A geometrical interpretation of multiple regression is proposed. The method is explained within the context of the tourism industry by developing a model for the management of hotels. The paper first explains the technique in non-mathematical terms and is completed with the mathematical proof of...

Sequential meta heuristic implementations for the irregular stock-cutting problem have highlighted a number of common problems. The implementation in this paper adopts a hybrid tabu search approach that incorporates two very different optimisation routines which utilise alternative neighborhoods...