Prof. Dr. Ingo Althöfer

Research Interests

Discrete Optimization

• Local Search and its Variants
• k-best Optimization with Penalty Methods
• Man + Machine Approaches
• Monte-Carlo Methods

Discrete Mathematics in General

• Nonlinear Shiftregisters
• Discrete Stochastic Models of Decision Support Systems
• Experimental Discrete Mathematics

Interdisciplinary Research on "Man + Machine Approaches"

• The 3-Hirn Setting and its Variants in Chess
• Man-Machine-Symbioses in other Areas: Planning in Transportation and Logistics, Computational Biology, Medicine, Theorem-Proving in Mathematics

Former Research Interests

• Analysis of Game Tree Models ( 1985 - 1991 )
• Finite Metric Spaces ( 1985 - 1988 )