RESEARCH ELSEVIER European Journal of Operational Research 132 (2001) 703-705 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Contents Volume 132 Premediation analysis of the energy taxation dispute in Finland J. Bragge Comments on properties of the minmax solutions in goal programming W. Ogryczak A Tabu search heuristic for the generalized assignment problem J.A. Diaz and E. Fernandez On the efficacy of modeling multi-attribute decision problems using AHP and Sinarchy L.C. Leung and D. Cao Expansion formulae for characteristics of cumulative cost in finite horizon production models H. Ayhan and S. Schlegel Comparisons and evaluations of alternative approaches to the treatment of congestion in DEA W.W. Cooper, B. Gu and S. Li Alternative treatments of congestion in DEA: A rejoinder to Cooper, Gu, and Li L. Cherchye, T. Kuosmanen and T. Post Note: Alternative treatments of congestion in DEA — a response to the Cherchye, Kuosmanen and Post critique W.W. Cooper, B. Gu and S. Li Dual-based approach for a hub network design problem under non-restrictive policy C.S. Sung and H.W. Jin Inspection schedules when the lifetime distribution of a single-unit system is completely unknown F.K.-n. Leung Progressive hedging as a meta-heuristic applied to stochastic lot-sizing K.K. Haugen, A. Lokketangen and D.L. Woodruff An impulse control problem of a production model with interruptions to follow stochastic demand J.L.F. Salles and J.B.R. do Val The relationship between preventive maintenance and manufacturing system performance D. Gupta, Y. Giinalay and M.M. Srinivasan Reliability bounds on HNBUE life distributions with known first two moments K. Cheng and Y. Lam Group preference aggregation with the AHP - implications for multiple-issue agendas A. Chwolka and M.G. Raith Design of the sum-of-conforming-run-length control charts Z. Wu, X. Zhang and S.H. Yeo Pll: $0377-2217(01)00149-7 Contents Volume 132 Optimal tax depreciation with uncertain future cash-flows M. Berg, A. De Waegenaere and J.L. Wielhouwer On a finite horizon production lot size inventory model for deteriorating items: An optimal solution Z.T. Balkhi A memetic algorithm for the total tardiness single machine scheduling problem P.M. Franca, A. Mendes and P. Moscato Guest Editorial: Data envelopment analysis at the European Summer Institute XVI, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 16-26 August 1998 R.G. Dyson, V.V. Podinovski and E.A. Shale Pitfalls and protocols in DEA R.G. Dyson, R. Allen, A.S. Camanho, V.V. Podinovski, C.S. Sarrico and E.A. Shale Evaluation of deregulated airline networks using data envelopment analysis combined with principal component analysis with an application to Western Europe N. Adler and B. Golany DEA-like models for efficiency evaluations of specialized and interdependent units L. Castelli, R. Pesenti and W. Ukovich Product mixes as objects of choice in non-parametric efficiency measurement L. Cherchye and T. Van Puyenbroeck A quasi-concave DEA model with an application for bank branch performance evaluation D. Dekker and T. Post Measuring ecological efficiency with data envelopment analysis (DEA) H. Dyckhofafn d K. Allen DEA with efficiency classification preserving conditional convexity T. Kuosmanen An application of DEA for comparative analysis and ranking of regions in Serbia with regards to social-economic development M. Martié and G. Savié Decomposing school and school-type efficiency M.C.A. Silva Portela and E. Thanassoulis Transconcave data envelopment analysis T. Post Techniques for the assessment of influence in DEA J.L. Ruiz and I. Sirvent Undesirable outputs in efficiency valuations H. Scheel An adaptive approach to controlling kanban systems V. Tardif and L. Maaseidvaag Generation and presentation of nearly optimal solutions for mixed-integer linear programming, ap- plied to a case in farming system design D. Makowski, E.M.T. Hendrix, M_K. van Ittersum and W.A.H. Rossing Constructive and composite heuristic solutions to the P//$°C; scheduling problem J. Liu and C.R. Reeves Solution of a large-scale two-stage decision and scheduling problem using decomposition F. Al-Khayyal, P.M. Griffin and N.R. Smith The multi-item single period problem with an initial stock of convertible units E.A. Silver and I. Moon Contents Volume 132 705 Comparing the adaptive control methodology (ACM) to the financial planning practice of a large international group P. Kunsch, A. Chevalier and J.P. Brans Selection and sequencing heuristics to reduce variance in gas turbine engine nozzle assemblies P. Johanns, T. Lowe and R. Plante A taxonomy of strategic decisions and tactics for uncovering alternatives P.C. Nutt A flexible flowshop problem with total flow time minimization M. Azizoglu, E. Cakmak and S. Kondakci A new Lagrangean relaxation approach for the hop-constrained minimum spanning tree problem L. Gouveia and C. Requejo A note on DEA vs principal component analysis: An improvement to Joe Zhu’s approach 1M. Premachandra On the optimal management of a class of aquatic ecological-economic systems A.A. Batabyal and H. Beladi A quadratic programming approach to the determination of an upper bound on the weighted stability number C.J. Luz and D.M. Cardoso Analysis of upper bounds for the Pallet Loading Problem A.N. Letchford and A. Amaral A comparison of genetic and conventional methods for the solution of integer goal programmes S.K. Mirrazavi, D.F. Jones and M. Tamiz Dynamic capacitated user-optimal departure time/route choice problem with time-window H._K. Chen, M.S. Chang and C. Y. Wang Characterization of certain orders using their associated choice functions lL. Rodriguez-Galiano and J. Gonzalez-Pachon Optimal inventory policies under decreasing cost functions via geometric programming H. Jung and C.M. Klein Flow shop scheduling algorithms for minimizing the completion time variance and the sum of squares of completion time deviations from a common due date K. Gowrishankar, C. Rajendran and G. Srinivasan An investigation of model selection criteria for neural network time series forecasting M. Qi and G.P. Zhang Conditional investment policy under uncertainty and irreversibility F. Yilmaz Scheduling problems with a learning effect G. Mosheiov Intervention methodology for complex problems: The FAcT—Mirror method G. Le Cardinal, J.-F. Guyonnet, B. Pouzoullic and J. Rigby