APMOD 2008 - Program

  • [W]ednesday, [T]hursday, [F]riday


    • WP1: Plenary (Wednesday) - Chair: Pflug Georg - Room: F1 (9:00)
      • Prekopa Andras (Multivariate Value at Risk and Related Topics)

    • WS1: Semi-Plenary 1 (Wednesday) - Chair: Terlaky Tamas - Room: F1 (10:30)
      • Williams H. P. (A Survey of Different Integer Programming Formulations of Travelling Salesman Problem)
    • WS2: Semi-Plenary 2 (Wednesday) - Chair: Brunovsky Pavol - Room: F2 (10:30)
      • Sevcovic Daniel (Dynamic Stochastic Accumulation Model with Application to Pension Savings Management)

    • WA1: Robust optimization - Chair: Mitra Gautam - Room: F108 (11:30)
      • Gregory Christine (Selection Using Robust Optimization: Analysis of Robustness)
      • Resta Marina (Managing risk in a wind generation company: a robust optimization approach.)
    • WA2: Stochastic programming I - Chair: Szantai Tamas - Room: F1 (11:30)
      • Blomvall Jorgen (Solving Multistage Stochastic Programming Problems with Nonlinear and CVaR Constraints)
      • Hanke Michael (ALM Models, Stochastic Programming, and the Absence of Arbitrage)
      • Popela Pavel (Stochastic Programming Applications in Civil Engineering)
    • WA3: Finance I - Chair: Consiglio Andrea - Room: F2 (11:30)
      • Roman Diana (Computational Models for the SSD Criterion of Portfolio Choice)
      • Fabian Csaba (Cutting Plane Based Methods for Alternative Portfolio Choice Models)
      • Kopa Milos (On convexity of SD effiency sets)
    • WA4: Supply Chain Management I - Chair: Azaron Amir - Room: F109 (11:30)
      • Saadouli Nasreddine (Stochastic Programming Models for Optimal Fleet Composition)
      • Peric Tunjo (Optimization of Industrial Production of Feed Blends by Fuzzy Goal Programming Methods)

    • WB1: Simulation and Differential Equations - Chair: Brunovsky Pavol - Room: F108 (14:30)
      • Macurova Anna (Automatic Drafting System of Solutions Differential Equations)
      • Fechova Erika (Mathematical modeling of differential equations of the second order using Matlab)
      • Sanaei M. (FE Simulation of a Novel Mechanical Energy Absorbing Structure for Automotive Passive Safety)
    • WB2: Stochastic programming II - Chair: Prekopa Andras - Room: F1 (14:30)
      • Szantai Tamas (Hypergraphs as means of discovering the dependence structure of a discrete multivariate probability)
      • Houda Michal (Convexity and structural dependence in chance-constrained problems)
      • Kankova Vlasta (Empirical Estimates via Dependence and Nonlinear Functionals in Stochastic Programming)
    • WB3: Finance II - Chair: Sevcovic Daniel - Room: F2 (14:30)
      • Canakgoz Nilgun (Mixed-integer Programming Approaches for Index Tracking and Enhanced Indexation)
      • Smid Martin (Rational decision making at a limit order market)
      • Consiglio Andrea (A stochastic programming approach to price the option to surrender in incomplete markets)
    • WB4: Supply Chain Management II - Chair: Maggioni Francesca - Room: F109 (14:30)
      • Tolstad Uggen Kristin (Optimising slaughtering and cutting in a meat value chain)
      • Yousaf Shad Muhammad (Seafood Value Chain Stochastic Optimization Model)
      • Albornoz Victor (Stochastic optimization models as planning tool in the squat lobster and jack mackerel Chilean fish)

    • WC1: Integer and combinatorial optimization I - Chair: Freixas Josep - Room: F108 (16:30)
      • Morton David (A stochastic integer program for prioritization)
      • Cocking Cara (Improved Lower Bounds for Facility Location--Network Design Problems)
      • Lazic Jasmina (Variable Neighbourhood Search for Solving Quadratic Mixed Integer Programs)
      • Balogh Janos (Semi-online bin packing algorithms)
    • WC2: Game Theory I - Chair: Melichercik Igor - Room: F1 (16:30)
      • Becker Denis (Application of a Stochastic Quasi-Gradient Method to a Stochastic Problem w. Equilibrium Constraints)
      • Toczylowski Eugeniusz (An algorithm for path generated cost allocations for generalized linear programming games)
      • Kaleta Mariusz (A new algorithm for alpha-efficient cost allocation for cooperative game with empty core)
    • WC3: Software I - Chair: Kristjansson Bjarni - Room: F2 (16:30)
      • Polik Imre (A Unified Input Format for Conic Optimization: Requirements and a Proposal)
      • Gassmann Horand (API and Data Structures for Stochastic Programming)
      • Lucas Cormac (Development and Validation of Complex Portfolio Models)
      • Nelissen Franz (Is Utility Computing suitable for providing Mathematical)
    • WC4: Telecommunication - Chair: Vespucci Maria Teresa - Room: F109 (16:30)
      • Bertocchi Marida (Stochastic Second-Order Cone Programming in Mobile ad-hoc Networks)
      • Gaivoronski Alexei A. (Service Capacity Allocation under Random Service Demand)
      • Carroll Paula (The Ring Spur Assignment Problem)

    • TA1: Linear and convex programming - Chair: Terlaky Tamas - Room: F108 (8:30)
      • Castro Jordi (Improving iterative solvers in IPMs for structured problems through quadratic regularizations)
      • Jurik Tomas (A new efficient two-path algorithm for linear programming problems)
      • Richtarik Peter (An efficient algorithm for large-scale linear and convex optimization in relative scale)
    • TA2: Stochastic programming III - Chair: Popela Pavel - Room: F1 (8:30)
      • Colombo Marco (Stage aggregation to warm-start interior point methods)
      • Date Paresh (A New Moment-Matching Algorithm for Scenario Generation)
      • Hochreiter Ronald (A Stochastic Programming Approach for QoS-Aware Service Composition)
    • TA3: Finance III - Chair: Fabian Csaba - Room: F2 (8:30)
      • Schwaiger Katharina (Models for Decision Making and Evaluation for Asset and Liability Management)
      • Kilianova Sona (Risk minimizing models for pension planning)
      • Consigli Giorgio (Scenario generation for credit risk management)
    • TA4: Energy - Chair: Smeers Yves - Room: F109 (8:30)
      • Vespucci Maria Teresa (A stochastic medium-term scheduling model for wind power and hydro power coordination)
      • Heredia F.-Javier (Optimal thermal and virtual power plants operation in the day-ahead electricity market.)
      • Zoltowska Izabela (Providing Operational and Self Schedules Compatibility for the Compensation Based Pricing Scheme)

    • TP1: Plenary (Thursday) - Chair: Prekopa Andras - Room: F1 (10:30)
      • Floudas Christos (Novel Continuous-Time Formulations and Algorithms for Scheduling of Batch Manufacturing)

    • TS1: Semi-Plenary 1 (Thursday) - Chair: Williams H. P. - Room: F1 (11:45)
      • Terlaky Tamas (High Performance Optimization: The Limits of Interior Point Methods)
    • TS2: Semi-Plenary 2 (Thursday) - Chair: Mitra Gautam - Room: F2 (11:45)
      • Smeers Yves (Equilibrium Models for Generation Capacity Expansion in Reorganised Power Markets)

    • TB1: Integer and combinatorial optimization II - Chair: Morton David - Room: F108 (14:30)
      • Sawada Kiyoshi (Additional adjacencies in two levels of a complete K-ary tree minimizing total path length)
      • Freixas Josep (A Fibonacci sequence for linear structures with two types of components)
      • Barza Silviu (Variation of Constant Sum Constraint for Integer Model with Non Uniform Variables)
    • TB2: Stochastic programming IV - Chair: Roman Diana - Room: F1 (14:30)
      • Dupacova Jitka (On Contamination Bounds for Probabilistic Programming)
      • Pflug Georg (On weak derivatives with applications in Finance)
    • TB3: Transportation I - Chair: Gaivoronski Alexei A. - Room: F2 (14:30)
      • Flach Bruno (The Effects of Forward Contracts on the Equilibrium of Natural Gas Transportation Networks)
      • Myklebust Jogeir (Optimization of a liquid energy chain for combined production and transport of LNG and LCO2 using Ta)
      • Maggioni Francesca (A Single-Sink Transportation Problem: Stochastic Optimization Models)
    • TB4: Supply Chain Management III - Chair: Alonso-Ayuso Antonio - Room: F109 (14:30)
      • Tomasgard Asgeir (The GasOpt tool for optimizing natural gas flow)
      • Fodstad Marte (Modeling the LNG Value Chain)
      • Gale Carmen (A integer bilevel model for supply chain optimization)

    • TC1: Integer and Multicriteria Optimization - Chair: Wozabal David - Room: F108 (16:30)
      • Mansini Renata (Kernel Search: An application to portfolio optimization)
      • Lachout Petr (An optimization model convenient for gene heredity)
      • Kozlowski Bartosz (Identification of stakeholder preferences in hierarchical multicriteria problems)
    • TC2: Statistics and Econometrics I - Chair: Dupacova Jitka - Room: F1 (16:30)
      • Wozabal Nancy (A new functional limit theorem for L-statistics applied to risk measures)
      • Yu Keming (From Linear Quantile Regression to Censored Nonlinear Quantile Regression)
      • Trnovska Maria (Using methods of mathematical programming for constructing D-optimal designs)
    • TC3: Software II - Chair: Kaut Michal - Room: F2 (16:30)
      • Kristjansson Bjarni (Stochastic Programming for Modeling Languages and XML)
      • de Rooij Frans (AIMMS optimization applications in industry)
    • TC4: Supply Chain Management IV - Chair: Tomasgard Asgeir - Room: F109 (16:30)
      • Azaron Amir (Interactive multi-objective stochastic programming for designing robust supply chain networks)
      • Alonso-Ayuso Antonio (A computational comparison of several formulations for the multi-period incremental service facility)
      • Fazlollahtabar Hamed (A Mathematical Programming Approach for Facilities Relocation Problem in Supply Chain)

    • FA1: Scheduling - Chair: Hochreiter Ronald - Room: F108 (8:30)
      • Wiesemann Wolfram (Multi-Resource Allocation in Stochastic Project Scheduling)
      • Chu Sydney (Staffing model for scheduling interpreters under tight constraints)
      • Koberstein Achim (Incorporating tactical decisions in optimisation for strategic automotive manufacturing planning)
    • FA2: Statistics and Econometrics II - Chair: Trnovska Maria - Room: F1 (8:30)
      • Odrobina Igor (Quantifying benefits of research knowledge through the organization architecture models)
      • Rahman Atta Ur (Forecasting of financial data using univariate and multivariate factor models)
    • FA3: Finance IV - Chair: Lucas Cormac - Room: F2 (8:30)
      • Mitra Leela (Mixed Distribution Scenarios for Investment Decisions with Downside Risk)
      • Fishman Vladimir (Scalable account level optimization versus decision trees: Search for a hybrid approach)
      • Palka Piotr (Alleviation of the Market Power in Oligopolistic Economy by Modified Groves-Ledyard Mechanism)

    • FS1: Semi-Plenary 1 (Friday) - Chair: Pflug Georg - Room: F1 (10:30)
      • Cechlarova Katarina (Optimal Assignment of Kidneys)
    • FS2: Semi-Plenary 2 (Friday) - Chair: Consigli Giorgio - Room: F2 (10:30)
      • Gilli Manfred (Heuristic optimization in financial modeling)

    • FB1: Nonlinear and global optimization - Chair: de Carvalho Miguel - Room: F108 (11:30)
      • Wozabal David (A D.C. Formulation of Value-at-Risk constrained Optimization)
      • Mijangos Eugenio (Improving Lagrangian Relaxation Methods on Networks by Modified epsilon-subgradient Techniques)
      • de Carvalho Miguel (Global Optimization by Stochastic Zigzag Methods)
    • FB2: Markov Models - Chair: Lachout Petr - Room: F1 (11:30)
      • Bulla Ingo (hsmm - an R Package for Analyzing Hidden Semi-Markov Models)
      • Erlwein Christina (Scenario Generation for a Portfolio Optimisation Problem within an HMM Framework)
      • Sladky Karel (Risk-Sensitive Optimality in Markov Decision Chains)
      • Biewald Anne (A Dynamic Stochastic Life Cycle Model with Markov Processes)
    • FB3: Transportation and Data Analysis - Chair: Bertocchi Marida - Room: F2 (11:30)
      • Kara Imdat (New Mathematical Models of the Generalized Vehicle Routing Problem and Extensions)
      • Guenatri Mohamed Salim (Heuristic for Robust Design of Multi-Type Asymmetric Bus Line Frequencies)
      • Analui Bita (Developing evaluation models using DEA)

    • FC2: Game Theory II - Chair: Becker Denis - Room: F1 (14:30)
      • Willett Keith (Resolution of Interstate Water Quality Issues: An Application of Stem)
      • Ferreira Fernanda (Endogenous co-leadership)
    • FC3: Software III - Chair: Gassmann Horand - Room: F2 (14:30)
      • Kaut Michal (A C++ Modelling Environment for Stochastic Programming)
      • Wiesinger Clemens (The AURORA Financial Management System: A Workflow Approach (AFMS-W))