TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 52, Issue 2 (February 2001)
Case-oriented Papers
A risk management model for improving operation and maintenance activities in electricity transmission networks
V M Rao Tummala and C L Mak
J Oper Res Soc 52: 125-134; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601044
The cost of weather in a floating oil production system
J Bowers
J Oper Res Soc 52: 135-142; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601065
Forecasting practice: organisational issues
M C Hughes
J Oper Res Soc 52: 143-149; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601066
Evaluating soft OR: some reflections on an apparently 'unsuccessful' implementation using a Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) based approach
N A D Connell
J Oper Res Soc 52: 150-160; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601054
Theoretical Papers
The availability of unmanned air vehicles: a post-case study
M A J Smith, R Dekker, J Kos and J A M Hontelez
J Oper Res Soc 52: 161-168; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601075
An improved branching rule for the symmetric travelling salesman problem
P M E Shutler
J Oper Res Soc 52: 169-175; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601053
IDEA (Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis) with CMDs (Column Maximum Decision Making Units) FREE
W W Cooper, K S Park and G Yu
J Oper Res Soc 52: 176-181; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601070
Maximal flow network modelling of production bottleneck problems
M D Troutt, G P White and S K Tadisina
J Oper Res Soc 52: 182-187; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601071
Multi-parameter maintenance optimisation via the marginal cost approach
R Dekker and R P Plasmeijer
J Oper Res Soc 52: 188-197; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601072
Setting expediting repair policy in a multi-echelon repairable-item inventory system with limited repair capacity
Y Perlman, A Mehrez and M Kaspi
J Oper Res Soc 52: 198-209; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601079
Technical Notes
New block properties for the permutation flow shop problem with application in tabu search
J Grabowski and J Pempera
J Oper Res Soc 52: 210-220; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601055
Validating absolute weight bounds in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models
V V Podinovski
J Oper Res Soc 52: 221-225; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601032
Stochastic scheduling with optimal customer service
V Portougal and D Trietsch
J Oper Res Soc 52: 226-233; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601063
An approximation algorithm for parallel machine scheduling with a common server
Guoqing Wang and T C Edwin Cheng
J Oper Res Soc 52: 234-237; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601074
Viewpoints
A comment on Chang and Dye (1999): EOQ model for deteriorating items with time-varying demand and partial backlogging
S K Goyal and B C Giri
J Oper Res Soc 52: 238-239; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601062
A Comment on Brimberg and ReVelle (2000): The maximum return-on-investment plant location problem
A Mercer
J Oper Res Soc 52: 240-241; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601098
Response by Brimberg, ReVelle and Rosing
J Brimberg, C ReVelle and K E Rosing
J Oper Res Soc 52: 241-242; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601180
Book Selection
The Economic Value of Information
S Kafandaris
J Oper Res Soc 52: 243-244; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601181
Purchasing in the 21st Century
H W Ittman
J Oper Res Soc 52: 244-245; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601182
Numerical Optimization
D K Smith
J Oper Res Soc 52: 245; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601183
