Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Department of Business Administration


 040132 KFK PM/SCM/TL: 

Paper Reading  (E)
4 ECTS points

Lecturer

Dates & Places

 
  • Oct 1, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se2 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • Oct 8, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se2 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • Oct 15, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se2 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • Nov 26, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se1 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • Dec 3, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se1 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • Dec 10, 2014: 11.30 - 13.00, Se1 (Oskar-Morge,nstern-Platz 1)
  • Dec 17, 2014: 11:45 - 13.00, Se1 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • After Dec 17 you will have time to prepare your seminar papers which are due January 21st, 2015.

Student's presentations

Date Student Topic
Dec 3rd, 2014 Prishchepo A fast solution method for the time-dependent orienteering problem
Dec 3rd, 2014 Weihs A variable neighborhood search method for the orienteering problem with hotel selection
Dec 10th, 2014 Kalinushkina The team orienteering problem with time windows: an LP-based granular variable neighborhood search
Dec 10th, 2014 & Dec 17th, 2014 Dotsenko Iterated local search for the team orienteering problem with time windows
Dec 17th, 2014 Heinemann The selective pickup and delivery problem: formulation and a memetic algorithm
 





 

Course Content

Aim of the course is to introduce students to scientific literature. Students will learn how to search for literature about a specific topic, how to classify research literature in the field of Operations Research, how to write a scientific work, how to summarize and give presentations on scientific topics. Students have to participate in class room discussions, they will have to write a seminar work and give a presentation.


Grading

  • Homework/Discussions: 20 points
  • Presentation: 40 points 
  • Seminar work: 40 points
  • Grades: 
    • < 50 points - 5
    • < 63 points - 4
    • < 75 points - 3
    • < 87 points - 2
    • > 88 points - 1


Aims

  • Providing hands-on training for your master thesis
  • Getting to know what constitutes good research studies
  • Improving critical and creative thinking

Prerequisites

  • Minimum requirement for admission is one of the basic courses of the KFK PM/SCM/TL (Production Analysis, Supply Chain Management, Transportation Logistics)

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