Computers & Operations Research, Volume 34

Volume 34, Number 1, January 2007

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  Dusan Teodorovic, Praveen Edara:
  A real-time road pricing system: The case of a two-link parallel network. 2-27
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  Alfredo Olivera, Omar Viera:
  Adaptive memory programming for the vehicle routing problem with multiple trips. 28-47
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  Alex J. Ruiz-Torres, Grisselle Centeno:
  Scheduling with flexible resources in parallel workcenters to minimize maximum completion time. 48-69
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  Cristiano Cervellera, Aihong Wen, Victoria C. P. Chen:
  Neural network and regression spline value function approximations for stochastic dynamic programming. 70-90
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  Sancho Salcedo-Sanz, Jing Su:
  Improving metaheuristics convergence properties in inductive query by example using two strategies for reducing the search space. 91-106
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  Bhaba R. Sarker, Junfang Yu:
  A quadra-directional decomposition heuristic for a two-dimensional, non-equidistant machine-cell location problem. 107-151
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  Xiuli Wang, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Heuristics for two-machine flowshop scheduling with setup times and an availability constraint. 152-162
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  Ekrem Duman, Ilhan Or:
  The quadratic assignment problem in the context of the printed circuit board assembly process. 163-179
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  Desheng Wu, Zijiang Yang, Sandra Vela, Liang Liang:
  Simultaneous analysis of production and investment performance of Canadian life and health insurance companies using data envelopment analysis. 180-198
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  Bogdan Rebiasz:
  Fuzziness and randomness in investment project risk appraisal. 199-210
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  Nathalie Perrier, André Langevin, James F. Campbell:
  A survey of models and algorithms for winter road maintenance. Part III: Vehicle routing and depot location for spreading. 211-257
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  Nathalie Perrier, André Langevin, James F. Campbell:
  A survey of models and algorithms for winter road maintenance. Part IV: Vehicle routing and fleet sizing for plowing and snow disposal. 258-294

Volume 34, Number 2, February 2007

Reverse Logistics

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  Vedat Verter, Tamer Boyaci:
  Foreword. 295-298
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  Zhiqiang Lu, Nathalie Bostel:
  A facility location model for logistics systems including reverse flows: The case of remanufacturing activities. 299-323
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  Rico Wojanowski, Vedat Verter, Tamer Boyaci:
  Retail-collection network design under deposit-refund. 324-345
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  Hyun-Jeung Ko, Gerald W. Evans:
  A genetic algorithm-based heuristic for the dynamic integrated forward/reverse logistics network for 3PLs. 346-366
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  Dimitrios Vlachos, Patroklos Georgiadis, Eleftherios Iakovou:
  A system dynamics model for dynamic capacity planning of remanufacturing in closed-loop supply chains. 367-394
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  Kris Lieckens, Nico Vandaele:
  Reverse logistics network design with stochastic lead times. 395-416
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  Ovidiu Listes:
  A generic stochastic model for supply-and-return network design. 417-442
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  Markus Biehl, Edmund Prater, Matthew J. Realff:
  Assessing performance and uncertainty in developing carpet reverse logistics systems. 443-463
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  Manu Sharma, Jane C. Ammons, Joseph C. Hartman:
  Asset management with reverse product flows and environmental considerations. 464-486
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  Z. Pelin Bayindir, Nesim K. Erkip, Refik Güllü:
  Assessing the benefits of remanufacturing option under one-way substitution and capacity constraint. 487-514
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  Udo Buscher, Gerd Lindner:
  Optimizing a production system with rework and equal sized batch shipments. 515-535
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  Alfred J. D. Lambert:
  Optimizing disassembly processes subjected to sequence-dependent cost. 536-551
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  Ian M. Langella:
  Heuristics for demand-driven disassembly planning. 552-577
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  Nicola Bianchessi, Giovanni Righini:
  Heuristic algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and delivery. 578-594
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  Ahmad Alshamrani, Kamlesh Mathur, Ronald H. Ballou:
  Reverse logistics: simultaneous design of delivery routes and returns strategies. 595-619

Volume 34, Number 3, March 2007

Logistics of Health Care Management

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  Karl Doerner, Marc Reimann:
  Logistics of health care management. 621-623
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  Sophie D. Lapierre, Angel B. Ruiz:
  Scheduling logistic activities to improve hospital supply systems. 624-641
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  Walter J. Gutjahr, Marion S. Rauner:
  An ACO algorithm for a dynamic regional nurse-scheduling problem in Austria. 642-666
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  Margarida Moz, Margarida Vaz Pato:
  A genetic algorithm approach to a nurse rerostering problem. 667-691
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  Güvenç Sahin, Haldun Süral, Sedef Meral:
  Locational analysis for regionalization of Turkish Red Crescent blood services. 692-704
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  Ceyhun Araz, Hasan Selim, Irem Ozkarahan:
  A fuzzy multi-objective covering-based vehicle location model for emergency services. 705-726
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  Renata Algisi Takeda, João A. Widmer, Reinaldo Morabito:
  Analysis of ambulance decentralization in an urban emergency medical service using the hypercube queueing model. 727-741
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  Emanuel Melachrinoudis, Ahmet B. Ilhan, Hokey Min:
  A dial-a-ride problem for client transportation in a health-care organization. 742-759
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  René Haijema, Jan van der Wal, Nico M. van Dijk:
  Blood platelet production: Optimization by dynamic programming and simulation. 760-779

Normal Papers

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  Han-Lin Li, Li-Ching Ma:
  Detecting and adjusting ordinal and cardinal inconsistencies through a graphical and optimal approach in AHP models. 780-798
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  Tianlong Gu, Zhoubo Xu:
  The symbolic algorithms for maximum flow in networks. 799-816
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  Amar Oukil, Hatem Ben Amor, Jacques Desrosiers, Hicham El Gueddari:
  Stabilized column generation for highly degenerate multiple-depot vehicle scheduling problems. 817-834
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  Kuo-Hsiung Wang, Jyh-Bin Ke, Jau-Chuan Ke:
  Profit analysis of the M/M/R machine repair problem with balking, reneging, and standby switching failures. 835-847
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  Mark H. Karwan, Matthew F. Keblis:
  Operations planning with real time pricing of a primary input. 848-867
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  Anis Gharbi, Mohamed Haouari:
  An approximate decomposition algorithm for scheduling on parallel machines with heads and tails. 868-883
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  Chae Y. Lee, Hee K. Cho:
  Discrete bandwidth allocation considering fairness and transmission load in multicast networks. 884-899
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  Geir Brønmo, Marielle Christiansen, Kjetil Fagerholt, Bjørn Nygreen:
  A multi-start local search heuristic for ship scheduling - a computational study. 900-917

Volume 34, Number 4, April 2007

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  Christopher Head, Sami Shaban:
  A heuristic approach to simultaneous course/student timetabling. 919-933
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  Jose Gutiérrez, Antonio Sedeño-Noda, Marcos Colebrook, Joaquin Sicilia:
  A polynomial algorithm for the production/ordering planning problem with limited storage. 934-937
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  Ramón Companys, Manuel Mateo:
  Different behaviour of a double branch-and-bound algorithm on Fm|prmu|C_max and Fm|block|C_max problems. 938-953
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  Wade D. Cook, Boaz Golany, Michal Penn, Tal Raviv:
  Creating a consensus ranking of proposals from reviewers' partial ordinal rankings. 954-965
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  Der-Chiang Li, Chih-Sen Wu, Tung-I Tsai, Yao-San Lin:
  Using mega-trend-diffusion and artificial samples in small data set learning for early flexible manufacturing system scheduling knowledge. 966-982
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  Jesus R. Artalejo, Antonis Economou, Antonio Gómez-Corral:
  Applications of maximum queue lengths to call center management. 983-996
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  Tommy Thomadsen, Thomas Stidsen:
  The generalized fixed-charge network design problem. 997-1007
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  Jing-Quan Li, Denis Borenstein, Pitu B. Mirchandani:
  A decision support system for the single-depot vehicle rescheduling problem. 1008-1032
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  Ammar Oulamara:
  Makespan minimization in a no-wait flow shop problem with two batching machines. 1033-1050
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  Marc-André Carle, Jacques Renaud, Angel B. Ruiz:
  Fast and efficient methods for industrial floor assembly. 1051-1060
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  Thierry Mautor, Edith Naudin:
  Arcs-states models for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and related problems. 1061-1084
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  Günes Erdogan, Barbaros Ç. Tansel:
  A branch-and-cut algorithm for quadratic assignment problems based on linearizations. 1085-1106
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  Yaodong Cui:
  An exact algorithm for generating homogenous T-shape cutting patterns. 1107-1120
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  Gábor Maróti, Leo G. Kroon:
  Maintenance routing for train units: The interchange model. 1121-1140
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  Margarida Corte-Real, Luís Gouveia:
  Network flow models for the local access network expansion problem. 1141-1157
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  Ibrahim Akgün, Barbaros Ç. Tansel:
  Optimization of transportation requirements in the deployment of military units. 1158-1176
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  Alberto Fernández, Sergio Gómez:
  Portfolio selection using neural networks. 1177-1191
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  Dogan A. Serel:
  Capacity reservation under supply uncertainty. 1192-1220
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  Guy Desaulniers:
  Managing large fixed costs in vehicle routing and crew scheduling problems solved by column generation. 1221-1239

Volume 34, Number 5, May 2007

Hazardous Materials Transportation

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  Erhan Erkut:
  Introduction to the special issue. 1241-1242
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  David F. Brown, William E. Dunn:
  Application of a quantitative risk assessment method to emergency response planning. 1243-1265
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  Christopher P. L. Barkan, Satish V. Ukkusuri, S. Travis Waller:
  Optimizing the design of railway tank cars to minimize accident-caused releases. 1266-1286
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  Manish Verma, Vedat Verter:
  Railroad transportation of dangerous goods: Population exposure to airborne toxins. 1287-1303
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  Pasquale Carotenuto, Stefano Giordani, Salvatore Ricciardelli:
  Finding minimum and equitable risk routes for hazmat shipments. 1304-1327
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  Pasquale Carotenuto, Stefano Giordani, Salvatore Ricciardelli, Silvia Rismondo:
  A tabu search approach for scheduling hazmat shipments. 1328-1350
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  Vedat Akgün, Amit Parekh, Rajan Batta, Christopher M. Rump:
  Routing of a hazmat truck in the presence of weather systems. 1351-1373
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  Oded Berman, Vedat Verter, Bahar Yetis Kara:
  Designing emergency response networks for hazardous materials transportation. 1374-1388
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  Erhan Erkut, Osman Alp:
  Designing a road network for hazardous materials shipments. 1389-1405
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  Sibel A. Alumur, Bahar Yetis Kara:
  A new model for the hazardous waste location-routing problem. 1406-1423
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  Evren Emek, Bahar Yetis Kara:
  Hazardous waste management problem: The case for incineration. 1424-1441
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  Jiuh-Biing Sheu:
  A coordinated reverse logistics system for regional management of multi-source hazardous wastes. 1442-1462
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  Joaquim Duque, Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa, Augusto Q. Novais:
  Synthesis and optimization of the recovery route for residual products under uncertain product demand. 1463-1490
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  Marcos Colebrook, Joaquin Sicilia:
  Undesirable facility location problems on multicriteria networks. 1491-1514

Volume 34, Number 6, June 2007

Part Special Issue: Odysseus 2003 Second International Workshop on Freight Transportation Logistics

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  Paolo Dell'Olmo, Raffaele Pesenti, Maria Grazia Speranza:
  Editorial. 1515
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  Daeki Kim, Cynthia Barnhart:
  Flight schedule design for a charter airline. 1516-1531
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  Giovanni Andreatta, Lorenzo Brunetta, Luca Righi:
  Evaluating terminal management performances using SLAM: The case of Athens International Airport. 1532-1550
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  Özlem Ergun, Gültekin Kuyzu, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh:
  Shipper collaboration. 1551-1560
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  Guilherme Bastos Alvarenga, Geraldo Robson Mateus, G. de Tomi:
  A genetic and set partitioning two-phase approach for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. 1561-1584
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  Massimiliano Caramia, Paolo Dell'Olmo, Monica Gentili, Pitu B. Mirchandani:
  Delivery itineraries and distribution capacity of a freight network with time slots. 1585-1600
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  Vanda De Angelis, Mariagrazia Mecoli, Chris Nikoi, Giovanni Storchi:
  Multiperiod integrated routing and scheduling of World Food Programme cargo planes in Angola. 1601-1615

Normal papers

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  Alexandre Deslauriers, Pierre L'Ecuyer, Juta Pichitlamken, Armann Ingolfsson, Athanassios N. Avramidis:
  Markov chain models of a telephone call center with call blending. 1616-1645
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  Madjid Tavana, James W. Smither, Ralph V. Anderson:
  D-side: A facility and workforce planning group multi-criteria decision support system for Johnson Space Center. 1646-1673
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  Hong-Yuan Zhang, Han-Yu Gu, Yugeng Xi:
  A Benders decomposition algorithm for base station planning problem in WCDMA networks. 1674-1687
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  Ayoub Insa Corréa, André Langevin, Louis-Martin Rousseau:
  Scheduling and routing of automated guided vehicles: A hybrid approach. 1688-1707
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  Enrique F. Castillo, Antonio J. Conejo, Rosa Eva Pruneda, Cristina Solares:
  Observability in linear systems of equations and inequalities: Applications. 1708-1720
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  Jill R. Hardin, George L. Nemhauser, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh:
  Analysis of bounds for a capacitated single-item lot-sizing problem. 1721-1743
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  Martin W. P. Savelsbergh, Jin-Hwa Song:
  Inventory routing with continuous moves. 1744-1763
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  Min Ji, Yong He, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  Single-machine scheduling with periodic maintenance to minimize makespan. 1764-1770
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  Tolga Bektas, Osman Oguz:
  On separating cover inequalities for the multidimensional knapsack problem. 1771-1776
• 
  Roger Jianxin Jiao, Yiyang Zhang, Yi Wang:
  A heuristic genetic algorithm for product portfolio planning. 1777-1799
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  Joana Dias, M. Eugénia V. Captivo, João C. N. Clímaco:
  Efficient primal-dual heuristic for a dynamic location problem. 1800-1823
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  Frej Limayem, Bernard Yannou:
  Selective assessment of judgmental inconsistencies in pairwise comparisons for group decision rating. 1824-1841
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  Sung-Soo Kim, Alice E. Smith, Jong-Hyun Lee:
  A memetic algorithm for channel assignment in wireless FDMA systems. 1842-1856
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  Zhe George Zhang, Ernie Love, Yu Song:
  The optimal service time allocation of a versatile server to queue jobs and stochastically available non-queue jobs of different types. 1857-1870

Volume 34, Number 7, July 2007

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  Jan Stallaert:
  Post-optimality analysis of the optimal solution of a degenerate linear program using a pivoting algorithm. 1871-1884
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  Nabil Belacel, Hiral Bhasker Raval, Abraham P. Punnen:
  Learning multicriteria fuzzy classification method PROAFTN from data. 1885-1898
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  Ching-Jong Liao, Hsiao-Chien Juan:
  An ant colony optimization for single-machine tardiness scheduling with sequence-dependent setups. 1899-1909
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  Sandro Bosio, Giovanni Righini:
  Computational approaches to a combinatorial optimization problem arising from text classification. 1910-1928
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  Nicolas Jozefowiez, Frédéric Semet, El-Ghazali Talbi:
  The bi-objective covering tour problem. 1929-1942
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  Susan K. Williams, Michael J. Magazine:
  Heuristic approaches for batching jobs in printed circuit board assembly. 1943-1962
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  Hao Tang, Elise Miller-Hooks:
  Solving a generalized traveling salesperson problem with stochastic customers. 1963-1987
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  Byung-Cheon Choi, Suk-Hun Yoon, Sung-Jin Chung:
  Single machine scheduling problems with resource dependent release times. 1988-2000
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  Vijaya Babu Vommi, Murty S. N. Seetala:
  A simple approach for robust economic design of control charts. 2001-2009
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  Ho-Joo Lee, Yeong-Dae Kim:
  Heuristics for search sequencing under time-dependent probabilities of existence. 2010-2024
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  Christian Roed Pedersen, Rasmus V. Rasmussen, Kim Allan Andersen:
  Solving a large-scale precedence constrained scheduling problem with elastic jobs using tabu search. 2025-2042
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  Ji-Bo Wang:
  Flow shop scheduling problems with decreasing linear deterioration under dominant machines. 2043-2058
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  Tabitha L. James, Evelyn C. Brown, Kellie B. Keeling:
  A hybrid grouping genetic algorithm for the cell formation problem. 2059-2079
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  Eunjeong Choi, Dong-wan Tcha:
  A column generation approach to the heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problem. 2080-2095
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  Francisco Aparisi, Juan Carlos García-Díaz:
  Design and optimization of EWMA control charts for in-control, indifference, and out-of-control regions. 2096-2108
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  Fabiano do Prado Marques, Marcos Nereu Arenales:
  The constrained compartmentalised knapsack problem. 2109-2129
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  M. Selim Akturk, Jay B. Ghosh, Rabia K. Kayan:
  Scheduling with tool changes to minimize total completion time under controllable machining conditions. 2130-2146
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  Vardges Melkonian:
  New primal-dual algorithms for Steiner tree problems. 2147-2167
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  Majid Soleimani-Damaneh, M. Reshadi:
  A polynomial-time algorithm to estimate returns to scale in FDH models. 2168-2176
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  Pekka J. Korhonen, Pyry-Antti Siitari:
  Using lexicographic parametric programming for identifying efficient units in DEA. 2177-2190
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  Lucio Grandinetti, Francesca Guerriero, G. Lepera, Marco Mancini:
  A niched genetic algorithm to solve a pollutant emission reduction problem in the manufacturing industry: A case study. 2191-2214

Volume 34, Number 8, August 2007

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  T. C. Edwin Cheng, Liying Kang, C. T. Ng:
  An improved algorithm for the p-center problem on interval graphs with unit lengths. 2215-2222
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  Jacques Carlier, François Clautiaux, Aziz Moukrim:
  New reduction procedures and lower bounds for the two-dimensional bin packing problem with fixed orientation. 2223-2250
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  Anne Mercier, François Soumis:
  An integrated aircraft routing, crew scheduling and flight retiming model. 2251-2265
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  Gwo-Ji Sheen, Lu-Wen Liao:
  Scheduling machine-dependent jobs to minimize lateness on machines with identical speed under availability constraints. 2266-2278
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  Jeffrey E. Schaller:
  A comparison of lower bounds for the single-machine early/tardy problem. 2279-2292
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  Andreas Witt, Stefan Voß:
  Simple heuristics for scheduling with limited intermediate storage. 2293-2309
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  Güvenç Sahin, Haldun Süral:
  A review of hierarchical facility location models. 2310-2331
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  Frederico R. B. Cruz, James MacGregor Smith:
  Approximate analysis of M/G/c/c state-dependent queueing networks. 2332-2344
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  Jon Lee:
  In situ column generation for a cutting-stock problem. 2345-2358
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  Alan P. French, John M. Wilson:
  An LP-based heuristic procedure for the generalized assignment problem with special ordered sets. 2359-2369
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  Jorge Riera-Ledesma, Juan José Salazar González:
  A heuristic approach for the continuous error localization problem in data cleaning. 2370-2383
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  Michel Gamache, Alain Hertz, Jérôme Olivier Ouellet:
  A graph coloring model for a feasibility problem in monthly crew scheduling with preferential bidding. 2384-2395
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  Min Ji, Yong He, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  A simple linear time algorithm for scheduling with step-improving processing times. 2396-2402
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  David Pisinger, Stefan Ropke:
  A general heuristic for vehicle routing problems. 2403-2435
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  Tolga Bektas, Osman Oguz, Iradj Ouveysi:
  Designing cost-effective content distribution networks. 2436-2449
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  Julien Lemesre, Clarisse Dhaenens, El-Ghazali Talbi:
  Parallel partitioning method (PPM): A new exact method to solve bi-objective problems. 2450-2462
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  Hakan Gultekin, M. Selim Akturk, Oya Ekin Karasan:
  Scheduling in a three-machine robotic flexible manufacturing cell. 2463-2477
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  Atsuhiro Dodo, Rachel A. Davidson, Ningxiong Xu, Linda K. Nozick:
  Application of regional earthquake mitigation optimization. 2478-2494
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  Pedro Martins:
  Enhanced second order algorithm applied to the capacitated minimum spanning tree problem. 2495-2519
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  Tommy Thomadsen, Jesper Larsen:
  A hub location problem with fully interconnected backbone and access networks. 2520-2531

Volume 34, Number 9, September 2007

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  Rapeepan Pitakaso, Christian Almeder, Karl F. Doerner, Richard F. Hartl:
  A MAX-MIN ant system for unconstrained multi-level lot-sizing problems. 2533-2552
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  Marta I. Velazco Fontova, Aurelio R. L. Oliveira, Christiano Lyra:
  Warm start by Hopfield neural networks for interior point methods. 2553-2561
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  Johnny C. Ho, Adriano O. Solis, Yih-Long Chang:
  An evaluation of lot-sizing heuristics for deteriorating inventory in material requirements planning systems. 2562-2575
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  K. F. C. Yiu, Kai-Ling Mak, Henry Y. K. Lau:
  A heuristic for the label printing problem. 2576-2588
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  Flávio Keidi Miyazawa, Yoshiko Wakabayashi:
  Two- and three-dimensional parametric packing. 2589-2603
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  Antonio Alonso-Ayuso, Laureano F. Escudero, M. Teresa Ortuño, Celeste Pizarro:
  On a stochastic sequencing and scheduling problem. 2604-2624
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  Lixin Tang, Hua Xuan, Jiyin Liu:
  Hybrid backward and forward dynamic programming based Lagrangian relaxation for single machine scheduling. 2625-2636
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  Edward Bernroider, Volker Stix:
  A method using weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis for ranking and validity issues in decision making. 2637-2647
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  Rakesh Kawatra:
  A hop constrained min-sum arborescence with outage costs. 2648-2656
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  Mhand Hifi, M. Michrafy:
  Reduction strategies and exact algorithms for the disjunctively constrained knapsack problem. 2657-2673
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  Matthias Ehrgott, Xavier Gandibleux:
  Bound sets for biobjective combinatorial optimization problems. 2674-2694
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  Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena:
  Lagrangean relaxation with clusters and column generation for the manufacturer's pallet loading problem. 2695-2708
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  Pablo Guerrero-García, Ángel Santos-Palomo:
  On Hoffman's celebrated cycling LP example. 2709-2717
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  Hua Xuan, Lixin Tang:
  Scheduling a hybrid flowshop with batch production at the last stage. 2718-2733
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  Feiyue Li, Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil:
  A record-to-record travel algorithm for solving the heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problem. 2734-2742
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  Jari Kytöjoki, Teemu Nuortio, Olli Bräysy, Michel Gendreau:
  An efficient variable neighborhood search heuristic for very large scale vehicle routing problems. 2743-2757
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  Tinglong Dai, Xiangtong Qi:
  An acquisition policy for a multi-supplier system with a finite-time horizon. 2758-2773
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  Sinan Gurel, M. Selim Akturk:
  Scheduling parallel CNC machines with time/cost trade-off considerations. 2774-2789
• 
  Jorge Riera-Ledesma, Juan José Salazar González:
  A branch-and-cut algorithm for the continuous error localization problem in data cleaning. 2790-2804
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  Deniz Aksen:
  Loss of customer goodwill in the uncapacitated lot-sizing problem. 2805-2823
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  C. W. Duin:
  Two fast algorithms for all-pairs shortest paths. 2824-2839
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  Rabia Nessah, Chengbin Chu, Farouk Yalaoui:
  An exact method for P_m/sds, r_i/sum(i=1, n, C_i) problem. 2840-2848
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  Chae Y. Lee, Ho Dong Kim:
  Reliable overlay multicast trees for private Internet broadcasting with multiple sessions. 2849-2864

Volume 34, Number 10, October 2007

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  Dean C. Chatfield:
  The economic lot scheduling problem: A pure genetic search approach. 2865-2881
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  Yaodong Cui, Xianquan Zhang:
  Two-stage general block patterns for the two-dimensional cutting problem. 2882-2893
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  Xiuli Wang, T. C. Edwin Cheng:
  An approximation scheme for two-machine flowshop scheduling with setup times and an availability constraint. 2894-2901
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  John Hadden, Ashutosh Tiwari, Rajkumar Roy, Dymitr Ruta:
  Computer assisted customer churn management: State-of-the-art and future trends. 2902-2917
• 
  Feiyue Li, Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil:
  The open vehicle routing problem: Algorithms, large-scale test problems, and computational results. 2918-2930
• 
  Yann Hendel, Francis Sourd:
  An improved earliness-tardiness timing algorithm. 2931-2938
• 
  Junghee Han:
  Frequency reassignment problem in mobile communication networks. 2939-2948
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  Yu-Hsin Liu:
  A hybrid scatter search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem. 2949-2963
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  David I. Mester, Olli Bräysy:
  Active-guided evolution strategies for large-scale capacitated vehicle routing problems. 2964-2975
• 
  Cameron G. Walker, Michael J. O'Sullivan, Timothy Thompson:
  A mixed-integer approach to Core-Edge design of storage area networks. 2976-3000
• 
  Lixin Tang, Gongshu Wang, Jiyin Liu:
  A branch-and-price algorithm to solve the molten iron allocation problem in iron and steel industry. 3001-3015
• 
  Sujay Malve, Reha Uzsoy:
  A genetic algorithm for minimizing maximum lateness on parallel identical batch processing machines with dynamic job arrivals and incompatible job families. 3016-3028
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  Susan A. Slotnick, Thomas E. Morton:
  Order acceptance with weighted tardiness. 3029-3042
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  Yi-Kuei Lin:
  System capacity for a two-commodity multistate flow network with unreliable nodes and capacity weight. 3043-3054
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  Rajesh Swaminathan, Michele E. Pfund, John W. Fowler, Scott J. Mason, Ahmet B. Keha:
  Impact of permutation enforcement when minimizing total weighted tardiness in dynamic flowshops with uncertain processing times. 3055-3068
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  Nong Ye, Xueping Li, Toni Farley, Xiaoyun Xu:
  Job scheduling methods for reducing waiting time variance. 3069-3083
• 
  Myungryun Yoo, Mitsuo Gen:
  Scheduling algorithm for real-time tasks using multiobjective hybrid genetic algorithm in heterogeneous multiprocessors system. 3084-3098
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  Ching-Jong Liao, Chao-Tang Tseng, Pin Luarn:
  A discrete version of particle swarm optimization for flowshop scheduling problems. 3099-3111
• 
  Burcu Baris Keskin, Halit Üster:
  A scatter search-based heuristic to locate capacitated transshipment points. 3112-3125
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  Rym M'Hallah:
  Minimizing total earliness and tardiness on a single machine using a hybrid heuristic. 3126-3142
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  Tommaso Schiavinotto, Thomas Stützle:
  A review of metrics on permutations for search landscape analysis. 3143-3153
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  Claudio Cifarelli, L. Nieddu, Onur Seref, Panos M. Pardalos:
  K-T.R.A.C.E: A kernel k-means procedure for classification. 3154-3161
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  Joaquín Bautista, Jordi Pereira:
  A GRASP algorithm to solve the unicost set covering problem. 3162-3173
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  Alejandro Crema, Milagros Loreto, Marcos Raydan:
  Spectral projected subgradient with a momentum term for the Lagrangean dual approach. 3174-3186

Volume 34, Number 11, November 2007

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  Heng-Soon Gan, Andrew Wirth:
  Heuristic stability: A permutation disarray measure. 3187-3208
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  Dawn M. Rose, Douglas R. Shier:
  Cut scheduling in the apparel industry. 3209-3228
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  Chaoyong Zhang, Peigen Li, Zailin Guan, Yunqing Rao:
  A tabu search algorithm with a new neighborhood structure for the job shop scheduling problem. 3229-3242
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  Xiucui Guan, Jianzhong Zhang:
  Inverse constrained bottleneck problems under weighted l_infinity norm. 3243-3254
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  Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Tasha R. Inniss:
  A hybrid clustering algorithm. 3255-3269
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  Wenqi Huang, Duanbing Chen, Ruchu Xu:
  A new heuristic algorithm for rectangle packing. 3270-3280
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  Luís M. Moreira, José Fernando Oliveira, A. Miguel Gomes, José Soeiro Ferreira:
  Heuristics for a dynamic rural postman problem. 3281-3294
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  Yusin Lee, Nai-Yun Hsu:
  An optimization model for the container pre-marshalling problem. 3295-3313
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  Rubén Ruiz, Juan Carlos García-Díaz, Concepción Maroto:
  Considering scheduling and preventive maintenance in the flowshop sequencing problem. 3314-3330
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  Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson:
  Post-pruning in decision tree induction using multiple performance measures. 3331-3345
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  Samya Elaoud, Jacques Teghem, Bassem Bouaziz:
  Genetic algorithms to solve the cover printing problem. 3346-3361
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  Mohamed Hamdouni, Guy Desaulniers, François Soumis:
  Parking buses in a depot using block patterns: A Benders decomposition approach for minimizing type mismatches. 3362-3379
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  Lars Mönch, Robert Unbehaun:
  Decomposition heuristics for minimizing earliness-tardiness on parallel burn-in ovens with a common due date. 3380-3396
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  Jian-Feng Hu:
  A note on "an improved initial basis for the simplex algorithm". 3397-3401
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  Mourad Boudia, Mohamed Aly Ould Louly, Christian Prins:
  A reactive GRASP and path relinking for a combined production-distribution problem. 3402-3419
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  Rasaratnam Logendran, Brent McDonell, Byran Smucker:
  Scheduling unrelated parallel machines with sequence-dependent setups. 3420-3438
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  Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Guido Perboli, Miriam Pezzuto, Roberto Tadei:
  New bin packing fast lower bounds. 3439-3457
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  Maria João Alves, Marla Almeida:
  MOTGA: A multiobjective Tchebycheff based genetic algorithm for the multidimensional knapsack problem. 3458-3470
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  Davide Anghinolfi, Massimo Paolucci:
  Parallel machine total tardiness scheduling with a new hybrid metaheuristic approach. 3471-3490
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  C.-C. Chern, J.-S. Hsieh:
  A heuristic algorithm for master planning that satisfies multiple objectives. 3491-3513

Volume 34, Number 12, December 2007

Operations Research and Outsourcing

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  Marc J. Schniederjans:
  Focused issue on operations research and outsourcing. 3515
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  Najla Aissaoui, Mohamed Haouari, Elkafi Hassini:
  Supplier selection and order lot sizing modeling: A review. 3516-3540
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  Parijat Dube, Zhen Liu, Laura Wynter, Cathy H. Xia:
  Competitive equilibrium in e-commerce: Pricing and outsourcing. 3541-3559
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  Joseph C. Hartman, Stephen L. Liedtka, Lawrence V. Snyder:
  The impact of US tax depreciation law on asset location and ownership decisions. 3560-3568
• 
  Adiel Teixeira de Almeida:
  Multicriteria decision model for outsourcing contracts selection based on utility function and ELECTRE method. 3569-3574
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  Eric A. Walden, James J. Hoffman:
  Organizational form, incentives and the management of information technology: Opening the black box of outsourcing. 3575-3591
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  Khalid Hafeez, Naila Malak, Yanbing Zhang:
  Outsourcing non-core assets and competences of a firm using analytic hierarchy process. 3592-3608
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  Aleksandra Mojsilovic, Bonnie Ray, Richard Lawrence, Samer Takriti:
  A logistic regression framework for information technology outsourcing lifecycle management. 3609-3627
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  R. Y. Chen, D. D. Sheu, C. M. Liu:
  Vague knowledge search in the design for outsourcing using fuzzy decision tree. 3628-3637
• 
  Eric Sucky:
  A model for dynamic strategic vendor selection. 3638-3651
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  Paul Liston, Peter J. Byrne, Cathal Heavey:
  An evaluation of simulation to support contract costing. 3652-3665
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  Wen-Hsien Tsai, Chien-Wen Lai:
  Outsourcing or capacity expansions: Application of activity-based costing model on joint products decisions. 3666-3681
• 
  Shitao Yang, Jian Yang, Layek Abdel-Malek:
  Sourcing with random yields and stochastic demand: A newsvendor approach. 3682-3690
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  Jian-Jun Wang, De-Li Yang:
  Using a hybrid multi-criteria decision aid method for information systems outsourcing. 3691-3700
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  Gülfem Isiklar, S. Emre Alptekin, Gülçin Büyüközkan:
  Application of a hybrid intelligent decision support model in logistics outsourcing. 3701-3714
• 
  David L. Olson:
  Evaluation of ERP outsourcing. 3715-3724
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  Vijay Wadhwa, A. Ravi Ravindran:
  Vendor selection in outsourcing. 3725-3737
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  Ceyhun Araz, Pinar Mizrak Ozfirat, Irem Ozkarahan:
  An integrated multicriteria decision-making methodology for outsourcing management. 3738-3756
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  Qing Cao, Qiong Wang:
  Optimizing vendor selection in a two-stage outsourcing process. 3757-3768
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  Dong-Hoon Yang, Seongcheol Kim, Changi Nam, Ja-Won Min:
  Developing a decision model for business process outsourcing. 3769-3778