Operations Research, Volume 54

Volume 54, Number 1, January - February 2006

• David Simchi-Levi:
  From the Editor. 1-4
  
• Linda V. Green, Sergei Savin, Ben Wang:
  Managing Patient Service in a Diagnostic Medical Facility. 11-25
  
• Erin Baker:
  Increasing Risk and Increasing Informativeness: Equivalence Theorems. 26-36
  
• Ward Whitt:
  Fluid Models for Multiserver Queues with Abandonments. 37-54
  
• Suvrajeet Sen, Lihua Yu, Talat Genc:
  A Stochastic Programming Approach to Power Portfolio Optimization. 55-72
  
• R. Ravi, Amitabh Sinha:
  Approximation Algorithms for Problems Combining Facility Location and Network Design. 73-81
  
• Paat Rusmevichientong, Benjamin Van Roy, Peter W. Glynn:
  A Nonparametric Approach to Multiproduct Pricing. 82-98
  
• Belarmino Adenso-Díaz, Manuel Laguna:
  Fine-Tuning of Algorithms Using Fractional Experimental Designs and Local Search. 99-114
  
• L. Jeff Hong, Barry L. Nelson:
  Discrete Optimization via Simulation Using COMPASS. 115-129
  
• Ahmed Hadjar, Odile Marcotte, François Soumis:
  A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Multiple Depot Vehicle Scheduling Problem. 130-149
  
• Dimitris Bertsimas, Aurélie Thiele:
  A Robust Optimization Approach to Inventory Theory. 150-168
  
• Qing Ding, Panos Kouvelis, Joseph M. Milner:
  Dynamic Pricing Through Discounts for Optimizing Multiple-Class Demand Fulfillment. 169-183
  
• Frédéric Babonneau, O. Du Merle, Jean-Philippe Vial:
  Solving Large-Scale Linear Multicommodity Flow Problems with an Active Set Strategy and Proximal-ACCPM. 184-197
  

Volume 54, Number 2, March - April 2006

• H. Edwin Romeijn, Ravindra K. Ahuja, James F. Dempsey, Arvind Kumar:
  A New Linear Programming Approach to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Problems. 201-216
  
• Mark Broadie, Özgür Kaya:
  Exact Simulation of Stochastic Volatility and Other Affine Jump Diffusion Processes. 217-231
  
• David D. Yao, Shuzhong Zhang, Xun Yu Zhou:
  Tracking a Financial Benchmark Using a Few Assets. 232-246
  
• Ward Whitt:
  Sensitivity of Performance in the Erlang-A Queueing Model to Changes in the Model Parameters. 247-260
  
• Daniel Bienstock, Olga Raskina, Iraj Saniee, Qiong Wang:
  Combined Network Design and Multiperiod Pricing: Modeling, Solution Techniques, and Computation. 261-276
  
• Ali E. Abbas:
  Maximum Entropy Utility. 277-290
  
• Jérémie Gallien:
  Dynamic Mechanism Design for Online Commerce. 291-310
  
• Shoshana Anily, Abraham Grosfeld-Nir:
  An Optimal Lot-Sizing and Offline Inspection Policy in the Case of Nonrigid Demand. 311-323
  
• Fernando Bernstein, Gregory A. DeCroix:
  Inventory Policies in a Decentralized Assembly System. 324-336
  
• Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Sridhar Tayur:
  Effective Heuristics for Multiproduct Partial Shipment Models. 337-352
  
• Michael J. Fry, Michael J. Magazine, Uday S. Rao:
  Firefighter Staffing Including Temporary Absences and Wastage. 353-365
  
• Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Semet:
  The Black and White Traveling Salesman Problem. 366-378
  
• Hayri Önal, Robert A. Briers:
  Optimal Selection of a Connected Reserve Network. 379-388
  
• Edward J. Fox, Richard D. Metters, John Semple:
  Optimal Inventory Policy with Two Suppliers. 389-393
  
• Joseph Geunes, H. Edwin Romeijn, Kevin Taaffe:
  Requirements Planning with Pricing and Order Selection Flexibility. 394-401
  

Volume 54, Number 3, May - June 2006

• Martin B. Haugh, Leonid Kogan, Jiang Wang:
  Evaluating Portfolio Policies: A Duality Approach. 405-418
  
• Achal Bassamboo, J. Michael Harrison, Assaf J. Zeevi:
  Design and Control of a Large Call Center: Asymptotic Analysis of an LP-Based Method. 419-435
  
• Torbjörn Larsson, Michael Patriksson:
  Global Optimality Conditions for Discrete and Nonconvex Optimization - With Applications to Lagrangian Heuristics and Column Generation. 436-453
  
• Hatem Ben Amor, Jacques Desrosiers, José M. Valério de Carvalho:
  Dual-Optimal Inequalities for Stabilized Column Generation. 454-463
  
• Mabel C. Chou, Hui Liu, Maurice Queyranne, David Simchi-Levi:
  On the Asymptotic Optimality of a Simple On-Line Algorithm for the Stochastic Single-Machine Weighted Completion Time Problem and Its Extensions. 464-474
  
• Seong-Hee Kim, Barry L. Nelson:
  On the Asymptotic Validity of Fully Sequential Selection Procedures for Steady-State Simulation. 475-488
  
• T. P. I. Ahamed, V. S. Borkar, S. Juneja:
  Adaptive Importance Sampling Technique for Markov Chains Using Stochastic Approximation. 489-504
  
• Wei-Min Lan, Tava Lennon Olsen:
  Multiproduct Systems with Both Setup Times and Costs: Fluid Bounds and Schedules. 505-522
  
• Serge M. Karalli, A. Dale Flowers:
  The Multiple-Family ELSP with Safety Stocks. 523-531
  
• Gregory A. DeCroix:
  Optimal Policy for a Multiechelon Inventory System with Remanufacturing. 532-543
  
• T. C. E. Cheng, Y. N. Wu:
  A Multiproduct, Multicriterion Supply-Demand Network Equilibrium Model. 544-554
  
• Zhi-Long Chen, Guruprasad Pundoor:
  Order Assignment and Scheduling in a Supply Chain. 555-572
  
• Jean-François Cordeau:
  A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Dial-a-Ride Problem. 573-586
  
• Edmund K. Burke, Robert S. R. Hellier, Graham Kendall, Glenn Whitwell:
  A New Bottom-Left-Fill Heuristic Algorithm for the Two-Dimensional Irregular Packing Problem. 587-601
  
• Martin A. Lariviere:
  A Note on Probability Distributions with Increasing Generalized Failure Rates. 602-604
  
• H. Edwin Romeijn, Stefanos A. Zenios:
  Call for Papers: Special Issue on Operations Research in Health Care. 609
  

Volume 54, Number 4, July - August 2006

• Carlo Mannino, Fabrizio Rossi, Stefano Smriglio:
  The Network Packing Problem in Terrestrial Broadcasting. 611-626
  
• Ross Baldick, Sergey Kolos, Stathis Tompaidis:
  Interruptible Electricity Contracts from an Electricity Retailer's Point of View: Valuation and Optimal Interruption. 627-642
  
• William Chung, J. David Fuller, Y. June Wu:
  A New Decomposition Method for Multiregional Economic Equilibrium Models. 643-655
  
• Wade D. Cook, Joe Zhu:
  Incorporating Multiprocess Performance Standards into the DEA Framework. 656-665
  
• Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gustav Feichtinger, Josef Haunschmied, Gernot Tragler:
  Quality Cycles and the Strategic Manipulation of Value. 666-677
  
• Shun-Chen Niu:
  A Piecewise-Diffusion Model of New-Product Demands. 678-695
  
• Qing Li, Shaohui Zheng:
  Joint Inventory Replenishment and Pricing Control for Systems with Uncertain Yield and Demand. 696-705
  
• Yao Zhao, David Simchi-Levi:
  Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Assemble-to-Order Systems with Stochastic Sequential Lead Times. 706-724
  
• Salal Humair, Sean P. Willems:
  Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains with Clusters of Commonality. 725-742
  
• Hong Wan, Bruce E. Ankenman, Barry L. Nelson:
  Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: A New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation. 743-755
  
• Gianni Codato, Matteo Fischetti:
  Combinatorial Benders' Cuts for Mixed-Integer Linear Programming. 756-766
  
• Antonio Frangioni, Claudio Gentile:
  Solving Nonlinear Single-Unit Commitment Problems with Ramping Constraints. 767-775
  
• Yong Tan, I. Robert Chiang, Vijay S. Mookerjee:
  An Economic Analysis of Interconnection Arrangements Between Internet Backbone Providers. 776-788
  
• Mikhail A. Kubzin, Vitaly A. Strusevich:
  Planning Machine Maintenance in Two-Machine Shop Scheduling. 789-800
  
• Qi Feng, Suresh P. Sethi, Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang:
  Are Base-Stock Policies Optimal in Inventory Problems with Multiple Delivery Modes? 801-807
  
• H. Edwin Romeijn, Stefanos A. Zenios:
  Call for Papers: Special Issue on Operations Research in Health Care. 812
  

Volume 54, Number 5, September - October 2006

• Ralph L. Keeney, Kelly E. See, Detlof von Winterfeldt:
  Evaluating Academic Programs: With Applications to U.S. Graduate Decision Science Programs. 813-828
  
• Zvia Agur, Refael Hassin, Sigal Levy:
  Optimizing Chemotherapy Scheduling Using Local Search Heuristics. 829-846
  
• Ahmet B. Keha, Ismael R. de Farias Jr., George L. Nemhauser:
  A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm Without Binary Variables for Nonconvex Piecewise Linear Optimization. 847-858
  
• René Caldentey, Lawrence M. Wein:
  Revenue Management of a Make-to-Stock Queue. 859-875
  
• Baris Ata:
  Dynamic Control of a Multiclass Queue with Thin Arrival Streams. 876-892
  
• Serguei Netessine, Sergei Savin, Wenqiang Xiao:
  Revenue Management Through Dynamic Cross Selling in E-Commerce Retailing. 893-913
  
• Constantinos Maglaras:
  Revenue Management for a Multiclass Single-Server Queue via a Fluid Model Analysis. 914-932
  
• Dieter Armbruster, Daniel E. Marthaler, Christian A. Ringhofer, Karl G. Kempf, Tae-Chang Jo:
  A Continuum Model for a Re-entrant Factory. 933-950
  
• Nadjib Brahimi, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, Najib M. Najid:
  Capacitated Multi-Item Lot-Sizing Problems with Time Windows. 951-967
  
• William L. Cooper, Tito Homem-de-Mello, Anton J. Kleywegt:
  Models of the Spiral-Down Effect in Revenue Management. 968-987
  
• Johan Marklund:
  Controlling Inventories in Divergent Supply Chains with Advance-Order Information. 988-1010
  

Volume 54, Number 6, November - December 2006

• Rafael Epstein, Andres Weintraub, Pedro Sapunar, Enrique Nieto, Julian B. Sessions, John Sessions, Fernando Bustamante, Hugo Musante:
  A Combinatorial Heuristic Approach for Solving Real-Size Machinery Location and Road Design Problems in Forestry Planning. 1017-1027
  
• Vinayak Deshpande, Ananth V. Iyer, Richard Cho:
  Efficient Supply Chain Management at the U.S. Coast Guard Using Part-Age Dependent Supply Replenishment Policies. 1028-1040
  
• Benjamin Marcus, Chris K. Anderson:
  Online Low-Price Guarantees - A Real Options Analysis. 1041-1050
  
• Frank Lutgens, Jos F. Sturm, Antoon Kolen:
  Robust One-Period Option Hedging. 1051-1062
  
• Xiaoqun Wang:
  On the Effects of Dimension Reduction Techniques on Some High-Dimensional Problems in Finance. 1063-1078
  
• Xiangwen Lu, Jing-Sheng Song, Amelia Regan:
  Inventory Planning with Forecast Updates: Approximate Solutions and Cost Error Bounds. 1079-1097
  
• Xiaowei Xu, Wallace J. Hopp:
  A Monopolistic and Oligopolistic Stochastic Flow Revenue Management Model. 1098-1109
  
• Yunzeng Wang:
  Joint Pricing-Production Decisions in Supply Chains of Complementary Products with Uncertain Demand. 1110-1127
  
• Jinfeng Yue, Bintong Chen, Min-Chiang Wang:
  Expected Value of Distribution Information for the Newsvendor Problem. 1128-1136
  
• Ke Fu, Vernon Ning Hsu, Chung-Yee Lee:
  Inventory and Production Decisions for an Assemble-to-Order System with Uncertain Demand and Limited Assembly Capacity. 1137-1150
  
• Georgia Perakis, Guillaume Roels:
  An Analytical Model for Traffic Delays and the Dynamic User Equilibrium Problem. 1151-1171
  
• Alberto Ceselli, Giovanni Righini:
  A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Multilevel Generalized Assignment Problem. 1172-1184
  
• Jacek Blazewicz, Ceyda Oguz, Aleksandra Swiercz, Jan Weglarz:
  DNA Sequencing by Hybridization via Genetic Search. 1185-1192
  
• Alan Washburn:
  Piled-Slab Searches. 1193-1200