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Deterministic Optimization (Official Master's Degree in Research in Engineering Systems Modeling, year 2014-15)

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Operations Research (the science of better):
Discipline that applies advanced analytical methods to take decisions to improve operations of a company.

A New View of Analytics and Operations Research

, Learn About O.R., The Executive Guide to Operational Research, Operational Research and EURO

L. Escudero y M.A. López SEIO y la historia de la IO en España Boletín de Estadística e Investigación Operativa 28 (1): 24-55, Feb 2012

F. Petropoulos et al. Operational Research: Methods and Applications March 2023

Life itself is a matter of OR

The current table reflects in a realistic way the course development during the several sessions. It allows the student to know in advance what is going to happen in each session in order to prepare the subject and to organize its work adequately.


Date
Theory
Additional readings
Presentations

Sep 16, 2014

Extract of the syllabus of the subject. Additional bibliography.
Hand out of the class notes and web page for slides.

Algebraic modeling languages.


Sep 23, 2014
Good Optimization Modeling Practices

Sep 30, 2014
LINEAR PROGRAMMING.
Introduction. Geometry. Properties. Graphical simplex method. Standard form. Basic solution. Partition.

Mathematical Programming Glossary

Linear Programming FAQ (2005)

2013 Linear Programming Software Survey

COmputational INfrastructure for Operations Research Projects

Task assignment

El Arte de Presentar

A very funny example: Kate Hartman: el arte de la indumentaria de comunicación


Oct 7, 2014
Reduced cost. Pivoting. Simplex method. Optimal electricity production in a two regions market splitting basic case

Oct 14, 2014
Tabular form. Initial basic feasible solution. Revised simplex. Natural Gas Market Equilibrium

Oct 21, 2014
Product form of the inverse. Base matrix factorization. Strategies of computing reduced costs. Dual problem. Dual variables. Economic interpretation. Battery modeling in electricity wholesale markets

Nov 4, 2014

Primal-dual interior point method.

Tariff scheme design considering that consumers could invest in distributed generation

Nov 11, 2014

MODELING OF MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS.
Piecewise linear.

ROADEF/EURO Challenge 2010: A large-scale energy management problem with varied constraints

ROADEF/EURO Challenge 2012: Machine reassignment

RAS Problem Solving Competition 2010: Locomotive refueling problem

RAS Problem Solving Competition 2011: Train Design Optimization

Optimal Power Flow. DC version and extended variations

Nov 13, 2014
Convex and concave regions. Special ordered sets. Reformulation.

G. Morales-España, J.M. Latorre, and A. Ramos Tight and Compact MILP Formulation for the Thermal Unit Commitment Problem IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 28 (4): 4897-4908, Nov 2013 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2251373

G. Morales-España, J.M. Latorre, and A. Ramos Tight and Compact MILP Formulation of Start-Up and Shut-Down Ramping in Unit Commitment IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 28 (2): 1288-1296, May 2013 10.1109/TPWRS.2012.2222938

Non-linear optimization for railway system accumulator control curve

Nov 25, 2014

MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING.
Branch and bound. Duality.

On-line Guide to Constraint Programming Optimization of the electrical production of a smart grid

Dec 2, 2014
Preprocessing. Branch and cut.

R.E. Bixby et al. MIP: Theory and Lab Closing the Gap

Optimization of economic benefits of a wind generator in the day-ahead and the secondary reserve markets

Dec 9, 2014
NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION.
Unconstrained problem optimality conditions.

Nonlinear Programming FAQ (2007)

1998 Nonlinear Programming Software Survey

Multi-Node Market Coupling

Jan 13, 2014
Constrained problem optimality conditions. Unconstrained problem solution methods.

S. Burer and A.N. Letchfordy Non-Convex Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming: A Survey February 2012

S. Leyffer and A. Mahajanm Nonlinear Constrained Optimization: Methods and Software March 2010

MINLP

Web based optimization (NEOS Server for Optimization, Web Enabled Optimisation WebOpt).

Integrating Health/Risk of generators into system planning

Jan 27, 2014
Constrained problem solution methods. Conjugate gradient.

A Multi Objective Working Scheduling with Affinity Constraints

Efficient MILP formulation for the hydrothermal short-term scheduling






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