Operations Research Proceedings 1997

This book contains selected papers of Sor97 the annual joint meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Operations Research (Dgor) and the Gesellschaft für Mathematik Ökonomie und Operations Research (GmÖÖR) held at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena from September 3-5 1997. The 85 most innovative and scientifically most relevant contributed papers which were organized in 16 sections deal with diverse topics such as operations research mathematics and statistics business computing and economics. Seven sections are introduced by written versions of invited semiplenary lectures given by prominent representatives of their fields.