A central design challenge facing network planners is how to select a cost-effective network configuration that can provide uninterrupted service despite edge failures. In this paper, we study the Survivable Network Design (SND) problem, a core model underlying the design of such resilient...

We consider a seller who owns two capacity-constrained resources and markets two products (components) corresponding to these resources as well as a bundle comprising the two components. In an environment where all customers agree that one of the two components is of higher quality than the...

Given an undirected network with L possible facility types for each edge, and a partition of the nodes into L levels or grades, the Multi-level Network Design (MLND) problem seeks a fixed cost minimizing design that spans all the nodes and connects the nodes at each level by facilities of the...

This paper studies a multi-facility network synthesis problem, called the Two-level Network Design (TLND) problem, that arises in the topological design of hierarchical communication, transportation, and electric power distribution networks. We are given an undirected network containing two...

Utilizing the automatic assembly machines effectively is critical for electronics assembly operations. This paper develops an optimization model and methodology to assign product families to parallel placement machines in a high mix, low volume environment. Unlike strategic and operational...

In this paper we consider the routing of long-haul aircraft from a main base to one or more terminal bases. For these long-haul markets, the routing decision becomes critical because route profitability must be evaluated for the extremely large number of feasible routes covered by the operation....