This short note outlines how energy storage systems are becoming a core component of modern low carbon electric power systems. Challenges and opportunities a...

A stochastic integer-programming (SIP) model is presented to optimize long-term scheduling of underground mine operations while considering geological uncert...

This paper deals with the resource constrained project scheduling problem, which consists of scheduling a set of activities with minimal duration that are su...

In this article, we tackle the conflict resolution problem using a new variant of the minimum weight maximum clique model. The problem consists in identifyi...

We consider a multi-agent system with linear stochastic individual dynamics, and individual linear quadratic ergodic cost functions. The agents partially o...

The paper shows that among all equilateral polygons with a given number of sides and the same diameter, the regular polygon has the maximal area.

This paper addresses the optimization of mineral supply chain operations under metal and material type uncertainties. A mathematical model to simultaneously ...

This paper develops an efficient method to solve a typical combinatorial optimization problem that is frequently encountered when designing high levels of pr...

This paper introduces a new primal algorithm for solving a linear program LP. In this algorithm, a pricing problem, namely a linear fractional program, is ...

This work describes the application of a direct search method to the optimization of problems of real industrial interest, namely three new material scien...

This document describes the NOMAD software, a C++ implementation of the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) algorithm designed for constrained optimization of...

In this article we investigate some strategies for solving set partitioning problems (SPP), in particular the gains in computational efficiency that can be...

Decentralized sequential hypothesis testing refers to a generalization of Wald's sequential hypothesis testing setup in which multiple decision makers make ...

Various disturbances such as adverse weather conditions may result in delayed or canceled flights and affect the optimized schedules planned for airline crew...

This paper considers a family of cutting planes, recently developed for mixed 0-1 polynomial programs and shows that they define facets for the maximum edge-...

In prior works, this group demonstrated the feasibility of valid adaptive sequential designs for crossover bioequivalence studies. In this paper, we extend t...

Pressure on ancillary reserves in power systems has significantly mounted due to the recent generalized increase of the fraction of (highly fluctuating) wi...

The types of constraints encountered in black-box and simulation-based optimization problems differ significantly from those treated in nonlinear programmin...

It is well known that the mixed linear complementarity problem can be used to model the equilibrium in energy markets as well as a host of other engineering ...

We consider the class of stochastic games played over finite event trees, that is, games where the random process is an act of nature and is not influenced b...