Optimization	Operations Research	Location/Routing
	Conference Information	Professional Societies	University/College Information

 OPTIMIZATION

• ONLINE INFORMATION ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OPTIMIZATION
• Linear Programming FAQ - Established by John W. Gregory; currently maintained by Robert Fourer, OTC
• Nonlinear Programming FAQ - Established by John W. Gregory; currently maintained by Robert Fourer, OTC
• Linear Programming Revised Simplex and Branch & Bound - S.B. Kei, L.W. Keung, L.H. Pui, S. Yeung, Hong Kong Polytechnic
• OR-Notes (LP, NLP, IP, Network Flows, etc.) - J.E. Beasley, Imperial College, London
• A Tutorial on Integer Programming - Gérard Cornuéjols, Michael A. Trick, Matthew J. Saltzman
• The Simplex Method (Gaussian Elimination) - Moshe Sniedovich, The University of Melbourne
• CCLP-LAND: Home of Composite Concave Linear Programming - Moshe Sniedovich, The University of Melbourne
• Linear Programming Using Microsoft Excel - Rohit Verma, Depaul University
• Optimization Tree - Network-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS), Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
• Math Optimization Chapter - Computational Science Education Project
• Mathematical Programming Glossary - Harvey J. Greenberg, University of Colorado at Denver
• Interior-Point Methods Online - Joe Czyzyk and Steve Wright, Argonne National Laboratory
• Global Optimization - Arnold Neumaier, University of Vienna
• QAPLIB: A Quadratic Assignment Problem Library - R.E. Burkard, S.E. Karisch, U. of Copenhagen, F. Rendl, Graz U. of Technology
• Semidefinite Programming - Henry Wolkowicz, University of Waterloo
• Genetic Algorithms in LIS - Laboratory for Intelligent Systems
• Ant Colony Optimization - Marco Dorigo, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
• Optimization Overviews and Resources - Network-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS), Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
• Search of Annual Comprehensive Index Bibliographic Database - INFORMS
• A Compendium of NP Optimization Problems - Pierluigi Crescenzi, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza; Viggo Kann, Nada
• Linear Programming Duality and Morphisms - W. Hochstättler, Universität zu Köln; J. Nesetril, Charles University, Prague


• INTERACTIVE GUIDES/CASE STUDIES
• Interactive Linear Programming - IEOR, U.C. Berkeley
• JavaORjavA - WORMS Interactive OR Site
• Linear Programming Revised Simplex and Branch & Bound - S.B. Kei, L.W. Keung, L.H. Pui, S. Yeung, Hong Kong Polytechnic
• Case Studies - Network-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS), Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
• Scheduling of Electric Power Systems Under Uncertainty
• Simulating Rigid Bodies in Contact
• The Diet Problem: A Linear Programming Example
• The Minimal Surface Area Problem: An Unconstrained Minimization Example
• The Portfolio Selection Problem: A Quadratic Programming Example
• Natural Gas Planning: An Application of Stochastic Linear Programming
• Java Interactive Simplex Method Tool
• Moshe Sniedovich, The University of Melbourne
• The Simplex Place
• Virtual Duality
• The Unbounded Knapsack Problem
• Dynamic Programming: 8 Easy Pieces
• Dynamic Programming: The Towers of Noah
• Dynamic Programming: 8 Queen Puzzle


• OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE/TEST PROBLEMS
• Optimization Software
  • Software for Optimization: A Buyer's Guide Part 1 - Robert Fourer, Northwestern University
  • Software for Optimization: A Buyer's Guide Part 2 - Robert Fourer, Northwestern University
  • Optimization Software Guide - Network-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS), Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
  • GAMS: Guide to Available Mathematical Software - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • GAMS Problem Taxonomy - NETLIB
  • Optimization Codes in Public Domain - Jiefeng Xu, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Network Optimization Codes - Ernesto Martins, Mathematics' Department of Coimbra
  • IMPS Software (ANALYZE, MODLER, and RANDMOD) - Harvey J. Greenberg, University of Colorado at Denver
  • PCx, Interior-Point Linear Programming Package - J. Czyzyk, S. Mehrotra, S. Wright, Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
  • Decision Tree for Optimization Software - Hans D. Mittelmann, Arizona State University; P. Spellucci, Technical University Darmstadt
  • eLib: Electronic Libraries for Mathematical Software - ZIB Berlin
  • A Collection of Mathematical Software, Papers, and Databases - NETLIB
  • Soplex: The Sequential Object-oriented Simplex Class Library - Roland Wunderling
  • ABACUS - A Branch-And-CUt System - The Group of Professor Michael Jünger, Universität zu Köln
  • Benchmark Your MP Model on OSL - IBM
  • Benchmarks for Optimization Software - Hans D. Mittelmann, Arizona State University, P. Spellucci, Technical University Darmstadt
  • YATTS - A Graphical Linear Programming Teaching Tool - Jacek Radajewski, The University of Southern Queensland
• Test Problems
  • OR-Library: Test Data Sets for a Variety of Problem Areas - Imperial College Management School
  • Some Hard Global Optimization Test Problems - George Bilchev, University of Plymouth
  • MP-TESTDATA: A Collection of Test Data for various Math Programming Problems - ZIB Berlin
  • Linear Programming Test Problems - OR-Library
• Modeling Languages
  • AMPL - A Modeling Language for Mathematical Programming
  • GAMS - General Algebraic Modeling System
  • LINGO - LINDO Systems, Inc.
  • MPL for Windows - Maximal Software, Inc.


• OTHER OPTIMIZATION SITES
• Optimization Technology Center (OTC)
• Opt-Net Home Page
• Optimization Links - UCLA Department of Biomathematics
• Optimization Page - Karen Lau, University of New South Wales
• Introduction to Convex Optimization with Engineering Applications - Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe, Stanford University
• Post-solution Analysis for MIP/CO - Harvey Greenberg, University of Colorado at Denver
• Bibliography of Books/Papers on Combinatorial Optimization - Brian Borchers, New Mexico Tech
• Bibliography of Papers on Interior Point Methods for Mathematical Programming - Eberhard Kranich, University of Wuppertal
• Bibliography of Mathematical Optimization - M. Bussieck, H. Bischoff, M.L. Dowling, T. Winter, U. Zimmermann, University of Braunschweig, Germany

 OPERATIONS RESEARCH

• GENERAL OPERATIONS RESEARCH SITES
• Michael Trick's Operations Research Page - Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University
• Operations Research Surf
• Mohan Sodhi's Virtual OR/MS Library
• WORMS: World-Wide-Web for Operations Research and Management Science
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Industrial Engineering - Georgia Tech
• IE Resources on the Web: Operations Research - University of Alabama
• Newsgroup:sci.op-research
• Archive of sci.op-research


• OR/OPTIMIZATION PEOPLE
• OR Directory - Samer Takriti
• OR People & Institutes - Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University
• Search of INFORMS Membership Database
• Opt-Net Memberlist List
• SIAM/AMS/MAA Combined Membership List

 LOCATION/ROUTING

• LOLA - Library of Location Algorithms - Dept. of Mathematics, U. of Kaiserslautern, Germany
• SOLA - Section on Location Analysis - INFORMS
• Transportation Science Section - INFORMS
• TSPBIB: Traveling Salesman Problem - Pablo Moscato, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
• The Hamiltonian Page - Gregory Gutin, Odense University, Denmark; Pablo Moscato, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
• The Vehicle Routing Problem - Tim Duncan, AI Applications Institute, University of Edinburgh
• David Neto's TSP reading list - University of Toronto
• Transportation Resources - College & Universities
• Working Papers in Transportation Science - Transportation Science Section of INFORMS
• Tools for Logistics Problem Solving - Northwestern University Production and Logistics Laboratory

 CONFERENCE INFORMATION

• INFORMS Conferences and Meetings
• SIAM Meetings and Conferences
• OR Conference Information - Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mathematical Optimization Conference information - Technische Universität Braunschweig, Abteilung für Mathematische Optimierung, Germany

 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• The Operational Research Society - Live OR
• Mathematical Programming Society
• Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

 UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE INFORMATION

• American Universities
• OR People & Institutes - Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University
• WWW Virtual Library - IE Academic Programs

Send suggestions/comments to Tom M. Cavalier (tmc7@psu.edu).