Combinatorial Programming Methods And Applications Proceedings Of The Nato Advan

Combinatorial Programming Are Two Words Whose Juxtaposition Still Strike Us As Unusual, Nevertheless Their Association In Recent Years Adequately Reflects The Preoccupations Underlying Differing Work Fields, And Their Importance Will Increase Both From Methodology And Application View Points. To Those Who Like Definitions And Consider The Function Of This Book To Furnish One For Combinatorial Programming, I Will Simply Say That It Is Precise Ly This Which Is Exclusively Treated Here And Which In The Eyes Of The Autors Is The Heart Of This Branch Of Applied Mathematics. Such Was The Initial Intention Of Those Who In The Spring Of 1973 Gathered Togther In Paris To State The Work Of The Advanced Study Institute From Which This Book Arises.