Research and Applied Projects at Paul Stähly’s Institute for Operations Research -- 1: Optimization -- Environmental Policy Design and the Economics of Crime: Some Analogies in Intertemporal Optimization -- On Cross Decomposition for Mixed-Integer Programming -- Optimal and Neuro-Dynamic...

This book presents a rigorous treatment of the mathematical instruments available for dealing with income distributions, in particular Lorenz curves and related methods. The methods examined allow us to analyze, compare and modify such distributions from an economic and social perspective....

The book presents the results of the joint annual conference of the four Operations Research Societies DGOR, GM\OR, \GOR and SVOR, held in Vienna in 1990. The main goal was to present practical experiences as well as theoretical results. Both aspects are covered in a balanced way. Papers cover...