A new “Handbook of Optimization in the Railway Industry” is available in the International Series in Operations Research & Management Science by Springer. Edited by Ralf Borndörfer, Torsten Klug, Leonardo Lamorgese, Carlo Mannino, Markus Reuther and Thomas Schlechte, the book provides an overview of the state-of-the art in railway optimization. With thirteen contributions from leading scholars, the book presents a unified view on the topic with a focus on the use of mathematical programming and operations research methods in rail...Read More
On November 16, 2017, the members of Research Campus MODAL met for their 4th general assembly in the Red Salon of ZB. After detailed reports about the successful work of the four labs of the research campus (BahnLab, GasLab, MedLab, SynLab), the assembly welcomed Visage Imaging GmbH as a new member; Visage contributes to MedLab with a research project that combines medical imaging and machine learning. Present at the 4th General Assembly were Norma Schüler (Administration office MODAL), Ralf Borndörfer...Read More
The 2nd ISM-ZIB-IMI MODAL Workshop on Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis took place at the Research Campus MODAL at ZIB from September 22nd to September 26th 2017. Thorsten Koch from the Research Campus MODAL organized this very fruitful and interesting workshop together with Mr. Satoshi Ito from the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) in Tokyo and Mr. Katsuki Fujisawa from the Institute of Mathematics for Industry (IMI) of Kyushu University. 33 experts from science and industry presented their latest work and...Read More
