@misc{AchterbergKochMartin2005, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {MIPLIB 2003}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-8625}, number = {05-28}, year = {2005}, abstract = {This paper reports on the fourth version of the Mixed Integer Programming Library. Since ({\sc miplib}) is to provide a concise set of challenging problems, it became necessary to purge instances that became too easy. We present an overview of the 27 new problems and statistical data for all 60 instances.}, language = {en} } @misc{Koch2003, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Verteilter Dokumenten-Speicher, Erfahrungen mit den Kluwer-Daten des Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortiums}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7726}, number = {03-50}, year = {2003}, abstract = {Dieser Bericht beschreibt die Erfahrungen und Schlussfolgerungen,die im Rahmen der VDS-Vorstudie bei der Speicherung der vom Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium lizenzierten Zeitschriften des Kluwer-Verlages gewonnen wurden.}, language = {de} } @misc{BleyKochWessaely2004, author = {Bley, Andreas and Koch, Thorsten and Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Large-scale hierarchical networks: How to compute an optimal architecture?}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7799}, number = {04-04}, year = {2004}, abstract = {In this article, we present a mathematical model and an algorithm to support one of the central strategic planning decisions of network operators: How to organize a large number of locations into a hierarchical network? We propose a solution approach that is based on mixed-integer programming and Lagrangian relaxation techniques. As major advantage, our approach provides not only solutions but also worst-case quality guarantees. Real-world scenarios with more than 750 locations have been solved within 30 minutes to less than 1\\% off optimality.}, language = {en} } @misc{KochWessaely2004, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Hierarchical Infrastructure Planning in Networks}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-8174}, number = {04-42}, year = {2004}, abstract = {In this article, strategical infrastructure planning problems in the design of large-scale telecommunication networks are discussed based on experiences from three projects with industrial partners: The access network planning of the German Gigabit-Wissenschaftsnetz (G-WiN) for DFN (Verein zur F{\"o}rderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e.V.), the mobile network switching center location planning project for E-Plus Mobilfunk, and the fixed network switching center location planning project for TELEKOM AUSTRIA. We introduce a mathematical model for a hierarchical multi-commodity capacitated facility location problem, present adaptions of this basic model to the specific requirements within the different projects and discuss the individual peculiarities and model decisions made. Eventually, we present and discuss computational results of three associated case studies, illustrating '"how we did the job`` with mathematical methods.}, language = {en} } @misc{FroylandKochMegowetal.2006, author = {Froyland, Gary and Koch, Thorsten and Megow, Nicole and Duane, Emily and Wren, Howard}, title = {Optimizing the Landside Operation of a Container Terminal}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9004}, number = {06-06}, year = {2006}, abstract = {This paper concerns the problem of operating a landside container exchange area that is serviced by multiple semi-automated rail mounted gantry cranes (RMGs) that are moving on a single bi-directional traveling lane. Such a facility is being built by Patrick Corporation at the Port Botany terminal in Sydney. The gantry cranes are a scarce resource and handle the bulk of container movements. Thus, they require a sophisticated analysis to achieve near optimal utilization. We present a three stage algorithm to manage the container exchange facility, including the scheduling of cranes, the control of associated short-term container stacking, and the allocation of delivery locations for trucks and other container transporters. The key components of our approach are a time scale decomposition, whereby an integer program controls decisions across a long time horizon to produce a balanced plan that is fed to a series of short time scale online subproblems, and a highly efficient space-time divisioning of short term storage areas. A computational evaluation shows that our heuristic can find effective solutions for the planning problem; on real-world data it yields a solution at most~8\\% above a lower bound on optimal RMG utilization.}, language = {en} } @misc{Koch2005, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Rapid Mathematical Programming or How to Solve Sudoku Puzzles in a few Seconds}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-8845}, number = {05-51}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Using the popular puzzle game of Sudoku, this article highlights some of the ideas and topics covered in ZR-04-58.}, language = {en} } @misc{AchterbergGroetschelKoch2006, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Gr{\"o}tschel, Martin and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Software for Teaching Modeling of Integer Programming Problems}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9176}, number = {06-23}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Modern applications of mathematical programming must take into account a multitude of technical details, business demands, and legal requirements. Teaching the mathematical modeling of such issues and their interrelations requires real-world examples that are well beyond the toy sizes that can be tackled with the student editions of most commercial software packages. We present a new tool, which is freely available for academic use including complete source code. It consists of an algebraic modeling language and a linear mixed integer programming solver. The performance and features of the tool are in the range of current state-of-the-art commercial tools, though not in all aspects as good as the best ones. Our tool does allow the execution and analysis of large real-world instances in the classroom and can therefore enhance the teaching of problem solving issues. Teaching experience has been gathered and practical usability was tested in classes at several universities and a two week intensive block course at TU Berlin. The feedback from students and teachers has been very positive.}, language = {en} } @misc{KochCeynowaSoellneretal.2018, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Ceynowa, Klaus and S{\"o}llner, Konstanze and Christof, J{\"u}rgen and Bertelmann, Roland}, title = {DeepGreen - Open Access Transformation Etablierung und Weiterentwicklung rechtssicherer Workflows zur effizienten Umsetzung von Open-Access-Komponenten in Lizenzvereinbarungen f{\"u}r wissenschaftliche Publikationen}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.12752/3.dg.6961}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-69612}, pages = {17}, year = {2018}, abstract = {F{\"u}r den geforderten - und von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gef{\"o}rderten - Open-Access-Transformationsprozess der deutschen, wissenschaftlichen Publikationslandschaft braucht es neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wissenschaft und Verlagen. Bereits seit 2011 wurden mit Unterst{\"u}tzung seitens der DFG in Deutschland die sogenannten Allianz-Lizenzen zwischen Bibliotheken und Verlagen verhandelt, in denen weitreichende Rechte hinsichtlich der Open-Access-Archivierung verankert sind: Autorinnen und Autoren aber auch die sie vertretenden Einrichtungen d{\"u}rfen Artikel, die in lizenzierten Zeitschriften erschienen sind, ohne oder mit nur kurzer Embargofrist in geeigneten Repositorien ihrer Wahl frei zug{\"a}nglich machen. Aufbauend auf diese Open-Access-Komponenten zeigt das DFG-gef{\"o}rderte Projekt „DeepGreen" ein m{\"o}gliches neues Modell der Zusammenarbeit mit Verlagen auf: DeepGreen setzt auf die automatisierte Verteilung von Artikeldaten von Verlagen an Repositorien und will disziplin{\"u}bergreifend einen Großteil jener wissenschaftlichen Publikationen aus Fachzeitschriften, die unter lizenzrechtlichen Kontexten frei zug{\"a}nglich online gehen d{\"u}rften, auch tats{\"a}chlich online abrufbar machen. Erprobte DeepGreen von 2016 bis Ende 2017 prototypisch die Machbarkeit der Zielstellung, will das Projekt in der zweiten Projektphase (2018-2020) den (m{\"o}glichst stark) automatisierten Workflow gemeinsam mit Verlagen, berechtigten Bibliotheken und anderen Einrichtungen etablieren. Technischer Baustein ist eine zentrale, intermedi{\"a}re Datenverteilstation, die die automatische und rechtssichere Ablieferung von Metadaten inklusive der Volltexte aus Verlagshand direkt an dazu berechtigte institutionelle Repositorien gew{\"a}hrleistet. Erreicht werden soll ein bundesweiter Service, der auf verbindlichen Absprachen mit Verlagen und Bibliotheken fußt und (zun{\"a}chst) die Bedingungen der Allianz-Lizenzen umsetzt. Gleichzeitig wird die {\"U}bertragbarkeit des DeepGreen-Ansatzes auf weitere Lizenzkontexte (FID-Lizenzen, Konsortiallizenzen, Gold-Open-Access-Vereinbarungen) gepr{\"u}ft. Eine zus{\"a}tzliche Ausbaustufe stellt die {\"U}berlegung zur automatisierten Ablieferung an Fachrepositorien und Forschungsinformationssysteme dar, die ebenfalls geplant wird. Das nationale Projektkonsortium besteht aus den zwei Bibliotheksverb{\"u}nden Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV) und Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB), zwei Universit{\"a}tsbibliotheken, der Friedrich-Alexander-Universit{\"a}t Erlangen-N{\"u}rnberg (FAU) und der Technische Universit{\"a}t Berlin (TU Berlin), zus{\"a}tzlich der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (BSB) und einer außeruniversit{\"a}ren Forschungseinrichtung - dem Helmholtz Open Science Koordinationsb{\"u}ro am Deutschen GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ). Das Folgeprojekt beginnt am 01. August 2018. Hier vorliegend finden Sie den Projektantrag zum Nachlesen.}, language = {de} } @article{AchterbergKochMartin2006, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {MIPLIB 2003}, volume = {34}, journal = {Operations Research Letters}, number = {4}, publisher = {Elsevier / North-Holland}, doi = {10.1016/j.orl.2005.07.009}, pages = {361 -- 372}, year = {2006}, language = {en} } @article{KaibelKoch2006, author = {Kaibel, Volker and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Mathematik f{\"u}r den Volkssport}, volume = {14}, journal = {Mitteilungen der DMV}, number = {2}, pages = {93 -- 96}, year = {2006}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Koch2006, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Rapid Mathematical Programming or How to Solve Sudoku Puzzles in a few Seconds}, booktitle = {Operations Research Proceedings 2005}, editor = {Haasis, Hans-Dietrich and Kopfer, Herbert and Sch{\"o}nberger, J{\"o}rn}, pages = {21 -- 26}, year = {2006}, language = {en} } @article{FroylandKochMegowetal.2008, author = {Froyland, Gary and Koch, Thorsten and Megow, Nicole and Duane, Emily and Wren, Howard}, title = {Optimizing the Landside Operation of a Container Terminal}, volume = {30}, journal = {OR Spectrum}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s00291-007-0082-7}, pages = {53 -- 75}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AchterbergHeinzKoch2008, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Heinz, Stefan and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Counting Solutions of Integer Programs Using Unrestricted Subtree Detection}, volume = {5015}, booktitle = {Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, 5th International Conference, CPAIOR 2008}, editor = {Perron, Laurent and Trick, Michael}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {278 -- 282}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @article{CookKoch2008, author = {Cook, William and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Mathematical Programming Computation: A New MPS Journal}, journal = {Optima}, number = {78}, publisher = {Mathematical Programming Society \& University of Florida}, pages = {1,7 -- 8,11}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @techreport{EisenblaetterGeerdesKochetal.2003, author = {Eisenbl{\"a}tter, Andreas and Geerdes, Hans-Florian and Koch, Thorsten and T{\"u}rke, Ulrich}, title = {Describing UMTS Radio Networks using XML}, publisher = {MOMENTUM}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @techreport{EisenblaetterGeerdesKochetal.2003, author = {Eisenbl{\"a}tter, Andreas and Geerdes, Hans-Florian and Koch, Thorsten and T{\"u}rke, Ulrich}, title = {MOMENTUM Public Planning Scenarios and their XML Format}, number = {TD(03) 167}, publisher = {COST 273}, address = {Prague, Czech Republic}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @article{RosenbergAgarwalaBouffardetal.2002, author = {Rosenberg, Marjorie and Agarwala, Richa and Bouffard, Gerard and Davis, Joie and Fiermonte, Giuseppe and Hilliard, Mark and Koch, Thorsten and Kalikin, Linda and Makalowska, Izabela and Morton, D. and Petty, Elizabeth and Weber, James and Palmieri, Ferdinando and Kelley, Richard and Sch{\"a}ffer, Alejandro and Biesecker, Leslie}, title = {Mutant deoxynucleotide carrier DNC is associated with congenital microcephaly}, volume = {32}, journal = {Nature Genetics}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1038/ng948}, pages = {175 -- 179}, year = {2002}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{EisenblaetterKochMartinetal.2003, author = {Eisenbl{\"a}tter, Andreas and Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander and Achterberg, Tobias and F{\"u}genschuh, Armin and Koster, Arie M.C.A. and Wegel, Oliver and Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Modelling Feasible Network Configurations for UMTS}, booktitle = {Telecommunications Network Design and Management}, editor = {Anandalingam, G. and Raghavan, S.}, publisher = {Kluver}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @article{Koch2004, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {The final NETLIB-LP results}, volume = {32}, journal = {Operations Research Letters}, number = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier / North-Holland}, doi = {10.1016/S0167-6377(03)00094-4}, pages = {138 -- 142}, year = {2004}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{EisenblaetterFuegenschuhGeerdesetal.2003, author = {Eisenbl{\"a}tter, Andreas and F{\"u}genschuh, Armin and Geerdes, Hans-Florian and Junglas, Daniel and Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {Optimisation Methods for UMTS Radio Network Planning}, booktitle = {Operation Research Proceedings 2003}, editor = {Ahr, Dino and Fahrion, Roland and Oswald, Marcus and Reinelt, Gerhard}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-17022-5_5}, pages = {31 -- 38}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BleyKochWessaely2004, author = {Bley, Andreas and Koch, Thorsten and Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Large-Scale hierarchical networks: How to compute an optimal architecture?}, booktitle = {Networks 2004}, editor = {Kaindl, H.}, publisher = {VDE Verlag}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {3-8007-2840-0}, pages = {429 -- 434}, year = {2004}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KochWessaely2004, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Wess{\"a}ly, Roland}, title = {Hierarchical Infrastructure Planning in Networks}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research, 9. October 2004, Berlin}, editor = {Elmer, Carl-Friedrich and von Hirschhausen, Christian}, year = {2004}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Koch2004, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Rapid Mathematical Programming}, year = {2004}, language = {en} } @article{AchterbergKochMartin2005, author = {Achterberg, Tobias and Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {Branching Rules Revisited}, volume = {33}, journal = {Operations Research Letters}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier / North-Holland}, doi = {10.1016/j.orl.2004.04.002}, pages = {42 -- 54}, year = {2005}, language = {en} } @article{Koch2006, author = {Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Mathematische Programmierung auf der {\"U}berholspur}, journal = {OR News}, number = {26}, pages = {36 -- 37}, year = {2006}, language = {en} } @article{KochMartin1998, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {Solving Steiner tree problems in graphs to optimality}, volume = {32}, journal = {Networks}, doi = {10.1002/(SICI)1097-0037(199810)32:3\%3C207::AID-NET5\%3E3.0.CO;2-O}, pages = {207 -- 232}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @article{JohnstonKelleyCrawfordetal.2000, author = {Johnston, Jennifer and Kelley, Richard and Crawford, Thomas and Morton, D. and Agarwala, Richa and Koch, Thorsten and Sch{\"a}ffer, Alejandro and Francomano, Clair and Biesecker, Leslie}, title = {A novel nemaline myopathy in the Amish caused by a mutation in troponin T1}, volume = {67}, journal = {American Journal of Human Genetics}, pages = {814 -- 821}, year = {2000}, language = {en} } @incollection{KochMartinVoss2001, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander and Voß, Stefan}, title = {SteinLib: An Updated Library on Steiner Tree Problems in Graphs}, booktitle = {Steiner Trees in Industry}, editor = {Du, D.-Z. and Cheng, X.}, publisher = {Kluwer}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4613-0255-1_9}, pages = {285 -- 325}, year = {2001}, language = {en} } @article{AlbrechtCeynowaDegkwitzetal.2013, author = {Albrecht, Rita and Ceynowa, Klaus and Degkwitz, Andreas and Kende, Jiri and Koch, Thorsten and Messmer, Gabriele and Risch, Uwe and Rusch, Beate and Scheuerl, Robert and Voß, Michael}, title = {Cloudbasierte Infrastruktur f{\"u}r Bibliotheksdaten - auf dem Weg zu einer Neuordnung der deutschen Verbundlandschaft}, volume = {37}, journal = {Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1515/bfp-2013-0044}, pages = {279 -- 287}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Im Oktober 2012 hatte die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ein F{\"o}rderprogramm zur Neuausrichtung {\"u}berregionaler Informationsservices ausgeschrieben, um eine umfassende Reorganisation bestehender Infrastrukturen anzustoßen, die mit den Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrates zur Zukunft der bibliothekarischen Verbundsysteme in Deutschland gefordert wurde. Im Themenfeld „Bibliotheksdateninfrastruktur und Lokale Systeme" der DFG-Ausschreibung wurde das vom Hessischen Bibliotheksinformationssystem (HeBIS), vom Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (BVB) und vom Kooperativen Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV) beantragte Vorhaben „Cloudbasierte Infrastruktur f{\"u}r Bibliotheksdaten" (CIB) bewilligt. Das Projekt zielt auf die {\"U}berf{\"u}hrung bibliothekarischer Workflows und Dienste in cloudbasierte Arbeitsumgebungen und die sukzessive Abl{\"o}sung traditioneller Verbund- und Lokalsysteme durch internationale Systemplattformen. Zu den Arbeitspaketen des Vorhabens geh{\"o}rt u. a. die Einbindung von Norm- und Fremddatenangeboten und von weiteren Services in diese Plattformen.}, language = {de} } @misc{BeckerBertelmannCeynowaetal.2016, author = {Becker, Pascal-Nicolas and Bertelmann, Roland and Ceynowa, Klaus and Christof, J{\"u}rgen and Dierkes, Thomas and Goltz-Fellgiebel, Julia Alexandra and Groß, Matthias and Heidrich, Regina and H{\"o}hnow, Tobias and Kassube, Michael and Koch, Thorsten and Kuberek, Monika and Landes, Lilian and Pampel, Heinz and Putnings, Markus and Rusch, Beate and Sch{\"a}ffler, Hildegard and Schobert, Dagmar and Schwab, Oliver and Schwidder, Jens and S{\"o}llner, Konstanze and Stoyanova, Tonka and Vierkant, Paul}, title = {Questionnaire for effective exchange of bibliographic metadata - current status of publishing houses}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-60419}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The project DeepGreen aims to realise better usage of green open access publication rights with regard to Alliance Licenses in Germany (https://www.nationallizenzen.de/open-access). Together with publishers who offer Alliance Licenses and authorized libraries, the project group intends to develop a prototype of a nearly fully automated workflow that covers the delivery of data from the publishers, including the article full texts, as well as the process of loading data into the institutional repositories of licensees. Further information about the project can be found within ZIB-Report 15-58, urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-56799. In order to become acquainted with publishers' processes for exchanging documents and metadata, the project group developed a questionnaire for an online survey. The publishing of this questionnaire is intended to demonstrate relevant aspects of the issue (e. g. methods of data exchange, protocols and interfaces) and to foster reuse of valuable questionnaire elements. The XML-file can be reused as a template, the PDF-file reproduces the original survey layout.}, subject = {Open Access}, language = {en} } @misc{BeckerBertelmannCeynowaetal.2016, author = {Becker, Pascal-Nicolas and Bertelmann, Roland and Ceynowa, Klaus and Christof, J{\"u}rgen and Dierkes, Thomas and Goltz-Fellgiebel, Julia Alexandra and Groß, Matthias and Heidrich, Regina and H{\"o}hnow, Tobias and Kassube, Michael and Koch, Thorsten and Kuberek, Monika and Landes, Lilian and Pampel, Heinz and Putnings, Markus and Rusch, Beate and Sch{\"a}ffler, Hildegard and Schobert, Dagmar and Schwab, Oliver and Schwidder, Jens and S{\"o}llner, Konstanze and Stoyanova, Tonka and Vierkant, Paul}, title = {DeepGreen - Metadata Schema for the exchange of publications between publishers and open access repositories. Version 1.1. June 2016}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.12752/3.dg.1.0}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-59580}, year = {2016}, abstract = {In 2011, important priorities were set to realize green publications in the open access movement in Germany. With financial support from the German Research Foundation (DFG), libraries negotiated Alliance licenses with publishers that guarantee extensive open access rights. Authors of institutions, that have therewith access to licensed journals, can freely publish their articles immediately or after a short embargo period in a repository of their choice. However, authors hesitantly use these open access rights. Also libraries - as managers of institutional and subject based repositories and thus legitimated representatives for the authors - only rarely make use of these rights. The aim of DeepGreen is to make the majority of those publications available online. Together with publishers of the Alliance licenses, the project consortium wants to develop a nearly fully automated workflow that covers both the delivery of data, including the full texts, of the publishers, as well as the data transformation to the necessary import formats and the loading process into the repositories. An intermediate "publication router" will serve as a distribution platform. The DeepGreen metadata schema contains metadata properties describing a wide range of deliverable bibliographic metadata from the Alliance license publishers (most common standards are JATS and CrossRef XML) as well as its compliance with technical, quality and metadata standards of the repositories. The schema includes required metadata elements and optional properties providing additional information.The metadata schema is aligned to the OCLC repository best practices ("Best Practices for CONTENTdm and other OAI-PMH compliant repositories: creating sharable metadata", URL: http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/wcdigitalcollectiongateway/MetadataBestPractices.pdf). The current version of the schema is subject to changes as the functional requirements and workflow practices are evolving during the project experiences and prototype production.}, language = {en} } @misc{AustConradRempelDegkwitzetal.2015, author = {Aust, Sonja and Conrad-Rempel, Steffi and Degkwitz, Andreas and Golz, Bettina and Hasler, Tim and Heiss, Alexandra and Keidel, Petra and Koch, Thorsten and Kuberek, Monika and Lill, Monika and Lohrum, Stefan and M{\"u}ller, Anja and Peters-Kottig, Wolfgang and Quitzsch, Nicole and Rusch, Beate and Schwidder, Jens and Sischke, Gabriele and Stanek, Ursula and Taylor, Viola and Weihe, Signe and Wyrwol, Christiane and Happel, Hans-Gerd}, title = {KOBV Jahresbericht 2013-2014}, volume = {2013-2014}, number = {2013-2014}, organization = {Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV)}, issn = {0934-5892}, pages = {1 -- 56}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Der KOBV-Jahresbericht informiert r{\"u}ckblickend im 2-Jahres-Rhythmus {\"u}ber die bibliothekarisch-fachlichen Entwicklungen im Verbund und die Projekte des Kooperativen Bibliotheksverbunds Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV).}, language = {de} } @misc{ChristofConradRempelDegkwitzetal.2017, author = {Christof, J{\"u}rgen and Conrad-Rempel, Steffi and Degkwitz, Andreas and Goltz-Fellgiebel, Julia Alexandra and Happel, Hans-Gerd and Hasler, Tim and Heiss, Alexandra and Kaminsky, Uta and Kant, Oliver and Kende, Jiř{\´i} and Koch, Thorsten and Kuberek, Monika and Lohrum, Stefan and M{\"u}ller, Anja and Mutter, Moritz and Peters-Kottig, Wolfgang and Quitzsch, Nicole and Rusch, Beate and Schwidder, Jens and Stanek, Ursula and Weihe, Signe and Zeyns, Andrea}, title = {KOBV Jahresbericht 2015-2016}, volume = {2015-2016}, number = {2015-2016}, organization = {Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV)}, issn = {0934-5892}, pages = {1 -- 64}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Der KOBV-Jahresbericht informiert r{\"u}ckblickend im 2-Jahres-Rhythmus {\"u}ber die bibliothekarisch-fachlichen Entwicklungen im Verbund und die Projekte des Kooperativen Bibliotheksverbunds Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV).}, language = {de} } @misc{BehrensBertelmannBoltzeetal.2019, author = {Behrens, Kathrin and Bertelmann, Roland and Boltze, Julia and Ceynowa, Klaus and Christof, J{\"u}rgen and Dierkes, Thomas and Goltz-Fellgiebel, Julia Alexandra and Groß, Matthias and Hammerl, Michaela and Haoua, Marsa and Heermann, Petra and Hoffmann, Cornelia and H{\"o}hnow, Tobias and Koch, Thorsten and Kuberek, Monika and Pampel, Heinz and Putnings, Markus and Rusch, Beate and Sch{\"a}ffler, Hildegard and Schwidder, Jens and S{\"o}llner, Konstanze and Staub, Hedda and Wannick, Eike}, title = {DeepGreen - Open Access Transformation: Eine Handreichung f{\"u}r institutionelle Repositorien}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.12752/7443}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-74438}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Mit dem DFG-gef{\"o}rderten Projekt DeepGreen soll eine automatisierte, rechtssichere L{\"o}sung entwickelt werden, um Artikeldaten von wissenschaftlichen Verlagen abzuholen und anschließend, nach Ablauf etwaiger lizenzrechtlicher Embargofristen, an berechtigte Repositorien zu verteilen und somit in den Open Access zu {\"u}berf{\"u}hren. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf den DFG-gef{\"o}rderten und {\"u}berregional verhandelten Allianz-Lizenzen, mit spezieller Open-Access-Komponente. Die vorliegende Handreichung richtet sich speziell an die Betreiber institutioneller Repositorien und stellt Empfehlungen und einen Workflow bereit, um eine erfolgreiche Ver{\"o}ffentlichung, der durch die DeepGreen-Datendrehscheibe zugeordneten Artikel, zu erm{\"o}glichen. Die Handreichung basiert auf den bisherigen Erfahrungen der DeepGreen-Projektbeteiligten.}, language = {de} } @misc{KochMartin1996, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Martin, Alexander}, title = {Solving Steiner Tree Problems in Graphs to Optimality}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-2526}, number = {SC-96-42}, year = {1996}, abstract = {In this paper we present the implementation of a branch-and-cut algorithm for solving Steiner tree problems in graphs. Our algorithm is based on an integer programming formulation for directed graphs and comprises preprocessing, separation algorithms and primal heuristics. We are able to solve all problem instances discussed in literature to optimality, including one to our knowledge not yet solved problem. We also report on our computational experiences with some very large Steiner tree problems arising from the design of electronic circuits. All test problems are gathered in a newly introduced library called {\em SteinLib} that is accessible via World Wide Web.}, language = {en} } @misc{PedersenLindnerRehfeldtetal.2025, author = {Pedersen, Jaap and Lindner, Niels and Rehfeldt, Daniel and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Comparing Branching Rules for the Quota Steiner Tree Problem with Interference}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-101250}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Branching decisions play a crucial role in branch-and-bound algorithms for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we investigate several branching rules applied to the Quota Steiner Tree Problem with Interference (QSTPI). The Quota Steiner Tree Problem (QSTP) generalizes the classical Steiner Tree Problem (STP) in graphs by seeking a minimum-cost tree that connects a subset of profit-associated vertices to meet a given quota. The extended version, QSTPI, introduces interference among vertices: Selecting certain vertices simultaneously reduces their individual contributions to the overall profit. This problem arises, for example, in positioning and connecting wind turbines, where turbines possibly shadow other turbines, reducing their energy yield. While exact solvers for standard STP-related problems often rely heavily on reduction techniques and cutting-plane methods - rarely generating large branch-and-bound trees - experiments reveal that large instances of QSTPI require significantly more branching to compute provably optimal solutions. In contrast to branching on variables, we utilize the combinatorial structure of the QSTPI by branching on the graph's vertices. We adapt classical and problem-specific branching rules and present a comprehensive computational study comparing the effectiveness of these branching strategies.}, language = {en} } @misc{KempkeKoch2025, author = {Kempke, Nils-Christian and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {A GPU accelerated variant of Schroeppel-Shamir's algorithm for solving the market split problem}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-100554}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The market split problem (MSP), introduced by Cornu{\´e}jols and Dawande (1998), is a challenging binary optimization problem that performs poorly on state-of-the-art linear programming-based branch-and-cut solvers. We present a novel algorithm for solving the feasibility version of this problem, derived from Schroeppel-Shamir's algorithm for the one-dimensional subset sum problem. Our approach is based on exhaustively enumerating one-dimensional solutions of MSP and utilizing GPUs to evaluate candidate solutions across the entire problem. The resulting hybrid CPU-GPU implementation efficiently solves instances with up to 10 constraints and 90 variables. We demonstrate the algorithm's performance on benchmark problems, solving instances of size (9, 80) in less than fifteen minutes and (10, 90) in up to one day.}, language = {en} } @article{KochBernalNeiraChenetal.2025, author = {Koch, Thorsten and Bernal Neira, David E. and Chen, Ying and Cortiana, Giorgio and Egger, Daniel J. and Heese, Raoul and Hegade, Narendra N. and Gomez Cadavid, Alejandro and Huang, Rhea and Itoko, Toshinari and Kleinert, Thomas and Maciel Xavier, Pedro and Mohseni, Naeimeh and Montanez-Barrera, Jhon A. and Nakano, Koji and Nannicini, Giacomo and O'Meara, Corey and Pauckert, Justin and Proissl, Manuel and Ramesh, Anurag and Schicker, Maximilian and Shimada, Noriaki and Takeori, Mitsuharu and Valls, Victor and Van Bulck, David and Woerner, Stefan and Zoufal, Christa}, title = {Quantum Optimization Benchmark Library -- The Intractable Decathlon}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03832}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Through recent progress in hardware development, quantum computers have advanced to the point where benchmarking of (heuristic) quantum algorithms at scale is within reach. Particularly in combinatorial optimization -- where most algorithms are heuristics -- it is key to empirically analyze their performance on hardware and track progress towards quantum advantage. To this extent, we present ten optimization problem classes that are difficult for existing classical algorithms and can (mostly) be linked to practically-relevant applications, with the goal to enable systematic, fair, and comparable benchmarks for quantum optimization methods. Further, we introduce the Quantum Optimization Benchmark Library (QOBLIB) where the problem instances and solution track records can be found. The individual properties of the problem classes vary in terms of objective and variable type, coefficient ranges, and density. Crucially, they all become challenging for established classical methods already at system sizes ranging from less than 100 to, at most, an order of 100,000 decision variables, allowing to approach them with today's quantum computers. We reference the results from state-of-the-art solvers for instances from all problem classes and demonstrate exemplary baseline results obtained with quantum solvers for selected problems. The baseline results illustrate a standardized form to present benchmarking solutions, which has been designed to ensure comparability of the used methods, reproducibility of the respective results, and trackability of algorithmic and hardware improvements over time. We encourage the optimization community to explore the performance of available classical or quantum algorithms and hardware platforms with the benchmarking problem instances presented in this work toward demonstrating quantum advantage in optimization.}, language = {en} } @misc{RiedmuellerZittelKoch2025, author = {Riedm{\"u}ller, Stephanie and Zittel, Janina and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Warm-starting Strategies in Scalarization Methods for Multi-Objective Optimization}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-101073}, year = {2025}, abstract = {We explore how warm-starting strategies can be integrated into scalarization-based approaches for multi-objective optimization in (mixed) integer linear programming. Scalarization methods remain widely used classical techniques to compute Pareto-optimal solutions in applied settings. They are favored due to their algorithmic simplicity and broad applicability across continuous and integer programs with an arbitrary number of objectives. While warm-starting has been applied in this context before, a systematic methodology and analysis remain lacking. We address this gap by providing a theoretical characterization of warm-starting within scalarization methods, focusing on the sequencing of subproblems. However, optimizing the order of subproblems to maximize warm-start efficiency may conflict with alternative criteria, such as early identification of infeasible regions. We quantify these trade-offs through an extensive computational study.}, language = {en} } @incollection{GotzesBuchholzKallrathetal.2025, author = {Gotzes, Uwe and Buchholz, Annika and Kallrath, Josef and Lindner, Niels and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Flexible Pooling Pattern Design with Integer Programming}, volume = {226}, booktitle = {Theory, Algorithms and Experiments in Applied Optimization. In Honor of the 70th Birthday of Panos Pardalos}, publisher = {Springer}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Sample pooling has the potential to significantly enhance large-scale screening procedures, especially in scenarios like the COVID-19 pandemic, where rapid and widespread PCR testing has been crucial. Efficient strategies are essential to increase the testing capacity, i.e., the number of tests that can be processed within a given timeframe. Non-adaptive pooling strategies can further streamline the testing process by reducing the required testing rounds. In contrast to adaptive strategies, where subsequent tests depend on prior results, non-adaptive pooling processes all samples in a single round, eliminating the need for sequential retesting and reducing delays. This paper presents a highly flexible method based on integer programming to design optimized pooling patterns suitable for various applications, including medical diagnostics and quality control in industrial production. Using coronavirus testing as a case study, we formulate and solve optimization and satisfiability models that compute efficient pool designs. Our optimized pooling does not only increase testing capacity, but also accelerates the testing process and reduces overall costs. The proposed method is adaptable and can be seamlessly integrated into automated testing systems.}, language = {en} } @article{ZhouChenPengetal.2025, author = {Zhou, Lei and Chen, Ying and Peng, Hanqiu and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Is innovation slowing down? Insights from the AIMS framework of patent values}, volume = {280}, journal = {Expert Systems with Applications}, doi = {10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127355}, pages = {127355}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Amidst the unprecedented expansion of scientific and technological knowledge over the past century, concerns persist regarding a slowdown in innovation. To address this, we introduce the AIMS framework, which categorizes patents into four types—Aurora, Invisible, Mirage, and Success—based on their respective inherent scientific values and market-recognized economic values. Utilizing USPTO patent and citation data from 1976 to 2022, our analysis reveals an increasing volume of patent issuances but a concerning dilution in scientific quality starting in the 2000s. This trend is primarily attributed to the rise of low scientific value patents—categorized as Mirage and Invisible—and a modest decline in high-impact scientific patents—categorized as Success and Aurora. Meanwhile, the economic value of patents has risen, especially noted with the growth in Mirage patents since the 2010s, indicating a shift towards strategies that prioritize market-driven patenting. This study highlights the evolving nature of patents from mere indicators of scientific innovation to strategic tools for market dominance, providing an alternative understanding of patent value and its implications for firms' strategic decisions over patent issuance across different sectors.}, language = {en} } @article{RiedmuellerKoch2025, author = {Riedm{\"u}ller, Stephanie and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Exact Objective Space Contraction for the Preprocessing of Multi-objective Integer Programs}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01535}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Solving integer optimization problems with large or widely ranged objective coefficients can lead to numerical instability and increased runtimes. When the problem also involves multiple objectives, the impact of the objective coefficients on runtimes and numerical issues multiplies. We address this issue by transforming the coefficients of linear objective functions into smaller integer coefficients. To the best of our knowledge, this problem has not been defined before. Next to a straightforward scaling heuristic, we introduce a novel exact transformation approach for the preprocessing of multi-objective binary problems. In this exact approach, the large or widely ranged integer objective coefficients are transformed into the minimal integer objective coefficients that preserve the dominance relation of the points in the objective space. The transformation problem is solved with an integer programming formulation with an exponential number of constraints. We present a cutting-plane algorithm that can efficiently handle the problem size. In a first computational study, we analyze how often and in which settings the transformation actually leads to smaller coefficients. In a second study, we evaluate how the exact transformation and a typical scaling heuristic, when used as preprocessing, affect the runtime and numerical stability of the Defining Point Algorithm.}, language = {en} } @article{ChenKochPengetal.2025, author = {Chen, Ying and Koch, Thorsten and Peng, Hanqui and Zhang, Hongrui}, title = {Benchmarking of Quantum and Classical Computing in Large-Scale Dynamic Portfolio Optimization Under Market Frictions}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05226}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Quantum computing is poised to transform the financial industry, yet its advantages over traditional methods have not been evidenced. As this technology rapidly evolves, benchmarking is essential to fairly evaluate and compare different computational strategies. This study presents a challenging yet solvable problem of large-scale dynamic portfolio optimization under realistic market conditions with frictions. We frame this issue as a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problem, compatible with digital computing and ready for quantum computing, to establish a reliable benchmark. By applying the latest solvers to real data, we release benchmarks that help verify true advancements in dynamic trading strategies, either quantum or digital computing, ensuring that reported improvements in portfolio optimization are based on robust, transparent, and comparable metrics.}, language = {en} } @misc{GamrathAndersonBestuzhevaetal.2020, author = {Gamrath, Gerald and Anderson, Daniel and Bestuzheva, Ksenia and Chen, Wei-Kun and Eifler, Leon and Gasse, Maxime and Gemander, Patrick and Gleixner, Ambros and Gottwald, Leona and Halbig, Katrin and Hendel, Gregor and Hojny, Christopher and Koch, Thorsten and Le Bodic, Pierre and Maher, Stephen J. and Matter, Frederic and Miltenberger, Matthias and M{\"u}hmer, Erik and M{\"u}ller, Benjamin and Pfetsch, Marc and Schl{\"o}sser, Franziska and Serrano, Felipe and Shinano, Yuji and Tawfik, Christine and Vigerske, Stefan and Wegscheider, Fabian and Weninger, Dieter and Witzig, Jakob}, title = {The SCIP Optimization Suite 7.0}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-78023}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The SCIP Optimization Suite provides a collection of software packages for mathematical optimization centered around the constraint integer programming frame- work SCIP. This paper discusses enhancements and extensions contained in version 7.0 of the SCIP Optimization Suite. The new version features the parallel presolving library PaPILO as a new addition to the suite. PaPILO 1.0 simplifies mixed-integer linear op- timization problems and can be used stand-alone or integrated into SCIP via a presolver plugin. SCIP 7.0 provides additional support for decomposition algorithms. Besides im- provements in the Benders' decomposition solver of SCIP, user-defined decomposition structures can be read, which are used by the automated Benders' decomposition solver and two primal heuristics. Additionally, SCIP 7.0 comes with a tree size estimation that is used to predict the completion of the overall solving process and potentially trigger restarts. Moreover, substantial performance improvements of the MIP core were achieved by new developments in presolving, primal heuristics, branching rules, conflict analysis, and symmetry handling. Last, not least, the report presents updates to other components and extensions of the SCIP Optimization Suite, in particular, the LP solver SoPlex and the mixed-integer semidefinite programming solver SCIP-SDP.}, language = {en} } @misc{RehfeldtKoch2020, author = {Rehfeldt, Daniel and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {On the exact solution of prize-collecting Steiner tree problems}, issn = {1438-0064}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-78174}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @article{GamrathGleixnerKochetal.2019, author = {Gamrath, Gerald and Gleixner, Ambros and Koch, Thorsten and Miltenberger, Matthias and Kniasew, Dimitri and Schl{\"o}gel, Dominik and Martin, Alexander and Weninger, Dieter}, title = {Tackling Industrial-Scale Supply Chain Problems by Mixed-Integer Programming}, volume = {37}, journal = {Journal of Computational Mathematics}, doi = {10.4208/jcm.1905-m2019-0055}, pages = {866 -- 888}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The modeling flexibility and the optimality guarantees provided by mixed-integer programming greatly aid the design of robust and future-proof decision support systems. The complexity of industrial-scale supply chain optimization, however, often poses limits to the application of general mixed-integer programming solvers. In this paper we describe algorithmic innovations that help to ensure that MIP solver performance matches the complexity of the large supply chain problems and tight time limits encountered in practice. Our computational evaluation is based on a diverse set, modeling real-world scenarios supplied by our industry partner SAP.}, language = {en} } @article{XuChenZhangetal.2022, author = {Xu, Xiaofei and Chen, Ying and Zhang, Ge and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Modeling Functional Time Series and Mixed-Type Predictors With Partially Functional Autoregressions}, volume = {42}, journal = {Journal of Business \& Economic Statistics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Informa UK Limited}, issn = {0735-0015}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2021.2011299}, pages = {349 -- 366}, year = {2022}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{HadjidimitriouLippiNastroetal.2024, author = {Hadjidimitriou, Natalia Selini and Lippi, Marco and Nastro, Raffaele and Koch, Thorsten and Mamei, Marco}, title = {Short-Term Forecasting of Energy Consumption and Production in Local Energy Communities}, booktitle = {2024 32nd International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE)}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/WETICE64632.2024.00022}, pages = {74 -- 79}, year = {2024}, language = {en} } @article{RehfeldtKoch2023, author = {Rehfeldt, Daniel and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {Implications, Conflicts, and Reductions for Steiner Trees}, volume = {197}, journal = {Mathematical Programming}, publisher = {Springer}, doi = {10.1007/s10107-021-01757-5}, pages = {903 -- 966}, year = {2023}, language = {en} } @misc{KempkeRehfeldtKoch2024, author = {Kempke, Nils-Christian and Rehfeldt, Daniel and Koch, Thorsten}, title = {A Massively Parallel Interior-Point-Method for Arrowhead Linear Programs}, issn = {1438-0064}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07731}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-98829}, year = {2024}, abstract = {In practice, non-specialized interior point algorithms often cannot utilize the massively parallel compute resources offered by modern many- and multi-core compute platforms. However, efficient distributed solution techniques are required, especially for large-scale linear programs. This article describes a new decomposition technique for systems of linear equations implemented in the parallel interior-point solver PIPS-IPM++. The algorithm exploits a matrix structure commonly found in optimization problems: a doubly-bordered block-diagonal or arrowhead structure. This structure is preserved in the linear KKT systems solved during each iteration of the interior-point method. We present a hierarchical Schur complement decomposition that distributes and solves the linear optimization problem; it is designed for high-performance architectures and scales well with the availability of additional computing resources. The decomposition approach uses the border constraints' locality to decouple the factorization process. Our approach is motivated by large-scale unit-commitment problems. We demonstrate the performance of our method on a set of mid-to large-scale instances, some of which have more than 10^9 nonzeros in their constraint matrix.}, language = {en} } @article{AbbasAmbainisAugustinoetal.2024, author = {Abbas, Amira and Ambainis, Andris and Augustino, Brandon and B{\"a}rtschi, Andreas and Buhrman, Harry and Coffrin, Carleton and Cortiana, Giorgio and Dunjko, Vedran and Egger, Daniel J. and Elmegreen, Bruce G. and Franco, Nicola and Fratini, Filippo and Fuller, Bryce and Gacon, Julien and Gonciulea, Constantin and Gribling, Sander and Gupta, Swati and Hadfield, Stuart and Heese, Raoul and Kircher, Gerhard and Kleinert, Thomas and Koch, Thorsten and Korpas, Georgios and Lenk, Steve and Marecek, Jakub and Markov, Vanio and Mazzola, Guglielmo and Mensa, Stefano and Mohseni, Naeimeh and Nannicini, Giacomo and O'Meara, Corey and Tapia, Elena Pe{\~n}a and Pokutta, Sebastian and Proissl, Manuel and Rebentrost, Patrick and Sahin, Emre and Symons, Benjamin C. B. and Tornow, Sabine and Valls, V{\´i}ctor and Woerner, Stefan and Wolf-Bauwens, Mira L. and Yard, Jon and Yarkoni, Sheir and Zechiel, Dirk and Zhuk, Sergiy and Zoufal, Christa}, title = {Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization}, volume = {6}, journal = {Nature Reviews Physics}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, issn = {2522-5820}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.02279}, doi = {10.1038/s42254-024-00770-9}, pages = {718 -- 735}, year = {2024}, language = {en} } @misc{VuKochXu2024, author = {Vu, Thi Huong and Koch, Thorsten and Xu, Hong-Kun}, title = {The gradient projection method: Is the Polyak adaptive stepsize rule optimal?}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Not always! This is our answer to the question of whether the Polyak adaptive stepsize rule in the gradient projection method is optimal. The answer is based on revisiting the subgradient projection method by Polyak [USSR Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics 9 (1969)] for smooth and convex minimization problems where the objective function possesses a geometric property called flatness. Our results show that the method can be more flexible (the effective range for the parameter controlling the stepsize can be wider) and have sharper convergence rates. Applications to split feasibility/equality problems are presented, deriving for the first time the O(1/k) rate of convergence for the adaptive CQ method. A theoretical guarantee of the linear convergence of the gradient descent method with adaptive stepsizes for Google PageRank is provided. At the same time, numerical experiments are designed to spot the ``optimal" stepsize and to compare with other basic gradient methods.}, language = {en} }