All Areas Submissions - February 2008

Combinatorial Optimization
Fast Local Search for the Maximum Independent Set Problem
Diogo V. Andrade, Mauricio G. C. Resende, Renato F. Werneck

Stochastic Programming
Computational study of a chance constrained portfolio selection problem
Bernardo Pagnoncelli, Shabbir Ahmed, Alex Shapiro

Nonlinear Optimization
Trust-region and other regularisations of linear least-squares problems
Coralia Cartis, Nicholas Gould, Philippe Toint

Robust Optimization
Pricing with uncertain customer valuations
Aurelie Thiele

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
An Algorithm and a Core Set Result for the Weighted Euclidean One-Center Problem
E. Alper Yildirim, Piyush Kumar

Complementarity and Variational Inequalities
A Stochastic EPEC Model for Electricity Markets with Two Way Contracts
Dali Zhang, Huifu Xu, Yue Wu

Applications — Science and Engineering
Robust Transmit Beamforming Based on Probabilistic Constraint
Huiqin Du, Pei-Jung Chung, Jacek Gondzio, Bernard Mulgrew

Network Optimization
Convergent Network Approximation for the Continuous Euclidean Length Constrained Minimum Cost Path Problem
Ranga Muhandiramge, Natashia Boland, Song Wang

Network Optimization
Simultaneous Solution of Lagrangean Dual Problems Interleaved with Preprocessing for the Weight Constrained Shortest Path Problem
Ranga Muhandiramge, Natashia Boland

Global Optimization
A p-Cone Sequential Relaxation Procedure for 0-1 Integer Programs
Samuel Burer, Jieqiu Chen

Stochastic Programming
Convergence Analysis of a Weighted Barrier Decomposition Algorithm for Two Stage Stochastic Programming
Sanjay Mehrotra, Gokhan Ozevin

Combinatorial Optimization
GRASP and path relinking for the max-min diversity problem
Mauricio G. C. Resende, Rafael Martí, Micael Gallego, Abraham Duarte

Applications — Science and Engineering
Alternating local search based VNS
Frank Plastria, Steven De Bruyne, Emilio Carrizosa

Combinatorial Optimization
Tur\'an Graphs, Stability Number, and Fibonacci Index
Hadrien Mélot, Véronique Bruyère

Stochastic Programming
Disjunctive Decomposition for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Binary Programs with Random Recourse
Lewis Ntaimo

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Clinic Scheduling Models with Overbooking for Patients with Heterogeneous No-show Probabilities
Bo Zeng, Ayten Turkcan, Ji Lin, Mark Lawley

Nonlinear Optimization
Directed Cholesky factorizations and applications
Ferenc Domes, Arnold Neumaier

Nonlinear Optimization
A scaling algorithm for polynomial constraint satisfaction problems
Ferenc Domes, Neumaier Arnold

Applications — Science and Engineering
A conjugate-gradient based approach for approximate solutions of quadratic programs
Fredrik Carlsson, Anders Forsgren