This paper develops efficient algorithms for obtaining a dual feasible starting basis for the capacitated distribution problem. The motivation for the development of such a technique is threefold. Firstly, although efficient dual methods for solving such problems have been developed, none of...

This short note presents a formal description of a fast and robust shortest path algorithm. Modeled on an algorithm of Pape (1974), it requires less memory store than most algorithms and at the same time permits arc lengths to range between -[chi] and +[chi]. It is described in a machine...

The dramatic rise in bank failures over the last decade has led to a search for leading indicators so that costly bailouts might be avoided. While the quality of a bank's management is generally acknowledged to be a key contributor to institutional collapse, it is usually excluded from...

This paper reviews various approaches to the measurement of core inflation that have been proposed in recent years. The objective is to determine whether the European Central Bank (ECB) should pay special attention to one or other of these measures in assessing inflation developments in the euro...

This paper first presents a brief reveiw of the multicriteria problems faced by the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in making enlisted personnel assignment decisions. Then for the most complex of these military assignment problems, the Marine Corps problem, a new modeling and solution...