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European Journal  of Operational  Research  143 (2002) 660-667 
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Keyword  Index 
Volumes  136—143  (2002) 
3-cycle, (137) 310  Artificial  neural  networks,  (138)  155  Branch  and bound, (136) 512, (137) 371, 
3-Dimensional  packing,  (141) 421  Artificial  recharge, (143) 611  (142) 258, (143) 64 
Arts, (140) 212  Branch-and-bound,  (139) 293, (140) 629, 
Absolute  value, (141) 233  Assembling,  (142) 309  (141) 274 
Acceptability  analysis, (142) 345 
Assembly systems,  (137) 387  Branch-and-bound  optimisation,  (143) 
Acceptance  sampling,  (139) 501  Assessment,  (138)  103  582 
Additive  fuzzy preferences,  (139) 302  Asset  liability management,  (140) 37  Budget constrained  upgrade problem, 
Adoptive search,  (141) 440  Assignment,  (138) 9, 274, 349, 380, (139)  (137) 265 
Advertising,  (142)  187  220  Business  process  reengineering,  (140) 447 
Aggregation,  (137) 612  Assortment,  (140) 584  Buyer behavior,  (139) 682 
Aggregation/disaggregation,  (138) 332 
Assurance  regions, (140) 93 
Agriculture,  (136) 253, (139) 613  Asymmetric joint venture,  (136) 591  Cancellation  sequence  method,  (137) 288 
Air pollutants,  (140) 571  Attitude,  (137)  145  Can-order  policy, (141) 587 
Airline crew  scheduling,  (140) 531  Attraction  models,  (138) 212  Capacity,  (137)  10 
Airlines,  (139)  166, (142) 294  Auditing, (136) 253  Capacity expansion,  (143)  138 
Air-traffic control,  (136) 324  Auditing decisions,  (136) 264  Capacity expansion  problem, (140) 571 
Algebraic models  of computation,  (143)  Augmented  Lagrangian,  (143) 432  Capacity management,  (141) 39 
406  Authoring systems,  (137)  134  Capital-intensive  goods, (137) 657 
Algorithm optimal by Shannon, (138) 260  Availability,  (139)  146  Capital  rationing,  (139) 42 
Allocative  efficiency,  (137)  177,  191  Average cost,  (139)  146  Case study, (138) 392 
Aluminum,  (143) 218  Case-based reasoning, (140) 266, (141) 660 
Analytic center,  (143) 268  Balancedness,  (136) 635  Casting,  (143) 218 
Analytic hierarchy process  (AHP),  (137)  Balancing,  (143)  115  Cell formation,  (137) 401 
642  Banking,  (139) 339, 643  Cellular  manufacturing  system,  (137) 401 
Analytic hierarchy process,  (136) 680,  Bankruptcy,  (138) 436  Central  path, (143) 268, 311 
(137)  110, (140) 88,  104,  148  Batch  processing,  (136) 95  Chain,  (137) 248 
Analytic  hierarchy processes,  (137)  134  Bayesian analysis, (139)  133  Channel  coordination,  (141) 526 
Analytic hierarchy processes (Z), (141) 70  Bayesian  learning, (138)  191  Chaos,  (139) 543 
Analytical  hierarchy process,  (137) 336  Bayes’ theorem,  (136)  181  Chinese  postman,  (142) 70 
Analytical  network  process,  (137) 336  Behavior  analysis, (138)  178  Choice  based conjoint analysis, (137) 448 
Analyticity,  (143) 311  Benchmarking,  (137) 218, (140) 249  Cholesky factorization,  (143) 419 
Ant Colony Optimization,  (142) 250,  Bertrand  price competition,  (137) 434  Choquet  integral,  (137) 612 
(143) 218  Bézier curves,  (139) 84  Chromatic  index, (143) 531 
Antinomies,  (137) 206  Bias correction,  (138)  |  Classification,  (136) 603, (138) 229, 247, 
Applied decision  making,  (136) 233  Bi-criteria  problems,  (141) 559  294,  302, 349, 392 
Applied  probability,  (140) 61  Bidding,  (137) 657  Classification  invariance,  (142)  16 
Approximation,  (141)  147  Bilevel  programming,  (142) 444  Classification  probability,  (141) 596 
Approximation  algorithm,  (140) 291  Binary tree,  (136) 57  Client/server,  (142) 509 
A pyramidal  tour,  (138) 43  Bin packing, (141) 253  Clothing  industry, (143) 80 
ARCH,  (139) 351  Bin packing problems,  (141) 241  Clustering problem,  (140) 338 
Arc routing,  (139) 521  Biomass,  (139) 613  Cockpit  crew,  (136)  501 
Artificial  intelligence,  (136) 290, (141)  Blocking,  (143) 498  Cognitive  mechanisms,  (136) 324 
660, (142) 382  Bootstrap,  (137)  191, (138)  1, (139)  115  Cognitive  modeling,  (136) 282 
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Keyword Index  661 
Cognitive modelling,  (136) 299  Context-based  reasoning,  (136) 290  Decision  analysis, (136)  181, 449, (140) 
Collective decision-making,  (136) 333  Contextual  graphs, (136) 290  88, (142) 357 
Colored  Petri net, (136) 383  Contingency table, (137)  110  Decision  making, (136) 340, (138)  178, 
Column  generation,  (136) 501, 512, (141)  Contingent  valuation,  (140) 499  (141) 217 
274, 295  Continuity  theory, (138) 436  Decision  processes,  (136) 233 
Combinatorial  optimisation,  (136) 57,  Continuous  flow process,  (143) 600  Decision  rules, (138) 229, 247 
(140) 266, 354, 590, (141) 421, 515,  Contracting,  (137) 657  Decision  support  system, (136) 290, 324, 
(142) 419, (143) 543  Control,  (139) 400, 461, (140) 399, (141)  (139) 416, 449 
Combinatorial  optimization,  (139) 557,  186  Decision  support systems,  (136)  181, 299, 
(140) 590  Control-limit  policy, (139)  146  (137) 483, (138) 554, (139) 436, (140) 
Combinatorial  optimization  problems,  Convexity,  (136) 616  434, (141) 454, 608 
(139) 543  Convex  optimization,  (143) 291  Decision-making  process,  (140) 413 
Combining,  (138) 294  Convex programming,  (136) 46, (143) 611  Decision  support,  (136) 282 
Commitment,  (143)  197  Convex  sets, (143) 390  Decision  theory, (141)  107, 454 
Commonality,  (136) 353, (141) 570  Cooperative game,  (136) 591  Decision  trees,  (136) 282 
Common  due date, (139)  |  Cooperative games,  (136) 616, (142) 463  Decomposed  control,  (138) 569 
Common  due window,  (136) 512  Core, (142) 463  Delivery lags, (136)  173 
Common  random  numbers,  (136)  121  Core problem,  (136) 57  Delphi, (137)  134 
Common  shocks,  (139) 351  CorGARCH,  (139) 351  Demand  forecasting,  (140) 684 
Communication,  (139) 461  CorrARCH,  (139) 351  Dempster-Shafer  theory, (140)  148 
Communication  networks,  (143) 53  Correlation,  (139) 351  Design of computer experiments,  (140) 
Compact  modeling,  (140)  197  Cost allocation,  (136) 635  197 
Comparison  matrices,  (140) 88  Cost—benefit  analysis,  (136) 696  Design  Rationale,  (136) 333 
Compensation,  (138) 302  Cost benefit  analysis,  (142) 419  Deterioration,  (143) 570 
Competence  set, (138) 622  Cost efficiency,  (139) 643  Developing country,  (143)  197 
Competence  set expansion,  (138) 622  Cost functions,  (136) 655  d-Invex  function  with respect  to n, (137) 
Competitive  facility location,  (142)  138  Cost minimization,  (141) 295  28 
Competitive  location,  (143) 518  Credibility,  (138)  103  Disaster  recovery  planning,  (141) 679 
Complete and non-contradictory  knowl-  Credit  risk assessment,  (138) 392  Disaster  recovery  strategy,  (141) 679 
edge base, (138) 260  Critical  index, (141)  147  Discounted  cost,  (139)  146 
Completion  time variance,  (137) 303  Cross-efficiency,  (137) 421, (140) 249  Discrete  Choquet capacity,  (137) 612 
Complex  Societal  Problems,  (140) 232  Customer  needs,  (143) 463  Discrete—continuous  scheduling,  (137) 
Complexity,  (140)  170  Customer  satisfaction  analysis, (143)  148  288 
Complexity  theory, (136) 541, (143) 325,  CUSUM  chart,  (139) 68  Discriminant  analysis,  (138)  155, 294 
406  Cutting, (139) 557, (140) 584, (141) 274,  Discrimination,  (139) 371 
Component  commonality,  (142) 523  295,  359, 410  Distance  function,  (137)  191, (139)  115 
COMPRAM  method,  (140) 232  Cutting/packing,  (141) 382  Distributed  decision,  (136) 233 
Compromise  programming,  (137)  |  Cutting plane, (140) 338  Distribution  dynamics,  (139) 643 
Computational  analysis,  (137) 348, (142)  Cutting planes, (141) 274  District  heating and cooling plant, (137) 
52  Cutting stock,  (141) 253  677 
Computational  complexity,  (143)  181  Cutting stock  problem,  (141) 328  Districting,  (139) 521 
Computational  economics,  (143) 268  Cycle, (137) 310  Diversification,  (142) 231 
Computer-based  training,  (136) 310  Drama  theory, (142) 610 
Computers,  (138) 413  Data  allocation,  (143) 210  DS/AHP,  (140)  148 
Concave  minimization,  (136)  366  Data archival,  (138) 413  Dual-ascent,  (138) 671 
Cone constraint,  (136)  19  Data envelopment  analysis (DEA),  (142)  Duality,  (137) 28 
Cone-convex  functions,  (141) 471  16, 476  Duality gap,  (136) 81 
Confrontation  analysis,  (142) 610  Data envelopment  analysis,  (136)  19, 32,  Due date assignment,  (139)  | 
Conjunctive  use,  (143) 611  466, (137)  10, 22, 421, (138)  1, (139)  Due date criteria,  (136) 616 
Constrained  shortest  path, (142) 221  115, 339, 598, (140) 24, 249, 517, (141)  Dynamic programming,  (136) 57, 95, 106, 
Constraint  formulation,  (140)  338  21, 544, (142) 642, (143) 625  (139) 613, (142) 52,  108, (143) 452 
Constraint  qualifications,  (143)  390  D.c.  programming,  (142) 258 
Consumer  decision,  (138) 622  DEA,  (137)  177, (143)  32  Earliness  and tardiness,  (142) 271 
Consumer  loans,  (136)  190  Decentralized  system,  (139) 262  Economics,  (137)  191, (140) 459, (141) 
Consumer  motivations,  (140) 499  Decision  aid, (140)  191  107 
Container,  (141)  393  Decision  aiding and decision  support  Economic  and financial  prediction,  (141) 
Container  loading,  (141)  382  system,  (138) 365  641
662  Keyword Index 
Economic  design, (143) 600  Feasible cut, (140) 291  Genericity  behavior,  (142) 444 
Economic  indicators,  (140) 482  Fill rates,  (142) 523  Genetic algorithm,  (140) 606, (142) 203 
Economic  valuation,  (140) 499  Finance,  (136) 696, (137) 206, (139)  178,  Genetic algorithms,  (137)  1, 677, (138) 
Economics  of crime and punishment,  (143) 452  436, (139) 585, (141) 480, (142) 382, 
(141) 58  Financial  decision  making,  (139) 371  (143) 543 
Edge coloring, (143) 531  Financing and ruin of a firm, (136) 471  Genetic  local search,  (137) 50 
Education,  (136) 573, (143) 625  Finite dominating sets, (136) 67  Genetic programming,  (138) 436 
Efficiency analysis,  (137) 22  Fisheries,  (137)  10  Geometric  optimization,  (143) 291 
Efficiency coefficient,  (143) 419  Fixed charge cutting stock problem, (143)  Geometric  process,  (142) 21 
Efficiency,  (139)  115, 339, (142)  16, 476,  80  Global error  bound,  (143) 390 
642, (143) 32  Fleet management,  (136)  136  Global  expansion, (138) 649 
Efficient  market  hypothesis,  (137) 524  Fleet selection,  (140) 618  Global  logistics, (143)  1 
Efficient  point, (139) 26  Fleet sizing, (136) 680  Global optimization, (140) 584, (142) 258, 
Electoral  cycles, (141)  186  Flexibility,  (136) 696  (143) 325 
ELECTRE  type methods,  (139) 317  Flexible manufacturing  systems,  (136)  G/M/1  queue,  (142) 577 
Electronics  assembly,  (140) 590  366, (140) 590, (143)  115  Goal programming,  (136) 422, 430, 466, 
Elemental  cycle approach,  (139) 521  Flood control, (142) 625  (137)  1, (138) 294, 649, (139) 62, (140) 
Energy, (139) 665  Flow decomposition,  (140) 531  447, 541, (143) 42 
Engineering design, (140)  197  Flow shop scheduling,  (139) 293  Going concern,  (136) 264 
Engineering/operations,  (138) 554  Flow shop systems,  (136) 528  Government,  (140) 459, 517, (141)  186 
Enterprise modelling,  (138) 663  Flowshop,  (137) 37, (139) 245, (141) 559,  Graph coloring, (136) 483 
Entrepreneurship,  (139) 626, (141) 88  (142) 282  Graph decomposition,  (136) 483 
Entropy, (137) 612, (141) 200  Flow-shops,  (140) 384  Graph theory, (136) 483, (138) 320, (141) 
Entropy optimization,  (143) 291  Forecasting, (138) 87, (139) 339, (142) 81,  421, (142)  128, 435, (143) 543 
Environment,  (139) 68, 665, (140) 427  321  Graphical  statistics,  (140) 482 
Environment  (M), (141) 70  Forest learning, (138) 622  GRASP,  (142) 70 
Environmental  management,  (139) 416  Fractional  programming,  (136) 67, (141)  Greedy heuristic,  (142)  187 
Environmental  performance evaluation,  233, (143) 42  Group collaboration,  (141) 217 
(139) 68  Freight transportation,  (136)  136  Group decision,  (142) 625 
Environmental  planning,  (142) 345  Frontier,  (142) 476  Group decision  making, (142) 345 
Environmental  policy, (143)  197  Frontier models, (139)  115  Group decisions  and negotiations,  (138) 
Environmental  protection,  (142) 480  Fully polynomial approximation  scheme,  663 
EOQ, (137) 394  (137) 303  Groups and hierarchies,  (138)  | 
Equity, (142) 642  Fuzzy clustering,  (138) 320  Groupware,  (136) 333 
Equivalent  risk, (137) 206  Fuzzy group decision  making  (FGDM), 
Ethics, (136) 340, (140)  191, 212  (142)  174  Habitual  domain,  (137)  145 
Europe, (140) 212, 482  Fuzzy integral, (137)  145  Half integrality,  (140) 291 
European culture,  (140) 212  Fuzzy logic, (139) 449  Harmonic  mean,  (142) 21 
European  integration,  (140) 212  Fuzzy measure,  (137)  145  Health  services,  (139) 449 
Even pair, (137) 326  Fuzzy numbers,  (139) 84  Health  services,  (140) 541, (142)  152, 610 
Expected makespan,  (140) 384  Fuzzy outdating cost, (138) 545  Health,  (141) 21 
Experiential effect, (138) 622  Fuzzy pattern  recognition,  (142) 625  Health-care  infrastructure,  (140) 447 
Experimental  design, (141) 8  Fuzzy set, (137) 93  Heterogeneity,  (137) 448 
Experimental economics,  (140) 241  Fuzzy sets, (138)  178, (139) 84, 166,  178,  Heuristic algorithms,  (141) 410, (142)  138 
Expert judgment, (140)  142  302, (141) 217, (142)  152  Heuristic,  (137) 348, (139) 220, (141) 328, 
Expert knowledge,  (138) 260  Fuzzy shortage cost,  (138) 545  559 
Expert systems,  (136) 253, (142)  152  Heuristics,  (136) 212, 483, (137) 233, 401, 
Expertise extraction,  (136) 299  Game models, (143)  171  512, (138) 9, 518, 531, (139) 521, 557, 
Game theory, (136) 635, (137) 588, (140)  (141) 133, 274, 359, 371, 382, 679, (142) 
Facet, (137) 310  241, (141) 526, (143) 582  52, 309, 509, (143) 53 
Facilities/capacity expansion,  (139) 42  Gaming, (136) 591  Hierarchical  Bayes, (137) 448 
Facilities design and planning,  (136) 366  Gaussian  quadrature,  (140) 655  Hierarchical  model,  (138) 495 
Facilities  planning and design, (142) 509  General  integer programming,  (136) 81  Hierarchical  planning,  (140)  118 
Facility location,  (142) 480  Generalised  expected utility, (136) 449  Horizon,  (140) 281 
Factor analysis, (140) 499  Generalized  amalgam,  (137) 326  Hubs, (137) 371 
Faculty salary, (138) 302  Generalized  satisfiability,  (140) 291  Human  centered  processes,  (136) 233 
Failure,  (139) 339  Generating  function,  (143)  181  Human  resources,  (139) 585
Keyword Index  663 
Human-computer  interaction,  (136) 310  Inventory/production,  (140) 648  Linear and quadratic programming, (143) 
Human-centred  technology,  (136) 310  Investment  analysis,  (136) 573, (141) 8,  406 
Hybrid models, (138) 436  (143)  125  Linear assignment,  (139) 578 
Hyper-heuristics,  (140) 266  Investment,  (137) 657  Linear optimization,  (140)  170, (143) 234 
Irreversible  investment  opportunities,  Linear programming,  (136) 81, 430, (137) 
Implementation  technology,  (140) 322  (136)  173  37, (138) 294, (140) 170, 517, (141) 295, 
Imprecise data, (140) 24  Irrigation,  (143) 611  313, (143)  171, 257, 268, 342 
Imprecise information,  (137)  123  ISO 9000 certification,  (142) 632  Linearization,  (139) 62, (143) 210 
Indirect  production  theory, (137)  177  Linguistic variables,  (142)  174 
Industrial  energy  system,  (142) 419  Japanese banking, (137)  177  Local optimal solution,  (143)  19 
Inexact  Newton  method,  (143) 419  Job grouping,  (140) 590  Local search, (142) 231 
Infinite  programs,  (142) 463  Job shop, (143) 498  Location,  (136) 67, 366, 573, (137) 93, 
Information  asymmetries,  (142) 632  Joint economic  lot size models,  (142) 497  336, (138) 495, (141) 480, (142) 396 
Information  criteria,  (141) 200  Joint reliability importance,  (142) 539  Logical implication,  (140) 338 
Information  sharing, (142) 81, 321  Joint replenishment  problem, (141) 587  Logistics systems design, (143)  1 
Information  systems,  and decision  mak-  Joint ventures,  (138) 649  Logistics,  (140)  118, 629 
ing/processes,  (137)  134  Jump-diffusion  processes,  (136) 696  Logit-based  mode choice, (140) 562 
Input ranking,  (138)  191  Long-run availability,  (142) 548 
Inspection error,  (139) 501  Kakutani  fixed point theorem,  (143) 377  Loop network  layout, (137) 401 
Inspection,  (139)  146  Kanban  system,  (139) 262  Lot sizing, (139) 490, (141)  133, (143) 94 
Integer fractional  programming,  (143)  Karush—Kuhn-Tucker  optimality condi-  |,-norm optimization,  (143) 291 
518  tions, (143)  19 
Integer linear programming  model, (139)  k-cycle, (137) 310  Macbeth,  (138) 380 
436  Knapsack packing, (141) 382  Machine dominance,  (139) 245 
Integer programming,  (136) 551, (138)  Knapsack problem,  (140) 427  Machine  interference  problem, (138)  127 
274, 459, 484, (139) 277, 511, 578, (140)  Knowledge acquisition,  (136) 282, 299  Machine  learning, (136) 282 
629, (141) 295, 480, 544, (142) 480,  k-out-of-n  System, (142) 539  Machine  repairman problem, (138)  127 
(143) 53, 80, 171,  Kuhn—Tucker conditions,  (137) 558  Maintenance  policy, (139) 469 
Integrated control, (138) 569  Maintenance,  (138)  127, (139) 96, 146, 
Integration,  (136) 383  Lagrange function,  (143)  19  469, (140) 50, (141) 689, (142) 548 
Interactive fuzzy programming,  (141)  167  Lagrangean  relaxation,  (139) 293  Makespan,  (137) 288 
Interactive  methods,  (142) 357  Lagrangean/surrogate  relaxation,  (138)  Malleable  tasks, (142) 242 
Interactive  procedure,  (139) 533  473  Management,  (136) 253 
Interest  groups,  (141)  186  Lagrangian  relaxation  method,  (136) 403  Manpower planning, (138) 9, (139) 585 
Interior-point  algorithm,  (143) 257  Lagrangian  relaxation,  (143) 356  Manufacturing control systems, (138) 554 
Interior point method,  (143) 234  Laplace transforms  and moments  of the  Manufacturing  postponement,  (142) 523 
Interior point methods,  (137) 461, (140)  solution  of an ODE, (136) 471  Manufacturing  yield, (140) 655 
170, (143) 268, 311, 452, (143) 291  Large scale optimization,  (140) 322  Manufacturing,  (136) 353, (137) 387, 
Intermediate  facilities,  (137) 233  Large-scale optimization,  (141) 313  (138) 87, 601, (141) 570, (142) 81, 309 
Intermediate  solution,  (140)  134  Largest-remaining-task  algorithm,  (137)  Marginal abatement  cost,  (140) 571 
International,  (138) 649  248  Market  entry, (139) 626, (141) 88 
Internet,  (142) 396  Latent  class, (137) 448  Market  share models,  (138) 212 
Interval  (indifference)  graphs, (139) 302  Layout problem, (143) 80  Marketing,  (138)  191, 212, 578, 601, 622, 
Interval  CPM, (136) 541  Leadership,  (140) 212  (139) 682 
Interval criticality,  (136) 541  Legacy systems,  (142) 509  Markov chain, (137) 524 
Interval  data, (140) 24  Level algorithm,  (137) 248  Markov decision processes, (141) 113, 587 
Interval  efficiency, (136) 32  Lexicographic  multi-objective criterion,  Markov  processes,  (140) 61 
Interval  goal programming,  (142)  |  (139) 578  Markov  renewal  theory, (142) 548 
Interval  inefficiency,  (136) 32  Lift-and-project  procedure,  (143) 325  Master equation,  (138) 663 
Interval  order, (137) 37  Lifting, (137) 310  Master production  scheduling,  (138) 87 
Interval  scale variables,  (137) 22  Limiting behavior,  (143) 311  Material  Requirements  Planning (MRP), 
Inventory control,  (137) 497, (138) 76,  Linear and convex  inequality systems,  (138) 87 
(140) 684, (143) 94  (143) 390  Material  storage,  (142) 419 
Inventory  theory, (141)  113, (142)  108  Linear and convex  semi-infinite  pro-  Mathematical  programming,  (136) 603, 
Inventory,  (136) 353, (137) 394, (138) 63,  gramming,  (143) 390  (137) 72, 93, 483, (139) 42,  178, 400 
578, (139) 262, (141) 570, 587, (142)  Linear and integer programming,  (139)  Maximum  clique, (140) 291 
497, (143) 548  490  Maximum  likelihood,  (138) 452
664  Keyword Index 
Maximum  tardiness,  (136) 95  Multicriteria mathematical programming,  Negative binomial  distribution,  (139) 682 
Max-vertex-cover,  (143) 342  (140) 447  Negative variables,  (137) 22 
MCDM,  (140) 249  Multicriteria  method,  (138) 349  Nesting, (141) 359 
Measures  of information,  (139) 84  Multicriteria  optimization,  (142)  |  Net present  value, (137) 206 
Medicine,  (140) 399  Multi-enterprise  supply chain modelling,  Network  design, (137) 371 
Membership functions,  (139) 84  (143) 582  Network  flows, (139) 277, (140) 629 
Merger effect, (137) 434  Multi-level  linear programming,  (143)  19  Network  loading problem, (142) 231 
Meta-goal  programming,  (136) 422  Multi-media,  (137)  134  Network  programming,  (138) 671, (139) 
Meta-heuristic  approaches,  (140) 266  Multi-objective combinatorial  optimiza-  206 
Meta-heuristics,  (137)  1  tion, (137) 50  Network  simplex, (140) 531 
Metaheuristics,  (137) 50, (138) 531, (139)  Multiobjective  optimization,  (141) 471  Neural  networks,  (136)  190, 212, (138) 
277, (142) 70, 203, 231, (143) 218  Multi-objective  programming,  (136)  19,  191, (139) 461, 543, (142) 382 
Metamodeling,  (138)  142  (137)  1, 28  Neuro-fuzzy  systems,  (136)  190 
Method,  (141)  147  Multiobjective  symmetric duality, (141)  No intermediate  queues,  (142) 282 
Military application,  (142)  174  471  Nominal  sorting problematic,  (138) 349 
Military OR, (139) 327  Multiobjective,  (140) 373  Non-availability  periods,  (136) 528 
Military, (136) 680, (140) 61, 459  Multiple activity organisations,  (141) 21  Non-controllable  inputs, (143) 625 
Mine detection,  (139) 327  Multiple case  study, (140) 413  Nonconvex  quadratic program,  (143) 325 
Minimal  imperfect  graph, (137) 326  Multiple comparisons,  (141) 200  Nondominated  ordering quantity,  (138) 
Minimal  spanning tree,  (139) 578  Multiple criteria  analysis,  (138) 229, 260,  545 
Minimax  resource  allocation,  (136) 46  274, 320, 332, 365, 380, (139) 390, 533,  Nonlinear  knapsack  problem,  (138) 459 
Minimum  cost  flow, (137) 265  (140) 118, 266, 434, 541, (141) 454, 608,  Nonlinear  optimization,  (143) 365 
Minimum  cut, (140) 291  (142)  152  Non-linear  preference  theory, (136) 449 
Minimum  satisfiability,  (140) 291  Multiple criteria  decision  analysis, (138)  Nonlinear  programming,  (138) 452,  459, 
Minimum  spanning tree,  (143) 543  247  (140)  37,  197,  399,  (141)  608,  (143) 
Minty variational  inequality,  (143) 377  Multiple criteria  decision-making,  (138)  432 
MIP modelling,  (140) 338  302, (143) 32  Non-linear  programming,  (143)  138 
Misclassification  error,  (139) 501  Multiple criteria  path, (139) 533  Nonlinear  resource  allocation  problem, 
Mixed 0-1  linear programming, (137) 677  Multiple facilities,  (142)  138  (138) 459 
Mixed 0-1, (143) 210  Multiple objective linear programming,  Nonparametric density estimation,  (139) 
Mixed  integer programming,  (137) 371,  (139) 26, (142) 357  643 
(143)  115  Multiple objective optimization,  (140)  Non-stationary demands,  (140) 670 
Modeling, (137) 657, (141) 440  571, (142) 258  Non-uniform  random  variates,  (142) 595 
Modelling,  (139) 461  Multiple objective programming,  (138)  Non-uniqueness,  (140)  134 
Molecular  biology, (138) 452  302, (140) 427, (142) 250, 625, (143)  19  Non-use  value, (140) 499 
Monopolistic competition,  (141)  153  Multiple objectives,  (143) 218  No-wait,  (143) 498 
Monotone  function  decoding,  (138) 260  Multiple-criteria  optimization,  (143) 543  NP-hardness,  (136) 95 
Monte Carlo analysis,  (137)  10  Multipliers  method,  (143) 432  Number  of tardy jobs, (136) 95 
Monte  Carlo  simulation,  (136) 603, (137)  Multiprocessor  tasks, (137) 248  Numerical  methods,  (142) 444 
524  Multi-profile  intersecting  reference  set,  Numerical  treatment  of PDEs,  (136) 471 
Monte-Carlo  method,  (137) 558  (138) 365  Numerical,  (141)  147 
Moving average control charts, (143) 600  Multistage  assembly systems,  (142) 523 
Multiattribute decision making, (137) 625  Multistage cutting stock  problem, (141)  Object-oriented  design, (137) 483 
Multi-buyers,  (143) 570  313  Obsolescence,  (137) 497, (138) 76 
Multicommodity capacitated fixed-charge  Multi-stage decision-making,  (143) 611  Odd pair, (137) 326 
network  design, (138) 671  Multistage  problems with  recourse,  (140)  ODEs  of hypergeometric  type, (136) 471 
Multicriteria  analysis, (136) 573, (137)  281  One-pass  heuristics,  (137) 272 
123, (139) 26,  166, 327, 436, (140) 93,  Multistate  reliability,  (141) 689  Operational  planning,  (137) 677 
(143)  148  Multivariate  statistics,  (136) 603, (138)  Opposite chain, (137) 248 
Multi-criteria  analysis, (140)  148  294, (140) 249  Optimal control, (138) 578,  (141) 58,  (143) 
Multicriteria  classification,  (138) 260  Municipal  management,  (138) 380  432 
Multicriteria decision aid, (138) 392, (139)  Municipality  of Rio de Janeiro,  (138) 495  Optimal  fund allocation,  (136) 403 
371, 416, 449  Municipality  services,  (136) 655  Optimal  message  design, (142)  187 
Multicriteria  decision  aiding (MCDA),  Musical  composition,  (140) 354  Optimal  policy, (141)  113 
(139) 317  Optimal  sequential  checking  procedure, 
Multi-criteria  decision  making, (136) 430,  Natural  resources,  (139) 665  (142) 548 
(140)  104, (142) 345  Near myopic policies,  (140) 670  Optimal  stopping  rule,  (136)  106
Keyword Index 
Optimal stopping,  (136)  173, (139) 626,  Perishable commodity,  (138) 545  Production  economics,  (137) 218 
(141) 88  PERT network,  (141)  147  Production  planning,  (137) 483, (138) 87, 
Optimal territory size, (137)  162  Philosophy,  (140) 212  (142) 419, (143) 94 
Optimality conditions, (137) 28, (142) 444  Physics, (140)  191  Production  rules, (136) 282 
Optimisation,  (139) 469, (141) 440, (143)  Piecewise  linear function,  (139) 62, (143)  Production  scheduling,  (136) 324 
125  42  Production  system,  (141)  113 
Optimization  over efficient  sets, (142) 258  Pipe repair maintenance,  (136) 403  Production-distribution  systems,  (136) 
Optimization  software,  (140) 322  Pivot methods,  (140)  170  366 
Optimization, (137) 394, (138) 29, 63, 413,  Policing,  (141) 660  Production-inventory  policy, (143) 570 
452, (139) 42, 400, (140) 373, 606, (141)  Political efficiency, (141)  186  Production,  (136) 573, (139) 230, 262, 
133,  167, (142)  128, (143) 94, 210, 548  Polyhedral combinatorics,  (137) 310,  277, (141)  107, (143) 548 
OR applications  in other domain,  (140)  (141) 515  Productivity and competitiveness,  (141) 
354  Polyhedral  theory, (143) 268  544 
OR education,  (140) 225  Polynomial  approximation  algorithm,  Productivity change, (137)  177 
OR, (140)  191  (143) 342  Productivity,  (143)  171 
Order assignment,  (139) 390  Polynomial complexity,  (143) 234  Project management  and scheduling, 
Ordinal  data, (140) 24  Polynomial  metamodels,  (138)  142  (136) 541, (140) 434 
Ordinal  regression,  (143)  148  Polynomial  regression in several  vari-  Project  Management,  (136)  1 
Organizational  engineering,  (136) 310  ables, (141) 608  Protection,  (143)  197 
Orthogonal  constraints,  (143) 356  Polynomial,  (139) 62  Protein  binding, (138) 452 
Outcome  set, (139) 26  Polynomially  solvable classes,  (138) 43  Pseudo-criteria,  (141) 454 
Outranking  relations,  (138) 229  Polytope,  (137) 310  Psychology,  (136) 253 
Portfolio  selection,  (139)  178, (140) 37  Public attitude analysis model,  (137)  145 
Packing, (141) 359, 371, 393, 410, 440  Possibility and necessity constraint,  (137)  Public firm, (137)  191 
Pairing, (136) 501  93  Public schools,  (136) 655 
Pairwise comparisons,  (141) 200  Post-decision  inference editing, (136) 264  Purchasing (T), (141) 70 
Pallet/container  loading, (141) 421  Posynomial,  (139) 62, (143) 42  Purchasing,  (138) 578, (139) 390, (143) 
Paper-converting  industry, (138) 29  Power generation  system,  (140) 571  171 
Parallel computing,  (137) 248, (142) 242  Power indices,  (143)  181  Pure network  problem,  (140) 531 
Parallel  machines,  (137) 37  Power-form  demand,  (137) 394 
Parallelism,  (137) 387  Precedence  constraints,  (142) 242, 435  Quadratic assignment problems, (139) 543 
Parametric  analysis, (137) 348  Preconditioned  conjugate gradient  Quadratic equality constraints,  (143) 365 
Parametric  bootstrapping,  (140) 684  method,  (143) 419  Quadratic objective,  (143) 356 
Parametric  optimization,  (143) 390  Predictive elicitation,  (139)  133  Quality control,  (139) 68 
Parametric  programming,  (136) 46, (138)  Preemptive  and nonpreemptive  schedul-  Quality function  deployment  (QFD), 
484, (139) 206, 511  ing, (137) 248  (137) 642, (143) 463 
Partial cooperation,  (140)  134  Preemptive  scheduling,  (137) 37  Quality management,  (138)  103, (139) 68, 
Partial differential  inequality system,  Preference  disaggregation,  (138) 229,  390, (143) 463 
(143) 377  (139) 371, (143)  148  Quality,  (137) 642, (139) 501, (141) 88, 
Partial  repair, (139)  146  Preference  elicitation,  (137) 625  153, (142) 497, 632 
Partition  games,  (137) 588  Pricing research,  (137) 448  Quantitative  sociodynamics,  (138) 663 
Partner selection  decisions,  (138) 649  Pricing, (137) 434, (138) 601, (140) 562,  Quasi-distance  function,  (137)  177 
Parzen  Windows,  (140)  104  (141) 39  Quasi-star-cutset,  (137) 326 
Path constraints,  (141) 58  Primal—dual  Newton  method,  (143) 234  Queueing networks,  (142) 30, 396 
Path-following,  (143) 257  Priority values,  (140)  104  Queueing system,  (137) 593 
Pattern  sequencing,  (141) 328  Probabilistic  programming,  (138) 601  Queueing  theory, (141)  113 
Penalty function  heuristic,  (142) 221  Problem-solving  methods,  (136) 333  Queueing,  (139) 585, (141) 39 
Penalty function,  (143) 432  Process capability indices,  (139) 68  Queuing,  (140)  | 
Perfect  graphs, (137) 326  Process control,  (136) 299 
Perfection-preserving  compositions,  (137)  Process  industries,  (138) 554  Radial  basis functions,  (138)  142 
326  Process  mean,  (138)  118  Radiology,  (136) 310 
Performance  measurement,  (140) 37  Process  theory, (140) 413  Radiotherapy,  (140) 399 
Performance  modeling,  (142) 396  Procrustes  problem,  (143) 356  Railways,  (142) 30 
Performance  variable,  (138)  118  Product  development,  (143) 463  Random  convex  combinations,  (140) 93 
Perinatal  health care,  (138) 495  Product  upgrading,  (138) 601  Random  utility theory, (143) 518 
Period  vehicle  routing,  (139) 220  Product  variety, (143) 548  Ranking fuzzy numbers,  (142)  174 
Periodic  vehicle  routing,  (137) 233  Production  capacity constraint,  (140) 670  Ranking  techniques,  (140) 249
666  Keyword Index 
Ranking, (140) 93  Sanctions,  (140) 241  Simulated  annealing,  (137)  1, (142) 203 
Ratio analysis, (142) 476  Satellite mission  scheduling,  (139) 533  Simulation,  (136)  121, 466, 680, (137) 72, 
Ratio objectives,  (143)  138  Satisficing,  (136) 422  (138)  103,  178, 569, (139)  133, (140)  1, 
Reactive Tabu Search,  (142) 203  Saturation,  (143) 406  37, 61, 197, 373, 684, (141) 8, (142) 152, 
Real estate  investment  trusts,  (139) 598  Scale values,  (140)  104  294, 321 
Real options, (136)  173, 696, (141) 526  Schedule  makespan,  (136) 528  Simultaneous  lotsizing and scheduling, 
Real time information,  (139) 230  Scheduling  theory, (136) 528, (138) 518,  (139) 277 
Reciprocity,  (140) 241  (141)  133, (142) 52  Single machine,  (138) 518, (142) 271 
Recreation,  (137) 642, (140) 499  Scheduling,  (136)  1, 95, 512, 551, (137)  Single-machine  scheduling,  (138) 29 
Recursive  method,  (142) 577  248, 303, (139)  1, 96, 230, 245, 490,  Single-vendor,  (143) 570 
Redundant  constraints,  (143) 356  585, (140) 384, (141) 515, 559, (142)  Slacks, (143) 32 
Regression,  (138) 212, (139) 449  242, 250, 271, 282, 309, 435, (143) 64,  Societal problem analysis, (140) 459, (141) 
Reintegration  process,  (140) 413  115, 218, 498  660 
Rejection—acceptance  method,  (142) 595  Schur-convexity  (concavity),  (142) 539  Software components,  (142)  128 
Reliability,  (137) 544, (138)  127, (139) 96,  Science,  (140) 212  Software engineering,  (136) 310 
133,  146, 469, (140) 50, (142) 548  Scope economies,  (143)  125  Software  reliability demonstration,  (137) 
Removable  server,  (142) 577  Screening limits, (138)  118  544 
Renewable  capacity, (137) 233  Screening procedure,  (138)  118  Software  reuse,  (142)  128 
Renewal  process,  (136) 403  Search  theory, (138) 531  Solid waste  management,  (139) 436 
Renewal  reward  process,  (142) 21  Selection  decisions,  (137) 625  Sorting problem,  (138) 365 
Renewal  theorem,  (139) 96  Selection,  (137) 218  Sorting problems,  (138) 332 
Repair, (140) 50  Self-concordant  barriers,  (143) 291  Sorting,  (138) 229, 247 
Replacement  policy N, (142) 21  Semi-(interval)  order, (139) 302  SPC,  (139) 68 
Replacement  policy, (141) 689  Semidefinite  duality, (137) 461  Spectral  bundle method,  (137) 461 
Replacement,  (139) 42, 469, (140) 50  Semidefinite  optimization,  (143) 234  Spreadsheet  modelling,  (142)  | 
Rescheduling,  (139) 230  Semidefinite  programming  relaxation,  Stability,  (141) 393, (143) 390 
Research  and development,  (136) 591,  (143) 325  Stages, (140) 281 
(141) 88  Semidefinite  programming,  (143) 311,  Stampacchia  variational  inequality,  (143) 
Research  consortium,  (136) 591  342, 356  377 
Residential  heating, (142)  |  Semidefinite  programs,  (137) 461  Standby systems,  (141) 689 
Response modelling,  (138)  191  Semi-desirable  facilities,  (136) 67  Star-cutset,  (137) 326 
Response surface methodology,  (136)  121  Semi-infinite  programming,  (142) 444  State constraints,  (143) 432 
Response surface,  (138)  142  Semi-parametric  models,  (138) 212  State organisation,  (140) 212 
Retailing,  (138) 578  Sensitivity analysis, (140)  170, (141) 8,  Stationary queue-length  distribution, 
Return  to the dollar,  (136) 671  (142) 357, (143) 268  (137) 593 
Returns  to scale, (139)  115  Sensor selection,  (139) 327  Statistical  hypothesis,  (137) 558 
Revenue  management,  (137) 72  Sequence-dependent  setup  times,  (138)  Statistical  regressions,  (136) 466 
Reverse elimination  method,  (137) 288  29  Statistical  testing, (137) 544 
Reverse  logistics,  (138) 63  Sequence-dependent,  (142) 282  Status quo-dependent  decision  making, 
Risk analysis, (136) 449  Sequencing  situations,  (136) 616  (136) 449 
Robust  priority vectors,  (137)  110  Sequencing,  (139)  1, (141) 559  Steady-state  probability,  (142) 577 
Robustness  and sensitivity analysis, (138)  Sequential decision  analysis, (136)  106  Stiefel  manifolds,  (143) 365 
332  Series—parallel  graph, (137) 265  Stochastic control,  (136)  136 
Rough sets model,  (141) 641  Service operations,  (137) 336, (141) 39,  Stochastic  dominance,  (141)  107 
Rough sets, (136)  181, 212, (138) 247, 436  (142) 294  Stochastic dynamic programming,  (137) 
Routing, (137) 348, (139) 220, (142) 70  Service  parts, (137) 497, (138) 76  544 
Row-and-column  generation,  (141) 313  Service quality, (136) 655, (139)  166  Stochastic growth models for a firm, (136) 
Rule extraction,  (136) 212  Set covering (partitioning) problem, (140)  471 
Rules  base updating,  (136) 299  531  Stochastic  multi-echelon  inventory  sys- 
Rules,  (138) 274  Set-partitioning  problem,  (136) 501  tems  with dependent demands,  (140) 
Shortages,  (137) 394  648 
Saddle  point, (141) 58  Shortest  path problem,  (136) 501  Stochastic  processes,  (139) 96, 682, (140) 
Safety-critical  systems,  (137) 544  Shortest  path, (139) 578  1, 61 
Sales force management,  (137)  162  Silvermans  game,  (137) 588  Stochastic  production—inventory  pro- 
Sales force size, (137)  162  Similarity,  (138) 349  blem,  (140) 670 
Sales persons,  information,  (137)  162  Simple dilemma  games,  (140) 241  Stochastic  programming,  (137) 558, (140) 
Salt spreading,  (139) 521  Simplex algorithms,  (140)  170  37, 61, 281, (143) 452
Keyword Index  667 
Stochastic  scheduling,  (138) 518, (140)  Threshold-based  control  service policy,  Unconstrained  binary quadratic optimi- 
384  (137) 593  zation, (137) 272 
Stochastic,  (143) 94  Throughput,  (137) 387  Undesirable  factors,  (142)  16 
Storage systems,  (138) 413  Time series analysis, (140) 684  Uninorms,  (141) 217 
Strategic planning, (137) 642, (139) 626,  Time series, (137) 524  Units invariant,  (143) 32 
(140) 459, 517, 541, (142) 382, (143) 125  Timetabling,  (137) 512, (143) 531  Universal  generating function,  (141) 596 
Strategy,  (141)  153  Timetabling/Scheduling,  (140) 266  University timetable,  (143) 531 
Strict complementarity,  (143) 268  Timing, (139) 626  University,  (137) 512 
Strip packing problems,  (141) 241  Tolerance  approach,  (142) 357  Unstable demand,  (139) 262 
Strong duality, (143) 356  Topological  sort, (140) 606  Utility functions,  (138) 229 
Structure  of complexity classes, (143) 406  Traffic,  (139) 400, (140)  1  Utility theory, (136) 449, (140) 562, (141) 
Subgradient  method,  (138) 473  Transactional  workflow,  (136) 383  454, 608 
Subplan selection,  (141) 679  Transfer  prices, (143)  1 
Validity, (138)  103 
Subset  sum  problem, (136) 57  Transfer  pricing, (143) 582 
Super-efficiency,  (140) 249, (143) 32  Transition  probability matrix,  (139) 643  Variable  returns  to scale, (141) 21 
Superoptimal,  (140) 291  Transport  system, (139) 416  Variational  inequality systems,  (143) 377 
Vehicle  routing problem,  (140) 618 
Supplementary  variable,  (142) 577  Transportation  planning,  (141)  167 
Vehicle  routing, (139) 557 
Supplier evaluation,  (139) 390  Transportation  situations,  (142) 463 
Vendor allocation,  (136) 430 
Supply chain design, (143)  1  Transportation,  (136) 290, (139) 206, 
Supply chain  management,  (139) 613,  (140) 562, 629, (142) 30  Vertex cover,  (140) 291 
(141)  526,  544,  (142)  81, 321,  (143)  Transshipment  model,  (137) 336  Vertical  strip method,  (142) 595 
548  Traveling salesman  problem with pre-  Visual  interactive  modelling,  (137) 483 
VLSI floor planning,  (141) 341 
Surrogate variable,  (138)  118  cedence constraints,  (140) 606 
Volatility,  (139) 351 
Survey, (139)  166  Traveling salesman  problem, (138) 473 
Voting theory, (140)  142 
Sweep-based  heuristic,  (140) 618  Travelling salesman,  (138) 43, 531, (139) 
Symplex diagrams,  (140) 482  557, (141)  133 
Waiting time, (137) 593 
Synchronous  production,  (136) 551  Tree search,  (141) 393 
Wardrop equilibrium,  (137) 434 
System dynamic,  (136) 282  Trees, (142) 242 
Warm glow, (140) 499 
System dynamics,  (138)  178  Two stages satisfying programming, (142) 
Waste treatment,  (142) 345 
System, (140) 50  625 
Weak  minimum,  (141) 471 
Systems dynamics,  (139) 461, 665  Two types of customer,  (138) 545 
(Weak)  Pareto  optimal solution,  (137) 28 
Two-dimensional  packing and cutting, 
Web server,  (142) 396 
Tabu navigation method,  (137) 288  (141) 341 
Weibull  shock model,  (143) 600 
Tabu search, (137)  1, 233, 288, 512, (138)  Two-dimensional  packing, (141) 241 
Weight distribution,  (141) 393 
531, (139) 543, (141) 410, 440, (142)  Two-level  problem,  (140)  134 
Weight restrictions,  (137)  123 
271  Two-level  programming,  (141)  167 
Weighted classifiers,  (141) 596 
Tardy jobs, (138) 518  Weights of criteria,  (139) 317 
Task net, (136) 383  Unary optimization,  (143) 419 
Well-posedness,  (143) 390 
Task state dependency,  (136) 383  Unbounded  cost,  (139)  146 
Willingness  to pay, (140) 499 
Technical  efficiency,  (136) 671, (137) 421  Uncapacitated  facility location,  (142) 
Work force assignment,  (141)  167 
Telecommunications,  (142) 203, 509  128  Workforce  planning,  (136) 551 
Test problem generation,  (136) 81  Uncertainty  modelling,  (143)  138 
Test selection,  (142) 203  Uncertainty,  (140)  148  X-efficiency,  (139) 598
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Author  Index 
Volumes  136—143  (2002) 
Acosta  Espejo,  L.G.,  see Galvao,  R.D.  138 (2002) 495 
Adachi,  K., see  Feng, W.  137 (2002) 593 
Adler,  N.,  L.  Friedman  and  Z. Sinuany-Stern,  Review  of ranking  methods  in the data  envelopment  analysis 
context  140 (2002) 249 
Affisco, J.F., M.J. Paknejad and F. Nasri, Quality improvement and setup reduction in the joint economic lot size 
model  142 (2002) 497 
Aggarwal,  S., see  Suneja,  S.K.  141  (2002) 471 
Aihara,  K., see  Hasegawa,  M.  139 (2002) 543 
Albert,  P., see  Pearson,  D.W.  138 (2002) 663 
Alberto,  I., C. Azcarate,  F. Mallor and P.M.  Mateo, Optimization with simulation and multiobjective analysis in 
industrial  decision-making:  A case  study  140 (2002) 373 
Alcaide,  D., A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez and J. Sicilia, An approach to solve the minimum expected makespan flow- 
shop problem subject to breakdowns  140 (2002) 384 
Ali, A.I., see Chen,  Y.  142 (2002) 476 
Alidaee,  B., see Glover,  F.  137 (2002) 272 
Aloysius,  J.A.,  Research joint ventures:  A cooperative game for competitors  136 (2002) 591 
Alvarez,  L.H.R.  and J. Keppo, The impact of delivery lags on  irreversible  investment  under uncertainty  136 (2002)  173 
Alvarez-Valdes,  R., E. Crespo and J.M. Tamarit,  Design and implementation of a course scheduling system using 
Tabu Search  137 (2002)  512 
Amanul  Haque,  Md., see  Ingolfsson,  A.  139 (2002) 585 
Amico,  M., see  Perrone,  G.  143 (2002)  125 
Amiri,  A., An integrated  approach  for planning the adoption of client/server  systems  142 (2002) 509 
Anderson,  R.I., R. Fok, T. Springer and J. Webb, Technical efficiency and economies of scale:  A non-parametric 
analysis of REIT operating efficiency  139 (2002)  598 
Angelelli,  E. and  M. Grazia  Speranza,  The periodic vehicle  routing problem with intermediate  facilities  137 (2002) 233 
Antezak,  T., Multiobjective  programming  under d-invexity  137 (2002)  28 
Antunes,  C.H.,  see  Borges, A.R.P.  142 (2002)  357 
Arcangeli,  G., M.  Benassi,  L. Nieddu,  C. Passi, G. Patrizi  and  M.T.  Russo,  Optimal adaptive control  of treat- 
ment  planning in radiation  therapy  140 (2002)  399 
Armbruster,  M.,  A solution  procedure  for a pattern  sequencing  problem  as  part of a one-dimensional  cutting 
stock  problem  in the steel  industry  141  (20023)2 8 
Armstrong,  M.J.,  Age repair policies for the machine  repair problem  138 (20021)2 7 
Armstrong,  M.J.  and  M.  Lévesque,  Timing and quality decisions  for entrepreneurial  product development  141  (2002)  88 
Asanov,  A., see  Larichev,  O.  138 (20022)6 0 
Asratian,  A.S.  and  D. de Werra,  A generalized  class-teacher  model  for some  timetabling  problems  143 (20025)3 1 
Avella, P., M. Boccia and A. Sforza, A penalty function heuristic for the resource constrained shortest path problem  142 (20022)2 1 
Aytug,  H.  and  C.  Saydam,  Solving  large-scale  maximum  expected  covering  location  problems  by genetic 
algorithms:  A comparative  study  141  (2002) 480 
Azaiez,  M.N.,  A model  for conjunctive  use  of ground and surface  water  with  opportunity  costs  143 (2002) 611 
Azcarate,  C., see  Alberto,  I.  140 (2002)  373 
Azibi,  R. and  D. Vanderpooten,  Construction  of rule-based  assignment  models  138 (2002) 274 
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Baesens,  B., S. Viaene,  D. Van den  Poel, J. Vanthienen  and G. Dedene,  Bayesian  neural  network  learning for 
repeat purchase modelling in direct  marketing  138 (2002)  191 
Bahlmann,  T., see den Uijl, S.  140 (2002) 413 
Bajgoric,  N., see  Draman,  M.  137 (2002) 483 
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