European Journal of Operational Research 61 (1992) 378-379 North-Holland Contents Volume 61 IFORS-SPC 1 on Decision Support Systems 1 Editorial J.—P. Brans 6 Rule-based simulation metamodels H. Pierreval 18 Production planning knowledge-based system for pharmaceutical manufacturing lines A. Artiba and C. Tahon 30 A DSS for optimizing the aggregate production planning at Monsanto Antwerp R. Bloemen and J. Maes 41 A taxonomy for supporting the development of computer-based production planning and control systems D.H.R. Price, J.A. Sharp and A.P. Muhlemann 48 Sensitivity analysis for Horn formulae C. Marcucci and F. Schoen 57 Aligning DSS development with organization development H. Salmela and M. Ruohonen 72 Towards a DEISS? H. Thiriez 86 Blackboard metaphor in tactical decision making S. Vranes, M. Lucin, M. Stanojevié, V. Stevanovié and P. Subasié 98 Towards strategic accounting in product management: Implementing a holistic approach in a data and methods base for managerial accounting A. Back-Hock 106 A DSS approach to urban traffic management M. Bielli . 114 Expert Systems in management and administration — Are they really different from Decision Support Systems? J.S. Edwards 122 Contrasting successful and unsuccessful Expert Systems P. Duchessi and R.M. O’Keefe 135 On the integration of an interactive MOLP procedure base and Expert System techniques C.H. Antunes, M.P. Melo and J.N. Climaco 145 Designing Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems with a better end-use involvement: A promising approach S. Després and C. Rosenthal-Sabroux 154 New directions in software for strategic choice J. Friend 165 Consensus in distributed soft environments C. Carlsson, D. Ehrenberg, P. Eklund, M. Fedrizzi, P. Gustafsson, P. Lindholm, G. Merkuryeva, T. Riissanen and A.G.S. Ventre 186 Ranking methods for valued preference relations: A characterization of a method based on leaving and entering flows D. Bouyssou and P. Perny 195 A preference-preserving projection technique for MCDM R. Vetschera 204 A management tool for indicator-supported systems: A public health service application E. Carrizosa, E. Conde, F.R. Ferndndez and J. Puerto 215 A multicriteria scheduling tool using a branch-and-bound algorithm R. Bausch 219 An evaluation of multicriteria analysis for DSS in public policy decision N. Mladineo, I. Lozié, S. Stosié, D. Mlinarié and T. Radica 230 A multicriterion view of optimal resource allocation in job-shop production M. Gravel, J.M. Martel, R. Nadeau, W. Price and R. Tremblay 245 Two multiple criteria group decision support systems based on mathematical programming and ranking methods P.H. Iz Aggregate production planning — A survey of models and methodologies S.-j. Nam and R. Logendran 0377-2217 /92/$05.00 © 1992 — Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved Contents Volume 61 Planning and. scheduling approaches to operate a particular FMS K.E. Stecke The use of domains in multicriteria decision making H.A. Eiselt and G. Laporte An iterative SOR algorithm for multi-period spatial equilibria F. Giider A logic approach to the resolution of constraints in timetabling L. Kang and G.M. White An efficient heuristic approach to the scheduling of jobs in a flowshop C. Rajendran and D. Chaudhuri An algorithm for storage device selection and file assignment B.T. Han and G. Diehr On balancing variances of station processing times in unpaced lines H.-S. Lau On simulation and optimization of macroeconometric models J.R. Engels OR Software H. Thiriez (ed.) Book Reviews L.F. Gelders (ed.) Contents Volume 61