| Preface | |
| Challenges for Operations Research as a Scientific Discipline at the Beginning of the 21st Century | p. 3 |
| Combinatorial Online Optimization | p. 21 |
| Oligopolies as Dynamic Games: A Computational Economics Perspective | p. 41 |
| Application of Topological Degree Theory to Semi-Definite Complementarity Problem | p. 53 |
| On the First-Order Estimation of Multipliers from Kuhn-Tucker Systems in Multiplier Methods Using Variable Reduction | p. 63 |
| Properties of Some Convex Marginal Functions Without Constant Rank Regularity | p. 73 |
| A Numerical Approach to Optimization w.r.t. Variable-Dependent Constraint-Indices | p. 83 |
| Minimization of Maximal Torque of a Flywheel Robot | p. 93 |
| A Phase-1-Algorithm for Interior-Point-Methods: Worst-Case and Average-Case Behaviour | p. 103 |
| Towards a Unified Framework for Randomized Pivoting Algorithms in Linear Programming | p. 113 |
| The Constrained Crossing Minimization Problem - A First Approach | p. 125 |
| Sensitivity Analysis of the Bipartite Weighted Matching Problem | p. 135 |
| Partitioning Cliques of Claw-Free Strongly Chordal Graphs | p. 142 |
| Extreme Rays of the Cones of Subadditive Functions | p. 152 |
| Flow Improvement and Network Flows with Fixed Costs | p. 158 |
| Comparison of an Exact Branch-and-Bound and an Approximative Evolutionary Algorithm for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem | p. 168 |
| A Genetic Algorithm with a Non-Binary Representation for the Set Covering Problem | p. 175 |
| A Dynamical System Based Heuristic for a Class of Constrained Semi-Assignment Problems | p. 182 |
| On the Mathematical Treatment of Pileproblems | p. 192 |
| Mean Value Cross Decomposition Based Branch-and-Bound for Mixed Integer Programming Problems | p. 200 |
| Building Reusable Software Components for Heuristic Search | p. 210 |
| Ein verteilt-paralleles Tabu Search-Verfahren fur Containerbeladeprobleme mit schwach heterogenem Kistenvorrat | p. 220 |
| Computing Moments of the Exit Distribution for Diffusion Processes Using Linear Programming | p. 231 |
| Recursive Direct Algorithms for Multistage Stochastic Programs in Financial Engineering | p. 241 |
| MEPO, ein System zur effektiven parallelen Bearbeitung von Optimierungsaufgaben | p. 251 |
| A Simulation Platform for Multiagent Systems in Logistics | p. 261 |
| Nonlinear and Nonparametric Methods for Analyzing Financial Time Series | p. 271 |
| On Statistical Event-History Analysis and Its Application | p. 283 |
| Detection of Compatible Turning-Points and Signal-Extraction of Non-Stationary Time Series | p. 293 |
| Membership of Values to the Core for Average-Convex TU-Games | p. 303 |
| A Cooperative Approach to Multiagent Incentive Problems | p. 312 |
| Reputation under Imperfect Observability | p. 320 |
| Dynamische Portfolio-Selektion in stetiger Zeit unter Berucksichtigung von Kurssprungen | p. 331 |
| Optionsbewertung mit Hilfe der genetischen Programmierung | p. 341 |
| Recent Developments in Scheduling | p. 353 |
| Two-Stage Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem with Multiprocessor Tasks at the First Stage | p. 366 |
| Ein working-forward Verfahren zur kostenorientierten Fliessbandabtaktung | p. 376 |
| Allocation Problem for Ecological Planning | p. 389 |
| Challenges in a Liberalised Telecommunications Market | p. 399 |
| On Extended Models of Multicommodity Routing with Side Constraints on Paths | p. 411 |
| Optimization of Transmitting Powers and Locations of Base Stations in Cellular Radio Communication Systems | p. 421 |
| A Ring Network Design Problem | p. 431 |
| Routenplanung fur Gefahrguttransporte: Ein GIS-basierter Ansatz fur die Ermittlung kosten- und risikoeffizienter Routen | p. 443 |
| Das Groupage-Problem kooperierender Verkehrstrager | p. 453 |
| Estimation of O/D Matrices from Traffic Counts: Theoretical Analysis and Simulation Experiments | p. 463 |
| AHP-gestutzte Evaluation von Verkehrsprojekten | p. 473 |
| Ein Simulated-Annealing-Verfahren fur das Standardproblem der Tourenplanung mit Zeitfensterrestriktionen | p. 483 |
| A Genetic Algorithm Approach to a Terminus Re-Scheduling Problem | p. 493 |
| Pricing and Allocation of Rail Track Capacity | p. 503 |
| Modelling ROTASTORE - A Highly Parallel, Short Term Storage System | p. 513 |
| Optimierung der Distributionsstruktur eines Schweizer Nahrungsmittelherstellers | p. 522 |
| Locating a Robust Facility | p. 532 |
| Pareto-Optimal and Compromise Decisions in Problem with Fuzzy Criteria | p. 543 |
| Single-Machine Scheduling with Mixed Precedence Constraints | p. 552 |
| Training of Large Three-Layer Perceptrons with the Neuro-Computer SYNAPSE | p. 562 |
| Exact Algorithms for the Minimum-Cost Embeddings of Reliable Virtual Private Networks into Telecommunication Networks | p. 573 |
| Author Index | p. 583 |
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