Research Group Optimization

The optimization research group at the Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics was headed by Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel between 2004 and 2018.

Prof. Schöbel has since moved from the University of Göttingen and is now the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics in Kaiserslautern. You can find a current website here.

A short presentation of the Research Group Optimization

Applied mathematics are an important field of research where mathematical methods are enhanced and put in use for real problems and applications. Today it is already possible to solve problems with several thousands of variables and constraints quickly and reliably. Even though the development of computer technology makes a large contribution to solving numerical problems, the expected rise in computing power doesn't suffice to solve real world's problems that are often very large or extremly hard. In fact mathematical methods are required to gain insight into the problem's structure. Based on the knowledge of the problem's structure efficient algorithms can be developed.

The Research Group Optimization of the Georg-August-Universität has been founded in 2004 and focuses on discrete optimization under the direction of Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel. The treated fields of research are part of combinatorial optimization and include:

• network optimization,
• location theory
• multi-objective optimization,
• integer optimization,
• nonlinear integer optimization,
• robust optimization,
• game theory

as well as their respective applications.