TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 57, Issue 10 (October 2006)

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Review Paper

A survey of simulated annealing as a tool for single and multiobjective optimization FREE

B Suman and P Kumar

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1143-1160; advance online publication, October 19, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602068

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General Paper

'A festering sore': the issue of professionalism in the history of the Operational Research Society FREE

M W Kirby

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1161-1172; advance online publication, November 23, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602078

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Case-Oriented Papers

Crew rostering problem in a public transport company FREE

M Lezaun, G Pérez and E Sáinz de la Maza

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1173-1179; advance online publication, November 2, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602088

European generic scoring models using survival analysis FREE

G Andreeva

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1180-1187; advance online publication, November 2, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602091

A maintenance resources capacity estimator FREE

J Guarnieri, A W Johnson and S M Swartz

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1188-1196; advance online publication, November 2, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602101

A priority assessment multi-criteria decision model for human spaceflight mission planning at NASA FREE

M Tavana

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1197-1215; advance online publication, November 9, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602107

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Theoretical Papers

Choosing best alliance partners and allocating optimal alliance resources using the fuzzy multi-objective dummy programming model FREE

J-J Huang, G-H Tzeng and C-S Ong

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1216-1223; advance online publication, November 9, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602108

The optimum prepaid monetary incentives for mail surveys FREE

J Saunders, D Jobber and V Mitchell

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1224-1230; advance online publication, November 23, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602053

A Lagrangean heuristic algorithm for disassembly scheduling with capacity constraints FREE

H-J Kim, D-H Lee and P Xirouchakis

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1231-1240; advance online publication, November 30, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602094

An analytical framework for aggregating multiattribute utility functions FREE

J González-Pachón and C Romero

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1241-1247; advance online publication, December 7, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602103

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Technical Notes

A local search method for permutation flow shop scheduling FREE

W Q Huang and L Wang

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1248-1251; advance online publication, November 23, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602106

An exact calculation of the cycle service level in a generalized periodic review system FREE

M Cardós, C Miralles and L Ros

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1252-1255; advance online publication, November 23, 2005; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602121

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Viewpoints

A note on the categorization of demand patterns FREE

A V Kostenko and R J Hyndman

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1256-1257; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602211

Reply to Kostenko and Hyndman FREE

A A Syntetos, J E Boylan and J D Croston

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1257-1258; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602182

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Book Selection

Book Selection FREE

J Oper Res Soc 57: 1259-1261; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602212