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Abstract ID Numbers and Their Respective Program Codes

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• ID # 201
  Code: MD7.2
  Space Availability of Urban Area Consisting of Super-High Buildings and of Low Buildings Considering Traffic Problem
  Author(s): Azuma Taguchi
  Abstract (number 201)
  

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• ID # 202
  Code: MC9.1
  Various Aspects of Global Infrastructure Problems - Challenge to Operations Research
  Author(s): Hiroshi Takamori
  Abstract (number 202)
  

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• ID # 203
  Code: HB1.4
  A multi-period downside risk framework and its application to asset allocation problems
  Author(s): Hitoshi TAKEHARA
  Abstract (number 203)
  

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• ID # 204
  Code: MC7.1
  Prediction of Fractal Time Series by Using the Time Scale Expansion and its Application to the Option Trade
  Author(s): Shozo Tokinaga and Yoshikazu Ikeda
  Abstract (number 204)
  

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• ID # 205
  Code: MC9.2
  A Hydrological Model of Bangladesh
  Author(s): Hiroshi Yanai and Hiroyuki Yamashige
  Abstract (number 205)
  

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• ID # 206
  Code: MD9.2
  Valuation of Completion guarantee in BOT project
  Author(s): Tadashi Uratani
  Abstract (number 206)
  

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• ID # 207
  Code: WB2.1
  Some Criteria in Set-Valued Optimization
  Author(s): Daishi Kuroiwa
  Abstract (number 207)
  

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• ID # 208
  Code: MB5.4
  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 # 209
  Code: MD10.1
  The Infinite Horizon Non-stationary Stochastic Multi-echelon Inventory Problem and Near Myopic Policy
  Author(s): Tetsuo Iida and Masao Mori
  Abstract (number 209)
  

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• ID # 212
  Code: MD5.3
  Optimal Management of Plant Germplasm Collections in Papua New Guinea
  Author(s): John O S Kennedy, David Godden and Rosa Kambuou
  Abstract (number 212)
  

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• ID # 213
  Code: MC3.3
  A Generalization of the Newton Method for Systems of Nonlinear Equations
  Author(s): Tatsuo Noda
  Abstract (number 213)
  

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• ID # 215
  Code: HB2.4
  Management of Pollution from Decentralised Agents by the Local Government
  Author(s): Jacek B. Krawczyk and Georges Zaccour
  Abstract (number 215)
  

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• ID # 216
  Code: HB11.5
  A Competitive Facility Location Problem with Setup Cost Depending on Location
  Author(s): Shogo SHIODE
  Abstract (number 216)
  

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• ID # 217
  Code: 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 # 219
  Code: HC4.2
  Survey of Quadratic Programs with Equilibrium Constraints
  Author(s): Danny Ralph, Houyuan Jiang and Jong-Shi Pang
  Abstract (number 219)
  

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• ID # 222
  Code: WA6.3
  An Approach for Dynamic Grouping of Maintenance
  Author(s): Magnus Rasmussen*, Trond M Andersen* and Christian Steinebach**
  Abstract (number 222)
  

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• ID # 224
  Code: TB2.1
  Dynamic Virtual Path Planning in ATM-Based Telecommunication Networks
  Author(s): Farzad Safaei and Iradj Ouveysi
  Abstract (number 224)
  

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• ID # 225
  Code: TB2.2
  Multi-Layer Dimensioning of Integrated ATM and SDH rings in Telecommunication Networks
  Author(s): Iradj Ouveysi, Farzad Safaei and Andrew Wirth
  Abstract (number 225)
  

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• ID # 226
  Code: MC7.4
  Quality Improvement In Banking System
  Author(s): Mali Abdollahian and Vasuki Rajaratnam
  Abstract (number 226)
  

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• ID # 232
  Code: TD4.2
  An Advanced Simulation Approach to Air Defence Operational Analysis
  Author(s): David McIlroy, Bradley Smith, Clinton Heinze and Michael Turner
  Abstract (number 232)
  

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• ID # 233
  Code: HB8.1
  A Management Flight Simulator to Internalize Organization Strategy
  Author(s): Mitesh A. Suchak
  Abstract (number 233)
  

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• ID # 235
  Code: TA5.1
  On Aggregating the ILP Problem to the Knapsack Problem
  Author(s): Nan Zhu and Kevin Broughan
  Abstract (number 235)
  

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• ID # 236
  Code: HC2.3
  Dynamic games in crime control
  Author(s): Gustav Feichtinger
  Abstract (number 236)
  

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• ID # 237
  Code: HC7.1
  Local Search and Solution Surface Behaviour
  Author(s): Edward J. Anderson
  Abstract (number 237)
  

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• ID # 238
  Code: TD5.1
  The Impact of Police Patrol Strength on Catching Criminals in the Act
  Author(s): R Timothy Coupe and Jane Cox
  Abstract (number 238)
  

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• ID # 239
  Code: TC3.1
  Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for the 2-Dimensional Vector Packing Problem
  Author(s): Alberto Caprara and Paolo Toth
  Abstract (number 239)
  

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• ID # 240
  Code: WB9.2
  Analysing Fertiliser Policies and Their Implications in India Under System Dynamics Framework
  Author(s): B S SAHAY and PREM VRAT
  Abstract (number 240)
  

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• ID # 241
  Code: TA11.2
  Solving Layout Problems With Problem-Space Evolutionary Search
  Author(s): Palitha S Welgama and Robert H Storer
  Abstract (number 241)
  

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• ID # 242
  Code: HC7.2
  A Tabu Search Approach to the Assignment Problem for System with Precedence Relationships among Elements
  Author(s): Taichi Kaji and Azuma Ohuchi
  Abstract (number 242)
  

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• ID # 244
  Code: WB8.3
  Scheduling Cane Transport for the Australian Sugar Industry
  Author(s): Arthur J. Pinkney and Md. Al-Amin
  Abstract (number 244)
  

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• ID # 245
  Code: HA2.1
  Exploitation of Natural Resources
  Author(s): N S BALAJI RAO and A PAPA RAO
  Abstract (number 245)
  

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• ID # 246
  Code: TD6.3
  A non-linear programming approach to the yield management problem
  Author(s): Bruce A. Murtagh and Sanghamitra Mitra
  Abstract (number 246)
  

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• ID # 247
  Code: MC7.3
  Applying Neural Networks in Financial Modelling: the Prediction of Business Failure
  Author(s): Xiaodan Wu and Andrew Flitman
  Abstract (number 247)
  

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• ID # 248
  Code: HC3.2
  A Stochastic Neural Network Algorithm for Quadratic Assignment Problems
  Author(s): Wai Ki CHING
  Abstract (number 248)
  

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• ID # 249
  Code: HC1.4
  Measuring R&D Productivity through the using of Standard Manpower Index
  Author(s): Jinho Yoo, Euisun Paik and Sungyul Park
  Abstract (number 249)
  

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• ID # 250
  Code: HA9.2
  Locomotive Rostering
  Author(s): Md Al Amin, David Noble and Michael Forbes
  Abstract (number 250)
  

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

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• ID # 252
  Code: HA11.1
  Simultaneous optimization machining parameters and tool paths for face milling
  Author(s): Ming Liang and Antony Pringle
  Abstract (number 252)
  

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• ID # 254
  Code: 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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• ID # 255
  Code: HA6.3
  On An Inverse Division Problem
  Author(s): Seiichi Iwamoto
  Abstract (number 255)
  

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• ID # 256
  Code: HA6.1
  A Vector-Matrix Like Method For Stochastic Decision Processes
  Author(s): Toshiharu Fujita
  Abstract (number 256)
  

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• ID # 257
  Code: HA6.2
  Duality Theorems in Parametric Associtive Shortest Path Problems
  Author(s): Yukihiro Maruyama
  Abstract (number 257)
  

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• ID # 259
  Code: TD8.3
  Indifference Operator and Equivalence Classes
  Author(s): Laszlo N. KISS
  Abstract (number 259)
  

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• ID # 260
  Code: WA8.1
  Preference Synthesis of Group's Members Based on their Local Relative Importance
  Author(s): Laszlo N. KISS and Jean-Marc MARTEL
  Abstract (number 260)
  

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• ID # 261
  Code: WB3.2
  Statistical Quality Control for Software Reliability
  Author(s): Mali Abdollahian, Linh Le and Panlop Zeephongsekul
  Abstract (number 261)
  

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• ID # 262
  Code: 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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• ID # 264
  Code: 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
  Code: 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 # 268
  Code: TA5.2
  Solving the Real Coefficients 0-1 Knapsack Problem via a Maximal Path Problem Formulation
  Author(s): HAYASHI YOSHIO
  Abstract (number 268)
  

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• ID # 269
  Code: TB5.2
  A Variation of the Inverse Shortest Paths Problem
  Author(s): Jianzhong Zhang and Chao Yang
  Abstract (number 269)
  

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• ID # 272
  Code: WA7.2
  Fuzzy Due-Date Scheduling Problem with Fuzzy Processing Time
  Author(s): Takeshi Itoh and Hiroaki Ishii
  Abstract (number 272)
  

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• ID # 273
  Code: HC11.3
  A Decision Support System for Cargo Loading Operations
  Author(s): K K Lai and W M Chan
  Abstract (number 273)
  

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• ID # 274
  Code: TA7.1
  Multicriteria Decision Making for Software Quality Analysis
  Author(s): Jean-Michel HOUDART and Nadine MESKENS
  Abstract (number 274)
  

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• ID # 275
  Code: HB9.1
  Measuring the effect of new technology on the competitiveness of drugstore operations
  Author(s): Celik Parkan
  Abstract (number 275)
  

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• ID # 276
  Code: MC6.1
  A General Ordering Policy with Number-dependent Minimal Repair and Random Lead Time
  Author(s): SHEY-HUEI SHEU
  Abstract (number 276)
  

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• ID # 277
  Code: WB3.4
  Operational software availability: modeling and measurement
  Author(s): Koichi Tokuno and Shigeru Yamada
  Abstract (number 277)
  

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• ID # 278
  Code: MC8.4
  Scheduling n Independent Jobs on m Uniform Machines
  Author(s): Baikunth Nath
  Abstract (number 278)
  

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• ID # 279
  Code: HA1.2
  A Computer Package for the Teaching of Operations Research
  Author(s): F.T. Chiu, G.T.Y. Pong and B. So
  Abstract (number 279)
  

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• ID # 280
  Code: HB9.2
  R&D Efficiency of the Information and Telecommunication Firms in Korea
  Author(s): In-kap Yeo and Han-joo Kim
  Abstract (number 280)
  

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• ID # 281
  Code: HB10.3
  Technology Demand Forecasting : Methodology and Application
  Author(s): In-kap Yeo and Seok-ji Park
  Abstract (number 281)
  

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• ID # 283
  Code: HB1.3
  Portfolio management using a spreadsheet based stochastic data envelopment analysis model
  Author(s): I.M. Premachandra, John G. Powell and Jing Shi
  Abstract (number 283)
  

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• ID # 284
  Code: 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 # 285
  Code: WB4.1
  Quadratic Discrete-Time Optimal Control
  Author(s): Daniel Ralph and Anthony Graham
  Abstract (number 285)
  

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• ID # 286
  Code: WB4.2
  Optimization and Pole Assignment in Control System Design
  Author(s): Eric Chu
  Abstract (number 286)
  

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• ID # 287
  Code: WB4.3
  Interior-Point Methods in Model Predictive Control
  Author(s): Stephen J. Wright, Christopher Rao and Jim Rawlings
  Abstract (number 287)
  

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• ID # 288
  Code: HB2.1
  Zero Inflation Targets: Central Bank Commitment and Fiscal Policy Outcomes
  Author(s): Peter J. Stemp
  Abstract (number 288)
  

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• ID # 289
  Code: MC5.5
  Simulation of the economic evolution of two areas in Tenerife Island which competes for the European Touristic Demand
  Author(s): Jose M. Gonzalez
  Abstract (number 289)
  

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• ID # 290
  Code: WB2.3
  Game srructure of telecommunications policy and its dynamics
  Author(s): Tchanghee Hyun and Dong-Hwan Kim
  Abstract (number 290)
  

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• ID # 291
  Code: TC7.2
  The use of the "Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes" at Courtaulds Coatings NZ
  Author(s): Bryce Peach
  Abstract (number 291)
  

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• ID # 292
  Code: WB6.1
  Use of Condition Knowledge in Medium and Long Term Maintenance Planning
  Author(s): Tom Anders Thorstensen and Magnus Rasmussen
  Abstract (number 292)
  

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• ID # 293
  Code: HC10.4
  New analytical tools for modelling social networks
  Author(s): Lucia Falzon and Charles E. M. Pearce
  Abstract (number 293)
  

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• ID # 294
  Code: HC10.1
  Pathwise Derivative Estimation of Ruin Probabilities
  Author(s): Felisa J. V½zquez-Abad
  Abstract (number 294)
  

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• ID # 296
  Code: WA7.3
  Fuzzy Random Linear Programmnig Problems
  Author(s): Hideki Katagiri and Hiroaki Ishii
  Abstract (number 296)
  

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• ID # 297
  Code: WA4.2
  A Grasp for a Matrix Decomposition Problem in Traffic Assignment
  Author(s): Celso C. RIBEIRO and Marcelo PRAIS
  Abstract (number 297)
  

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• ID # 298
  Code: WA4.1
  A Framework for the Development of Local Search Heuristics for Combinatorial Problems
  Author(s): Celso C. RIBEIRO, Alexandre A.RIBEIRO ANDREATTA and Sergio C. CARVALHO
  Abstract (number 298)
  

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• ID # 300
  Code: MC2.4
  A Revised Layered Network Decomposition Algorithm to Search for All d-MPs of a Limited-Flow Network
  Author(s): Wei-Chang Yeh
  Abstract (number 300)