TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 55, Issue 11 (November 2004)
Obituary
Obituary: C West Churchman, 1913–2004
W Ulrich
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1123-1129; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601825
Case-oriented Papers
The efficient frontier for spot and forward purchases: an application to electricity
C-K Woo, I Horowitz, B Horii and R I Karimov
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1130-1136; advance online publication, June 9, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601769
Analysis and improvement of the product delivery system of a beer producer in Ankara
S Pamuk, M Köksalan and R Güllü
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1137-1144; advance online publication, June 2, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601774
A four-role model of the automotive industry development in developing countries: a case in Taiwan
T-S Jan and C-T Hsiao
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1145-1155; advance online publication, June 2, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601776
Theoretical Papers
Structure of multi-criteria decision-making
C M Brugha
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1156-1168; advance online publication, June 9, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601777
Optimal portfolios using linear programming models
C Papahristodoulou and E Dotzauer
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1169-1177; advance online publication, May 5, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601765
Manpower allocation with time windows
A Lim, B Rodrigues and L Song
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1178-1186; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601782
Sensitivity in data envelopment analysis using an approximate inverse matrix
L Nerali
and R E Wendell
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1187-1193; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601785
Algorithms for the wafer probing scheduling problem with sequence-dependent set-up time and due date restrictions
W L Pearn, S H Chung, M H Yang and Y H Chen
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1194-1207; advance online publication, August 4, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601795
A general multi-shift scheduling system
G Laporte and G Pesant
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1208-1217; advance online publication, July 14, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601789
A general solution for the newsboy model with random order size and possibly a cutoff transaction size
H Shore
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1218-1228; advance online publication, August 25, 2004; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601637
Viewpoints
Pragmatism: an emergent property of Georgiou's paper?
R J Ormerod
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1229-1230; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601727
A note on Georgiou's discussion of emergent property
J B Atkinson
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1230-1233; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601780
Reply to the comments of Ormerod and Atkinson
I Georgiou
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1233-1234; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601781
A note on SCL Koh's paper 'MRP-controlled batch-manufacturing environment under uncertainty'
D Worthington
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1235; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601844
Comment on Dave Worthington's note on Koh SCL (2004): MRP-controlled batch-manufacturing environment under uncertainty
S C L Koh
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1235; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601845
A contribution to the discussion of Ulrich's paper
R Ormerod
J Oper Res Soc 55: 1236-1238; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601851
