Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 27, Issue 3 (1976)

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Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 27, Issue 3 (1976)

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Announcements: Awards Committee Citations in Respect of the Goodeve Medal & the President's Medal — 1976
Page: 1
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Timesharing, Interactive Models and Operational Research*
N. R. Tobin
Pages: 531-545
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Operational Research in India: An Evaluation of the Current State of the Art vis-à-vis Potential
Lakshmi Mohan & Alden S. Bean
Pages: 547-565
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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The Assortment Problem: Different Models and an Application
D. C. S. Shearn
Pages: 567-571
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Note on a Stochastic Manpower Smoothing and Production Model
H. G. Daellenbach
Pages: 573-579
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Evaluation and Incremental Determination of Almost Optimal Allocations of Resources
K. M. Mjelde
Pages: 581-588
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Improving the Speed of Convergence of the Supporting Hyperplane Algorithm
D. R. Atkins
Pages: 589-595
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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A Partioning Technique for Leontief Type Linear Programming Production Models
Roland A. Minch
Pages: 597-603
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Goal-Seeking Behaviour in Queueing Systems
George W. Tyler
Pages: 605-614
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Some Approximate Equilibrium Results for the Multi-Server Queue (M/G/r)*
George P. Cosmetatos
Pages: 615-620
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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A Table for Determining the Probability of a Stock out and Potential Lost Sales for a Gamma Distributed Demand
T. A. Burgin & J. M. Norman
Pages: 621-631
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Computer Avoidance Strategies
Robert Trappl
Pages: 633-634
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Letter to the Editor
Kenneth N. Groom
Pages: 634-635
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Minimum Cost Allocation of Tenders
R. J. Willis
Pages: 635-636
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Principles of Operations Research — with Applications to Managerial Decisions
Principles of Management Science — with Applications to Executive Decisions
M. Makower
Pages: 638-639
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Combinatorial Programming: Methods and Applications
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Page: 640
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Games for Society, Business and War: Towards a Theory of Gaming
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Pages: 641-642
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Stochastic Optimization Models in Finance
R. M. Adelson
Pages: 642-643
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Managerial Decision Making
R. R. P. Jackson
Pages: 643-644
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (the Box-Jenkins Approach)
N. Ghosh
Page: 644
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Production Planning and Control
Graham K. Rand
Page: 645
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Progress in Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vols. I and II
J. A. Sharp
Pages: 645-646
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Data Structures
A. M. Bray
Pages: 646-647
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Numerical Computing and Mathematical Analysis
David K. Smith
Pages: 647-648
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Designing Interactive Systems for Organisation Change
J. W. Evans
Pages: 648-649
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Introduction to Discrete Linear Controls
Kenneth Wickwire
Pages: 649-650
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Introduction to Mathematical Control Theory
D. T. Birtwistle
Page: 650
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Control of “Error” in Market Research Data
M. J. Phillips
Pages: 650-651
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Population, Health, Nutrition and Development
R. R. P. Jackson
Pages: 651-652
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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General Paper

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Books Received
Page: 653
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Introducing Operational Research
Hugh J. Miser
Pages: 655-670
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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A Conceptual Framework for Corporate Modeling and the Results of a Survey of Current Practice
Thomas H. Naylor
Pages: 671-682
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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An Inventory Control System with Partial Deliveries
P. S. Polyzos & D. A. Xirokostas
Pages: 683-695
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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An Efficient Computational Procedure for Solving the Multi-Facility Rectilinear Facilities Location Problem
H. Juel & R. F. Love
Pages: 697-703
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Forecasting with Adaptive Filtering: A Critical Re-examination
Steinar Ekern
Pages: 705-715
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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The Value of Market Research Given Incomplete Information as to the Accuracy of the Predictions Obtained
D. G. Johnson
Pages: 717-732
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Analytically Explicit Results for the Queueing System M/Mx/C with Charts and Tables for Certain Measures of Efficiency
M. V. Cromie & M. L. Chaudhry
Pages: 733-745
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Tables for Stock Control — Problems of Formulation and Computation
P. Barrington Taylor & K. H. Oke
Pages: 747-758
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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On Incremental Analysis in Resource Allocations
Edward P. C. Kao
Pages: 759-763
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Marginal Analysis Revisited
L. G. Proll
Pages: 765-767
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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On a Result from “An Approach to Sensitivity Analysis”
Oliver D. Anderson
Page: 769
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Thinking for Decisions — Deductive Quantitative Methods
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Pages: 772-773
Published online: 19 Dec 2017
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Pages: 777-778
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Page: 787
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