Issue no. 1 Table of Contents

Special ROADEF 2013

An efficient decision making process for vehicles operations in underground mining
Using Column Generation to Solve a Coal Blending Problem
A complete classification of equational classes of threshold functions included in clones
Analysis of a clearing queueing system with setup times
Preface
Activities planning and resources assignment on distinct places: a mathematical model
A Generalized Consistent Neighborhood Search for Satellite Range Scheduling Problems
Lot-sizing for production planning in a recovery system with returns
An exact method for solving the bi-objective Minimum Diameter-Cost Spanning Tree Problem
New Notation and Classification Scheme for Vehicle Routing Problems
Notation and classification for logistic network design models

Issue no. 2 Table of Contents

New challenges in scheduling theory

Lead time and ordering cost reductions in budget and storage space restricted probabilistic inventory models with imperfect items
A Straight Priority-Based Genetic Algorithm for a Logistics Network
A linear fractional optimization over an integer efficient set
Analysis of a single server batch arrival retrial queueing system with modified vacations and N-policy
A Network Design Problem with Two-Edge Matching Failures
On minimum weakly connected independent sets for wireless sensor networks: properties and enumeration algorithm
New challenges in scheduling theory
Scheduling Multilayer Divisible Computations
Scheduling 2-dimensional grids with large communication delays
O(logm)-approximation for the routing open shop problem
A classification scheme for integrated staff rostering and scheduling problems
Rail schedule optimisation in the hunter valley coal chain

Issue no. 3 Table of Contents

Modelling and optimization of outpatient appointment scheduling
Fritz John type optimality and duality in nonlinear programming under weak pseudo-invexity
The Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem: A linearized formulation
On solving multi objective Set Covering Problem with imprecise linear fractional objectives
Viterbi algorithms for Hidden semi-Markov Models with application to DNA Analysis
Using column generation to compute lower bound sets for bi-objective combinatorial optimization problems
A relaxed logarithmic barrier method for semidefinite programming
Virtual private network design over the first Chvátal closure
A convex Hull algorithm for solving a location problem
Selecting the best supply chain by goal programming and network data envelopment analysis
Analysis of a retrial queue with multiple vacations and state dependent arrivals
Network sharing by two mobile operators: beyond competition, cooperation

Issue no. 4 Table of Contents

Approximation hardness of graphic TSP on cubic graphs
A dynamic advertising model with reference price effect
Vehicle routing problem with limited refueling halts using particle swarm optimization with greedy mutation operator
Computation and profit analysis of a k-out-of-n:G repairable system under N-policy with multiple vacations and one replaceable repair facility
The use of the hyperbolic smoothing clustering algorithm in taxonomy of macroalgae
Multi-criteria decision analysis for efficient location-allocation problem combining DEA and goal programming
Optimization of System Availability for a Multi-State Preventive Maintenance Model from the Perspective of a System’s Components
On the two-stage hybrid flow shop with dedicated machines
New effective projection method for variational inequalities problem
Robust Investment Management with Uncertainty in Fund Managers’ Asset Allocation

Issue no. 5 Table of Contents

A jointly constrained bilinear programming method for solving generalized Cournot–Pareto models
Inventory policy for deteriorating seasonal products with price and ramp-type time dependent demand
Ranking units and determining dominance relations in the cost efficiency analysis