European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 246

Volume 246, Number 1, October 2015

Invited Review

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  John Mingers, Loet Leydesdorff:
  A review of theory and practice in scientometrics. 1-19

Discrete Optimization

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  Haitao Li, Norman Keith Womer:
  Solving stochastic resource-constrained project scheduling problems by closed-loop approximate dynamic programming. 20-33
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  Ahmed Ghoniem, Farbod Farhadi, Mohammad Reihaneh:
  An accelerated branch-and-price algorithm for multiple-runway aircraft sequencing problems. 34-43
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  Salvador Flores:
  SOCP relaxation bounds for the optimal subset selection problem applied to robust linear regression. 44-50
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  Hao-Chun Lu, Yao-Huei Huang:
  An efficient genetic algorithm with a corner space algorithm for a cutting stock problem in the TFT-LCD industry. 51-65

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Xiao Jun Wang, Shiu Hong Choi:
  Stochastic lot sizing manufacturing under the ETS system for maximisation of shareholder wealth. 66-75
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  Xu Chen, Youyi Feng, Matthew F. Keblis, Jianjun Xu:
  Optimal inventory policy for two substitutable products with customer service objectives. 76-85
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  José Fernando Gonçalves, Mauricio G. C. Resende:
  A biased random-key genetic algorithm for the unequal area facility layout problem. 86-107
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  Pin-Shou Ting:
  Comments on the EOQ model for deteriorating items with conditional trade credit linked to order quantity in the supply chain management. 108-118

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Hsiuying Wang, Longcheen Huwang, Jeng Hung Yu:
  Multivariate control charts based on the James-Stein estimator. 119-127
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  Gábor Horváth:
  Efficient analysis of the MMAP[K]/PH[K]/1 priority queue. 128-139
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  Márcio Poletti Laurini, Alberto Ohashi:
  A noisy principal component analysis for forward rate curves. 140-153

Decision Support

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  N. K. Sreeja, A. Sankar:
  Ant colony optimization based binary search for efficient point pattern matching in images. 154-169
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  D. D. Sierag, G. M. Koole, Robert D. van der Mei, J. I. van der Rest, Bert Zwart:
  Revenue management under customer choice behaviour with cancellations and overbooking. 170-185
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  Elisangela Martins de Sá, Iván A. Contreras, Jean-François Cordeau:
  Exact and heuristic algorithms for the design of hub networks with multiple lines. 186-198
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  John N. Tsitsiklis, Yunjian Xu:
  Pricing of fluctuations in electricity markets. 199-208
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  Min Yang, Yongjun Li, Liang Liang:
  A generalized equilibrium efficient frontier data envelopment analysis approach for evaluating DMUs with fixed-sum outputs. 209-217
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  Ana Belen Ruiz, Karthik Sindhya, Kaisa Miettinen, Francisco Ruiz, Mariano Luque:
  E-NAUTILUS: A decision support system for complex multiobjective optimization problems based on the NAUTILUS method. 218-231

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Stefan Lang, Winfried J. Steiner, Anett Weber, Peter Wechselberger:
  Accommodating heterogeneity and nonlinearity in price effects for predicting brand sales and profits. 232-241
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  Ding Ding, Mabel C. Chou:
  Stowage planning for container ships: A heuristic algorithm to reduce the number of shifts. 242-249
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  Sihan Ding, Ger Koole, Robert D. van der Mei:
  On the estimation of the true demand in call centers with redials and reconnects. 250-262
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  Dong Yang, Roger Jianxin Jiao, Yangjian Ji, Gang Du, Petri Helo, Anna Valente:
  Joint optimization for coordinated configuration of product families and supply chains by a leader-follower Stackelberg game. 263-280
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  Peter M. Kort, Stefan Wrzaczek:
  Optimal firm growth under the threat of entry. 281-292
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  Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Bissan Ghaddar, Ernesto Arandia, Bradley Eck:
  Simulation-optimization approaches for water pump scheduling and pipe replacement problems. 293-306

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Hirofumi Fukuyama, Rashed Khanjani Shiraz:
  Cost-effectiveness measures on convex and nonconvex technologies. 307-319
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  Mohammad E. Nikoofal, Jun Zhuang:
  On the value of exposure and secrecy of defense system: First-mover advantage vs. robustness. 320-330
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  Sebastian Utz, Maximilian Wimmer, Ralph E. Steuer:
  Tri-criterion modeling for constructing more-sustainable mutual funds. 331-338

Short Communication

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  R. K. Amit, Peeyush Mehta, Rajeev R. Tripathi:
  Optimal shelf-space stocking policy using stochastic dominance under supply-driven demand uncertainty. 339-342

Corrigendum

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  Herminia I. Calvete, Carmen Galé, José A. Iranzo:
  Corrigendum to "An efficient evolutionary algorithm for the ring star problem" [Calvete et al. European J. of Operational Research, 231 (2013), 22-33]. 343

Volume 246, Number 2, October 2015

Invited Review

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  Ali Allahverdi:
  The third comprehensive survey on scheduling problems with setup times/costs. 345-378

Discrete Optimization

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  Carolin Kellenbrink, Stefan Helber:
  Scheduling resource-constrained projects with a flexible project structure. 379-391
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  Alexandre Salles da Cunha, Luidi Simonetti, Abilio Lucena:
  Optimality cuts and a branch-and-cut algorithm for the K-rooted mini-max spanning forest problem. 392-399
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  Nadia Lahrichi, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Michel Gendreau, Walter Rei, Gloria Cerasela Crisan, Thibaut Vidal:
  An integrative cooperative search framework for multi-decision-attribute combinatorial optimization: Application to the MDPVRP. 400-412
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  Jose M. Framiñan, Paz Perez-Gonzalez:
  On heuristic solutions for the stochastic flowshop scheduling problem. 413-420
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  Walter J. Gutjahr:
  Bi-Objective Multi-Mode Project Scheduling Under Risk Aversion. 421-434

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Christos Zikopoulos, George Tagaras:
  Reverse supply chains: Effects of collection network and returns classification on profitability. 435-449
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  Wilko Bolt, David Humphrey:
  A frontier measure of U.S. banking competition. 450-461
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  Sebastian Vogel, Herbert Meyr:
  Decentral allocation planning in multi-stage customer hierarchies. 462-470
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  Tatyana Chernonog, Tal Avinadav, Tal Ben-Zvi:
  Pricing and sales-effort investment under bi-criteria in a supply chain of virtual products involving risk. 471-475

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Mei Choi Chiu, Hoi Ying Wong, Jing Zhao:
  Commodity derivatives pricing with cointegration and stochastic covariances. 476-486
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  Kuo-Hao Chang:
  A direct search method for unconstrained quantile-based simulation optimization. 487-495
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  Geoffrey Pritchard:
  Stochastic inflow modeling for hydropower scheduling problems. 496-504

Decision Support

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  Rudolf Berghammer, Henning Schnoor:
  Control of Condorcet voting: Complexity and a Relation-Algebraic approach. 505-516
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  Francesca Beccacece, Emanuele Borgonovo, Greg Buzzard, Alessandra Cillo, Stanley Zionts:
  Elicitation of multiattribute value functions through high dimensional model representations: Monotonicity and interactions. 517-527
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  Taras Bodnar, Nestor Parolya, Wolfgang Schmid:
  On the exact solution of the multi-period portfolio choice problem for an exponential utility under return predictability. 528-542
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  Eleftherios Siskos, Nikos Tsotsolas:
  Elicitation of criteria importance weights through the Simos method: A robustness concern. 543-553
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  Isabel M. Horta, Ana S. Camanho:
  A nonparametric methodology for evaluating convergence in a multi-input multi-output setting. 554-561
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  Wei Wang, Wenbin Liu, John Mingers:
  A systemic method for organisational stakeholder identification and analysis using Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). 562-574
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  Suresh Chandra, Abha Aggarwal:
  On solving matrix games with pay-offs of triangular fuzzy numbers: Certain observations and generalizations. 575-581

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Marek Latuszko, Radoslaw Pytlak:
  Methods for solving the mean query execution time minimization problem. 582-596
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  Julien Guépet, Rodrigo Acuna-Agost, Olivier Briant, Jean-Philippe Gayon:
  Exact and heuristic approaches to the airport stand allocation problem. 597-608
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  Francisco Silva Pinto, José Rui Figueira, Rui Cunha Marques:
  A multi-objective approach with soft constraints for water supply and wastewater coverage improvements. 609-618
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  Alessandro Staino, Emilio Russo:
  A moment-matching method to generate arbitrage-free scenarios. 619-630
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  Valeria Borodin, Jean Bourtembourg, Faicel Hnaien, Nacima Labadie:
  A multi-step rolled forward chance-constrained model and a proactive dynamic approach for the wheat crop quality control problem. 631-640
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  François Gilbert, Miguel F. Anjos, Patrice Marcotte, Gilles Savard:
  Optimal design of bilateral contracts for energy procurement. 641-650
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  Luis Moreno-Izquierdo, A. Ramón-Rodríguez, J. Perles Ribes:
  The impact of the internet on the pricing strategies of the European low cost airlines. 651-660
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  Philippe De Bruecker, Jorne Van den Bergh, Jeroen Beliën, Erik Demeulemeester:
  A model enhancement heuristic for building robust aircraft maintenance personnel rosters with stochastic constraints. 661-673
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  Miguel Camacho-Collados, Federico Liberatore, José Miguel Angulo:
  A multi-criteria Police Districting Problem for the efficient and effective design of patrol sector. 674-684

Volume 246, Number 3, November 2015

Editorial

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  Roman Slowinski:
  Editors' Awards for Excellence in Reviewing 2015. 685

Invited Review

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  Hojung Shin, Soohoon Park, Euncheol Lee, W. C. Benton:
  A classification of the literature on the planning of substitutable products. 686-699

Continuous Optimization

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  Anuj Sharma, Vanita Verma, Prabhjot Kaur, Kalpana Dahiya:
  An iterative algorithm for two level hierarchical time minimization transportation problem. 700-707
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  Archis Ghate:
  Circumventing the Slater conundrum in countably infinite linear programs. 708-720
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  Erik Alex Papa Quiroz, Lennin Mallma Ramirez, P. Roberto Oliveira:
  An inexact proximal method for quasiconvex minimization. 721-729

Discrete Optimization

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  Tino Henke, M. Grazia Speranza, Gerhard Wäscher:
  The multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with flexible compartment sizes. 730-743
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  Joanna Berlinska:
  Scheduling for data gathering networks with data compression. 744-749
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  Chao Gao, Xin Yao, Thomas Weise, Jinlong Li:
  An efficient local search heuristic with row weighting for the unicost set covering problem. 750-761
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  Seyyed-Mohammadreza Hosseininasab, Seyyed-Nader Shetab-Boushehri:
  Integration of selecting and scheduling urban road construction projects as a time-dependent discrete network design problem. 762-771
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  José Luis Espinosa-Aranda, Ricardo García-Ródenas, María del Carmen Ramírez-Flores, María Luz López-García, Eusebio Angulo:
  High-speed railway scheduling based on user preferences. 772-786
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  Lotte Berghman, Roel Leus:
  Practical solutions for a dock assignment problem with trailer transportation. 787-799
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  Gintaras Palubeckis:
  Fast local search for single row facility layout. 800-814

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Chun-Hung Chiu, Tsan-Ming Choi, Gang Hao, Xun Li:
  Innovative menu of contracts for coordinating a supply chain with multiple mean-variance retailers. 815-826
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  Takamichi Hosoda, Stephen M. Disney, Srinagesh Gavirneni:
  The impact of information sharing, random yield, correlation, and lead times in closed loop supply chains. 827-836
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  Xuan Zhao, Wei Xing, Liming Liu, Shouyang Wang:
  Demand information and spot price information: Supply chains trading in spot markets. 837-849
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  Shuaian Wang:
  Optimal sequence of container ships in a string. 850-857

Decision Support

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  Jiapeng Liu, Xiuwu Liao, Jian-Bo Yang:
  A group decision-making approach based on evidential reasoning for multiple criteria sorting problem with uncertainty. 858-873
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  Walid W. Nasr, Bacel Maddah:
  Continuous (s, S) policy with MMPP correlated demand. 874-885
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  Chao Fu, Jian-Bo Yang, Shanlin Yang:
  A group evidential reasoning approach based on expert reliability. 886-893
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  Marieke Musegaas, Peter E. M. Borm, Marieke Quant:
  Step out-Step in sequencing games. 894-906
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  Ruwen Qin, Elizabeth A. Cudney, Zlatan Hamzic:
  An optimal plan of zero-defect single-sampling by attributes for incoming inspections in assembly lines. 907-915

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Hani Ibrahim Mesak, Abdullahel Bari, Qin Lian:
  Pulsation in a competitive model of advertising-firm's cost interaction. 916-926
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  Sébastien Destercke, Marie-Hélène Masson, Michael Poss:
  Cautious label ranking with label-wise decomposition. 927-935
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  Majid Soleimani-Damaneh, Amin Mostafaee:
  Identification of the anchor points in FDH models. 936-943

Short Communications

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  Gebhard Geiger:
  Risk pricing in a non-expected utility framework. 944-948
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  Tal Avinadav, Tatyana Chernonog, Yael Perlman:
  Consignment contract for mobile apps between a single retailer and competitive developers with different risk attitudes. 949-957