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Session MB1: Tutorial 1 and 2

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• MB1.1 - Tutorial 1 [11:00AM-12:00PM]: World Class Operations ( Abstract )
  Les Foulds, University of Waikato, New Zealand

• MB1.2 - Tutorial 2 [12:00-1:00PM] : Constraint Programming: Behind the Hype, ( Abstract )
  Kim Marriott, Monash University, Australia
  Peter Stuckey, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Session MB2: Networks A

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• ID # 53
  Presentation: MB2.2
  A bi-criterial model for optimization of the postal distribution network
  Author(s): Josef Jablonsky and Josef Lauber
  Abstract (number 53)
  

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• ID # 56
  Presentation: MB2.3
  Scheduling Product Distribution Across a National Network
  Author(s): Andrew Grenfell and Michael Forbes
  Abstract (number 56)
  

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• ID # 95
  Presentation: MB2.4
  The En Route Re-distribution of Payload
  Author(s): Catherine M Rivers and John W Giffin
  Abstract (number 95)
  

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Session MB3: Convexity Theory

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• ID # 302
  Presentation: MB3.1
  Increasing convex-along-rays functions with applications
  Author(s): Barney Glover and Alex Rubinov
  Abstract (number 302)
  

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• ID # 303
  Presentation: MB3.2
  Convex-along-rays functions and star-shaped sets
  Author(s): Alex Rubinov and Alexander Vladimirov
  Abstract (number 303)
  

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• ID # 304
  Presentation: MB3.3
  Cutting angle method for minimizing increasing convex along rays functions
  Author(s): Michael Andramonov, Alex Rubinov and Barney Glover
  Abstract (number 304)
  

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• ID # 305
  Presentation: MB3.4
  Some Numerical Methods in Abstract Convex Optimization
  Author(s): Huifu Xu
  Abstract (number 305)
  

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Session MB4*: Electricity Modelling in New Zealand

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• ID # 191
  Presentation: MB4.1
  Risk Management Using Stochastic Dynamic Programming
  Author(s): R. John Kaye, E. Grant Read and Shantha Ranatunga
  Abstract (number 191)
  

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• ID # 185
  Presentation: MB4.2
  Optimising the value of wind generated electricity in New Zealand
  Author(s): Karen M. Garner
  Abstract (number 185)
  

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• ID # 197
  Presentation: MB4.3
  Hydro-Electric Unit Commitment Subject to Uncertain Demand
  Author(s): Andy Philpott and Hamish Waterer
  Abstract (number 197)
  

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• ID # 284
  Presentation: MB4.4
  Hydrothermal Scheduling by Constructive Dynamic Dispatch
  Author(s): Dean L Travers and R. John Kaye
  Abstract (number 284)
  

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• ID # 199
  Presentation: MB4.5
  The Application Of OR Techniques In The Certification Of Software Used To Clear Electricity Markets
  Author(s): E.G. Read, B.J. Ring and A.J. Turner
  Abstract (number 199)
  

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Session MB5: Natural Resources A

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• ID # 398
  Presentation: MB5.1
  Parametric Decomposition of Black Box Process Models in Electricity and Heat Trade Optimisation
  Author(s): Simo Makkonen and Risto Lahdelma
  Abstract (number 398)
  

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• ID # 49
  Presentation: MB5.2
  Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Forest Management
  Author(s): Andres Weintraub
  Abstract (number 49)
  

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• ID # 208
  Presentation: MB5.3
  The Coexistence of Rivers, Dams and Urban Populations: The Case of Warragamba
  Author(s): Duncan L. Roper
  Abstract (number 208)
  

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• ID # 340
  Presentation: MB5.4
  Hypergraph Flows Optimization for a Water Resources Problem
  Author(s): Ferdinando Licheri, Giovanni M Sechi and Paola Zuddas
  Abstract (number 340)
  

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Session MB6: Inventory A

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• ID # 37
  Presentation: MB6.1
  A Multi-item Inventory Model with Relaxable Constraint on Floor Space
  Author(s): P.R.S. Reddy, K.V.S Sarma and Y.V.S. Reddy
  Abstract (number 37)
  

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• ID # 38
  Presentation: MB6.2
  Optimal Selling Price and Procurement Quantity: Diversification Under Yield Randomness in Inventory Model
  Author(s): Nita H Shah and Y K Shah
  Abstract (number 38)
  

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• ID # 66
  Presentation: MB6.3
  An Analysis of Blood Bank Inventory Control Policies for Red Cell Products
  Author(s): Erhan Kozan and Virginia Nichols
  Abstract (number 66)
  

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• ID # 121
  Presentation: MB6.4
  Reconciling the Economic Batch Size Model with Current Manufacturing Rhetoric
  Author(s): Robert B Johnston
  Abstract (number 121)
  

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• ID # 254
  Presentation: MB6.5
  Bootstrap Smoothing Method for Inventory and Lead Time Estimation
  Author(s): Wai Ki CHING and Lai Lin CHIU
  Abstract (number 254)
  

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Session MB7*: OR Education

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• ID # 217
  Session: MB7.1
  How do our students learn? What do we know, and how might we find out more?
  Author(s): John L Scott
  Abstract (number 217)
  

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• ID # 427
  Session: MB7.2
  Independent Learning in OR Education
  Author(s): Steve Weal
  Abstract (number 427)
  

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• ID # 477
  Session: MB7.3
  Some Realities of a Student-Centered Approach to Teaching
  Author(s): John Buchanan
  Abstract (number 477)
  

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• ID # 31
  Session: MB7.4
  The Teaching of Undergraduate Operations Research in Business Schools: A Survey of Some Asian Countries
  Author(s): Chiang Kao
  Abstract (number 31)
  

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• ID # 373
  Session: MB7.5
  Interactive Discussion Support for CSCL
  Author(s): Fusako KUSUNOKI and Kouichi HORI
  Abstract (number 373)
  

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Session MB8: Scheduling A

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• ID # 54
  Presentation: MB8.1
  Application of Heuristic Techniques to Optimise Container Terminal Operations
  Author(s): Peter Preston and Erhan Kozan
  Abstract (number 54)
  

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• ID # 55
  Presentation: MB8.2
  A Stochastic Model for the Scheduling of Sugar Cane Supplies
  Author(s): Andrew Higgins and Russell Muchow
  Abstract (number 55)
  

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• ID # 76
  Presentation: MB8.3
  Scheduling with due dates and family setups
  Author(s): Rasika H. Suriyaarachchi and Andrew Wirth
  Abstract (number 76)
  

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Session MB9: AHP

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• ID # 75
  Presentation: MB9.1
  The Bidirectional Nearness in a Network by AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process)
  Author(s): Kazutomo NISHIZAWA
  Abstract (number 75)
  

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• ID # 81
  Presentation: MB9.2
  How to select Paired Comparisons in AHP of Incomplete Information
  Author(s): Keyi WANG and Iwaro Takahashi
  Abstract (number 81)
  

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• ID # 195
  Presentation: MB9.3
  A Proposal of a Method Concerning New Way of Thinking in Analytic Hierarchy Process
  Author(s): Eizo Kinoshita and Masatake NAKANISHI
  Abstract (number 195)
  

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• ID # 409
  Presentation: MB9.4
  Complex Investment Decisions Supported by AHP Method
  Author(s): Biljana A. Stosic, Dejan C. Petrovic and Bojan J. Ilic
  Abstract (number 409)
  

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Session MB10: Queueing

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• ID # 264
  Presentation: MB10.1
  The Steady-State Distribution of the PH/M/1 Retrial Queue
  Author(s): H. Li and Tao Yang
  Abstract (number 264)
  

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• ID # 265
  Presentation: MB10.3
  Northwest Corner and Banded Matrix Approximations to a Countable Markov Chain
  Author(s): Yiqiang Q. Zhao, Wei Li and W. John Braun
  Abstract (number 265)
  

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• ID # 262
  Presentation: MB10.4
  On Relations Among the Distributions at Different Epochs for Discrete-Time GI/Geom/c QUEUES
  Author(s): M.L. Chaudhry and U.C. Gupta
  Abstract (number 262)
  

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Session MB11: Integer Programming

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• ID # 368
  Presentation: MB11.1
  An Optimal Algorithm for Aircraft Scheduling Problem Using Column Generation Technique
  Author(s): Jae-Seug Ki and Maing-Kyu Kang
  Abstract (number 368)
  

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• ID # 460
  Presentation: MB11.2
  Applying Nonsmooth Techniques in Solving Integer Programming Problems
  Author(s): Philip Neame, Natashia Boland and Danny Ralph
  Abstract (number 460)
  

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• ID # 462
  Presentation: MB11.3
  Variable Fixing Branches
  Author(s): Bruce Davey, Natashia Boland and Peter Stuckey
  Abstract (number 462)
  

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• ID # 251
  Presentation: MB11.4
  BLENDING STRATEGIES IN TALC MINING
  Author(s): David Noble and David Sier
  Abstract (number 251)
  

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• ID # 22
  Presentation: MB11.5
  Local Search for a Traveling Salesman Problem in Manufacturing
  Author(s): Gerhard Waescher
  Abstract (number 22)
  

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