TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 60, Issue 4 (April 2009)

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General Paper

The history and ideas of critical rationalism: the philosophy of Karl Popper and its implications for OR

R J Ormerod

J Oper Res Soc 60: 441-460; advance online publication, March 5, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602573

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Case-Oriented Papers

Justification for the next generation of maintenance modelling techniques

E K Doyle, C-G Lee and D I Cho

J Oper Res Soc 60: 461-470; advance online publication, February 20, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602561

Effects of product postponement on the distribution network: a case study

S Kumar, D A Nottestad and E E Murphy

J Oper Res Soc 60: 471-480; advance online publication, March 5, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602572

A patient assignment algorithm for home care services

A Hertz and N Lahrichi

J Oper Res Soc 60: 481-495; advance online publication, March 5, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602574

IP-MAGS: an incomplete preference-based multiple attribute group support system

S H Choi and B S Ahn

J Oper Res Soc 60: 496-505; advance online publication, March 5, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602578

The cost-effectiveness of surgical instrument management policies to reduce the risk of vCJD transmission to humans

M D Stevenson, J E Oakley, S E Chick and K Chalkidou

J Oper Res Soc 60: 506-518; advance online publication, April 2, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602580

Simulation of alternative approaches to relieving congestion at locks in a river transportion system

L D Smith, D C Sweeney II and J F Campbell

J Oper Res Soc 60: 519-533; advance online publication, April 2, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602587

Agricultural sustainable management: a normative approach based on goal programming

S Elfkih, M L Feijoo and C Romero

J Oper Res Soc 60: 534-543; advance online publication, March 19, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602588

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Theoretical Papers

A classification of the weighting schemes in reference point procedures for multiobjective programming

F Ruiz, M Luque and J M Cabello

J Oper Res Soc 60: 544-553; advance online publication, March 12, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602577

Crossdocking— Just in Time scheduling: an alternative solution approach

G A Álvarez-Pérez, J L González-Velarde and J W Fowler

J Oper Res Soc 60: 554-564; advance online publication, March 19, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602590

A practical method of determining project risk contingency budgets

D F Cioffi and H Khamooshi

J Oper Res Soc 60: 565-571; advance online publication, March 19, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602586

A branch-and-bound algorithm for a two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with limited waiting time constraints

B-J Joo and Y-D Kim

J Oper Res Soc 60: 572-582; advance online publication, April 23, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602598

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Technical Note

Single machine scheduling with a time-dependent learning effect and deteriorating jobs

J-B Wang

J Oper Res Soc 60: 583-586; advance online publication, May 14, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602607