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Modul

Optimization under Uncertainty [M-WIWI-103337]

Credits
9
Recurrence
Jedes Semester
Duration
1 Semester
Language
Level
3
Version
2

Responsible

Organisation

  • KIT-Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Part of

Bricks

Identifier Name LP
T-WIWI-102724 Nonlinear Optimization I 4.5
T-WIWI-106546 Introduction to Stochastic Optimization 4.5
T-WIWI-102714 Tactical and Operational Supply Chain Management 4.5

Competence Certificate

The assessment is carried out as partial exams (according to § 4(2), 1 of the examination regulation) of the single courses of this module, whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module.

The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module seperately.

The overall grade of the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.

Competence Goal

The student

  • denominates and describes basic notions for optimization methods under uncertainty, in particular from stochastic optimization,
  • knows the indispensable methods and models for quantitative analysis,
  • models and classifies optimization problems under uncertainty and chooses the appropriate solution methods to solve also challenging optimization problems independently and, if necessary, with the aid of a computer,
  • validates, illustrates and interprets the obtained solutions, in particular of
  • stochastic optimization problems.

Prerequisites

The course Introduction to Stochastic Optimization has to be taken.

Content

The module focuses on modeling and analyzing mathematical optimization problems where certain data is not fully present at the time of decision-making. The lectures on the introduction to stochastic optimization deal with methods to integrate distribution information into the mathematical model. The lectures on the optimization approaches under uncertainty offer alternative approaches such as robust optimization.

Recommendation

Knowledge from the lectures "Introduction to Operations Research I" and "Introduction to Operations Research II" are helpful.

Workload

The total workload for this module is approximately 270 hours (9 credits). The allocation is made according to the credit points of the courses of the module. The total number of hours per course is determined by the amount of time spent attending the lectures and exercises, as well as the exam times and the time required to achieve the module's learning objectives for an average student for an average performance.