Operations Research Proceedings 2011 Selected Papers of the Internat

This book contains a selection of refereed papers presented at the “International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2011)” which took place at the University of Zurich from August 30 to September 2, 2011. The conference was jointly organized by the Ge

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Diethard Klatte • Hans-Jakob Lüthi Karl Schmedders Editors

Operations Research Proceedings 2011 Selected Papers of the International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2011), August 30–September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland

Editors Diethard Klatte Karl Schmedders Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre Universität Zürich Zürich Switzerland

Hans-Jakob Lüthi Institute of Operations Research ETH Zürich Zürich Switzerland

Colored tables and figures may be viewed online on the book webpage at www.springer.com ISSN 0721-5924 ISBN 978-3-642-29209-5 ISBN 978-3-642-29210-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29210-1 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012939852 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, 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. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

The German Operations Research Society, GOR, has a long-standing tradition to report on the progress in the field of Operations Research, as evidenced by presentations in their annual conference in the form of conference proceedings. About every four years the annual conference is hosted by one of the other two German-speaking ¨ OR societies: the Austrian society, OGOR, or the Swiss community, SVOR. The International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2011) took place at