10.18453/rosdok_id00001429 Kalinowski, Thomas Thomas Kalinowski http://d-nb.info/gnd/128420251 Universität Rostock 2014 510 Mathematics 2014 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001429 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2014-0181-2 This thesis is a collection of papers on a variety of optimization problems where network structure can be used to obtain efficient algorithms. The considered applications range from the optimization of radiation treatment plkans in cancer therapy to maintenance planning for maximizing the throughput in bulk good supply chains.