Felix Weidinger

Prof. Dr. Felix Weidinger

Head of the Chair for Management Science/Operations Research

Contact

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Hochschulstraße 1
64289 Darmstadt

Consultation hours are held by appointment. Please contact me via email.

Scientific Journals

Wildt, C.; Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N. (2024): Picker routing in scattered storage warehouses: An evaluation of solution methods based on TSP transformations. OR Spectrum. Accepted.

Tadumadze, G.; Wenzel, J.; Emde, S.; Weidinger, F.; Elbert, R. (2023): Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 35/4, 1038–1075.

Weidinger, F.; Albiński, S.; Boysen, N. (2023): Matching supply and demand for free-floating car sharing: On the value of optimization. European Journal of Operational Research, 308/3, 1380-1395.

van der Gaast, J.; Weidinger, F. (2022): A deep learning approach for the selection of an order picking system. European Journal of Operational Research, 302/2, 530-543.

Boysen, N.; Stephan, K.; Weidinger, F. (2022): Efficient order consolidation in warehouses: The product-to-order-assignment problem in warehouses with sortation systems. IISE Transactions, 54/10, 963-975.

Stephan, K.; Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N. (2021): Layout design of parking lots with mathematical programming. Transportation Science, 55/4, 815-967.

Morgenroth, C.; Boysen, N.; Schwerdfeger, S.; Weidinger, F. (2021): Scheduling taxi services for a gang of car relocators. Computers & Operations Research, 128, Article 105188.

Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N.; Schneider, M. (2019): Picker routing in the mixed-shelves warehouses of e-commerce retailers. European Journal of Operational Research, 274/2, 501-515.

Boysen, N.; de Koster, R.; Weidinger, F. (2019): Warehousing in the e-commerce era: A survey. European Journal of Operational Research, 277/2, 396-411.

Boysen, N.; Stephan, K.; Weidinger, F. (2019): Manual order consolidation with put walls: The batched order bin sequencing problem. EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 8/2, 169-193.

Tadumadze, G.; Boysen, N.; Emde, S.; Weidinger, F. (2019): Integrated truck and workforce scheduling to accelerate the unloading of trucks. European Journal of Operational Research, 278/1, 343-362.

Weidinger, F. (2018): Picker routing in rectangular mixed shelves warehouses. Computers & Operations Research, 95, 139-150.

Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N. (2018): Scattered storage: How to distribute stock keeping units all around a mixed-shelves warehouse. Transportation Science, 52/6, 1412-1427.

Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N.; Briskorn, D. (2018): Storage assignment with rack-moving mobile robots in KIVA warehouses. Transportation Science, 52/6, 1479-1495.

Boysen, N.; Boywitz, D.; Weidinger, F. (2018): Deep-lane storage of time-critical items: One-sided vs. two-sided access. OR Spectrum, 40, 1141-1170.

Boysen, N.; Fedtke, S.; Weidinger, F. (2018): Optimizing automated sorting in warehouses: The minimum order spread sequencing problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 270/1, 386-400.

Boysen, N.; Schwerdfeger, S.; Weidinger, F. (2018): Scheduling last-mile deliveries with truck-based autonomous robots. European Journal of Operational Research, 271/3, 1085-1099.

Guo, P.; Weidinger, F.; Boysen, N. (2018): Parallel machine scheduling with job synchronization to enable efficient material flows in hub terminals. Omega. The International Journal of Management Science, 89, 110-121.

Boysen, N.; Fedtke, S.; Weidinger, F. (2017): Truck scheduling in the postal service industry. Transportation Science, 51/2, 723-736.

Proceedings

Crespo Materna, A.; Chai, S.; Högdahl, J.; Weidinger, F.; Steinbach, C.; Cervelló-Pastor, C.; Oetting, A.; Sallent, S.; Ma, Z. (2025): An integrated deep reinforcement learning and heuristic approach for railway dispatching. 11th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (ICROMA), accepted.

Zheng, T.; Wildt, C.; Zhang, M.; Glock, C.H.; Weidinger, F.; Grosse, E.H. (2024): A new Kinect-enabled motion analysis approach for warehouse materials handling activities. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 58/19, 730-735.

Wenzel, J.; Tadumadze, G.; Elbert, R.; Weidinger, F.; Emde, S. (2023): Evaluation of different use case configurations in a robotic mobile fulfilment system. Bergmann, S.; Feldkamp, N.; Souren, R.; Straßburger, S. (Eds.): 20. ASIM Fachtagung Simulation in Produktion und Logistik 2023, Universitätsverlag Ilmenau, 303–312.

Weidinger, F. (2022): Novel Planning Problems in E-commerce Warehousing. Trautmann, N.; Gnägi, M. (Ed.): Operations Research Proceedings 2021, Springer, Berlin, 52–56.

Weidinger, F. (2018): A precious mess: On the scattered storage assignment problem. Fink, A.; Fügenschuh, A.; Geiger, M.J. (Ed.): Operations Research Proceedings 2016, Springer, Berlin, 31-36.

Scientific communication and other contributions

Weidinger, F. (2024): Optimiertes Matching von Angebot und Nachfrage in Free-Floating Car-Sharing-Systemen. OR News, 82, 50-51.

Elbert, R.; Glock, C.H.; Weidinger, F.; Pisch, F.; Pfohl, H.-C. (2022): Intelligente Lösungen auf Lager – Innovationen für die riesigen Warenversanddepots. hoch3. Die Zeitung der TU Darmstadt, 18/3, 4.

Weidinger, F. (2021): E-Commerce verändert Lager. Lebensmittelzeitung, 2021/55, 54-55.

Elbert, R.; Wenzel, J.; Tadumadze, G.; Emde, S.; Weidinger, F. (2021): Quadratisch, praktisch, optimal? MM LOGISTIK, 2021/4, 30-31.

Weidinger, F. (2020): E-Commerce warehousing: Order fulfillment in modern retailing. OR News, 71, 16-17.

Fedtke, S.; Schwerdfeger, S.; Weidinger, F.; Zey, L. (2020): ORconf.net – Online-Konferenz zum Thema „Last-Mile Logistics“. OR News, 70, 53-54.

Fedtke, S.; Schwerdfeger, S.; Weidinger, F.; Zey, L. (2020): ORconf.net – Online-Konferenz zum Thema „Last-Mile Logistics“. OR News, 69, 45.

Weidinger, F. (2016): Ordnung ist das halbe Leben? Eine Storage-Assignment-Strategie für Scattered-Storage-Lagerhäuser. OR News, 58, 22-23.

  • 2016: Master Thesis Award from the German Operations Research Society (Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., GOR)
  • 2016: Exam Award from the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
  • 2017: Science Award from the EHI Stiftung e.V. for the best master thesis
  • 2019: Optware Award for application-related scientific accomplishments
  • 2019: Best Paper Award Omega, together with Prof. Dr. Nils Boysen and Dr. Peng Guo
  • 2020: Best Paper Award European Journal of Operational Research, together with Prof. Dr. Nils Boysen and Dr. Stefan Schwerdfeger
  • 2020: PhD Thesis Award from the German Operations Research Society (Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., GOR)
  • 2020: Science Award from the Bundesvereinigung Logistik e. V. (BVL)
  • 2020: PhD Thesis Award from the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
  • 2020: Science Award from the EHI Stiftung e.V. for the best dissertation
  • 2022: Best Paper Award European Journal of Operational Research, together with Prof. Dr. Nils Boysen and Prof. Dr. René de Koster
  • 2024: GOR Young Researchers Award from the German Operations Research Society (Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., GOR)
since 04/2021 Professor for Management Science / Operations Research at the Department of Law and Economics of the Technical University of Darmstadt
Parental leave: 07/22 – 10/22, 07/23 – 03/24
11/2020 – 04/2021 Guest Lecturer at the Technical University of Darmstadt teaching the module “Operations Research”
07/2019 – 04/2021 Research assistant/Postdoc at the Chair for General Business Administration/Operations Management of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Parental leave: 12/19 – 03/20, 08/20 – 10/20
07/2019 Completion of doctoral studies at the Chair for General Business Administration/Operations Management of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nils Boysen
Title of thesis: “E-Commerce warehousing: Order fulfillment in modern retailing”
Grade: summa cum laude
08/2018 – 11/2018 Research stay at the Rotterdam School of Management at the Department of Technology and Operations Management of the Rotterdam School of Management/Erasmus University Rotterdam
Host: Prof. Dr. René de Koster
Supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
08/2015 – 07/2019 Research Assistant/Doctoral Student at the Chair for General Business Administration/Operations Management of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Felix Weidinger has extensive teaching experience in Operations Research, Operations Management, Management Science, and Business Process Management. At TU Darmstadt, he teaches Operations Research and Management Science in basic and advanced modules at both Bachelor and Master level. He has supervised more than 50 theses, including some with well-known industry partners such as Deutsche Bahn and Bosch.