Computers & Operations Research, Volume 23
Volume 23, Number 1, January 1996
Guillermo Gallego, Ilkyeong Moon: How to avoid stockouts when producing several items on a single facility? What to do if you can't? 1-12
Noel Bryson: Group decision-making and the analytic hierarchy process: Exploring the consensus-relevant information content. 27-35
Y. Narahari, L. M. Khan: Performance analysis of scheduling policies in re-entrant manufacturing systems. 37-51
Eleftherios Iakovou, Chi M. Ip, Christos Koulamas: Machining economics with phase-type distributed tool lives and periodic maintenance control. 53-62
Sohail S. Chaudhry, Linda Salchenberger, Mehdi Beheshtian: A small business inventory DSS: Design development, and implementation issues. 63-72
Hsu-Shih Shih, Young-Jou Lai, E. Stanley Lee: Fuzzy approach for multi-level programming problems. 73-91
Hoong Chuin Lau: On the complexity of manpower shift scheduling. 93-102
Volume 23, Number 2, February 1996
Michael F. Argüello, Thomas A. Feo, Olivier Goldschmidt: Randomized methods for the number partitioning problem. 103-111
Mehrdad Tamiz, Simon J. Mardle, Dylan F. Jones: Detecting iis in infeasible linear programmes using techniques from goal programming. 113-119
Laura Burke: "Conscientious" neural nets for tour construction in the traveling salesman problem: the vigilant net. 121-129
Susan A. Slotnick, Thomas E. Morton: Selecting jobs for a heavily loaded shop with lateness penalties. 131-140
Hussein M. Saber, A. Ravindran: A Partitioning Gradient Based (PGB) algorithm for solving nonlinear goal programming problems. 141-152
Houn-Gee Chen, Diptendu Sinha: An inventory decision support system using the object-oriented approach. 153-170
Timothy 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. 171-182
Kyösti Tarvainen: An elimination condition to check the validity of the principle of optimality. 183-192
Fatin Sezgin: A random number generator for 16-bit microcomputers. 193-198
Wlodzimierz Ogryczak: A note on modeling multiple choice requirements for simple mixed integer programming solvers. 199-205
Volume 23, Number 3, March 1996
Mark A. Coffin, Bernard W. Taylor III: Multiple criteria R&D project selection and scheduling using fuzzy logic. 207-220
Hiroaki Sandoh, Hiroyuki Hirakoshi, Hajime Kawai: An optimal time to sleep for an auto-sleep system. 221-227
Jacques Renaud, Gilbert Laporte, Fayez F. Boctor: A tabu search heuristic for the multi-depot vehicle routing problem. 229-235
Ming-Long Liu, Nikolaos V. Sahinidis: Long range planning in the process industries: A projection approach. 237-253
Wlodzimierz Szwarc: The weighted common due date single machine scheduling problem revisited. 255-262
Gary M. Thompson: A simulated-annealing heuristic for shift scheduling using non-continuously available employees. 275-288
Jong-Soo Kim, Kyu-Chul Shin, Hyung-Keun Yu: Optimal algorithm to determine the spare inventory level for a repairable-item inventory system. 289-297
Ho Woo Lee, Seung Hyun Yoon, Soon Seok Lee: A continuous approximation for batch arrival queues with threshold. 299-308
Patricio A. Rojas: A note about the Abou-El-Ata model. 309
Volume 23, Number 4, April 1996
Donna L. Retzlaff-Roberts: Relating discriminant analysis and data envelopment analysis to one another. 311-322
Sten Thore, Fred Phillips, Timothy W. Ruefli, P. Yue: DEA and the management of the product cycle: The U.S. computer industry. 341-356
Russell 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. 357-373
H. O. Fried, C. A. Knox Lovell, J. A. Turner: An analysis of the performance of university-affiliated credit unions. 375-384
Debbie Nash, Alicia Sterna-Karwat: An application of DEA to measure branch cross selling efficiency. 385-392
Lennart Hjalmarsson, James Odeck: Efficiency of trucks in road construction and maintenance: An evaluation with data envelopment analysis. 393-404
Marvin D. Troutt, Arun Rai, Aimao Zhang: The potential use of DEA for credit applicant acceptance systems. 405-408
Samuel J. Raff: Preface.
Cengiz Haksever: Foreword.
Volume 23, Number 5, May 1996
Qi Hao, Zihou Yang, Dingwei Wang, Zheng Li: Common due-date determination and sequencing using tabu search. 409-417
Cliff T. Ragsdale, Gerald W. Shapiro: Incumbent solutions in branch-and-bound algorithms: Setting the record straight. 419-424
Stephen Engel, Clark Jeffries, Michael M. Kostreva: Mathematical systems for enhancing diffuse images of point sources. 425-432
Maria Grazia Speranza: A heuristic algorithm for a portfolio optimization model applied to the Milan stock market. 433-441
Karl Nachtigall, Stefan Voget: A genetic algorithm approach to periodic railway synchronization. 453-463
Richard Marett, Mike Wright: A comparison of neighborhood search techniques for multi-objective combinatorial problems. 465-483
Christopher Rose, Roy D. Yates: Genetic algorithms and call admission to telecommunications networks. 485-499
Michel Gendreau, Alain Hertz, Gilbert Laporte: The Traveling Salesman Problem with Backhauls. 501-508
W. J. Hurley: When are we going to change the learning curve lecture? 509-511
Volume 23, Number 6, June 1996
David W. Coit, Alice E. Smith: Solving the redundancy allocation problem using a combined neural network/genetic algorithm approach. 515-526
David B. Fogel, Lawrence J. Fogel: Using evolutionary programming to schedule tasks on a suite of heterogeneous computers. 527-534
James P. Ignizio, James R. Soltys: Simultaneous design and training of ontogenic neural network classifiers. 535-546
David Levine: Application of a hybrid genetic algorithm to airline crew scheduling. 547-558
Edward 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. 573-585
Christopher R. Houck, Jeffrey A. Joines, Michael G. Kay: Comparison of genetic algorithms, random restart and two-opt switching for solving large location-allocation problems. 587-596
Kate A. Smith, Marimuthu Palaniswami, M. Krishnamoorthy: A hybrid neural approach to combinatorial optimization. 597-610
Douglas Wood, Bhaskar Dasgupta: Classifying trend movements in the MSCI U.S.A. capital market index - A comparison of regression, arima and neural network methods. 611-622
Samuel J. Raff: Preface.
Volume 23, Number 7, July 1996
Luis F. Portugal, Joaquim Júdice: A hybrid algorithm for the solution of a single commodity spatial equilibrium model. 623-639
Suresh Chand, Rodney Traub, Reha Uzsoy: An iterative heuristic for the single machine dynamic total completion time scheduling problem. 641-651
Yi-Chih Hsieh, Dennis L. Bricker: New infeasible interior-point algorithm based on monomial method. 653-666
Asher Tishler, Stan Lipovetsky: Canonical correlation analyses for three data sets: a unified framework with application to management. 667-679
Giovanni Cesari: Divide and conquer strategies for parallel TSP heuristics. 681-694
H. M. Soroush: Optimal sequences in stochastic single machine shops. 705-721
Melissa Bowers, Charles E. Noon, Benjamin Thomas: A parallel implementation of the TSSP + 1 decomposition for the capacity-constrained vehicle routing problem. 723-732
Volume 23, Number 8, August 1996
Hwa-Chun Lin, C. S. Raghavendra: Approximating the mean response time of parallel queues with JSQ policy. 733-740
P. Patrick Wang: Markovian queueing models with periodic-review. 741-754
Jie Sun, Jishan Zhu: A predictor-corrector method for extended linear-quadratic programming. 755-767
Avital Lann, Gur Mosheiov: Single machine scheduling to minimize the number of early and tardy jobs. 769-781
Evangelos Triantaphyllou, Allen L. Soyster: On the minimum number of logical clauses inferred from examples. 783-799
Oya Icmeli, Walter O. Rom: Solving the resource constrained project scheduling problem with optimization subroutine library. 801-817
Janis L. Miller, Lori S. Franz: A binary-rounding heuristic for multi-period variable-task-duration assignment problems. 819-828
Volume 23, Number 9, September 1996
Bajis Dodin: Determining the optimal sequences and the distributional properties of their completion times in stochastic flow shops. 829-843
Sally C. Brailsford, Peter M. Hubbard, Barbara M. Smith, H. Paul Williams: Organizing a social event - A difficult problem of combinatorial optimization. 845-856
Jung-Ug Kim, Yeong-Dae Kim: Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for scheduling products with multi-level product structure. 857-868
Wade D. Cook, John Doyle, Rodney H. Green, Moshe Kress: Ranking players in multiple tournaments. 869-880
Thomas A. Feo, Kishore Sarathy, John McGahan: A grasp for single machine scheduling with sequence dependent setup costs and linear delay penalties. 881-895
Richard A. Sandbothe: A user interactive heuristic procedure for solving the multiple product cycling problem. 897-907
Volume 23, Number 10, October 1996
Ali Allahverdi: Two-machine proportionate flowshop scheduling with breakdowns to minimize maximum lateness. 909-916
A. Volgenant: Linear and semi-assignment problems: A core oriented approach. 917-932
Louis W. Glorfeld, Bill C. Hardgrave: An improved method for developing neural networks: The case of evaluating commercial loan creditworthiness. 933-944
Christos Koulamas: Scheduling two parallel semiautomatic machines to minimize machine interference. 945-956
Jae Chul Choi, Dennis L. Bricker: Effectiveness of a geometric programming algorithm for optimization of machining economics models. 957-961
Maurício Figueiredo, Fernando A. C. Gomide: Regular policies and stability of dynamic scheduling for manufacturing systems. 963-979
P. Patrick Wang, William J. Gray, Meckinley Scott: Quality-related measures of unreliable machines with preventive maintenance. 981-996
Hani I. Mesak: Incorporating price, advertising and distribution in diffusion models of innovation: Some theoretical and empirical results. 1007-1023
Volume 23, Number 11, November 1996
Kaushal Chari: Resource allocation and capacity assignment in distributed systems. 1025-1041
Sam R. Thangiah, Jean-Yves Potvin, Tong Sun: Heuristic approaches to vehicle routing with backhauls and time windows. 1043-1057
Jack A. A. van der Veen, Shuzhong Zhang: Low-complexity algorithms for sequencing jobs with a fixed number of job-classes. 1059-1067
Selcuk Avci, M. Selim Akturk: Tool magazine arrangement and operations sequencing on CNC machines. 1069-1081
Dennis F. X. Mathaisel: Decision support for airline system operations control and irregular operations. 1083-1098
Antonio Frangioni: Solving semidefinite quadratic problems within nonsmooth optimization algorithms. 1099-1118
Special issue of computers & operations research: Travelling salesman problem.
Volume 23, Number 12, December 1996
Thomas Kämpke: Sensitivity analysis for assessing preferentially independent order relations. 1119-1130
Yeo Keun Kim, Chul Ju Hyun, Yeongho Kim: Sequencing in mixed model assembly lines: A genetic algorithm approach. 1131-1145
Mehran Hojati: Optimal political districting. 1147-1161
Kin-Nam Lau, Cheng-Hong Yang, Gerald V. Post: Stochastic preference modeling within a switching regression framework. 1163-1169
Kim Allan Andersen, Kurt Jörnsten, Mikael Lind: On bicriterion minimal spanning trees: An approximation. 1171-1182
Antonie Stam, Minghe Sun, Marc Haines: Artificial neural network representations for hierarchical preference structures. 1191-1201
Yonah Wilamowsky, Sheldon Epstein, Bernard Dickman: Optimal common due-date with completion time tolerance. 1203-1210
Moncer Hariga: Lot-sizing heuristics for continuous time-varying demand and shortages. 1211-1217



