Applied Integer Programming: Modeling and Solution

Der-San Chen, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial Engineering at The University of Alabama. He has over thirty years of academic and consulting experience on the applications of linear programming, integer programming, optimization, and decision support systems. Dr. Chen currently focuses his research on modeling optimization problems arising in production, transportation, distribution, supply chain management, and the application of optimization and statistical software for problem solving.

Robert G. Batson, PhD, PE, is Professor of Construction Engineering at The University of Alabama, where he is also Director of Industrial Engineering Programs. A Fellow of the American Society for Quality Control, Dr. Batson has written numerous journal articles in his areas of research interest, which include operations research, applied statistics, and supply chain management.

Yu Dang, PhD, is Qualitative Manufacturing Analyst at Quickparts.com, a manufacturing services company that provides customers with an online e-commerce system to procure custom manufactured parts. She received her PhD in operations management from The University of Alabama in 2004.