Analyzing the model with mathematical methods and techniques in order to formulate solutions or solution strategies. The training in the design, the analysis and the use of mathematical models is concentrated in the weekly modeling seminars. This seminar is the natural place for all modeling activities in which the trainees of the program are involved. During the first year in the program one will work in couples on projects, which are based mainly on practical problems from industry. A project may last one month up to three months, and trainees are occupied with it at least one day a week with this activity.
Much attention is paid to the translation of the problem into an appropriate mathematical model.
So-called brainstorm sessions serve to clarify the formulation of the problem and to outline the first steps in modeling critically. Having finished a project, a report has to be written and the results have to be presented in the seminar. All trainees attend an international modeling week in the company of about sixty colleagues from all over Europe. During this week a modeling project is carried out. To this purpose groups with a range of nationalities are composed and each group is assigned a project.