European Journal of Operational Research 67 (1993) 453-454 North-Holland Contents Volume 67 Behavioral influences on weight judgments in multiattribute decision making (Invited Review) M. Weber and K. Borcherding Yacht velocity prediction using mathematical programming A.B. Philpott, R.M. Sullivan and P.S. Jackson Algebraic Languages for Mathematical Programming C.A.C. Kuip A heuristic for finding embedded network structure in mathematical programmes B.M. Baker and P.J. Maye An iterative procedure for reducing problem size in large scale AHP problems K.H. Lim and S.R. Swenseth Multi-parametric analysis of the maximum tolerance in a linear programming problem H.-F. Wang and C.-S. Huang New LP based heuristics for the classification problem P.L. Abad and W.J. Banks Linear goal programming in estimation of classification probability K.F. Lam, E.U. Choo and W.C. Wedley The limits of Combat I: Possibility zones, resource mobilization, and attrition processes A.E.R. Woodcock A modified simplex approach for solving bilevel linear programming problems H. Onal Dual of the sum of a linear and linear fractional program S.S. Chadha Models for multi-plant coordination (Invited Review) R. Bhatnagar, P. Chandra and S.K. Goyal Stochastic dynamic programming to support sow replacement decisions R.B.M. Huirne, A.A. Dijkhuizen, P. van Beek and T.H.B. Hendriks Experiments with dynamic programming algorithms for nonseparable problems A. Domingo and M. Sniedovich Serial and parallel value iteration algorithms for discounted Markov decision processes T.W. Archibald, K.I.M. McKinnon and L.C. Thomas The project scheduling polyhedron: Dimension, facets and lifting theorems R. Alvarez-Valdés Olaguibel and J.M. Tamarit Goerlich Risk taking in stochastic PERT networks H. Soroush Optimal design of a multiservice system: The line-penalty problem B. Viscolani Determination of the best main serial chain in nonserial dynamic programming networks C.Y. Lee and A.O. Esogbue A stochastic dominance comparison of truncated normal distributions W.E. Stein, R.C. Pfaffenberger and P.J. Mizzi A statistically optimal estimator of semivariance N.H. Josephy and A.D. Aczel Least absolute deviation estimation of stationary time series models W.T.M. Dunsmuir and B.A. Murtagh First and second order characterizations of pseudolinear functions S. Komlési Directional bias of the /,-norm J. Brimberg and R.F. Love OR Software H. Thiriez (ed.) 0377-/2932 /1$067.0 0 © 1993 — Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved Contents Volume 67 New concepts for production planning and control (Invited Review) G. Zapfel and H. Missbauer Planning laboratory staffing with a queueing model M. Riaz Khan and B.B. Callahan A Monte Carlo comparison of two production frontier estimation methods: Corrected ordinary least squares and data envelopment analysis R.D. Banker, V.M. Gadh and W.L. Gorr On-line production control using the EVPI approach Z. Sinuany-Stern, D. Golenko-Ginzburg and B. Keren Establishment of economic production rate, production batch size, and production sequence in manufacturing systems with flexible routing P.J. Egbelu Approximate decomposition for closed queueing network models of FMSs with a block-and-wait and state-dependent routing mechanism L. Zhuang and K.S. Hindi An integrated approach to the part selection and machine loading problem in a class of flexible manufacturing systems M. Liang and S.P. Dutta Design of cellular manufacturing systems based on asymptotic forms of a Boolean matrix V. Venugopal and T.T. Narendran File allocation involving worst case response times and link capacities: Model and solution procedure I. Murthy and D. Ghosh Design of private backbone networks — I: time varying traffic K. Chari and A. Dutta Design of private backbone networks — II: time varying grouped traffic K. Chari and A. Dutta Contents Volume 67