Advances in computational and stochastic optimization, logic programming, and heuristic search. Interfaces in computer science and operations research. 6th conference of the Computer Science Technical Section of INFORMS, January 7--9, 1998, Carmel, CA, USA (Q1376935)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (5th, 1996) has been announced (see Zbl 0859.00033). Indexed articles: \textit{Hooker, J. N.}, Constraint satisfaction methods for generating valid cuts, 1-30 [Zbl 0891.68105] \textit{Fourer, Robert}, Extending a general-purpose algebraic modeling language to combinatorial optimization: A logic programming approach, 31-74 [Zbl 0891.68020] \textit{McAloon, Ken; Tretkoff, Carol; Wetzel, Gerhard}, Disjunctive programming and cooperating solvers, 75-96 [Zbl 0891.68021] \textit{Greenberg, Harvey J.}, An annotated bibliography for post-solution analysis in mixed integer programming and combinatorial optimization, 97-147 [Zbl 0914.90204] \textit{Morton, David P.; Wood, R. Kevin}, On a stochastic knapsack problem and generalizations, 149-168 [Zbl 0893.90138] \textit{Gürkan, Gül; Özge, A. Yonca; Robinson, Stephen M.}, Sample-path solutions for simulation optimization problems and stochastic variational inequalities, 169-188 [Zbl 0893.90137] \textit{Patek, Stephen D.; Bertsekas, Dimitri P.}, Play selection in american football: A case study in neuro-dynamic programming, 189-213 [Zbl 0893.90178] \textit{Rangaswamy, Balasubramanian; Jain, Anant Singh; Glover, Fred}, Tabu search candidate list strategies in scheduling, 215-233 [Zbl 0891.68031] \textit{Haul, Christian; Voß, Stefan}, Using surrogate constraints in genetic algorithms for solving multidimensional knapsack problems, 235-251 [Zbl 0891.68042] \textit{Thangiah, Sam R.; Petrovic, Pavel}, Introduction to genetic heuristics and vehicle routing problems with complex constraints, 253-286 [Zbl 0898.68077] \textit{Potvin, Jean-Yves; Guertin, François}, A genetic algorithm for the clustered traveling salesman problem with a prescribed order on the clusters, 287-299 [Zbl 0891.68043] \textit{Chao, I-Ming; Golden, Bruce L.; Wasil, Edward A.}, A new algorithm for the site-dependent vehicle routing problem, 301-312 [Zbl 0898.68034]