We solve the problem of a social planner who seeks to minimize inequality via transfers with a fixed public budget in a distribution of exogenously given incomes. The appropriate solution method depends on the objective function: If it is convex, as in the case of the absolute mean deviation, it...

Purpose This paper aims to present a literature review of the most recent optimisation methods applied to Credit Scoring Models (CSMs). Design/methodology/approach The research methodology employed technical procedures based on bibliographic and exploratory analyses. A traditional investigation...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction. -- 2. The Forest Harvest Scheduling Optimization Problem. -- 3. Classic and Contemporary Influences on Forest Harvest Scheduling. -- 4. Solving Forest Harvest Scheduling Assignment Problems. -- 5. Harvest Scheduling Search Behavior. -- 6. Difficulty in...

Several approaches for subset recovery and improved forecasting accuracy have been proposed and studied. One way is to apply a regularization strategy and solve the model selection task as a continuous optimization problem. One of the most popular approaches in this research field is given by...