General Information
Here you will find the lectures that are offered during the summer term.
If you would like to attend a seminar or if you are interested in doing your bachelor's or master's thesis at our chair, please contact
Manuel Hermes,
Konstantin Kloster,
Dr. habil. Mahdi Moeini, or
Daniel Schermer to receive information about available topics.
Bachelor's Level Courses
in the Summer Term
Operations Research
Content
- Operations Research 1:
- Introduction to Operations Research: planning models and methods.
- Networks, graphs, and their applications: Paths in graphs, networks, flows in graphs, transportation problem
- Linear Optimization: basic model structures, Simplex algorithm, special LP structures, different phases of Simplex, variables with lower and upper bounds, post-optimality analysis (sensitivity analysis), parametric optimization, applications and modeling, duality.
- Integer linear optimization: Examples and case studies, Branch & Bound, Cutting Planes.
- Stochastic Processes: Queueing theory, simulation of stochastic processes.
- Operations Research 2:
- Nonlinear Optimization: Unconstrained and constrained nonlinear problems and models, Convex optimization, Karush-Kuhn-Tucker-conditions, lagrangian method, Quadratic optimization (Wolfe’s Algorithm), approximation methods (Golden Section, Gradient Method), Barrier methods, Penalty methods.
- Heuristics: problem search methods (A*-algorithm), local search methods, Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms.
Date
Thursday, 15:30 - 17:00 (42-115)
Friday, 11:45 - 13:15 (46-215)
Materials
Master's Level Courses
in the Summer Term
Betriebliche Standardsoftware im Prozessmanagement
Content
- This block course demonstrates the implementation of operational processes in the standard software SAP ERP by means of case studies.
- Starting points are the models and optimization approaches exemplified in "Business Process Management".
Lecturers
Date
Friday, 09:00 - 18:00 (42-421)
The lecture takes place as a block lecture on the following dates:
17.04., 24.04., 29.05. and 05.06.2020
Materials
Lecture notes will be made available.
Introduction to Multiagent Systems
Content
- Characteristics of Multi-Agent Systems
- Intelligent Agent and System Architectures
- Agent Communication and Ontologies
- Distributed planning, problem solving, and learning methods in Multi-Agent Systems
- Simulation, game theory and economic aspects of Multi-Agent Systems.
- Industrial applications: Multi-Agent Systems in logistics, supply-chain management and IT resource management.
Date
The lectures take place as a block during July 2-5, 2019 in 42-421a.
The detailed schedule is available here.
Materials
Link to OLAT
Exercises to Multiagent Systems
Content
- Design and prototypical implementation of solution methods with Mutli-Agent Systems.
- Tasks will be given by the chair and concern supply-chain management (trading agent competition), coordination of service networks, logistics, or others.
- A short report and presentation of results is required.
Lecturers
Introduction to Computational Intelligence
Content
- Introduction
- Heuristics
- Easy versus hard optimization problems
- Problem Space Search: A*-algorithm
- Solution Space Search: local search, simulated annealing, tabu search, variable neighborhood search
- Population-based Search: genetic algorithms, artificial ants, swarm optimization
- Modeling and Programming
- Initiation to programming with Python
- Mathematical modeling
- Initiation to solver Gurobi
- Bayesian Belief Networks
- Cooperative Simulated Annealing
- Reinforcement Learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, ...
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Yield Management
Date
Due to the current lockdown situation, the lectures will be via recorded videos.
Any further new information will be published on the OLAT page in which you can register. The OLAT page is protected by a password that you can ask it from Dr. habil. Mahdi Moeini: mahdi.moeini(at)wiwi.uni-kl.de
To avoid spams and stealthy registrations, only registrations with a valid RHRK e-mail address are permitted. Any registration by home-based e-mail addresses will be removed from the OLAT page without any further warning. Once you are on the OLAT page, you should register (check the left menu of the page) to be enrolled in the corresponding course(s) (CI or OLS or both).
Materials
All learning materials will be available on the OLAT page.
Optimization of Logistic Systems
Content
- Introduction
- Classification of Logistic Systems
- Logistic Demand Analysis
- Logistic Network Design
- Location Problems
- Inventory Management
- Warehouse design and management
- Long-HaulTransportation
- Short-Haul Transportation
Lecturers
Date
Due to the current lockdown situation, the lectures of "Optimization of Logistic Systems" will take place online according to the following schedule:
- Monday 22.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Tuesday 23.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Thursday 25.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Saturday 27.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Monday 29.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Tuesday 30.06. at 10:00-13:00
- Thursday 02.07. at 10:00-13:00
Moreover, an optional session might take place on Saturday 04.07. at 10:00-13:00. The time slot 10:00-13:00 can be replaced by 09:00-12:00, based on an agreement with the lecturer (once the lectures start, you should arrange it directly with Prof. Daniele Vigo).
Any further new information will be published on the OLAT page in which you can register. The OLAT page is protected by a password that you can ask it from Dr. habil. Mahdi Moeini: mahdi.moeini(at)wiwi.uni-kl.de
To avoid spams and stealthy registrations, only registrations with a valid RHRK e-mail address are permitted. Any registration by home-based e-mail addresses will be removed from the OLAT page without any further warning. Once you are on the OLAT page, you should register (check the left menu of the page) to be enrolled in the corresponding course(s) (CI or OLS or both).
Materials
All learning materials will be available on the OLAT page.