1. Assigning students to course sections using tabu search

   • Ramon Alvarez-Valdes
   • Enric Crespo
   • Jose M. Tamarit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 16

2. Solving a chemical batch scheduling problem by local search

   • Peter Brucker
   • Johann Hurink

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 38

3. A permutation flow-shop scheduling problem with convex models of operation processing times

   • T.C.E. Cheng
   • A. Janiak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 60

4. A statistical analysis of simulated annealing applied to the p-median problem

   • Fernando Chiyoshi
   • Roberto D. Galvão

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 74

5. A polyhedral approach to a production planning problem

   • Miguel Constantino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 95

6. Cyclic scheduling in robotic flowshops

   • Y. Crama
   • V. Kats
   • E. Levner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 124

7. Optimization of a high-speed placement machine using tabu search algorithms

   • Peter Csaszar
   • Thomas M. Tirpak
   • Peter C. Nelson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 147

8. Scheduling the flying squad nurses of a hospital using a multi-objective programming model

   • Viviane Gascon
   • Sophie Villeneuve
   • Jacques A. Ferland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 166

9. Unit commitment in power generation – a basic model and some extensions

   • Ralf Gollmer
   • Matthias P. Nowak
   • Rüdiger Schultz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 189

10. Planar Weber location problems with barriers and block norms

    • Horst W. Hamacher
    • Kathrin Klamroth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 208

11. The Euclidean Steiner tree problem in Rⁿ: A mathematical programming formulation

    • Nelson Maculan
    • Philippe Michelon
    • Adilson E. Xavier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 220

12. Approximability of hard combinatorial optimization problems: an introduction

    • Francesco Maffioli
    • Giulia Galbiati

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 236

13. A probabilistic quality of service constraint for a location model of switches in ATM communications networks

    • Vladimir Marianov
    • Miguel Ríos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 243

14. A comparative numerical analysis for the guillotine two-dimensional cutting problem

    • Victor Parada
    • Rodrigo Palma
    • Arlindo Gómes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 254

15. k-server problems with bulk requests: an application to tool switching in manufacturing

    • Caroline Privault
    • Gerd Finke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 269

16. Forest management models and combinatorial algorithms: analysis of state of the art

    • Andres Weintraub
    • Richard L. Church
    • Monique Guignard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 285

17. Real-time dispatch of trams in storage yards

    • Thomas Winter
    • Uwe T. Zimmermann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 315

18. The deterministic multi-item dynamic lot size problem with joint business volume discount

    • Jiefeng Xu
    • Leonard L. Lu
    • Fred Glover

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 337