Use these guides while defining, writing, and evaluating the thesis. Start with the page that matches your current decision.
Define the study
- Context analysis: describe the operation, stakeholders, evidence, and current performance.
- Problem statement: state the problem, affected stakeholders, evidence, and practical consequence.
- Research question: define an answerable question, comparison, and outcome.
- Scope and limitations: define the study boundary and the limits of its conclusions.
- Research design: connect the question to evidence, analysis, validity checks, and an interpretation rule.
- Formulating an optimization problem: define the instance, variables, objective, constraints, and uncertainty.
Review the literature
- Literature review: find, assess, and organize the research needed for the question and method.
- Research gaps: state which relevant knowledge or capability remains missing.
Choose and evaluate the method
- Method versus methodology: distinguish the procedure from the reasoning that justifies it.
- Choosing optimization methods: select a solver or algorithm from the problem structure and required guarantees.
- Benchmarking optimization methods: define the comparison, testing protocol, outcome measures, and reporting.