Optimization Online Digest — May 2004

Applications — OR and Management Sciences

Portfolio Investment with the Exact Tax Basis via Nonlinear Programming
Angel-Victor DeMiguel, Raman Uppal

Vehicle routing and staffing for sedan service
Oktay Gunluk, Tracy Kimbrel, Laszlo Ladanyi, Baruch Schieber, Gregory B. Sorkin

Pointillism via Linear Programming
Robert Bosch, Adrianne Herman

Applications — Science and Engineering

Implementation of Infinite Dimensional Interior Point Method for Solving Multi-criteria Linear-Quadratic Control Problem
L Faybusovich, T Mouktonglang, T Tsuchiya

Inherent smoothness of intensity patterns for intensity modulated radiation therapy generated by simultaneous projection algorithms
Ying Xiao, Darek Michalski, Yair Censor, James M. Galvin

Construction project scheduling problem with uncertain resource constraints
Julin He, Zhong-Ping Wan, Tang Guochun

Combinatorial Optimization

A semidefinite programming based polyhedral cut and price algorithm for the maxcut problem
Kartik Krishnan, John Mitchell

Global Optimization

Gradient-Controlled, Typical-Distance Clustering for Global Optimization
I.G. TSOULOS, I.E. LAGARIS

A Simplicial Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Solving Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs
Jeff Linderoth

On the Globally Concavized Filled Function Method
Wenxing Zhu

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming

Sensitivity analysis for linear optimization problem with fuzzy data in the objective function
Stephan Dempe, Tatiana Starostina

NEW RESULTS ON LINEAR OPTIMIZATION THROUGH DIAGONAL METRICS AND RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY TOOLS
Erik Alex Quiroz, Paulo Roberto Oliveira

Universal Duality in Conic Convex Optimization
Simon P. Schurr, Andr\'e Tits, Dianne P. O'Leary

Nonlinear Optimization

Optimality Measures for Performance Profiles
Elizabeth D. Dolan, Jorge J. More', Todd S. Munson

A sequential quadratic programming algorithm with a piecewise linear merit function
Francisco Gomes

Optimization Software and Modeling Systems

Benchmarking Optimization Software with COPS 3.0
Elizabeth D. Dolan, Jorge J. More', Todd S. Munson