Universität Wien

040676 PR KFK PM/SCM/TL: Practical Course Metaheuristics I (2010W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

One of the three optional "Metaheuristics II" courses must be taken after this one. This course is about learning bases and methods, and Metaheuristics II is about implementing them to more specific problems.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.10. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3
  • Tuesday 12.10. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3
  • Tuesday 19.10. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3
  • Tuesday 09.11. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3
  • Tuesday 16.11. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3
  • Tuesday 23.11. 09:00 - 13:00 EDV-Labor 3

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Metaheuristics are simple and nice methods to solve hard and complex problems.
Following this course will allow students to learn basic concepts relevant for metaheuristics.
An introduction on metaheuristics for Production Management, Transportation Logistics and Supply Chain Management will be provided.

Assessment and permitted materials

Short tests during the course: 40%
Project work: 50%
Participation during lessons: 10%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

At the end of this course, students will know what are metaheuristics, why they are needed, how to design them, and how to evaluate their quality.

Examination topics

Lectures, exercises, discussions.

Reading list

- Handbook of Metaheuristics, Fred Glover & Gary A. Kochenberger, Kluwer's International Series, ISBN 1-4020-7263-5
- Stochastic Local Search, Foundations and Applications, Holger H. Hoos & Thomas Stützle, Elsevier, ISBN 1-55860-872-9
- Search Methodologies, Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques, Edmund K. Burke & Graham Kendall, Springer, ISBN 0-387-23460-8

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