Lexicographic and weighting approach to multi-criteria portfolio optimization by mixed integer programming / Bartosz Sawik -- Extreme mean-variance solutions : estimator error versus modeling error / Robert R. Grauer -- A fuzzy programming approach to financial portfolio model / Kenneth D. Lawrence, Dinesh R. Pai, Ronald K. Klimberg, Sheila M. Lawrence -- Bankruptcy prediction in the retail industry using logistic regression / Kenneth D. Lawrence, Dinesh R. Pai, Gary Kleinman -- A multi-criteria decision model for fixed income sector allocation for endowment funds / Karen M. Hogan, Amy F. Lipton, Gerard T. Olson -- Recovering from delays : an analysis of airport operations using data envelopment analysis / Warren T. Sutton, Seungkee Baek -- Using data envelopment analysis to analyze the performance of North America class 1 freight railroads / Rashmi Malhorta, D. K. Malhorta, Harvey Lermack -- Using regression and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to forecast bank performance over time / Ronald K. Klimberg, Kenneth D. Lawrence, Ira Yermish, Tanya Lal, Daniel Mrazik -- Creating an index of vulnerability to severe coastal storms along the north shore of Boston / Samuel J. Ratick, Holly Morehouse, Ronald K. Klimberg -- Performance evaluation of universities from the students' perspective / Andreas Kleine, Regina Schlindwein -- Assessment of implication of competitiveness on human development of countries via data envelopment analysis and cluster analysis / Füsun Ülengin, Özgür Kabak, Sule Önsel, Emel Aktas -- Rich and poor in Saint Louis : performance characteristics of public schools using a data envelopment analysis approach / N. K. Kwak, Walter A. Garrett -- Sustainability assessment of venture business firms using data envelope analysis / N.K. Kwak, Chang W. Lee -- Determining the relative efficiency of gynecological departments using DEA / Reuven R. Levary, Cesse Ip.

Applications of Management Science is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision-making problems. It significantly aids the dissemination of actual applications of management science in both the public and private sectors. Volume 13 is directed toward the application of management science to financial management, specifically in portfolio analysis and in productivity management such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Arranged in two sections, the first comprises a collection of financial applications papers, while the second focuses on the use of DEA in such wide-ranging environments as airport operations, freight railroads, gynaecological departments, severe coastal storms, and performance evaluation and classification of universities and public schools. This volume will prove valuable to researchers and practitioners of management science and operations research, as well as being a vital companion to portfolio analysts and industrial and financial engineers alike.

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