Prof. Dr. Robert Klein: Analytics & Optimization

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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.
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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.
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State-of-the-art standard software packages are used for practical implementation in teaching, research, and industry projects.

Dec. 18, 2024

New publication "The potential of governmental regulation on shared mobility-on-demand systems"

The new publication investigates the potential of governmental regulation in the operational management of shared mobility-on-demand systems. Based on real-world data provided by our industry partner FLEXIBUS, the effects of a minimum pooling rate and a minimum spatial acceptance rate are analyzed. The article is published in Volume 192 of "Transportation Research - Part A".

Sept. 27, 2024

INFORMS TSL Workshop 2024

In September 2024, Elion Shala and Jim Schoppa attended the 11th Transportation Science and Logistics Society (TSL) Workshop, which was hosted at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes (LS2N), in Nantes, France.

Sept. 6, 2024

Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany

In September 2024, Prof. Klein's chair attended the annual conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany at the Technical 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Munich.

July 12, 2024

GPOM Workshop

In July 2024, Prof. Klein together with Wolfgang Burkart, Daniela Sailer, and Elion Shala participated in the Graduate Program in Operations Management (GPOM), which was hosted at the TU Munich.

July 3, 2024

33rd European Conference on Operational Research

In July 2024, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein, David Fleckenstein, and Julia Heger participated in the 33rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2024), which was hosted at the Technical 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Denmark in Copenhagen.

June 11, 2024

Last-Mile Delivery Workshop 2024

In June 2024, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein, David Fleckenstein, and Daniela Sailer participated in this year's Last-Mile Delivery Workshop, which took place at Mannheim, Germany.

May 21, 2024

New Publication "Out-of-home delivery in last-mile logistics: A review"

The survey on out-of-home delivery appears in Volume 168 of "Computers & Operations Research".

April 16, 2024

New Publication "Assortment optimization: a systematic literature review"

The survey on assortment optimization by Julia Heger and Robert Klein appears in "OR Spectrum".

March 21, 2024

33rd QBWL Workshop

In March 2024 Prof. Klein together with Daniela Sailer, David Fleckenstein, Fabian Anzenhofer, Elion Shala, and Jim Schoppa attended the 33rd QBWL Workshop in Loccum.

March 1, 2024

21th Annual Meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management"

In March 2023 Wolfgang Burkart, Vienna Klein, and Daniela Sailer attended the annual meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management" in Frankfurt. The meeting was hosted by the DB Fernverkehr AG.

Sept. 1, 2023

Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany

In August 2023, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein, Daniela Sailer, David Fleckenstein, and Julia Heger attended the annual conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany at the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Hamburg.

July 27, 2023

INFORMS TSL Conference 2023

In July 2023, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein and Daniela Sailer attended the second Triennial Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Conference, which was hosted at the Loyola 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 Chicago.

June 20, 2023

Last-Mile Delivery Workshop 2023

In June 2023, Prof. Klein together with Vienna Klein, David Fleckenstein, Daniela Sailer, and Jim Schoppa participated in this year's Last-Mile Delivery Workshop, which took place at Kelsterbach, Germany.

March 23, 2023

32nd QBWL Workshop

In March 2023 Prof. Klein together with Daniela Sailer, David Fleckenstein, Fabian Anzenhofer, and Jim Schoppa attended the 32nd QBWL Workshop in Bad Windsheim.

March 6, 2023

20th Annual Meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management"

In March 2023 Prof. Klein together with David Fleckenstein, Vienna Klein, and Daniela Sailer attended the annual meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management" in Düsseldorf as its deputy head. The meeting was hosted by the Roadfans GmbH. The Focus of various talks and discussions among the more than 50 participants was the historical development of airline revenue management as well as current pricing and RM approaches in the sectors of rail, bus, ferry and retail.

March 2, 2022

New Publication "Multitrip Vehicle Routing with Delivery Options: A Data-Driven Application to the Parcel Industry"

The new publication by Lukas Janinhoff, Robert Klein and Daniel Scholz, which examines the benefits of different delivery options from a parcel carrier's perspective based on real-world data, appears in "OR Spectrum".

Feb. 2, 2023

New Publication "Exact solution approaches for order acceptance and scheduling decisions in m-machine open shops"

A new publication on optimizing order acceptance and scheduling of open shops appears in volume 176 of "Computers & Industrial Engineering".

Feb. 2, 2023

New Publication "Recent Advances in Integrating Demand Management and Vehicle Routing: A Methodological Review"

The cross-application survey on integrated demand management and vehicle routing problems appears in volume 306, issue 2 of the "European Journal of Operational Research".

Sept. 10, 2022

Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany

In September 2022, Prof. Klein together with Fabian Anzenhofer, Kristina Bayer, and David Fleckenstein attended the annual conference of the Operations Research Society of Germany at the KIT in Karlsruhe.

Aug. 17, 2022

New Textbook "Decision Optimization with IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio"

The new textbook "Decision Optimization with IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio", co-authored by Dr. Wolfgang Burkart, has recently been published by Springer.

June 29, 2022

Last-Mile Delivery Workshop 2022

In June 2022, Prof. Klein, together with David Fleckenstein and Daniela Sailer, participated in this year's Last-Mile Delivery Workshop, which took place at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar.

June 16, 2022

8th meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization

In June 2022, Prof. Klein together with Lukas Janinhoff attended the VeRoLog 2022. The conference was organized by the Kühne Logistics 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 and the Helmut-Schmidt-威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 Hamburg.

June 14, 2022

10th INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Workshop

In June 2022, Prof. Klein, together with Fabian Anzenhofer, David Fleckenstein, and Daniela Sailer, attended the 10th INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Workshop at the NHH Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway.

June 4, 2022

New Publication "On the Concept of Opportunity Cost in Integrated Demand Management and Vehicle Routing"

The working paper written by David Fleckenstein, Robert Klein, Vienna Klein and Claudius Steinhardt on the formal definition and key properties of opportunity cost in the context of demand management in vehicle routing is available on SSRN.

April 26, 2022

New Publication "On-Demand-Plattformen für den ?ffentlichen Personennahverkehr"

The article written by Fabian Anzenhofer and Robert Klein on the operational planning of on-demand services in public transport has been published in the current issue of the journal "WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium".

Feb. 18, 2022

19th Annual Meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management"

In February 2022, Prof. Klein, together with his team, attended the annual meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management" in Munich as its deputy head. The meeting was held online and featured, e.g., talks on challenging pricing applications as well as choice modeling.

Feb. 28, 2021

18th Annual Meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management"

In February 2021 Prof. Klein, together with his team, attended the annual meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management" in Munich as its deputy head. The meeting was held online and divided into three sessions with more than 80 participants. The thematically diverse program included presentations on the analysis of customer choice behavior as well as pricing problems from logistics and energy distribution.

Feb. 24, 2021

Rouven Schur Assistant Professor at the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Duisburg-Essen

Rouven Schur has accepted a tenure track Chair of Production and Logistics Planning at the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Duisburg-Essen. The entire team congratulates him warmly and wishes him all the best in his further academic career.

Aug. 20, 2020

New Publication "Route-based approximate dynamic programming for dynamic pricing in attended home delivery"

A new publication on choice-based demand management in attended home delivery appears in volume 287, issue 2 of the European Journal of Operational Research.

June 9, 2020

New Textbook "Angewandte Optimierung mit IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio"

The new textbook "Angewandte Optimierung mit IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio", co-authored by Dr. Wolfgang Burkart, has recently been published by Springer. Further information as well as exercise solutions and program codes are available at www.opl-buch.de.

March 16, 2020

EJOR - Invited Survey

An invited survey on the application of revenue management in different industries, which has been written in cooperation with colleagues from the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Warwick and the Universit?t der Bundeswehr München, will be published in volume 284, issue 2 of the European Journal of Operational Research.

Feb. 7, 2020

17. Annual Meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management"

On February 7th 2020 Prof. Klein, together with five employees, attended the annual meeting of the GOR Working Group "Pricing & Revenue Management" in Munich as its deputy head. The meeting was hosted by the FlixMobility GmbH. Focus of various talks and discussions among the 120 participants was the application of machine learning methods in practice as well as the establishment of revenue management systems in rapidly growing companies.