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A (45)
A Concise Overview of Applications of Ant Colony Optimization
A Review of Equity in Nonprofit and Public Sector: A Vehicle Routing Perspective
A Review of Tools, Practices, and Approaches for Sustainable Supply Chain Management
A Societal Cost of Obesity in Terms of Automobile Fuel Consumption
A Structural Clustering Algorithm for Large Networks
Accelerated Life Models
Accident Precursors and Warning Systems Management: A Bayesian Approach to Mathematical Models
Advanced Branching Processes
Age Replacement Policies
Aggregate Planning
Aggregation and Lumping of DTMCs
Aging, Characterization, and Stochastic Ordering
Air Traffic Management
Airline Resource Scheduling
Allocation Games
Alternating Renewal Processes
American Football: Rules and Research
An Introduction to Linear Programming
An Introduction to Platelet Inventory and Ordering Problems
An Introduction to Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Engineered Systems
An Introduction to R&D Portfolio Decision Analysis
An Overview of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics
An Overview of Operations Research in Tennis
Analysis of Pairwise Comparison Matrices
Analytic Modeling of Insurgencies
Analytics in Retail
Ant Colony Optimization
Antithetic Variates
Application of Operations Research In Amusement Park Industry
Applying Value of Information and Real Options in R&D and New Product Development
Approximate Dynamic Programming I: Modeling
Approximate Dynamic Programming II: Algorithms
Approximation Algorithms for Stochastic Optimization Problems in Operations Management
Assessing Probability Distributions from Data
Assessing Remaining Useful Lifetime of Products
Association of European Operational Research Societies
Asymptotic Behavior of Continuous-Time Markov Chains
Asymptotic Behavior of Discrete-Time Markov Chains
Austrian Society of Operations Research (Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Operations Research, Oegor)
Availability Analysis: Concepts and Methods
Availability in Stochastic Models
Average Reward of a Given MDP Policy
Aviation Safety and Security
Axiomatic Measures of Risk and Risk-Value Models
Axiomatic Models of Perceived Risk
B (28)
Backtrack Search Techniques And Heuristics
Backward and Forward Equations for Diffusion Processes
Basic CP Theory: Consistency And Propagation (Advanced)
Basic CP Theory: Search
Basic Interdiction Models
Basic Polyhedral Theory
Basis Reduction Methods
Batch Arrivals and Service-Single Station Queues
Batch Markovian Arrival Processes (BMAP)
Bayesian Aggregation of Experts' Forecasts
Bayesian Network Classifiers
Behavioral Economics And Game Theory
Behavioral Operations: Applications in Supply Chain Management
Benders Decomposition
Biclustering: Algorithms and Application in Data Mining
Bilevel Network Interdiction Models: Formulations and Solutions
Bilinear Optimization
Biosurveillance: Detecting, Tracking, and Mitigating The Effects of Natural Disease and Bioterrorism
Birth-and-Death Processes
Block Replacement Policies
Branch and Cut
Branch-and-Bound Algorithms
Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithms
Branch-Width and Tangles
Brazilian Society of Operational Research
Brownian Motion and Queueing Applications
Business Process Outsourcing
Byelorussian Operational Research Society (ByORS)
C (62)
Calculating Real Option Values
Call Center Management
Campaign Analysis: An Introductory Review
Capacity Allocation in Supply Chain Scheduling
Capacity Allocation
Capacity Planning in Health Care
Capacity Planning
Category and Inventory Management
Central Path and Barrier Algorithms for Linear Optimization
Chilean Institute of Operations Research
Chinese Postman Problem
Classic Financial Risk Measures
Clique Relaxations
Closed-Loop Supply Chains: Environmental Impact
Clustering
Cognitive Mapping and Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA)
Coherent Systems
Collaborative Procurement
Column Generation
Combinatorial Auctions: Complexity and Algorithms
Combinatorial Auctions
Combinatorial Traveling Salesman Problem Algorithms
Combining Exact Methods and Heuristics
Combining Forecasts
Combining Scenario Planning with Multiattribute Decision Making
Common Failure Distributions
Common Random Numbers
Communicating Decision Information to the Lay Risk Manager: A Consultant's Perspective
Comparisons of Risk Attitudes Across Individuals
Competing Risks and Limited Failure
Complementarity Problems
Computation and Dynamic Programming
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics: Applications in Operations Research
Computational Methods for CTMCs
Computational Methods for DTMCs
Computational Pool: An OR-Optimization Point of View
Concepts of Network Reliability
Conceptual Modeling for Simulation
Condition-Based Maintenance Under Markovian Deterioration
Conic Optimization Software
Conservation Laws and Related Applications
Constraint Programming Links with Math Programming
Constraint Qualifications
Continuous Optimization by Variable Neighborhood Search
Continuous-Time Control under Stochastic Uncertainty
Continuous-Time Martingales
Contributions to Software Reliability with OR Applications
Control Variates
Cooperative Game Theory with Nontransferable Utility
Cooperative Games with Transferable Utility
Coordination of Production and Delivery in Supply Chain Scheduling
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Health-Care Policy, and Operations Research Models
Cover Inequalities
Credit Risk Assessment
Credit Risk
Croatian Operational Research Society
Cross-Entropy Method
CTMCs with Costs and Rewards
Customer Relationship Management: Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value
Customized Price Responses to Bid Opportunities in Competitive Markets
Cusum Charts for Multivariate Monitoring and Forecasting
Czech Society for Operations Research
D (50)
Damage, Stress, Degradation, Shock
Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition
Data Classification and Prediction
Data Mining in Construction Bidding Policy
Decision Analysis and Counterterrorism
Decision Making Under Pressure and Constraints: Bounded Rationality
Decision Making with Partial Probabilistic or Preference Information
Decision Problems and Applications of Operations Research at Marine Container Terminals
Decision Rule Preference Model
Decision-Theoretic Foundations of Simulation Optimization
Decomposition Algorithms for Two-Stage Recourse Problems
Decomposition Methods for Integer Programming
Defining Objectives and Criteria for Decision Problems
Definition and Examples of Continuous-Time Markov Chains
Definition and Examples of DTMCs
Definition and Examples of Renewal Processes
Degeneracy And Variable Entering/Exiting Rules
Delayed Renewal Processes
Demand Responsive Transportation
Describing Decision Problems by Decision Trees
Description of the French Operational Research and Decision-Aid Society: Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'aide À la Décision (ROADEF)
Descriptive Models Of Decision Making
Descriptive Models of Perceived Risk
Design and Control Principles of Flexible Workforce in Manufacturing Systems
Design Considerations for Supply Chain Tracking Systems
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
Design for Network Resiliency
Deterministic Dynamic Programming (DP) Models
Deterministic Global Optimization
Different Formats for the Communication of Risks: Verbal, Numerical, and Graphical Formats
Differential Games
Direct Search Methods
Discrete Optimization with Noisy Objective Function Measurements
Discrete-Time Martingales
Discretization Methods for Continuous Probability Distributions
Disjunctive Inequalities: Applications And Extensions
Disjunctive Programming
Distributed Simulation in ORMS
Domination Problems
Drama Theory
DTMCS with Costs and Rewards
Dual Simplex
Dynamic Auctions
Dynamic Models for Robust Optimization
Dynamic Pricing Strategies for Multiproduct Revenue Management Problems
Dynamic Pricing Under Consumer Reference-Price Effects
Dynamic Programming: Introductory Concepts
Dynamic Programming Via Linear Programming
Dynamic Programming, Control, and Computation
Dynamic Vehicle Routing
E (22)
Edgeworth Market Games: Price-Taking and Efficiency
Effective Application of GRASP
Effective Application of Guided Local Search
Effective Application of Simulated Annealing
Efficient Iterative Combinatorial Auctions
Efficient Use of Materials and Energy
Electronic Negotiation Systems
Eliciting Subjective Probabilities from Individuals and Reducing Biases
Eliciting Subjective Probability Distributions from Groups
Ellipsoidal Algorithms
Emergency Medical Service Systems that Improve Patient Survivability
Estimating Failure Rates and Hazard Functions
Estimating Intensity and Mean Value Function
Estimating Survival Probability
Estonian Operational Research Society
Eulerian Path and Tour Problems
Evacuation Planning
Evaluating and Comparing Forecasting Models
Evaluations of Single- and Repeated-Play Gambles
Evolutionary Algorithms
Evolutionary Game Theory and Evolutionary Stability
Exact Solution of the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem
F (18)
Fairness and Equity in Societal Decision Analysis
Fast and Frugal Heuristics
Feasible Direction Method
Feature Extraction and Feature Selection: A Survey of Methods in Industrial Applications
Fictitious Play Algorithm
Finite Population Models-Single Station Queues
Fire Department Deployment And Service Analysis
Fluid Models of Queueing Networks
Forecasting Approaches for the High-Tech Industry
Forecasting for Inventory Planning under Correlated Demand
Forecasting NonStationary Processes
Forecasting: State-Space Models and Kalman Filter Estimation
Formulating Good MILP Models
Foundations of Constrained Optimization
Foundations of Decision Theory
Foundations of Simulation Modeling
Fritz-John and KKT Optimality Conditions for Constrained Optimization
Fuzzy Measures and Integrals in Multicriteria Decision Analysis
G (14)
Game-Theoretic Methods in CounterTerrorism and Security
Generating Homogeneous Poisson Processes
Generating Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes
Generic Stochastic Gradient Methods
Genetic Algorithms
Geometric Programming
German Operations Research Society (GOR) (Gesellschaft Für Operations Research)
Gomory Cuts
Gradient-Type Methods
Graph Search Techniques
Graphical Methods for Reliability Data
Grasp: Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures
Group Dynamics Processes for Improved Decision Making
Guided Local Search
H (12)
Hazard Rate Function
Hazardous Materials Transportation
Hellenic Operational Research Society
Heuristics and Their Use in Military Modeling
Heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem
Heuristics in Mixed Integer Programming
History of Constraint Programming
History of LP Development
Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing
Horse Racing
Housing and Community Development
Hyper-Heuristics
I (35)
Ice Hockey
Icelandic Operations Research Society
IFORS: Bringing the World of or Together for 50 Years
Implementing the Simplex Method
Impossibility Theorems And Voting Paradoxes In Collective Choice Theory
Improving Packaging Operations in the Plastics Industry
Improving Public Health In Developing Countries Through Operations Research
Inequalities from Group Relaxations
Infinite Horizon Problems
Infinite Linear Programs
Information Sharing in Supply Chains
Initial Transient Period in Steady-State Systems
Inspection Games
Instance Formats for Mathematical Optimization Models
Integer Programming Duality
Integrated Supply Chain Design Models
Interior Point Methods for Nonlinear Programs
Interior-Point Linear Programming Solvers
Introduction to Branching Processes
Introduction to Diffusion Processes
Introduction to Discrete-Event Simulation
Introduction to Facility Location
Introduction to Large-Scale Linear Programming and Applications
Introduction to Lévy Processes
Introduction to Multiattribute Utility Theory
Introduction to Point Processes
Introduction to Polynomial Time Algorithms for LP
Introduction to Rare-Event Simulation
Introduction To Robust Optimization
Introduction to Shop-Floor Control
Introduction to Stochastic Approximation
Introduction to the Use of Linear Programming in Strategic Health Human Resource Planning
Inventory Inaccuracies In Supply Chains: How Can RFID Improve The Performance?
Inventory Record Inaccuracy in Retail Supply Chains
Iranian Operations Research Society (IORS)
J (3)
Jackson Networks (Open and Closed)
Job Shop Scheduling
Just-In-Time/Lean Production Systems
K (2)
Klimov's Model
k-out-of-n Systems
L (22)
Lagrangian Optimization for LP: Theory and Algorithms
Lagrangian Optimization Methods for Nonlinear Programming
Large Deviations in Queueing Systems
Large Margin Rule-Based Classifiers
Latin-Ibero-American Association for Operational Research
Learning with Dynamic Programming
Level-Dependent Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes
Level-Independent Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes
Lift-and-Project Inequalities
Lifting Techniques For Mixed Integer Programming
Limit Theorems for Branching Processes
Limit Theorems for Markov Renewal Processes
Limit Theorems for Renewal Processes
Linear Programming and Two-Person Zero-Sum Games
Linear Programming Projection Algorithms
Lipschitz Global Optimization
Little's Law and Related Results
Load-Sharing Systems
Location (Hotelling) Games and Applications
Lot-Sizing
Lovász-Schrijver Reformulation
LP Duality and KKT Conditions for LP
M (52)
MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique)
Maintenance Management
Management of Natural Gas Storage Assets
Management Science/Operations Research Society of Malaysia
Managing A Portfolio of Risks
Managing Corporate Mobile Voice Expenses: Plan Choice, Pooling Optimization, and Chargeback
Managing Perishable Inventory
Managing Product Introductions and Transitions
Managing R&D and Risky Projects
Manufacturing Facility Design and Layout
Markov and Hidden Markov Models
Markov Chains of the M/G/1-Type
Markov Regenerative Processes
Markov Renewal Function and Markov Renewal-Type Equations
Markov Renewal Processes
Markovian Arrival Processes
Mass Customization
Materials Requirements Planning
Mathematical Models for Perishable Inventory Control
Mathematical Programming Approaches to the Traveling Salesman Problem
Matrix Analytic Method: Overview and History
Matrix-Geometric Distributions
Maximum Clique, Maximum Independent Set, and Graph Coloring Problems
Maximum Flow Algorithms
MDP Basic Components
Measures of Risk Equity
Memetic Algorithms
Metaheuristics for Stochastic Problems
Methods For Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization
Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
MILP Software
Minimum Cost Flows
Minimum Prediction Error Models and Causal Relations between Multiple Time Series
Minimum Spanning Trees
MINLP Solver Software
Mixing Sets
Model-Based Forecasting
Modeling and Forecasting by Manifold Learning
Modeling Uncertainty in Optimization Problems
Models and Basic Properties
Monte Carlo Simulation as an Aid for Deciding Among Treatment Options
Monte Carlo Simulation for Quantitative Health Risk Analysis
Multiarmed Bandits and Gittins Index
Multiclass Queueing Network Models
Multicommodity Flows
Multiechelon Multiproduct Inventory Management
Multimethodology
Multistage (Stochastic) Games
Multistate System Reliability
Multivariate Elicitation: Association, Copulae, and Graphical Models
Multivariate Input Modeling
Music and Operations Research
N (13)
Nash Equilibrium (Pure and Mixed)
Network Reliability Performance Metrics
Network Theory: Concepts and Applications
Network-Based Data Mining: Operations Research Techniques and Applications
Neuroeconomics and Game Theory
Neuroeconomics Insights for Decision Analysis
Newsvendor Models
Newton-Type Methods
Non-Expected Utility Theories
Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Methods
Nonlinear Multiobjective Programming
Nonstationary Input Processes
Nurse Scheduling Models
O (38)
Olympics
Omega Rho International Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science
"On-The-Spot" Modeling And Analysis: The Facilitated Modeling Approach
Operation Research in Golf
Operational Research Society of India
Operational Research Society of Nepal (ORSN): An Introduction
Operational Research Society of Turkey
Operational Risk
Operations Research and Management Science in Fire Safety
Operations Research Applications in Truckload Freight Transportation Networks
Operations Research Approaches to Asset Management in Freight Rail
Operations Research for Freight Train Routing and Scheduling
Operations Research in Australia
Operations Research in Data Mining
Operations Research in Forestry and Forest Products Industry
Operations Research in the Visual Arts
Operations Research Models for Cancer Screening
Operations Research Society of China
Operations Research Society of New Zealand
Operations Research Society of Taiwan
Operations Research to Improve Disaster Supply Chain Management
Operations Research Tools for Addressing Current Challenges in Emergency Medical Services
Optimal Monitoring Strategies
Optimal Reliability Allocation
Optimal Replacement and Inspection Policies
Optimal Risk Mitigation and Risk-Taking
Optimization and Decision Sciences (Italy)
Optimization for Dispatch and Short-Term Generation in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Optimization Models for Cancer Treatment Planning
Optimization of Public Transportation Systems
Optimization Problems in Passenger Railway Systems
Optimizing the Aviation Checkpoint Process to Enhance Security and Expedite Screening
Option Pricing: Theory and Numerical Methods
OR Models in Freight Railroad Industry
OR/MS Applied to Cricket
Orbel, The Belgian Operations Research Society (SOGESCI-BVWB)
ORSP: FORging Ahead in its Twenty-Fifth Year
Overweighting of Small Probabilities
P (39)
Paradoxes and Violations of Normative Decision Theory
Parallel Configurations
Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation
Parallel Systems
Parallel-Series and Series-Parallel Systems
Parametric LP Analysis
Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPS): Introduction and Examples
PASTA and Related Results
Penalty and Barrier Methods
Percolation Theory
Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium and Sequential Equilibrium
Perfect Information and Backward Induction
Performance Bounds in Queueing Networks
Phase-Type (PH) Distributions
Point and Interval Availability
Poisson Process and its Generalizations
Polynomial Time Primal Integer Programming via Graver Bases
Portuguese Operational Research Society-Apdio
Power Indices
Presolving Mixed-Integer Linear Programs
Pricing and Lead-Time Decisions
Pricing and Replenishment Decisions
Pricing and Scheduling Decisions
Primal-Dual Methods for Nonlinear Constrained Optimization
Probabilistic Distance Clustering
Probability Weighting Functions
Problem Structuring for Multicriteria Decision Analysis Interventions
Procurement Contracts
Product/Service Design Collaboration: Managing the Product Life Cycle
Progressive Adaptive User Selection Environment (PAUSE) Auction Procedure
Project-Based ORMS Education
Prospect Theory
Psychology of Risk Perception
Public Health, Emergency Response, and Medical Preparedness I: Medical Surge
Public Health, Emergency Response, and Medical Preparedness II: Medical Countermeasures Dispensing and Large-Scale Disaster Relief Efforts
Public Health, Emergency Response, and Medical Preparedness III: Communication Infrastructure
Public Health, Emergency Response, and Medical Preparedness IV: Emergency Evacuation
Pure Cutting-Plane Algorithms and their Convergence
Push and Pull Production Systems
Q (8)
Quality and Pricing Decisions
Quality Design, Control, and Improvement
Quality Management
Quantum Command and Control Theory
Quantum Game Theory
Quasi-Newton Methods
Queueing Disciplines
Queueing Notation
R (35)
R&D Risk Management
Random Search Algorithms
Random Variate Generation
Randomized Simplex Algorithms
Recycling
Reduction of a POMDP to an MDP
Reflected Brownian Motion
Reformulation-Linearization Technique for MIPs
Regenerative Processes
Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for MDPs
Relationship among Benders, Dantzig-Wolfe, and Lagrangian Optimization
Reliability Indices
Remanufacturing
Rendezvous Search Games
Renewal Function and Renewal-Type Equations
Renewal Processes With Costs and Rewards
Rent and Rent Loss in the Icelandic Cod Fishery
Repairable Systems: Renewal and NonRenewal
Resource Modeling Association
Retrial Queues
Revenue Management in the Travel Industry
Revenue Management with Incomplete Demand Information
Revenue Management
Reversibility in Queueing Models
Reviews of Maintenance Literature and Models
Risk Assessments and Black Swans
Risk Averse Models
Robust External Risk Measures
Robust Offline Single-Machine Scheduling Problems
Robust Ordinal Regression
Robust Portfolio Selection
Robustness Analysis
Robustness for Operations Research and Decision Aiding
Rule Developing Experimentation in Consumer-Driven Package Design
Russian Scientific Operations Research Society
S (79)
Saddlepoints and vonNeumann Minimax Theorem
Sales Optimization Models-Sales Force Territory Planning
Sampling Methods
Scenario Generation
Scheduling Seaside Resources at Container Ports
Scoring Rules
Search Games
Selective Support Vector Machines
Self-Dual Embedding Technique for Linear Optimization
Semidefinite Optimization Applications
Semi-Infinite Programming
Semi-Markov Decision Processes
Semi-Markov Processes and Hidden Models
Semi-Markov Processes
Sensitivity Analysis and Dynamic Programming
Sensitivity Analysis in Decision Making
Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programming
Sensitivity Analysis of Simulation Models
Sequential Decision Problems Under Uncertainty
Sequential Quadratic Programming Methods
Series Systems
Service Outsourcing
Shipper And Carrier Collaboration
Shortest Path Problem Algorithms
Simplex-Based LP Solvers
Simplifying and Solving Decision Problems by Stochastic Dominance Relations
Simulated Annealing
Simulation Optimization in Risk Management
Simultaneous Ascending Auctions
Simultaneous Perturbation and Finite Difference Methods
Single Machine Scheduling
Single-Dimensional Search Methods
Single-Search-Based Heuristics for Multiobjective Optimization
Slovak Society for Operations Research
Slovenian Society Informatika (SSI)-Section for Operations Research (SOR)
Soccer/World Football
Sociedad Peruana De Investigación Operativa Y De Sistemas (SOPIOS)
Software For Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization
Software for Solving Noncooperative Strategic form Games
Solving Influence Diagrams: Exact Algorithms
Solving Stochastic Programs
Some Optimization Models and Techniques for Electric Power System Short-term Operations
Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research
Split Cuts
Spreadsheet Modeling for Operations Research Practice
Stakeholder Participation
Standby Redundant Systems
Standby Systems
Statistical Analysis of Call-Center Operational Data: Forecasting Call Arrivals, and Analyzing Customer Patience and Agent Service
Statistical Methods for Optimization
Statistical Process Control
Stochastic Dynamic Programming Models and Applications
Stochastic Gradient Methods For Simulation Optimization
Stochastic Hazard Process
Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming Algorithms: Beyond Benders' Decomposition
Stochastic Modeling and Optimization in Baseball
Stochastic Network Interdiction
Stochastic Optimal Control Formulations of Decision Problems
Stochastic Orders for Stochastic Processes
Stochastic Search Methods for Global Optimization
Strategic and Operational Prepositioning in Case of Seasonal Natural Disasters: A Perspective
Strategic Customer Behavior in a Single Server Queue
Structural Results for POMDPs
Structured Optimal Policies for Markov Decision Processes: Lattice Programming Techniques
Subgradient Optimization
Subjective Probability
Supplier Selection
Supply Chain Coordination
Supply Chain Outsourcing
Supply Chain Risk Management
Supply Chain Scheduling: Origins and Application to Sequencing, Batching and Lot Sizing
Support Vector Machines for Classification
Supporting the Strategy Process: The Role of Operational Research/Management Science
Surgery Planning and Scheduling
Swiss Operations Research Society (Schweizerische Vereinigung Für Operations Research/Association Suisse Pour La Recherche Operationelle/Associazione Svizzera Di Ricerca Operativa)
Symmetry Handling in Mixed-Integer Programming
System Availability
Systems in Series
Systems Modeling to Inform Drug Policy
T (59)
Tabu Search
Take-Back Legislation and Its Impact on Closed-Loop Supply Chains
Teaching ORMS/Analytics with Cases
Teaching Soft OR/MS Methodologies: What, Why, and How
The Analytics Society of Ireland
The Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies
The Bulgarian Operational Research Society
The Canadian Operational Research Society/Société Canadienne De Recherche Opérationelle
The Condition-Based Paradigm
The Decision Sciences Institute
The Exponentially Weighted Moving Average
The Failure-Based Paradigm
The G/G/1 Queue
The G/G/s Queue
The G/M/1 Queue
The Global Replenishment Problem
The Graph Model For Conflict Resolution
The Hungarian Operations Research Society
The Knowledge Gradient for Optimal Learning
The Law and Economics of Risk Regulation
The M/G/1 Queue
The M/G/s Queue
The M/G/s/s Queue
The M/M/1 Queue
The M/M/∞ Queue
The M/M/s Queue
The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society
The M/G/∞ Queue
The Nascent Industry of Electric Vehicles
The Naturalistic Decision Making Perspective
The North American Operations Research Societies
The Operational Research Society of Singapore
The Operational Research Society
The Operations Research Society of South Africa
The Scatter Search Methodology
The Search Allocation Game
The Shapley Value and Related Solution Concepts
The Simplex Method and Its Complexity
The Strategic Choice Approach
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows: State-of-the-Art Exact Solution Methods
The Weighted Moving Average Technique
Theory of Martingales
Total Expected Discounted Reward MDPS: Existence of Optimal Policies
Total Expected Discounted Reward MDPS: Policy Iteration Algorithm
Total Expected Discounted Reward MDPs: Value Iteration Algorithm
Tour Scheduling and Rostering
TPZS Applications: Blotto Games
Tracking Technologies in Supply Chains
Traffic Network Analysis and Design
Transient Behavior of CTMCs
Transient Behavior of DTMCs
Transportation Algorithms
Transportation Resource Management
Travel Demand Modeling
Treewidth, Tree Decompositions, and Brambles
Triage in the Aftermath of Mass-Casualty Incidents
Trust
Two-Stage Stochastic Integer Programming: A Brief Introduction
Two-Stage Stochastic Programs: Introduction and Basic Properties
U (9)
Uncertainty in Forest Production Planning
Understanding and Managing Variability
Uniformization in Markov Decision Processes
Use of a High-Fidelity UAS Simulation for Design, Testing, Training, and Mission Planning for Operation in Complex Environments
Use of Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials in the RLT
Using Holistic Multicriteria Assessments: The Convex Cones Approach
Using Operations Research to Plan Natural Gas Production and Transportation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Using or to Overcome Challenges in Implementing New Voting Technologies
Using Queueing Theory to Alleviate Emergency Department Overcrowding
V (5)
Value Functions Incorporating Disappointment and Regret
Variants of Brownian Motion
Variational Inequalities
Vendor-Managed Inventory
Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search
W (5)
Wardrop Equilibria
Warranty Modeling
Why Risk is Not Variance
Why Traditional Kanban Calculations Fail in Volatile Environments
Writing ORMS/Analytics Cases
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A (45)
B (28)
C (62)
D (50)
E (22)
F (18)
G (14)
H (12)
I (35)
J (3)
K (2)
L (22)
M (52)
N (13)
O (38)
P (39)
Q (8)
R (35)
S (79)
T (59)
U (9)
V (5)
W (5)
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A (45) A Concise Overview of Applications of Ant Colony Optimization–1 A Review of Equity in Nonprofit and Public Sector: A Vehicle Routing Perspective–17 A Review of Tools, Practices, and Approaches for Sustainable Supply Chain Management–29 A Societal Cost of Obesity in Terms of Automobile Fuel Consumption–48 A Structural Clustering Algorithm for Large Networks–62 Accelerated Life Models–79 Accident Precursors and Warning Systems Management: A Bayesian Approach to Mathematical Models–88 Advanced Branching Processes–102 Age Replacement Policies–113 Aggregate Planning–119 Aggregation and Lumping of DTMCs–129 Aging, Characterization, and Stochastic Ordering–137 Air Traffic Management–144 Airline Resource Scheduling–156 Allocation Games–175 Alternating Renewal Processes–186 American Football: Rules and Research–189 An Introduction to Linear Programming–198 An Introduction to Platelet Inventory and Ordering Problems–215 An Introduction to Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Engineered Systems–222 An Introduction to R&D Portfolio Decision Analysis–248 An Overview of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics–262 An Overview of Operations Research in Tennis–273 Analysis of Pairwise Comparison Matrices–290 Analytic Modeling of Insurgencies–299 Analytics in Retail–308 Ant Colony Optimization–319 Antithetic Variates–330 Application of Operations Research in Amusement Park Industry–337 Applying Value of Information and Real Options in R&D and New Product Development–345 Approximate Dynamic Programming I: Modeling–366 Approximate Dynamic Programming II: Algorithms–377 Approximation Algorithms for Stochastic Optimization Problems in Operations Management–392 Assessing Probability Distributions from Data–412 Assessing Remaining Useful Lifetime of Products–420 i

Association of European Operational Research Societies–434 Asymptotic Behavior of Continuous-Time Markov Chains–439 Asymptotic Behavior of Discrete-Time Markov Chains–444 Austrian Society of Operations Research (Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Operations Research, Oegor)–451 Availability Analysis: Concepts and Methods–455 Availability in Stochastic Models–466 Average Reward of a Given MDP Policy–479 Aviation Safety and Security–482 Axiomatic Measures of Risk and Risk-Value Models–492 Axiomatic Models of Perceived Risk–503

B (28) Backtrack Search Techniques and Heuristics–514 Backward and Forward Equations for Diffusion Processes–524 Basic CP Theory: Consistency and Propagation (Advanced)–529 Basic CP Theory: Search–540 Basic Interdiction Models–561 Basic Polyhedral Theory–569 Basis Reduction Methods–582 Batch Arrivals and Service-Single Station Queues–601 Batch Markovian Arrival Processes (BMAP)–608 Bayesian Aggregation of Experts' Forecasts–616 Bayesian Network Classifiers–630 Behavioral Economics and Game Theory–640 Behavioral Operations: Applications in Supply Chain Management–651 Benders Decomposition–663 Biclustering: Algorithms and Application in Data Mining–671 Bilevel Network Interdiction Models: Formulations and Solutions–677 Bilinear Optimization–688 Biosurveillance: Detecting, Tracking, and Mitigating the Effects of Natural Disease and Bioterrorism–695 Birth-and-Death Processes–712 Block Replacement Policies–718 Branch and Cut–725 Branch-and-Bound Algorithms–734 Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithms–742 Branch-Width and Tangles–755 Brazilian Society of Operational Research–763

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Brownian Motion and Queueing Applications–766 Business Process Outsourcing–773 Byelorussian Operational Research Society (ByORS)–781

C (62) Calculating Real Option Values–784 Call Center Management–799 Campaign Analysis: An Introductory Review–807 Capacity Allocation in Supply Chain Scheduling–816 Capacity Allocation–825 Capacity Planning in Health Care–834 Capacity Planning–842 Category and Inventory Management–851 Central Path and Barrier Algorithms for Linear Optimization–870 Chilean Institute of Operations Research–886 Chinese Postman Problem–892 Classic Financial Risk Measures–902 Clique Relaxations–912 Closed-Loop Supply Chains: Environmental Impact–919 Clustering–930 Cognitive Mapping and Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA)–942 Coherent Systems–952 Collaborative Procurement–960 Column Generation–968 Combinatorial Auctions: Complexity and Algorithms–982 Combinatorial Auctions–994 Combinatorial Traveling Salesman Problem Algorithms–1004 Combining Exact Methods and Heuristics–1013 Combining Forecasts–1022 Combining Scenario Planning with Multiattribute Decision Making–1030 Common Failure Distributions–1039 Common Random Numbers–1050 Communicating Decision Information to the Lay Risk Manager: A Consultant's Perspective–1061 Comparisons of Risk Attitudes Across Individuals–1072 Competing Risks and Limited Failure–1085 Complementarity Problems–1097 Computation and Dynamic Programming–1107

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Computational Biology and Bioinformatics: Applications in Operations Research–1124 Computational Methods for CTMCs–1134 Computational Methods for DTMCs–1141 Computational Pool: An OR-Optimization Point of View–1153 Concepts of Network Reliability–1165 Conceptual Modeling for Simulation–1176 Condition-Based Maintenance Under Markovian Deterioration–1188 Conic Optimization Software–1200 Conservation Laws and Related Applications–1210 Constraint Programming Links with Math Programming–1223 Constraint Qualifications–1238 Continuous Optimization by Variable Neighborhood Search–1247 Continuous-Time Control under Stochastic Uncertainty–1260 Continuous-Time Martingales–1287 Contributions to Software Reliability with OR Applications–1291 Control Variates–1310 Cooperative Game Theory with Nontransferable Utility–1319 Cooperative Games with Transferable Utility–1327 Coordination of Production and Delivery in Supply Chain Scheduling–1343 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Health-Care Policy, and Operations Research Models–1354 Cover Inequalities–1370 Credit Risk Assessment–1376 Credit Risk–1383 Croatian Operational Research Society–1393 Cross-Entropy Method–1396 CTMCs with Costs and Rewards–1403 Customer Relationship Management: Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value–1408 Customized Price Responses to Bid Opportunities in Competitive Markets–1419 Cusum Charts for Multivariate Monitoring and Forecasting–1428 Czech Society for Operations Research–1435

D (50) Damage, Stress, Degradation, Shock–1437 Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition–1444 Data Classification and Prediction–1456 Data Mining in Construction Bidding Policy–1462 Decision Analysis and Counterterrorism–1472

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Decision Making Under Pressure and Constraints: Bounded Rationality–1480 Decision Making with Partial Probabilistic or Preference Information–1488 Decision Problems and Applications of Operations Research at Marine Container Terminals–1497 Decision Rule Preference Model–1517 Decision-Theoretic Foundations of Simulation Optimization–1533 Decomposition Algorithms for Two-Stage Recourse Problems–1543 Decomposition Methods for Integer Programming–1553 Defining Objectives and Criteria for Decision Problems–1564 Definition and Examples of Continuous-Time Markov Chains–1575 Definition and Examples of DTMCs–1579 Definition and Examples of Renewal Processes–1585 Degeneracy And Variable Entering/Exiting Rules–1589 Delayed Renewal Processes–1596 Demand Responsive Transportation–1599 Describing Decision Problems by Decision Trees–1608 Description of the French Operational Research and Decision-Aid Society: Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'aide À la Décision (ROADEF)–1625 Descriptive Models of Decision Making–1629 Descriptive Models of Perceived Risk–1645 Design and Control Principles of Flexible Workforce in Manufacturing Systems–1654 Design Considerations for Supply Chain Tracking Systems–1671 Design for Manufacturing and Assembly–1681 Design for Network Resiliency–1711 Deterministic Dynamic Programming (DP) Models–1728 Deterministic Global Optimization–1736 Different Formats for the Communication of Risks: Verbal, Numerical, and Graphical Formats–1756 Differential Games–1767 Direct Search Methods–1775 Discrete Optimization with Noisy Objective Function Measurements–1788 Discrete-Time Martingales–1802 Discretization Methods for Continuous Probability Distributions–1805 Disjunctive Inequalities: Applications and Extensions–1818 Disjunctive Programming–1828 Distributed Simulation in ORMS–1837 Domination Problems–1850 Drama Theory–1868 DTMCS with Costs and Rewards–1877

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Dual Simplex–1882 Dynamic Auctions–1892 Dynamic Models for Robust Optimization–1903 Dynamic Pricing Strategies for Multiproduct Revenue Management Problems–1914 Dynamic Pricing Under Consumer Reference-Price Effects–1927 Dynamic Programming: Introductory Concepts–1944 Dynamic Programming Via Linear Programming–1955 Dynamic Programming, Control, and Computation–1961 Dynamic Vehicle Routing–1967

E (22) Edgeworth Market Games: Price-Taking and Efficiency–1978 Effective Application of GRASP–1992 Effective Application of Guided Local Search–2001 Effective Application of Simulated Annealing–2012 Efficient Iterative Combinatorial Auctions–2022 Efficient Use of Materials and Energy–2036 Electronic Negotiation Systems–2042 Eliciting Subjective Probabilities from Individuals and Reducing Biases–2050 Eliciting Subjective Probability Distributions from Groups–2063 Ellipsoidal Algorithms–2070 Emergency Medical Service Systems that Improve Patient Survivability–2083 Estimating Failure Rates and Hazard Functions–2098 Estimating Intensity and Mean Value Function–2114 Estimating Survival Probability–2128 Estonian Operational Research Society–2144 Eulerian Path and Tour Problems–2147 Evacuation Planning–2154 Evaluating and Comparing Forecasting Models–2165 Evaluations of Single- and Repeated-Play Gambles–2176 Evolutionary Algorithms–2183 Evolutionary Game Theory and Evolutionary Stability–2196 Exact Solution of the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem–2207

F (18) Fairness and Equity in Societal Decision Analysis–2219 Fast and Frugal Heuristics–2228 Feasible Direction Method–2236 vi

Feature Extraction and Feature Selection: A Survey of Methods in Industrial Applications–2243 Fictitious Play Algorithm–2254 Finite Population Models-Single Station Queues–2262 Fire Department Deployment and Service Analysis–2268 Fluid Models of Queueing Networks–2277 Forecasting Approaches for the High-Tech Industry–2292 Forecasting for Inventory Planning under Correlated Demand–2298 Forecasting Nonstationary Processes–2309 Forecasting: State-Space Models and Kalman Filter Estimation–2320 Formulating Good MILP Models–2329 Foundations of Constrained Optimization–2343 Foundations of Decision Theory–2353 Foundations of Simulation Modeling–2364 Fritz-John and KKT Optimality Conditions for Constrained Optimization–2379 Fuzzy Measures and Integrals in Multicriteria Decision Analysis–2385

G (14) Game-Theoretic Methods in Counterterrorism and Security–2393 Generating Homogeneous Poisson Processes–2399 Generating Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes–2405 Generic Stochastic Gradient Methods–2409 Genetic Algorithms–2417 Geometric Programming–2441 German Operations Research Society (GOR) (Gesellschaft Für Operations Research)–2454 Gomory Cuts–2455 Gradient-Type Methods–2470 Graph Search Techniques–2478 Graphical Methods for Reliability Data–2485 Grasp: Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures–2496 Group Dynamics Processes for Improved Decision Making–2507 Guided Local Search–2515

H (12) Hazard Rate Function–2528 Hazardous Materials Transportation–2535 Hellenic Operational Research Society–2543 Heuristics and Their Use in Military Modeling–2549 Heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem–2574 vii

Heuristics in Mixed Integer Programming–2581 History of Constraint Programming–2587 History of LP Development–2598 Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing–2607 Horse Racing–2616 Housing and Community Development–2625 Hyper-Heuristics–2638

I (35) Ice Hockey–2646 Icelandic Operations Research Society–2657 IFORS: Bringing the World of OR Together for 50 Years–2661 Implementing the Simplex Method–2666 Impossibility Theorems and Voting Paradoxes in Collective Choice Theory–2682 Improving Packaging Operations in the Plastics Industry–2691 Improving Public Health in Developing Countries Through Operations Research–2702 Inequalities from Group Relaxations–2717 Infinite Horizon Problems–2730 Infinite Linear Programs–2738 Information Sharing in Supply Chains–2748 Initial Transient Period in Steady-State Systems–2761 Inspection Games–2773 Instance Formats for Mathematical Optimization Models–2782 Integer Programming Duality–2796 Integrated Supply Chain Design Models–2805 Interior Point Methods for Nonlinear Programs–2820 Interior-Point Linear Programming Solvers–2828 Introduction to Branching Processes–2837 Introduction to Diffusion Processes–2842 Introduction to Discrete-Event Simulation–2847 Introduction to Facility Location–2860 Introduction to Large-Scale Linear Programming and Applications–2878 Introduction to Lévy Processes–2886 Introduction to Multiattribute Utility Theory–2893 Introduction to Point Processes–2906 Introduction to Polynomial Time Algorithms for LP–2911 Introduction to Rare-Event Simulation–2927

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Introduction To Robust Optimization–2938 Introduction to Shop-Floor Control–2946 Introduction to Stochastic Approximation–2955 Introduction to the Use of Linear Programming in Strategic Health Human Resource Planning–2962 Inventory Inaccuracies In Supply Chains: How Can RFID Improve The Performance?–2972 Inventory Record Inaccuracy in Retail Supply Chains–2985 Iranian Operations Research Society (IORS)–3000

J (3) Jackson Networks (Open and Closed)–3002 Job Shop Scheduling–3015 Just-In-Time/Lean Production Systems–3022

K (2) Klimov's Model–3032 k-out-of-n Systems–3041

L (22) Lagrangian Optimization for LP: Theory and Algorithms–3048 Lagrangian Optimization Methods for Nonlinear Programming–3060 Large Deviations in Queueing Systems–3068 Large Margin Rule-Based Classifiers–3075 Latin-Ibero-American Association for Operational Research–3087 Learning with Dynamic Programming–3089 Level-Dependent Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes–3101 Level-Independent Quasi-Birth-and-Death Processes–3110 Lift-and-Project Inequalities–3120 Lifting Techniques For Mixed Integer Programming–3127 Limit Theorems for Branching Processes–3142 Limit Theorems for Markov Renewal Processes–3145 Limit Theorems for Renewal Processes–3148 Linear Programming and Two-Person Zero-Sum Games–3154 Linear Programming Projection Algorithms–3165 Lipschitz Global Optimization–3173 Little's Law and Related Results–3190 Load-Sharing Systems–3203 Location (Hotelling) Games and Applications–3215 Lot-Sizing–3226

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Lovász-Schrijver Reformulation–3236 LP Duality and KKT Conditions for LP–3249

M (52) MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique)–3257 Maintenance Management–3263 Management of Natural Gas Storage Assets–3272 Management Science/Operations Research Society of Malaysia–3281 Managing A Portfolio of Risks–3283 Managing Corporate Mobile Voice Expenses: Plan Choice, Pooling Optimization, and Chargeback–3307 Managing Perishable Inventory–3326 Managing Product Introductions and Transitions–3336 Managing R&D and Risky Projects–3348 Manufacturing Facility Design and Layout–3353 Markov and Hidden Markov Models–3364 Markov Chains of the M/G/1-Type–3374 Markov Regenerative Processes–3388 Markov Renewal Function and Markov Renewal-Type Equations–3392 Markov Renewal Processes–3394 Markovian Arrival Processes–3397 Mass Customization–3414 Materials Requirements Planning–3423 Mathematical Models for Perishable Inventory Control–3433 Mathematical Programming Approaches to the Traveling Salesman Problem–3450 Matrix Analytic Method: Overview and History–3457 Matrix-Geometric Distributions–3467 Maximum Clique, Maximum Independent Set, and Graph Coloring Problems–3476 Maximum Flow Algorithms–3489 MDP Basic Components–3505 Measures of Risk Equity–3511 Memetic Algorithms–3523 Metaheuristics for Stochastic Problems–3547 Methods For Large-Scale Unconstrained Optimization–3559 Military Operations Research Society (MORS)–3569 MILP Software–3581 Minimum Cost Flows–3591 Minimum Prediction Error Models and Causal Relations between Multiple Time Series–3603

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Minimum Spanning Trees–3617 MINLP Solver Software–3629 Mixing Sets–3641 Model-Based Forecasting–3650 Modeling and Forecasting by Manifold Learning–3658 Modeling Uncertainty in Optimization Problems–3672 Models and Basic Properties–3681 Monte Carlo Simulation as an Aid for Deciding Among Treatment Options–3688 Monte Carlo Simulation for Quantitative Health Risk Analysis–3696 Multiarmed Bandits and Gittins Index–3705 Multiclass Queueing Network Models–3714 Multicommodity Flows–3722 Multiechelon Multiproduct Inventory Management–3729 Multimethodology–3737 Multistage (Stochastic) Games–3743 Multistate System Reliability–3759 Multivariate Elicitation: Association, Copulae, and Graphical Models–3766 Multivariate Input Modeling–3773 Music and Operations Research–3783

N (13) Nash Equilibrium (Pure and Mixed)–3795 Network Reliability Performance Metrics–3812 Network Theory: Concepts and Applications–3817 Network-Based Data Mining: Operations Research Techniques and Applications–3836 Neuroeconomics and Game Theory–3846 Neuroeconomics Insights for Decision Analysis–3856 Newsvendor Models–3867 Newton-Type Methods–3877 Non-Expected Utility Theories–3891 Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Methods–3903 Nonlinear Multiobjective Programming–3923 Nonstationary Input Processes–3953 Nurse Scheduling Models–3959

O (38) Olympics–3969 Omega Rho International Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science–3979 xi

"On-The-Spot" Modeling and Analysis: The Facilitated Modeling Approach–3984 Operation Research in Golf–4001 Operational Research Society of India–4012 Operational Research Society of Nepal (ORSN): An Introduction–4016 Operational Research Society of Turkey–4023 Operational Risk–4025 Operations Research and Management Science in Fire Safety–4039 Operations Research Applications in Truckload Freight Transportation Networks–4050 Operations Research Approaches to Asset Management in Freight Rail–4062 Operations Research for Freight Train Routing and Scheduling–4071 Operations Research in Australia–4081 Operations Research in Data Mining–4084 Operations Research in Forestry and Forest Products Industry–4098 Operations Research in the Visual Arts–4117 Operations Research Models for Cancer Screening–4126 Operations Research Society of China–4140 Operations Research Society of New Zealand–4144 Operations Research Society of Taiwan–4146 Operations Research to Improve Disaster Supply Chain Management–4150 Operations Research Tools for Addressing Current Challenges in Emergency Medical Services–4159 Optimal Monitoring Strategies–4173 Optimal Reliability Allocation–4184 Optimal Replacement and Inspection Policies–4190 Optimal Risk Mitigation and Risk-Taking–4197 Optimization and Decision Sciences (Italy)–4212 Optimization for Dispatch and Short-Term Generation in Wholesale Electricity Markets–4217 Optimization Models for Cancer Treatment Planning–4225 Optimization of Public Transportation Systems–4239 Optimization Problems in Passenger Railway Systems–4249 Optimizing the Aviation Checkpoint Process to Enhance Security and Expedite Screening–4259 Option Pricing: Theory and Numerical Methods–4267 OR Models in Freight Railroad Industry–4280 OR/MS Applied to Cricket–4300 ORBEL, The Belgian Operations Research Society (SOGESCI-BVWB)–4308 ORSP: FORging Ahead in its Twenty-Fifth Year–4312 Overweighting of Small Probabilities–4314

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P (39) Paradoxes and Violations of Normative Decision Theory–4322 Parallel Configurations–4329 Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation–4333 Parallel Systems–4345 Parallel-Series and Series-Parallel Systems–4351 Parametric LP Analysis–4357 Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPS): Introduction and Examples–4364 PASTA and Related Results–4384 Penalty and Barrier Methods–4396 Percolation Theo