Workshop

During this workshop high-level internal and external specialists, from various fields, come together to discuss the optimization of the »quality/price« ratio when solving complex real-world problems with feasibility-seeking, constrained optimization and superiorization, which involves many algorithmic decisions on the part of the user. These range from choice of the modeling approach to scaling and tuning permissible parameters.

If complete characterization conditions of the solution that is sought after are available, they can be used to evaluate and price the outcome of any algorithm that is applied. In the more commonly encountered situation when the latter is not applicable, we need tools to evaluate the quality of solutions. At the same time, we would also like to price various possible outcomes so that intelligent decisions can be made about how to run algorithms and optimize quality and price.
 

Organizers and Scientific Team

• Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Küfer, Head of the Division »Optimization« and Head of Department »Optimization in Life Sciences«, Fraunhofer ITWM
• Dr. Philipp Süss, Deputy Head of Department »Optimization – Technical Processes« in the division »Optimization«, Fraunhofer ITWM
• Prof. Yair Censor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel 
• Assoc. Prof. Aviv Gibali, Head of Mathematics Department, Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel