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Helmut Wasserbacher

Causal Inference and Causal Machine Learning for Data-Driven Management

Applications in Corporate Finance and Marketing

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

The availability of large amounts of data, coupled with artificial intelligence and machine learning as suitable techniques to exploit them, has led to increasing interest in data-driven management. Data are turned into insights, and insights into management decisions.

In the midst of this passion for artificial intelligence, practitioners must remain aware that most machine learning methods maximize predictive performance. This is not the same as identifying…

Mareike Bauer

Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling

Models and Extensions

QM – Quantitative Methoden in Forschung und Praxis

Die schwindenden natürlichen Ressourcen sind nicht erst seit Kurzem in aller Munde. Für Unternehmen ist der effiziente Einsatz vorhandener Ressourcen ein Erfolgs- und Überlebenskriterium. Gerade in der Projektplanung ist der effiziente Ressourceneinsatz von großer Bedeutung. Aufgrund der bereits stark verschlankten Produktionsprozesse ist eine Variabilität innerhalb der Bearbeitungszeiten der einzelnen Aktivitäten eines Projektes kaum noch möglich. [...]

Črtomir Rozman, Stanislav Tojnko, Tatjana Unuk, Karmen Pažek, Mario Lešnik

Decision Support Systems in Fruit Production

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

The modern computer based decision support methods have been gaining on importance. In this book we present modern decision support methods and their application in fruit production. The real life applications presented in the book are a direct result of authors long lasting research work and until now unpublished research material in this field. The decision support software and its development methods are presented theoretically and practically on real life decision…

Andreas Schirmer

Project Scheduling with Scarce Resources

Models, Methods, and Applications

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Project scheduling deals with the allocation of scarce resources to activities over time. This conceptual framework embraces a multitude of management problems such as the sequencing of jobs in make-to-order production, the planning of courses in professional training, and the assigning of staff under flexible working conditions.

All such problems are notorious for being algorithmically intractable. For such problems, the author details a number of models which…