Program for Sunday, January 11th: Talk View

PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 11TH: TALK VIEW

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07:00-08:00 Breakfast

08:30-08:50

Progressive Hedging Enhancements

David Woodruff

08:50-09:10

Approximation Strategies for Multistage Stochastic Programs

Tsvetan Asamov, Warren Powell

09:10-09:30

Stochastic Compositional Gradient Methods: Minimizing Nonlinear Functions of Expected-Values

Mengdi Wang

09:30-09:50

Computational Experience with a Generalized Benders Approach to Solving Two-stage Stochastic Programs with Mixed Integer

Anahita Hassanzadeh, Ted Ralphs

08:30-08:50

A Stochastic Optimization Approach to Assessing Simulation Input Uncertainty

Henry Lam, Soumyadip Ghosh

08:50-09:10

Optimizing Stochastic Temporal Manufacturing Processes with Inventories: An Efficient Heuristic Algorithm based on Deterministic

Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Alexander Brodsky, Daniel Menascé

09:10-09:30

Adaptive Sampling Controlled Stochastic Recursions

Fatemeh Hashemi, Soumyadip Ghosh, Raghu Pasupathy

08:30-08:50

Row-Partition Branching for Set Partitioning Problems

Namsuk Cho, Jeff Linderoth

08:50-09:10

Orbital Conflict

Jeff Linderoth, Jim Ostrowski, Fabrizio Rossi, Stefano Smriglio

09:10-09:30

A branch-cut-and-price algorithm for the energy minimization vehicle routing problem

Qie He, Ricardo Fukasawa, Yongjia Song

08:30-08:50

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: AN ANALYSIS ACROSS COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS

Clara Pardo, William Alfonso

08:50-09:10

Data-Driven Stochastic Self-Scheduling for the Combined-Cycle Units

Kai Pan, Yongpei Guan, Lei Fan, Jianhui Wang, Jean-Paul Watson

09:10-09:30

A MINLP Model and Analysis for Natural Gas Transmission Network Design

Halit Uster, Sebnem Dilaveroglu

08:30-08:50

Alternatives for Programming in Conjunction with an Algebraic Modeling Language for Optimization

Robert Fourer

08:50-09:10

Automatic Reformulation of Second-Order Cone Programming Problems

Victor Zverovich

09:10-09:30

Modeling Bilevel Programs in Pyomo

Richard Chen, William Hart, John Siirola, Jean-Paul Watson

09:30-09:50

Leveraging Model Transformations in Algebraic Modeling Systems

John Siirola, William Hart, Jean-Paul Watson

08:30-08:50

Generating cuts for 0-1 IPs using binary decision diagrams

Christian Tjandraatmadja, Willem-Jan van Hoeve

08:50-09:10

Assessing Both Solution Diversity and Solution Quality in Constraint Programming

Thierry Petit, Andrew C Trapp

09:10-09:30

Relaxations from Multiple Decision Diagrams

Andre Cire, David Bergman, Willem-Jan Van Hoeve

08:30-08:50

An Augmented Lagrangian Method for Conic Convex Programming

Necdet Serhat Aybat, Garud Iyengar

08:50-09:10

An Alternating Direction Method with Increasing Penalty for Stable Principal Component Pursuit

Necdet Serhat Aybat, Garud Iyengar

09:10-09:30

Approximate Versions of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Jonathan Eckstein, Wang Yao

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:30

Integer Programming: the Global Impact

George Nemhauser

11:30-13:00 Lunch (on your own)

13:00-14:15

Conceptual vs Computational Stochastic Programming: Perspectives as SP turns 60!

Suvrajeet Sen

14:30-14:50

Pricing a Portfolio of American Options

Diego Klabjan, Yaxiong Zeng

14:50-15:10

An Approximate Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Monotone Value Functions

Daniel Jiang, Warren Powell

15:10-15:30

An Approximate Dynamic Programming Algorithm for the Military Inventory Routing Problem with Direct

Rebekah McKenna, Matthew Robbins, Ian McCormack, Brian Lunday, Darryl Ahner

15:30-15:50

Value Function Approximation For Multi-Period Routing Problems

Marlin W. Ulmer, Dirk C. Mattfeld, Felix Köster

14:30-14:50

Data-Driven Stochastic Optimization: A Disparity-based Robust Approach

Anand Vidyashankar, Jie Xu

14:50-15:10

Weakly Coupled Dynamic Program: Information and Lagrangian Relaxations

Fan Ye, Helin Zhu, Enlu Zhou

15:10-15:30

Adaptive Sampling Trust-Region Optimization (ASTRO)

Sara Shashaani, Raghu Pasupathy

14:30-14:50

Solving Discrete Optimization Problems in the Electrical Grid: New Parallel Algorithms

Deepak Rajan, Guojing Cong, Carol Meyers, Tiziano Parriani

14:50-15:10

Power System Restoration with Integrated Sectionalization and Generator Start-up Sequencing

Feng Qiu, Jianhui Wang, Chen Chen, Jianzhong Tong

15:10-15:30

Cutting Planes for The Multi-Stage Stochastic Unit Commitment Problem

Ruiwei Jiang, Yongpei Guan, Jean-Paul Watson

14:30-14:50

Combinatorial reliability cuts for the unit commitment problem in electric power systems

Chao Li, Muhong Zhang

14:50-15:10

Hedging for Risk Reduction using Weather Derivatives and Correlation in Renewable Energy Markets

Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Aparna Gupta, Koushik Kar, Abena Owusu

14:30-14:50

Green Vehicle Routing Problem with Time-varying Traffic Congestion

Yiyong Xiao, Abdullah Konak

14:50-15:10

A Heuristic Approach for the Swap-Body Vehicle Routing Problem

Oliver Lum, Xingyin Wang, Ping Chen, Bruce Golden, Edward Wasil

15:10-15:30

A Simulated Annealing Algorithm with a Dynamic Temperature Schedule for the Cyclic Facility Layout

Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Abdullah Konak

15:30-15:50

Using Monte Carlo Simulations for Improved Selection of Heuristics for Aircraft Spare Parts Demand

Albert Lowas, Frank Ciarallo

14:30-14:50

Multi-objective Flexible Flow-Shop Scheduling with Energy Costs

Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi, Amedeo Cesta

14:50-15:10

Combinatorial Optimization for Workload Dispatching in High Performance Computing Centers

Andrea Borghesi, Thomas Bridi, Michele Lombardi, Michela Milano

15:10-15:30

Generating Worst-case Schedules with Constraint Optimization - An Approach to Support Software Performance

Stefano Di Alesio, Shiva Nejati, Lionel Briand, Arnaud Gotlieb

14:30-14:50

Scheduling with stochastic processing times in a medical clinic

David Phillips, Marcus Colyer, Marisa Molkenbuhr

14:50-15:10

Sparse Mixed-Membership Matrix Factorization via Mixed-Integer Programming

Andrew Trapp, Patrick Flaherty

15:10-15:30

Optimal Learning for Scientific Discovery

Frazier, Wang, Yang, Burkart, Gianneschi, Gilson, Kosa, Tallorin

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-16:50

Stochastic optimization of power grid systems and applications

Cosmin Petra

16:50-17:10

Stochastic Unit Commitment At Scale

Jean-Paul Watson, David Woodruff

17:10-17:30

Stochastic optimized restoration of power systems

Mehdi Golari, Neng Fan

17:30-17:50

A Parallel Nonlinear Stochastic Programming Approach for Optimal Power Flow with N-1 Contingency

Jia Kang, John Siirola, Jean-Paul Watson, Carl Laird

16:30-16:50

Confidence interval computation for stochastic variational inequalities and stochastic Cournot-Nash

Michael Lamm, Shu Lu

16:50-17:10

Better Optimization of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems (BONUS) Algorithm for Large Scale Real World Stochastic Nonlinear Programming

Urmila Diwekar

16:30-16:50

Decomposition Algorithms for Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Stochastic Programs

James Luedtke, Xiao Liu, Simge Kucukyavuz

16:50-17:10

Risk Averse Shortest Path Interdiction

Yongjia Song, Siqian Shen

17:10-17:30

Distributionally Robust Appointment Scheduling with Random Service Durations and No-shows

Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen

16:30-16:50

Process Improvement via Simulation for a Children's Advocacy Center

Joseph Wilck, Patricia Pigg, William Gurkin, Bobby Cox

16:50-17:10

Consumer Decision Simulator - Using Analytics To Cut On Marketing Research Expenses

Shivanku Misra

17:10-17:30

Simulation Optimization for the Scheduling of a Railroad Classification Yard

M. Gisela Bardossy

16:30-16:50

Dynamic Resource Exchange with CoinOR-CBC in Cyclus, a Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulator

Matthew Gidden, Paul Wilson

16:50-17:10

Automatic Discretization of ODE and PDE Systems Using Pyomo

Bethany Nicholson, Victor Zavala, John Siirola, Jean-Paul Watson, Lorenz Biegler

17:10-17:30

Pyomo 4.0

William Hart, Carl Laird, John Siirola, Jean-Paul Watson, David Woodruff

17:30-17:50

Solution of MINLP problems with Pyomo: Applications in nonlinear infectious disease spread

Jianfeng Liu, Carl Laird

16:30-16:50

Learning Large Scale Dynamic Discrete Choice Models of Spatio-Temporal Preferences with Application to Migratory Pastoralism in East

B. Dilkina, S. Ermon, Y. Xue, R. Toth, R. Bernstein, C. Barrett, C. Gomes

16:50-17:10

Constraint-Based Lagrangian Relaxation

Daniel Fontaine, Laurent Michel, Pascal Van Hentenryck

17:10-17:30

Constraint-Based Error Localization

Mohammed Bekkouche, Michel Rueher, Hélène Collavizza

17:30-17:50

Scheduling agents using forecast call arrivals at Hydro-Québec's call centers

M. Pelleau, L.-M. Rousseau, P. L'Ecuyer, Z. Walid, L. Delorme

16:30-16:50

Convex optimization and feasible circulant matrix embeddings in synthesis of stationary Gaussian

Stefanos Kechagias, Hannes Helgason, Vladas Pipiras

16:50-17:10

A short proof of infeasibility and generating all infeasible semidefinite programs

Minghui Liu, Gabor Pataki

17:10-17:30

Convex optimization for machine learning in map reduce

Diego Klabjan, Alexander Nathan

18:00-18:30 ICS Business Meeting

18:30

Strengthened MILP Formulation for Certain Gas Turbine Unit Commitment

Kai Pan, Yongpei Guan, Jean-Paul Watson, Jianhui Wang

18:30

Designed Experiment Approach for the Tuning of Optimization Software Parameters: Insights into Influential

Toni Sorrell, Paul Brooks, David J. Edwards

18:30

COLA and DietCOLA: An Open Source Framework for Solution of Mixed Integer Second Order Cone Optimization (MISOCO)

Aykut Bulut, Ted Ralphs

18:30

A Functional Programming Approach to Dynamic Programs Arising in Inventory Management

Stephen Barr, Hamed Mamani

18:30

Integer Programming Approach for Tree Partitioning into Subtrees

Minseok Ryu, Sunil Chopra, Kangbok Lee, Sangho Shim

18:30

Robust Power System Scheduling with Hydro Resources

Hossein Dashti, Ruiwei Jiang, Antonio Conejo, Jianhui Wang

18:30

Requirements Management in Sustainable Systems: An Application of Recommender Systems

Wendy Hooten, Shahram Sarkani, Thomas Mazzuchi, J.P. Blackford, Ebrahim Malalla

18:30

A Cutting Plane Method for Robust Mixed Integer Programming

Anna Danandeh, Bo Zeng

18:30

Integrated Stochastic Optimization over Metering Point Configurations at Airports

Heng Chen, Senay Solak

18:30

A Novel Lightly Trained Support Vector Data Description for Novelty Detection

Rekha A G, Mohammed Shahid Abdulla, Asharaf S

18:30

Disjunctive Cuts for the Second-Order Cone and Its Cross-Sections

Sercan Yildiz, Fatma Kilinc Karzan, Gerard Cornuejols

18:30

Diameter-Constrained Network Design Problems with Connectivity Requirements

Elham Sadeghi, Neng Fan

18:30

A branch and bound approach to the minimum k-enclosing ball problem

Marta Cavaleiro, Farid Alizadeh

18:30

Finding Influential Nodes for Initiating Successful Campaigns in Social Networks

Mohammadreza Samadi, Alexander Nikolaev, Rakesh Nagi

18:30

Combinatorial reliability cuts for the unit commitment problem in electric power systems

Chao Li, Muhong Zhang

18:30

Sensitivity functions and Maximum Likelihood method in Nonlinear Optimization

Bumrungsak Phuenaree, Franz Kappel

18:30

Examining Commercial vs. Open-Source Predictive Analytics Software

Matthew Lanham, Ralph Badinelli

18:30

How to schedule a tournament with a deck of playing cards

Tiago Januario, Sebastián Urrutia

18:30

The Support Vector Machine and Mixed Integer Linear Programming: Ramp Loss SVM with L1-Norm

Eric Hess, Paul Brooks

18:30

Principal Components Analysis and Optimization: A Tutorial

Robert Reris, J. Paul Brooks

18:30

A dancing k nearest neighbor algorithm

Kayla Ziegler, Louis Ehwerhemuepha

18:30

Power consumption optimization with battery energy storage system (BESS) in electricity network

Fang Chen, Lawrence Snyder

20:00-21:00 COIN OR Business Meeting