All Areas Submissions - February 2018

Integer Programming
Strong formulations for quadratic optimization with M-matrices and semi-continuous variables
Alper Atamturk, Andres Gomez

Applications — Science and Engineering
A Decision Tool based on a Multi-Objective Methodology for designing High-Pressure Thermal Treatments in Food Industry
Miriam R. Ferrández, Juani L. Redondo, Benjamin Ivorra, Ángel M. Ramos, Pilar M. Ortigosa

Robust Optimization
Robust Optimal Discrete Arc Sizing for Tree-Shaped Potential Networks
Martin Robinius, Lars Schewe, Martin Schmidt, Detlef Stolten, Johannes Thürauf, Lara Welder

Optimization Software and Modeling Systems
High-Level Interfaces for the Multiple Shooting Code for Optimal Control MUSCOD
Manuel Kudruss, Felix Lenders, Christian Kirches

Stochastic Programming
A deterministic algorithm for solving multistage stochastic minimax dynamic programmes
Regan Baucke, Anthony Downward, Golbon Zakeri

Applications — Science and Engineering
Optimal Black Start Allocation for Power System Restoration
Georgios Patsakis, Deepak Rajan, Jennifer Rios

Nonlinear Optimization
A structured quasi-Newton algorithm for optimizing with incomplete Hessian information
Cosmin Petra, Naiyuan Chiang, Mihai Anitescu

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
The condition of a function relative to a polytope
David H. Gutman, Javier Pena

Nonlinear Optimization
How to Characterize the Worst-Case Performance of Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization
Frank E. Curtis, Daniel P. Robinson

Stochastic Programming
On the convergence of a cutting plane method for multistage stochastic programming problems with stagewise dependent price uncertainty
Anthony Downward, Oscar Dowson, Regan Baucke

Stochastic Programming
Tutorial on risk neutral, distributionally robust and risk averse multistage stochastic programming
Alexander Shapiro

Integer Programming
A Center-Cut Algorithm for Quickly Obtaining Feasible Solutions and Solving Convex MINLP Problems
Jan Kronqvist, David Bernal, Andreas Lundell, Tapio Westerlund

Nonlinear Optimization
Combinatorial Integral Approximation for Mixed-Integer PDE-Constrained Optimization Problems
Mirko Hahn, Sebastian Sager

Applications — Science and Engineering
FINITE ELEMENT MODEL UPDATING FOR STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
Maria Girardi, Cristina Padovani, Daniele Pellegrini, Margherita Porcelli, Laonardo Robol

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Optimal Hub Selection for Rapid Medical Deliveries using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Consideration of Flight Dynamics
Jose Escribano Macias, Panagiotis Angeloudis, WY Ochieng

Integer Programming
Global Optimization of Multilevel Electricity Market Models Including Network Design and Graph Partitioning
Thomas Kleinert, Martin Schmidt

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Exact Semidefinite Formulations for a Class of (Random and Non-Random) Nonconvex Quadratic Programs
Samuel Burer, Yinyu Ye

Nonlinear Optimization
Optimal linearized symmetric ADMM for separable convex programming
Chang Xiaokai, Bai Jianchao, Liu Sanyang

Nonlinear Optimization
On classes of set optimization problems which are reducible to vector optimization problems and its impact on numerical test instances
Gabriele Eichfelder, Tobias Gerlach

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Stochastic subgradient method converges at the rate $O(k^{-1/4})$ on weakly convex function
Damek Davis, Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Cut-Pursuit Algorithm for Regularizing Nonsmooth Functionals with Graph Total Variation
Hugo Raguet, Landrieu Loïc

Integer Programming
Efficient and Easy-to-Implement Mixed-Integer Linear Programs for the Traveling Salesperson Problem with Time Windows
Philipp Hungerländer, Christian Truden

Applications — Science and Engineering
An optimization model for electricity usage in smart homes
Michael David de Souza Dutra, Miguel F. Anjos, Sébastien Le Digabel

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Pointed Closed Convex Sets are the Intersection of All Rational Supporting Closed Halfspaces
Marcel de Carli Silva, Levent Tunçel

Nonlinear Optimization
Extensions of Yuan’s Lemma to fourth-order tensor system with applications
Qingzhi Yang, Yang Zhou, Yuning Yang

Nonlinear Optimization
A Progressive Batching L-BFGS Method for Machine Learning
Raghu Bollapragada, Dheevatsa Mudigere, Jorge Nocedal, Hao-Jun Michael Shi, Ping Tak Peter Tang

Integer Programming
An algorithmic framework based on primitive directions and nonmonotone line searches for black box problems with integer variables
Giampaolo Liuzzi, Stefano Lucidi, Francesco Rinaldi

Nonlinear Optimization
Combinatorial Integral Approximation Decompositions for Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
Clemens Zeile, Tobias Weber, Sebastian Sager

Integer Programming
Mathematical Programming Formulations for Piecewise Polynomial Functions
Bjarne Grimstad, Brage R. Knudsen

Nonlinear Optimization
Local attractors of newton-type methods for constrained equations and complementarity problems with nonisolated solutions
Andreas Fischer, Alexey Izmailov, Mikhail Solodov

Other Topics
An exact algorithm to find non-dominated facets of Tri-Objective MILPs
Seyyed Amir Babak Rasmi, Ali Fattahi, Metin Turkay

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Generalization Bounds for Regularized Portfolio Selection with Market Side Information
Thierry Bazier-Matte, Erick Delage

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
The robust vehicle routing problem with time windows: compact formulation and branch-price-and-cut method
Pedro Munari, Alfredo Moreno, Jonathan De La Vega, Douglas Alem, Jacek Gondzio, Reinaldo Morabito

Complementarity and Variational Inequalities
Semipositivity of matrices and linear maps relative to proper cones
Chandrashekaran Arumugasamy, Sachindranath Jayaraman, Vatsalkumar Mer

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Uniqueness of DRS as the 2 Operator Resolvent-Splitting and Impossibility of 3 Operator Resolvent-Splitting
Ernest K. Ryu

Nonlinear Optimization
Concise Complexity Analyses for Trust-Region Methods
Frank E. Curtis, Zachary Lubberts, Daniel P. Robinson

Nonlinear Optimization
Algorithms and Convergence Results of Projection Methods for Inconsistent Feasibility Problems: A Review
Yair Censor, Maroun Zaknoon

Nonlinear Optimization
Cubic Regularization Method based on Mixed Factorizations for Unconstrained Minimization
Ernesto G. Birgin, J. M. Martínez

Other Topics
Network Models for Multiobjective Discrete Optimization
David Bergman, Merve Bodur, Carlos Cardonha, Andre Cire

Nonlinear Optimization
A Riemannian Conjugate Gradient Algorithm with Implicit Vector Transport for Optimization on the Stiefel Manifold
Harry F. Oviedo, Hugo Lara

Integer Programming
A Computational Investigation on the Strength of Dantzig-Wolfe Reformulations
Michael Bastubbe, Marco E. Lübbecke, Jonas T. Witt

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
A Benders decomposition method for locating stations in a one-way electric car sharing system under demand uncertainty
Hatice Calik, Bernard Fortz

Global Optimization
An algorithm for computing Frechet means on the sphere
Gabriele Eichfelder, Thomas Hotz, Johannes Wieditz

Nonlinear Optimization
ADMM for Multiaffine Constrained Optimization
Wenbo Gao, Donald Goldfarb, Frank E. Curtis

Applications — Science and Engineering
Radar Waveform Optimization for Cooperative Radar-Communications Receiver
Alex R. Chiriyath, Shankarachary Ragi, Hans D Mittelmann, Daniel W. Bliss

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
A Simple Nearly-Optimal Restart Scheme For Speeding-Up First-Order Methods
James Renegar, Benjamin Grimmer

Stochastic Programming
Bounds in multi-horizon stochastic programs
Francesca Maggioni, Elisabetta Allevi, Asgeir Tomasgard