Optimization Case Studies in the NEOS Guide

We describe several of the case studies in the NEOS Guide, a site on the World Wide Web that contains informational and educational material about optimization. These studies show how optimization relates to practical applications. They guide the user through relevant details of the application, formulation, solution, and interpretation of the results. The studies use interactivity to build intuition, allowing users to define their own problems and examine the corresponding solutions. The studies can be used for assignments in optimization and operations research courses and as small self-guided units equivalent to one or two lecture classes.