All Areas Submissions - March 2017

Combinatorial Optimization
Dynamic programming algorithms, efficient solution of the LP-relaxation and approximation schemes for the Penalized Knapsack Problem
Federico Della Croce, Ulrich Pferschy, Rosario Scatamacchia

Infinite Dimensional Optimization
From Infinite to Finite Programs: Explicit Error Bounds with Applications to Approximate Dynamic Programming
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani, Tobias Sutter, Daniel Kuhn, John Lygeros

Network Optimization
On Nonconvex Decentralized Gradient Descent
Jinshan Zeng, Wotao Yin

Stochastic Programming
A successive linear programming algorithm with non-linear time series for the reservoir management problem
Charles Gauvin, Erick Delage, Michel Gendreau

Nonlinear Optimization
A note on quadratic forms with applications in optimization
Gabriel Haeser

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
A semi-analytical approach for the positive semidefinite Procrustes problem
Nicolas Gillis, Punit Sharma

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Comparison of Lasserre's measure--based bounds for polynomial optimization to bounds obtained by simulated annealing
Etienne De Klerk, Monique Laurent

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Optimal Control of MDP's with Unbounded Cost on Infinite Horizon
Kerem Ugurlu

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
CONVEX GEOMETRY OF THE GENERALIZED MATRIX-FRACTIONAL FUNCTION
James Burke, Yuan Gao, Tim Hoheisel

Global Optimization
Solving sparse polynomial optimization problems with chordal structure using the sparse, bounded-degree sum-of-squares hierarchy
Ahmadreza Marandi, Etienne de Klerk, Joachim Dahl

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
A new mixed integer linear model for the berth allocation and quay crane assignment problem
Juan F. Correcher, Ramon Alvarez-Valdes, Jose M. Tamarit

Integer Programming
Partial hyperplane activation for generalized intersection cuts
Aleksandr M. Kazachkov, Selvaprabu Nadarajah, Egon Balas, François Margot

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Conic relaxation approaches for equal deployment problems
Sena Safarina, Satoko Moriguchi, Tim J. Mullin, Makoto Yamashita

Stochastic Programming
A Stability Result for Linear Markov Decision Processes
David Wozabal, Adriana Kiszka

Applications — Science and Engineering
Matrix Minor Reformulation and SOCP-based Spatial Branch-and-Cut Method for the AC Optimal Power Flow Problem
Burak Kocuk, Santanu S. Dey, X. Andy Sun

Optimization Software and Modeling Systems
The SCIP Optimization Suite 4.0
Stephen J. Maher, Tobias Fischer, Tristan Gally, Gerald Gamrath, Ambros Gleixner, Robert Lion Gottwald, Gregor Hendel, Thorsten Koch, Marco E. Lübbecke, Matthias Miltenberger, Benjamin Müller, Marc E. Pfetsch, Christian Puchert, Daniel Rehfeldt, Sebastian Schenker, Robert Schwarz, Felipe Serrano, Yuji Shinano, Dieter Weninger, Jonas T. Witt, Jakob Witzig

Global Optimization
Upper and lower bounds for ranks of matrix products composed by generalized inverses with applications
Yongge Tian, Bo Jiang

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
A Novel Matching Formulation for Startup Costs in Unit Commitment
Ben Knueven, Jim Ostrowski, Jean-Paul Watson

Stochastic Programming
Forecast-based scenario-tree generation method
Michal Kaut

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Lyapunov rank of polyhedral positive operators
Michael Orlitzky

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
D-OPTIMAL DESIGN FOR MULTIVARIATE POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION VIA THE CHRISTOFFEL FUNCTION AND SEMIDEFINITE RELAXATIONS
Yohann de Castro, Fabrice Gamboa, Didier Henrion, Roxana Hess, Jean Bernard Lasserre

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Generalized parameterized proximal point algorithm and its applications in statistical learning
Jianchao Bai

Other Topics
A Feasibility Pump and Local Search Based Heuristic for Bi-objective Pure Integer Linear Programming
Aritra Pal, Hadi Charkhgard

Other Topics
An Introduction to Multi-Objective Simulation Optimization
Susan R. Hunter, Eric A. Applegate, Viplove Arora, Bryan Chong, Kyle Cooper, Oscar Rincon-Guevara, Carolina Vivas-Valencia

Stochastic Programming
Learning Enabled Optimization: Towards a Fusion of Statistical Learning and Stochastic Optimization
Suvrajeet Sen, Yunxiao Deng

Applications — Science and Engineering
MPC as a DVI: Implications on Sampling Rates and Accuracy
Mihai Anitescu, Victor Zavala

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Single-Machine Common Due Date Total Earliness/Tardiness Scheduling with Machine Unavailability
Kerem Bulbul, Safia Kedad-Sidhoum, Halil Sen

Combinatorial Optimization
On Matroid Parity and Matching Polytopes
Konstantinos Kaparis, Adam Letchford, Ioannis Mourtos

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
The Fastest Known Globally Convergent First-Order Method for the Minimization of Strongly Convex Functions
Bryan Van Scoy, Randy Freeman, Kevin Lynch

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Speed optimization over a path with heterogeneous arc costs
Qie He, Xiaochen Zhang, Kameng Nip

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Speed optimization over a path with heterogeneous arc costs
Qie He, Zhang Xiaochen, Kameng Nip

Global Optimization
Packing circles in a square: a theoretical comparison of various convexification techniques
aida khajavirad

Nonlinear Optimization
BFGS convergence to nonsmooth minimizers of convex functions
Jiayi Guo, Adrian Lewis

Applications — Science and Engineering
On Procrustes matching of non-negative matrices and an application to random tomography
Christian Rau

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
A block symmetric Gauss-Seidel decomposition theorem for convex composite quadratic programming and its applications
Xudong Li, Defeng Sun, Kim-Chuan Toh

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Symmetric ADMM with Positive-Indefinite Proximal Regularization for Linearly Constrained Convex Optimization
Gao Bin, Ma Feng

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Direct Search Methods on Reductive Homogeneous Spaces
Dreisigmeyer David

Applications — Science and Engineering
Polynomial-Time Methods to Solve Unimodular Quadratic Programs With Performance Guarantees
Shankarachary Ragi, Edwin K.P. Chong, Hans D. Mittelmann

Nonlinear Optimization
New Active-Set Frank-Wolfe Variants for Minimization over the Simplex and the l1-Ball
Cristofari Andrea, De Santis Marianna, Lucidi Stefano, Rinaldi Francesco

Stochastic Programming
Optimal scenario generation and reduction in stochastic programming
Rene Henrion, Werner Roemisch

Stochastic Programming
A randomized method for smooth convex minimization, motivated by probability maximization
Csaba I Fabian, Tamas Szantai

Other Topics
A Comment on the Paper `The Algebraic Structure of the Arbitrary-Order Cone'
Baha Alzalg

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
On Relaxation of Some Customized Proximal Point Algorithms for Convex Minimization: From Variational Inequality Perspective
Feng Ma

Nonlinear Optimization
Dantzig Wolfe decomposition and objective function convexification for binary quadratic problems: the cardinality constrained quadratic knapsack case
Alberto Ceselli, Lucas Létocart, Emiliano Traversi

Integer Programming
Random Sampling and Machine Learning to Understand Good Decompositions
Saverio Basso, Alberto Ceselli, Andrea Tettamanzi

Stochastic Programming
An Analytical Study of Norms and Banach Spaces Induced by the Entropic Value-at-Risk
Ahmadi-Javid Amir, Pichler Alois

Stochastic Programming
Data-driven satisficing measure and ranking
Wenjie Huang

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
A Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithm for the Berth Allocation and Quay Crane Assignment Problem
Juan Francisco Correcher, Ramon Alvarez-Valdes

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Radial Subgradient Descent
Benjamin Grimmer

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Plea for a semidefinite optimization solver in complex numbers
J. Ch. Gilbert, C. Josz

Combinatorial Optimization
A Novel Approach for Solving Convex Problems with Cardinality Constraints
Goran Banjac, Paul Goulart

Nonlinear Optimization
Automatic Differentiation of the Open CASCADE Technology CAD System and its coupling with an Adjoint CFD Solver
Mladen Banovic, Orest Mykhaskiv, Salvatore Auriemma, Andrea Walther, Herve Legrand, Jens-Dominik Müller

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Co-optimization of Demand Response and Reserve Offers for a Major Consumer
Mahbubeh Habibian, Golbon Zakeri, Anthony Downward, Miguel-f Anjos, Michael Ferris

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Location of charging stations in electric car sharing systems
Georg Brandstätter, Markus Leitner, Ivana Ljubic

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Determining optimal locations for charging stations of electric car-sharing systems under stochastic demand
Georg Brandstätter, Michael Kahr, Markus Leitner

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Linear Convergence of Proximal Incremental Aggregated Gradient Methods under Quadratic Growth Condition
Hui Zhang

Stochastic Programming
Distributionally Robust Newsvendor Problems with Variation Distance
Hamed Rahimian, Guzin Bayraksan, Tito Homem-de-Mello

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Optimal Storage and Transmission Investments in a Bilevel Electricity Market Model
Martin Weibelzahl, Alexandra Märtz

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
On the Effects of Storage Facilities on Optimal Zonal Pricing in Electricity Markets
Martin Weibelzahl, Alexandra Märtz