I: Introduction -- 1.1 Basic Concepts -- 1.2 Special Cases of Disjunctive Programs and Their Applications -- 1.3 Notes and References -- II: Basic Concepts and Principles -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Surrogate Constraints -- 2.3 Pointwise-Supremal Cuts -- 2.4 Basic Disjunctive Cut Principle -- 2.5...

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