TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 59, Issue 11 (November 2008)

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General Paper

The transformation competence perspective

R J Ormerod

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1435-1448; advance online publication, September 5, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602482

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Case-Oriented Papers

A tabu search heuristic for a routing problem arising in servicing of offshore oil and gas platforms

I Gribkovskaia, G Laporte and A Shlopak

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1449-1459; advance online publication, August 8, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602469

Wide area telecommunication network design: application to the Alberta SuperNet

E A Cabral, E Erkut, G Laporte and R A Patterson

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1460-1470; advance online publication, September 12, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602479

A queuing-based decision support methodology to estimate hospital inpatient bed demand

J K Cochran and K Roche

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1471-1482; advance online publication, September 12, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602499

Horizontal cooperation among freight carriers: request allocation and profit sharing

M A Krajewska, H Kopfer, G Laporte, S Ropke and G Zaccour

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1483-1491; advance online publication, September 12, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602489

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Theoretical Papers

An additive utility mixed integer programming model for nonlinear discriminant analysis

J J Glen

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1492-1505; advance online publication, August 29, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602485

Optimizing pricing and location decisions for competitive service facilities charging uniform price

R Aboolian, O Berman and D Krass

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1506-1519; advance online publication, September 26, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602493

New integer programming formulations and an exact algorithm for the ordered cutting stock problem

C Alves and J M Valério de Carvalho

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1520-1531; advance online publication, September 19, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602494

A parallel clustering technique for the vehicle routing problem with split deliveries and pickups

S Mitra

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1532-1546; advance online publication, September 19, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602500

Stochastic and minimum regret formulations for transmission network expansion planning under uncertainties

E Bustamante-Cedeño and S Arora

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1547-1556; advance online publication, September 12, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602492

A two-level simulated annealing algorithm for efficient dissemination of electronic content

T Bektas cedil, J-F Cordeau, E Erkut and G Laporte

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1557-1567; advance online publication, September 5, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602490

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Technical Note

Tuning a parametric Clarke–Wright heuristic via a genetic algorithm

M Battarra, B Golden and D Vigo

J Oper Res Soc 59: 1568-1572; advance online publication, August 29, 2007; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602488