European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 181

Volume 181, Number 1, August 2007

Continuous Optimization

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  Shashi Kant Mishra, Shouyang Wang, Kin Keung Lai, F. M. Yang:
  Mixed symmetric duality in non-differentiable multiobjective mathematical programming. 1-9
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  Jan Brinkhuis:
  Descent: An optimization point of view on different fields. 10-19
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  José Miguel Díaz-Báñez, P. A. Ramos, P. Sabariego:
  The maximin line problem with regional demand. 20-29

Discrete Optimization

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  Mariam Tagmouti, Michel Gendreau, Jean-Yves Potvin:
  Arc routing problems with time-dependent service costs. 30-39
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  Lu Chen, Nathalie Bostel, Pierre Dejax, Jianguo Cai, Lifeng Xi:
  A tabu search algorithm for the integrated scheduling problem of container handling systems in a maritime terminal. 40-58
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  Martijn Mes, Matthieu van der Heijden, Aart van Harten:
  Comparison of agent-based scheduling to look-ahead heuristics for real-time transportation problems. 59-75
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  Xiuhong Chen, Jiangyu Yang:
  Symmetric duality for minimax multiobjective variational mixed integer programming problems with partial-invexity. 76-85
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  Shahram Shadrokh, Fereydoon Kianfar:
  A genetic algorithm for resource investment project scheduling problem, tardiness permitted with penalty. 86-101
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  Gwo-Ji Sheen, Lu-Wen Liao:
  A branch and bound algorithm for the one-machine scheduling problem with minimum and maximum time lags. 102-116
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  Carlo Filippi:
  On the bin packing problem with a fixed number of object weights. 117-126

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Natalie C. Simpson:
  Central versus local multiple stage inventory planning: An analysis of solutions. 127-138
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  Gary M. Thompson, Madeleine E. Pullman:
  Scheduling workforce relief breaks in advance versus in real-time. 139-155
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  Xiaodan Wu, Chao-Hsien Chu, Yunfeng Wang, Weili Yan:
  A genetic algorithm for cellular manufacturing design and layout. 156-167
• 
  Emmett J. Lodree Jr.:
  Advanced supply chain planning with mixtures of backorders, lost sales, and lost contract. 168-183
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  Horst Tempelmeier:
  On the stochastic uncapacitated dynamic single-item lotsizing problem with service level constraints. 184-194
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  Martin Josef Geiger:
  On operators and search space topology in multi-objective flow shop scheduling. 195-206
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  Jian Yang, Shitao Yang:
  The use of a premium-payment scheme in a supply chain involving capacity acquisition. 207-223
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  Stephen C. H. Leung, Sally O. S. Tsang, Wan-Lung Ng, Yue Wu:
  A robust optimization model for multi-site production planning problem in an uncertain environment. 224-238
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  Moncer A. Hariga, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari, Abdel-Rahman A. Mohamed:
  A joint optimisation model for inventory replenishment, product assortment, shelf space and display area allocation decisions. 239-251
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  Yusen Xia, Stephen M. Gilbert:
  Strategic interactions between channel structure and demand enhancing services. 252-265

Stochastics and Statistics

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  H. M. Soroush:
  Minimizing the weighted number of early and tardy jobs in a stochastic single machine scheduling problem. 266-287
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  Feng Zhang:
  An application of vector GARCH model in semiconductor demand planning. 288-297
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  Kensaku Kikuta, William H. Ruckle:
  Rendezvous search on a star graph with examination costs. 298-304

Decision Support

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  Lian-Ju Sun, Zi-You Gao:
  An equilibrium model for urban transit assignment based on game theory. 305-314
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  Scott L. Rosen, Catherine M. Harmonosky, Mark T. Traband:
  A simulation optimization method that considers uncertainty and multiple performance measures. 315-330
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  Gholam Reza Jahanshahloo, Hélcio Vieira Jr., F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Darush Akbarian:
  A new DEA ranking system based on changing the reference set. 331-337
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  C. Martin, Y. Ruperd, Michel Legret:
  Urban stormwater drainage management: The development of a multicriteria decision aid approach for best management practices. 338-349

O.R. Applications

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  Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gustav Feichtinger, Gernot Tragler, Vladimir M. Veliov:
  Cycles of violence: A dynamic control analysis. 350-361
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  Juan de Dios Tena, David Forrest:
  Within-season dismissal of football coaches: Statistical analysis of causes and consequences. 362-373
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  Konstantinos G. Kouskouras, Andreas C. Georgiou:
  A discrete event simulation model in the case of managing a software project. 374-389
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  Arianna Alfieri, Andrea Bianco, Paolo Brandimarte, Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini:
  Maximizing system lifetime in wireless sensor networks. 390-402
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  Alan C. Brent, David E. C. Rogers, Tsaletseng S. M. Ramabitsa-Siimane, Mark B. Rohwer:
  Application of the analytical hierarchy process to establish health care waste management systems that minimise infection risks in developing countries. 403-424

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Ayoe Hoff:
  Second stage DEA: Comparison of approaches for modelling the DEA score. 425-435
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  Michiel C. van Wezel, Rob Potharst:
  Improved customer choice predictions using ensemble methods. 436-452
• 
  Eleni T. Stavrou, Chris Charalambous, Stelios Spiliotis:
  Human resource management and performance: A neural network analysis. 453-467
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  Andranik Tangian:
  Analysis of the third European survey on working conditions with composite indicators. 468-499

Short Communications

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  Igor Averbakh, Zhihui Xue:
  On-line supply chain scheduling problems with preemption. 500-504
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  Denis Bouyssou, Marc Pirlot:
  Further results on concordance relations. 505-514
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  Kejia Chen, Ping Ji:
  A mixed integer programming model for advanced planning and scheduling (APS). 515-522

Section

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  Frank Plastria:
  S. Nickel and J. Puerto, Location Theory: A Unified Approach, Springer (2005) ISBN 3-540-24321-6 XXI+437p. 523-525

Volume 181, Number 2, September 2007

Continuous Optimization

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  Shu-Kai S. Fan, Erwie Zahara:
  A hybrid simplex search and particle swarm optimization for unconstrained optimization. 527-548
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  Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Kazuyuki Sekitani:
  The measurement of returns to scale under a simultaneous occurrence of multiple solutions in a reference set and a supporting hyperplane. 549-570
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  Javier M. Moguerza, Alberto Olivares, Francisco J. Prieto:
  A note on the use of vector barrier parameters for interior-point methods. 571-585
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  Victor V. Podinovski:
  Computation of efficient targets in DEA models with production trade-offs and weight restrictions. 586-591

Discrete Optimization

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  Bahram Alidaee, Fred W. Glover, Gary A. Kochenberger, Haibo Wang:
  Solving the maximum edge weight clique problem via unconstrained quadratic programming. 592-597
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  Robert Aboolian, Oded Berman, Dmitry Krass:
  Competitive facility location model with concave demand. 598-619
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  Bruno Escoffier, Vangelis Th. Paschos:
  Differential approximation of min sat. 620-633
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  Pedro M. Reyes, Gregory V. Frazier:
  Goal programming model for grocery shelf space allocation. 634-644
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  Byung-Cheon Choi, Suk-Hun Yoon, Sung-Jin Chung:
  Single machine scheduling problem with controllable processing times and resource dependent release times. 645-653
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  Hartmut Noltemeier, Joachim Spoerhase, Hans-Christoph Wirth:
  Multiple voting location and single voting location on trees. 654-667

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Chung-Yuan Dye, Tsu-Pang Hsieh, Liang-Yuh Ouyang:
  Determining optimal selling price and lot size with a varying rate of deterioration and exponential partial backlogging. 668-678
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  El Houssaine Aghezzaf, Mohamed Anouar Jamali, Daoud Ait-Kadi:
  An integrated production and preventive maintenance planning model. 679-685
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  Yong-Wu Zhou:
  A comparison of different quantity discount pricing policies in a two-echelon channel with stochastic and asymmetric demand information. 686-703
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  Henry Aigbedo:
  An assessment of the effect of mass customization on suppliers' inventory levels in a JIT supply chain. 704-715
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  Wooseung Jang, Dongwon Kim:
  Integrated production and allocation policies with one direct shipping option. 716-732
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  Mohammad Anwar Ashek Rahman, Bhaba R. Sarker:
  Supply chain models for an assembly system with preprocessing of raw materials. 733-752
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  Roger M. Hill, Mehdi Seifbarghy, David K. Smith:
  A two-echelon inventory model with lost sales. 753-766

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Subhash C. Narula, John F. Wellington:
  Multiple criteria linear regression. 767-772
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  Mohamed Naceur Azaiez, Vicki M. Bier:
  Optimal resource allocation for security in reliability systems. 773-786
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  Xeung W. Yi, Nam K. Kim, Bong K. Yoon, Kyung C. Chae:
  Analysis of the queue-length distribution for the discrete-time batch-service Geo. 787-792

Decision Support

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  Francisco J. André, Laura Riesgo:
  A non-interactive elicitation method for non-linear multiattribute utility functions: Theory and application to agricultural economics. 793-807
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  Mats Danielson, Love Ekenberg:
  Computing upper and lower bounds in interval decision trees. 808-816
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  Mitri Kitti, Harri Ehtamo:
  Analysis of the constraint proposal method for two-party negotiations. 817-827

Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Information Management

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  Toly Chen:
  Obtaining the optimal cache document replacement policy for the caching system of an EC website. 828-841
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  Young U. Ryu, R. Chandrasekaran, Varghese S. Jacob:
  Breast cancer prediction using the isotonic separation technique. 842-854
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  Kaushik Dutta, Debra E. VanderMeer, Anindya Datta, Pinar Keskinocak, Krithi Ramamritham:
  A fast method for discovering critical edge sequences in e-commerce catalogs. 855-871

O.R. Applications

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  Juan M. Hernández, Miguel León-Santana, Carmelo J. León:
  The role of the water temperature in the optimal management of marine aquaculture. 872-886
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  Marc Almiñana, Laureano F. Escudero, Juan F. Monge, Joaquín Sánchez-Soriano:
  On the enrouting protocol problem under uncertainty. 887-902
• 
  Lili Yang, Bryan F. Jones, Shuang-Hua Yang:
  A fuzzy multi-objective programming for optimization of fire station locations through genetic algorithms. 903-915
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  Stein-Erik Fleten, Trine Krogh Kristoffersen:
  Stochastic programming for optimizing bidding strategies of a Nordic hydropower producer. 916-928

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Sari Stenfors, Leena Tanner, Mikko Syrjänen, Tomi Seppälä, Ilkka Haapalinna:
  Executive views concerning decision support tools. 929-938
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  John Grznar, Sameer Prasad, Jasmine Tata:
  Neural networks and organizational systems: Modeling non-linear relationships. 939-955
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  Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, Angela Cristina Moreira da Silva, C. A. Knox Lovell:
  Avoiding infeasibility in DEA models with weight restrictions. 956-966
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  Jean J. Kong, Yue Kuen Kwok:
  Real options in strategic investment games between two asymmetric firms. 967-985

Short Communications

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  Andranik Tangian:
  Selecting predictors for traffic control by methods of the mathematical theory of democracy. 986-1003
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  Adriano O. Solis, Charles P. Schmidt:
  Stochastic leadtimes in a one-warehouse, N-retailer inventory system with the warehouse not carrying stock. 1004-1013

Sections

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  José Dias Figueiredo:
  Kees Van der Heijden, Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation (second ed.), Wiley (2005) ISBN 0470023686 January 18. 1014-1015

Volume 181, Number 3, September 2007

Feature Cluster: Decision Support for Telecommunications and Information Society

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  João C. N. Clímaco, Wieslaw Traczyk, Janusz Granat:
  Decision support for telecommunications and information society: Introduction. 1017-1018
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  Jacek Gondzio, Andreas Grothey:
  Solving non-linear portfolio optimization problems with the primal-dual interior point method. 1019-1029
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  Jerzy Blaszczynski, Salvatore Greco, Roman Slowinski:
  Multi-criteria classification - A new scheme for application of dominance-based decision rules. 1030-1044
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  João C. N. Clímaco, Marta M. B. Pascoal, José M. F. Craveirinha, M. Eugénia V. Captivo:
  Internet packet routing: Application of a K. 1045-1054
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  Teresa Gomes, José M. F. Craveirinha:
  Efficient calculation of the most reliable pair of link disjoint paths in telecommunication networks. 1055-1064

Feature Cluster: Challenges of Continuous Optimization in Theory and Applications

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  Mirjam Dür, Bülent Karasözen, Tamás Terlaky, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber:
  Challenges of Continuous Optimization in Theory and Applications. 1065-1068
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  Miguel A. Goberna, Soraya Gómez, Francisco Guerra, Maxim I. Todorov:
  Sensitivity analysis in linear semi-infinite programming: Perturbing cost and right-hand-side coefficients. 1069-1085
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  Boris T. Polyak:
  Newton's method and its use in optimization. 1086-1096
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  Tibor Illés, Marianna Nagy:
  A Mizuno-Todd-Ye type predictor-corrector algorithm for sufficient linear complementarity problems. 1097-1111
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  Sven-Åke Gustafson:
  Some continuous programming problems in numerical analysis. 1112-1125
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  María J. Cánovas, Marco A. López, Juan Parra, F. Javier Toledo:
  Sufficient conditions for total ill-posedness in linear semi-infinite optimization. 1126-1136
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  M. M. Ali:
  Differential evolution with preferential crossover. 1137-1147
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  Jutta Gebert, Nicole Radde, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber:
  Modeling gene regulatory networks with piecewise linear differential equations. 1148-1165
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  Elena N. Gryazina:
  The geometry and number of the root invariant regions for linear systems. 1166-1173
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  Vaida Bartkute, Leonidas Sakalauskas:
  Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation of nonsmooth functions. 1174-1188
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  Jiang Qian Ying, Huapu Lu, Jing Shi:
  An algorithm for local continuous optimization of traffic signals. 1189-1197
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  Gleb Beliakov, Kieran F. Lim:
  Challenges of continuous global optimization in molecular structure prediction. 1198-1213
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  Dmitrii Lozovanu, Stefan Pickl:
  Algorithms and the calculation of Nash equilibria for multi-objective control of time-discrete systems and polynomial-time algorithms for dynamic c. 1214-1232
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  Tatiana V. Tchemisova:
  Rigidity of abnormal extrema in nonlinear programming problems with equality and inequality constraints. 1233-1242

Feature Cluster: A Further Step in Decision Support Models for Energy Markets

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  Andrés Ramos, Ilan Adler:
  A further step in decision support models for energy markets. 1243-1244
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  Adela Pagès, Narcís Nabona:
  A heuristic for the long-term electricity generation planning problem using the Bloom and Gallant formulation. 1245-1264
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  Derek W. Bunn, Fernando S. Oliveira:
  Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets. 1265-1278
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  Jian Yao, Shmuel S. Oren, Ilan Adler:
  Two-settlement electricity markets with price caps and Cournot generation firms. 1279-1296
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  Derk J. Swider, Christoph Weber:
  Bidding under price uncertainty in multi-unit pay-as-bid procurement auctions for power systems reserve. 1297-1308
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  Lizhi Wang, Mainak Mazumdar, Matthew D. Bailey, Jorge Valenzuela:
  Oligopoly models for market price of electricity under demand uncertainty and unit reliability. 1309-1321
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  S. López de Haro, P. Sánchez Martín, J. E. de la Hoz Ardiz, J. Fernández Caro:
  Estimating conjectural variations for electricity market models. 1322-1338
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  Jesús M. Latorre, Santiago Cerisola, Andrés Ramos:
  Clustering algorithms for scenario tree generation: Application to natural hydro inflows. 1339-1353
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  Javier García-González, Ernesto Parrilla, Alicia Mateo:
  Risk-averse profit-based optimal scheduling of a hydro-chain in the day-ahead electricity market. 1354-1369
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  Chuangyin Dang, Minqiang Li:
  A floating-point genetic algorithm for solving the unit commitment problem. 1370-1395
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  O. Daxhelet, Yves Smeers:
  The EU regulation on cross-border trade of electricity: A two-stage equilibrium model. 1396-1412
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  Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins, Maria Karla Vervloet Sollero, Guilherme Marques Calôba, Angela Cristina Moreira da Silva:
  Integrating the regulatory and utility firm perspectives, when measuring the efficiency of electricity distribution. 1413-1424

Feature Cluster: Managing Uncertainty in Decision Support Models

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  Carlos Henggeler Antunes, Luis C. Dias:
  Managing uncertainty in decision support models. 1425-1426
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  Onur Aköz, Dobrila Petrovic:
  A fuzzy goal programming method with imprecise goal hierarchy. 1427-1433
• 
  Carla Oliveira Henriques, Carlos Henggeler Antunes:
  Multiple objective linear programming models with interval coefficients - an illustrated overview. 1434-1463
• 
  João Paulo Costa:
  Computing non-dominated solutions in MOLFP. 1464-1475
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  Enrique Ballestero, Markus Günther, David Pla-Santamaria, Christian Stummer:
  Portfolio selection under strict uncertainty: A multi-criteria methodology and its application to the Frankfurt and Vienna Stock Exchanges. 1476-1487
• 
  Juuso Liesiö, Pekka Mild, Ahti Salo:
  Preference programming for robust portfolio modeling and project selection. 1488-1505
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  Sarah Ben Amor, Khaled Jabeur, Jean-Marc Martel:
  Multiple criteria aggregation procedure for mixed evaluations. 1506-1515
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  Manuel A. Matos:
  Decision under risk as a multicriteria problem. 1516-1529
• 
  Ignacio Contreras, Amparo M. Mármol:
  A lexicographical compromise method for multiple criteria group decision problems with imprecise information. 1530-1539
• 
  Masahiro Inuiguchi, Takuya Miyajima:
  Rough set based rule induction from two decision tables. 1540-1553
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  A. Sanchis, María Jesús Segovia, J. A. Gil, Antonio J. Heras, J. L. Vilar:
  Rough Sets and the role of the monetary policy in financial stability (macroeconomic problem) and the prediction of insolvency in insurance sector (microeconomic problem). 1554-1573
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  O. Flaten, Gudbrand Lien:
  Stochastic utility-efficient programming of organic dairy farms. 1574-1583
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  Gudbrand Lien, S. Størdal, J. Brian Hardaker, L. J. Asheim:
  Risk aversion and optimal forest replanting: A stochastic efficiency study. 1584-1592
• 
  Michael Pearson:
  Goodwill hunting and profit sharing: Decision-making in a newspaper chain. 1593-1606
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  Antonio Roberto Balbo, Edméa Cássia Baptista, Marcos Nereu Arenales:
  An adaptation of the dual-affine interior point method for the surface flatness problem. 1607-1616

Feature Cluster: Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization

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  Carlos A. Coello Coello, Arturo Hernández Aguirre, Eckart Zitzler:
  Evolutionary multi-objective optimization. 1617-1619
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  Frank Neumann:
  Expected runtimes of a simple evolutionary algorithm for the multi-objective minimum spanning tree problem. 1620-1629
• 
  Pradyumn Kumar Shukla, Kalyanmoy Deb:
  On finding multiple Pareto-optimal solutions using classical and evolutionary generating methods. 1630-1652
• 
  Nicola Beume, Boris Naujoks, Michael T. M. Emmerich:
  SMS-EMOA: Multiobjective selection based on dominated hypervolume. 1653-1669
• 
  Hernán E. Aguirre, Kiyoshi Tanaka:
  Working principles, behavior, and performance of MOEAs on MNK-landscapes. 1670-1690
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  Carlos E. Mariano-Romero, Víctor Alcocer-Yamanaka, Eduardo F. Morales:
  Multi-objective optimization of water-using systems. 1691-1707
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  Hiroyuki Sato, Hernán E. Aguirre, Kiyoshi Tanaka:
  Local dominance and local recombination in MOEAs on 0/1 multiobjective knapsack problems. 1708-1723