In ordinal regression, a score function and threshold values are sought to classify a set of objects into a set of ranked classes. Classifying an individual in a class with higher (respectively lower) rank than its actual rank is called an upgrading (respectively downgrading) error. Since...

Let A be a nonempty finite subset of the plane representing the geographical coordinates of a set of demand points (towns, …), to be served by a facility, whose location within a given region S is sought. Assuming that the unit cost for a∈A if the facility is located at x∈S is proportional...

A well-known strategy for obtaining a lower bound on the minimum of a d.c. function f−g over a compact convex set S⊂ℝ<Superscript>n</Superscript> consists of replacing the convex function f by a linear minorant at x <Subscript>0</Subscript>∈S. In this note we show that the x <Subscript>0</Subscript> <Superscript>*</Superscript> giving the optimal bound can be obtained by solving a...</superscript></subscript></subscript></superscript>