All Areas Submissions - August 2016

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Constructing New Weighted l1-Algorithms for the Sparsest Points of Polyhedral Sets
Y Zhao, Z Luo

Nonlinear Optimization
The Role of Flexibility in Structure-Based Acceleration for Online Convex Optimization
Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kilinc-Karzan

Integer Programming
On the polyhedrality of closures of multi-branch split sets and other polyhedra with bounded max-facet-width
D Moran, O Gunluk, S Dash

Integer Programming
Improving Benders decomposition via a non-linear cut selection procedure
G. Miranda, R.S. Camargo, F. M. S. Lima

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Strengthened MILP Formulation for the Edge-Based Combined-Cycle Unit Model
Lei Fan, Kai Pan, Yongpei Guan, Yonghong Chen, Xing Wang

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Formulations and Decomposition Methods for the Incomplete Hub Location Problem With and Without Hop-Constraints
R. S. Camargo, Gilberto Miranda, M. E. O' Kelly, J. F. Campbell

Stochastic Programming
Asymptotical Analysis of a SAA Estimator for Optimal Value of a Two Stage Problem with Quadratic Recourse
Sainan Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Qingsong Duan

Nonlinear Optimization
A new branch-and-bound algorithm for standard quadratic programming problems
Giampaolo Liuzzi, Marco Locatelli, Veronica Piccialli

Network Optimization
A Benders decomposition based framework for solving cable trench problems
Hatice Calik, Markus Leitner, Martin Luipersbeck

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Decomposition-Based Approximation Algorithms for the One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Problem with Concave Batch Order Costs
Weihong Hu, Alejandro Toriello, Maged Dessouky

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
A simple preprocessing algorithm for semidefinite programming
Preston Faulk, Gabor Pataki, Quoc Tran-Dinh

Global Optimization
Global Optimization in Hilbert Space
Boris Houska, Benoit Chachuat

Robust Optimization
"Dice"-sion Making under Uncertainty: When Can a Random Decision Reduce Risk?
Erick Delage, Daniel Kuhn, Wolfram Wiesemann

Applications — Science and Engineering
Optimization Methods for Locating Heteroclinic Orbits
Pedro Borges

Other Topics
On a Practical Notion of Geoffrion Proper Optimality in Multicriteria Optimization
Pradyumn Kumar Shukla, Joydeep Dutta, Kalyanmoy Deb, Poonam Kesarwani

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Improving an ADMM-like Splitting Method via Positive-Indefinite Proximal Regularization for Three-Block Separable Convex Minimization
Bingsheng He, Xiaoming Yuan

Applications — Science and Engineering
Convex Variational Formulations for Learning Problems
Pedro Borges

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Low-Rank Matrix Completion using Nuclear Norm with Facial Reduction
Shimeng Huang, Henry Wolkowicz

Nonlinear Optimization
Approximate norm descent methods for constrained nonlinear systems
Benedetta Morini, Margherita Porcelli, Philippe L. Toint

Nonlinear Optimization
Second-order optimality and beyond: characterization and evaluation complexity in convexly-constrained nonlinear optimization
Coralia Cartis, Nicholas I. M. Gould, P Toint

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
Linear Convergence of Gradient and Proximal-Gradient Methods Under the Polyak-Lojasiewicz Condition
Hamed Karimi, Julie Nutini, Mark Schmidt

Applications — Science and Engineering
Positioning and construction algorithms for a specific absolute positioning magnetic ruler system
Aleksandar Mojsic

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Data-Driven Risk-Averse Stochastic Program And Renewable Energy Integration
Chaoyue Zhao

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Surgery Sequencing and Scheduling in Multiple ORs with PACU Constraints
Miao Bai, R.H. Storer, G.L. Tonkay

Nonlinear Optimization
A Sequential Algorithm for Solving Nonlinear Optimization Problems with Chance Constraints
Frank E Curtis, Andreas Waechter, Victor M Zavala

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
New analysis of linear convergence of gradient-type methods via unifying error bound conditions
Zhang Hui

Combinatorial Optimization
Extended Formulations and Branch-and-Cut Algorithms for the Black-and-White Traveling Salesman Problem
Luis Gouveia, Markus Leitner, Mario Ruthmair

Applications — Science and Engineering
An MILP for Large-scale Dynamic Economic Dispatch with Valve Point Effect
Shanshan Pan, Jinbao Jian, Linfeng Yang

Robust Optimization
Improved Handling of Uncertainty and Robustness in Set Covering Problems
Pascal Lutter, Dirk Degel, Christina Büsing, Arie Koster, Brigitte Werners

Integer Programming
Decomposition of loosely coupled integer programs: A multiobjective perspective
Merve Bodur, Shabbir Ahmed, Natashia Boland, George L. Nemhauser

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Stochastic Optimization of Vaccine Vial Replenishment
Zahra Azadi, Harsha Gangammnavar, Sandra Eksioglu

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming
Michelle Alvarado, Lewis Ntaimo

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Elementary polytopes with high lift-and-project ranks for strong positive semidefinite operators
Yu Hin (Gary) Au, Levent Tunçel

Robust Optimization
Routing Optimization with Time Windows under Uncertainty
Zhang Yu, Baldacci Roberto, Sim Melvyn, Tang Jiafu

Stochastic Programming
The Stochastic Multistage Fixed Charge Transportation Problem: Worst-Case Analysis of the Rolling Horizon Approach
Luca Bertazzi, Francesca Maggioni

Stochastic Programming
Optimizing over Joint-Chance Constraints for a Hybrid Wind-conventional Generator System
Bismark Singh, David Morton, Surya Santoso

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Designing Response Supply Chain Against Bioattacks
David Simchi-Levi, Nikolaos Trichakis, Peter Yun Zhang

Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming
Graph bisection revisited
Renata Sotirov

Applications — OR and Management Sciences
Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows and Convex Node Costs
Qie He, Yongjia Song

Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization
A first-order primal-dual algorithm with linesearch
Yura Malitsky, Thomas Pock