Welcome to the Department of Business Analytics and Decision Making

The Department of Business Decisions and Analytics is dedicated to high-quality research in quantitative economics and decision support. Building upon a data-driven and optimization-oriented perspective, we develop models and solve complex problems in today’s rapidly changing business environment. We are committed to research-based and competent teaching and try to convey a deep understanding of methods and real-world problems.

 News

 Teaching

17.07.2025
 

Dr. Yannick Scherr erhält UNIVIE Teaching Award 2025

Mit dem UNIVIE Teaching Award würdigt die Universität Wien herausragende Lehrveranstaltungen und macht exzellentes Engagement in der Lehre sichtbar....

30.06.2025
 

Geplante Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Organisation und Personal für 2025W und 2026S

Eine Liste der geplanten Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Organisation und Personal für das Wintersemester 2025 und Sommersemester 2026 ist ab sofort...

17.07.2021
 

Biljana Roljic erhält UNIVIE Teaching Award 2020

Mit dem Lehrpreis unterstreicht die Universität Wien den hohen Stellenwert des Lehrens. Biljana Roljic gewinnt den Preis in der Kategorie „Lehren &...

 Research

12.09.2025
 

Dr. Ninja Scherr received the Young Researchers Award from the German Society of Operations Research (GOR).

01.07.2025
 

Research Awards for Univ.- Prof. Mag. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera

Univ.- Prof. Mag. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera has been awarded with the Gregory Kersten GDN Journal Best Paper Awards

 New Papers

Teusch, J., Neumann Saavedra, B., Scherr, Y. O., & Müller, J. P. (2025). Strategic planning of geo-fenced micro-mobility facilities using reinforcement learning. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review , 194, Artikel 103872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2024.103872

Kumar, V., Goodarzian, F., Ghasemi, P., T. S. Chan, F., & Gupta, N. (2025). Artificial intelligence applications in healthcare supply chain networks under disaster conditions. International Journal of Production Research, 63(2), 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2024.2444150

Horun, P., & Strauss, C. (2025). Cloud-based Approach on Genetic Data Imputation Parameters' Optimization. in N. Shakhovska, J. Jiao, I. Izonin, & S. Chretien (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine (IDDM 2024): IDDM International Conference (S. 279-286). https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3892/short4.pdf

Ghasemi, P., Ali, S. M., Abolghasemian, M., Ahmadi Malakoot, R., & Pourghader Chobar, A. (2025). A Stochastic Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks for Used Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Meta-Heuristic Comparison and Real Case Study. Sustainable Operations and Computers, 6, 15-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susoc.2024.11.001

Schmidt, J., Tilk, C., & Irnich, S. (2025). Exact Solution of the Vehicle Routing Problem with Drones. Transportation Science, 59(1), 60-80. https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2024.0544