Publisher's description: ``This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2017), which was held at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany on September 6--8, 2017. More than 800 scientists, practitioners and students from mathematics, computer science, business/economics and related fields attended the conference and presented more than 500 papers in parallel topic streams, as well as special award sessions. The main theme of the conference and its proceedings was `Decision Analytics for the Digital Economy'.'' \tpar \{For the 2016 Conference see [MR3822772].\} \tpar {\bf Papers in this collection include the following:} \tpar Adam\ Schienle, ``Solving the time-dependent shortest path problem using super-optimal wind'', \nbp{3--9}. 3967299 \tpar Marlin\ W.\ Ulmer, ``Anticipation in dynamic vehicle routing'', \nbp{11--16}. 3967300 \tpar Igor\ Kozeletskyi, ``Shapley value based allocation for multi-objective cooperative problems'', \nbp{17--23}. 3967301 \tpar Kevin\ Schewior, ``Handling critical jobs online: deadline scheduling and convex-body chasing'', \nbp{25--29}. \tpar Pirmin\ Fontaine, ``Methodological advances and new formulations for bilevel network design problems'', \nbp{31--36}. \tpar Felix\ Happach, ``Stable clusterings and the cones of outer normals'', \nbp{37--43}. 3967302 \tpar Markus\ Seizinger, ``The two dimensional bin packing problem with side constraints'', \nbp{45--50}. 3967303 \tpar Ruobing\ Shen, Gerhard\ Reinelt\ and Stephane\ Canu, ``A first derivative Potts model for segmentation and denoising using ILP'', \nbp{53--59}. 3967304 \tpar Friederike\ Paetz\ and Regina\ Semmler-Ludwig, ``Consumer's sport preference as a predictor for his/her response to brand personality'', \nbp{61--66}. \tpar Katherina\ Meißner, Cornelius\ Rüther\ and Klaus\ Ambrosi, ``Detecting changes in statistics of road accidents to enhance road safety'', \nbp{67--72}. \tpar Evren\ Güney, ``A mixed integer linear program for election campaign optimization under D'Hondt rule'', \nbp{73--79}. 3967305 \tpar Thomas\ Schwarz, Hans-Joachim\ Lenz\ and Wilhelm\ Dominik, ``Long-term projections for commodity prices---the crude oil price using dynamic Bayesian networks'', \nbp{81--87}. \tpar Johannes\ Hussak, Stefanie\ Vogl, Ralph\ Grothmann\ and Merlind\ Weber, ``Prognosis of EPEX SPOT electricity prices using artificial neural networks'', \nbp{89--94}. \tpar Marta\ Velazco\ and Aurelio\ R. L. Oliveira, ``Computing the splitting preconditioner for interior point method using an incomplete factorization approach'', \nbp{97--103}. 3967306 \tpar Oleg\ Khamisov, ``Quadratic support functions in quadratic bilevel problems'', \nbp{105--110}. 3967307 \tpar Olga\ Metzger, Thomas\ Spengler\ and Tobias\ Volkmer, ``Valuation of crisp and intuitionistic fuzzy information'', \nbp{113--119}. 3967308 \tpar H.\ A.\ Eiselt, Amin\ Akbari\ and Ron\ Pelot, ``Multiobjective spatial optimization: the Canadian coast guard'', \nbp{121--126}. \tpar Steffen\ Goebbels, Regina\ Pohle-Fröhlich\ and Philipp\ Kant, ``A linear program for matching photogrammetric point clouds with CityGML building models'', \nbp{129--134}. 3967309 \tpar Hamid\ Mokhtar, Mohan\ Krishnamoorthy\ and Andreas\ T.\ Ernst, ``A modified Benders method for the single- and multiple allocation $p$-hub median problems'', \nbp{135--141}. 3967310 \tpar Yuji\ Shinano, ``The ubiquity generator framework: 7 years of progress in parallelizing branch-and-bound'', \nbp{143--149}. 3967311 \tpar Matthias\ Miltenberger, Ted\ Ralphs\ and Daniel\ E.\ Steffy, ``Exploring the numerics of branch-and-cut for mixed integer linear optimization'', \nbp{151--157}. 3967312 \tpar Timo\ Berthold, Michael\ Perregaard\ and Csaba\ Mészáros, ``Four good reasons to use an interior point solver within a MIP solver'', \nbp{159--164}. 3967313 \tpar Gerald\ Gamrath\ and Christoph\ Schubert, ``Measuring the impact of branching rules for mixed-integer programming'', \nbp{165--170}. 3967314 \tpar Philipp\ Hungerländer\ and Kerstin\ Maier, ``The multiple checkpoint ordering problem'', \nbp{171--177}. 3967315 \tpar John\ Martinovic\ and Guntram\ Scheithauer, ``An improved upper bound for the gap of skiving stock instances of the divisible case'', \nbp{179--184}. 3967316 \tpar Michael\ Firstein, Anja\ Fischer\ and Philipp\ Hungerländer, ``Closed almost knight's tours on 2D and 3D chessboards'', \nbp{185--190}. 3967317 \tpar Daniel\ Rehfeldt\ and Thorsten\ Koch, ``SCIP-Jack---a solver for STP and variants with parallelization extensions: an update'', \nbp{191--196}. 3967318 \tpar Christopher\ Hojny, Marc\ E.\ Pfetsch\ and Andreas\ Schmitt, ``Extended formulations for column constrained orbitopes'', \nbp{197--203}. 3967319 \tpar R.\ Hildenbrandt, ``The k-server problem with parallel requests and the corresponding generalized paging problem'', \nbp{205--211}. 3967320 \tpar Anja\ Fischer, Philipp\ Hungerländer\ and Anna\ Jellen, ``The traveling salesperson problem with forbidden neighborhoods on regular 3D grids'', \nbp{213--219}. 3967321 \tpar Achim\ Hildenbrandt, ``Traveling salesman problems with additional ordering constraints'', \nbp{221--227}. 3967322 \tpar Felix\ Hennings, ``Benefits and limitations of simplified transient gas flow formulations'', \nbp{231--237}. \tpar Martin\ Westbomke, Jan-Hendrik\ Piel, Michael\ H.\ Breitner, Peter\ Nyhius\ and Malte\ Stonis, ``An optimization model to develop efficient dismantling networks for wind turbines'', \nbp{239--244}. \tpar Corinna\ Hallmann\ and Stefan\ Kuhlemann, ``Model generator for water distribution systems'', \nbp{245--251}. \tpar Dennis\ Behrens, Cornelius\ Rüther, Thorsten\ Schoormann, Thimo\ Hachmeister, Klaus\ Ambrosi\ and Ralf\ Knackstedt, ``Effects of constraints in residential demand-side-management algorithms---a simulation-based study'', \nbp{253--259}. \tpar Stefanie\ Kabelitz\ and Martin\ Matke, ``Production process modeling for demand management'', \nbp{261--267}. 3967323 \tpar Philipp\ Schrader, Jan-Hendrik\ Piel\ and Michael\ H.\ Breitner, ``Decoupled net present value---an alternative to the long-term asset value in the evaluation of ship investments?'', \nbp{271--276}. \tpar Dag\ Haugland, ``Fast methods for the index tracking problem'', \nbp{277--283}. \tpar Thomas\ Neumann, Stephan\ Schosser\ and Bodo\ Vogt, ``Non-acceptance of losses---an experimental study on the importance of the sign of final outcomes in ultimatum bargaining'', \nbp{287--292}. \tpar Carolin\ Rehs\ and Frank\ Gurski, ``A graph theoretic approach to solve special knapsack problems in polynomial time'', \nbp{295--301}. 3967324 \tpar Marinus\ Gottschau, ``Bootstrap percolation on degenerate graphs'', \nbp{303--308}. 3967325 \tpar Isabel\ Beckenbach, ``A hypergraph network simplex algorithm'', \nbp{309--315}. 3967326 \tpar Jörg\ Rambau, ``Rapid mathematical programming for cooperative truck networks'', \nbp{317--324}. 3967327 \tpar Bernd\ Nieberding, ``Multi-routing for transport-matching in cooperative, full truckload, relay networks'', \nbp{325--331}. \tpar David\ Willems, Oliver\ Zehner\ and Stefan\ Ruzika, ``On a technique for finding running tracks of specific length in a road network'', \nbp{333--338}. 3967328 \tpar Kai\ Hoppmann\ and Robert\ Schwarz, ``Finding maximum minimum cost flows to evaluate gas network capacities'', \nbp{339--345}. 3967329 \tpar Marzena\ Fügenschuh, Ralucca\ Gera\ and Tobias\ Lory, ``A synthetic model for multilevel air transportation networks'', \nbp{347--353}. \tpar Stephan\ Schwartz, Leonardo\ Balestrieri\ and Ralf\ Borndörfer, ``On finding subpaths with high demand'', \nbp{355--360}. 3967330 \tpar Filipe\ Alvelos\ and Ana\ Viana, ``Kidney exchange programs with a priori crossmath probing'', \nbp{363--368}. \tpar Björn\ Morén, Torbjörn\ Larsson\ and Åsa Carlsson Tedgren, ``Preventing hot spots in high dose-rate brachytherapy'', \nbp{369--375}. \tpar Marius\ Merschformann, ``Active repositioning of storage units in robotic mobile fulfillment systems'', \nbp{379--385}. \tpar Imre\ Dobos, Grigory\ Pishchulov\ and Ralf\ Gössinger, ``How to control a reverse logistics system when used items return with diminishing quality'', \nbp{387--393}. 3967331 \tpar Emilio\ Jose\ Alarcon Ortega, Michael\ Schilde, Karl\ F.\ Doerner\ and Sebastian\ Malicki, ``Consistent inventory routing with split deliveries'', \nbp{395--401}. \tpar Ralf\ Gössinger, Grigory\ Pishchulov\ and Imre\ Dobos, ``Order picking with heterogeneous technologies: an integrated article-to-device assignment and manpower allocation problem'', \nbp{403--410}. 3967332 \tpar José\ Brandão, ``Metaheuristic for the vehicle routing problem with backhauls and time windows'', \nbp{413--418}. \tpar Jaroslav\ Janáček\ and Marek\ Kvet, ``Convex approach with sub-gradient method to robust service system design'', \nbp{421--427}. \tpar Christine\ Markarian, ``Leasing with uncertainty'', \nbp{429--434}. \tpar Mikita\ Hradovich, Adam\ Kasperski\ and Paweł\ Zieliński, ``Risk averse scheduling with scenarios'', \nbp{435--441}. 3967333 \tpar Liana\ Amaya\ Moreno, Armin\ Fügenschuh, Anton\ Kaier\ and Swen\ Schlobach, ``A nonlinear model for vertical free-flight trajectory planning'', \nbp{445--450}. \tpar Christian\ Reintjes, Michael\ Hartisch\ and Ulf\ Lorenz, ``Lattice structure design with linear optimization for additive manufacturing as an initial design in the field of generative design'', \nbp{451--457}. \tpar Elina\ Rönnberg, ``Co-allocation of communication messages in an integrated modular avionic system'', \nbp{459--465}. \tpar M.\ Fawad\ Zazai\ and Armin\ Fügenschuh, ``Computing Pareto-optimal transit routes through mathematical algorithms'', \nbp{467--473}. \tpar Philipp\ Leise, Lena\ C.\ Altherr\ and Peter\ F.\ Pelz, ``Energy-efficient design of a water supply system for skyscrapers by mixed-integer nonlinear programming'', \nbp{475--481}. \tpar Fabian\ Gnegel, Michael\ Dudzinski, Armin\ Fügenschuh\ and Markus\ Stiemer, ``Mixed integer PDE constrained optimization for the control of a wildfire hazard'', \nbp{483--488}. 3967334 \tpar Anke\ Stieber\ and Armin\ Fügenschuh, ``The multiple traveling salesman problem with moving targets and nonlinear trajectories'', \nbp{489--494}. \tpar David\ Stenger, Lena\ C.\ Altherr, Tankred\ Müller\ and Peter\ F.\ Pelz, ``Product family design optimization using model-based engineering techniques'', \nbp{495--502}. \tpar Emily\ M.\ Craparo\ and Armin\ Fügenschuh, ``The multistatic sonar location problem and mixed-integer programming'', \nbp{503--508}. 3967335 \tpar Lea\ Rausch, John\ Friesen, Lena\ C.\ Altherr\ and Peter\ F.\ Pelz, ``Using mixed-integer programming for the optimal design of water supply networks for slums'', \nbp{509--516}. 3967336 \tpar Tom\ Walther, Benjamin\ Hiller\ and René\ Saitenmacher, ``Polyhedral 3D models for compressors in gas networks'', \nbp{517--523}. \tpar Rainer\ Schlosser, ``Stochastic dynamic multi-product pricing under competition'', \nbp{527--533}. 3967337 \tpar Marcel\ Lehmann\ and Heinrich\ Kuhn, ``In-line sequencing in automotive production plants---a simulation study'', \nbp{537--542}. \tpar Daniel\ Olivotti, Jens\ Passlick, Sonja\ Dreyer, Benedikt\ Lebek\ and Michael\ H.\ Breitner, ``Maintenance planning using condition monitoring data'', \nbp{543--548}. 3967338 \tpar Tristan\ Becker, Stefan\ Lier\ and Brigitte\ Werners, ``Tactical planning of modular production networks with reconfigurable plants'', \nbp{549--555}. \tpar Xiaoming\ Wang, Roel\ Leus, Stefan\ Creemers, Qingxin\ Chen\ and Ning\ Mao, ``A CTMDP-based exact method for RCPSP with uncertain activity durations and rework'', \nbp{559--565}. 3967339 \tpar Emil\ Karlsson\ and Elina\ Rönnberg, ``Explicit modelling of multiple intervals in a constraint generation procedure for multiprocessor scheduling'', \nbp{567--572}. 3967340 \tpar Roberto\ Anzaldua, Christina\ Burt, Harry\ Edmonds, Karsten\ Lehmann\ and Guangyan\ Song, ``Multi-objective large-scale staff allocation'', \nbp{573--579}. 3967341 \tpar Julia\ Lange\ and Frank\ Werner, ``A permutation-based neighborhood for the blocking job-shop problem with total tardiness minimization'', \nbp{581--586}. 3967342 \tpar Marcin\ Żurowski, ``Preemptive scheduling of jobs with a learning effect on two parallel machines'', \nbp{587--592}. 3967343 \tpar Markus\ Günther, Marvin\ Klein\ and Lars\ Lüpke, ``An agent-based simulation using conjoint data: the case of electric vehicles in Germany'', \nbp{595--601}. \tpar Joachim\ Block, ``Hybrid agent-based modeling (HABM)---a framework for combining agent-based modeling and simulation, discrete event simulation, and system dynamics'', \nbp{603--608}. \tpar Gonzalo\ Barbeito, Ulrike\ Kluge, Marcia\ Urban, Maximilian\ Moll, Martin\ Zsifkovits, Kay\ Plötner\ and Stefan\ Pickl, ``The European air transport system: a methodological perspective on system dynamics modeling'', \nbp{609--615}. \tpar Zhengyu\ Wang\ and Stefan\ Pickl, ``A Galerkin method for the dynamic Nash equilibrium problem with shared constraint'', \nbp{617--623}. 3967344 \tpar Tom\ Streubel, Christian\ Strohm, Philipp\ Trunschke\ and Caren\ Tischendorf, ``Generic construction and efficient evaluation of flow network DAEs and their derivatives in the context of gas networks'', \nbp{627--632}. 3967345 \tpar Benjamin\ Müller, Renke\ Kuhlmann\ and Stefan\ Vigerske, ``On the performance of NLP solvers within global MINLP solvers'', \nbp{633--639}. 3967346 \tpar Thomas\ Breuer, Michael\ Bussieck, Karl-Kiên\ Cao\ and et al., ``Optimizing large-scale linear energy system problems with block diagonal structure by using parallel interior-point methods'', \nbp{641--647}. 3967347 \tpar Renke\ Kuhlmann, Sören\ Geffken\ and Christof\ Büskens, ``WORHP Zen: parametric sensitivity analysis for the nonlinear programming solver WORHP'', \nbp{649--654}. 3967348 \tpar Christopher\ Grob, Andreas\ Bley\ and Konrad\ Schade, ``Joint optimization of reorder points in n-level distribution networks using $(\rm R,Q)$-order policies'', \nbp{657--662}. 3967349 \tpar P.\ Paam, R.\ Berretta\ and M.\ Heydar, ``An integrated loss-based optimization model for apple supply chain'', \nbp{663--669}. 3967350 \tpar Magdalena\ Leithner\ and Christian\ Fikar, ``Simulating fresh food supply chains by integrating product quality'', \nbp{671--676}. \tpar Michael\ Dreyfuss\ and Yahel\ Giat, ``Window fill rate with compound arrival and assembly time'', \nbp{677--683}. \tpar Malte\ Renken, Amin\ Ahmadi, Ralf\ Borndörfer, Güvenç\ Şahin\ and Thomas\ Schlechte, ``Demand-driven line planning with selfish routing'', \nbp{687--692}. 3967351 \tpar Kerstin\ Schmidt, Felix\ Saucke\ and Thomas\ S.\ Spengler, ``Scheduling of electric vehicles in the police fleet'', \nbp{693--699}. 3967352 \tpar Brita\ Rohrbeck, Kilian\ Berthold\ and Felix\ Hettich, ``Location planning of charging stations for electric city buses considering battery ageing effects'', \nbp{701--707}. 3967353 \tpar Christian\ Liebchen, ``On the benefit of preprocessing and heuristics for periodic timetabling'', \nbp{709--714}. \tpar Stanley\ Schade, Thomas\ Schlechte\ and Jakob\ Witzig, ``Structure-based decomposition for pattern-detection for railway timetables'', \nbp{715--721}. \tpar Ralf\ Borndörfer, Matthias\ Breuer, Boris\ Grimm, Markus\ Reuther, Stanley\ Schade\ and Thomas\ Schlechte, ``Timetable sparsification by rolling stock rotation optimization'', \nbp{723--728}. \tpar Norman\ Weik, Stephan\ Zieger\ and Nils\ Nießen, ``Traffic management heuristics for bidirectional segments on double-track railway lines'', \nbp{729--735}. 3967354 \tpar Umut\ Can\ Çakmak, Mehmet\ Serkan Apaydın\ and Bülent\ Çatay, ``Traffic speed prediction with neural networks'', \nbp{737--743}. \tpar Christina\ Burt, Paul\ Hart, Desislava\ Petrova\ and Adam\ West, ``Delivering on delivery: optimisation and the future of vehicle routing'', \nbp{747--752}. 3966315 \tpar Christoph\ Klingenberg, ``Improving on time performance at Deutsche Bahn'', \nbp{753--758}. \tpar