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Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 51
Volume 51, Number 1, January 2000
- John C. Ranyard:

Editorial. 1-2
- Robert Fildes:

A Commentary on 'Blackett: Operational Research'1. 3
- Robert G. Dyson

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OR and Strategy: Editorial Introduction. 4 - Robert G. Dyson

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Strategy, performance and operational research. 5-11 - Colin Eden, Fran Ackermann

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Mapping distinctive competencies: a systemic approach. 12-20 - P. H. Grinyer:

A cognitive approach to group strategic decision taking: a discussion of evolved practice in the light of received research results. 21-35 - Frances A. O'Brien

, Maureen Meadows
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Corporate visioning: a survey of UK practice. 36-44 - M. J. Foster:

Evaluating foreign direct investments: new challenges for strategic planners. 45-52 - Brian C. Dangerfield

, C. A. Roberts:
A strategic evaluation of capacity retirements in the steel industry. 53-60
- Carlton H. Scott, O. G. Skelton, Erik Rolland

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Tactical and strategic models for satellite customer assignment. 61-71
- James W. Taylor, S. Majithia:

Using combined forecasts with changing weights for electricity demand profiling. 72-82 - Ken Darby-Dowman, Simon Barker, Eric Audsley, David Parsons:

A two-stage stochastic programming with recourse model for determining robust planting plans in horticulture. 83-89
- Lakshman S. Thakur, Suresh K. Nair, Kuang-Wei Wen, Peter Tarasewich:

A new model and solution method for product line design with pricing. 90-101 - L. E. Read, Emmanuel Thanassoulis

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Improving the identification of returns to scale in data envelopment analysis. 102-110 - Philipp Melchiors, Rommert Dekker

, Marcel J. Kleijn:
Inventory rationing in an (s, Q) inventory model with lost sales and two demand classes. 111-122
- J. S. Dagpunar

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A continuous time solution for optimal claim limits in vehicle insurance. 123-128 - Haresh Gurnani, Zvi Drezner:

Deterministic hierarchical substitution inventory models. 129-133
Volume 51, Number 2, February 2000
- C. J. L. Yewlett:

A Commentary on: Stringer J (1967) Operational research for "multi-organisations" Opl Res Q., 18: 105-120. 135
- Isaac Dyner:

Energy modelling platforms for policy and strategy support. 136-144
- Wenbin Wang, Anthony H. Christer:

Towards a general condition based maintenance model for a stochastic dynamic system. 145-155 - G. Bowles, J. S. Dagpunar

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Optimisation of sinking funds for major repairs in a housing association. 156-161 - A. Greasley:

A simulation analysis of arrest costs. 162-167 - Peter Naudé, A. Geoffrey Lockett, Gerd Islei, Phil Drinkwater:

An exploration into the influence of psychological profiles upon group decision making. 168-175
- H.-Y. Wong, Jonathan Rosenhead:

A rigorous definition of Robustness Analysis. 176-182 - Enrique Ballestero:

Project finance: a multi-criteria approach to arbitration. 183-197 - Bruno Baynat, Yves Dallery:

An approximation method for general closed queuing networks with Fork/Join mechanisms. 198-208 - John W. Chinneck, K. Ramadan:

Linear programming with interval coefficients. 209-220 - Ira Horowitz:

An option-pricing look at the introduction of private labels. 221-230
- D. T. Gardner:

Efficient formulation of electric utility resource planning models. 231-236 - V. M. Rao Tummala, H. Ling:

A note on the sampling distribution of the information content of the priority vector of a consistent pairwise comparison judgment matrix of AHP. 237-240
- David C. Lane:

Diagramming conventions in system dynamics. 241-245
- Book Selection. 246-249

Volume 51, Number 3, March 2000
- Graham Rand:

'The solution of massive generalized set partitioning problems in aircrew rostering' D M Ryan (1992). J. Opl Res Soc 43(5): 459-467. 251-252
- Francis J. Vasko, J. A. McNamara, R. N. Parkes, Floyd E. Wolf, L. R. Woodyatt:

A matching approach for replenishing rectangular stock sizes. 253-257 - David Ronen:

Scheduling charter aircraft. 258-262 - Erhan Kozan

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An integrated material handling system for a truck assembly plant. 263-271 - Martin Utley

, Steve Gallivan:
Evaluation of strategies for Downs Syndrome screening. 272-277 - W. J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley:

Planning for disaster: developing a multi-agency counselling service. 278-290
- Colin Eden

, Terry Williams, Fran Ackermann, Susan Howick
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The role of feedback dynamics in disruption and delay on the nature of disruption and delay (D&D) in major projects. 291-300 - A. N. Mashayekhi:

Project cost dynamics for development policy-making. 301-310 - Frank P. A. Coolen, Pauline Coolen-Schrijner:

Condition monitoring: a new perspective. 311-319 - Michael A. Haughton:

Quantifying the benefits of route reoptimisation under stochastic customer demands. 320-332 - S. L. C. Oliveira, Paulo A. V. Ferreira:

Bi-objective optimisation with multiple decision-makers: a convex approach to attain majority solutions. 333-340
- Ludmil Mikhailov:

A fuzzy programming method for deriving priorities in the analytic hierarchy process. 341-349 - J.-S. Kim, K.-C. Shin, S.-K. Park:

An optimal algorithm for repairable-item inventory system with depot spares. 350-357 - Peter C. Bell:

Forecasting demand variation when there are stockouts. 358-363 - Jung-Ug Kim, Yeong-Dae Kim:

A Lagrangian relaxation approach to multi-period inventory/distribution planning. 364-370 - Serpil Sayin

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A mixed integer programming formulation for the 1-maximin problem. 371-375
- Joe Zhu

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Setting scale efficient targets in DEA via returns to scale estimation method. 376-378 - Gautam Appa, M. Yue:

A reply to Zhu: How useful or accurate is this alternative? 379
- Medal Awards 1999. 380-381

Volume 51, Number 4, April 2000
- Simon J. E. Taylor

, Stewart Robinson
, Ray J. Paul:
Progress in simulation research: an editorial introduction and overview. 383
- Ray J. Paul:

A commentary on Mellor and Tocher: A steel-works production game. 384
- S. R. Das:

Adaptive protocols for parallel discrete event simulation. 385-394 - Rob Pooley, Pauline A. Wilcox:

Distributing decision making using Java simulation across the World Wide Web. 395-404 - Michael Pidd, Ricardo A. Cassel

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Using Java to develop discrete event simulations. 405-412 - Boon-Ping Gan, Stephen John Turner

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An asynchronous protocol for virtual factory simulation on shared memory multiprocessor systems. 413-422
- F. Nishakumari de Silva, Richard W. Eglese:

Integrating simulation modelling and GIS: spatial decision support systems for evacuation planning. 423-430 - James Moffat:

Representing the command and control process in simulation models of conflict. 431-439 - Jenny A. Harding, Keith Popplewell:

Simulation: an application of factory design process methodology. 440-448 - Jane L. Snowdon, Edward A. MacNair, Mario Montevecchi, C. Adam Callery, Soad El-Taji, Scott Miller:

IBM journey management library: an arena system for airport simulations. 449-456 - M. R. Phillips, David T. Marsh:

The validation of fast-time air traffic simulations in practice. 457-464 - Tillal Eldabi

, Ray J. Paul, Simon J. E. Taylor
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Simulating economic factors in adjuvant breast cancer treatment. 465-475 - Ruth Davies, Sally C. Brailsford, Paul Roderick, Chris Canning, D. Crabbe:

Using simulation modelling for evaluating screening services for diabetic retinopathy. 476-484 - P. M. Barton, A. M. Tobias:

Discrete quantity approach to continuous simulation modelling. 485-489 - Yu-Chi Ho, Christos G. Cassandras, Chun-Hung Chen, Liyi Dai:

Ordinal optimisation and simulation. 490-500 - Russell C. H. Cheng, John D. Lamb

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Making efficient simulation experiments interactively with a desktop simulation package. 501-507
Volume 51, Number 5, May 2000
- J. R. Lawrence:

Commentary on Ball and Burns (1968): An econometric approach to short-run analysis in the UK economy, 1955-66. 509
- E. H. Norman, J. M. Norman:

Community operational research issues and public art practice: the art director system. 510-517 - David C. Lane, Camilla Monefeldt, Jonathan Rosenhead:

Looking in the wrong place for healthcare improvements: A system dynamics study of an accident and emergency department. 518-531 - Kate A. Smith, Robert J. Willis, Malcolm Brooks:

An analysis of customer retention and insurance claim patterns using data mining: a case study. 532-541 - Steve Clarke, Brian Lehaney:

Mixing methodologies for information systems development and strategy: A higher education case study. 542-556 - Martin Read, John S. Edwards

, Anthony Gear:
Group preference aggregation rules: The results of a comparative analysis with in situ data. 557-563
- D. Sariklis, Susan Powell:

A heuristic method for the open vehicle routing problem. 564-573 - Miguel Rios, Vladimir Marianov

, M. Gutierrez:
Survivable capacitated network design problem: new formulation and Lagrangean relaxation. 574-582 - Cou-Chen Wu, H.-L. Chen:

A consumer purchasing model with learning and departure behaviour. 583-591 - Hemant V. Kher:

Examination of flexibility acquisition policies in dual resource constrained job shops with simultaneous worker learning and forgetting effects. 592-601 - Ilkyeong Moon

, Edward A. Silver:
The multi-item newsvendor problem with a budget constraint and fixed ordering costs. 602-608 - Rasaratnam Logendran, V. Sirikrai:

Machine duplication and part subcontracting in the presence of alternative cell locations in manufacturing cell design. 609-624
- Quanling Wei, Hong Yan

, Jian Ma
, Zhiping Fan:
A compromise weight for multi-criteria group decision making with individual preference. 625-634 - B. C. Vasconcelos, M. P. Marques:

Reorder quantities for (Q, R) inventory models. 635-638
- Ruhul A. Sarker

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A note on production capacity planning and control in multi-stage manufacturing. 639-640 - Angappa Gunasekaran:

Reply to Sarker. 640-641 - J. B. Kidd, J. Leung:

A note with respect to Gregory and Lau's paper 'Logical soft systems modelling for information source analysis - the case of Hong Kong Telecom'. 642 - F. Gregory:

A reply to Kidd and Leung. 642-644 - A reply from Kidd (Leung, in absentia). 644-646

- Book Selection. 647-650

- JORS Referees 1999. 651-653

Volume 51, Number 6, June 2000
- Graham Rand:

A commentary on Wright MB (1991): Scheduling English cricket umpires. 655
- D. Mather:

A simulation model of the spread of Hepatitis C within a closed cohort. 656-665 - Malachy Carey

, S. Carville:
Testing schedule performance and reliability for train stations. 666-682 - Kjetil Fagerholt, Sverre Inge Heimdal, A. Loktu:

Shortest path in the presence of obstacles: An application to ocean shipping. 683-688 - James W. Bryant, C. K. Chin:

Integrating approaches to revitalise a church's mission strategy. 689-699 - Leroy White, Ann R. Taket:

Exploring the use of narrative analysis as an operational research method: A case study in voluntary sector evaluation. 700-711
- R. D. Hurrion:

A sequential method for the development of visual interactive meta-simulation models using neural networks. 712-719 - Victor V. Podinovski

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An extended maximin approach for decision analysis with uncontrollable factors. 720-728 - Jack Brimberg, Charles S. ReVelle:

The maximum return-on-investment plant location problem. 729-735 - Pedro Linares

, Carlos Romero:
A multiple criteria decision making approach for electricity planning in Spain: economic versus environmental objectives. 736-743
- Michael A. Pearson:

The incorporation of target performance measures and constrained optimisation in the newsboy problem. 744-754 - Moula Cherikh:

On the effect of centralisation on expected profits in a multi-location Newsboy problem. 755-761 - Timothy L. Urban:

Reorder level determination with serially-correlated demand. 762-768
- Book Selection. 769-772

- Corrigenda: On modelling poor quality costs in part manufacturing operation. 773-774

Volume 51, Number 7, July 2000
- R. Cuninghame-Greene:

Commentary on Lee A (1970): Supranational Operational Research. 775
- A. Khakee, A. Barbanente, D. Borri:

Expert and experiential knowledge in planning. 776-788 - Cláudia S. Sarrico, Robert G. Dyson

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Using DEA for planning in UK universities - an institutional perspective. 789-800 - J. M. Harris II, Hacer Özgen, Yasar A. Ozcan:

Do mergers enhance the performance of hospital efficiency? 801-811
- J. R. P. Townshend, H. S. Turner:

Analysing the effectiveness of Chlamydia screening. 812-824 - Kathryn A. Dowsland, Jonathan M. Thompson:

Solving a nurse scheduling problem with knapsacks, networks and tabu search. 825-833 - Kjetil Fagerholt, Marielle Christiansen:

A combined ship scheduling and allocation problem. 834-842 - María Jesús Mancebón, Cecilio Mar-Molinero:

Performance in primary schools. 843-854
- J. A. Bowers:

Multiple schedules and measures of resource constrained float. 855-862 - Ronald D. Baker:

How to correctly calculate discounted healthcare costs and benefits. 863-868
- Daming Lin, Ming Jian Zuo, Richard C. M. Yam, Max Q.-H. Meng:

Optimal system design considering warranty, periodic preventive maintenance, and minimal repair. 869-874 - Mohamed Ben-Daya

, Moncer Hariga:
Economic lot scheduling problem with imperfect production processes. 875-881
- Richard J. Ormerod, Michael C. Jackson

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Future Research on Coherent Pluralism: Courageous or Misguided? 882-886 - Danny C. Myers, Arthur B. Yeh:

Generating correlated random variables for a simulation model. 887-888 - Amy Hing Ling Lau, Hon-Shiang Lau:

A note on Snyder's simple proof that the inventory position is uniformly distributed in some (Q, R) Systems. 889-890 - Max Moullin:

The diet problem - or should it be the health problem? 890
- Book Selection. 891-893

Volume 51, Number 8, August 2000
- John Hough:

Commentary on Belton (1985): The use of a simple multi-criteria model to assist in selection from a shortlist. 895-896
- Chiang Kao, Shiang-Tai Liu:

Data envelopment analysis with missing data: an application to University libraries in Taiwan. 897-905 - John Ruggiero:

Nonparametric estimation of returns to scale in the public sector with an application to the provision of educational services. 906-912 - Bo K. Wong, Thomas Bodnovich, Vincent Siu-king Lai:

The use of cascade-correlation neural networks in University fund raising. 913-920
- J. Ben Atkinson:

Some related paradoxes of queuing theory: new cases and a unifying explanation. 921-935 - Q. B. Chung, Thomas R. Willemain, Robert M. O'Keefe:

Influence of model management systems on decision making: empirical evidence and implications. 936-948 - Paul N. Finlay, John M. Wilson:

A survey of contingency factors affecting the validation of end-user spreadsheet-based decision support systems. 949-958 - J. C. James, Saïd Salhi

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The location of protection devices on electrical tree networks: a heuristic approach. 959-970 - Maria Cruz López de los Mozos Martin, Juan A. Mesa:

Heuristics for multiple facility location in a network using the variance criterion. 971-981
- David Dyte, Stephen R. Clarke:

A ratings based Poisson model for World Cup soccer simulation. 993-998
- Zaid T. Balkhi:

On the optimal production stopping and restarting times for an EOQ model with deteriorating items. 999-1001 - Hong Yan, T. C. Edwin Cheng

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A Reply to Balkhi. 1001-1002 - Zaid T. Balkhi:

Response to Yan and Cheng. 1002-1003 - Hong Yan, T. C. Edwin Cheng

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Response to Balkhi's response. 1003
- Stafford Beer:

Roger Tatham Eddison: an appreciation. 1004-1007
Volume 51, Number 9, September 2000
- K. Brian Haley:

Commentary on Ackoff RL (1979): The future of OR is past; Resurrecting the future of OR. 1009
- T. Holt:

The future for Official Statistics. 1010-1019
- Maurice W. Kirby:

Spreading the gospel of management science: operational research in Iron and Steel, 1950-1970. 1020-1028
- K. Christodoulou, K. Vlahos:

Variable structure modelling of dynamic industry systems. 1029-1040 - T.-S. Jan, C.-G. Jan:

Development of weapon systems in developing countries: a case study of long range strategies in Taiwan. 1041-1050
- Andrew T. Brint:

Sequential inspection sampling to avoid failure critical items being in an at risk condition. 1051-1059 - Eija Koskivaara:

Artificial neural network models for predicting patterns in auditing monthly balances. 1060-1069
- Luis C. Dias

, João C. N. Clímaco:
Additive aggregation with variable interdependent parameters: the VIP analysis software. 1070-1082 - Sönke Hartmann:

Packing problems and project scheduling models: an integrating perspective. 1083-1092
- Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, George O. Wesolowsky:

Routing and location on a network with hazardous threats. 1093-1099 - Mohamed Haouari

, Talel Ladhari:
Minimising maximum lateness in a two-machine flowshop. 1100-1106
- F. R. Johnston, Ralph D. Snyder, Anne B. Koehler, J. Keith Ord:

Viewpoint and Respons. 1107-1110
Volume 51, Number 10, October 2000
50th Anniversary Paper
- F. R. Johnston:

Commentary on Burgin and Wild (1967): Stock control - experience and usable theory. 1111
- A. Gunasekaren, Douglas K. Macbeth, Richard Lamming:

Modelling and analysis of supply chain management systems: an editorial overview. 1112-1115 - Américo Lopes Azevedo

, Jorge Pinho de Sousa
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Order planning for networked make-to-order enterprises - a case study. 1116-1127 - Luitzen de Boer, Gerhard C. van Dijkhuizen, Jan Telgen:

A basis for modelling the costs of supplier selection: the economic tender quantity. 1128-1135 - Fred Janssen, Ton G. de Kok

, Frank A. Van der Duyn Schouten:
Approximate analysis of the delivery splitting model. 1136-1147 - Isabel H. Themido, Amílcar Arantes, Carla Fernandes, Alcibíades P. Guedes:

Logistic costs case study - an ABC approach. 1148-1157 - Nukala Viswanadham, N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan:

Performance analysis and design of supply chains: a Petri net approach. 1158-1169 - Cemal Dinçer, Bahar Deler:

On the distribution of throughput of transfer lines. 1170-1178 - K. K. Geetha, K. K. Achary:

Are more suppliers better?: generalising the Guo and Ganeshan procedure. 1179-1183 - Leo W. G. Strijbosch, Ruud M. J. Heuts, E. H. M. van der Schoot:

A combined forecast - inventory control procedure for spare parts. 1184-1192
- Sydney C. K. Chu, M. P. P. Ho, K. K. Y. Lee, H. P. Lo:

Nurses allocation models for maternal and child health services. 1193-1204
- Michael K. Ng:

Clustering methods for printed circuit board insertion problems. 1205-1211
- Book Selection. 1212-1215

Volume 51, Number 11, November 2000
- John Hough:

Commentary on Rosenhead JV (1978): An education in robustness. 1217
- W. Wang, Philip A. Scarf, M. A. J. Smith:

On the application of a model of condition-based maintenance. 1218-1227 - Ronald Korporaal, Ad Ridder

, Peter Kloprogge, Rommert Dekker
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An analytic model for capacity planning of prisons in the Netherlands. 1228-1237 - Antoon W. J. Kolen, Frits C. R. Spieksma:

Solving a bi-criterion cutting stock problem with open-ended demand: a case study. 1238-1247 - Ian D. Wilson

, Paul A. Roach
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Container stowage planning: a methodology for generating computerised solutions. 1248-1255
- John Mingers:

The contribution of critical realism as an underpinning philosophy for OR/MS and systems. 1256-1270 - Michael A. H. Dempster, N. Hicks Pedrón, Elena A. Medova, J. E. Scott, A. Sembos:

Planning logistics operations in the oil industry. 1271-1288 - Alberto Gómez, David de la Fuente:

Resolution of strip-packing problems with genetic algorithms. 1289-1295 - Baris Tan, Selçuk Karabati

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Modelling and scheduling of an asynchronous cyclic production line with multiple parts. 1296-1308 - Y.-F. Hung, K.-L. Chien:

A multi-class multi-level capacitated lot sizing model. 1309-1318 - Gang Hao

, Quanling Wei, Hong Yan
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A game theoretical model of DEA efficiency. 1319-1329
- Jatinder N. D. Gupta

, Johnny C. Ho
, Scott Webster:
Bicriteria optimisation of the makespan and mean flowtime on two identical parallel machines. 1330-1339 - Moncer A. Hariga:

Setup cost reduction in (Q, r) policy with lot size, setup time and lead-time interactions. 1340-1345
Volume 51, Number 12, September 2000
50th Anniversary Paper
- John C. Ranyard:

Commentary on Checkland (1985): Achieving 'desirable and feasible' change: an application of Soft Systems Methodology. 1347-1348
- Michael Pidd:

Looking backwards and forwards at the same time: an editorial overview. 1349-1351 - Gary Simpson, John S. Edwards

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Was it good for them? Reflections on the use of MENTOR and changes in course design using general performance measures. 1352-1358 - H. G. Daellenbach, Nicola Ward Petty:

Using MENTOR to teach systems thinking and OR methodology to first-year students in New Zealand. 1359-1366 - Peter C. Bell, Christoph Haehling von Lanzenauer:

Teaching objectives: the value of using cases in teaching operational research. 1367-1377 - James J. Cochran:

Introductory business OR cases: successful use of cases in introductory undergraduate business college operational research courses. 1378-1385 - A. French, Paul N. Finlay:

Strongarm arcade games: a case study in mathematical modelling. 1386-1398 - Andrew Martin:

An integrated introduction to spreadsheet and programming skills for operational research students. 1399-1408 - T.-S. Jan, C.-G. Jan:

Designing simulation software to facilitate learning of quantitative system dynamics skills: a case in Taiwan. 1409-1419 - Kenneth Chelst, Samuel E. Bodily:

Structured risk management: filling a gap in decision analysis education. 1420-1432 - C. Keller, J. Kros:

Teaching communication in an MBA operations research/management science course. 1433-1439 - Terry Williams, K. Dickson:

Teaching real-life OR to MSc students. 1440-1448

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