Program

HD-01: Planning and Operations of Rapid Transit Systems
Stream: Railway and Metro Transportation
Room: Room 118
Chair(s):

• A Rolling Stock Modelling Approach for Medium Size RTS Networks
  David Canca, Alejandro Zarzo, Eva Barrena
• Building Train Schedules from Frequency Maps
  Alejandro Zarzo, David Canca, Eva Barrena
• Optimal Shortest Paths in a Public Transportation Network from Different Points of View
  Francisco A. Ortega Riejos, David Canca, Juan A. Mesa, Miguel Angel Pozo
• Congestion in Railway Transit Lines: Frequency and Capacity Setting in Presence of an Alternative Mode
  

HD-02: Variants of the Vehicle Routing Problem 2
Stream: Vehicle Routing
Room: Room 111
Chair(s): Puca Huachi Penna

• The Open Vehicle Routing Problem with Different Vehicle Types
  Refail Kasimbeyli, Melis Alpaslan
• Adaptive Local Search and Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithms for the Heterogeneous Fleet Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery
  Mustafa Avci, Seyda Topaloglu Yildiz
• Solving of the Open Routing Problems by SOMA
  Juraj Pekár, Zuzana Čičková, Ivan Brezina
• A Hybrid Algorithm for a Large Class of Heterogeneous Fleet Vehicle Routing Problem
  

HD-03: Applications of Location Analysis
Stream: Location
Room: Room 001
Chair(s): Justo Puerto

• An Empirical Comparison of Customer Retail Patronization Models
  
• A Two-Stage Stochastic Transportation Problem with Fixed Handling Costs and A Priori Selection of the Distribution Channels
  Yolanda Hinojosa, Justo Puerto, Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama
• Optimal Location of Battery Stations and its Charger for Electric Vehicles Based on Japanese Road Networks
  

HD-04: Optimal Control of Motorways
Stream: Traffic Flow Theory and Traffic Control
Room: Room 119
Chair(s):

• Optimisation of Multi-Lane Motorways in Presence of Vehicle Automation and Communication Systems
  
• Optimizing Real-Time Traffic Information for Freeways
  
• Integrated Control of a Urban Freeway Off-ramp and Neighboring Intersections
  
• An Optimal Fleet Allocation of Emergency Response Teams on Freeway Using a Two-Stage Stochastic Programming
  

HD-05: Hinterland Transportation
Stream: Port Operations
Room: Room 002
Chair(s): Claudia Caballini

• Petri Net Modelling and Optimization of Container Terminal using Automated Guided Vehicles
  Danko Kezić, Anita Gudelj
• Fleet Deployment in RoRo Liner Shipping under Inventory Constraints at Ports
  Saurabh Chandra, Kjetil Fagerholt, Marielle Christiansen
• Truck Carriers Cooperation in Container Transportation: A Heuristic Approach
  
• Yard Arrangement at the Container Terminal with Irregular Configuration
  Etsuko Nishimura

HD-06: Information Economics and Networks
Stream: Social and Economic Networks
Room: Room 211
Chair(s): Alper Nakkas

• Ad Exchanges and the Problem of Disclosing Information
  
• Railroads and Economic Growth: A Trade Policy Approach
  
• The Impact of Valuation Heterogeneity and Network Structure on Equilibrium Prices in Supply Chains
  Alper Nakkas, Yuanfeng Xu

HD-07: Fuzzy Programming and Fuzzy Regression Analysis
Stream: Fuzzy Optimization - Systems, Networks and Applications
Room: Room 003
Chair(s):

• Interval Type-2 fuzzy Linear Programming: An Application to Logistic Networks
  
• Solving Linear Programming Problems Involving Interval Type-2 fuzzy Technical Coefficients
  
• An Application of Fuzzy Logistic Regression
  
• Ranking of Strategies in a Strategy Map based on Logarithmic Fuzzy Preference Programming
  

HD-08: Teaching OR/MS 2 (JMP)
Stream: Teaching OR/MS
Room: Room 120
Chair(s): Volker Kraft

• How to Teach Crime Analytics? An Introductory Board Game Motivating Policing Strategies
  Richard Weber, Victor Bucarey
• Teaching OR/MS using JMP (I)
  Volker Kraft
• Teaching OR/MS using JMP (II)
  Volker Kraft

HD-09: Exact and Heuristics Decision Support Approaches for Energy Distribution, Planning and Management
Stream: Technical and Financial Aspects of Energy Problems
Room: Room 121
Chair(s): Chiara Bordin

• Optimizing the Use of Domestic Loads in an Energy Management System
  
• Contract Portfolio Optimization for Energy Trader
  
• Optimal Operation of Medium-Voltage AC Networks with Distributed Generation and Storage Devices
  Maria Teresa Vespucci, Diana Moneta, Paolo Pisciella
• A Decision Support Tool for the Optimal Distribution of Thermal Energy
  Chiara Bordin

HD-10: DEA Theory III
Stream: Theoretical Developments in DEA
Room: Room 122
Chair(s): Kaoru Tone

• The Overall Malmquist Index: A New Approach for Measuring Productivity Changes Over Time
  Mohsen Afsharian, Heinz Ahn
• Global Efficiency and Global Progress and Regress Index: A Quasi-Concave Frontier Approach
  Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Zohreh Moghaddas, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi
• A New Approach to the Bi-Dimensional Representation of the DEA Efficient Frontier with Multiple Inputs and Outputs
  Carlos Bana e Costa, João Carlos Soares de Mello, Lidia Angulo Meza
• Resampling in DEA
  Kaoru Tone

HD-11: Applications of Combinatorial Optimization
Stream: Combinatorial Optimization
Room: Room 113
Chair(s): Stephan Visagie

• Adjusting the Size-Mix of Products During Stock Allocation
  
• SKU Assignment in a Zoned Order Picking System with Unidirectional Picking Lines
  
• A 2D Irregular Levelled Strip Packing Problem: A Case Study
  
• Computing Pairs of Disjoint Paths by Order of Cost
  Marta Pascoal

HD-12: Project Scheduling and Control
Stream: Project Management and Scheduling
Room: Room 004
Chair(s): Mario Vanhoucke

• Introducing Overtime in the Resource Renting Problem
  
• Payment Models and NPV Maximization in Project Scheduling
  Pieter Leyman, Mario Vanhoucke
• A Forecasting Approach for Project Duration and Cost based on Exponential Smoothing
  
• Strategic Incentive Contract Design for Projects
  

HD-13: Balancing and Sequencing of Assembly Lines 1
Stream: Scheduling
Room: Room 123
Chair(s): Alexandre Dolgui, Alberto García-Villoria, Xavier Delorme

• The Accessibility Windows Assembly Line Balancing Problem (AWALBP): A Review of Advances and Trends
  
• MILP-based Tabu Search using Corridor Method for an Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Accessibility Windows
  
• Ergo-Balancing in Assembly Lines based on Energy Expenditure Rate
  
• Efficient Multi-Objective Optimization Method for the Mixed-Model-Line Balancing and Equipment Selection Problem
  Jonathan Oesterle, Lionel Amodeo

HD-14: Advances in Nonlinear Optimization: Theory and Applications III (contributed)
Stream: Nonlinear Programming
Room: Room 124
Chair(s): Gonca Inceoglu

• Generalized Inexact Proximal Algorithms: Habit's Formation with Resistance to Change, following Worthwhile Changes
  Glaydston Bento, Antoine Soubeyran
• Convergence of the Gauss-Newton Method for a Special Class of Systems of Equations under a Majorant Condition
  Max Leandro Nobre Gonçalves
• Enhanced Line Search Methods
  Adriano Lisboa, Douglas Vieira
• Optimality Conditions via Generalized Radial Epiderivatives
  Gonca Inceoglu, Refail Kasimbeyli

HD-15: Revenue Management Models in Entertainment, Online Retail and Travel
Stream: Revenue Management II
Room: Room 125
Chair(s): Kihoon Kim, Kathrin Armborst

• Pricing and Revenue Management in Sequential Distribution Channel: An Application to the Hindi Movie Industry
  Sumanta Basu, Megha Sharma, Soumyakanti Chakraborty
• A Simulation Optimization Approach for Self-Adjusting Bid Prices of a Network Revenue Management Considering Booking Cancellations and Firms Competition
  Kemal Subulan, Gokalp Yildiz, Derya Eren Akyol, Adil Baykasoğlu
• Implementing Balance Scorecard Using ELECTRE Method for Revenue Management
  
• Optimization of Flight Business Travel Procurement
  Kathrin Armborst

HD-16: Data Analysis and Transport Planning
Stream: Intelligent Optimization in Machine Learning and Data Analysis
Room: Room 127
Chair(s):

• Vehicle Maneuvers Detection Using Data from Accelerometer
  
• The Use of New Technologies to Estimate Dynamic Passenger Matrices: Proof of the Concept
  Lídia Montero, Esteve Codina
• Advanced Traffic Monitoring System by Probe Vehicles under Privacy Preservation
  Hiroyuki Kawano
• Using Fare-Card Data to make Commuter Cycling Policies in Singapore
  Ashwani kumar, Viet Anh Nguyen, Kwong Meng Teo

HD-18: Optimization and Decision Making: Theory and Applications
Stream: Multiobjective Optimization - Theory, Methods and Applications
Room: Room 112
Chair(s): Pekka Malo, Ankur Sinha

• An Enhanced Fourier-Motzkin Method for Data Envelopment Analysis
  Abolfazl Keshvari
• Solving Hierarchical Decision Making and Optimization Problems
  Pekka Malo, Ankur Sinha
• Some Properties of Vectorized Directional Derivative For Set-Valued Mappings
  Mustafa Soyertem, Mahide Kucuk, Yalcin Kucuk
• A Two-Objective Container Loading and Assortment Problem
  

HD-19: Inventory Planning III
Stream: Demand and Supply Planning in Consumer Goods and Retailing
Room: Room 128
Chair(s): Hiroaki Sandoh

• Inventory-Routing Problem with Pickups and Deliveries of RTI in Closed-Loop Supply Chain
  
• Optimizing Inventory and Pricing Decisions for a Periodic-Review System with Batch Ordering
  
• Optimal Quantity of Apparel Goods for Direct Mail
  
• Model to Optimize the Internal Supply Chain in an Industry of Mobile Phones Located in Brazil
  Fabricio Rodrigues Costa

HD-20: Managing Smart Energy Grids under Uncertainty - II
Stream: Stochastic Optimization in Energy
Room: Room 129
Chair(s): Pavlo Krokhmal

• Stochastic Optimization Methods for Real-Time Control of Electrical Grids by Using Explicit Power Setpoints
  
• Power Control for Solar Micro-Grids in Developing Countries
  
• Risk-Averse Strategic Planning of HVDC Grids
  
• Stochastic Approach used for Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Modeling of the Energy Production in the Integrated Steel Plant’s Power Plant in Poland: Case Study
  

HD-21: Cutting and Packing 3
Stream: Cutting and Packing
Room: Room 006
Chair(s): Ramon Alvarez-Valdes

• An Efficient MIP Formulation of the Container Loading Problem
  Giorgio Fasano
• Studying Different Models for the Truck Loading Process
  Maria Teresa Alonso Martínez, Ramon Alvarez-Valdes, Manuel Iori, Francisco Parreño, Jose Tamarit
• Efficient Local Search Algorithms for Three-Dimensional Packing Using Sequence-Triple
  

HD-22: (In)efficiency and Truthfulness in Auctions
Stream: Algorithmic Game Theory
Room: Room 007
Chair(s):

• The Price of Anarchy of First-Price Auctions
  
• On the Inefficiency of Standard Multi-Unit Auctions
  
• Combinatorial Auctions without Money
  Carmine Ventre

HD-23: Panel Discussion: Analytics in OR Societies
Stream: Analytics Application and Practice
Room: Room 008
Chair(s):

• Panel Description: Analytics in OR Societies
  

HD-24: Repeated and Stochastic Games
Stream: Dynamic and Repeated Games
Room: Room 212
Chair(s):

• The Asymptotic Value in Finite Stochastic Games
  Miquel Oliu Barton
• Attainability in Repeated Games with Vector Payoffs
  
• Dynamic Persuasion
  

HD-25: Heuristics for Dynamic Transit Routing
Stream: Applications of Heuristics
Room: Room 009
Chair(s): Amelia C. Regan, Elise Miller-Hooks

• Routing for Ridesharing Services Considering Congestion
  Maged Dessouky, Xiaoqing Wang, Fernando Ordonez
• Dynamic Vehicle Routing and Pricing with Look Ahead for Flexible Transit
  
• The Dial-A-Ride Problem with Uncertain Travel Times
  Elise Miller-Hooks
• Incremental Network Design
  

HD-26: Nondifferentiable Optimization: Applications to Large-Scale and Combinatorial Problems
Stream: Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Analysis
Room: Room 010
Chair(s): Enrico Gorgone

• Optimal Replenishment Order Placement in a Finite Time Horizon
  Giovanna Miglionico, Manlio Gaudioso, Giovanni Giallombardo
• A Heuristic Algorithm for Solving the Minimum Sum-of-Squares Clustering Problems
  Burak Ordin, Adil Bagirov
• Decomposition Approaches: The Role of the Master Problem Formulation
  
• A Computational Comparison of Approaches to Lagrangian Duals: The Case Study of FC-MMCF
  Enrico Gorgone, Antonio Frangioni, Bernard Gendron

HD-27: Decision Making and Applications
Stream: Decision Analysis, Decision Support Systems
Room: Room 213
Chair(s):

• Research Project Evaluation and Selection Based on the Evidential Reasoning Rule
  
• Job Selection in a Network of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Delivery of Goods
  
• A Framework of Decision Support Systems for Products Innovation
  Di Xu
• Transportation of Valuable Product: A Case Study
  

HD-28: MINLP for Natural Gas Network Optimization
Stream: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
Room: Room 130
Chair(s): Jesco Humpola

• Topology Planning of Gas Transport Networks
  Ralf Lenz, Benjamin Hiller, Jesco Humpola, Thorsten Koch, Robert Schwarz, Jonas Schweiger
• Bilevel Optimization in Pipeline Transport Planning
  Robert Schwarz, Benjamin Hiller, Claudia Gotzes
• Capacity Planning for Natural Gas Transmission Networks
  

HD-29: Distribution and Transportation in the Petrochemical Sector
Stream: OR in Petrochemicals and Mining
Room: Room 011
Chair(s):

• Balancing Chemical Production Networks by Railway Transports
  Thomas Kirschstein, Christian Bierwirth
• Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of an Oil Polluted Water Pumping Process in Open Sea
  
• Production Analysis and Operations Research at Noble Energy
  Wesley Dyk, Alexander Engau
• Simultaneous Production and Distribution of Industrial Gas Supply Chains
  

HD-30: Dynamical Systems and Game Theory
Stream: Applications of Dynamical Models
Room: Room 012
Chair(s): Alberto Pinto, João Almeida, Bruno M.P. M. Oliveira

• Cournot Duopolies with R&D Investment
  Bruno M.P. M. Oliveira, Joana Becker, Alberto Pinto
• Dynamic Management Model of Small Work Groups
  
• Dynamic Model of a Multi-Product Manufacturing System
  

HD-31: Scheduling and Queuing in Networks
Stream: Telecommunications and Networks
Room: Room 013
Chair(s): Giorgio Gnecco

• Scheduling Wireless Networks: The Advantage of Co-operation
  Celia Glass
• Incremental Network Design for Maximum Flows
  
• A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Communication Systems with High Error Correction Capability
  Banu Kabakulak, Z. Caner Taşkın, Ali Emre Pusane

HD-32: Supply Chain Management - Supply and Ressource Planning
Stream: Production Management & Supply Chain Management
Room: Room 014
Chair(s): Pedro Martins

• Does Punishment Work? On the Value of Buyer's Commitment in Supplier's Dynamic Improvement
  
• Design of the Field Study about the Criteria used in Supplier Selection
  
• Supply Management of a Commodity Processor
  
• Workforce Planning and Financing on a Production/Capital Discrete-Time Model
  

HD-33: Algorithm Configuration: Black, White and Gray Box
Stream: Hyperheuristics
Room: Room 015
Chair(s): Patrick De Causmaecker

• Algorithm Configuration: Black, White and Gray Box
  Patrick De Causmaecker, Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang
• Automatic Design of Metaheuristics from a Grammar Description
  
• Adaptation of Meta-heuristic Algorithms to Dynamic Problems
  Özcan Aytaç
• Genetic Algorithm Parameter Optimisation for Multiprocessor Task Scheduling using Design of Experiments
  

HD-34: Financial Modeling 3
Stream: Decision Making Modeling and Risk Assessment in the Financial Sector
Room: Room 016
Chair(s): Marie-Louise Arlt

• Are there Gender Differences in Consumer Credit Risk?
  Galina Andreeva, Anna Matuszyk
• Estimate Aggregated Default: An Impirical Investigation on Brazilian Loans using Cointegration Vectors
  Angela De Moraes, Galina Andreeva, Jonathan Crook
• Modelling of Yearly Inflation Rate
  
• Standard & Poor’s Framework for Rating Banks
  

HD-35: Simulation and Optimization for Robust Supply Networks
Stream: Stochastic Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Management and Science
Room: Room 131
Chair(s): Erik Kropat, Silja Meyer-Nieberg, Ozlem Defterli, Jens Baudach

• Linking Mathematical Optimization and Stochastic Simulation for Planning of Transshipment Terminals in the Parcel Delivery Industry
  Jens Baudach, Uwe Clausen, Daniel Diekmann
• Simulation based Study for Robust Supply Network Design
  
• Shipment Transport via Transfer Ports: A Stochastic Programming Approach
  
• Multistage Stochastic Model of Fuel Procurement for Electric Generation with Logistic and Commercial Constraints
  

HD-36: Supply Chain in Agriculture
Stream: OR in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Room: Room 132
Chair(s): LluisM Pla, Marcela C. Gonzalez-Araya

• A Hierarchical Markov Decision Process Modelling Feeding and Marketing Decisions of Growing Pigs
  
• Multi-Stage Model for a Real Instance in a Pig Production System
  Esteve Nadal, LluisM Pla
• Can Organic Agriculture Feed Turkey?: A Linear Programming Approach
  
• An Optimization Model for Planning Fruits Transport from Cold Storages to Packing Plants
  Marcela C. Gonzalez-Araya, Wladimir E. Soto-Silva, LluisM Pla

HD-37: Advances on Recovery Inventory Management Policies I
Stream: Recovery Inventory Management Policies
Room: Room 017
Chair(s): Nihat Öner

• A Co-evolutionary Network Design Method for Strategic Alliance in Express Delivery Services
  
• Optimization of Route Planning and Cost Allocation in Truckload Shipper Collaboration
  Nihat Öner, Gultekin Kuyzu
• Coordinated Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Management for Perishable Products with Time-Dependent Demand
  
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Alternative Pricing Policies for the Water Utility Sector under Uncertainty
  

HD-38: Soft OR / Systems and Multimethodology 2
Stream: Soft OR / Systems and Multimethodology
Room: Room 214
Chair(s): Giles Hindle

• Structuring Investment Decisions for Smart City Transitions
  Katharina Burger, Mike Yearworth, Leroy White
• Action Research using Soft Systems Methodology: Exploring Alternative Intervention Modes
  Giles Hindle
• Emerging Findings from a Review of an Intervention Using the Lean Systems Methodology
  

HD-39: Advances in Discrete and Global Optimization and on Graphs I
Stream: Discrete and Global Optimization
Room: Room 018
Chair(s):

• Optimal Regular Covering of the Plane with Equal Sectors
  
• On the Class of (k, l) Partition Graphs
  Hayat Issaadi
• On (a,d)-Antimagic Labelings of Generalized Petersen Graphs P(n,3)
  Lingqi Zhao

HD-40: Prescriptive Analytics: Smart Solutions to Real-World Problems I
Stream: Meta-Analytics: A Marriage of Metaheuristics and Analytics
Room: Room 019
Chair(s): Stefan Voss, Stefan Lessmann

• Car Resale Price Prediction with Ensemble Selection and Asymmetric Cost Functions
  Stefan Lessmann, Hsin-Vonn Seow
• Functional Principal Component Analysis in Revenue Management Data
  Claus Gwiggner, Catherine Cleophas
• An Empirical Comparison of Classification Algorithms for Mortgage Default Prediction: Evidence from a Distressed Mortgage Market
  
• Discrete Cyber Swarm Algorithm and Analytics Strategies for the Quadratic Assignment Problem
  Peng-Yeng Yin, Fred Glover, Qingqing Yang

HD-41: Stochastic Models in Production, Manufacturing and Services
Stream: Stochastic Models for Service Operations
Room: Room 216
Chair(s): Maria Elena Bruni

• Service Levels in Inventory Management
  Stefan Minner
• A Constraint Programming Approach for Computing Robust Sequences of Tasks in Stochastic Scheduling
  
• Managing Uncertainties in Hardware-Software Codesign Projects
  
• Dynamic Pricing, Production, and Channel Coordination with Stochastic Learning
  Suresh Sethi, Tao Li

HD-42: Collaborative Decision Making (Social Networks & Web Resources)
Stream: Decision Support Systems
Room: Room 215
Chair(s): Fatima Dargam, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida

• Online Multidisciplinary Information Management Software
  
• IT Service Selection in Cloud Computing – An Evaluation of Multiciteria Decsion Model Approaches
  
• Exploring the multi-channel consumer decision-making journey
  
• Multi-criteria Spatial Decision Making and Determining Location Score based on Geographic Zone with GIS
  

HD-43: Medical Informatics
Stream: Optimisation in Health Care
Room: Room 217
Chair(s): Adem Tüzemen

• Forecasting Negativity of BRCA1 / BRCA2 Genes for High-Risk Breast Cancer Families
  Şimal Aysever, Suzan Güreli, Fadime Üney-Yüksektepe, Tülin Aktin
• Using GIS in Biology
  
• Optimizing Automated Medical Dispensing Cabinets through Voice of Customer
  
• Design of a New Appointment System Using Bill of Operation Case (BOC)
  

HD-44: Humanitarian Logistics, SCM Practices and Sustainable Development
Stream: Quality and Performance Measurement in Humanitarian Relief Chains
Room: Room 218
Chair(s): Sadia Samar Ali, Frank Meisel

• Ambulance Routing for Disaster Response with Patient Groups
  Frank Meisel, Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen
• A Production/Remanufacturing Inventory Model with Multiple Recycled Components and Outsourcing Policy
  Che-Fu Hsueh
• Performance Analysis of Quality Collaboration in the Supply Chain
  Hyun Jung Kim, Hun-Yul Kim
• Performance Measures of Humanitarian Supply Chain Network
  Sadia Samar Ali

HD-45: Location Problems
Stream: Hybrid Heuristics
Room: Room 219
Chair(s):

• A Three-Stage Approach for Solving Large Unconditional and Conditional Vertex p-Centre Problems
  Chandra Irawan, Said Salhi, Zvi Drezner
• Adaptive Perturbation-Based Heuristics: An Application for the Continuous p-centre Problem
  Abdalla Elshaikh, Said Salhi, Jack Brimberg, Nenad Mladenovic, Gábor Nagy
• The Partially Probabilistic Customer Choice Rule: A New Competitive Location Model
  Jose Fernandez, Juana López Redondo, Pilar M. Ortigosa, Boglárka G.-Tóth
• A Greedy Algorithm to Solve Large Equality Facilities Location Problem