European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223

Volume 223, Number 1, November 2012

Invited Review

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  Ian N. Durbach, Theodor J. Stewart:
  Modeling uncertainty in multi-criteria decision analysis. 1-14

Discrete Optimization

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  John D. Lamb:
  Variable neighbourhood structures for cycle location problems. 15-26
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  Wenbin Zhu, Weili Huang, Andrew Lim:
  A prototype column generation strategy for the multiple container loading problem. 27-39
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  Han Hoogeveen, Christophe Lenté, Vincent T'kindt:
  Rescheduling for new orders on a single machine with setup times. 40-46
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  Jaemyung Ahn, Olivier L. de Weck, Yue Geng, Diego Klabjan:
  Column generation based heuristics for a generalized location routing problem with profits arising in space exploration. 47-59
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  Brenda Cheang, Xiang Gao, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin, Wenbin Zhu:
  Multiple pickup and delivery traveling salesman problem with last-in-first-out loading and distance constraints. 60-75

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Yong-Wu Zhou, Yuanguang Zhong, Jicai Li:
  An uncooperative order model for items with trade credit, inventory-dependent demand and limited displayed-shelf space. 76-85
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  Xun Wang, Stephen M. Disney, Jing Wang:
  Stability analysis of constrained inventory systems with transportation delay. 86-95
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  Qiang Meng, Tingsong Wang, Shuaian Wang:
  Short-term liner ship fleet planning with container transshipment and uncertain container shipment demand. 96-105

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Juan He, Xianglin Jiang, Jian Wang, Daoli Zhu, Lei Zhen:
  VaR methods for the dynamic impawn rate of steel in inventory financing under autocorrelative return. 106-115
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  Chien-Wei Wu:
  An efficient inspection scheme for variables based on Taguchi capability index. 116-122
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  Herwig Bruneel, Willem Mélange, Bart Steyaert, Dieter Claeys, Joris Walraevens:
  A two-class discrete-time queueing model with two dedicated servers and global FCFS service discipline. 123-132

Decision Support

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  Olivier Cailloux, Patrick Meyer, Vincent Mousseau:
  Eliciting Electre Tri category limits for a group of decision makers. 133-140
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  Xufeng Zhao, Toshio Nakagawa:
  Optimization problems of replacement first or last in reliability theory. 141-149
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  Feng Yang, Jingang Liu:
  Simulation-based transfer function modeling for transient analysis of general queueing systems. 150-166
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  Chao Fu, Shanlin Yang:
  An evidential reasoning based consensus model for multiple attribute group decision analysis problems with interval-valued group consensus requirements. 167-176
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  Raquel J. Fonseca, Berç Rustem:
  International portfolio management with affine policies. 177-187
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  Julio Carmona, Angel León, Antoni Vaello-Sebastià:
  Does stock return predictability affect ESO fair value? 188-202

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  João Manuel Coutinho-Rodrigues, Lino Tralhão, Luís Alçada-Almeida:
  A bi-objective modeling approach applied to an urban semi-desirable facility location problem. 203-213
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  Marijn Verschelde, Nicky Rogge:
  An environment-adjusted evaluation of citizen satisfaction with local police effectiveness: Evidence from a conditional Data Envelopment Analysis approach. 214-225
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  Sophocles N. Brissimis, Panagiotis D. Zervopoulos:
  Developing a step-by-step effectiveness assessment model for customer-oriented service organizations. 226-233
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  Gino J. Lim, Shabnam Zangeneh, M. Reza Baharnemati, Tiravat Assavapokee:
  A capacitated network flow optimization approach for short notice evacuation planning. 234-245
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  Qunfang Bao, Shenghong Li, Donggeng Gong:
  Pricing VXX option with default risk and positive volatility skew. 246-255

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Elmar Lukas, Jeffrey J. Reuer, Andreas Welling:
  Earnouts in mergers and acquisitions: A game-theoretic option pricing approach. 256-263
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  Jussi Kangaspunta, Juuso Liesiö, Ahti Salo:
  Cost-efficiency analysis of weapon system portfolios. 264-275
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  Sara H. Elgazzar, Nicoleta S. Tipi, Nick J. Hubbard, David Z. Leach:
  Linking supply chain processes' performance to a company's financial strategic objectives. 276-289

Short Communication

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  Mehmet Önal, Wilco van den Heuvel, Tieming Liu:
  A note on "The economic lot sizing problem with inventory bounds". 290-294

Volume 223, Number 2, December 2012

Invited Review

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  Niels A. H. Agatz, Alan L. Erera, Martin W. P. Savelsbergh, Xing Wang:
  Optimization for dynamic ride-sharing: A review. 295-303

Continuous Optimization

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  César Gutiérrez, Bienvenido Jiménez, Vicente Novo:
  Improvement sets and vector optimization. 304-311
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  Oliver Stein:
  How to solve a semi-infinite optimization problem. 312-320
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  Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee:
  An ellipsoidal distance-based search strategy of ants for nonlinear single and multiple response optimization problems. 321-332

Discrete Optimization

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  Eranda Çela, Vladimir G. Deineko, Gerhard J. Woeginger:
  The x-and-y-axes travelling salesman problem. 333-345
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  Emrah Demir, Tolga Bektas, Gilbert Laporte:
  An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Pollution-Routing Problem. 346-359
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  Pascal Benchimol, Guy Desaulniers, Jacques Desrosiers:
  Stabilized dynamic constraint aggregation for solving set partitioning problems. 360-371

Decision Support

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  John Kleppe, Peter Borm, Ruud Hendrickx:
  Fall back equilibrium. 372-379
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  Claudius Steinhardt, Jochen Gönsch:
  Integrated revenue management approaches for capacity control with planned upgrades. 380-391
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  Ion Georgiou:
  Messing about in transformations: Structured systemic planning for systemic solutions to systemic problems. 392-406
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  Tadeusz Radzik:
  A new look at the role of players' weights in the weighted Shapley value. 407-416
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  Petra Groselj, Lidija Zadnik Stirn:
  Acceptable consistency of aggregated comparison matrices in analytic hierarchy process. 417-420
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  Deng-Feng Li:
  A fast approach to compute fuzzy values of matrix games with payoffs of triangular fuzzy numbers. 421-429
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  Yan Dong, Kefeng Xu, Philip T. Evers:
  Transshipment incentive contracts in a multi-level supply chain. 430-440
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  Chi Man Leung, Yue Kuen Kwok:
  Patent-investment games under asymmetric information. 441-451
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  Ruhollah Heydari, Emanuel Melachrinoudis:
  Location of a semi-obnoxious facility with elliptic maximin and network minisum objectives. 452-460
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  Zhen-Yu Chen, Zhi-Ping Fan, Minghe Sun:
  A hierarchical multiple kernel support vector machine for customer churn prediction using longitudinal behavioral data. 461-472
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  Gerhard Aust, Udo Buscher:
  Vertical cooperative advertising and pricing decisions in a manufacturer-retailer supply chain: A game-theoretic approach. 473-482
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  Feng Yang, Sheng Ang, Qiong Xia, Chenchen Yang:
  Ranking DMUs by using interval DEA cross efficiency matrix with acceptability analysis. 483-488

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Tsung-Sheng Chang, Hui-Mei Yen:
  City-courier routing and scheduling problems. 489-498
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  Marcel Turkensteen, Andreas Klose:
  Demand dispersion and logistics costs in one-to-many distribution systems. 499-507
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  Elin E. Halvorsen-Weare, Kjetil Fagerholt, Lars Magne Nonås, Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett:
  Optimal fleet composition and periodic routing of offshore supply vessels. 508-517
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  Peter Grundke, Simone Polle:
  Crisis and risk dependencies. 518-528
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  WenBin Liu, Wei Meng, John Mingers, Ning Tang, Wei Wang:
  Developing a performance management system using soft systems methodology: A Chinese case study. 529-540
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  Carla Haelermans, Kristof De Witte:
  The role of innovations in secondary school performance - Evidence from a conditional efficiency model. 541-549
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  Theodoros Skevas, Alfons Oude Lansink, Spiro E. Stefanou:
  Measuring technical efficiency in the presence of pesticide spillovers and production uncertainty: The case of Dutch arable farms. 550-559
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  R. Belaid, Vincent T'kindt, Carl Esswein:
  Scheduling batches in flowshop with limited buffers in the shampoo industry. 560-572
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  Antoine Sauré, Jonathan Patrick, Scott Tyldesley, Martin L. Puterman:
  Dynamic multi-appointment patient scheduling for radiation therapy. 573-584

Volume 223, Number 3, December 2012

Invited Review

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  Christopher S. Tang, Sean X. Zhou:
  Research advances in environmentally and socially sustainable operations. 585-594

Discrete Optimization

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  Yang Wang, Zhipeng Lü, Fred W. Glover, Jin-Kao Hao:
  Path relinking for unconstrained binary quadratic programming. 595-604
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  Zhengwen He, Renjing Liu, Tao Jia:
  Metaheuristics for multi-mode capital-constrained project payment scheduling. 605-613
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  Sadan Kulturel-Konak:
  A linear programming embedded probabilistic tabu search for the unequal-area facility layout problem with flexible bays. 614-625
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  Ralf Sprenger, Lars Mönch:
  A methodology to solve large-scale cooperative transportation planning problems. 626-636
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  Éric Duchêne, Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Semet:
  The undirected m-Capacitated Peripatetic Salesman Problem. 637-643

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Walid Klibi, Alain Martel:
  Scenario-based Supply Chain Network risk modeling. 644-658
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  Ming Dong, Fenglan He:
  A new continuous model for multiple re-entrant manufacturing systems. 659-668
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  Joaquín Bautista, Alberto Cano, Rocío Alfaro:
  Models for MMSP-W considering workstation dependencies: A case study of Nissan's Barcelona plant. 669-679
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  Uday S. Karmarkar, Kumar Rajaram:
  Aggregate production planning for process industries under oligopolistic competition. 680-689
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  Clemens Löffler, Thomas Pfeiffer, Georg Schneider:
  Controlling for supplier switching in the presence of real options and asymmetric information. 690-700

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Jun Fu, Hailiang Yang:
  Equilibruim approach of asset pricing under Lévy process. 701-708
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  Shing Chih Tsai, I-Hao Chu:
  Controlled multistage selection procedures for comparison with a standard. 709-721
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  Hideo Hirose:
  Estimation of the number of failures in the Weibull model using the ordinary differential equation. 722-731

Decision Support

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  José L. Ruiz, Inmaculada Sirvent:
  On the DEA total weight flexibility and the aggregation in cross-efficiency evaluations. 732-738
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  Christian Wernz, Abhijit Deshmukh:
  Unifying temporal and organizational scales in multiscale decision-making. 739-751
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  Hirofumi Amatatsu, Tohru Ueda:
  Measurement of simultaneous scale and mix changes in inputs and outputs using DEA facets and RTS. 752-761

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Harish S. Bhat, Nitesh Kumar:
  Option pricing under a normal mixture distribution derived from the Markov tree model. 762-774
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  Yu-Wang Chen, Ser-Huang Poon, Jian-Bo Yang, Dong-Ling Xu, Dongxu Zhang, Simon Acomb:
  Belief rule-based system for portfolio optimisation with nonlinear cash-flows and constraints. 775-784
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  Mei Choi Chiu, Hoi Ying Wong:
  Mean-variance asset-liability management: Cointegrated assets and insurance liability. 785-793
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  Sarah G. Nurre, Burak Çavdaroglu, John E. Mitchell, Thomas C. Sharkey, William A. Wallace:
  Restoring infrastructure systems: An integrated network design and scheduling (INDS) problem. 794-806

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Juani Swart, John Powell:
  An analytical theory of knowledge behaviour in networks. 807-817
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  Luiza Badin, Cinzia Daraio, Léopold Simar:
  How to measure the impact of environmental factors in a nonparametric production model. 818-833
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  John D. Lamb, Kai-Hong Tee:
  Resampling DEA estimates of investment fund performance. 834-841

Short Communication

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  Moawia Alghalith:
  Forward dynamic utility functions: A new model and new results. 842-845