1. Iterative Estimation of the Extreme Value Index

   • Samuel Müller
   • Jürg Hüsler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 148

2. Maximum Likelihood Estimation for an Observation Driven Model for Poisson Counts

   • Richard A. Davis
   • William T. M. Dunsmuir
   • Sarah B. Streett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 159

3. Simulation of First-Passage Times for Alternating Brownian Motions

   • A. Di Crescenzo
   • E. Di Nardo
   • L. M. Ricciardi

   Original Article Pages: 161 - 181

4. Performance Analysis of Cyclical Simulated Annealing Algorithms

   • Sheldon H. Jacobson
   • Shane N. Hall
   • Jeffrey E. Orosz

   Original Article Pages: 183 - 201

5. Production/Clearing Models Under Continuous and Sporadic Reviews

   • Oded Berman
   • Mahmut Parlar
   • M. J. M. Posner

   Original Article Pages: 203 - 224

6. Stochastic Bounds for the Sparre Andersen Process

   • Franco Pellerey
   • Cristina Zucca

   Original Article Pages: 225 - 247

7. An Extended Ant Colony Algorithm and Its Convergence Analysis

   • Giovanni Sebastiani
   • Giovanni Luca Torrisi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 263