Operational Research in Industry

Modelling Tools for Airline Crew Scheduling and Fleet Assignment Problems; R.L.Ho, E.L.Johnson & T.L.Shaw Solving Fleet Scheduling Problems with Mixed-Integer Programming; F.Uwe H.Suhl & L.M.Suhl Demand Adaptive Transit Systems; F.Malucelli, M.Nonato & S.Pallottino Parallel Optimization with PC Networks; R.Laundy Horizontal Marketing: Optimized One-To-One Marketing; M.P.Haydock & E.Bibelnieks Data Mining Classification Problem: An LP Approach; T.A.Ciriani, S.Gliozzi & M.Russo Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Applications; J.Kallrath Lube Production Scheduling; S.Barbariol, M.Lusetti, M.Mantilli & M. Scarioni Practical LP Model Behaviour; L.Haverly A Continuous Time Representation for Multi-stage Factory Design and Scheduling; T.Tahmassebi A Scheduling Prototype for the Factory Automation; Matching OR Methodologies to the Actual Industrial Needs; R.Tadei, F.Della Croce & S. Pucci Planning of Production in Semiconductor Manufacturing; J.Ahmadi, R.Benson & D.Supernaw-Issen Cargo Analytical Integration in Space Engineering: A Three-Dimensional Packing Model; G.Fasano Short Term Operation of an Electric Power System; J.Gheury & T.Lekane The Unit Commitment Problem; S.Takriti

R.L. HO, E.L. JOHNSON AND T.L. SHAW Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA UWE H. SUHL AND LEENA M. SUHL Freie Universität, Berlin and Universität-GH Paderborn (Germany) FEDERICO MALUCELLI, MADDALENA NONATO AND STEFANO PALLOTTINOIstituto di Elettronica, Università di Perugia (Italy) RICHARD LAUNDY DASH Associates (Royal Leamington Spa, UK) MICHAEL P. HAYDOCK AND ERIC BIBELNIEKS IBM, Global Business Intelligence Solutions (Minneapoli, Minnesota, USA) TITO A. CIRIANI, STEFANO GLIOZZI AND MARINA RUSSO IBM, Global Business Intelligence Solutions, Rome and Pisa (Italy) JOSEF KALLRATH BASF-AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and University of Florida (Gainesville, USA) SERGIO BARBARIOL, MAURO LUSETTI, MARCO MANTILLI AND MAURO SCARIONI AGIP Petroli, Raffineria di Livorno and IBM Italia, Milan (Italy) LARRY HAVERLY Haverly Systems Inc. (Ventura, California, USA) TURAJ TAHMASSEBI Unilever Research (Port Sunlight, Bebington, Wirral, UK) ROBERTO TADEI, FEDERICO DELLA CROCE AND SALVATORE PUCCI Politecnico di Torino and MRP Consulting (Torino, Italy) JAVAD AHMADI, ROBERT BENSON AND DANIEL SUPERNAW-ISSEN Advanced Micro Devices (Austin, Texas, USA) GIORGIO FASANO Alenia Aerospazio, Space Division, Turin Plant (Italy) JACQUES GHEURY AND THOMAS LEKANE Tractebel energy engineering (Brussels, Belgium) SAMER TAKRITI IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY, USA).