Operations Research Proceedings 2007: Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR) Saarbrücken, September 5–7, 2007

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Expected Additive Time-Separable Utility Maximizing Capacity Control in Revenue Management....Pages 3-8
Routing and Capacity Optimization for IP Networks....Pages 9-16
Coping with Incomplete Information in Scheduling — Stochastic and Online Models....Pages 17-22
Availability and Performance Analysis of Stochastic Networks with Unreliable Nodes....Pages 23-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Heuristics of the Branch-Cut-and-Price-Framework SCIP....Pages 31-36
Forecasting Optimization Model of the U.S. Coal, Energy and Emission Markets....Pages 37-41
Optimal Control Strategies for Incoming Inspection....Pages 43-48
An Extensive Tabu Search Algorithm for Solving the Lot Streaming Problem in a Job Shop Environment....Pages 49-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Optimizing Consumption and Investment: The Case of Partial Information....Pages 57-62
Multistage Stochastic Programs via Stochastic Parametric Optimization....Pages 63-68
Risk-Sensitive Average Optimality in Markov Decision Chains....Pages 69-74
A Stochastic Programming Model with Decision Dependent Uncertainty Realizations for Technology Portfolio Management....Pages 75-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
A Neural Network Based Decision Support System for Real-Time Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems....Pages 83-88
Improving Classifier Performance by Using Fictitious Training Data? A Case Study....Pages 89-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Artificial DMUs and Contingent Weight Restrictions for the Analysis of Brazilian Retail Banks Efficiency....Pages 97-102
Performance of Some Approximate Subgradient Methods over Nonlinearly Constrained Networks....Pages 103-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Shortest-Path Algorithms and Dynamic Cost Changes....Pages 111-116
Solving Railway Track Allocation Problems....Pages 117-122
On a Class of Interval Data Minmax Regret CO Problems....Pages 123-128
A Benders Decomposition for Hub Location Problems Arising in Public Transport....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Reliability Models for the Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem with User Preferences....Pages 135-140
The Real-Time Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 141-146
A Decision Support System for Planning Promotion Time Slots....Pages 147-152
Greedy Heuristics and Weight-Coded EAs for Multidimensional Knapsack Problems and Multi-Unit Combinatorial Auctions....Pages 153-158
A Metaheuristic for the Periodic Location-Routing Problem....Pages 159-164
A New Formulation of the Capacitated Discrete Ordered Median Problems with {0, 1}-Assignment....Pages 165-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Investment Timing Problem Under Tax Allowances: The Case of Special Economic Zones....Pages 173-178
Computing the Value of Information in Quadratic Stochastic Decision Problems....Pages 179-184
How Often Are You Decisive: an Enquiry About the Pivotality of Voting Rules....Pages 185-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
A System Analysis on PEFC-CGS for a Farm Household....Pages 193-197
Taming Wind Energy with Battery Storage....Pages 199-204
The Influence of Social Values in Cooperation....Pages 205-210
Designing Sustainable Supply Chains by Integrating Logistical and Process Engineering Aspects — A Material Flow Based Approach for 2 nd Generation Synthetic Bio-Fuels....Pages 211-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
About the Limitations of Spreadsheet Applications in Business Venturing....Pages 219-223
A Decision-Analytic Approach to Blue-Ocean Strategy Development....Pages 225-229
Flexible Planning in an Incomplete Market....Pages 231-235
Social Entrepreneurs, Lead Donors and the Optimal Level of Fundraising....Pages 237-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Studying Impact of Decision Making Units Features on Efficiency by Integration of Data Envelopment Analysis and Data Mining Tools....Pages 245-250
Analysts’ Dividend Forecasts, Portfolio Selection, and Market Risk Premia....Pages 251-256
A Two-Stage Approach for Improving Service Management in Retail Banking....Pages 257-262
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Non-maturing Deposits, Convexity and Timing Adjustments....Pages 263-268
Nichtparametrische Prädiktorselektion im Asset Management....Pages 269-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Detecting and Debugging Erroneous Statements in Pairwise Comparison Matrices....Pages 277-282
Prognose von Geldautomatenumsätzen mit SARIMAX-Modellen: Eine Fallstudie....Pages 283-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
On Dimensioning Intensive Care Units....Pages 291-296
A Hybrid Approach to Solve the Periodic Home Health Care Problem....Pages 297-302
Tactical Operating Theatre Scheduling: Efficient Appointment Assignment....Pages 303-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Modeling and Analyzing the IAS 19 System of Accounting for Unfunded Pensions....Pages 311-316
Coordination of Decentralized Departments and the Implementation of a Firm-wide Differentiation Strategy....Pages 317-322
Case-Based Decision Theory: An Experimental Report....Pages 323-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Truck Allocation Planning for Cost Reduction of Mechanical Sugarcane Harvesting in Thailand: An Application of Multi-objective Optimization....Pages 331-336
Efficiency Measurement of Organizations in Multi-Stage Systems....Pages 337-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Construction Line Algorithms for the Connection Location-Allocation Problem....Pages 345-350
Service-Level Oriented Lot Sizing Under Stochastic Demand....Pages 351-356
Real-Time Destination-Call Elevator Group Control on Embedded Microcontrollers....Pages 357-362
Integrated Design of Industrial Product Service Systems....Pages 363-368
Lot Sizing Policies for Remanufacturing Systems....Pages 369-374
Multicriterial Design of Pharmaceutical Plants in Strategic Plant Management Using Methods of Computational Intelligence....Pages 375-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Optimizing Flight and Cruise Occupancy of a Cruise Line....Pages 383-388
Capacity Investment and Pricing Decisions in a Single-Period, Two-Product-Problem....Pages 389-394
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
Relational Construction of Specific Timetables....Pages 397-402
Alternative IP Models for Sport Leagues Scheduling....Pages 403-408
Penalising Patterns in Timetables: Novel Integer Programming Formulations....Pages 409-414
Online Optimization of a Color Sorting Assembly Buffer Using Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 415-420
Scheduling of Tests on Vehicle Prototypes Using Constraint and Integer Programming....Pages 421-426
Complexity of Project Scheduling Problem with Nonrenewable Resources....Pages 427-431
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Optimizing in Graphs with Expensive Computation of Edge Weights....Pages 435-440
Configuration of Order-Driven Planning Policies....Pages 441-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
When Periodic Timetables Are Suboptimal....Pages 449-454
Acceleration of the A*-Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem in Digital Road Maps....Pages 455-460
A Modulo Network Simplex Method for Solving Periodic Timetable Optimisation Problems....Pages 461-466
Simultaneous Vehicle and Crew Scheduling with Trip Shifting....Pages 467-472
Line Optimization in Public Transport Systems....Pages 473-478
Coordination in Recycling Networks....Pages 479-484
Produktsegmentierung mit Fuzzy-Logik zur Bestimmung der Parameter eines Lagerhaltungsmodells für die Halbleiterindustrie....Pages 485-490
On the Value of Objective Function Adaptation in Online Optimisation....Pages 491-496
A Novel Multi Criteria Decision Making Framework for Production Strategy Adoption Considering Interrelations....Pages 497-502