ICS 2019: INFORMS COMPUTING SOCIETY 2019
PROGRAM

Days: Sunday, January 6th Monday, January 7th Tuesday, January 8th

Sunday, January 6th

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09:00-10:30 Session 1A: Integer Programming I
Location: 200 A
09:00
Symmetries and Algorithms in Linear Programming (abstract)
09:30
cutgeneratingfunctionology: Python software for multi-row general-purpose cuts for MILPs (abstract)
10:00
Improved Branch-and-Bound strategies, and implementation on car sequencing problems (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1B: Voting and Districting
Location: 200 B
09:00
A New Binary Programming Formulation and Refined Social Choice Property for Kemeny Ranking Aggregation (abstract)
09:30
Fair Division Approaches to Political Districting (abstract)
10:00
Political Districting with Fairness Objectives: An Optimization-Based Multilevel Approach (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1C: Computational Stochastic Optimization I
Location: 200 C
09:00
Computational Experience with Asynchronous Projective Hedging (abstract)
09:30
On Distributionally Robust Chance Constrained Program with Wasserstein Distance (abstract)
10:00
Adaptive Sampling Level-Decomposition for Solving Two-stage Stochastic Programs (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1D: Network Applications I
Location: 200 D
09:00
Computational Methods in the Study of Interdependent Graphs (abstract)
09:30
Hashing Social Networks: Adventures in AIS (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1E: Decision Diagrams I
Location: 200 E
09:00
Improving Optimization Bounds using Machine Learning: Decision Diagrams meet Deep Reinforcement Learning (abstract)
09:30
Mining Knowledge from Sequential Patterns Using Decision Diagrams (abstract)
10:00
Towards a Global Solver Based On Decision Diagrams (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1F: Humanitarian Applications
Location: 300 A
09:00
Placement Optimization in Refugee Resettlement (abstract)
09:30
Mobile clinic and outreach strategies for vaccine distribution (abstract)
10:00
Dynamic Resource and Equipment Allocation for an Arctic Mass Rescue Event (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 1G: Drones in Transportation
Location: Lecture Hall
09:00
GPU-Accelerated Optimization of Flight Path Planning for Unmanned Aerial Systems (abstract)
09:30
Network Optimization for Hybrid Last-Mile Delivery with Trucks and Automated Drones (abstract)
10:00
Multi-visit Drone Routing Problem with Speed Optimization (abstract)
11:00-12:00 Session 2: Plenary
Location: Lecture Hall
11:00
Computational cutgeneratingfunctionology: Certifying next-generation cutting planes for mixed integer linear programming (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 4: Harvey Greenberg Memorial Session
Location: Lecture Hall
13:00
Working with Harvey Greenberg: Computational Biology, Water Security and More! (abstract)
13:30
Working with Harvey Greenberg on Quadratic Binary Programming Models in Computational Biology (abstract)
14:00
Following the Big Footprints (abstract)
15:00-16:00 Session 5: Harvey Greenberg Memorial Plenary
Location: Lecture Hall
15:00
How the Work that Harvey and I Did at the Federal Energy Administration (later Department of Energy) Shaped Our Research Careers and Led to Our Decades Long Collaboration and Friendship (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6A: Integer Programming II
Location: 200 A
16:30
Minimum Dominating Set: Empirical Comparisons of Graph Theoretical Algorithms vs Mathematical Programming Formulations (abstract)
17:00
An Agent Based Approach to Study Different Diffusion Models and Effect of Policies on Joint Placement of Photovoltaic Panels and Green Roof under Climate Change Uncertainty (abstract)
17:30
Rapid Influence Maximization on Social Networks: The Positive Influence Dominating Set Problem (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6B: Health Applications I
Location: 200 B
16:30
A Decision Support System for Surgery Scheduling Problem (abstract)
17:00
A Stochastic Programming Approach for Optimization of Sequential Decisions in the Context of Disease Detection (abstract)
17:30
Logic-Based Benders Decomposition for Stochastic Collaborative Operating Room Scheduling (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6C: Computational Stochastic Optimization II
Location: 200 C
16:30
Best Subset Selection for Sparse Ridge Regression from Chance-Constrained Programming (abstract)
17:00
Optimal design of vehicle sharing system under uncertainty (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6D: Network Applications II
Location: 200 D
16:30
Decomposing the Train Scheduling Problem into Integer-Optimal Polytopes (abstract)
17:00
Algorithms And Complexity Results For Routing Trains Through A Railyard Network (abstract)
17:30
The multi-vehicle covering tour problem with time windows (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6E: Decision Diagrams II
Location: 200 E
16:30
Decision Diagram Decomposition for Quadratically Constrained Binary Optimization (abstract)
17:00
An Exact Algorithm for the Colored Bin Packing Problem with an Application to Stadium Seating Optimization (abstract)
17:30
Stochastic Task Scheduling with Heterogeneous Agents (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6F: Applications of OR I
Location: 300 A
16:30
Formulations for Combined Cycle Units (abstract)
17:00
Cutting Planes for HIPPO Security Constrained Unit Commitment (abstract)
17:30
Marketing the Cloud: A QoS-based Recommendation Approach (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 6G: Advanced Computing
Location: Lecture Hall
16:30
POMDPs that Inherit Structure from MDPs (abstract)
17:00
Rethinking the Design of Pyomo (abstract)
17:30
Solving the Markowitz Financial Portfolio Problem on a Quantum Annealer (abstract)
Monday, January 7th

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09:00-10:30 Session 7A: Integer Programming III
Location: 200 A
09:00
Application of Mathematical Programming for Effective Restaurant Management: A Scheduling Project (abstract)
09:30
A Consistent Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickups and Deliveries (abstract)
10:00
A Criterion Space Search Algorithm for Mixed Integer Linear Maximum Multiplicative Programs: A Multi-objective Optimization Approach (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7B: Computational Optimization & Software I
Location: 200 B
09:00
Optimising over Gradient-Boosted Regression Trees with Convex Penalty Functions (abstract)
09:30
Second-order Iterative Method for Nonconvex Regularized Optimization Problems (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7C: Computational Stochastic Optimization III
Location: 200 C
09:00
A Utility Uncertainty Approach to Multiattribute Bayesian Optimization (abstract)
09:30
Facility Protection and Network Design when the Effect of Protection Is Uncertain (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7D: Health Applications II
Location: 200 D
09:00
Applying External Knowledge to Classify Cancer Pathology Reports (abstract)
09:30
Network-based Approaches in the Analyses of the Oral Microbiome (abstract)
10:00
Is Modeling Heterogeneous Transition Patterns Beneficial for Sequential Decision-Making? (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7E: Energy Systems I
Location: 200 E
09:00
Optimal Load Shed Prevention via an Accelerated Linear Programming Approximation of AC Power Flows with Application to Transmission Switching (abstract)
09:30
Improving Power Systems Resilience with MILP and MINLP Formulations (abstract)
10:00
Node-Based Valid Inequalities for Optimal Transmission Switching Problems (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7F: Operational Excellence II
Location: 300 A
09:00
Improving automated visual inspection through quantized convolutional neural networks (abstract)
09:30
Model to Control Extracellular-Bacterial Enzymes in Shelf-Stable Milk using Supply Chain Components (abstract)
10:00
Utility-based Product Bundling: Co-purchase Correlation and Price Sensitivity (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 7G: Teaching Optimization
Location: Lecture Hall
09:00
Teaching Computational OR to Students at the Naval Postgraduate School (abstract)
09:30
OR and Computational Science in the Undergraduate Curriculum (abstract)
10:00
Teaching Optimization Algorithms (abstract)
11:00-12:00 Session 8: Plenary
Location: Lecture Hall
11:00
The Promise of AI for Actionable Health Intelligence (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10A: Integer Programming IV
Location: 200 A
13:00
Variations of Biobjective MILP Algorithms and their Approximations of the Frontier (abstract)
13:30
New Mixed Integer Formulations and Valid Inequalities for Shuffling Problem (abstract)
14:00
Joint Aggregation of Cardinal and Ordinal Evaluations (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10B: Computational Optimization & Software II
Location: 200 B
13:00
Search Heuristics for Solving Fixed-Charge Generalized Network Problems (abstract)
13:30
Fortification Against Cascade Propagation Under Uncertainty (abstract)
14:00
Data-Driven Optimization and Statistical Modeling to Improve Meter Reading for Utility Companies (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10C: Computational Stochastic Optimization IV
Location: 200 C
13:00
An Asymptotically Optimal Index Policy For The Finite Horizon Restless Bandit (abstract)
13:30
Optimizing Green Infrastructure Placement Under Precipitation Uncertainty (abstract)
14:00
Branch-and-Price for Routing with Probabilistic Customers (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10D: Health Applications III
Location: 200 D
13:00
Ploypharmacy, simulations, clinical data and explainable-AI: solving complex health problems (abstract)
13:30
Deep Polypharmacy (abstract)
14:00
Effects of Transfer Learning for Convolutional Neural Network Models in Medical Imaging (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10E: Energy Systems II
Location: 200 E
13:00
Optimizing Dispatch, Operations and Maintenance for a Concentrating Solar Power Plant (abstract)
13:30
A Chance Constrained Model for Stochastic Unit Commitment (abstract)
14:00
Recent Advances in MILP Formulations For The Unit Commitment Problem (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10F: Network Applications III
Location: 300 A
13:00
Exact Method for Flow-Observability Problems (abstract)
13:30
Exploiting Near-Optimal Solutions for the Maximum Stable Set Problem (abstract)
14:00
Dynamic Network Flow Problems Having Temporary Arc Activation Costs (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 10G: Applications of OR II
Location: Lecture Hall
13:00
An implementation of Ant System Extended algorithm for rule-based classification (abstract)
13:30
Optimization Problem based on Cold Rolling Stock (abstract)
15:00-16:00 Session 11: Plenary
Location: Lecture Hall
15:00
Application of Optimization Methods on Power Systems: Past Success and Future Challenges (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12A: Machine Learning for Optimization
Location: 200 A
16:30
Similarity Learning for Column Generation with Applications to Maritime Inventory Routing Problems (abstract)
17:00
Learning to Solve the Security-Constrained Unit Commitment Problem (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12B: Computational Optimization & Software III
Location: 200 B
16:30
Bayesian Optimization With Expensive Integrands (abstract)
17:00
tf.opt: Optimization over trained neural networks (abstract)
17:30
Learning Interpretable Constructive Algorithms (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12C: Applications of OR III
Location: 200 C
16:30
Optimization of gateway hub sort operations using Mixed Integer Programming (abstract)
17:00
Global Optimization of Gas and Fire Detector Placement Considering Sensor Failures (abstract)
17:30
On the distribution of objective functions for some optimization problems (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12D: Health Applications IV
Location: 200 D
16:30
Automated phenotyping from electronic health records (abstract)
17:00
Real-time Prediction Of Sepsis In Hospitalized Adults Using Continuous Bedside Physiological Data Streams (abstract)
17:30
Improve the Quality of Care after Discharge by Selecting a Referral Network of Skilled Nursing Facilities (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12E: Energy Systems III
Location: 200 E
16:30
Generation of Bus-angle Difference Valid Inequalities for Transmission Expansion Planning (abstract)
17:00
Quantifying the effect of vortex generator installation on wind power production (abstract)
17:30
Shady pricing: using price distortions to improve convergence in microgrid optimization (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12F: GPU-Accelerated ComputatIon for Discrete Mathematics
Location: 300 A
16:30
Parallel Data Structures and Methods for Scalable Neighborhood Queries: An Application to High-Speed Atom Probe Tomography Data Analysis (abstract)
17:00
EpiClone: Efficient GPU-based Cloning System for Massive What-If Decision Analyses of Epidemic Models (abstract)
17:30
Scale-Free Networks: Fast GPU-based Generation and Applications (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 12G: Invasive Species and the Future of IJOC (unrelated)
Location: Lecture Hall
16:30
A New Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming Model and Cutting Planes for the Optimal Surveillance and Control of Emerald Ash Borer in Cities (abstract)
17:00
Optimal Search and Treatment Strategies for Controlling an Aggressive Invader in North America (abstract)
17:30
INFORMS Journal on Computing Open Forum (abstract)
Tuesday, January 8th

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09:00-10:30 Session 13A: Network Applications IV
Location: 200 A
09:00
Effects of Interdependency in Game-theoretic Cyber-Physical System Defense (abstract)
09:30
An Analysis of Wireless Network Jamming Optimization Under Different Interference Models (abstract)
10:00
Shortest path interdiction with improvement: A multiobjective approach (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13B: Computational Optimization & Software IV
Location: 200 B
09:00
An Asymptotically Optimal LU Factorization Algorithm for the Exact Solution of Sparse Linear Systems with Applications in Linear Programming Basis Validation (abstract)
09:30
Sparse Solutions for Linear Systems (abstract)
10:00
Software Matters: A Snapshot of Software Development Practice in Operations Research (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13C: Additive Manufacturing
Location: 200 C
09:00
A Spare Parts Sourcing Policy With Additive Manufacturing (abstract)
09:30
Single-Machine Scheduling with Fixed or Flexible Maintenance (abstract)
10:00
Quality and Productivity Trade-off in Powder-based Metal Additive Manufacturing (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13D: Operational Excellence II
Location: 200 D
09:00
Incorporating decision-making process variability into Hoshin Kanri and A3 (abstract)
09:30
Employees’ involvement in the 4th Industrial Revolution era (abstract)
10:00
A Flexible Packing Optimization Approach to Improve Product Quality and Worker Training (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13E: Urban Dynamics

Urban Dynamics

Location: 200 E
09:00
An Efficient Exact Solution Approach to the Time-Discretized Job Shop Scheduling: An Urban Storm Recovery Case Study (abstract)
09:30
Optimal Planning of the Joint Placement of Photovoltaic Panels and Green Roofs Under Climate Change Uncertainty (abstract)
10:00
Using Optimization to Budget for Winter Road Maintenance (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 13G: Applications of OR III
Location: Lecture Hall
09:00
A Study on Approximation Methods of Robust Optimization with Integer Recourse (abstract)
09:30
Predicting and Optimizing Team Formation (abstract)
11:00-12:00 Session 14: Plenary
Location: Lecture Hall
11:00
Smooth Constraint Convex Minimization via Conditional Gradients (abstract)