, Thomas R. Sexton. Network DEA: efficiency analysis of organizations with complex internal structure
1411 -- 1426Yi Liao, Shu-Cherng Fang, Henry L. W. Nuttle. A neural network model with bounded-weights for pattern classification
1427 -- 1436Morten Riis, Kim Allan Andersen. Multiperiod capacity expansion of a telecommunications connection with uncertain demand
1437 -- 1454Francisco Aparisi, Juan Carlos García-Díaz. Optimization of univariate and multivariate exponentially weighted moving-average control charts using genetic algorithms
1455 -- 1464Attahiru Sule Alfa, K. P. Sapna Isotupa. An ::::M::::/::::PH::::/::::k:::: retrial queue with finite number of sources
1465 -- 1480Elliot Bendoly. Integrated inventory pooling for firms servicing both on-line and store demand
1481 -- 1489Moshe Kaspi, Dvir Shabtay. Convex resource allocation for minimizing the makespan in a single machine with job release dates
1491 -- 1513Rafael Martí, Abdellah El-Fallahi. Multilayer neural networks: an experimental evaluation of on-line training methods
1515 -- 1526Orhan Karasakal, Esra Köktener Karasakal. A maximal covering location model in the presence of partial coverage
1527 -- 1536So Young Sohn, Seung Hwan Lee. Sensitivity analysis for output performance measures in long-range dependent queueing system
1537 -- 1548Ivan Atencia, Pilar Moreno. The discrete-time ::::Geo::::/::::Geo::::/1 queue with negative customers and disasters
1549 -- 1563Asad Tavakoli, Constance Lightner. Implementing a mathematical model for locating EMS vehicles in fayetteville, NC

Volume 31, Issue 8

1165 -- 1175Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson. Generating consistent subjective estimates of the magnitudes of causal relationships in fuzzy cognitive maps
1177 -- 1203Jawad Abrache, Benoît Bourbeau, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Michel Gendreau. A new bidding framework for combinatorial e-auctions
1205 -- 1213Dragan Urosevic, Jack Brimberg, Nenad Mladenovic. Variable neighborhood decomposition search for the edge weighted ::::k::::-cardinality tree problem
1215 -- 1222Luca Bertazzi, Giuseppe Paletta, Maria Grazia Speranza. An improved heuristic for the period traveling salesman problem
1223 -- 1243M. Helena Correia, José F. Oliveira, J. Soeiro Ferreira. Reel and sheet cutting at a paper mill
1245 -- 1258Wonjoon Choi, Robert H. Storer. Heuristic algorithms for a turbine-blade-balancing problem
1259 -- 1272Yi-Chih Hsieh, Ta-Cheng Chen. Reliability lower bounds for two-dimensional consecutive-::::k::::-out-of-::::n::::: F systems
1273 -- 1301Bibo Yang, Joseph Geunes, William J. O Brien Jr.. A heuristic approach for minimizing weighted tardiness and overtime costs in single resource scheduling
1303 -- 1315Dvir Shabtay. Single and two-resource allocation algorithms for minimizing the maximal lateness in a single machine
1317 -- 1333Nashat Mansour, Hiba Tabbara, Tarek Dana. A genetic algorithm approach for regrouping service sites
1335 -- 1348James Flynn, Chia-Shin Chung. A heuristic algorithm for determining replacement policies in consecutive ::::k::::-out-of-::::n:::: systems
1349 -- 1363Ching-Fang Liaw. Scheduling two-machine preemptive open shops to minimize total completion time

Volume 31, Issue 7

985 -- 999Dingfei Liu, Theodor J. Stewart. Object-oriented decision support system modelling for multicriteria decision making in natural resource management
1001 -- 1015Wen Lea Pearn, Ying Chung Chang. Optimal management of the ::::N::::-policy ::::M::::/::::E::::::::::k::::::/1 queuing system with a removable service station: a sensitivity investigation
1017 -- 1031Kuang-Han Hsieh, Fang-Chih Tien. Self-organizing feature maps for solving location-allocation problems with rectilinear distances
1033 -- 1047Jean-Yves Potvin, Patrick Soriano, Maxime Vallée. Generating trading rules on the stock markets with genetic programming
1049 -- 1068An-Sing Chen, Mark T. Leung. Regression neural network for error correction in foreign exchange forecasting and trading
1069 -- 1081Hsien-Chung Wu. Pricing European options based on the fuzzy pattern of Black-Scholes formula
1083 -- 1095Les R. Foulds, John M. Wilson, Tadashi Yamaguchi. Modelling and solving central cycle problems with integer programming
1097 -- 1114Toru Higuchi, Marvin D. Troutt. Dynamic simulation of the supply chain for a short life cycle product - Lessons from the Tamagotchi case
1115 -- 1133Chae Y. Lee, Hee K. Cho. Multiple multicast tree allocation in IP network
1135 -- 1145Yeu-Shiang Huang. A structural design of decision support systems for deteriorating repairable systems
1147 -- 1164Madjid Tavana. A subjective assessment of alternative mission architectures for the human exploration of Mars at NASA using multicriteria decision making

Volume 31, Issue 6

807 -- 861Juan A. Carrasco. Solving large interval availability models using a model transformation approach
863 -- 876Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena, Edson L. F. Senne. A column generation approach to capacitated p-median problems
877 -- 888Chang-Chun Lin, An-Pin Chen. Fuzzy discriminant analysis with outlier detection by genetic algorithm
889 -- 892Matthew J. Liberatore, Robert L. Nydick. Wash criteria and the analytic hierarchy process
893 -- 908Eng Ung Choo, William C. Wedley. A common framework for deriving preference values from pairwise comparison matrices
909 -- 928Kun-Jen Chung, Jui-Jung Liao. Lot-sizing decisions under trade credit depending on the ordering quantity
941 -- 962Edgar K. Rugenstein, Michael Kupferschmid. Active set strategies in an ellipsoid algorithm for nonlinear programming
963 -- 984Yongjian Li, Xiaoqiang Cai, Fengsheng Tu, Xiuli Shao. Optimization of tandem queue systems with finite buffers

Volume 31, Issue 5

645 -- 655Gur Mosheiov, Daniel Oron. A note on the SPT heuristic for solving scheduling problems with generalized due dates
657 -- 674Mhand Hifi. Exact algorithms for unconstrained three-dimensional cutting problems: a comparative study
675 -- 694Mhand Hifi, Rym M Hallah. Approximate algorithms for constrained circular cutting problems
695 -- 711George Kozanidis, Emanuel Melachrinoudis. A branch & bound algorithm for the 0-1 mixed integer knapsack problem with linear multiple choice constraints
713 -- 719Miroslaw Kwiesielewicz, Ewa van Uden. Inconsistent and contradictory judgements in pairwise comparison method in the AHP
721 -- 743Michel Denault, Jean-Louis Goffin. Solving variational inequalities with a quadratic cut method: a primal-dual, Jacobian-free approach
745 -- 759So Young Sohn, Ki Yeol Oh. Simulation study for the optimal repair capacity of an IT maintenance center based on LRD failure distribution
761 -- 778Uwe Aickelin, Kathryn A. Dowsland. An indirect Genetic Algorithm for a nurse-scheduling problem
779 -- 790Cyril Duron, Jean-Marie Proth. Insertion of a random bitask in a schedule: a real-time approach
791 -- 801Kuo-Ching Ying, Ching-Jong Liao. An ant colony system for permutation flow-shop sequencing
803 -- 805Gholam R. Amin, Mehdi Toloo. A polynomial-time algorithm for finding epsilon in DEA models

Volume 31, Issue 4

481 -- 498Parag C. Pendharkar, James A. Rodger. An empirical study of impact of crossover operators on the performance of non-binary genetic algorithm based neural approaches for classification
499 -- 513Yen-Liang Chen, Hsu-Hao Yang. Finding the first ::::K:::: shortest paths in a time-window network
515 -- 532Enrique Ballestero, José Alberto Maldonado. Objective measurement of efficiency: applying single price model to rank hospital activities
533 -- 547Mayur Vamanan, Qian Wang, Rajan Batta, Robert J. Szczerba. Integration of COTS software products ARENA & CPLEX for an inventory/logistics problem
549 -- 561Bor-Ren Chuang, Liang-Yuh Ouyang, Kai-Wayne Chuang. A note on periodic review inventory model with controllable setup cost and lead time
563 -- 591Marc Reimann, Karl Doerner, Richard F. Hartl. D-Ants: Savings Based Ants divide and conquer the vehicle routing problem
593 -- 606Srikanth K. Iyer, Barkha Saxena. Improved genetic algorithm for the permutation flowshop scheduling problem
607 -- 622Alan Jessop. Sensitivity and robustness in selection problems
623 -- 636Elizabeth M. Jewkes, Chulung Lee, Raymond G. Vickson. Product location, allocation and server home base location for an order picking line with multiple servers
637 -- 643Saul I. Gass, Christoph Witzgall. On an approximate minimax circle closest to a set of points

Volume 31, Issue 3

317 -- 345Volker Lauff, Frank Werner. On the complexity and some properties of multi-stage scheduling problems with earliness and tardiness penalties
347 -- 358Michel Gendreau, Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Semet. Heuristics and lower bounds for the bin packing problem with conflicts
359 -- 381Thomas Yew Sing Lee. The effect of workers with different capabilities on customer delay
383 -- 395Herminia I. Calvete. The quickest path problem with interval lead times
397 -- 414Ümit Bilge, Furkan Kiraç, Müjde Kurtulan, Pelin Pekgün. A tabu search algorithm for parallel machine total tardiness problem
415 -- 428C. J. Liao, W. J. Chen. Scheduling under machine breakdown in a continuous process industry
429 -- 443Konstantin Kogan. Scheduling parallel machines by the dynamic newsboy problem
445 -- 459James V. Hansen. Genetic search methods in air traffic control
461 -- 472Belén Melián-Batista, Manuel Laguna, José A. Moreno-Pérez. Capacity expansion of fiber optic networks with WDM systems: problem formulation and comparative analysis
473 -- 480Motty Birman, Gur Mosheiov. A note on a due-date assignment on a two-machine flow-shop

Volume 31, Issue 2

157 -- 180Ali Allahverdi. A new heuristic for ::::m::::-machine flowshop scheduling problem with bicriteria of makespan and maximum tardiness
181 -- 199Eugenio Mijangos. An implementation of Newton-like methods on nonlinearly constrained networks
201 -- 222Oded Berman, Richard C. Larson. A queueing control model for retail services having back room operations and cross-trained workers
223 -- 240Zaid T. Balkhi, Lakdere Benkherouf. On an inventory model for deteriorating items with stock dependent and time-varying demand rates
241 -- 255Boris Goldengorin, Diptesh Ghosh, Gerard Sierksma. Branch and peg algorithms for the simple plant location problem
257 -- 272Yuri Levin, Adi Ben-Israel. A heuristic method for large-scale multi-facility location problems
273 -- 291Vincent Chi-Wei Li, Guy L. Curry, E. Andrew Boyd. Towards the real time solution of strike force asset allocation problems
293 -- 301L. Mikhailov. Group prioritization in the AHP by fuzzy preference programming method
303 -- 311Saul I. Gass, Sasirekha Vinjamuri. Cycling in linear programming problems
313 -- 315Adil Baykasoglu, Nabil N. Z. Gindy. Erratum to A simulated annealing algorithm for dynamic layout problem : [Computers & Operations Research 28 (2001) 1367-1460]

Volume 31, Issue 14

2293 -- 2313Theodor J. Stewart, Ron Janssen, Marjan van Herwijnen. A genetic algorithm approach to multiobjective land use planning
2315 -- 2332José Carlos Becceneri, Horacio Hideki Yanasse, Nei Yoshihiro Soma. A method for solving the minimization of the maximum number of open stacks problem within a cutting process
2333 -- 2347Stephen D. Patek. Policy iteration type algorithms for recurrent state Markov decision processes
2349 -- 2363Chae Y. Lee, Young P. Moon, Young Joo Cho. A lexicographically fair allocation of discrete bandwidth for multirate multicast traffics
2365 -- 2385Attahiru Sule Alfa. Markov chain representations of discrete distributions applied to queueing models
2387 -- 2404Massimiliano Caramia, Giovanni Felici, A. Pezzoli. Improving search results with data mining in a thematic search engine
2405 -- 2418Chan-Kyoo Park, Sangwook Lee, Soondal Park. A label-setting algorithm for finding a quickest path
2419 -- 2437Suryani Chao, John W. Chinneck, Rafik A. Goubran. Assigning service requests in Voice-over-Internet gateway multiprocessors
2439 -- 2451Nader Azizi, Saeed Zolfaghari. Adaptive temperature control for simulated annealing: a comparative study
2453 -- 2471Hsiao-Fan Wang, Kuang-Yao Wu. Hybrid genetic algorithm for optimization problems with permutation property

Volume 31, Issue 13

2119 -- 2135Mohan L. Chaudhry, Jin D. Kim. Complete analytic and computational analyses of the discrete-time bulk-arrival infinite-server system: ::::GI:::::::::::X:::::::/::::Geom::::/
2137 -- 2150Mohan L. Chaudhry, Umesh Chandra Gupta, V. Goswami. On discrete-time multiserver queues with finite buffer: GI/Geom/::::m::::/::::N::::
2151 -- 2164Maghsud Solimanpur, Prem Vrat, Ravi Shankar. A neuro-tabu search heuristic for the flow shop scheduling problem
2165 -- 2182Xinjian Lu, Franklin Lowenthal. Arranging fact table records in a data warehouse to improve query performance
2183 -- 2198Antonio Sedeño-Noda, Carlos González-Martín, Sergio Alonso. A generalization of the scaling max-flow algorithm
2199 -- 2213Dae Sung Lee, Vassilios S. Vassiliadis, Jong Moon Park. A novel threshold accepting meta-heuristic for the job-shop scheduling problem
2215 -- 2229Georgia Alexouda. An evolutionary algorithm approach to the share of choices problem in the product line design
2231 -- 2247Gang Uk Hwang, Bong Dae Choi. Performance analysis of the DAR(1)/D/c priority queue under partial buffer sharing policy
2249 -- 2262S. Ilker Birbil, Shu-Cherng Fang, Jiye Han. An entropic regularization approach for mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints
2263 -- 2278Roberto Wolfler Calvo, Fabio de Luigi, Palle Haastrup, Vittorio Maniezzo. A distributed geographic information system for the daily car pooling problem
2279 -- 2289Dvir Shabtay, Moshe Kaspi. Minimizing the total weighted flow time in a single machine with controllable processing times

Volume 31, Issue 12

1947 -- 1964Sin C. Ho, Dag Haugland. A tabu search heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and split deliveries
1965 -- 1984Tsan-Ming Choi, Duan Li, Houmin Yan. Optimal single ordering policy with multiple delivery modes and Bayesian information updates
1985 -- 2002Christian Prins. A simple and effective evolutionary algorithm for the vehicle routing problem
2003 -- 2020Huan-Neng Chiu, Jen-Huei Chang, Chia-Hsin Lee. Lot streaming models with a limited number of capacitated transporters in multistage batch production systems
2021 -- 2035Chih-Hsiung Wang. The impact of a free-repair warranty policy on EMQ model for imperfect production systems
2037 -- 2053Jean Berger, Mohamed Barkaoui. A parallel hybrid genetic algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with time windows
2055 -- 2061Hark-Chin Hwang, Soo Y. Chang, Kangbok Lee. Parallel machine scheduling under a grade of service provision
2063 -- 2078Masao Yokoyama. Scheduling for two-stage production system with setup and assembly operations
2079 -- 2092Hung-Chi Chang. An application of fuzzy sets theory to the EOQ model with imperfect quality items
2093 -- 2110Huang Wenqi, Yin Aihua. An improved shifting bottleneck procedure for the job shop scheduling problem
2111 -- 2115Parthasarati Dileepan. A note on minimizing maximum lateness in a two-machine no-wait flowshop

Volume 31, Issue 11

1769 -- 1791Steven Chamberland. An efficient heuristic for the expansion problem of cellular wireless networks
1793 -- 1806K. Das, Tapan Kumar Roy, Manoranjan Maiti. Multi-item stochastic and fuzzy-stochastic inventory models under two restrictions
1807 -- 1820Yeh Lam, Yuan Lin Zhang. A shock model for the maintenance problem of a repairable system
1821 -- 1832Rafael Caballero, Mónica Hernández. The controlled estimation method in the multiobjective linear fractional problem
1833 -- 1845Ossama Kettani, Belaïd Aouni, Jean-Marc Martel. The double role of the weight factor in the goal programming model
1847 -- 1865Oded Berman, Michal Cutler. Resource allocation during tests for optimally reliable software
1867 -- 1889Amir H. Abdekhodaee, Andrew Wirth, Heng-Soon Gan. Equal processing and equal setup time cases of scheduling parallel machines with a single server
1891 -- 1909Józef Grabowski, Mieczyslaw Wodecki. A very fast tabu search algorithm for the permutation flow shop problem with makespan criterion
1911 -- 1932Anthony C. Keys, Loren Paul Rees. A sequential-design metamodeling strategy for simulation optimization
1933 -- 1945Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson. Evaluation of decision trees: a multi-criteria approach

Volume 31, Issue 10

1565 -- 1581Klaus Jansen, Monaldo Mastrolilli. Approximation schemes for parallel machine scheduling problems with controllable processing times
1583 -- 1602Malachy Carey, Mark McCartney. An exit-flow model used in dynamic traffic assignment
1603 -- 1619Chih-Ping Chiang, Shine-Der Lee. Joint determination of machine cells and linear intercell layout
1621 -- 1633Jinchang Wang, Thomas Kämpke. Shortest route computation in distributed systems
1635 -- 1653Önder Tombus, Taner Bilgiç. A column generation approach to the coalition formation problem in multi-agent systems
1655 -- 1666Chien-Hung Lin, Ching-Jong Liao. Makespan minimization subject to flowtime optimality on identical parallel machines
1667 -- 1680Roberto Montemanni, Luca Maria Gambardella. An exact algorithm for the robust shortest path problem with interval data
1681 -- 1702Lev V. Utkin. Reliability models of ::::m::::-out-of-::::n:::: systems under incomplete information
1703 -- 1725Montaz M. Ali, Aimo A. Törn. Population set-based global optimization algorithms: some modifications and numerical studies
1727 -- 1751Ghaith Rabadi, Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos. A branch-and-bound algorithm for the early/tardy machine scheduling problem with a common due-date and sequence-dependent setup time
1753 -- 1767Thomas J. Candalino Jr., John E. Kobza, Sheldon H. Jacobson. Designing optimal aviation baggage screening strategies using simulated annealing

Volume 31, Issue 1

1 -- 20John M. Mulvey, Bala Shetty. Financial planning via multi-stage stochastic optimization
21 -- 37Dong Cao, Mingyuan Chen. Using penalty function and Tabu search to solve cell formation problems with fixed cell cost
39 -- 59Giovanni Celano, Antonio Costa, Sergio Fichera, Giovanni Perrone. Human factor policy testing in the sequencing of manual mixed model assembly lines
61 -- 80Xian Liu, Wilsun Xu. A new filled function applied to global optimization
81 -- 99Peixia Gao, Sabine Wittevrongel, Herwig Bruneel. Discrete-time multiserver queues with geometric service times
101 -- 122Marcelo Gomes de Queiroz, Carlos Humes Jr., Joaquim Júdice. On finding global optima for the hinge fitting problem
123 -- 138Duncan K. H. Fong, Haizhen Fu, Zhaolin Li. Efficiency in shortage reduction when using a more expensive common component
139 -- 150A. Teeninga, A. Volgenant. Improved heuristics for the traveling purchaser problem
151 -- 154Abraham P. Punnen. On bottleneck assignment problems under categorization
155 -- 0Joana Dias, M. Eugénia V. Captivo, João C. N. Clímaco. Erratum to An interactive procedure dedicated to a bicriteria plant location model : [Computers & Operations Research 30 (2003) 1977-2002]