1. Preface

   • Minyi Yue

   EditorialNotes Pages: VII - VII

2. Introduction

   • Minyi Yue

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 8

3. On Rosen's gradient projection methods

   • D. -Z. Du
   • F. Wu
   • X. -S. Zhang

   Surveys Pages: 9 - 28

4. A survey of queueing theory

   • Guang-Hui Hsu

   Surveys Pages: 29 - 43

5. Theory and application of multiobjective optimization in China — A survey

   • Yuda Hu

   Surveys Pages: 45 - 51

6. Availability and failure frequency of a Gnedenko system

   • Jinhua Cao

   Methodology Pages: 53 - 68

7. Proximity between life distributions and exponential distributions (I)

   • Kan Cheng
   • Zongfu He

   Methodology Pages: 69 - 95

8. Proximity between life distributions and exponential distributions (II)

   • Kan Cheng
   • Zongfu He

   Methodology Pages: 97 - 111

9. A unified approach to the feasible point method type for nonlinear programming with linear constraints under degeneracy and the convergence properties

   • Jiye Han
   • Xiaodong Hu
   • Jin Liu

   Methodology Pages: 113 - 144

10. On Markovian decision programming with recursive reward functions

    • Jianyong Liu
    • Ke Liu

    Methodology Pages: 145 - 164

11. On boolean characterizations of planarity and planar embeddings of graphs

    • Yanpei Liu

    Methodology Pages: 165 - 174

12. On the convergence property of the DFP algorithm

    • Dingguo Pu
    • Wenci Yu

    Methodology Pages: 175 - 184

13. Probability analysis of the repairable queueing systemM/G(E _k /H)/1

    • Ding-Hua Shi

    Methodology Pages: 185 - 203

14. A new algorithm for the quasi-assignment problem

    • Tiantai Song
    • Li Zhou

    Methodology Pages: 205 - 223

15. A new branch and bound algorithm for minimizing the weighted number of tardy jobs

    • Guochun Tang

    Methodology Pages: 225 - 232

16. On the exact upper bound for the multifit processor scheduling algorithm

    • Minyi Yue

    Methodology Pages: 233 - 259

17. On the geometry of paths generated by PL homotopy methods

    • Zeke Wang

    Methodology Pages: 261 - 271

18. Robust analysis and global optimization

    • Quan Zheng

    Methodology Pages: 273 - 286

19. Design and implementation of a decision support system for multistage investment in Chinese coal production and transportation

    • Tiantai Song

    Applications Pages: 289 - 298

20. Application of operations research in agriculture decision making

    • Zhimin Zhang
    • Changyu Wang
    • Qingzhen Zhao

    Applications Pages: 299 - 307