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How to Cite this Glossary

The overall glossary can be cited as follows:

A. Holder, editor. Mathematical Programming Glossary. INFORMS Computing Society, http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/, 2006-09. Originally authored by Harvey J. Greenberg, 1999-2006.

A bibtex entry for this citation is

@Book{Holder,
Editor = {A. Holder},
Title = {Mathematical Programming Glossary},
Publisher = {INFORMS Computing Society},
Address = {\url{http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org}},
Year = {2006--08},
note = {Originally authored by Harvey J. Greenberg, 1999-2006.}
}

A date range is used because the Glossary is a "dynamic document".

Supplementary notes can be cited like:

H.J. Greenberg. Wolfe’s example and the zigzag phenomenon. In A. Holder, editor, Mathematical Programming Glossary, http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/notes/wolfe.pdf, 1996. INFORMS Computing Society.

with corresponding bibtex entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{MPGlossaryWolfe,
Author = {H.J. Greenberg},
Booktitle = {Mathematical Programming Glossary},
Title = {Wolfe's Example and the Zigzag Phenomenon},
Editor = {A. Holder},
Publisher = {INFORMS Computing Society},
Address = {\url{http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/notes/wolfe.pdf}},
Year = {1996},
Type = {Supplement},
}

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