Partial table of contents:; Maritime Scheduling Using Discrete Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Techniques (G. Mitra, et al.); The Decision Process for the Material Flow Management in a FIAT Car Assembly Plant (A. Agnetis, et al.); Inventory Coordination and Pricing Decisions: Analysis of a Simple Class of Heuristics (G. Gallego & M. Queyranne); Process Flexibility Through Stochastic Optimization: A Computational Approach (F. Archetti & E. Messina); Fast Prototyping for Optimization Models in Production Planning (M. Scarioni & A. Sciomachen); Simulation and Related Software (J. Banks); Index.