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October 1977, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 181-190 Analysis of Simulation-Generated Responses using Autoregressive Models
by D. A. Hsu & J. S. Hunter - 191-199 Successful Information System Development Projects
by Bert Debrabander & Anders Edström - 200-209 Dynamic Programming Models of the Nonserial Critical Path-Cost Problem
by Augustine O. Esogbue & Barry R. Marks - 210-216 Means and Variances of Stochastic Vector Products with Applications to Random Linear Models
by Gerald G. Brown & Herbert C. Rutemiller - 217-223 Maximum Throughput in Finite-Capacity Open Queueing Networks with Product-Form Solutions
by Paul J. Schweitzer - 224-229 Probabilistic Weights in the One-Dimensional Facility Location Problem
by George O. Wesolowsky - 230-234 Minimising the Maximum Penalty in the Two-Machine Flow Shop
by W. Townsend - 235-237 Note--A Note on "Comparison of Computer Algorithms and Visual Based Methods for Plant Layout" by M. Scriabin and R. C. Vergin
by T. E. Block - 238-238 "Linear Multiparametric Programming by Multicriteria Simplex Method": Errata
by P. L. Yu & Milan Zeleny - 239-240 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
September 1977, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-34 Exceptional Paper--Design and Implementation of Large Scale Primal Transshipment Algorithms
by Gordon H. Bradley & Gerald G. Brown & Glenn W. Graves - 35-43 Optimization of Petroleum and Natural Gas Production--A Survey
by E. J. Durrer & G. E. Slater - 44-58 The Application of Behavioral and Philosophical Technologies to Strategic Planning: A Case Study of a Large Federal Agency
by Ian I. Mitroff & Vincent P. Barabba & Ralph H. Kilmann - 59-70 A Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Check Sorting
by Frederic H. Murphy & Edward A. Stohr - 71-81 A Diffusion Approximation Solution for a Repairman Problem with Two Types of Failure
by D. P. Gaver & J. P. Lehoczky - 82-90 On Ordering Perishable Inventory when Both Demand and Lifetime are Random
by Steven Nahmias - 91-104 Heuristic 0-1 Linear Programming: An Experimental Comparison of Three Methods
by Stelios H. Zanakis - 105-107 Note--Effects of Substituting a Linear Goal for a Fractional Goal in the Goal Programming Problem
by Edward L. Hannan - 107-112 Note--Plant Layout: Computers Versus Humans
by Denis R. Coleman - 113-114 Communication--Modelling Library Collections
by A. Sandison - 115-117 Communication--Reply to Sandison
by Bani K. Sinha & Richard C. Clelland - 117-118 Communication--The Oskar Morgenstern Distinguished Fellowship at Mathematica
by Tibor Fabian - 118-118 Communication--Correction Note to the Paper, "On Jockeying in Queues"
by Ernest Koenigsberg - 119-120 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
August 1977, Volume 23, Issue 12
- 1261-1272 Managing the Incidence of Sickle Cell Anemia Through Genetic Counseling
by Jack Meredith - 1273-1283 Procedures for Estimating Optimal Solution Values for Large Combinatorial Problems
by David G. Dannenbring - 1284-1294 Determining Sample Size for Pretesting Comparative Effectiveness of Advertising Copies
by Siddhartha R. Dalal & V. Srinivasan - 1295-1306 Inventory Investment Analysis Using Biased Sampling Techniques
by William L. Berry & Myles Marcus & J. Greg Williams - 1307-1313 Generalized Programming by Linear Approximation of the Dual Gradient: Convex Programming Case
by Michael H. Wagner & J. Franklin Sharp - 1314-1320 A Model of a Multi-Product Two-Stage Inventory System with Limited Intermediate Bulk Storage Capacity
by Hans G. Daellenbach - 1321-1327 Production Runs for Multiple Products: The Two-Product Heuristic
by Alan L. Saipe - 1328-1335 An Order-Level-Scheduling-Period System with Lost Sales
by Israel Pressman - 1336-1348 The Effects of Communication and Information Availability in an Experimental Study of a Three-Person Game
by J. Keith Murnighan & Alvin E. Roth - 1349-1357 The Markovian Queue with Bounded Waiting time
by Bezalel Gavish & Paul J. Schweitzer - 1358-1359 Note--A Note on "Critical Ratio Scheduling: An Experimental Analysis"
by Stephen C. Graves - 1360-1361 Note--Author's Reply to Graves' Note on the Paper "Critical Ratio Scheduling: An Experimental Analysis"
by William L. Berry - 1361-1362 Note--A Comment on Keeney's Group Utility Axioms
by John O. McClain - 1363-1364 Note--Simulating a Lognormal Time Series with Prescribed Serial Correlation
by Denis R. Coleman & Alan L. Saipe - 1364-1365 Communication
by Roy E. Marsten & Thomas L. Morin
July 1977, Volume 23, Issue 11
- 1149-1160 The Substitution of Communication for Transportation--A Case Study
by David A. Lopez & Paul Gray - 1161-1168 A Model for Planning the Transition to Equilibrium of a University Budget
by David S. P. Hopkins & William F. Massy - 1169-1173 How Often Will the Firemen Get their Sleep?
by John D. Finnerty - 1174-1182 An Evaluation of Flow Shop Sequencing Heuristics
by David G. Dannenbring - 1183-1186 An Algorithm for Deriving the Capital Market Line
by Gordon J. Alexander - 1187-1198 Multilocation Plant Sizing and Timing
by Ram C. Rao & David P. Rutenberg - 1199-1207 Optimizing Claims Fluctuation Reserves
by Christoph Haehling von Lanzenauer & Don D. Wright - 1208-1223 Geometric Approaches to Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem
by John P. Norback & Robert F. Love - 1224-1233 Incorporating Thresholds of Indifference in Probabilistic Choice Models
by K. S. Krishnan - 1234-1241 An Investment Strategy with Overshoot Rebates which Minimizes the Time to Attain a Specified Goal
by Donald C. Aucamp - 1242-1246 Note--Capital Budgeting of Interdependent Projects: Activity Analysis Approach
by Juval Goldwerger & Jacob Paroush - 1247-1247 Note--A Comment on Rao's Class \scr{M} and S\bar Matrices
by Gary J. Koehler - 1248-1251 Note--A Note on the Dynamic Inventory Problem with Unknown Demand Distribution
by S. Papachristos - 1251-1255 Note--A Computational Refinement for Discrete-Valued Dynamic Programs with Convex Functions
by Don R. Robinson - 1256-1257 Communication--A Comprehensive Model for Long Range Academic Strategies
by Paul Gray - 1257-1257 Communication--Response to a "Comprehensive Model for Long Range Academic Strategies"
by Anthony S. Walters & Janet Mangold Burnstein - 1258-1259 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
June 1977, Volume 23, Issue 10
- 1037-1049 An Empirical Analysis of the Optimal Advertising Policy
by Dan Horsky - 1050-1059 Implications of Resource Directive Allocation Models for Organizational Design
by James R. Freeland & Jeffrey H. Moore - 1060-1069 Determination of the Product Mix and the Business Policy of an Insurance Company--A Portfolio Approach
by Yehuda Kahane - 1070-1079 Lot Sizing and Sequencing for N Products on One Facility
by Christian M. Delporte & L. Joseph Thomas - 1080-1088 Simultaneous Investment and Allocation Decisions Applied to Water Planning
by Ronald D. Armstrong & Cleve E. Willis - 1089-1098 A Stochastic Model of Demand Forecasting for Technical Manpower Planning
by N. K. Kwak & Walter A. Garrett, Jr. & Sam Barone - 1099-1108 The Design of Problem-Solving Systems
by Werner Ulrich - 1109-1116 Decision Models for Individual Scientists Involved in Basic Research
by Jerold L. Zimmerman - 1117-1123 A Strategy Which Maximizes the Geometric Mean Return on Portfolio Investments
by James H. Vander Weide & David W. Peterson & Steven F. Maier - 1124-1132 Policies for Reducing Blood Wastage in Hospital Blood Banks
by M. Barry Dumas & Manus Rabinowitz - 1133-1142 The m-Center Problem: Minimax Facility Location
by R. S. Garfinkel & A. W. Neebe & M. R. Rao - 1143-1144 Note--A Note on Multivariate Risk and Separable Utility Functions
by Richard Engelbrecht - 1144-1146 Note--A Note on Single Machine Sequencing with Random Processing Times
by Thom J. Hodgson - 1147-1148 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
May 1977, Volume 23, Issue 9
- 913-934 Research in Management Information Systems: The Minnesota Experiments
by Gary W. Dickson & James A. Senn & Norman L. Chervany - 935-945 Storage-Retrieval Interleaving in Automatic Warehousing Systems
by Stephen C. Graves & Warren H. Hausman & Leroy B. Schwarz - 946-956 Planning Electric Power Generation: A Nonlinear Mixed Integer Model Employing Benders Decomposition
by F. Noonan & R. J. Giglio - 957-962 The Effect of Uncertainty in Input Quantities on the Optimal Expected Input Combination
by Yakov Amihud - 963-971 Work Stretch Properties for the Scheduling of Continuous Operations Under Alternative Labor Policies
by James M. Lowerre - 972-977 On a Fleet Sizing and Allocation Problem
by S. C. Parikh - 978-985 Electric Power System Planning with Explicit Stochastic Reserves Constraint
by Charles R. Scherer & Leland Joe - 986-993 On Doubling in Tournament Backgammon
by Norman Zadeh - 994-1004 An Effective Subgradient Procedure for Minimal Cost Multicommodity Flow Problems
by Jeff Kennington & Mohamed Shalaby - 1005-1009 Note--On a Simultaneous Decision Model for Marketing, Production and Finance
by Ulf Peter Welam - 1010-1011 On a Simultaneous Decision Model for Marketing, Production and Finance: A Rejoinder
by William W. Damon & Richard Schramm - 1011-1015 Note--A Comparison of Capacity Planning Techniques in a Job Shop Control System
by Nabil Adam & Julius Surkis - 1016-1019 Note--Sequencing n Jobs on m Machines to Minimise Maximum Tardiness: A Branch-and-Bound Solution
by W. Townsend - 1019-1022 Note--On the Validity of Marginal Analysis for Allocating Servers in M/M/c Queues
by M. E. Dyer & L. G. Proll - 1022-1026 Note--Nested Decomposition of a Dynamic Energy Model
by James K. Ho - 1034-1035 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
April 1977, Volume 23, Issue 8
- 789-810 Exceptional Paper--Location of Bank Accounts to Optimize Float: An Analytic Study of Exact and Approximate Algorithms
by Gerard Cornuejols & Marshall L. Fisher & George L. Nemhauser - 811-819 Tolls: Efficiency and Equity Issues for Inland Waterways
by Leland S. Case & Lester B. Lave - 820-829 Cognitive and Personality Tests for the Design of Management Information Systems
by M. L. Bariff & E. J. Lusk - 830-837 Time-Cost Tradeoffs: Elasticity Estimates and Determinants for International Technology Transfer Projects
by David Teece - 838-842 Estimating the Relationship between Price and Time to Sale for Investment Property
by Robert R. Trippi - 843-852 A Markov Quality Control Process Subject to Partial Observation
by Chelsea C. White - 853-858 On Optimal Doubling in Backgammon
by Norman Zadeh & Gary Kobliska - 859-871 The Generalized Slack Variable Linear Program
by T. H. Mattheiss & William B. Widhelm - 872-881 A Methodology for Assigning Minimum Cost Due-Dates
by James K. Weeks & John S. Fryer - 882-889 Scheduling a Project to Maximize Its Present Value: A Zero-One Programming Approach
by Robert H. Doersch & James H. Patterson - 890-900 Discounting, Ergodicity and Convergence for Markov Decision Processes
by Thomas E. Morton & William E. Wecker - 901-904 Note--A Simplified Expression for the Efficient Frontier in Mean-Variance Portfolio Analysis
by Stephen A. Buser - 904-908 Note--On the Use of Fictitious Bounds in Tree Search Algorithms
by Mokhtar S. Bazaraa & Alwalid N. Elshafei - 909-909 Communication--APL as a User-Oriented Programming Language
by Prakash A. Shah - 910-911 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
March 1977, Volume 23, Issue 7
- 667-678 Allocating Selling Effort Via Dynamic Programming
by Charles A. Beswick - 679-693 Combining Expert Judgments: A Bayesian Approach
by Peter A. Morris - 694-702 Capacity Expansion with Imports and Inventories
by Donald Erlenkotter - 703-715 Multi-Criteria School Busing Models
by Sang M. Lee & Laurence J. Moore - 716-727 The Value of Information Given Decision Flexibility
by M. W. Merkhofer - 728-736 Horizon Effects in Aggregate Production Planning with Seasonal Demand
by John O. McClain & Joseph Thomas - 737-744 Finding Equivalent Network Formulations for Constrained Network Problems
by Darwin Klingman - 745-755 A Time Series Approach to Queueing Systems with Applications for Modeling Job-Shop In-Process Inventories
by Harold J. Steudel & S. M. Wu - 756-767 A Discrete Time, Single Server Queue from a Finite Population
by Do Le Minh - 768-774 Kalman Filtering Applied to Statistical Forecasting
by G. W. Morrison & D. H. Pike - 775-778 The T-Policy for the M/G/1 Queue
by Daniel P. Heyman - 779-785 Mathematical Programming of Admissible Portfolios
by Vijay S. Bawa - 786-787 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
February 1977, Volume 23, Issue 6
- 545-566 On the Design of Alternative Obstetric Anesthesia Team Configurations
by A. Reisman & W. Cull & H. Emmons & B. Dean & C. Lin & J. Rasmussen & P. Darukhanavala & T. George - 567-575 Minimising Waiting Time Variance in the Single Machine Problem
by Samuel Eilon & I. G. Chowdhury - 576-584 Quadratic Approximations of the Portfolio Selection Problem When the Means and Variances of Returns are Infinite
by James A. Ohlson - 585-594 An Efficient Branch and Bound Algorithm for the Capacitated Warehouse Location Problem
by Umit Akinc & Basheer M. Khumawala - 595-605 Effectiveness of Nominal and Interacting Group Decision Processes for Integrating R&D and Marketing
by William E. Souder - 606-611 The Just Noticeable Difference in Complexity of Jobs
by Shlomo Globerson - 612-620 Dynamic Programming for a Stochastic Markovian Process with an Application to the Mean Variance Models
by Juval Goldwerger - 621-630 Cooperative Games in Stochastic Characteristic Function Form
by Daniel Granot - 631-643 A Flow Augmentation Approach to the Network with Gains Minimum Cost Flow Problem
by P. A. Jensen & Gora Bhaumik - 644-651 Optimal Engineering Design Under Uncertainty by Geometric Programming
by Rolf D. Wiebking - 652-659 A Row Generation Scheme for Finding a Multi-Commodity Minimum Disconnecting Set
by Yash P. Aneja & R. R. Vemuganti - 660-661 Note--A Note on Shwimer's Theorem A
by Werner Dinkelbach & Otto Rosenberg - 662-662 Errata
by anonymous - 663-665 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
January 1977, Volume 23, Issue 5
- 453-466 Exceptional Paper--Parametric and Postoptimality Analysis in Integer Linear Programming
by A. M. Geoffrion & R. Nauss - 467-477 A Parsimonious Description of the Hendry System
by Manohar U. Kalwani & Donald G. Morrison - 478-489 Stochastic Dominance Tests for Decreasing Absolute Risk-Aversion II: General Random Variables
by R. G. Vickson - 490-498 Further Results on Planning Horizons in the Production Smoothing Problem
by Dwight R. Lee & Daniel Orr - 499-511 An Experimental Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Planning Methods
by Paul C. Nutt - 512-521 A Markovian Model for a Perishable Product Inventory
by Dan Chazan & Shmuel Gal - 522-528 Optimal Inventories for an (S - 1, S) System with No Backorders
by Stephen A. Smith - 529-540 Single Cycle Continuous Review Policies for Arborescent Production/Inventory Systems
by Stephen C. Graves & Leroy B. Schwarz - 541-541 "Multi-Echelon Production Scheduling When Demand is Stochastic": Erratum
by Jack F. Williams - 542-543 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
December 1976, Volume 23, Issue 4
- 349-360 Decomposition of a Multi-Period Media Scheduling Model in Terms of Single Period Equivalents
by V. Srinivasan - 361-370 Equity and Selective Pollution Abatement Procedures
by R. Carbone & J. R. Sweigart - 371-379 Evaluating Security Performance Forecasts
by Edwin H. Neave & John C. Wiginton - 380-390 Management of Program Storage in Computers
by Jair M. Babad & V. Balachandran & Edward A. Stohr - 391-398 Information Overload in Mechanical Processes
by William V. Gehrlein & Peter C. Fishburn - 399-403 Optimal System Allocations with Penalty Costs
by C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross - 404-411 Economic Design of np Charts for Processes Subject to a Multiplicity of Assignable Causes
by W. K. Chiu - 412-422 Heuristic Scheduling of Activities under Resource and Precedence Restrictions
by Arne Thesen - 423-432 A Dual Concept and Associated Algorithm in Mean-Variance Portfolio Analysis
by Roger J. Bowden - 433-443 Capital Budgeting in the Decentralized Firm
by Steven F. Maier & James H. Vander Weide - 444-450 Due-Dates and Instantaneous Load in the One-Machine Shop
by E. L. Heard - 451-452 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
November 1976, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 227-234 Snow and Ice Removal in an Urban Environment
by Thomas M. Cook & Bradley S. Alprin - 235-247 A "Working" System Model of Car Buyer Behavior
by John U. Farley & John A. Howard & Donald R. Lehmann - 248-256 A Dynamic Equilibrium Model for University Budget Planning
by William F. Massy - 257-266 Optimal Wage Rates and Force Composition in Military Manpower Planning
by D. L. Jaquette & G. R. Nelson - 267-274 Optimal Location of Plants
by Alain Alcouffe & Gilles Muratet - 275-279 Proximal Decision Analysis with Imperfect Information
by Carson E. Agnew - 280-285 A Comparison of the Bad as Old and Superimposed Renewal Models
by Saul Blumenthal & A. Greenwood & L. H. Herbach - 286-296 Solution of a Multi-Product Manufacturing and Distribution Problem
by Michael Folie & John Tiffin - 297-304 A Homogeneous Distribution Problem with Applications to Finance
by C. C. Huang & D. A. Wehrung & W. T. Ziemba - 305-316 Multiple Objective Linear Programming with Interval Criterion Weights
by Ralph E. Steuer - 317-323 An Application of Z-Matrices to a Class of Resource Allocation Problems
by Arie Tamir - 324-331 A Programming Problem with a Linear Objective Function Having the Quadratic Contraints of the Form ½x'x + p'x \le r
by Shang-Wang Chang - 332-333 Note--Note on "Manufacturing Cycle Time Determination for a Multi-Stage Economic Production Quantity Model"
by S. K. Goyal - 334-338 Note--On the Optimality of Sub-Batch Sizes for a Multi-Stage EPQ Model--A Rejoinder
by Andrew Z. Szendrovits - 339-340 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
October 1976, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 109-116 Disutility as a Probability: A Reconsideration of the Symmetry Approach to the Committee Decision Problem
by Henri Theil - 117-124 Optimization of Multitype Branching Processes
by Stanley R. Pliska - 125-130 Majority Decisions and Transitivity: Some Special Cases
by Deepak K. Merchant & M. R. Rao - 131-139 Global Solutions for a Nonconvex Nonconcave Rail Network Model
by Larry J. LeBlanc - 140-145 A Group Preference Axiomatization with Cardinal Utility
by Ralph L. Keeney - 146-158 A Parametric Model for the Allocation of Fire Companies in New York City
by Kenneth Lloyd Rider - 159-170 Linear Multiparametric Programming by Multicriteria Simplex Method
by P. L. Yuf & M. Zeleny - 171-182 Aggregate Planning with Learning Curve Productivity
by Ronald J. Ebert - 183-197 Analysis of Implied Risk-Taking Behavior Under a Goal-Based Incentive Scheme
by Hiroyuki Itami - 198-203 On Optimal Bidding Strategies
by Pertti Näykki - 204-215 The Theory of Two-Currency Gambles
by William R. Folks, Jr. - 216-217 Note--Sequencing with Finite Intermediate Storage
by S. S. Reddi - 218-220 North-Holland-TIMS Studies in the Management Sciences
by anonymous - 221-222 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
September 1976, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-11 Optimal Investment Scheduling with Price-Sensitive Dynamic Demand
by Donald Erlenkotter & Robert R. Trippi - 12-26 The Attribute-Dynamic Attitude Model (Adam)
by Milan Zeleny - 27-31 An Efficient Algorithm for the 0-1 Knapsack Problem
by Robert M. Nauss - 32-37 A Duality Theorem for a Nondifferentiable Fractional Programming Problem
by Suresh Chandra & T. R. Gulati - 38-42 A Simple Perturbed Demand Inventory Model with Ordering Cost
by Thomas W. Hill, Jr. - 43-49 A Utility Criterion for Markov Decision Processes
by Stratton C. Jaquette - 50-58 Acceleration of Lagrangian Column-Generation Algorithms by Penalty Function Methods
by Richard P. O'Neill & William B. Widhelm - 59-70 A Budget Allocation Model for Large Hierarchical R&D Organizations
by N. R. Baker & W. E. Souder & C. R. Shumway & P. M. Maher & A. H. Rubenstein - 71-77 An Easy Primal Method for Geometric Programming
by J. G. Ecker & M. J. Zoracki - 78-86 An Improved Heuristic Procedure for a Nonlinear Cutting Stock Problem
by I. Coverdale & F. Wharton - 87-92 Note--A Test for Nonoptimal Actions in Undiscounted Finite Markov Decision Chains
by N. A. J. Hastings - 92-94 Note--An Analogue Derivation of the Dual of the General Fermat Problem
by D. J. White - 95-98 Note--On Marketing Strategy and the Optimal Production Schedule
by Ulf Peter Welam - 99-100 Note--On Marketing Strategy and the Optimal Production Schedule--A Rejoinder
by Robert Alan Leitch - 100-102 Note--A Note on Goal Decomposition in a Decentralized Organization
by James R. Freeland - 103-103 Note--A Note on the Criss-Cross Algorithm
by W. S. Shields, Lt. Commander - 104-105 Communication
by Elwood S. Buffa & Michael Scriabin & Roger C. Vergin - 106-107 Notes About Authors
by anonymous
August 1976, Volume 22, Issue 12
- 1289-1298 A Methodology for Determining the Optimal Design of a Free Standing Abortion Clinic
by Howard S. Gitlow