A previously presented charge scheme for public investments is derived here from a set of axioms. It is argued that these axioms embody a definition of equity in allocating the costs of a public facility and could serve as a constitution which would be agreed on by users of a public facility....

This paper presents the theoretical foundations for a new approach to integer programming. On the basis of the theoretical arguments, various specific computational procedures are developed which could be used to solve the integer programming problem. However, definitive computational results...