Robust minimum-cost flow problems under multiple ripple effect disruptions

M Ansari, JS Borrero, L Lozano - INFORMS Journal on …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
We study a class of adversarial minimum-cost flow problems where the arcs are subject to
multiple ripple effect disruptions that increase their usage cost. The locations of the …

Three-Stage Optimization Model to Inform Risk-Averse Investment in Power System Resilience to Winter Storms

BG Austgen, M Garcia, JJ Yip, B Arguello… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a three-stage stochastic programming model to inform risk-averse investment in
power system resilience to winter storms. The first stage pertains to long-term investment in …

Sequential shortest path interdiction with incomplete information and limited feedback

J Yang, JS Borrero, OA Prokopyev… - Decision …, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
We study sequential shortest path interdiction, where in each period an interdictor with
incomplete knowledge of the arc costs blocks at most k arcs, and an evader with complete …

Constrained shortest-path reformulations for discrete bilevel and robust optimization

L Lozano, D Bergman, AA Cire - arxiv preprint arxiv:2206.12962, 2022 - arxiv.org
Many discrete optimization problems are amenable to constrained shortest-path
reformulations in an extended network space, a technique that has been key in …

A two-stage stochastic programming model for electric substation flood mitigation prior to an imminent hurricane

B Austgen, E Kutanoglu, JJ Hasenbein - IISE Transactions, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We present a stochastic programming model for informing the deployment of ad hoc flood
mitigation measures to protect electric substations prior to an imminent and uncertain …

Modelling fortification strategies for network resilience optimization: The case of immunization and mitigation

A Costa, TS Ng, J Kang, Z Wu, B Su - IISE Transactions, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The ability of a system to tolerate disruptions and mitigate against malicious attacks is crucial
in many applications, especially when a failure of the system can have huge economic and …

A branch-and-cut algorithm for submodular interdiction games

K Tanınmış, M Sinnl - INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Many relevant applications from diverse areas such as marketing, wildlife conservation, and
defending critical infrastructure can be modeled as interdiction games. In this work, we …

Learning Optimal Classification Trees Robust to Distribution Shifts

N Justin, S Aghaei, A Gómez, P Vayanos - arxiv preprint arxiv:2310.17772, 2023 - arxiv.org
We consider the problem of learning classification trees that are robust to distribution shifts
between training and testing/deployment data. This problem arises frequently in high stakes …

A note on quadratic constraints with indicator variables: Convex hull description and perspective relaxation

A Gómez, W **e - Operations Research Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the mixed-integer nonlinear set given by a separable quadratic
constraint on continuous variables, where each continuous variable is controlled by an …

Two-stage Robust Optimization Approach for Enhanced Community Resilience Under Tornado Hazards

M Ansari, JS Borrero, AD Gonzalez - arxiv preprint arxiv:2309.00782, 2023 - arxiv.org
Catastrophic tornadoes cause severe damage and are a threat to human wellbeing, making
it critical to determine mitigation strategies to reduce their impact. One such strategy …