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...

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...

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...

Reviews previous research on the efficiency and performance of financial institutions and uses Siems and Barr’s (1998) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the relative productive efficiency of US commercial banks 1984‐1998. Explains the methodology, discusses the input and...

This paper considers a distribution model with upper and lower bounds on the number of units shipped from an origin or to a destination. Our problem differs from the classical distribution model in which the node shipping amounts are, by contrast, specified exactly. This generalization of the...

This paper describes a procedure for determining if constrained network problems (i.e., network problems with additional linear constraints) can be transformed into equivalent pure network problems by a linear transformation involving the node constraints and the extra constraints. These results...

This paper contains a new and very successful application of mathematical programming in the petroleum industry. Specifically, the paper describes the design and implementation of a model and computer system to address the complex short-term planning and operational issues associated with the...