Research - Mathematical Algorithmic Optimization

We are actively working on modern methods for optimal experimental design of dynamic processes.

Selected publications

2026

article

Kaps, L., Leipold, J., Plate, C., Martensen, C. J., Kortuz, W., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Kienle, A., Sager, S.

Optimal Experiments for Hybrid Modeling of Methanol Synthesis Kinetics

Computers and Chemical Engineering

BibTeX

DOI

@article{Kaps2026,
    author = {Kaps, Lothar and Leipold, Johannes and Plate, Christoph and Martensen, Carl Julius and Kortuz, Wieland and Seidel-Morgenstern, Andreas and Kienle, Achim and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {Optimal Experiments for Hybrid Modeling of Methanol Synthesis Kinetics},
    journal = {Computers and Chemical Engineering},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {204},
    pages = {109387},
    doi = {10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109387}
}

2025

article

Plate, C., Martensen, C. J., Sager, S.

Optimal experimental design for universal differential equations

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

BibTeX

DOI Web

@article{Plate2025,
    author = {Plate, Christoph and Martensen, Carl Julius and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {Optimal experimental design for universal differential equations},
    journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control},
    year = {2025},
    url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07143},
    doi = {10.1109/TAC.2025.3609533}
}

2013

article

Sager, S.

Sampling Decisions in Optimum Experimental Design in the Light of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

BibTeX

Web

@article{Sager2013,
    author = {Sager, S.},
    title = {{S}ampling {D}ecisions in {O}ptimum {E}xperimental {D}esign in the {L}ight of {P}ontryagin's {M}aximum {P}rinciple},
    journal = {{SIAM} Journal on Control and Optimization},
    year = {2013},
    volume = {51},
    number = {4},
    pages = {3181--3207},
    url = {https://mathopt.de/publications/Sager2013.pdf}
}