Prof. Dr. Stefan Bock 23. April 2010
Recent Advances in
Business Computing and
Agenda
Rahmenzeitplan
Grundsätzliches
Vorstellung der Themenliste
Grober Zeitplan
23. April:
Vorstellung der Themen
Erläuterung des grundsätzlichen Ablaufes
Festlegung der Themen und Zuordnung der Betreuer
Ende September: Abgabe der Arbeiten
Oktober: Präsentation
Grundsätzliches
Basisliteratur dient dem Grundverständnis und ist
Ausgangspunkt für weitere Literaturrecherche
Beurteilungsgrundlage
Seminararbeit: ca. 60%-66,6% Vortrag: ca. 33,3%-40%
Darstellung und kritische Beurteilung der jeweiligen
Ansätze
Das Merkblatt auf der Homepage ist durchzulesen Seminararbeit umfasst ca. 15 Seiten Text
Themenliste - Bachelor
1. Maximization of the Net Present Value in Project
Scheduling
Lit: Elmaghraby, S.E., Herroelen, W.S. (1990): The scheduling of activities to maximize the net present value of projects. European Journal of Operational Research, 49, 35-49.
2. Maintenance Problems in Industrial Environments
Lit: Dekker, R., Wildemann, R. E. (1997): A Review of Mulit-Component Maintenance Models with
Economic Dependence. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 45, 411 – 435.
Themenliste - Bachelor
3. Exact Approaches for Project Planning Problems
Lit: Zimmermann, J., Starck, C., Rieck, J. (2005): Projektplanung, Springer, Berlin.
4. Center Problems in Graphs
Lit: Domschke, W., Drexl, A. (1996): Logistik 1: Standorte, Oldenbourg, München,137-156.; Handler, G. (1990): p-Center Problems. In:
Mirchandani, P.B., Francis, R.L. (Eds) (1990): Discrete Location Theory. Wiley, New York, 305-348.
Themenliste - Bachelor
5. Exact Approaches for the Traveling Salesman Problem
Lit: Domschke, W. (1997): Logistik 2: Rundreisen und Touren, Oldenbourg, München, 128-162.
6. Potentials of Using Social Software in Companies
Lit.: Geyer W. et al. (2006): Activity Explorer: Activity-centric collaboration from research to product. IBM Systems Journal, Volume 45, Number 4, Page 713.
Current Research in Social Software:
http://www.research.ibm.com/social/index.html
7. Modeling Approaches in Natural Language for Data Warehouse Systems
Lit.: Halpin, Terry: Information Modeling and Relational Databases - From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design. Morgan-Kaufman Publishers, San Francisco et al, 2001, ISBN 0-201-70928-7, UB-Sig. 69 TWY 4687.
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
8. The One-Dimensional Facility Layout Problem
Lit: Amaral, A.R.S. (2006): On the exact solution of a facility layout problem. European Journal of
Operational Research, 173, 508-518 .
9. Simulated Annealing and Tabu-Search Approaches
for the Multi-Mode RCPSP
Lit: Mika, M., G. Waligòra und J. Weglarz (2008): Tabu Search for multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling with schedule-dependent setup times. European Journal of Operational Research,
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
10. Models and Methods for Scheduling Problems with Setup
Considerations
Lit: Allahverdi, A. (1999): A review of scheduling research involving setup considerations, Int. Journal of Management Science 27, 219-239.
Pinedo, M. L. (2008): Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems, 3rd Edition, Springer, Berlin.
11. Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Forecasting and Waiting
Strategies
Lit: Ichoua, S., Gendreau, M., Potvin, J. Y. (2006): Exploiting Knowledge About Future Demands for Real-Time Vehicle Dispatching. Transportation Science, 40, 211-225.
Bent, R.; van Hentenryck, P.: Waiting and Relocation Strategies in Online Stochastic Vehicle Routing.
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
12. Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Forecasting by a Sample Scenario Hedging
Heuristic
Lit: Hvattum, L. M., Løkketangen, A., Laporte, G. (2006): Solving a
Dynamic and Stochastic Vehicle Routing Problem with a Sample Scenario Hedging Heuristic.Transportation Science, 40, 421-438.
Hvattum, L. M., Løkketangen, A.; Laporte, G. (2004): A heuristic solution method to a stochastic vehicle routing problem. In: Proceedings of
TRISTAN V - The Fifth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis.
13. Dynamic Pickup and Delivery: Double Time Horizon and Waiting Strategies
Lit: Mitrovic-Minic, S., Krishnamurti, R.; Laporte, G. (2004): Double-horizon based heuristics for the dynamic pickup and delivery problem with time windows. Transportation Research. Part B: methodological, 38(8), 669-685.
Savelsbergh, M. W. P., Sol, M. (1995): The general pickup and delivery problem. Transportation Science, 29, 17-29.
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
14. Integrative Mixed-Model Assembly Line Sequencing
Lit: Inman, R.R.; Schmeling, D.M. (2003): Algorithm for agile assembling-to-order in the automotive
industry. International Journal of Production Research, 41, 3831–3848.
15. Approaches for Sequencing Mixed-Model Assembly
Lines
Lit: Boysen, N.; Fliedner, M.; Scholl, A. (2009):
Sequencing mixed-model assembly lines: Survey, classification and model critique. European Journal
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
16. A Comparison of Workload Partitions (WPAR)
and Logical Partitions (LPAR)
Lit: Gibson, C. (2007): WPAR Power - AIX 6 workload partitions explained. IBM Systems Magazine,
12/2007.
(http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/aix/december07/ coverstory/18606p1.aspx
17. Integrated Decision Support with Statistical
Methods in Database Context
Themenliste-Master/Doktoranden
18. Business Use of Social Software
Lit.: Thomas Döbler: Zum Einsatz von Social Software in Unternehmen. In: Christian Stegbauer, Michael
Jäckel: Social Software - Formen der Kooperation in computerbasierten Netzwerken. 1. Auflage 2008. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
IBM Research Center für Social Computing
http://www.research.ibm.com/social/
19. Data Quality Services for Financial Data
Bachelor-Themen
1. Maximization of the Net Present Value in Project Scheduling 2. Maintenance Problems in Industrial Environments
3. Exact Approaches for Project Planning 4. Center Problems in Graphs
5. Exact Approaches for the Travelling Salesman Problem 6. Potentials of Using Social Software in Companies
7. Modeling Approaches in Natural Language for Data
Master- und Promotionsthemen
8. The One-Dimensional Facility-Layout-Problem
9. Simulated Annealing and Tabu-Search Approaches for the Multi-Mode
RCPSP
10. Models and Methods for Scheduling Problems with Setup
Considerations
11. Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Forecasting and Waiting Strategies
12. Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Forecasting by a Sample Scenario Hedging
Heuristic
13. Dynamic Pickup and Delivery: Double Time Horizon and Waiting Strategies
14. Integrative Mixed-Model Assembly Line Sequencing
15. Approaches for Sequencing Mixed-Model Assembly Lines
16. A Comparison of Workload Partitions (WPAR) and Logical Partitions (LPAR)
17. Integrated Decision Support with Statistical Methods in Database
Context
