The role of optimization in some recent advances in data-driven decision-making

L Baardman, R Cristian, G Perakis, D Singhvi… - Mathematical …, 2023 - Springer
Data-driven decision-making has garnered growing interest as a result of the increasing
availability of data in recent years. With that growth many opportunities and challenges have …

Logic-based Benders decomposition

JN Hooker, G Ottosson - Mathematical Programming, 2003 - Springer
Benders decomposition uses a strategy of``learning from one's mistakes.''The aim of this
paper is to extend this strategy to a much larger class of problems. The key is to generalize …

Robust matching-integrated vehicle rebalancing in ride-hailing system with uncertain demand

X Guo, NS Caros, J Zhao - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth of the mobility-on-demand (MoD) market in recent years, ride-hailing
companies have become an important element of the urban mobility system. There are two …

Robust dynamic operating envelopes for DER integration in unbalanced distribution networks

B Liu, JH Braslavsky - IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic operating envelopes (DOEs) have been introduced in recent years as a means to
manage the operation of distributed energy resources (DERs) within the network operational …

A machine learning approach to two-stage adaptive robust optimization

D Bertsimas, CW Kim - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
We propose an approach based on machine learning to solve two-stage linear adaptive
robust optimization (ARO) problems with binary here-and-now variables and polyhedral …

Robust path recommendations during public transit disruptions under demand uncertainty

B Mo, HN Koutsopoulos, ZJM Shen, J Zhao - Transportation Research Part …, 2023 - Elsevier
When there are significant service disruptions in public transit systems, passengers usually
need guidance to find alternative paths. This paper proposes a path recommendation model …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing sustainable multiple biomass-to-biofuel conversion network with integrated water resource management utilizing data-driven robust planning

H Gilani, H Sahebi - Energy Conversion and Management: X, 2024 - Elsevier
Until now, the biofuel supply chain has lacked an integrated approach to address its
fundamental challenges in real-world implementation. The first challenge is maintaining a …

Scenario-based robust optimization for two-stage decision making under binary uncertainty

K Wang, M Aydemir… - INFORMS Journal on …, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper addresses problems of two-stage optimization under binary uncertainty. We
define a scenario-based robust optimization (ScRO) formulation that combines principles of …

Towards resilient energy forecasting: A robust optimization approach

A Stratigakos, P Andrianesis, A Michiorri… - … on Smart Grid, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy forecasting models deployed in industrial applications face uncertainty wrt data
availability, due to network latency, equipment malfunctions or data-integrity attacks. In …

Distributionally robust causal inference with observational data

D Bertsimas, K Imai, ML Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.08326, 2022 - arxiv.org
We consider the estimation of average treatment effects in observational studies and
propose a new framework of robust causal inference with unobserved confounders. Our …