This is actually a follow up on the Lustig, Marsten, and Shanno article above. Its basic theme is that we should not give up on Simplex quite so soon. This describes IBM's implementation of Simplex for OSL, a product they sell. A page on crew scheduling and transportation problems . This page has many good pointers.
Interfaces is a journal dedicated to applications of operations research .
A paper on how MIP is used for sports scheduling and in particular the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball official 1997-98 schedule. Back to the Algorithms in the Real World home page.