Operations Research Proceedings 2013 : Selected Papers of the International Conference on Operations Research, OR2013, Organized by the German Operations Research Society (GOR), the Dutch Society of Operations Research (NGB) and Erasmus University Rotterd

This book contains a selection of refereed papers presented at the “International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2013)” which took place at Erasmus University Rotterdam September 3-6, 2013. The conference was jointly organized by the German and the Dutch OR Society. More than 800 scientists and students from over 50 countries attended OR 2013 and presented more than 600 papers in parallel topical streams, as well as special award sessions. The theme of the conference and its proceedings is "Impact on People, Business and Society". Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Computing an Upper Bound for the Longest Edge in an Optimal TSP-Solution....Pages 1-6 Electricity Storage Systems and Their Allocation in the German Power System....Pages 7-13 Misspecified Dependency Modelling: What Does It Mean for Risk Measurement?....Pages 15-22 Primal MINLP Heuristics in a Nutshell....Pages 23-28 Layout Optimisation of Decentralised Energy Systems Under Uncertainty....Pages 29-35 Analysis of Micro–Macro Transformations of Railway Networks....Pages 37-42 A Human Resource Model for Performance Optimization to Gain Competitive Advantage....Pages 43-48 Re-Optimization of Rolling Stock Rotations....Pages 49-55 Branch-and-Price on the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Alternative Delivery Periods....Pages 57-65 Welfare Maximization of Autarkic Hybrid Energy Systems....Pages 67-73 Determining Optimal Discount Policies for a Supplier in B2B Relationships....Pages 75-81 Exact and Compact Formulation of the Fixed-Destination Travelling Salesman Problem by Cycle Imposement Through Node Currents....Pages 83-88 0–1 Multiband Robust Optimization....Pages 89-95 A Branch-and-Price Approach for a Ship Routing Problem with Multiple Products and Inventory Constraints....Pages 97-103 Data Driven Ambulance Optimization Considering Dynamic and Economic Aspects....Pages 105-111 Risk-Adjusted On-line Portfolio Selection....Pages 113-119 Quantified Combinatorial Optimization....Pages 121-128 On the Modeling of Recharging Stops in Context of Vehicle Routing Problems....Pages 129-135 Demand Fulfillment in an Assemble-to-Order Production System....Pages 137-143 Integrating Keyword Advertising and Dynamic Pricing for an Online Market Place....Pages 145-151 Characterizing Relatively Minimal Elements via Linear Scalarization....Pages 153-159 An MBLP Model for Scheduling Assessment Centers....Pages 161-167 DEA Modeling for Efficiency Optimization of Indian Banks with Negative Data Sets....Pages 169-176 The Inventory Management of Fresh Vegetables Using Inventory Balance and Across of Its Supply Chain....Pages 177-183 Moving Bins from Conveyor Belts onto Pallets Using FIFO Queues....Pages 185-191 A Generalization of Odd Set Inequalities for the Set Packing Problem....Pages 193-199 New Lower Bounds for the Three-Dimensional Strip Packing Problem....Pages 201-207 A New Method for Parameter Estimation of the GNL Model Using Real-Coded GA....Pages 209-215 Inventory Control with Supply Backordering....Pages 217-222 Sequencing Problems with Uncertain Parameters and the OWA Criterion....Pages 223-229 Application of Scheduling Theory to the Bus Evacuation Problem....Pages 231-236 Modelling Delay Propagation in Railway Networks....Pages 237-242 Sensitivity Analysis of BCC Efficiency in DEA with Application to European Health Services....Pages 243-248 Competition for Resources....Pages 249-254 Measurement of Risk for Wind Energy Projects: A Critical Analysis of Full Load Hours....Pages 255-261 An Integer Programming Approach to the Hospitals/Residents Problem with Ties....Pages 263-269 Learning in Highly Polarized Conflicts....Pages 271-278 Marginal Cost of Capacity for the Case of Overlapping Capacity Investments....Pages 279-285 Supply Chain Coordination Under Demand Uncertainty: Analysis of General Continuous Quantity Discounts....Pages 287-292 An Integer Programming Model for the Hospitals/Residents Problem with Couples....Pages 293-299 Techno-economic Analysis and Evaluation of Recycling Measures for Iron and Steel Slags....Pages 301-307 Dynamical Supply Networks for Crisis and Disaster Relief: Networks Resilience and Decision Support in Uncertain Environments....Pages 309-315 A Column Generation Approach to Home Care Staff Routing and Scheduling....Pages 317-323 A Dynamic Customer-Centric Pricing Approach for the Product Line Pricing Problem....Pages 325-331 Mathematical Formulations for the Acyclic Partitioning Problem....Pages 333-339 Minimizing Risks for Health at Assembly Lines....Pages 341-346 A Multi-Objective Online Terrain Coverage Approach....Pages 347-353 Hot Strip Mill Scheduling Under Consideration of Energy Consumption....Pages 355-361 Capacitated Network Design....Pages 363-368 Robustness Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms to Portfolio Optimization Against Errors in Asset Means....Pages 369-375 Two-Stage Robust Combinatorial Optimization with Priced Scenarios....Pages 377-382 Workload Balancing in Transportation Crew Rostering....Pages 383-388 An Optimal Placement of a Liaison with Short Communication Lengths Between Two Members of the Same Level in an Organization Structure of a Complete K-ary Tree....Pages 389-395 Clustering for Data Privacy and Classification Tasks....Pages 397-403 A Decision Support Concept for Advanced Treatment Planning for Breast Cancer....Pages 405-411 Comparison of Heuristics Towards Approaching a Scheduling and Capacity Planning MINLP for Hydrogen Storage in Chemical Substances....Pages 413-419 Influence of Fluctuating Electricity Prices due to Renewable Energies on Heat Storage Investments....Pages 421-427 The Effects of Customer Misclassification on Cross-Training in Call Centers....Pages 429-435 Inventory Management with Transshipments Under Fill Rate Constraints....Pages 437-442 Solution Method for the Inventory Distribution Problem....Pages 443-449 Application of Sampling Plan Methods: Case of Indonesian Sugar Company....Pages 451-457 Transportation Costs and Carbon Emissions in a Vendor Managed Inventory Situation....Pages 459-464 Fuel Consumption Costs of Routing Uncertainty....Pages 465-471 Optimization of Sales and Operations Planning at Shell Chemicals Europe....Pages 473-480 Time-Dependent Dynamic Location and Relocation of Ambulances....Pages 481-486 Inventory Replenishment Models with Advance Demand Information for Agricultural Online Retailers....Pages 487-493 Coordinating a Three-Echelon Telecom Supply Chain with Spanning and Pair-Wise Revenue Sharing Contracts....Pages 495-501 The Material Loss and Failure Process in Sugar Production in Indonesia: A Case....Pages 503-509 Back Matter....Pages 511-513