European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 265

Volume 265, Number 1, February 2018

Invited Review

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  Melanie Erhard, Jan Schoenfelder, Andreas Fügener, Jens O. Brunner:
  State of the art in physician scheduling. 1-18

Continuous Optimization

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  N. H. Chieu, Vaithilingam Jeyakumar, Guoyin Li, Hossein Mohebi:
  Constraint qualifications for convex optimization without convexity of constraints : New connections and applications to best approximation. 19-25
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  Yue Xie, Shenghan Zhou, Yiyong Xiao, Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Abdullah Konak:
  A β-accurate linearization method of Euclidean distance for the facility layout problem with heterogeneous distance metrics. 26-38
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  Majid Fakhar, Mohammad Reza Mahyarinia, Jafar Zafarani:
  On nonsmooth robust multiobjective optimization under generalized convexity with applications to portfolio optimization. 39-48

Discrete Optimization

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  Joern Meissner, Olga V. Senicheva:
  Approximate dynamic programming for lateral transshipment problems in multi-location inventory systems. 49-64
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  Zhao Yang, Ming-Qing Xiao, Yawei Ge, De-long Feng, Lei Zhang, Haifang Song, Xi-Lang Tang:
  A double-loop hybrid algorithm for the traveling salesman problem with arbitrary neighbourhoods. 65-80
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  Landir Saviniec, Maristela Oliveira Santos, Alysson M. Costa:
  Parallel local search algorithms for high school timetabling problems. 81-98

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Lina Bao, Zhiying Liu, Yimin Yu, Wei Zhang:
  On the decomposition property for a dynamic inventory rationing problem with multiple demand classes and backorder. 99-106
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  Gerlach Van der Heide, Nicky D. van Foreest, Kees Jan Roodbergen:
  Optimizing stock levels for rental systems with a support warehouse and partial backordering. 107-118
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  Lu Zhen, Kai Wang, Shuaian Wang, Xiaobo Qu:
  Tug scheduling for hinterland barge transport: A branch-and-price approach. 119-132

Stochastics and Statistics

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  Maria Nieswand, Stefan Seifert:
  Environmental factors in frontier estimation - A Monte Carlo analysis. 133-148
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  András Prékopa, Jinwook Lee:
  Risk tomography. 149-168
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  Yael Perlman, Amir Elalouf, Uri Yechiali:
  Dynamic allocation of stochastically-arriving flexible resources to random streams of objects with application to kidney cross-transplantation. 169-177

Decision Support

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  Mika Marttunen, Valerie Belton, Judit Lienert:
  Are objectives hierarchy related biases observed in practice? A meta-analysis of environmental and energy applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 178-194
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  Matthias Deceuninck, Dieter Fiems, Stijn De Vuyst:
  Outpatient scheduling with unpunctual patients and no-shows. 195-207
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  Stijn Geuens, Kristof Coussement, Koen W. De Bock:
  A framework for configuring collaborative filtering-based recommendations derived from purchase data. 208-218
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  Olivier Rubel:
  Profiting from product-harm crises in competitive markets. 219-227
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  Zheng-Yun Zhuang, Amine Hocine:
  Meta goal programing approach for solving multi-criteria de Novo programing problem. 228-238
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  Xiangrui Chao, Gang Kou, Tie Li, Yi Peng:
  Jie Ke versus AlphaGo: A ranking approach using decision making method for large-scale data with incomplete information. 239-247
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  Gülsah Karakaya, Murat Köksalan, Selin Damla Ahipasaoglu:
  Interactive algorithms for a broad underlying family of preference functions. 248-262
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  Angelico Fetta, Paul R. Harper, Vincent A. Knight, Janet E. Williams:
  Predicting adolescent social networks to stop smoking in secondary schools. 263-276

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Jie Lu, Akshay Gupte, Yongxi (Eric) Huang:
  A mean-risk mixed integer nonlinear program for transportation network protection. 277-289
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  Emilio Carrizosa, Vanesa Guerrero, Dolores Romero Morales:
  On Mathematical Optimization for the visualization of frequencies and adjacencies as rectangular maps. 290-302
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  David A. Wuttke, H. Sebastian Heese:
  Two-dimensional cutting stock problem with sequence dependent setup times. 303-315
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  Reza Atefi, Majid Salari, Leandro C. Coelho, Jacques Renaud:
  The open vehicle routing problem with decoupling points. 316-327
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  Jakob Kotas, Archis Ghate:
  Bayesian learning of dose-response parameters from a cohort under response-guided dosing. 328-343
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  Adrian Small, David W. Wainwright:
  Privacy and security of electronic patient records - Tailoring multimethodology to explore the socio-political problems associated with Role Based Access Control systems. 344-360

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Panayioti C. Yianni, Luís C. Neves, Dovile Rama, John D. Andrews:
  Accelerating Petri-Net simulations using NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units. 361-371
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  Inchang Hwang, Simon Xu, Francis In:
  Naive versus optimal diversification: Tail risk and performance. 372-388
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  Yi Hong, Xing Jin:
  Semi-analytical solutions for dynamic portfolio choice in jump-diffusion models and the optimal bond-stock mix. 389-398

Volume 265, Number 2, March 2018

Invited Review

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  Shandong Mou, David J. Robb, Nicole DeHoratius:
  Retail store operations: Literature review and research directions. 399-422

Continuous Optimization

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  André B. Chassein, Marc Goerigk, Adam Kasperski, Pawel Zielinski:
  On recoverable and two-stage robust selection problems with budgeted uncertainty. 423-436
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  Guoxin Wang, Jin Zhang, Bo Zeng, Gui-Hua Lin:
  Expected residual minimization formulation for a class of stochastic linear second-order cone complementarity problems. 437-447
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  Zili Wu:
  Characterizations of weakly sharp solutions for a variational inequality with a pseudomonotone mapping. 448-453

Discrete Optimization

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  Roubila Lilia Kadri, Fayez F. Boctor:
  An efficient genetic algorithm to solve the resource-constrained project scheduling problem with transfer times: The single mode case. 454-462
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  Mernout Burger, Zhou Su, Bart De Schutter:
  A node current-based 2-index formulation for the fixed-destination multi-depot travelling salesman problem. 463-477
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  Petrica C. Pop, Oliviu Matei, Cosmin Sabo, Adrian Petrovan:
  A two-level solution approach for solving the generalized minimum spanning tree problem. 478-487
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  Jérôme De Boeck, Bernard Fortz:
  Extended formulation for hop constrained distribution network configuration problems. 488-502
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  Liji Shen, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, Janis Sebastian Neufeld:
  Solving the flexible job shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. 503-516

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Maximilian Schiffer, Michael Schneider, Gilbert Laporte:
  Designing sustainable mid-haul logistics networks with intra-route multi-resource facilities. 517-532
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  Milan Kumar, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur:
  Pricing and sourcing strategies for competing retailers in supply chains under disruption risk. 533-543
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  Teobaldo Bulhões, Minh Hoàng Hà, Rafael Martinelli, Thibaut Vidal:
  The vehicle routing problem with service level constraints. 544-558

Stochastics and Statistics

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  José Carlos Dias, João Pedro Vidal Nunes:
  Universal recurrence algorithm for computing Nuttall, generalized Marcum and incomplete Toronto functions and moments of a noncentral χ² random variable. 559-570
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  Michael Hanke, Spiridon I. Penev:
  Comparing large-sample maximum Sharpe ratios and incremental variable testing. 571-579
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  Refael Hassin, Irit Nowik, Yair Y. Shaki:
  On the price of anarchy in a single-server queue with heterogeneous service valuations induced by travel costs. 580-588
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  Piao Chen, Zhi-Sheng Ye:
  A systematic look at the gamma process capability indices. 589-597

Decision Support

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  Jiapeng Liu, Xiuwu Liao, Wei Huang, Jian-Bo Yang:
  A new decision-making approach for multiple criteria sorting with an imbalanced set of assignment examples. 598-620
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  Amirhossein Bazargan, Salma Karray, Saeed Zolfaghari:
  'Buy n times, get one free' loyalty cards: Are they profitable for competing firms? A game theoretic analysis. 621-630
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  Yongchao Liu, Huifu Xu, Shu-Jung Sunny Yang, Jin Zhang:
  Distributionally robust equilibrium for continuous games: Nash and Stackelberg models. 631-643
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  Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Joe Zhu, Biresh K. Sahoo:
  Identification of congestion in data envelopment analysis under the occurrence of multiple projections: A reliable method capable of dealing with negative data. 644-654
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  Eero Pätäri, Ville Karell, Pasi Luukka, Julian Scott Yeomans:
  Comparison of the multicriteria decision-making methods for equity portfolio selection: The U.S. evidence. 655-672
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  L. Alberto Franco, Christian Greiffenhagen:
  Making OR practice visible: Using ethnomethodology to analyse facilitated modelling workshops. 673-684

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Marta Giampietro, Massimo Guidolin, Manuela Pedio:
  Estimating stochastic discount factor models with hidden regimes: Applications to commodity pricing. 685-702
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  Bram de Jonge, Edgars Jakobsons:
  Optimizing block-based maintenance under random machine usage. 703-709
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  Endre Bjørndal, Mette Bjørndal, Astrid Cullmann, Maria Nieswand:
  Finding the right yardstick: Regulation of electricity networks under heterogeneous environments. 710-722
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  Miguel Constantino, Isabel Martins:
  Branch-and-cut for the forest harvest scheduling subject to clearcut and core area constraints. 723-734
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  Jing Chen, Bintong Chen, Wei Li:
  Who should be pricing leader in the presence of customer returns? 735-747
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  Kai Du, Andrew C. Worthington, Valentin Zelenyuk:
  Data envelopment analysis, truncated regression and double-bootstrap for panel data with application to Chinese banking. 748-764
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  Lin Zhou, Roberto Baldacci, Daniele Vigo, Xu Wang:
  A Multi-Depot Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery Options Arising in the Last Mile Distribution. 765-778
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  Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Martin Luipersbeck, Markus Sinnl:
  Gotta (efficiently) catch them all: Pokémon GO meets Orienteering Problems. 779-794

Volume 265, Number 3, March 2018

Invited Review

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  Refael Hassin, Anna Sarid:
  Operations research applications of dichotomous search. 795-812

Discrete Optimization

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  Guang-Yu Zhu, Li-Jun He, Xue-Wei Ju, Wei-Bo Zhang:
  A fitness assignment strategy based on the grey and entropy parallel analysis and its application to MOEA. 813-828
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  Fred W. Glover, Mark W. Lewis, Gary A. Kochenberger:
  Logical and inequality implications for reducing the size and difficulty of quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problems. 829-842
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  Lijun Wei, Zhenzhen Zhang, Defu Zhang, Stephen C. H. Leung:
  A simulated annealing algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional loading constraints. 843-859
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  Pedro Pinacho Davidson, Christian Blum, José Antonio Lozano:
  The weighted independent domination problem: Integer linear programming models and metaheuristic approaches. 860-871
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  José Gentile, Artur Alves Pessoa, Michael Poss, Marcos Costa Roboredo:
  Integer programming formulations for three sequential discrete competitive location problems with foresight. 872-881
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  Charly Lersteau, André Rossi, Marc Sevaux:
  Minimum energy target tracking with coverage guarantee in wireless sensor networks. 882-894
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  Mario Ventresca, Kyle Robert Harrison, Beatrice M. Ombuki-Berman:
  The bi-objective critical node detection problem. 895-908

Production, Manufacturing and Logistics

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  Wei Yan, Yu Xiong, Junhong Chu, Gendao Li, Zhongkai Xiong:
  Clicks versus Bricks: The role of durability in marketing channel strategy of durable goods manufacturers. 909-918
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  Ali Pala, Jun Zhuang:
  Security screening queues with impatient applicants: A new model with a case study. 919-930
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  Marcos de Melo da Silva, Günes Erdogan, Maria Battarra, Vitaly A. Strusevich:
  The Block Retrieval Problem. 931-950
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  Lina Johansson, Fredrik Olsson:
  Age-based inventory control in a multi-echelon system with emergency replenishments. 951-961
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  Javier Rubio-Herrero, Melike Baykal-Gürsoy:
  On the unimodality of the price-setting newsvendor problem with additive demand under risk considerations. 962-974

Decision Support

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  Yuwei Lu, Xiaolan Xie, Zhibin Jiang:
  Dynamic appointment scheduling with wait-dependent abandonment. 975-984
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  Anna Kolesárová, Jun Li, Radko Mesiar:
  k-additive aggregation functions and their characterization. 985-992
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  Bissan Ghaddar, Joe Naoum-Sawaya:
  High dimensional data classification and feature selection using support vector machines. 993-1004
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  Pekka J. Korhonen, Akram Dehnokhalaji, Nasim Nasrabadi:
  A lexicographic radial projection onto the efficient frontier in Data Envelopment Analysis. 1005-1012

Innovative Applications of O.R.

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  Naeme Zarrinpoor, Mohammad Saber Fallahnezhad, Mir Saman Pishvaee:
  The design of a reliable and robust hierarchical health service network using an accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm. 1013-1032
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  Marion Robert, Jacques-Eric Bergez, Alban Thomas:
  A stochastic dynamic programming approach to analyze adaptation to climate change - Application to groundwater irrigation in India. 1033-1045
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  I. Esra Büyüktahtakin, Emmanuel Desbordes, Eyyüb Y. Kibis:
  A new epidemics-logistics model: Insights into controlling the Ebola virus disease in West Africa. 1046-1063
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  Reut Noham, Michal Tzur:
  Designing humanitarian supply chains by incorporating actual post-disaster decisions. 1064-1077
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  Elena Fernández, Mireia Roca-Riu, M. Grazia Speranza:
  The Shared Customer Collaboration Vehicle Routing Problem. 1078-1093
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  Kuo-Hao Chang, Po-Yi Kuo:
  An efficient simulation optimization method for the generalized redundancy allocation problem. 1094-1101
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  Ayhan Aydin, Rodney P. Parker:
  Innovation and technology diffusion in competitive supply chains. 1102-1114
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  Gaofeng Da, Ping Shing Chan, Maochao Xu:
  On the signature of complex system: A decomposed approach. 1115-1123
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  Seda Bas, Giuliana Carello, Ettore Lanzarone, Semih Yalçindag:
  An appointment scheduling framework to balance the production of blood units from donation. 1124-1143

Interfaces with Other Disciplines

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  Yan Liu, Hongyan Shi, Nicholas C. Petruzzi:
  Optimal quality and quantity provisions for centralized vs. decentralized distribution: Market size uncertainty effects. 1144-1158
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  Zhen Li, Jinfeng Yue, Ching-Chung Kuo:
  Design of discrete Dutch auctions with consideration of time. 1159-1171
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  George A. Christodoulakis, Abdulkadir Mohamed, Nikolas Topaloglou:
  Optimal privatization portfolios in the presence of arbitrary risk aversion. 1172-1191