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PD Dr. Thomas Kirschstein

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Curriculum vitae

• born in 1981
• 2002 - 2003 studying Mathematics (Diploma) at Martin-Luther-University
• 2003 - 2008 studying Economics (Diploma) at Martin-Luther-University
• 03/2008-08/2011 research assistant at chair for statistics (third-party funds)
• 09/2011-09/2021 research assistant at chair for production & logistics
• 04/2020-09/2020 interim professor for Operations Management at Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
• since 10/2020 researcher at Center for Economics of Materials (CEM), Fraunhofer-Zentrum IMW
• 07/2014: received PhD, thesis: "Integrated supply chain planning in chemical industry"
• 02/2016: visiting scholar at University of Cassino, Italy
• 01/2020: habilitation: "Papers on the Eco-oriented Management of Logistics Operations"

Research projects

Emission-oriented management of land-based freight transports

Details about the project can be found here

Integrated planning of logistical processes in complex production networks

Details can be found here

Decision support for intermodal transportation

Details about the project can be found here.

Research projects in cooperation with the Chair of Statistics

Here you find information about projects on theoretical and applied statistics.

Publiations

Monographs & editions

1. Bierwirth, C./Kirschstein, T./Sackamnn, D. (eds.): "Logistics Management - Strategies and Instruments for digitalizing and decarbonizing supply chains", Springer Nature, 2019, Link   .
2. Kirschstein, T. (2015): "Integrated Supply Chain Planning in Chemical Industry - Potentials of Simulation in Network Planning", SpringerGabler, New York, Link   .

Reviewed publications in journals

1. Kirschstein, T./Heinold, A./Behnke, M./Meisel, F./Bierwirth, C. (2022): Eco-Labeling of Freight Transport Services: Design, Evaluation and Research Directions, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26, 801–814, Link   .
2. Kirschstein, T. (2021): Energy demand of parcel delivery services with a mixed fleet of electric vehicles, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 5, 100322, Link   .
3. Behnke, M./Kirschstein, T./Bierwirth, C. (2021): A column generation approach for an emission-orientedvehicle routing problem on a multigraph, European Journal of Operational Research, 288(3), 794-809, Link   .
4. Kirschstein, T. (2020):  Comparison of energy demands of drone-based and ground-based parcel delivery services, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 78, Link   .
5. Kirschstein, T./ Meisel, F. (2019): A multi-period multi-commodity lot-sizing problem with supplier selection, storage selection and discounts for the process industry, European Journal of Operational Research, 279(2), 393-406,  Link   .
6. Kirschstein, T./Liebscher, S. (2019): Assessing the market values of soccer players - A robust analysis of data from German 1. and 2. Bundesliga, Journal of Applied Statistics, 46(7), 1336-1349, Link   .
7. Kirschstein, T./Liebscher, S./Pandolfo, G./Porzio, G. C./Ragozini, G. (2019): On finite-sample robustness of directional location estimators, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 133, 53-73, Link   .
8. Kirschstein, T. (2018): Rail transportation planning in the chemical industry, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 120, 142-160, Link   .
9. Kirschstein, T./ Bierwirth, C. (2018): The selective traveling salesman problem with emission allocation rules, OR Spectrum, 40(1), 97-124, Link   , preview   .
10. Kirschstein, T. (2018): "Planning of multi-product pipelines by economic lot scheduling models", European Journal of Operational Research, 264(1), 327-339, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.014   .
11. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T. (2017): Predicting the outcome of professional darts tournaments, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 17(5), 666-683, DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2017.1372162   , preview   .
12. Behnke, M./ Kirschstein, T. (2017): The impact of path selection on GHG emissions in city logistics, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 106, 320-336, DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2017.08.011   .
    
13. Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S./ Porzio, G. C./ Ragozini, G. (2016): "Minimum  volume peeling: a robust nonparametric estimator of the multivariate  mode", Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 93, 456-468, DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2015.04.012   .
14. Kirschstein, T./ Meisel, F. (2015): "GHG-emission models for assessing the eco-friendliness of road and rail freight transports", Transportation Research Part B: Methodology, 73, 13-33, DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.12.004   .
15. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T. (2015): "Efficiency of the pMST and RDELA Location and Scatter Estimators", Advances in Statistical Analysis, 99 (1), 63-82, DOI: 10.1007/s10182-014-0231-7   .
16. Meisel, F./ Kirschstein, T./ Bierwirth, C. (2013): "Integrated Production and Intermodal Transportation Planning in Large Scale Production-Distribution-Networks", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 60, 62-78, DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.10.003   .
17. Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T./Becker, C. (2013): "RDELA - A Delaunay-Triangulation-based, Location and Covariance Estimator with High Breakdown Point", Statistics and Computing, 23(6), 677-688, DOI: 10.1007/s10182-014-0231-7    .
18. Kirschstein, T./Liebscher, S./Becker, C. (2013): "Robust estimation of location and scatter by pruning the minimum spanning tree", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 120, 173-184, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2013.05.004   .
19. Bierwirth, C.; Kirschstein, T.; Meisel, F. (2012): On Transport Service Selection in Intermodal Rail/Road      Distribution Networks, BuR - Business Research, 5, 198-219.
20. Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T. (2012): "Identification of unbalanced warship designs using multivariate outlier detection procedures".Military Operations Research Journal, 17, 31-43, DOI: 10.5711/1082598317131    .
21. Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T./Becker, C. (2012): "The Flood Algorithm - A Multivariate, Self-Organizing-Map-based, Robust Location and Covariance Estimator". Statistics and Computing, 22(1), 325-336, DOI: 10.1007/s11222-011-9250-3   .

Reviewed contributions to conference proceedings and collections

1. Zien, M./Kirschstein, T.: Greenhouse gas emissions of shunting operations - a simulation study, in: Logistics Management, Dresden, 2021, S. 123-136.
2. Kirschstein, T./Bierwirth, C.: A selective traveling salesman problem with emission allocation rules, in: Proceedings of the 9th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis, Oranjestad, 2016.
3. Kirschstein, T./Liebscher, S./Pandolfo, G./Porzio, G. C./Ragozini, G.: A robust estimator for the mean direction of the von Mises-Fisher  distribution, in: Proceedings of the 48th scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical  Society, Salerno, 2016.
4. Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T.: Knot deletion for robust penalized spline regression, in:  Proceedings of the 60th ISI World Statistics Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 2015, Link   .
5. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F.: GHG-emission models for assessing the eco-friendlinessof road and rail freight transports, in:  Odysseus - 6th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Ajaccio, 2015.
6. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F./Bierwirth, C.: Eine Fallstudie  zur taktischen Planung intermodaler Transporte in der chemischen  Industrie, in:Proceedings of the 24. Traffic Science Days, Technical University Dresden, 2014, 1-6.
7. Becker, C./Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T. (2013): "Multivariate outlier identification based on robust estimators of location and scatter", In Becker, C./Fried, R./Kuhnt, S. (Eds.), Robustness and Complex Data Structures - Festschrift in Honour of Ursula Gather, 103-115, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35494-6_7   .
8. Liebscher, S./Kirschstein, T./Becker, C. (2011): "Finding the bad ones - Identifying unsuccessfull warship designs", In JSM Proceedings, Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 1295-1307.

Awards

• Christian Wolff award of the Martin Luther University for the habilitation on "Papers on the Eco-oriented Management of Logistics Operations"
• Werner Kern award for research on production management 2013/2014
• Best Paper Award of the Faculty of Law and Business Administration 2013

Talks

1. Kirschstein, T.: Vergleichende Bewertung der Paketdistribution mit Drohnen und Lieferwagen, VHB Jahrestagung, 20.03.2020
2. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F.: Multi-commodity lot-sizing in chem-ical industry with supplier selection, storage selection and dis-counts, 22nd annual international conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Dresden, 05.09.2019
3. Kirschstein, T.: Assessing the performance of drone-based andground-based parcel delivery systems, 30th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Dublin, 26.06.2019
4. Kirschstein, T./Bierwirth, C.: Eco-efficiency labels as instruments for emission reduction in freight transportation, Meeting of the Scientific Commission "sustainability management", Augsburg, 05.10.2018
5. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F.: A multi-period multi-commodity lot-sizing problem with supplier selection, storage selection and discounts
   for the process industry, 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, 11.07.2018
6. Kirschstein, T.: Rail car inventory routing in chemical industry, Winter Meeting of the Scientific Commission "Logistics", Bremen, 13.01.2018
7. Kirschstein, T.: Planning of multi-product one-to-one pipelines by
   economic lot scheduling models, Meeting of the Scientific Commission "Production", Halle, 11.11.2017
8. Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S.: Predicting the outcomes of professional darts tournaments, 21th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Quebec (Canada), 21.07.2017
9. Kirschstein, T.: Planning of multi-product one-to-one pipelines by
   economic lot scheduling models, 28th European Conference on Operational Research, Poznan, 6.7.16.
10. Kirschstein, T./Bierwirth, C.: A selective traveling salesman problem with emission allocation rules, 9th International Symposium on Transportation Analysis, Oranjestad, 13.6.16.
11. Kirschstein, T.: Integrated Supply Chain Planning in Chemical Industry, GOR AG SCM, Köln, 30.10.15.
12. Kirschstein, T.: Integrated Supply Chain Planning in Chemical Industry, Logistikmanagement 2015, Braunschweig, 17.9.15.
13. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F./Bierwirth, C.: A bi-objective intermodal transportation planningproblem for large-scale distribution networks, 27th European conference on Operational Research, Glasgow, 13.07.2015.
14. Kirschstein, T./Meisel, F.: GHG-emission models for assessing the eco-friendlinessof road and rail freight transports, Odysseus 2015 - 6th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Ajaccio, 5.6.2015.
15. Kirschstein, T./ Bierwirth, C.: Balancing chemical production networks by railway transports, 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS),  Barcelona (Spain), 17.07.2014.
16. Kirschstein, T./ Meisel, F./ Bierwirth, C.: Eine Fallstudie zur taktischen Planung intermodaler Transporte in der chemischen Industrie, 24. Traffic Science Days, Technical University Dresden, 21.03.2014
17. Kirschstein, T./ Kloss, M./ Liebscher, S./ Petrick, M.: Effects of outliers on productivity analyses based onthe Farm Accountancy Data Network (EU-FADN - DG AGRI), Statistische Woche 2013, Berlin, 17.09.2013.
18. Kirschstein, T./ Meisel, F./ Bierwirth, C.: Integrated Production and Intermodal Transportation Planning in Large Scale Production-Distribution-Networks, Logistikmanagement 2013, Bremen, 12.09.2013.
19. Kirschstein, T.: Integrated supply chain planning in chemical industry, research colloquium, Halle, 26.06.2013.
20. Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S./ Bönisch, P.: Market values of soccer players in Germanyfact or fiction?, Statistische Woche 2012, Wien, 18.09.2012.
21. Becker, C./ Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S.: Finite sample efficiency of tree-based estimators for location and scatter/ ICORS 2012, Burlington, 7.8.2012.
22. Kirschstein, T./ Bierwirth, C./ Meisel, F.: On transport service selection in intermodal rail/ road networks, BuR Conference 2012, Magdeburg, 27.02.2012.
23. Kirschstein, T./ Bierwirth, C./ Meisel, F.: On transport service selection in intermodal rail/ road networks, research colloquium, Halle, 25.04.2012.
24. Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S./ Becker, C.: RDELA - A Delaunay-Triangulation-based, Location and Covariance Estimator with High Breakdown Point, Statistische Woche 2011, Leipzig, 21.09.2011.
25. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T./ Becker, C.: Finding the bad ones - Identifying unsuccessful warship designs/ JSM2011 - Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, 04.08.2011.
26. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T./ Porzio, G.C./ Ragozini, G.: Multivariate modal regions: applications in robust statistics and related computational issues/ ICORS2011 - International Conference on Robust Statistics, Valladolid, 28.06.2011.
27. Kirschstein, T.: An integrated train scheduling model under inventory and recurring rail car restrictions, 13th Middle German PhD workshop, Göttingen, 21.05.2011.
28. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T./ Becker, C. : The Flood Algorithm - A Multivariate, Self-Organizing-Map-based, Robust Location and Covariance Estimator, ICORS2010, Prag, 29.06.2010.
29. Liebscher, S./ Kirschstein, T./ Becker, C. : The Flood Algorithm - A Multivariate, Self-Organizing-Map-based, Robust Location and Covariance Estimator -- Computational Results --, DagStat2010, Dortmund, 25.03.2010.
30. Kirschstein, T./ Liebscher, S./ Becker, C. : A robust location and covariance estimator based on pruning the Minimum Spanning Tree, DagStat2010, Dortmund, 24.03.2010.
31. Kirschstein, T.: Planning and optimization of integrated logistical activities in a large scaled production network of the chemical  industry, 11th Middle German PhD workshop, Berlin, 29.05.2009.

R packages

• restlos    

R books & Shiny-Apps

• https://ds-pl-r-book.netlify.com/   
• https://tk-mlu-pl.shinyapps.io/prod-log/   
• https://tk-mlu-pl.shinyapps.io/SCM_Lager/   
• https://tk-mlu-pl.shinyapps.io/emission_function_truck/   

Teaching

• interdisciplinary scientific consultation in process industry (WS 08/09; WS 09/10)
• tutorial: "Production & Logistics" (WS 11/12; WS 12/13)
• lecture: "Production management" SS 12
• tutorial: "Production management" SS 13
• seminar: "Intermodal transportation & Green logistics" (WS 12/13; SS 15)
• lecture: "Production & Logistics" (WS 14/15-18/19)
• lecture: "Produktion & Logistik" (WS 16/17)
• lecture: "Statistics II" (WS 14/15)
• lecture/tutorial "Linear models with R" (University Cassino)
• tutorial "Supply Chain Management" (WS 16/17, SS 17-19)

• seminar "Data Science in Production & Logistics" (SS 19)
• seminar "Business simulation in SCM" (WS 16/17-18/19)

Organisation of scientific conferences

• Logistics Management 2019, Halle/Saale

• International Conference on Robust Statistics 2014, Halle/Saale

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