CO2000
Conference Program
Thursday 13 July, 2000

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9.30-11.00
 TA1:
Organised and chaired 
by B. Klinz
TB1
Network Design
Chair: S.A.P. van Hoesel
TC1
Vehicle Routing
Chair: E. Hadjiconstantinou
9.30-10.00 S. Iwata, L. Fleischer, 
S. Fujishige
A Combinatorial, Strongly Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Minimizing Submodular Functions
A.G. Santos, G. R. Mateus
A Cutting Plane Approach to Solving a Network Design Problem
Ø. Halskau 
Pick-Ups and Deliveries from Depots - an Alternative Approach
10.00-10.30 B. Klinz, R.E. Burkard
Budget-Constrained Upgrading and Downgrading Problems in Combinatorial Optimization
S. Haddad, A. Laugier, 
J.-F. Maurras
Designing Telecommunication Networks with Global Capacity under Survivability Constraints
J. Lysgaard, A.N. Letchford, R.W. Eglese
A Branch and Cut algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem
10.30-11.00 E. Necciari, M. Nonato, 
M.G. Scutellà
(cancelled)
Multi-Exchange Algorithms for Constrained Shortest Path Problems

V.M. Kotov
On-Line k-item Bin Packing Problem

(tranferred from FB2)
L. Grouz Djerbi, A.Billionnet, 
S. Elloumi
Designing Radio-Mobile Access Networks Based on SDH Rings
D. Feillet, P. Dejax, 
M. Gendreau
Column Generation Approaches for a Freight Transportation Problem
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.30 Plenary Talk: 
David Shmoys
Approximation Algorithms for Location Problems
Chair: M.E. Dyer
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-16.00 TA2
Machine and Server Scheduling
Organised and chaired 
by P. Brucker
TB2
Combinatorial Optimisation
Chair: S. Iwata
TC2
Supply Chain and 
Logistics Applications
Chair: D. Cattrysse
14.00-14.30 N. Brauner, G. Finke
One-Unit Production Cycles in Robotic Cells: Dominance and Complexity
M. Dell'Amico, F. Maffioli,
F. Malucelli
The Base-Matroid and Inverse Combinatorial Optimization Problems
M. Rönnqvist, C.G. Carlgren,
J. Lundgren, D. Carlsson, 
A. Mason
Supply Chain Optimization at Pulp Mills
14.30-15.00 S. Knust, J. Hurink
Scheduling a Single Robot in a Job-Shop Environment
V. Shenmaier
A Greedy Algorithm for One Class of Integer Programs
S. Voss, D.L. Woodruff. 
Supply Chain Planning: Is mrp a Good Starting Point?
15.00-15.30 P. Brucker, S. Knust, 
C. Dhaenens-Flipo, 
S.A. Kravchenko, F. Werner
Complexity Results for Parallel Machine Problems with a Single Server
B. Goldengorin
Components of Strict and Saddle Local Maxima for the Maximization of Submodular Functions
R. Baldacci, V. Maniezzo, 
A. Mingozzi
Exact and Heuristic Methods for the Car Pooling Problem
15.30-16.00 B. Hammer
Complexity Results for Feedforward Perceptron Networks
L. Gouveia, M.J. Lopes (cancelled)
A Family of Flow Based Formulations for the Capacitated Minimum Spanning Tree Problem 
P. Beullens, D. Cattrysse, 
D. Van Oudheusden
A Decision Support Tool for Recycling
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.30 Plenary talk: 
Barbara Smith
The Art of Modelling for Constraint Programming
Chair: C.N. Potts
17.30-19.00 TA3
Military and Cargo Loading Appliations 
Organised and chaired 
by A.I. Barros
TB3
Scheduling I
Chair: S. Knust
TC3
Graphs
Chair: E. Kh. Gimadi
17.30-18.00 R.K. Kincaid
Sensor and Actuator Placement Problems
G. Confessore, P. Dell'Olmo, 
S. Giordani
An Approximation Result for a Multiprocessor Task Sheduling Problem with Consecutive Constraints 
V.E. Brimkov
Shortest Path Searching in Certain Graphs
18.00-18.30 A.I. Barros
An Integer Programming Based Method for Loading Military Cargo Aircraft
J.A. Hoogeveen, M. Skutella, G.J. Woeginger
Preemptive Scheduling with Rejection
R.E. Burkard, E. Çela
H. Dollani
2-Median Problem in Trees with Pos/Neg Weights
18.30-19.00 D. Barbucha
A Greedy Heuristic for the Generalized Segregated Storage Problem
K. Pruhs
Broadcast Scheduling
W. Kern, D. Paulusma
Complexity of Matching Games