TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 44, Issue 5 (May 1993)

Case-Oriented Papers
Theoretical Papers
Technical Notes
Book Selection
Viewpoints
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Case-Oriented Papers

A Database Approach to Course Timetabling

David Johnson

J Oper Res Soc 44: 425-433; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.79

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A Study of Risk-exposed Cotton Trading

E. D. Edmond and Fatima Bedri

J Oper Res Soc 44: 435-444; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.80

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Theoretical Papers

Modelling Risk Trade-Off

Jonathan H. Klein

J Oper Res Soc 44: 461-469; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.81

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Establishing Dominance in Multiattribute Decision Making Using an Ordered Metric Method

A. D. Pearman

J Oper Res Soc 44: 461-169; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.82

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An Algorithm for the Design of Multitype Concentrator Networks

Choong Y. Lee

J Oper Res Soc 44: 471-482; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.83

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Adapting Branch-and-Bound for Real-World Scheduling Problems

Francis J. Vasko, F. E. Wolf, K. L. Stott and L. R. Woodyatt

J Oper Res Soc 44: 483-490; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.84

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A Competitive Advertising Model: Some Theoretical and Empirical Results

H. I. Mesak and A. F. Darrat

J Oper Res Soc 44: 491-502; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.85

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A Model Generation Approach to the Personnel Assignment Problem

B. R. Feiring

J Oper Res Soc 44: 503-512; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.86

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Technical Notes

Expected Distances between Two Uniformly Distributed Random Points in Rectangles and Rectangular Parallelpipeds

Brahim Gaboune, Gilbert Laporte and François Soumis

J Oper Res Soc 44: 513-519; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.87

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Giffler and Thompson's Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling is Still Good for Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Mario A. Nascimento

J Oper Res Soc 44: 521-524; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.88

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Book Selection

Creating Culture Change: The Key to Successful Total Quality Management

Dave Coates

J Oper Res Soc 44: 525-526; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.89

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Dynamic Programming

David K. Smith

J Oper Res Soc 44: 526-527; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.90

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Modesty in Modelling: On the Applicability of Interactive Planning Systems with a Case Study

Steve New

J Oper Res Soc 44: 527-528; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.91

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Stop Wasting Time: Computer-Aided Planning and Control

Martin Davies

J Oper Res Soc 44: 528; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.92

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Viewpoints

Reducing Inventory Costs and Choosing Suppliers with Order Splitting

S. K. Goyal

J Oper Res Soc 44: 529-530; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.93

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Reducing Inventory Costs and Choosing Suppliers with Order Splitting: Response

Hon-Shiang Lau and Long-Geng Zhao

J Oper Res Soc 44: 530; doi:10.1057/jors.1993.94

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