A two-stage stochastic program for multi-shift, multi-analyst, workforce optimization with multiple on-call options

DS Altner, AC Rojas, LD Servi - Journal of Scheduling, 2018‏ - Springer
Motivated by a cybersecurity workforce optimization problem, this paper investigates
optimizing staffing and shift scheduling decisions given unknown demand and multiple on …

Parallel branch-and-bound for two-stage stochastic integer optimization

A Langer, R Venkataraman, U Palekar… - … Conference on High …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many real-world planning problems require searching for an optimal solution in the face of
uncertain input. One approach to is to express them as a two-stage stochastic optimization …

Reverse engineering control structure diagrams

JH Cross - … 1993] Proceedings Working Conference on Reverse …, 1993‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The GRASP/Ada project (Graphical Representations of Algorithms, Structures, and
Processes for Ada) has successfully created and prototyped a new algorithmic level …

Performance optimization of a parallel, two stage stochastic linear program

A Langer, R Venkataraman, U Palekar… - 2012 IEEE 18th …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stochastic optimization is used in several high impact contexts to provide optimal solutions
in the face of uncertainties. This paper explores the parallelization of two-stage stochastic …

Column generation approaches to the military airlift scheduling problem

MJ Williams - 2014‏ - dspace.mit.edu
In this thesis, we develop methods to address airlift scheduling, and in particular the problem
of scheduling military aircraft capacity to meet ad hoc demand. Network optimization …

Split-and-Merge Method for Accelerating Convergence of Stochastic Linear Programs

A Langer, U Palekar - International Conference on Operations …, 2015‏ - scitepress.org
Stochastic program optimizations are computationally very expensive, especially when the
number of scenarios are large. Complexity of the focal application, and the slow …

An analysis of robustness and flexibility in freight transportation systems

A Unahalekhaka - 2013‏ - dspace.mit.edu
Freight transportation is a complex large scale system that operates under a highly dynamic
and uncertain environment. Due to the scale and complexity of the system, a highly …