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• Data mining:
  • "Evolving data mining into solutions for insights", by Fayyad, U., R. Uthurusamy, is published on Comm. ACM 45 (8) 28-31. 2002.
  • "Two Crows" provides a downloadable tutorial booklet and Data mining glossary.
  • "On the use of optimization for data mining: Theoretical interactions and eCRM opportunities", by Padmanabhan, B. and A. Tuzhilin. is published in Management Sci. 49 (10). 2003
  • SIGKDD: a professional data mining society.
• Computational Statistics, by James E. Gentle, provides a fundamental knowledge about the specialized area. It is a online free version, as long as you have a Latex viewer.
• Java:
  • Java Tutorial from Sun.com: downloadable tutorial materials organized via trails--groups of lessons on several particular subjects. You will also find some recent tutorial books that can be purchased online.
  • Brewing Java: A Tutorial by Elliotte Rusty Harold
  • JavaScript Tutorial from Brown Univ.
• Computer Science Education Links, online materials covered in 16 topics compiled by Renee McCauley with the help of more than 30 people.
• Algorithms Course Materials on the Net by Kirk Pruhs, contains dozens of links to lecture notes, problems, handouts, etc. from various unversities and levels.
• Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing, by Denis Howe, has a simple search with an extensive database.
• HTML and the Internet.
  • A Beginner's Guide to HTML -- get the full-length version.
  • Emory University, Emerson Center for Scientific Computation -- Manuals Tutorials, FAQs... -- this has all kinds of stuff.
  • HTML Quick Reference cuts to it.
  • Maricopa Tutorial was one of the first and is still good.
  • Top Ten Ways to Improve your Home Page, by Jeffrey M. Glover, is important to visit after you learn the basics.
  • WWW FAQ, by Thomas Boutell, has a long list of frequently asked questions and a bit more.
• LaTeX and its relatives. Here are a few to get started. Click here for more links.
  • BibTeX -- basic documentation of the companion that enables you to keep a separate bibliography file. At least in mathematics, this has become a standard, and it enables a searchable database, such as you find in the extensive collection by Alf-Christian Achilles.
  • Average lifetime of websites with tutorials on LaTeX is just a few months. Therefore, we suggest you utilize the (relatively) up-to-date Yahoo directory.
  • LaTeX2e has a lot of hand features. you can download the user guide for reference.
• Computiing software survey, by INFROMS' OR/MS Today, compiles vendor-supplied information into easy-to-read matrices to allow for quick comparison of features, and also include vendor directories to allow you to contact specific suppliers.
• Association for Computing Machinery

• Math Archives - Teaching materials, software, links
• Google directory of linear algebra gives a up-to-date list of online resources about elementary linear algebra.
• Graph Theory Tutorials, by Chris Caldwell, contains a few simple tutorials using his own Web Tutor system (which you can obtain).
• Linear Algebra Tutor, by John R. Wicks, contains interactive exercises.
• Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Here are some particular elements:
  • Ask Dr. Math has archives of questions for students of kindergarten through college-level .
  • Teacher2Teacher is a peer-mentored question-and-answer service.
  • Internet Mathematics Library covers math and math education Web sites in depth.
  • Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL) collects mathematics instructional material with authors' statements and reader reviews; and catalogs mathematics commercial products, complete with editorial reviews, reader ratings and discussion groups.
  • The Problems Library offers a convenient interface for searching and browsing the collective archives of the six Problem of the Week services.
  • Teacher Exchange provides high-quality math and math education content.
• Mathematics FAQ, by Alex Lopez-Ortiz, was among the first of its kind and has kept current.
• Mathwright Library, an NSF-supported collection of interactive learning resources on a variety of mathematical topics. You will need to install their (free) reader.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics,one of the web's most complete mathematical resources, is assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the mathematics and internet communities.

• "Management Science: What Does it Have to do with Management or Science?", by J Scott Armstrong, is an insightful commentary on the essence of good management science researches.
• "E-business and management science: mutural impacts", by Geoffrion A. M. and R. Krishnan, Management Sci. 49 (10~11) is a two-parts commentary on the emerging research questions and research approaches of the management science scholars in the era of information technology and Internet revolution.
• "The role of the management sciences in research on personalization", by Sarkar , S., B.P.S. Murthi, Management Sci. 49 (10).
• Bibliographies on the Web (relevant to mathematical programming), compiled by Harvey J. Greenberg, is linked from his glossary.
• Bibiliographies compiled by Hossein Arsham:
  • Bibliography on Optimization with Sensitivity Analysis
  • Bibliography for Discrete Event Simulation
• Mathematical Programming Glossary, by Harvey J. Greenberg, has more than 600 entries, plus supplements, on terms used in mathematical programming, including related terms in mathematics.
• NEOS Guide to Optimization, by the Optimization Technology Center at Argonne, offers succinct introductions to various aspects of mathematical programming, an interactive solver for the diet problem, and related links. Of particular interest are the Linear and Nonlinear Programming FAQs.
• OR Resources from INFORMS, an extensive collection of pointers originated by Michael Trick (CMU). While of general interest to OR academics, a number of the pointers (particularly the subject-oriented and technique-oriented network resource guides) can be useful when designing courses in transportation, graph theory, scheduling, queueing, heuristics and other areas. As well, the site contains a long list of pointers to relevant software, journals, and other resources.
• OR-Notes, by J.E. Beasley, has a variety of lecture notes, suitable for an undergraduate introduction to mathematical methods of OR/MS.
• Science and Technology of Decision-Making, by David Bernstein, is a course with notes and exercises on the web. The level is introductory, using common problem-solving familiarity, like packing a suitcase, to illustrate basic OR/MS ideas.
• Tutorial on Integer Programming, by Gérard Cornuéjols, Michael A. Trick, and Matthew J. Saltzman, provide a short tutorial that is easy to follow.

Also see the lists of web sites for linear programming and mixed integer programming.

The following are other resources on a variety of topics.

• Web Dictionary of Cybernetics & Systems contains definitions of terms and concepts of the entitled subjects.
• World Lecture Hall has links to a long list of courses categorized by subject, including many topics in engineering, management, and the sciences. The contributor chose the category, so an OR/MS course could be under a variety of subjects, such as "Industrial Engineering." Search all relevant fields that might have what you seek.