Evaluation of corrupt activities is incrementally based on administration of questionnaires to firms in business, and generally involves a large number of items. Data collected by questionnaires of this type can be analyzed by Latent Class (LC) models in order to classify firms into homogeneous...

An Overview of Operations Research / Management Science in Latin America -- Collaborative versus Non-Collaborative Bus School Routing -- Method for Assigning Break Times in Predefined Shifts for Call Center Teleoperators -- Financial Risk Analysis for a Specialized Dairy Farm Project and Impacts...

The Many Guises of Linear Programming -- Mixed-Integer Programming Modeling Strategies for Scheduling-Based Optimization Problems -- Converting Weak to Strong MIP Formulations: A Practitioner's Guide -- Valid Inequalities for the Telecommunications Network Design Problem -- Modeling and Solution...

In a conventional dial-a-ride-system passengers are moved with the same vehicle between their pickup and their drop-off location. In a dial-a-ride-system with transfer, it is possible (or even standard) that passengers change the vehicle once or several times. Transfer Scheduling Constraints...

We analyse the benefits and limitations of the integration of sourcing decisions into the operational route compilation task of a road-haulage company. A trucking company has to supply several customer sides. The demanded quantities are given. The trucking company has to decide which truck...

Sales force management decisions belong to the major issues considered in marketing research. Among others, the alignment of sales territories has been one of the main field of work for years. Recent results have reported a strong impact of the alignment of sales territories on profit, and,...

Part 1: Lessons -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio—A primer -- Chapter 3: Setting up a model -- Chapter 4: Data structures and related OPL language elements -- Chapter 5: Introduction to IBM ILOG Script -- Chapter 6: Modeling with tuples -- Chapter 7:...