This book clearly shows the importance, usefulness, and powerfulness of current optimization technologies, in particular, mixed-integer programming and its remarkable applications. It is intended to be the definitive study of state-of-the-art optimization technologies for students, academic researchers, and non-professionals in industry. The chapters of this book are based on a collection of selected and extended papers from the IMI Workshop on Optimization in the Real World held in October 2014 in Japan.

Contributes to better understanding of mixed-integer programming problems, its applications and scientific computation Is written by leading international researchers in academic and industrial institutions Presents topics from the workshop "IMI Workshop on Optimization in the Real World" held in October 2014 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Advanced Computing & Optimization Infrastructure for Extremely Large-Scale Graphs on Post Peta-Scale Supercomputers.- ppOpen-HPC: Open Source Infrastructure for Development andExecution of Large-Scale Scientific Applications on Post-Peta-Scale Supercomputers with Automatic Tuning (AT).- Structure-based Primal Heuristics for Mixed Integer Programming.- Optimal Turbine Allocation for Offshore and Onshore Wind Farms.- Optimal Cycles for Persistent Homology via Linear Programming.- Optimal Battery Control for Smart Grid Nodes.- Pre-operative activities and Operating Theater planning in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Recent Issues in International Supply Chain Network Design - Economic Partnership Modeling.- MILP Approaches to Optimal Design and Operation of Distributed Energy Systems.- Demand Response Optimization Based on Building's Characteristics