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Welcome to the Website of the Chair of Analytics & Optimization!

 

In research and teaching, the Chair of Analytics & Optimization addresses the application of mathematical models and methods, particularly from operations research, for solving real-world decision problems. The main emphasis is on questions arising in the areas of pricing and revenue management, as well as last-mile logistics. To address these questions, we embrace methods from discrete choice analysis, integer programming, and approximate dynamic programming.
 
Students acquire substantiatal methodical skills and get to know recent applications in services, transportation, logistics, and retail. To this end, current research results are continuously integrated into teaching. In regular guest talks, practitioners provide insights into challenges and opportunities that companies face when implementing the models and methods presented in the chair’s courses.
 
State-of-the-art standard software packages are used for practical implementation in teaching, research, and industry projects.

New Publication "Sustainable dynamic pricing for rural shared mobility-on-demand systems"
May 20, 2026

New Publication "Sustainable dynamic pricing for rural shared mobility-on-demand systems"

The new publication is the first to develop a dynamic pricing approach for rural shared mobility-on-demand systems that takes social, environmental, and economic sustainability goals into account. It demonstrates the advantages of this approach over static pricing and profit-driven dynamic pricing in a simulation study based on a real-world dataset from the provider FLEXIBUS.

New Publication "Explaining the performance impact of opportunity costs approximation in integrated demand management and vehicle routing"
Oct. 14, 2025

New Publication "Explaining the performance impact of opportunity costs approximation in integrated demand management and vehicle routing"

The new publication investigates how errors in the approximation of opportunity costs affect the quality of solutions for integrated demand management and vehicle routing problems. Explainable reinforcement learning approaches are used for this purpose. The insights gained can be used in the development of approximation methods. The article is published in Volume 14 of the EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics.

Annual conference of the German Operations Research Society
Sept. 5, 2025

Annual conference of the German Operations Research Society

In September 2025, Prof. Klein and Jim Schoppa attended the annual conference of the German Operations Research Society at Bielefeld University.

VeRoLog 2025
June 20, 2025

VeRoLog 2025

In June 2025, David Fleckenstein and Elion Shala participated in the Euro Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization 2025 (VeRoLog), which took place in Trento, Italy.

Last-Mile Delivery Workshop 2025
June 12, 2025

Last-Mile Delivery Workshop 2025

In June 2025, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein, David Fleckenstein, and Daniela Sailer, participated in this year's Last-Mile Delivery Workshop, which took place in Braunschweig, Germany.

Team

Information on current and former staff members.

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Teaching

Overview of lectures, tutorials, and software courses.

Vorlesung

Research

Description of research areas.

Ein auf einer Tafel aufgeschriebenes lineares Optimierungsmodell

Links

Compilation of links to textbooks, working groups, and relevant software.

Zusammenstellung der von Prof. Klein mitverfassten Lehrbücher

Final Theses and Seminars

Information on final theses and participation in seminars.

Aushang von Masterarbeitsthemen des Lehrstuhls

Publications

List of publications of current and former staff members.

Verschiedene Paper, die von Mitarbeitern des Lehrstuhls verfasst wurden

Contact:

Address:

University of Augsburg
Faculty of Business and Economics
Chair of Analytics & Optimization

Building J, Room 2313

Universitätsstr. 16
86159 Augsburg


Phone: +49 821 598 -4150 (Office)

Fax: +49 821 598 -4226

E-Mail: melanie.olk@wiwi.uni-augsburg.de

Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (9 to 12 a.m.) and by arrangement

 

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