Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann (economist)

Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann (born May 10, 1934 in Berlin ) is a German engineer and economist. From 1988 to 1991 he was dean of the Faculty of Economics at RWTH Aachen University . Until 1999 he held the chair for corporate research ( Operations Research) at RWTH Aachen. He is currently Scientific Director of ELITE (European Laboratory for Intelligent Techniques Engineering) and Scientific Advisory Board of INFORM GmbH. For his scientific work in the field of Operations Research and Fuzzy Set Theory, he has received several national and international awards, including the Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award 2011.

education

H.-J. Zimmermann received his intermediate diploma at the Technical University of Darmstadt , the titles "Diplom-Ingenieur" and "Dr. rer. Pol." in mathematical economics and business administration at the Technical University of Berlin .

Scientific career

Since 1972, H.-J. Zimmermann is active in the field of fuzzy set theory and its applications. His research interests included fuzzy mathematical programming, fuzzy control , fuzzy expert systems, fuzzy data analysis and their application in various areas, such as: B. Strategic planning, decision-making in management, simultaneous engineering and other areas.

After H.-J. Zimmermann held various positions in industry, he became a professor at the University of Illinois and taught at various universities in India, Europe and the USA. He received an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Brussels and the second honorary doctorate from the Abo Academy University of Finland. In 1985 he received the EURO Gold Medal, the highest award in the field of Operations Research in Europe, the KS Fu Certificate of Recognition, the highest award from the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society and in 1993 the Moisil Prize and the Gold Medal. In 1997 he received the Kaufmann Prize, a gold medal for excellent achievements in uncertainty research in management and in 1999 the "European Pioneers Award" for "Pioneering Research" from the European "Fuzzy Systems Association", the "Special Certificate of Merit" from IFSA first made an honorary member of the German Operations Research Society and a Fellow of IFSA.

Zimmermann was president of the "German Society for Operations Research" (1971–1975), the "European Associations of Operational Research Societies" (1975–1978), the "International Fuzzy Systems Association" (IFSA) (1984–1987), the " Association of German Industrial Engineers "(VWI) (1987–1989) and the" European Engineering and Management Associations "(EEMA) (1991–1993). He was also Vice President of the "International Federation of Operational Research Societies" (IFORS) (1980–1983) and several other professional associations. Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann was the organizer and chairman of numerous national and international conferences.

H.-J. Zimmermann has published more than 240 articles in the fields of operations research, decision theory and fuzzy set theory, as well as 30 books in German and English in similar areas. From 1978 to 1999 he was the editor of the specialist journal "International Journal for Fuzzy Sets and Systems" and the "European Journal of Operational Research". He is the editor of the "International Series in Intelligent Technologies" book series and other specialist journals.

Titles and honors

• 1965: Ford Foundation Fellowship: Research Workshop in Management Science, University of California at Berkeley
• 1966: Undergraduate Instructional Award, University of Illinois
• 1985: EURO Gold Medal : Highest distinction in the area of ​​Operations Research in Europe, awarded by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) (1st Recipient)
• 1985: KS Fu Certificate of Appreciation: Highest distinction of the "North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society" (1st Recipient)
• 1986: Dr. honoris causa, Free University of Brussels
• 1993: Moisil Prize and Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the theory and applications of fuzzy systems (Romania) (1st Recipient)
• 1997: Kaufmann Prize: Gold Medal for Excellence in Uncertainty Research in Management (1st Recipient)
• 1998: Dr. honoris causa, Abo Akademi University, Finland
• 1998: First Laureate of "EURO Pass in Gold"
• 1999: European Pioneers Award, presented by the European Fuzzy Society EUSFLAT
• 1999: 1st honorary member of the German Society for Operations Research
• 1999: "Special Certificate of Merit" awarded by IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association)
• 1999: Fellow of IFSA
• 2011: Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award 2011

Fonts

• Mathematical decision research and its application to production policy (Operations Research and its Application in Production Management), W. de Gruyter, Berlin 1962
• German Edition of: MCD-Master Clerical Data, Measurement and Control of Office Costs , by Birn, Crossan, Eastwood, Berlin 1964
• together with Zielinski: Linear Programming (Linear Programming, A Programmed Textbook), Berlin 1970
• Netzplantechnik (Critical Path Methods and Stochastic Networks), Berlin 1970
• Introduction to the basics of Operations Research Modern (Introduction to Operations Research), publishing industry, Munich 1971
• according to with W. Jurecka: Operations Research in Civil Engineering, Springer Verlag 1972
• according to with M. Sovereign: Quantitative Models in Production Management , Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1974
• according to Koehler et al .: Decision Support in Marketing (Decision Aids in marketing), Poeschel-Verlag, 1977
• Fuzzy Set Theory - and its Applications , Kluwer-Nijhoff, Boston 1985
• according to with L. Zadeh, B. Gaines: Fuzzy Sets and Decision Analysis , North Holland, Amsterdam, New York 1984
• according to with E. Witte: Empirical Research on Organizational Decision Making , North Holland 1986
• according to with A. Jones, A. Kaufmann: Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications , D. Reidel Publ. Company, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster 1986
• Fuzzy Sets, Decision Making and Expert Systems , Kluwer-Nijhoff, Boston 1987
• Operations Research - Methods and Models, Vieweg Verlag, 1987
• according to with Janko, Roubens: Progress in Fuzzy Sets and Systems , Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht 1990
• Fuzzy Set Theory - and its Applications (2nd revised ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Dordrecht, London 1991
• L. Gutsche: Multi-Criteria Analysis - Introduction to the Theory of Decisions in the Case of Multiple Objectives , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991
• H.-N. Teodorescu: Fuzzy Systems and Signals . - Volume 4 - Proceedings of the 4th Fuzzy Systems and Signals, AMSE International Symposium Warsaw, July 15-17. 1991. 1991 AMSE Press, France.
• Operations Research - Methods and Models , Vieweg Verlag, (2nd rev. Edition) Wiesbaden 1992
• according to with H.-H. Teodorescu as editor: Trends in Fuzzy Systems and Signals , AMSE Monographs Series A, Vol. 5, 1992
• according to with J. Angstenberger, K. Lieven, R. Weber: Fuzzy Technologies, Principles, Tools, Potentials , VDI Verlag 1993
• according to with C. v. Old rock: Fuzzy Logic. Applications . Volume 2, Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna 1994
• Data analysis (ed.), VDI Verlag 1995
• Neuro + Fuzzy (ed.), VDI Verlag 1995
• Fuzzy Set Theory and its Application , 3rd rev. edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Dordrecht, London, 1996
• according to with MG Negoita, D. Dascalu: Real World Applications of Intelligent Technologies , Editura Academiei Romane, Bucharest 1996
• according to with RA Ribeiro, RR Yager and J. Kacprzyk (edtrs.): Soft Computing in Financial Engineerin g, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999
• Applications of Fuzzy Sets (Edtr.), Volume 8 of the Handbook of Fuzzy Sets Series, Kluwer, Boston 1999
• according to with R. Babuska, H. Verbruggen: Fuzzy Algorithms for Control , Kluwer Acad.-Publ., Boston 1999
• Fuzzy Sets and Operations Research for Decision Support . Beijing Normal University Press 2000. ISBN 7-303-05172-4
• Practical Applications of Fuzzy Technologies , Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Boston 1999
• according to with Teedoresen, Mlykek, Kandel: Intelligent Systems and Interfaces , Boston 2000
• Fuzzy Set Theory and its Applications , Fourth Edition, Kluwer Boston 2001
• according to with Gg. Tselentis, et al. (edtrs.) .: Advances in Computational Intelligence and Learning ; Kluwer Academic Publ. Boston, 2002
• Operations Research - Methods and Models ; Vieweg Verlag Wiesbaden, 2004
• Management Science and Computational Intelligence (in Chinese), Higher Education Press, Beijing 2005
• Operations Research - Methods and Models for Industrial Engineers , Business Economists, and Computer Scientists , Vieweg Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-528-03210-3
• Operations Research - Methods and Models ; 2nd edition, Vieweg Verlag Wiesbaden, 2008

Web links

• H.-J. Zimmermann on the website of the Chair for Operations Research and Supply Chain Management
• INFORM Institute for Operations Research and Management GmbH