Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. A Model of Residential Mail Delivery by Drones

   • Monica G. Cojocaru, Edward W. Thommes, Sierra Gillies

   Pages 1-15

3. On the Value of Dual-Firing Power Generation Under Uncertain Gas Network Access

   • Boris Defourny, Shu Tu

   Pages 17-37

4. Efficient Piecewise Linearization for a Class of Non-convex Optimization Problems: Comparative Results and Extensions

   • Giorgio Fasano, János D. Pintér

   Pages 39-56

5. Smooth Minimization of Nonsmooth Functions with Parallel Coordinate Descent Methods

   • Olivier Fercoq, Peter Richtárik

   Pages 57-96

6. Second-Order Cone Optimization Formulations for Service System Design Problems with Congestion

   • Julio C. Góez, Miguel F. Anjos

   Pages 97-120

7. The Iteration-Complexity Upper Bound for the Mizuno-Todd-Ye Predictor-Corrector Algorithm is Tight

   • Murat Mut, Tamás Terlaky

   Pages 121-137

8. Optimization of Inventory and Distribution for Hip and Knee Joint Replacements via Multistage Stochastic Programming

   • Mohammad Pirhooshyaran, Lawrence V. Snyder

   Pages 139-155

9. TopSpin: TOPic Discovery via Sparse Principal Component INterference

   • Martin Takáč, Selin Damla Ahipaşaoğlu, Ngai-Man Cheung, Peter Richtárik

   Pages 157-180

10. Exact Optimal Solution to Nonseparable Concave Quadratic Integer Programming Problems

    • Fenlan Wang

    Pages 181-192

This book features a selection of contributions that were presented at the Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA) held at Lehigh University in B ethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA between August 16-18, 2017. The conference brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working on both theoretical and practical aspects of continuous and discrete optimization. Topics covered include algorithms for solving convex, network, mixed-integer, nonlinear, and global optimization problems, and address the application of deterministic and
stochastic optimization techniques in energy, finance, logistics, analytics, health, and other important fields. The selected contributions in this book illustrate the broad diversity of ideas discussed at the meeting.

• Continuous Optimization
• Discrete Optimization
• Mathematical Programming
• Modeling
• Operations Research
• Stochastic Optimization

• Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

  János D. Pintér, Tamás Terlaky

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