Models, Methods and Decision Support for Management, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 Essays in Honor of Paul Stähly

This title represents an ambitious undertaking, namely a broad view on the nature of intelligent decision making, which is characterized by the use of models and methods in the framework of decision support for management. With this title we want to reflect the scope of our field, but, at the same time, honor our colleague th Paul Stahly on the occasion of his 65 birthday. Paul Stahly has over decades invested his energy in developing the area of Operations Research from such a broad point of view. He has done this not only at his chairs at the HSG / University of St. Gallen and the University of Linz, but also on a broad international level as editor of ITOR and as influential member of all the Operations Research societies in the German speaking countries. He has, in particular, enriched our area by application-oriented research and industrial projects in fields such as logistics, emergency planning, [mance, and others, and he was pivotal in strengthening the cooperation between the national and international OR societies, particular in the German speaking area. VI Consequently, many colleagues who partly cooperated very closely with him, have contributed to this monograph. Some of these contributions have been presented at a colloquium in January 2001 in St. Gallen in honor of Paul Stahly. This colloquium was attended by many colleagues coming from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and even from the United States.

A. Klose: Research and Applied Projects at Paul Stähly's Institute for Operations Research.- Optimization: G. Feichtinger: Environmental Policy Design and the Economics of Crime: Some Analogies in Intertemporal Optimization.- P. Wentges: On Cross Decomposition for Mixed-Integer Programming.- L. Bertazzi, D.P. Bertsekas, M.G. Speranza: Optimal and Neuro-Dynamic Programming Solutions for a Stochastic Inventory Transportation Problem.- U. Tüshaus: Modeling Approaches for Median Relations.- M. Luptacik: A Note on the 'More-for-Less' Paradox.- T. Kämpke, F.J. Radermacher: Project Experiences and Some Principal Considerations Concerning Operations Research as an Interesting Branch of Science.- Operations Research Models: J.R. Mühlbacher: Concepts, Aims, and Problems which Modelling in OR and OOP have in Common.- B. Fleischmann: On the Use and Misuse of Holding Cost Models.- R. Dillmann: From the Publisher to the Wholesalers - Determination of the Number of Copies and Their Distribution among the Wholesalers.- R.H. Möhring, M. Uetz: Scheduling Scarce Resources in Chemical Engineering.- K. Neumann, C. Schwindt, N. Trautmann: Short-Term Planning of Batch Plants in Process Industries.- G. Wäscher, J. Heuer, V. Reschke, P. Schwerin: Local Search for a Travelling Salesman - Problem in Production Control: A Case Study.- R.E. Burkard: Transportation Problems.- G. Zäpfel, M. Wasner: Operational Planning and Optimization of Hub- and Spoke Transportation Networks for Area Wide Groupage Services.- P. Kall: Stochastic Programming: Achievements and Open Problems.- Decision Support and Management Systems: N. Marocac: Infrastructure for CRISIS-2000 - A Distributed Disaster Management System.- D. Eherler, P. Kischka: Decision Making Based on Causal Graphs.- M.K.P. Jung, U.Leopold-Wildburger: On the Effect of the Bargaining Context on Bargaining Behaviour.- W. Eichhorn, H. Funke, W. Gleissner: Income Tax Rate: Properties and Implications.- D. Sollte: Knowledge Management - Challenges and the 'KNOWING' - Implementation Strategy.- K. Allemand, T.M. Liebling: Perturbation Heuristics for Unconstrained Quadratic 0-1 Programming and an Alternate Stopping and Comparison Criterium.- U. Leopold-Wildburger, J.H. Schütze, A. Lafer, M. Glawischnig, M.K.P. Jung: Solving Conflicts and Sanctions: Results of an Experimental Study.