European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 175

Volume 175, Number 1, November 2006

Invited Review

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  Sarada Prasad Sarmah, D. Acharya, Suresh Kumar Goyal:
  Buyer vendor coordination models in supply chain management. 1-15

Decision Support

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  Davy Janssens, Geert Wets, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof, Theo A. Arentze, Harry J. P. Timmermans:
  Integrating Bayesian networks and decision trees in a sequential rule-based transportation model. 16-34
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  Ying-Ming Wang, Jian-Bo Yang, Dong-Ling Xu, Kwai-Sang Chin:
  The evidential reasoning approach for multiple attribute decision analysis using interval belief degrees. 35-66
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  Diwakar Gupta, Waressara Weerawat:
  Supplier-manufacturer coordination in capacitated two-stage supply chains. 67-89
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  Jeffrey E. Teich, Hannele Wallenius, Jyrki Wallenius, Alexander Zaitsev:
  A multi-attribute e-auction mechanism for procurement: Theoretical foundations. 90-100
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  Joaquín Sánchez-Soriano:
  Pairwise solutions and the core of transportation situations. 101-110
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  David L. Olson, Desheng Wu:
  Simulation of fuzzy multiattribute models for grey relationships. 111-120
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  Stef Tijs, Rodica Branzei, Stefano Moretti, Henk Norde:
  Obligation rules for minimum cost spanning tree situations and their monotonicity properties. 121-134
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  Rafael Caballero, Francisco Ruiz, Maria Victoria Rodríguez Uría, Carlos Romero:
  Interactive meta-goal programming. 135-154
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  Raymond Bisdorff, Marc Pirlot, Marc Roubens:
  Choices and kernels in bipolar valued digraphs. 155-170

Discrete Optimization

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  Andrew Lim, Brian Rodrigues, X. Zhang:
  Scheduling sports competitions at multiple venues - Revisited. 171-186
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  F. M. Zeghal, Michel Minoux:
  Modeling and solving a Crew Assignment Problem in air transportation. 187-209
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  Jens Lysgaard:
  Reachability cuts for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. 210-223
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  Paolo Serafini:
  Dynamic programming and minimum risk paths. 224-237
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  Fu-Hsing Wang, Yue-Li Wang, Jou-Ming Chang:
  The lower and upper forcing geodetic numbers of block-cactus graphs. 238-245
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  Arthur E. Carter, Cliff T. Ragsdale:
  A new approach to solving the multiple traveling salesperson problem using genetic algorithms. 246-257
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  Jeroen Beliën, Erik Demeulemeester:
  Scheduling trainees at a hospital department using a branch-and-price approach. 258-278
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  Jirachai Buddhakulsomsiri, David S. Kim:
  Properties of multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problems with resource vacations and activity splitting. 279-295
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  Anurag Agarwal, Selçuk Çolak, Varghese S. Jacob, Hasan Pirkul:
  Heuristics and augmented neural networks for task scheduling with non-identical machines. 296-317
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  F. Fred Choobineh, Esmail Mohebbi, Hansen Khoo:
  A multi-objective tabu search for a single-machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. 318-337
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  Gary W. Black, Kenneth N. McKay, Thomas E. Morton:
  Aversion scheduling in the presence of risky jobs. 338-361

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Bart Vinck, Herwig Bruneel:
  System delay versus system content for discrete-time queueing systems subject to server interruptions. 362-375
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  Tasha R. Inniss:
  Seasonal clustering technique for time series data. 376-384
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  Lev V. Utkin:
  A method for processing the unreliable expert judgments about parameters of probability distributions. 385-398
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  Yu-Hung Chien, Shey-Huei Sheu, Zhe George Zhang, Ernie Love:
  An extended optimal replacement model of systems subject to shocks. 399-412
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  Der-Chang Li, Yao-San Lin:
  Using virtual sample generation to build up management knowledge in the early manufacturing stages. 413-434
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  Yoshinobu Tamura, Shigeru Yamada, Mitsuhiro Kimura:
  A reliability assessment tool for distributed software development environment based on Java and J/Link. 435-445

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Tarja Joro, Paul Na:
  Portfolio performance evaluation in a mean-variance-skewness framework. 446-461
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  Anand Nair, Ram Narasimhan:
  Dynamics of competing with quality- and advertising-based goodwill. 462-474
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  Nezih Altay, Walter G. Green III:
  OR/MS research in disaster operations management. 475-493
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  Monica-Gabriela Cojocaru, Patrizia Daniele, Anna Nagurney:
  Double-layered dynamics: A unified theory of projected dynamical systems and evolutionary variational inequalities. 494-507
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  Lei Li, Daniel J. Fonseca, Der-San Chen:
  Earliness-tardiness production planning for just-in-time manufacturing: A unifying approach by goal programming. 508-515
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  Cinzia Daraio, Léopold Simar:
  A robust nonparametric approach to evaluate and explain the performance of mutual funds. 516-542

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Salem Y. Lakhal:
  An operational profit sharing and transfer pricing model for network-manufacturing companies. 543-565
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  J. Sudhir Ryan Daniel, Chandrasekharan Rajendran:
  Heuristic approaches to determine base-stock levels in a serial supply chain with a single objective and with multiple objectives. 566-592
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  Roger M. Hill:
  Inventory control with indivisible units of stock transfer. 593-601
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  Deniz Özdemir, Enver Yücesan, Yale T. Herer:
  Multi-location transshipment problem with capacitated transportation. 602-621
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  Z. Pelin Bayindir, S. Ilker Birbil, J. B. G. Frenk:
  The joint replenishment problem with variable production costs. 622-640

Book Reviews

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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  R. A. Ackoff and S. Rovin, Beating The System, Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 641-642
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  Gwyn Bevan:
  Margaret L. Brandeau, Francois Sainfort, William P. Pierskella (Eds.), Review of Operations Research and Health Care. A Handbook of Methods and Applications, Kluwer, 2004. 642-645
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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  Richard J. Boland Jr., Fred Collopy (Eds.), Managing as Designing, Stanford Business Books, Stanford University Press, CA, USA, 2004, ISBN 0-8047-4674-5. 646-648

Volume 175, Number 2, December 2006

Discrete Optimization

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  Gareth Beddoe, Sanja Petrovic:
  Selecting and weighting features using a genetic algorithm in a case-based reasoning approach to personnel rostering. 649-671
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  Quan Lu, Maged M. Dessouky:
  A new insertion-based construction heuristic for solving the pickup and delivery problem with time windows. 672-687
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  Steve Alpern, Vic Baston:
  A common notion of clockwise can help in planar rendezvous. 688-706
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  Lin-Yu Tseng, Shih-Chieh Chen:
  A hybrid metaheuristic for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. 707-721
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  Skylab R. Gupta, Jeffrey S. Smith:
  Algorithms for single machine total tardiness scheduling with sequence dependent setups. 722-739
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  John v. d. Broek, Peter Schütz, Leen Stougie, Asgeir Tomasgard:
  Location of slaughterhouses under economies of scale. 740-750
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  T. C. Edwin Cheng, Mikhail Y. Kovalyov, Natalia V. Shakhlevich:
  Scheduling with controllable release dates and processing times: Makespan minimization. 751-768
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  T. C. Edwin Cheng, Mikhail Y. Kovalyov, Natalia V. Shakhlevich:
  Scheduling with controllable release dates and processing times: Total completion time minimization. 769-781
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  Huseyin Topaloglu:
  A parallelizable dynamic fleet management model with random travel times. 782-805

Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Information Management

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  Jackie Rees, Gary J. Koehler:
  Learning genetic algorithm parameters using hidden Markov models. 806-820
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  Haitao Liao, Elsayed A. Elsayed, Ling-Yau Chan:
  Maintenance of continuously monitored degrading systems. 821-835
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  Peter L. Hammer, Alexander Kogan, Miguel A. Lejeune:
  Modeling country risk ratings using partial orders. 836-859

Decision Support

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  Manuel A. Pulido, Joaquín Sánchez-Soriano:
  Characterization of the core in games with restricted cooperation. 860-869
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  Manuel Abellanas, Isabel Lillo, M. Dolores López, Javier Rodrigo:
  Electoral strategies in a dynamical democratic system. Geometric models. 870-878
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  Yong Fang, K. K. Lai, Shouyang Wang:
  Portfolio rebalancing model with transaction costs based on fuzzy decision theory. 879-893
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  Stephen D. Clark, David P. Watling:
  Applications of sensitivity analysis for probit stochastic network equilibrium. 894-911
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  Pedro Miranda, Michel Grabisch, Pedro Gil:
  Dominance of capacities by k. 912-930
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  Kaisa Miettinen, Marko M. Mäkelä, Katja Kaario:
  Experiments with classification-based scalarizing functions in interactive multiobjective optimization. 931-947
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  Jingguo Wang, Stanley Zionts:
  The aspiration level interactive method (AIM) reconsidered: Robustness of solutions. 948-958

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Miguel A. Lejeune:
  A variable neighborhood decomposition search method for supply chain management planning problems. 959-976
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  A. K. Pal, Asoke Kumar Bhunia, R. N. Mukherjee:
  Optimal lot size model for deteriorating items with demand rate dependent on displayed stock level (DSL) and partial backordering. 977-991
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  Esmail Mohebbi, Daipeng Hao:
  When supplier's availability affects the replenishment lead time - An extension of the supply-interruption problem. 992-1008
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  William Manning, John Jensen:
  Evaluating the shop-wide performance effect of pooling synergy with analytical models. 1009-1020
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  Fouad El Ouardighi, Federico Pasin:
  Quality improvement and goodwill accumulation in a dynamic duopoly. 1021-1032
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  M. A. Hoque:
  An optimal solution technique for the joint replenishment problem with storage and transport capacities and budget constraints. 1033-1042
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  Akhilesh Kumar, Prakash, M. K. Tiwari, Ravi Shankar, Alok Baveja:
  Solving machine-loading problem of a flexible manufacturing system with constraint-based genetic algorithm. 1043-1069
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  Franklina Maria Bragion Toledo, Vinícius Amaral Armentano:
  A Lagrangian-based heuristic for the capacitated lot-sizing problem in parallel machines. 1070-1083
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  Erwin A. van der Laan, Ruud H. Teunter:
  Simple heuristics for push and pull remanufacturing policies. 1084-1102
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  Ruud H. Teunter:
  The multiple-job repair kit problem. 1103-1116
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  T. S. Ng, Loo Hay Lee, Ek Peng Chew:
  Build-pack planning for hard disk drive assembly with approved vendor matrices and stochastic demands. 1117-1140
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  Jens Clausen, Suquan Ju:
  A hybrid algorithm for solving the economic lot and delivery scheduling problem in the common cycle case. 1141-1150
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  Mozart B. C. Menezes, Seokjin Kim, Rongbing Huang:
  Optimal workforce size and allocation for urban retail chains. 1151-1163

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Lars Relund Nielsen, Anders Ringgaard Kristensen:
  Finding the K best policies in a finite-horizon Markov decision process. 1164-1179
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  Young H. Chun:
  Estimating the number of undetected software errors via the correlated capture-recapture model. 1180-1192
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  Delia Montoro-Cazorla, Rafael Pérez-Ocón:
  Replacement times and costs in a degrading system with several types of failure: The case of phase-type holding times. 1193-1209
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  Andrew T. Brint:
  Sampling on successive occasions to re-estimate future asset management expenditure. 1210-1223

O.R. Applications

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  Dag Henning, Shahnaz Amiri, Kristina Holmgren:
  Modelling and optimisation of electricity, steam and district heating production for a local Swedish utility. 1224-1247
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  Sineenad Paisittanand, David L. Olson:
  A simulation study of IT outsourcing in the credit card business. 1248-1261
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  Alessandra Buratto, Luca Grosset, Bruno Viscolani:
  Advertising a new product in a segmented market. 1262-1267
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  Sule Önsel Sahin, Füsun Ülengin, Burç Ülengin:
  A Bayesian causal map for inflation analysis: The case of Turkey. 1268-1284
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  Pekka Korhonen, Raimo Voutilainen:
  Finding the most preferred alliance structure between banks and insurance companies. 1285-1299

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Pekka Korhonen, Lasse Koskinen, Raimo Voutilainen:
  A financial alliance compromise between executives and supervisory authorities. 1300-1310
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  Rajiv D. Banker, Hsihui Chang:
  The super-efficiency procedure for outlier identification, not for ranking efficient units. 1311-1320

Short Communication

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  George J. Kyparisis, Christos Koulamas:
  A note on makespan minimization in two-stage flexible flow shops with uniform machines. 1321-1327

Book Reviews

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  René Victor Valqui Vidal:
  The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World - Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence, Harold G. Nelson, Erik Stolterman. Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632-0564 (2003), ISBN: 0-87778-305-5. 1328-1329
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  Carlos Henggeler Antunes:
  International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, William W. Cooper, Lawrence M. Seiford, Joe Zhu. Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), ISBN: 1-4020-7797-1. 1330-1334
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  Salvatore Greco:
  Rough Sets. Mathematical foundations, Lech Polkowski. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg (2002), ISBN: 3-7908-1510-1. 1334-1337

Volume 175, Number 3, December 2006

Feature Cluster: Modelling and Simulation of Business Systems

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  Leonidas Sakalauskas:
  Modelling and simulation of business systems. 1339
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  Otto Karma, Priit Sander:
  The impact of financial leverage on risk of equity measured by loss-oriented risk measures: An option pricing approach. 1340-1356
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  Yevgeniy V. Bodyanskiy, Sergiy Popov:
  Neural network approach to forecasting of quasiperiodic financial time series. 1357-1366
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  Julius Zilinskas, Ian David Lockhart Bogle:
  Balanced random interval arithmetic in market model estimation. 1367-1378
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  Oleg Zaikin, Emma Kushtina, Przemyslaw Rózewski:
  Model and algorithm of the conceptual scheme formation for knowledge domain in distance learning. 1379-1399
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  Patrícia Xufre Casqueiro, António J. L. Rodrigues:
  Neuro-dynamic trading methods. 1400-1412
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  Maciej Nowak:
  INSDECM - an interactive procedure for stochastic multicriteria decision problems. 1413-1430

Feature Cluster: Traffic and Transportation Modelling

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  Maurizio Bielli, Michele Ottomanelli:
  Feature issue on "Traffic and transportation modelling". 1431-1434
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  Vittorio Astarita, Robert L. Bertini, Sergio d'Elia, Giuseppe Guido:
  Motorway traffic parameter estimation from mobile phone counts. 1435-1446
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  Mauro Dell'Orco:
  A dynamic network loading model for mesosimulation in transportation systems. 1447-1454
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  Ricardo García-Ródenas, María Luz López-García, Alejandro Niño-Arbelaez, Doroteo Verastegui-Rayo:
  A continuous whole-link travel time model with occupancy constraint. 1455-1471
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  Demetrio Carmine Festa, Daniela Condino, Gabriella Mazzulla:
  Experimental tour-based travel demand models. 1472-1483
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  Esteve Codina, Ricardo García, Ángel Marín:
  New algorithmic alternatives for the O-D matrix adjustment problem on traffic networks. 1484-1500
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  Richard G. Clegg:
  A set theoretic framework for enumerating matches in surveys and its application to reducing inaccuracies in vehicle roadside surveys. 1501-1513
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  Azedine Boulmakoul:
  Fuzzy graphs modelling for HazMat telegeomonitoring. 1514-1525
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  Vincent Henn, Michele Ottomanelli:
  Handling uncertainty in route choice models: From probabilistic to possibilistic approaches. 1526-1538
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  David P. Watling:
  User equilibrium traffic network assignment with stochastic travel times and late arrival penalty. 1539-1556
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  Giuseppe Bellei, Guido Gentile, Lorenzo Meschini, Natale Papola:
  A demand model with departure time choice for within-day dynamic traffic assignment. 1557-1576
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  Pablo A. Lotito:
  Issues in the implementation of the DSD algorithm for the traffic assignment problem. 1577-1587
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  Eric Moreno-Quintero:
  Optimal control of road freight flows by route choice inducement: A case from Mexico. 1588-1604
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  Luca Coslovich, Raffaele Pesenti, Walter Ukovich:
  A two-phase insertion technique of unexpected customers for a dynamic dial-a-ride problem. 1605-1615
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  Natalia Kliewer, Taïeb Mellouli, Leena Suhl:
  A time-space network based exact optimization model for multi-depot bus scheduling. 1616-1627
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  Stefano Carrese, Giuseppe Ottone:
  A model for the management of a tram fleet. 1628-1651
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  Vaya Dinopoulou, Christina Diakaki, Markos Papageorgiou:
  Applications of the urban traffic control strategy TUC. 1652-1665
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  Dusan Teodorovic, Panta Lucic:
  Intelligent parking systems. 1666-1681
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  Giulio Erberto Cantarella, Giuseppe Pavone, Antonino Vitetta:
  Heuristics for urban road network design: Lane layout and signal settings. 1682-1695
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  Nurbanu Caliskan:
  A decision support approach for the evaluation of transport investment alternatives. 1696-1704
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  Maurizio Bielli, Azedine Boulmakoul, Hicham Mouncif:
  Object modeling and path computation for multimodal travel systems. 1705-1730
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  Maurizio Bielli, Azedine Boulmakoul, Mohamed Rida:
  Object oriented model for container terminal distributed simulation. 1731-1751

Feature Cluster: Rich Models in Discrete Optimization: Formulation and Resolution

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  Geir Hasle, Arne Løkketangen, Silvano Martello:
  Rich models in discrete optimization: Formulation and resolution (ECCO XVI). 1752-1753
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  Nicolas Bélanger, Guy Desaulniers, François Soumis, Jacques Desrosiers:
  Periodic airline fleet assignment with time windows, spacing constraints, and time dependent revenues. 1754-1766
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  Wen-Chyuan Chiang, Timothy L. Urban:
  The stochastic U-line balancing problem: A heuristic procedure. 1767-1781
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  Jamison M. Day, M. A. Venkataramanan:
  Profitability in product line pricing and composition with manufacturing commonalities. 1782-1797
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  Karl F. Doerner, Walter J. Gutjahr, Gabriele Kotsis, Martin Polaschek, Christine Strauss:
  Enriched workflow modelling and Stochastic Branch-and-Bound. 1798-1817
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  Ghada El Khayat, André Langevin, Diane Riopel:
  Integrated production and material handling scheduling using mathematical programming and constraint programming. 1818-1832
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  C. K. Y. Lin, R. C. W. Kwok:
  Multi-objective metaheuristics for a location-routing problem with multiple use of vehicles on real data and simulated data. 1833-1849
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  Abdulkadir Sarac, Rajan Batta, Christopher M. Rump:
  A branch-and-price approach for operational aircraft maintenance routing. 1850-1869
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  Xiang Song, C. B. Chu, Y. Y. Nie, Julia A. Bennell:
  An iterative sequential heuristic procedure to a real-life 1.5-dimensional cutting stock problem. 1870-1889
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  Helman Stern, Yoash Chassidim, Moshe Zofi:
  Multiagent visual area coverage using a new genetic algorithm selection scheme. 1890-1907