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MOPTA 04 Preliminary
Program
Presenter is
indicated in bold. A: and B: denote
parallel sessions.
| 7:30 |
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Registration and
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:50 |
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Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 |
Invited
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Linear
Complementarity Systems
J. Pang, RPI, Troy, NY |
| 10:00 |
Coffee |
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| 10:15
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1-1 |
A
Semidefinite Optimization Approach for the Single-Row Layout
Problem with Unequal Dimensions
M. Anjos, A. Kennings and A. Vannelli
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
10:45
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1-2
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An
Efficient Placement Strategy for Genetic Algorithm Based Layout
Optimization
A. Ahmad, O. Basir*, and K. Hassanein
Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
and
*Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON, Canada |
| 11:15 |
1-3 |
A Coupled-Adjoint
Method for High-Fidelity MDO
J.R.R.A. Martins
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies,
Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 11:45 |
1-4 |
An Adaptive
Large Neighborhood Self-Regular Predictor-Corrector IPM for
LO
M. Salahi and T. Terlaky
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
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| 13:15 |
2-1
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Direct Transcription
Solution of Higher-Index Optimal Control Problems
S. Campbell and A. Engelsone
North Carolina State University, NC, USA |
| 13:45 |
2-2 |
Optimizing
RF Pulses in MRI via Optimal Control
S. Stoyan, T. Terlaky and C. Anand
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 14:15 |
2-3
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Convex Relaxations
for Minimimum Energy Orbit Transfer Problem
D. Preda and J. Noailles
LIMA-ENSEEIHT INP, Toulouse, France |
| 14:45 |
Coffee |
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| 15:00 |
Invited
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Large-scale
Nonlinear Programming in Chemical Process Engineering
L. Biegler, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA |
| 16:00 |
Break |
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| 16:15 |
3-1
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Machine-Part
Cell Formation
M.F. Baki and Y.P. Aneja
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| 16:45 |
3-2
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A Combinatorial
Auction-Based Approach to the Location Routing Problem
Y. Yang and C. Lee*
KAIST, Daejon, Korea and *University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada |
| 17:15 |
3-3
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Product
Storage Assignments to Maximize Inter-Replenishment Times
E. Hassini
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada |
Thursday, July 29 a.m. (photos) (banquet)
| 8:00 |
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Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Invited
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Response
Surface Optimization for Computationally Expensive Non Convex
Functions Including Environmental Applications
C. Shoemaker
Cornell University, NY, USA |
| 10:00 |
Coffee |
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| 10:15
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4-1 |
A
Space Mapping Interpolating Surrogate Optimization Algorithm
for Engineering Design
J.W. Bandler, D.M. Hailu, Kaj Madsen* and Frank
Pedersen*
Simulation Optimization Systems Research Laboratory, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and *Informatics and Mathematical
Modelling, Technical University of Denmark |
10:45
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4-2
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The
Optimization Of Lighting-Emitting Diodes Disposition
F. Ivanauskas, A. Zukauskas and J. Dabulyte
Vilnius University; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,
Lithuania |
| 11:15 |
4-3
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Some Results
on Training an ANN using a Homotopy Approach for an Application
in Manufacturing
C. MacDonald and E.A. Gunn
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| 11:45 |
4-4 |
Constrained
Minimization of Energy and Error Functionals by Sobolev Gradients
S. Sial, J. Neuberger, T. Lookman, A. Saxena
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
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| 13:15 |
5A-1
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A New Special
Case Of The TSP With An Application To Scheduling
D. Shabtay and M. Kaspi
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
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5B-1 |
Optimality
Condition For Nonsmooth Problems On Riemannian Manifolds
M. R. Pouryayevali
University of Isfahan, Iran |
| 13:45 |
5A-2 |
Stochastic
Scheduling of Perishable Jobs under an Uncertain Delivery Time
X. Cai and X. Zhou
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
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5B-2 |
Price-Inventory
Decisions in a Periodic-Review System: Optimality and Optimization
of (s, S, p) Policy
Y. Chen and Y. Feng
The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong |
| 14:15 |
5A-3 |
Computing
And Minimizing the Relative Regret in Combinatorial Optimization
with Interval Data
I. Averbakh
University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario,
Canada |
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5B-3 |
Nondifferentiable
Multiobjective Programming Under Generalized Convexity
S. Nobakhtian
University of Isfahan, Iran |
| 14:45 |
Coffee |
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| 15:00 |
Invited |
Maximum-Entropy
Sampling
J. Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre, NY |
| 16:00 |
Break |
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| 16:15 |
6-1 |
Towards
A Practical Simplex Method For Second Order Cone Programming
K. Krishnan, N. Gupta, G. Pataki and T. Terlaky
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 16:45 |
6-2 |
Models and
Algorithms of the Entropy Programming
T. Nagy, University of Miskolc, Hungary |
| 17:15 |
6-3 |
TBA |
| 18:00 |
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MOPTA Banquet, Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum |
Friday, July 30 a.m. (photos)
| 8:00 |
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Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Invited
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Industrial
Optimization: Status and Prospects
G. Vanderplaats, Vanderplaats R&D Inc.,
Colorado Springs, CO |
| 10:00 |
Coffee |
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| 10:15
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7-1
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A
Tabu Search Environment for Engineering Design Optimisation
A. Connor and S. MacDonell
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand |
10:45
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7-2 |
Topology
Optimization Using A Hybrid Cellular Automaton Method With Local
Control Rules
A. Tovar and J.E. Renaud
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA |
| 11:15 |
7-3
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Parametric Convex Quadratic Optimization: Simultaneous Perturbation Sensitivity Analysis
Alireza Ghaffari Hadigheh, Oleksandr Romanko and Tamas Terlaky
McMaster University, Canada |
| 11:45 |
7-4
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Towards
Adaptive Multi-Scale Framework for Adjoint-Based Optimization
of Pde Systems
B. Protas
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, McMaster
University, Ontario, Canada |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
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| 13:15 |
Invited |
Adjustable
Robust Optimization: Analysis and Application
A. Ben Tal, Technion, Haifa, Israel |
| 14:15 |
Break |
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| 14:30 |
8-1
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Sensitivity
Analysis In Linear Optimization: Invariant Active Constraint
Set and Invariant Partition Intervals
A. Ghaffari Hadigheh, K. Mirnia and T. Terlaky*
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Imam Hossain University,
Thehran, Iran and *McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 15:00 |
8-2 |
Risk Aversion
in Inventory Management
X. Chen, M. Sim, D. Simchi-Levi and P. Sun
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, NC, USA |
| 15:30 |
8-3
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A New Robust
Method for Probabilistically Constrained Linear Programs
K. Ponnambalam, Payam Hanafizadeh*, and Abbas
Seifi*
Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Canada and *Department of Industrial Engineering,
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran |
| 16:00 |
Coffee |
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| 16:15 |
Invited
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Robust
Optimization: A Tractable Theory of Stochastic Optimization
D. Bertsimas, Sloan School of Management, MIT,
MA
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| 17:15 |
Closing
Remarks |
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