All Areas Submissions - May 2007

Stochastic Programming
An integer programming approach for linear programs with probabilistic constraints
James Luedtke, Shabbir Ahmed, George Nemhauser

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Two Algorithms for the Minimum Enclosing Ball Problem
E. Alper YILDIRIM

Global Optimization
Semidefinite Programming versus the Reformulation-Linearization Technique for Nonconvex Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming
Kurt M. Anstreicher

Nonlinear Optimization
The Speed of Shor's R-Algorithm
James V. Burke, Adrian S. Lewis, Michael L. Overton

Integer Programming
An Integer Programming Approach to Equitable Coloring Problems
Laura Bahiense, Clicia Friedman, Samuel Jurkiewicz, Abel Lozano, Milene Pimenta, Christina Waga

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
The kernel average for two convex functions and its application to the extension and representation of monotone operators
Heinz Bauschke, Xianfu Wang

Integer Programming
Solving Max-Cut to Optimality by Intersecting Semidefinite and Polyhedral Relaxations
Franz Rendl, Giovanni Rinaldi, Angelika Wiegele

Stochastic Programming
Computations with Disjunctive Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed Integer Programs
Lewis Ntaimo, Matthew Tanner

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
On the probabilistic complexity of finding an approximate solution for linear programming
Jun Ji, Florian A. Potra

Nonlinear Optimization
A Coordinate Gradient Descent Method for Linearly Constrained Smooth Optimization and Support Vector Machines Training
Paul Tseng, Sangwoon Yun

Applications — Science and Engineering
Estimation in Step-Stress Partially Accelerated Life Tests for the Burr Type XII distribution Using Type I Censoring
Abdallah Abd-Elfattah, Amal Hassan, Said Nassr

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
On the Extension of a Mehrotra-Type Algorithm for Semidefinite Optimization
Mohammad Koualei, Tamás Terlaky

Stochastic Programming
Self-concordant Tree and Decomposition Based Interior Point Methods for Stochastic Convex Optimization Problem
Michael Chen, Sanjay Mehrotra

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
The Value of Information in the Newsvendor Problem
Gokhan Metan, Aurelie Thiele

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Convex duality and entropy-based moment closure: Characterizing degenerate densities
Cory D. Hauck, C. David Levermore, Andre L. Tits

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
A Computational Analysis of Lower Bounds for Big Bucket Production Planning Problems
Kerem Akartunali, Andrew J. Miller

Robust Optimization
The Value of Information in Inventory Management
Gokhan Metan, Aurelie Thiele

Network Optimization
An Integer Programming Approach to the Path Selection Problems
Deokseong Kim, Kyungsik Lee, Kyungchul Park, Sungsoo Park

Integer Programming
Some Relations Between Facets of Low- and High-Dimensional Group Problems
Santanu Dey, Jean-Philippe Richard