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American Journal of Operations Research, 2011, 1, 73-189 Published Online September 2011 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajor/)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 1 Number 3 September 2011 Higher Order Iteration Schemes for Unconstrained Optimization

Y. Y. Shi, P. Q. Pan………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………73

Two-Stage Ordering Policy under Buyer’s Minimum-Commitment Quantity Contract

H.-M. Hsu, Z.-Y. Chen…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………84

Vertical Decomposition Approach to Solve Single Stage Capacitated Warehouse Location Problem (SSCWLP)

P. Verma, R. R. K. Sharma………………………………………………………………………………………………………100

Solving the Multi Observer 3D Visual Area Coverage Scheduling Problem by Decomposition

H. I. Stern, M. Zofi, M. Kaspi……………………………………………………………………………………………………118

A Hierarchical Methodology for Performance Evaluation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis: The Case of Companies’ Competitiveness in an Economy

M. Dia, F. Ben Abdelaziz…………………………………………………………………………………………….…………134

Allocation of Repairable and Replaceable Components for a System Availability Using Selective Maintenance with Probabilistic Maintenance Time Constraints

I. Ali, M. F. Khan, Y. S. Raghav, A. Bari…………………………………………………………………………………………147

Multi-Item Fuzzy Inventory Model Involving Three Constraints: A Karush-Kuhn-Tucker Conditions Approach

R. Kasthuri, P. Vasanthi, S. Ranganayaki, C. V. Seshaiah………………………………………………………….……………155

IMRT Optimization with Both Fractionation and Cumulative Constraints

D. Dink, M. Langer, S. Orcun, J. Pekny, R. Rardin, G. Reklaitis, B. Saka………………………………………….……………160

A Coherent System Component Importance under Its Signatures Representation

V. da C. Bueno………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………………172

Measuring the Performance of Teams in the Indian Premier League

S. Singh………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………180

An Exact Penalty Approach for Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Problems

R. Aliakbari Shandiz, N. Mahdavi-Amiri………………………………………………………...………………………………185

This figure on the front cover is from the article published in American Journal of Operations Research, 2011, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 160-171 by Delal Dink, Mark Langer, Seza Orcun, Joseph Pekny, Ronald Rardin, Gintaras Reklaitis, Behlul Saka.

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