Operations Research Proceedings 2008 Selected Papers of the Annual I
This book contains 93 selected papers from the symposium "Operations Research 2008" which was held from September 3-5, 2008 at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The international conference, which also serves as the annual meeting of the German Operati
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Bernhard Fleischmann • Karl Heinz Borgwardt Robert Klein • Axel Tuma Editors
Operations Research Proceedings 2008 Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR) University of Augsburg, September 3–5, 2008
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischmann University of Augsburg Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Production and Logistics Universitätsstraße 16 86159 Augsburg Germany [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Borgwardt University of Augsburg Institute of Mathematics Universitätsstraße 14 86159 Augsburg Germany [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Robert Klein University of Augsburg Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Mathematical Methods Universitätsstraße 16 86159 Augsburg Germany [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Axel Tuma University of Augsburg Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Production and Environmental Management Universitätsstraße 16 86159 Augsburg Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-00141-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-00142-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-00142-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926697 © Springer -Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The international conference “Operations Research 2008”, the annual meeting of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), was held at the University of Augsburg on September 3-5, 2008. About 580 participants from more than 30 countries presented and listened to nearly 400 talks on a broad range of Operations Research. The general subject “Operations Research and Global Business” stresses the important role of Operations Research in improving decisions in the increasingly complex business processes in a global environment. The plenary speakers Morris A. Cohen (Wharton School) and Bernd Liepert (Executive Board of KUKA Robotics) addressed this subject. Moreover, one of the founders of Operations Research, Saul Gass (University of Maryland),
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