Combinatorial Optimization

Abstract

This report summarizes the meeting on Combinatorial Optimization where new and promising developments in the field were discussed. The lectures show the many connections to other branches in Mathematics, like Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Geometry and Integer Programming. Furthermore, there are important connections to Theoretical Computer Science, Operations Research and an ever-growing number of application areas. Differing research directions in Combinatorial Optimization, current hot topics as well as classical streams were present in the talks. As can be seen from the table of contents, we strived for a balanced mixture of basic theoretical advancements and some selected practical applications.