"This book is a selection of the journal publications of William T Ziemba. Over a span of 50 years, Professor Ziemba contributed to a wide variety of disciplines including Stochastic Programming, Portfolio Theory, Sports Betting, and Risk Management. In his work he collaborated with academics and practitioners worldwide. Bill wrote for a variety of audiences. He was widely known as a leading practitioner of operations research methods applied to problems in financial planning and sports betting. Prior to his death, Bill Ziemba was working on a multivolume series on his collected papers. The Selected Works of William T Ziemba: A Memorial Volume captures some of the sentiment of Professor Ziemba’s plans"--