The following is a list of topics that we work on at HEUREKA! The questions that we found with our partners fall into two general research areas, the first deals with system identification and the second with optimization in production environments.

Systems identification

Together with our partners we have identified a number of questions in the field of machine learning and especially systems identification. These range from gaining a better understanding of the processes taking place in a blast furnace to the identification of models that describe fire extinguishing foam as well as correlations in medical data, e.g. regarding cancer prediction. The broad range of the different applications is a challenging task for the application of enhanced genetic programming techniques which will be developed further at HEUREKA!

Production planning optimization

Together with our partners we also defined challenging tasks in our second applied research area: Production planning optimization. The projects include the topic of heuristic production and logistic optimization, and extend the classical field of operations research as simulation studies such as factory layout simulation are included as well. Again a broad range of different applications has been selected to show and prove the general applicability of the developed techniques.