TY - CHAP A1 - Thelen, Simon A1 - Mauerer, Wolfgang T1 - Predict and Conquer: Navigating Algorithm Trade-Offs with Quantum Design Automation T2 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), 30 August - 05 September 2025, Albuquerque N2 - Combining quantum computers with classical compute power has become a standard means for developing algorithms and heuristics that are, eventually, supposed to beat any purely classical alternatives. While in-principle advantages for solution quality or runtime are expected for increasingly many approaches, substantial challenges remain: Non-functional properties like runtime or solution quality of many suggested approaches are not yet fully understood, and need to be explored empirically. This, in turn, makes it unclear which approach is best suited for a given problem. Accurately predicting behaviour and properties of quantum-classical algorithms opens possibilities for software abstraction layers, which in turn can automate decisionmaking for algorithm selection and parametrisation. While such techniques find frequent use in classical high-performance computing, they are still mostly absent from quantum software toolchains. In this paper, we present a methodology (accompanied by a reproducible reference implementation) to perform algorithm selection based on desirable non-functional requirements. This greatly simplifies decision-making processes for end users. Based on meta-information annotations at the source code level, our framework traces key characteristics of quantum-classical heuristics and algorithms, and uses this information to predict the most suitable approach and its parameters for given computational challenges and their non-functional requirements. As combinatorial optimisation is a very extensively studied aspect of quantumclassical systems, we perform a comprehensive case study based on numerical simulations of algorithmic approaches to implement and validate our ideas. We develop statistical models to quantify the influence of various factors on non-functional properties, and establish predictions for optimal algorithmic choices without manual user effort. We argue that our methodology generalises to problem classes beyond combinatorial optimisation, such as Hamiltonian optimisation, and lays a foundation for integrated software layers for quantum design automation. KW - Design automation KW - Heuristic algorithms KW - Optimization KW - Prediction algorithms KW - Quantum Computing KW - Runtime KW - Software KW - Software algorithms KW - Source coding KW - Standards Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/QCE65121.2025.00071 SP - 591 EP - 602 PB - IEEE CY - Los Alamitos, USA ER - TY - GEN A1 - Terbrack, Hajo A1 - Claus, Thorsten A1 - Herrmann, Frank T1 - An Optimization Model for Production Scheduling with Energy Consumption and Energy-related Emissions T2 - OR 2022, International Conference on Operations Research 2022, September 6-9, 2022, Karlsruhe N2 - Due to the scarcity of resources, rising costs as well as the further need for ecological improvement in industrial production, firms are increasingly motivated to take into account energy consumption in production planning. Associated with this, the consideration of energy-related emissions is becoming an additional point of interest for decisionmakers in both, economic and ecological terms. Based on an extensive systematic literature review, the study at hand presents a multicriterial scheduling problem that addresses tardiness, energy consumption and energy-related emissions in production scheduling. A model is introduced that takes into account job release dates, multiple machine states, a power demand threshold as well as time-varying emission conversion factors. Multiple case studies are analysed and the effects of different technological implementations as energy onsite generation and energy storage systems are evaluated. Furthermore, several price mechanisms regarding energy procurement and emission trading are discussed. Moreover, by coupling the optimization model to a discrete event simulation model, we are able to compare the model results to real case scenarios. First computational experiments have demonstrated that the model and its extensions can effectively reduce the environmental impact associated with production while simultaneously considering corresponding economic objectives. Based on the proposed approach, our research aims on answering the question with which economic trade-offs an ecological improvement in terms of energy consumption and emission output can be achieved in production. KW - Optimization KW - Production Scheduling KW - Energy Consumption Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fuhrmann, Thomas T1 - Course Preparation Time Optimization System for Improved Didactic Outcome T2 - 2022 20th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 07-09 November 2022, Antalya, Turkey N2 - Due to the various demands for lecturers, there is only a limited time to prepare lectures and lab courses. Therefore, it is necessary to invest the time target-oriented for optimal student learning success. A theoretic model is developed to structure course preparation work regarding scientific content, didactic preparation, and course presentation. Model parameters have to be chosen for each course depending on topic complexity, the lecturer’s prior knowledge, and the already available preparation from the prior semesters. With these parameters, a course preparation model for a complete semester is developed. Analytic models for different optimization strategies are introduced according to the overall goal of the lecturer. Numerical optimization is done to find the appropriate course preparation times to reach an optimal course preparation for high student learning success. It is seen that due to the different optimization strategies, the preparation time results vary and no single truth is given. But this optimization system gives hints on how to invest preparation time target-oriented for high student learning success. KW - Higher education KW - Engineering education KW - Course preparation KW - Curriculum development KW - Optimization Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-8908-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET56107.2022.10031642 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Maas, Roland A1 - Thippur, Akshaya A1 - Sehr, Armin A1 - Kellermann, Walter T1 - An uncertainty decoding approach to noise- and reverberation-robust speech recognition T2 - IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 26-31 May 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada : Proceedings N2 - The generic REMOS (REverberation MOdeling for robust Speech recognition) concept is extended in this contribution to cope with additional noise components. REMOS originally embeds an explicit reverberation model into a hiddenMarkov model (HMM) leading to a relaxed conditional independence assumption for the observed feature vectors. During recognition, a nonlinear optimization problem is to be solved in order to adapt the HMMs' output probability density functions to the current reverberation conditions. The extension for additional noise components necessitates a modified numerical solver for the nonlinear optimization problem. We propose an approximation scheme based on continuous piecewise linear regression. Connected-digit recognition experiments demonstrate the potential of REMOS in reverberant and noisy environments. They furthermore reveal that the benefit of an explicit reverberation model, overcoming the conditional independence assumption, increases with increasing signal-to-noise-ratios. KW - Hidden Markov models KW - Reverberation KW - Noise KW - Speech KW - Adaptation models KW - Vectors KW - Optimization Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6639098 SP - 7388 EP - 7392 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tahedl, Michael A1 - Borchsenius, Fredrik A1 - Taras, Andreas T1 - Efficient earthquake simulation of stiff and high DOF bridge expansion joint models with Python T2 - Proceedings of the 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on MULTIBODY DYNAMICS: December 12-15, 2021, Budapest, Hungary N2 - Various types of seismic protection devices has been developed to protect structures like bridges from collapse during an earthquake event, such as hydraulic or metallic hysteresis dampers and spherical pendulum bearings. The expansion joints however, which are already included in most large-span bridges, are not considered as an earthquake protection device regardless of the significant friction forces they produce. These friction forces can be seen as damping forces between the shaking environment and the oscillating bridge. To investigate the effect of those damping forces during different earthquake loads, a multibody dynamics simulation model of the expansion joints will be created. This model should be accurate enough to represent the generation of the damping forces and effects of the geometric setup of the expansion joints. Because large expansion joints for large-span bridges are of special interest, the number of degrees of freedom (DOF) becomes very high. Because this models include stiff bushings, implicit solvers need to be used to gain a stable simulation. Expansion joints are almost unique constructions for every specific bridge, which requires a automated model generation. Because of its excellent modules for numerical mathematics, the scripting language Python is used. To create an efficient simulation model, several optimization techniques such as Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation and parallelization are implemented and tested. KW - Parallelization KW - Optimization KW - Python KW - Earthquake Engineering Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-963-421-870-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3311/ECCOMASMBD2021-196 SP - 172 EP - 183 PB - Budapest University of Technology and Economics CY - Budapest, HU ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sýkora, Miroslav A1 - Diamantidis, Dimitris A1 - Holicky, Milan A1 - Jung, Karel T1 - Target reliability for existing structures considering economic and societal aspects JF - Structure and infrastructure engineering N2 - Specification of target reliability levels is one of the key issues of the assessment of existing structures. ISO 13822:2010 and ISO 2394:2015 indicate procedures for specification of target reliability levels by optimisation of the total cost related to an assumed remaining working life of a structure. These approaches are critically compared with human safety criteria, with target levels based on a marginal life-saving costs principle, and with recommendations of present standards. Optimal target reliability levels are then derived in the representative case study for an existing structural member. It appears that the requirement to reach the same target reliability levels for existing and new structures is uneconomical. Decisions made in the assessment can result in the acceptance of the actual state or in the upgrade of an existing structure. Two reliability levels are thus needed - the minimum level below which the structure is unreliable and should be upgraded, and the target level indicating an optimum upgrade strategy. It is recommended that these levels be established using economic optimisation and the marginal life-saving costs principle, as both the approaches take into account the costs of safety measures and the failure consequences. KW - design KW - Economic optimisation KW - existing structures KW - human safety KW - Life Quality Index KW - Optimization KW - target reliability, *GuI Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2016.1198394 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 181 EP - 194 PB - Taylor&Francis ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sýkora, Miroslav A1 - Holicky, Milan A1 - Diamantidis, Dimitris T1 - Target Reliability for Existing Civil Engineering Systems T2 - 2016 Second International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Life Science and Operations Management (SMRLO), 15-18 Feb. 2016, Beer Sheva, Israel N2 - Specification of the target reliability levels is one of the key issues of the assessment of existing systems. ISO 2394:2015 indicate procedures for specification of the target reliability levels by optimisation of the total cost related to an assumed remaining working life of a structural system. These approaches are critically compared with human safety criteria and with recommendations of present standards. It appears that the requirement on the same target reliability levels for existing civil engineering systems as for newly designed is uneconomical. Decisions in the assessment can result in the acceptance of the actual state or in upgrade of the existing structure, two reliability levels are thus needed - the minimum level below which the structure is unreliable and should be upgraded, and the target level indicating an optimum upgrade strategy. When reliability of a system or its key component is verified (as compared to design of a common component), the target reliability index should be increased by about 0.5. KW - cost optimization KW - Economics KW - existing structural systems KW - human safety KW - ISO Standards KW - Optimization KW - Reliability engineering KW - safety KW - target reliability Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SMRLO.2016.28 SP - 109 EP - 114 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dechant, Eduard A1 - Fedulov, Feodor A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Bandwidth Widening of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beam Arrays by Mass-Tip Tuning for Low-Frequency Vibration Energy Harvesting JF - Applied Science N2 - Wireless sensor networks usually rely on internal permanent or rechargeable batteries as a power supply, causing high maintenance efforts. An alternative solution is to supply the entire system by harvesting the ambient energy, for example, by transducing ambient vibrations into electric energy by virtue of the piezoelectric effect. The purpose of this paper is to present a simple engineering approach for the bandwidth optimization of vibration energy harvesting systems comprising multiple piezoelectric cantilevers (PECs). The frequency tuning of a particular cantilever is achieved by changing the tip mass. It is shown that the bandwidth enhancement by mass tuning is limited and requires several PECs with close resonance frequencies. At a fixed frequency detuning between subsequent PECs, the achievable bandwidth shows a saturation behavior as a function of the number of cantilevers used. Since the resonance frequency of each PEC is different, the output voltages at a particular excitation frequency have different amplitudes and phases. A simple power-transfer circuit where several PECs with an individual full wave bridge rectifier are connected in parallel allows one to extract the electrical power close to the theoretical maximum excluding the diode losses. The experiments performed on two- and three-PEC arrays show reasonable agreement with simulations and demonstrate that this power-transfer circuit additionally influences the frequency dependence of the harvested electrical power. KW - array KW - BAND-PASS FILTERS KW - bandwidth KW - BIMORPH KW - Optimization KW - OUTPUT KW - PERFORMANCE KW - piezoelectric cantilever KW - POWER KW - vibration energy harvesting Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/app7121324 N1 - Corresponding Author: Mikhail Shamonin VL - 7 IS - 12 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sýkora, Miroslav A1 - Markova, Jana A1 - Diamantidis, Dimitris T1 - Bayesian network application for the risk assessment of existing energy production units JF - Reliability Engineering & System Safety N2 - The assessment of existing infrastructures in the energy sector is of great economic significance worldwide. Fossil power stations are reaching their design service life and rational decisions concerning extensions of service life, maintenance and replacements of devices should be based on updated information of the actual conditions of the energy devices and their components, and on cost-benefit analysis using risk analysis and probabilistic optimisation procedures. The contribution provides an integrated framework for probabilistic reliability and risk assessment of existing energy production units considering availability and human safety criteria. An extensive case study focused on risks of an energy production unit in a fossil power station is provided to support practical applications. A Bayesian network is thereby implemented to assess the risks of the selected production unit. Special emphasis is given to the input data consisting of failure rates obtained from recorded data and expert judgements. The influence of uncertainties in the considered performance indicators on the availability of the unit is analysed. It is shown that a reasonably simplified framework can provide a valuable assessment of the influence of individual devices and their components on availability and societal risk, identifying thus the major risk contributors. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Availability KW - Bayesian networks KW - Decision-making KW - design KW - Failure probability KW - FRAMEWORK KW - Optimization KW - Production unit KW - Risk analysis KW - Societal risk KW - SYSTEMS KW - Uncertainties Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.09.006 VL - 169 IS - January SP - 312 EP - 320 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - da Silva Mota, Fabio Antonio A1 - Hinckel, Jose Nivaldo A1 - Rocco, Evandro Marconi A1 - Schlingloff, Hanfried T1 - Trajectory Optimization of Launch Vehicles Using Object-oriented Programming JF - Journal of aerospace technology and management N2 - The aim of this study is to model launch vehicles with focus on 3-DOF trajectory optimization using a modular approach. Despite the large number of operational launch vehicles, they usually consist of basic components and subsystems. In other words, a launch vehicle is an assembly of stages, which in turn is divided into propellant system and engine, and the engine is an assembly of basic components such as pumps, turbines, combustion chamber, and nozzle. To allow future extension and reuse of the codes, a modular structure using object-oriented programming is used. Two formulations of state equations of the trajectory and two optimization methods are described. The launch vehicle performance will be measured by payload mass for a given mission. The simulations of the VLS-1, Ariane 5 and VLS-Alfa were performed and showed good agreement with the literature. KW - Launch vehicle KW - Object-oriented programming KW - Optimization KW - Trajectory Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v10.948 VL - 10 PB - Institute of Aeronautics and Space ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weiß, Martin Georg ED - Lenarcic, Jadran ED - Parenti-Castelli, Vincenzo T1 - Optimal Object Placement Using a Virtual Axis T2 - Advances in Robot Kinematics, ARK 2018 N2 - A basic task in the design of a robotic production cell is the relative placement of robot and workpiece. The fundamental requirement is that the robot can reach all process positions; only then one can think further optimization. Therefore an algorithm that automatically places an object into the workspace is very desirable. However many iterative optimization algorithms cannot guarantee that all intermediate steps are reachable, resulting in complicated procedures. We present a novel approach which extends a robot by a virtual prismatic joint - which measures the distance to the workspace - such that any TCP frames are reachable. This allows higher order nonlinear programming algorithms to be used for placement of an object alone as well as the optimal placement under some differentiable criterion. KW - Inverse kinematics KW - Nonsmooth optimization KW - Optimization KW - Virtual joint KW - Workspace Cartesian tasks Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-319-93187-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93188-3_14 VL - 8 SP - 116 EP - 123 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wostmann, Rene A1 - Schlunder, Philipp A1 - Temme, Fabian A1 - Klinkenberg, Ralf A1 - Kimberger, Josef A1 - Spichtinger, Andrea A1 - Goldhacker, Markus A1 - Deuse, Jochen T1 - Conception of a Reference Architecture for Machine Learning in the Process Industry T2 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data): 10.12.2020 - 13.12.2020 Atlanta, GA, USA N2 - The increasing global competition demands continuous optimization of products and processes from companies in the process industry. Where conventional methods of Lean Management and Six Sigma reach their limits, new opportunities and challenges arise through increasing connectivity in the Industrial Internet of Things and machine learning. The majority of industrial projects do not reach the deployment or are isolated solutions, as the structures for data integration, training, deployment and maintenance of models are not established. This paper presents the conception of a reference architecture for machine learning in the process industry to support companies in implementing their own specific structures. The focus is on the development process and an exemplary implementation in the brewing industry. KW - Big data KW - Companies KW - Industrial Internet of Things KW - Industries KW - Machine learning KW - Optimization KW - process industry KW - Production KW - Reference architecture KW - Six sigma KW - Training Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-1-7281-6251-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9378290 SP - 1726 EP - 1735 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Palomba, Valeria A1 - Nowak, Sebastian A1 - Dawoud, Belal A1 - Frazzica, Andrea T1 - Dynamic modelling of Adsorption systems: a comprehensive calibrated dataset for heat pump and storage applications JF - Journal of energy storage N2 - The growing efforts for the development of clean and efficient energy systems require the use of a multi-disciplinary approach and the integration of multiple generation appliances. Among the fields that can be considered enabling technologies, adsorption systems for air conditioning and thermal energy storages, are constantly increasing their maturity. However, for a proper design and integration of such systems, there is the need for a simulation framework that is reliable and computationally convenient. In the present paper, the implementation of a dynamic model for adsorption systems is presented, which includes different components (adsorber, phase changer, sorption materials) and is structured as a library. Modelica language and the commercial software Dymola (R) are used for the analysis. Data for different heat exchangers and working pairs are calibrated using experimental results and the calibrated model is subsequently used for the design of an adsorber based on a plate heat exchanger for thermal energy storage applications. The results proved that the model is fast and can reproduce experimental results with good accuracy, thus being a useful tool for the design and optimization of the different components of sorption systems. KW - CHILLERS KW - DIFFUSION KW - ETHANOL ADSORPTION KW - Optimization KW - PERFORMANCE KW - SCALE KW - simulation KW - THERMAL-ENERGY STORAGE KW - TRANSFORMATION KW - WATER-ADSORPTION Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102148 VL - 33 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keiner, Dominik A1 - Ram, Manish A1 - Barbosa, Larissa de Souza Noel Simas A1 - Bogdanov, Dmitrii A1 - Breyer, Christian T1 - Cost optimal self-consumption of PV prosumers with stationary batteries, heat pumps, thermal energy storage and electric vehicles across the world up to 2050 JF - Solar Energy N2 - Globally, PV prosumers account for a significant share of the total installed solar PV capacity, which is a growing trend with ever-increasing retail electricity prices. Further propelled by performance improvements of solar PV and innovations that allow for greater consumer choice, with additional benefits such as cost reductions and availability of incentives. PV prosumers may be one of the most important enablers of the energy transition. PV prosumers are set to gain the most by maximising self-consumption, while avoiding large amounts of excess electricity being fed into the grid. Additionally, electricity and heat storage technologies, heat pumps and battery electric vehicles are complementary to achieve the highest possible self-consumption shares for residential PV prosumer systems, which can reach grid-parity within this decade in most regions of the world. This research finds the cost optimal mix of the various complementary technologies such as batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps and thermal heat storage for PV prosumers across the world by exploring 4 different scenarios. Furthermore, the research presents the threshold for economical maximum battery capacity per installed PV capacity, along with self-consumption ratios, demand cover ratios and heat cover ratios for 145 different regions across the world. This is a first of its kind study to conduct a global analysis of PV prosumers with a range of options to meet their complete energy demand from a future perspective, up to 2050. Maximising self-consumption from solar PV generation to meet all energy needs will be the most economical option in the future, for households across most regions of the world. KW - Battery KW - Electric vehicle KW - EMISSIONS KW - Heat pump KW - LIFE-CYCLE COST KW - Optimization KW - Photovoltaics KW - POWER-TO-HEAT KW - Prosumer KW - RESIDENTIAL HEAT KW - SYSTEMS KW - TECHNOLOGIES KW - Thermal energy storage KW - Vehicle-to-home Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.04.081 VL - 185 SP - 406 EP - 423 PB - Elsevier ER -