Minimum sum-of-squares clustering consists in partitioning a given set of <i>n</i> points into <i>c</i> clusters in order to minimize the sum of squared dist...

In this paper we develop a model to analyze, in a dynamic framework, how countries join international environmental agreements (IEAs). In the model, where co...

The main purpose of this paper is to apply the True Notional Bond System (TNBS) proposed by Oviedo (2006) for the theoretical pricing of the Chicago Board ...

This paper deals with the stabilization of the class of continuous-time systems. A state feedback controller with delayed states is used to stabilize this cl...

This paper deals with the class of continuous-time singular linear systems with Markovian switching. Under full and partial knowledge of the jump rates of th...

We consider one of the most important issues for multinationals, the determination of transfer prices. To do so, we examine the example of a multinational co...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new way of choosing directions for the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) class of algorithms. The advantages of...

Portmanteau test statistics represent useful diagnostic tools for checking the adequacy of multivariate time series models. For stationary and partially non-...

We describe LANCELOT_simple, an interface to the LANCELOT B nonlinear optimization package within the GALAHAD library (Gould, Orban and Toint, 2003) which ig...

This paper analyzes competition between mutual funds in a multiple funds version of the model of Hugonnier and Kaniel [18]. We characterize the set of equili...

This paper describes a class of large-scale capacity planning problems under uncertainty. The uncertainty can arise in different dimensions of a production...

An LP-digraph is a directed graph which consists of the vertices and edges of a polytope <i>P</i> directed by a linear function in general position. It is ...

In this paper we present a simple technique that uses background information to improve mining the frequent patterns of structured data. This technique uses ...

While recent algorithms for mining the frequent subgraphs of a database are efficient in the general case, these algorithms tend to do poorly on databases th...

This paper considers a two-level vendor managed inventory (VMI) system comprising a distribution center (DC) and a retailer. Both the DC's and the retailer...

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) takes on a new form in our case study. It occurs between a parent company and its several subsidiaries along the Yangtze Riv...

Flexibility in workforce planning is one of the best ways to respond to fluctuations of the demand. This paper proposes a flexible mixed integer linear pro...

The aim of this paper is to characterize cooperative and noncooperative advertising strategies of a licensor and licensee involved in a licensing contract ...

<p> Given a graph <i>G=(V,E)</i> with strictly positive integer weights <img src="/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?\omega_i"> on the vertices <img src="/cgi-bin/mimete...

This paper proposes to use local search inside filtering algorithms of combinatorial structures for which achieving a desired level of consistency is too c...