Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ey EUROPEAN oy SCIENCE @ersecrs JOURNAL ae OF OPERATIONAL 2 RESEARCH ELSEVIE R European Journal of Operational Research 156 (2004) 799-801 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw Contents Volume 156 Editorial: Finalist papers of the EURO award 2001 for excellence in practice B. Fleischmann Supply chain optimization in the pulp mill industry—IP models, column generation and novel con- ho straint branches D. Bredstrém, J.T. Lundgren, M. Rénnqvist, D. Carlsson and A. Mason Total cost of ownership purchasing of a service: The case of airline selection at Alcatel Bell Z. Degraeve, E. Labro and F. Roodhooft Operational planning of a large-scale multi-modal transportation system B. Jansen, P.C.J. Swinkels, G.J.A. Teeuwen, B. van Antwerpen de Fluiter and H.A. Fleuren Three approximation algorithms for solving the generalized segregated storage problem D. Barbucha Design of a degree-constrained minimal spanning tree with unreliable links and node outage costs R. Kawatra and D. Bricker Mixed integer programming for the 0-1 maximum probability model A. Billionnet Causal modeling alternatives in operations research: Overview and application R.D. Anderson and G. Vastag Product warranty logistics: Issues and challenges D.N.P. Murthy, O. Solem and T. Roren Inventory games A. Meca, J. Timmer, I. Garcia-Jurado and P. Borm Analysis of the effect of various unit costs on the optimal incoming quantity in a perishable inventory model C.L. Williams and B. Eddy Patuwo Coordinating order quantities between the manufacturer and the buyer: A generalized newsvendor model Z.K. Weng The multiscenario lot size problem with concave costs J. Gutiérrez, J. Puerto and J. Sicilia Dynamic programming for delayed product differentiation H.-M. Hsu and W.-P. Wang A supply chain network equilibrium model with random demands J. Dong, D. Zhang and A. Nagurney More on complementarity and substitutability in the transshipment problem C.E. Weber Multicriteria methodology for the evaluation of a Greek engineering department Y. Politis and Y. Siskos doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00863-4 Contents Volume 156 Improving competitiveness in veneers production by a simple-to-use DSS A. Cizman and J. Cernetié Parallel machine scheduling of machine-dependent jobs with unit-length Y. Lin and W. Li Designing a performance measurement system: A case study C. Lohman, L. Fortuin and M. Wouters Expected time in system analysis of a single-machine multi-item processing center R. Kuik and P.F.J. Tielemans An optimal polynomial time algorithm for the common cycle economic lot and delivery scheduling problem M.T. Jensen and M. Khouja Analyzing variability in continuous processes K. Rajaram and A. Robotis Multi-objective design of team oriented assembly systems J. Bukchin and M. Masin N-period contracts with ordering constraints and total minimum commitments: Optimal and heur- istic solutions R.S. Tibben-Lembke An analysis of queueing systems with multi-task servers Z.G. Zhang and N. Tian 390 Permuted derivative and importance-sampling estimators for regenerative simulations J.M. Calvin and M.K. Nakayama 415 The dimension for the European Union Council under the Nice rules J. Freixas 420 Hierarchies with dependence of technological alternatives: A cross-impact hierarchy process K.-T. Cho and C.-S. Kwon 433 Dynamic multiple responses by ideal solution analysis L.-I. Tong, C.-H. Wang, C.-C. Chen and C.-T. Chen 445 Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS S. Opricovic and G.-H. Tzeng 456 An experimental introduction of group process support in social services M. Read, T. Gear and R. Devold 467 Valued outranking relations in ELECTRE providing manageable disaggregation procedures V. Mousseau and L. Dias 483 Evaluating feature selection methods for learning in data mining applications S. Piramuthu 495 Fuzzy classification systems A. Amo, J. Montero, G. Biging and V. Cutello 508 Bayesian network classifiers for identifying the slope of the customer lifecycle of long-life customers B. Baesens, G. Verstraeten, D. Van den Poel, M. Egmont-Petersen, P. Van Kenhove and J. Vanthienen 524 Concurrent flowshop scheduling to minimize makespan C. Koulamas and G.J. Kyparisis 530 A note on the subjective and objective integrated approach to determine attribute weights X. Xu Contents Volume 156 801 533 Operational research models and the management of fisheries and aquaculture: A review T. Bjorndal, D.E. Lane and A. Weintraub 54] Bicriteria network location (BNL) problems with criteria dependent lengths and minisum objectives A.J.V. Skriver, K.A. Andersen and K. Holmberg 550 The construction of stable project baseline schedules W. Herroelen and R. Leus 566 An extreme point algorithm for a local minimum solution to the quadratic assignment problem C.A. Fedjki and S.O. Duffuaa 579 A cutting plane algorithm for computing k-edge survivability of a network Y.-S. Myung and H.-j. Kim 590 A mathematical model and a solution method for the problem of placing various-sized circles into a strip Yu.G. Stoyan and G. Yaskov 601 A population heuristic for constrained two-dimensional non-guillotine cutting J.E. Beasley 628 A service quality and success model for the information service industry H. Landrum and V.R. Prybutok 643 A decomposition approach for an equipment selection and multiple product routing problem in- corporating environmental factors D.P. Bennett and C.A. Yano 665 Determining firm-level IT investments to facilitate value chain activities: Should spillovers accruing to value chain members be incorporated? J. Mahajan and A.J. Vakharia Development of a measure to assess quality management in certified firms F.J. Conca, J. Llopis and J.J. Tari 698 U-shaped assembly line layouts and their impact on labor productivity: An experimental study G.R. Aase, J.R. Olson and M.J. Schniederjans Analysis of a production/inventory system with randomly failing production unit submitted to reg- ular preventive maintenance A. Chelbi and D. Ait-Kadi 719 Commercial branch performance evaluation and results communication in a Canadian bank—a DEA application J.C. Paradi and C. Schaffnit 736 An improved algorithm to determine lower bounds for the fixed spectrum frequency assignment problem R. Montemanni, D.H. Smith and S.M. Allen A crane scheduling method for port container terminals K.H. Kim and Y.-M. Park Human resources management at a marine container terminal P. Legato and M.F. Monaco A state-transition simulation model for the spread of Salmonella in the pork supply chain M.A. van der Gaag, F. Vos, H.W. Saatkamp, M. van Boven, P. van Beek and R.B.M. Huirne Contents Volume 156