Josef-Ressel-Centre for Adaptive Optimisation in Dynamic Environments (JR AdaptOp)

The Josef Ressel Centre for Adaptive Optimisation in Dynamic Environments (JRC AdaptOp) identifies new applications in dynamic real-world environments and aims at the development of planning approaches that can cope with continuously changing conditions. Dynamic optimisation problems (DOPs) in domains such as warehousing, production, and transportation are primarily addressed in this context. The workloads of gantry cranes, heavy-duty vehicles, and glass production lines are subject to optimisation. New DOPs within these domains will be formulated and new benchmarks will be created. The goal is to build a framework for open-ended adaptive methods, facilitating the detection of changes in the environment and the reaction to them. The integration of machine learning techniques to predict the occurrence of future events, devise potential future scenarios, and select and configure promising algorithms is also a major research focus. Finally, the methods' performances will be studied and compared within controlled simulation experiments and evaluated within real-world test environments at the JRC's industrial partners Industrie-Logistik-Linz GmbH (ILL), LiSEC Austria GmbH (LiSEC), Logistik Service GmbH (LogServ), and voestalpine Stahl GmbH (voestalpine).