1. Approximating the independence number via theϑ-function

   • Noga Alon
   • Nabil Kahale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 264

2. (0, ±1) ideal matrices

   • Paolo Nobili
   • Antonio Sassano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 281

3. Trust region affine scaling algorithms for linearly constrained convex and concave programs

   • Renato D. C. Monteiro
   • Yanhui Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 313

4. Discontinuous piecewise linear optimization

   • Andrew R. Conn
   • Marcel Mongeau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 380