1. Preface

   Preface Pages: 15 - 18

2. GDDP: Generalized Dual Dynamic Programming Theory

   • Jesús M. Velásquez Bermúdez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 31

3. A Finite Algorithm for a Particular D.C. Quadratic Programming Problem

   • Riccardo Cambini
   • Claudio Sodini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 49

4. A Limited-Memory Multipoint Symmetric Secant Method for Bound Constrained Optimization

   • Oleg P. Burdakov
   • José Mario Martínez
   • Elvio A. Pilotta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 70

5. Cutting and Surrogate Constraint Analysis for Improved Multidimensional Knapsack Solutions

   • María A. Osorio
   • Fred Glover
   • Peter Hammer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 93

6. Acceleration Scheme for Parallel Projected Aggregation Methods for Solving Large Linear Systems

   • H. Scolnik
   • N. Echebest
   • M.C. Vacchino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 115

7. Preconditioning by Projectors in the Solution of Contact Problems: A Parallel Implementation

   • Z. Dostál
   • A. Friedlander
   • S.A. Santos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 129

8. Heuristics Based on Partial Enumeration for the Unrelated Parallel Processor Scheduling Problem

   • E. Mokotoff
   • J.L. Jimeno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 150

9. A Hybrid Algorithm for the Non-Guillotine Cutting Problem

   • Víctor Parada
   • Lorena Pradenas
   • Rodrigo Palma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 163

10. Tabu Search with Simple Ejection Chains for Coloring Graphs

    • José Luis González-Velarde
    • Manuel Laguna

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 174

11. An Application of Tabu Search Heuristic for the Maximum Edge-Weighted Subgraph Problem

    • Elder Magalhães Macambira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 190

12. A Genetic Search for Exploiting a Fuzzy Preference Model of Portfolio Problems with Public Projects

    • Eduardo Fernandez
    • Jorge Navarro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 213

13. A Reduction Technique for Natural Gas Transmission Network Optimization Problems

    • Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado
    • Suming Wu
    • E. Andrew Boyd

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 234

14. Regional Variations in Energy Consumption of Appliances: Conditional Demand Analysis Applied to Brazilian Households

    • Marcos Pereira Estellita Lins
    • Angela Cristina Moreira da Silva
    • Luiz Pinguelli Rosa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 246

15. Market Power Issues in Bid-Based Hydrothermal Dispatch

    • Luiz Augusto N. Barroso
    • Márcia H.C. Fampa
    • Priscila Lino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 270