Research Topics

The field of enterprise-wide software systems focuses on research into the design and development of information systems for production and distribution. In particular, business management problems are interlinked with mathematical methods and computational implementations with standard or custom software are demonstrated.

The main focus is on:

  • design and development of multi-agent-systems (MAS) and the solution of corresponding coordination problems in MAS,
  • analysis, modelling and simulation of complex production systems,
  • the software engineering and functional design of modern manufacturing execution systems (MES) and advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems,
  • the design of (distributed) process planning methods, in particular for applications in high-tech companiesthe design of (distributed) process planning methods, in particular for applications in high-tech companies,
  • the design and use of object-oriented or agent-based frameworks as a compromise between standard and customised software for production.
16.09.2025