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Journal of the Operational Research Society

September 1999, Volume 50, Issue 9
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Case-Oriented Papers

A case of an intervention in an outpatients department 877
B Lehaney, SA Clarke & RJ Paul
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Deployment of rural health facilities in a developing country 892
S-U Rahman & DK Smith
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Efficiency, size, benchmarks and targets for bank branches: an application of data envelopment analysis 903
AS Camanho & RG Dyson
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Vendor rating for an entrepreneur development programme: a case study using the analytic hierarchy process method 916
S Yahya & B Kingsman
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Integrating the use of linear and dynamic programming methods for dairy cow diet formulation 931
F Polimeno, T Rehman, H Neal & CM Yates
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Theoretical Papers

Multicriteria decision making for contract research organisation choice in the pharmaceutical industry 943
E Varlan & R Le Paillier
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Comparative evaluation of some interactive reference point-based methods for multi-objective optimisation 949
K Miettinen & MM Mäkelä
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Solution of goal programming models using a basic taboo search algorithm 960
A Baykasoglu, S Owen & N Gindy
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Technical Notes

Using DEA as a tool for MCDM: some remarks 974
D Bouyssou
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Multiple shift scheduling of workforce on four-day workweeks 979
R Burns & R Narasimhan
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Viewpoint

Interdisciplinary and how over the years the meaning of the term operational research has changed 982
Hugh J Miser
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