TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 59, Issue 1 (January 2008)

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Editorial

Editorial FREE

Terry Williams and John Wilson

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602532

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Special Issue Paper

Robust solutions and risk measures for a supply chain planning problem under uncertainty FREE

C A Poojari, C Lucas and G Mitra

J Oper Res Soc 59: 2-12; advance online publication, January 31, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602381

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Case-Oriented Papers

Determining best practice production in an aluminium smelter involving sub-processes based substantially on tacit knowledge: an application of Communities of Practice  FREE

M G Nicholls and B J Cargill

J Oper Res Soc 59: 13-24; advance online publication, November 8, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602320

Agent-based modelling and simulation of urban evacuation: relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies FREE

X Chen and F B Zhan

J Oper Res Soc 59: 25-33; advance online publication, October 18, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602321

A column generation approach for an employee scheduling problem with multiple shifts and work locations FREE

S M Al-Yakoob and H D Sherali

J Oper Res Soc 59: 34-43; advance online publication, October 18, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602294

Raw material inventory solution in iron and steel industry using Lagrangian relaxation FREE

L Tang, G Liu and J Liu

J Oper Res Soc 59: 44-53; advance online publication, November 1, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602335

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Theoretical Papers

Additive DEA based on MCDA with imprecise information FREE

M C Gouveia, L C Dias and C H Antunes

J Oper Res Soc 59: 54-63; advance online publication, October 18, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602317

Efficient heuristics for the rectilinear distance capacitated multi-facility Weber problem FREE

N Aras, M Orbay and I K Altinel

J Oper Res Soc 59: 64-79; advance online publication, October 18, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602262

The hub location and network design problem with fixed and variable arc costs: formulation and dual-based solution heuristic FREE

M-G Yoon and J Current

J Oper Res Soc 59: 80-89; advance online publication, October 25, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602307

Synchronized production–distribution planning in a single-plant multi-destination network FREE

N Rizk, A Martel and S D'Amours

J Oper Res Soc 59: 90-104; advance online publication, November 1, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602316

Single machine scheduling with time deteriorating job values FREE

S Raut, J N D Gupta and S Swami

J Oper Res Soc 59: 105-118; advance online publication, November 1, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602303

An exact algorithm for a cross-docking supply chain network design problem FREE

C S Sung and W Yang

J Oper Res Soc 59: 119-136; advance online publication, November 29, 2006; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602328

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Viewpoints

Evaluating PSMs FREE

R J Ormerod

J Oper Res Soc 59: 137-138; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602496

Reply to Ormerod FREE

L White

J Oper Res Soc 59: 138-139; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602503

OR and systems—some comments on Checkland's reply to Eden and Ackerman FREE

R J Ormerod

J Oper Res Soc 59: 139-142; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602483

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Book Selection

Book Selection FREE

J Oper Res Soc 59: 143-145; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602472