Abstract: A method for resource management includes: providing a representation of a set of resources; obtaining a set of use requests, wherein a use request can be fulfilled by allocating a resource to the use request; wherein the resources are categorized into resource classes, so that resources in a resource class are interchangeable with respect to fulfilling a use request; wherein a use request can be fulfilled for a specific use period requested by the use request, by allocating a resource to a resource class requested by the use request; wherein a target distribution of resources for use requests is determined on the basis of an optimization parameterization; wherein the optimization parameterization is based on weightings of allocations of resources to use requests; wherein, further, to determine the target distribution, a starting solution is created that represents a distribution of resources for use requests, is provided.

Abstract: The disclosed is a system and production processes, comprising a processor to perform the steps: a) obtaining a long-term production schedule containing production operations for a set of production orders by using forecasted values for production operation durations; b) deriving dispatching recommendations for suitable order release dates, dispatching sequences and/or resource choices of all subsequent operational dispatching decisions from the obtained long-term production schedule; c) obtaining a released subset of the set of production orders having each a release date and a due date and including information of all possible dispatching sequences and logical dependencies between them to produce a requested product; d) iteratively calculating subsequent operational dispatching decisions based on operational constraints and on the derived dispatching recommendations which support a decision-making in favor of optimizing the overall production process with respect to long-term objectives; e) outputting each

Abstract: A method for using an electrochemical energy storage device within a specifiable usage plan time period so as to optimize the service life is provided. The calendar aging constitutes a variable which influences the service life of the energy storage device and which is expressed in the form of a nonlinear function based on the fill state and the temperature of the energy storage device, the temperature being influencable by at least one charging and/or discharging process.

Abstract: A method for resource management includes: providing a representation of a set of resources; obtaining a set of use requests, wherein a use request can be fulfilled by allocating a resource to the use request; wherein the resources are categorized into resource classes, so that resources in a resource class are interchangeable with respect to fulfilling a use request; wherein a use request can be fulfilled for a specific use period requested by the use request, by allocating a resource to a resource class requested by the use request; wherein a target distribution of resources for use requests is determined on the basis of an optimization parameterization; wherein the optimization parameterization is based on weightings of allocations of resources to use requests; wherein, further, to determine the target distribution, a starting solution is created that represents a distribution of resources for use requests, is provided.

Abstract: A method and a device for using an electrochemical energy store so as to optimize the service life is provided. The cyclical aging of the energy store is expressed in the form of a nonlinear function based on the temperature which can be influenced by a charging and/or discharging process of the energy store and the energy throughput. The nonlinear function is linearly approximated in order to determine the cyclical aging in each interval which can be specified for subdividing a specifiable usage planning period and is used to calculate a service life-optimizing plan for using the energy store.

Abstract: A method and a device for using an electrochemical energy store so as to optimize the service life is provided. The cyclical aging of the energy store is expressed in the form of a nonlinear function based on the temperature which can be influenced by a charging and/or discharging process of the energy store and the energy throughput. The nonlinear function is linearly approximated in order to determine the cyclical aging in each interval which can be specified for subdividing a specifiable usage planning period and is used to calculate a service life-optimizing plan for using the energy store.

Abstract: A water supply network includes node components and edge components, wherein the edge components transport water between the node components. The edge components is controllable in relation to its flow behavior for water. A method for controlling the water supply network includes the steps of determining a planning horizon, which includes a number of time slices; determining upper and lower limits for feeds and prospective withdrawals of water in the time slices; determining possible operating configurations of the at least one edge component; determining energy costs for an activation of the edge component in the time slices; determining permissible states of node components; determining current states (initial states) of edge or node components; and determining a control plan for the at least one edge component on the basis of the determined information in such a manner that a predetermined water balance is maintained in each time slice averaged over time.

Abstract: A method for using an electrochemical energy storage device within a specifiable usage plan time period so as to optimize the service life is provided. The calendar aging constitutes a variable which influences the service life of the energy storage device and which is expressed in the form of a nonlinear function based on the fill state and the temperature of the energy storage device, the temperature being influencable by at least one charging and/or discharging process.

Abstract: A water supply network includes node components and edge components, wherein the edge components transport water between the node components. The edge components is controllable in relation to its flow behavior for water. A method for controlling the water supply network includes the steps of determining a planning horizon, which includes a number of time slices; determining upper and lower limits for feeds and prospective withdrawals of water in the time slices; determining possible operating configurations of the at least one edge component; determining energy costs for an activation of the edge component in the time slices; determining permissible states of node components; determining current states (initial states) of edge or node components; and determining a control plan for the at least one edge component on the basis of the determined information in such a manner that a predetermined water balance is maintained in each time slice averaged over time.

Abstract: Provided is a method to determine a production plan including steps to identify production means, to identify at least one product for each production means, which can be manufactured with the aid of the production means; to identify at least one raw material required for its production for each product; to identify which of the products is used as a raw material for which other product; to model the identified circumstances as MIP; and to determine a solution to the MIP. Thereby, the solution is optimized to the furthest extent possible with regard to at least one predetermined parameter and indicates which product at which time should be manufactured with the aid of which production means and based on which raw material.

Abstract: A method for creating a system layout of a photovoltaic open-space power plant includes: providing configuration data for the photovoltaic open-space power plant and components thereof, predefined configuration rules for the photovoltaic open-space power plant, and configuration parameters that define the configuration rules; and optimizing allocation of location of the components of the power plant in a system layout matrix, wherein the system layout matrix images a site for the photovoltaic open-space power plant using the configuration data and the defined configuration rules to create the system layout of the photovoltaic open-space power plant.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method and a device for creating a system layout of a photovoltaic open-space power plant, which includes power plant components, in particular solar trackers, having the following method steps: providing configuration data which specifies the photovoltaic open-space power plant and the power plant components thereof, and providing configuration rules which are preset for the photovoltaic open-space power plant, and providing configuration parameters which put the configuration rules in concrete terms; and initialising and subsequently optimising a selection of, and an allocation of location to, necessary power plant components for the system layout properties of the photovoltaic open-space power plant by the configuration data provided and the configuration rules put into concrete terms for creating the system layout of the photovoltaic open-space power plant.