@inproceedings{, author = {Brieden, Andreas; Gritzmann, Peter}, title = {A quadratic optimization model for the consolidation of farmland by means of lend-lease agreements}, editor = {Ahr, Dino; Fahrion, Roland; Oswald, Marcus; Reinelt, Gerhard}, booktitle = {Operations Research Proceedings 2003 : Selected Papers of the International Conference on Operations Research (OR 2003) Heidelberg, September 3-5, 2003}, series = {}, journal = {}, address = {Berlin ; Heidelberg}, publisher = {Springer}, edition = {}, year = {2004}, isbn = {978-3-540-21445-8 ; 978-3-642-17022-5}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {324-331}, url = {}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-17022-5_42}, keywords = {}, abstract = {In many regions farmers cultivate a number of small lots that are distributed over a wider area. This leads to high overhead costs and economically prohibits use of high tech machinery hence results in a non-favorable cost-structure of production. The classical form of land consolidation is typically too expensive and too rigid, whence consolidation based on lend-lease agreements has been suggested. In order to exploit the potential of this method specific mathematical optimization algorithms are needed, particularly since the underlying problem is NP-complete even in very restricted cases. This paper introduces a quadratic optimization model and shows its practicality for some typical regions in Northern Bavaria, Germany.}, note = {}, institution = {Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Organisationswissenschaften, WOW 1 - Institut für Controlling, Finanz- und Risikomanagement, Professur: Brieden, Andreas}, }