@article{AbdennebiMock2025, author = {Abdennebi, Aziz and Mock, Markus}, title = {FRUTILLA: Real-Time Frost Prediction in Agricultural Environments Based on Sensor Synthesis and Machine Learning}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {8}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.57688/474}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-4740}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Frost damages fruit crops, with losses particularly acute in Chile where this project operates in collaboration with fruit growers. We present a machine learning system for frost prediction that combines multi-source weather data with dimensionality reduction for agricultural decision support. We develop a system that synthesizes data from 97 permanent weather stations operated by FDF (Fundaci ´on para el Desarrollo Frut´{\i}cola), real-time weather APIs, and forecast services, applying Random Forest and XGBoost models with PCA-based dimensionality reduction to predict frost conditions up to 24 hours in advance. Our feature engineering incorporates temporal cyclical encoding, rolling statistics across multiple time windows, lagged features, and lead features from weather forecasts, producing 421 features reduced to 124 PCA components. The regression models achieve promising results: XGBoost obtains MAE of 1.29°C (R²=0.94) for 1-hour forecasts and MAE of 3.32°C (R²=0.51) for 24-hour forecasts. Humidity prediction achieves MAE of 5.2\% (R²=0.88) at 1-hour and 10.1\% (R²=0.47) at 24-hour horizons. The PCA approach substantially improves performance compared to using all features directly, demonstrating the importance of dimensionality reduction for high-dimensional weather feature sets. This work provides a practical framework for agricultural frost prediction, with short-term temperature forecasts (1-6 hours) achieving accuracy suitable for supporting frost risk assessment, though binary frost classification remains challenging due to class imbalance.}, language = {en} } @article{MartensScheuchenpflug2024, author = {Martens, Maren and Scheuchenpflug, Elisabeth}, title = {A new trend in further education? The involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises in micro degrees on digitalization and sustainability}, number = {7}, doi = {10.57688/411}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-4118}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The rapid changes in digitalization, the resulting rise of new technologies, as well as the new requirements in conducting and reporting sustainable practices confront companies with distinct challenges. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are affected particularly, as they typically struggle, even stronger than bigger firms, with a lack of human capital and limited time for further education. To address these challenges, different institutions have identified micro degrees as a possibility to provide necessary further education in short time. Such micro degrees have been developed and offered by the Landshut University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria, concentrating on carefully selected topics from digitalization and sustainability with a special focus on the needs of SMEs. The study presented in this paper investigates the involvement of Bavarian SMEs in the micro degrees and which groups of employees they attracted throughout the offered program. It compares the structure of the micro degree participants, e.g., regarding gender, educational background, and age, to the general structure of employees in Bavaria and to the structure of participants in further education overall. It turns out that the offered micro degrees are generally well appreciated, but rather by people with academic background, rather by men than by women, and rather by young to medium-aged people. These results are examined diligently and discussed in detail.}, language = {en} } @article{SchidekSchwaegerlMartens2024, author = {Schidek, Anna and Schw{\"a}gerl, Pia and Martens, Maren}, title = {Mapping the Landscape of Process Mining in Project Management: a Comprehensive Literature Review}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {6}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.57688/397}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-3979}, pages = {1 -- 13}, year = {2024}, abstract = {As an interface between data science and process management, the application of process mining has so far mainly focused on operational business processes and is relatively unexplored in the context of projects and its management. However, it can also be beneficial in project management to better understand processes and lead to efficiency-enhancing improvements. As work in projects becomes increasingly important, this paper presents the different applications of process mining in project management. For this purpose, the current state of research on process mining in the context of project management will be described, based on a systematic literature review. This review shows the different application areas and project focuses of the different research approaches. Furthermore, it gives an overview which tools and algorithms have been used in previous research and which data has been used to create an event log. Overall, despite the literature found and various considerations, a research gap for project management is evident here.}, subject = {Prozessmanagement}, language = {en} } @article{StarflingerMartens2023, author = {Starflinger, Verena and Martens, Maren}, title = {Best Practices of Circular Business Models - Benefits and Challenges (not only) for German Start-ups}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {5}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.57688/391}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-3918}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Circular economy is becoming a buzzword in times where our planetary boundaries are increasingly being exhausted by the extensive extraction of global resources. Although the idea of reusing and recycling products or materials is quite simple and holds many advantages, the transformation towards circular business models imposes many hurdles. This paper gives an overview on the variety of circular business models, before it highlights opportunities and difficulties that companies may experience on their way towards them. It exemplary provides a view onto best practices from three German start-ups, with the aim of spreading awareness of key challenges and benefits.}, subject = {Kreislaufwirtschaft}, language = {en} } @article{TuerkmenSchmidtnerBrueggemannetal.2023, author = {T{\"u}rkmen, Derya and Schmidtner, Markus and Brueggemann, Ronja and Timinger, Holger}, title = {Analysis of inter-organisational project management in the automotive industry}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, doi = {10.57688/379}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-3795}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Collaboration between automotive manufacturers and tier suppliers across company boundaries involves a high degree of complexity. Collaboration is becoming increasingly important in this context, as the focus is on decentralized working through distributed project teams. This leads to new challenges regarding project management in the automotive supply chain. This paper examines the current state of cross-organizational project management in the automotive industry in the literature as well as in practice.}, language = {en} } @article{WeberBergKheliletal.2022, author = {Weber, Stefan and Berg, Simeon and Khelil, Abdelmajid and Lehner, Thomas and Chebaane, Ahmed and Bilgin, Berkin and Ramadani, Kreshnik and Doering, Claudia}, title = {Ontology-based Semantic Matching for Technology Transfer}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {3}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.57688/334}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-3342}, pages = {1 -- 9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Recently, Technology Transfer plays a crucial role in transferring knowledge and technologies from academia to the industry and society through a centralized web repository. However, due to the large volume of the data transfer and lack of quality and inconsistency, the search engine may not easily be able to understand the user's interests that lead to insufficient and inappropriate matching results. This article proposes a novel ontology-based semantic web tool for universities to match collaboration requests to the most suitable available competencies. The proposed tool highly automates the matching process for a timely matching results without sacrificing their quality/accuracy.}, subject = {Wissens- und Technologietransfer}, language = {en} } @article{TimingerSchmidtnerReiche2021, author = {Timinger, Holger and Schmidtner, Markus and Reiche, Finn}, title = {Comparison of different Standards and Norms in Project Management}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {2}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.5801844}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-3065}, pages = {1 -- 7}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Successful project management requires the use of process models that meet the requirements of the respective project context. Such process models can be derived from standards and norms in project management. During the 20th century, traditional, plan-based standards and norms were published by various international organizations such as the Project Management Institute or the International Project Management Association. Today, the variety of approaches includes not only the traditional ones, but also agile project management and hybrid combinations. In this paper, important standards and norms are summarized and compared. Strategies in training, professional application and the design of new procedural models can be derived from the results.}, subject = {Projektmanagement}, language = {en} } @article{DoeringSchmidtnerMaerzetal.2020, author = {Doering, Claudia and Schmidtner, Markus and Maerz, Johanna and Mueller, Vanessa and Timinger, Holger}, title = {Agile working during COVID-19 pandemic}, series = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, volume = {2020}, journal = {Research Notes on Data and Process Science}, number = {1}, editor = {Timinger, Holger and Martens, Maren and Khelil, Abdelmajid and Riemenschneider, Mona}, issn = {2702-508X}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.5801219}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-2627}, pages = {1 -- 27}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In this article, we present the results of a recent study, in which the impact of the pandemic on agile working is examined. Based on these results, we derive a scenario of the future of agile working in a post COVID-19 world. The study comprises an online survey in Germany. More than 170 people working in different job positions and from different branches and companies participated. The study reveals that the pandemic has significantly changed the way of working. However, people value the digital tools and find ways for effective and efficient collaboration in distant work environments.}, subject = {Covid-19}, language = {en} } @misc{Stemp2020, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Stemp, Alois}, title = {Erstellung eines Machine Learning Prototyps zur {\"U}berpr{\"u}fung von Projekten auf Zeit- und Budget{\"u}berschreitung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-2232}, school = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut}, pages = {72}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In dieser Arbeit wird die Erstellung eines Machine Learning Prototyps in Python f{\"u}r das Risikomanagement in Projekten vorgestellt.}, subject = {Projektmanagement}, language = {de} } @misc{Aigner2020, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Aigner, Michael}, title = {Analyse und Modellierung von Vorgehensmodellen im Projektmanagement der Automobilbranche}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-1902}, school = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut}, pages = {86}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Das Ziel dieser Masterarbeit ist die Erkl{\"a}rung der Vorgehensweise und die Er{\"o}rterung der Vorteile, sowie der Sinn und Zweck von Prozess-Modellierungen anhand eines Beispielprozesses der Automobilindustrie. Auch die Integration agiler Elemente in Prozessen wird genauer erl{\"a}utert. Die zentralen Fragen sind hierbei, welche Vorgehensmodelle in der Automobilindustrie eingesetzt werden, wie Prozess-Modellierungen umgesetzt und daraus Verbesserungspotentiale erkannt werden k{\"o}nnen, wie sich dadurch langfristige und monet{\"a}re Vorteile erzielen lassen und welche Chancen und Risiken der Einsatz von agilem Vorgehen mit sich bringt. F{\"u}r die Modellierung des Beispielprozesses wurde die Modellierungssprache Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) gew{\"a}hlt. Die Bildung von Varianten des betrachteten Beispielprozesses hat gezeigt, dass die Einbindung agiler Elemente betr{\"a}chtliche Vorteile, sowohl zeitlich als auch monet{\"a}r zur Folge hat.}, subject = {Projektmanagement}, language = {de} } @misc{Becker2019, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Becker, Sabrina}, title = {Konzeption und Implementierung eines Assistenzsystems f{\"u}r Materialflussplanung auf Basis eines adaptiven Prozessmodells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-1788}, school = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut}, pages = {74}, year = {2019}, abstract = {In vielen Unternehmen steht die Modellierung und Ausf{\"u}hrung von Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessen im Fokus, da Gesch{\"a}ftsprozesse den Wert eines Unternehmens abbilden. Aus den Prozessmodellen lassen sich Optimierungspotentiale und Verbesserungen ableiten. Zudem kann durch die Nutzung entsprechender Software die Ausf{\"u}hrung von Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessen durch IT-Systeme unterst{\"u}tzt werden. Gerade bei gr{\"o}ßeren Unternehmen gibt es sehr viele Prozesse, deren Modelle erstellt und laufend gepflegt werden m{\"u}ssen. Oftmals unterscheiden sie sich aber nur in wenigen Prozessschritten, sodass mehrere Varianten eines Prozesses existieren. Deshalb hat sich in der Wissenschaft das Themenfeld der adaptiven Modellierung entwickelt. Dabei werden die Varianten in einem Modell zusammengefasst. Durch die Angabe von Konfigurationstermen und deren Auswertung lassen sich aus dem adaptiven Modell dann wieder einzelne Prozessvarianten extrahieren. Zur Modellierung adaptiver Prozessmodelle und der Generierung von Varianten gibt es bereits eine Softwareunterst{\"u}tzung. Bislang fehlt aber die M{\"o}glichkeit, die Prozessvarianten auch ausf{\"u}hren zu k{\"o}nnen. In dieser Arbeit wurde deshalb untersucht, wie sich eine Softwareunterst{\"u}tzung zur Ausf{\"u}hrung von Prozessvarianten konzipieren und implementieren l{\"a}sst. Das Ergebnis der Arbeit ist eine Webanwendung, mit der zuvor generierte Prozessvarianten {\"u}ber eine Schnittstelle auf einer Workflow-Engine ausgef{\"u}hrt werden k{\"o}nnen. Dabei standen User Tasks im Vordergrund, also die Prozessschritte, bei denen eine Eingabe oder Best{\"a}tigung durch einen Nutzer erforderlich ist. Da die Problematik der Prozessvarianten unter anderem auch in industriellen Betrieben, z.B. bei der Produktion, zu finden ist, wurde ein Prozess aus der Materialflussplanung als Beispiel verwendet. Daf{\"u}r wurde aus einem als EPK vorliegenden Prozess ein adaptives Modell erstellt und daraus mit Hilfe bestehender Software Prozessvarianten generiert, die anschließend in der Webanwendung hochgeladen und ausgef{\"u}hrt wurden.}, subject = {Prozessmanagement}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Berlit2019, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Berlit, Markus}, title = {Konzeption eines Schemas zur Implementierung von DMN in ein BPMS anhand eines {\"A}nderungsmanagement-Gesch{\"a}ftsprozesses}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-1774}, school = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften Landshut}, pages = {80}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Die BPMN ist ein bereits nicht mehr wegzudenkender Standard in der Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessmodellierung. Die relative neue DMN versucht hierf{\"u}r das {\"A}quivalent im Bereich der Entscheidungsmodellierung zu sein. Es bestehen jedoch noch Ungewissheiten welche konkreten Entscheidungen sich hiermit modellieren lassen und wo dies rentabel ist. Das Ziel dieser Forschungsarbeit ist herauszufinden, anhand welcher Kriterien einer Entscheidung diese Beurteilung erfolgen kann. Dies erfolgt mittels einer Orientierung an der Design Science Research Forschungsmethodik und der Zusammenfassung von den Merkmalen in einem Kriterienkatalog. Dieser bietet, in Form einer Entscheidungsmatrix, einen Bewertungsvergleich von unterschiedlich modellierten Entscheidungen, sodass sich f{\"u}r die geeignetste Variante entschieden werden kann. Durch eine Bewertung anhand des Schemas wird gezeigt, dass DMN stets geeigneter f{\"u}r die Modellierung von Entscheidungen ist als BPMN. Die Punktevergabe und Gewichtungen der einzelnen Kriterien erfolgt in dieser Forschungsarbeit allerdings auf subjektiven Einsch{\"a}tzungen, weswegen kein exaktes Ergebnis m{\"o}glich ist. Ungewissheiten {\"u}ber einen etwaigen Umstieg auf DMN lassen sich dennoch reduzieren. Die Kriterien m{\"u}ssen jedoch, f{\"u}r eine genauere Auswertung, einem umfangreicheren und fundierteren Bewertungsrahmen unterliegen}, subject = {Prozessmanagement}, language = {de} }