Detailed schedule

Thursday 30 January:

• p-center problem with failure foresight and capacity constraints
  Antonio M. Rodriguez-chia (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB))
  Co-authors: I. Espejo (U. de Cádiz); A. Marín (U. de Murcia)
  
• Improved Results for the Traveling Umpire Problem
  Sam Van Malderen (KU Leuven, Department of Computer Science, CODeS & iMinds-ITEC)
  Co-authors: Tony Wauters, Greet Vanden Berghe
  
• Integrated task scheduling and personnel rostering problems
  Pieter Smet (KU Leuven, campus Gent)
  Co-authors: Greet Vanden Berghe
  

• A high-level, modular and declarative modeling framework for routing problems
  Christophe Ponsard (CETIC)
  Co-authors: Renaud De Landtsheer, Yoann Guyot
  
• Cloud optimization with OptaPlanner
  Geoffrey De Smet (Red Hat)
  
• Using factorial number system to solve permutation optimization problems
  Mohand Mezmaz (University of Mons)
  Co-authors: R. Leroy, M. Mezmaz, N. Melab and D. Tuyttens
  

• The City Bike Repositioning Problem
  Darpana Dilip (Unversity of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Prof. dr. Kenneth Sörensen
  
• Exact and meta-heuristic algorithm for the multi-depot heterogeneous dial-a-ride problem
  Kris Braekers (Universiteit Hasselt)
  Co-authors: An Caris, Gerrit K. Janssens
  
• Operational Effects of Variations in Service Level Criteria for the Dial-a-Ride Problem
  Yves Molenbruch (Hasselt University)
  Co-authors: An Caris, Kris Braekers
  

• ILS for water distribution network optimisation
  Annelies De Corte (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Kenneth Sörensen
  
• Effects of Carbon Footprint Reduction on Supply Chain Network Design
  Jean-sébastien Tancrez (Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Joana M. Comas-Marti, Ralf W. Seifert
  
• A system-dynamics analysis of the energy transition in Belgium after Fukushima
  Pierre L. Kunsch (ULB)
  Co-authors: Jean Friesewinkel
  

• Early detection of university students in potential difficulty
  Anne-sophie Hoffait (HEC - University of Liege)
  Co-authors: M;Schyns
  
• MediaCycle : A tool for interactive browsing of multimedia libraries.
  Xavier Siebert (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)
  Co-authors: Thierry Ravet, Christian Frisson, Stéphane Dupont
  
• First species counterpoint music generation with VNS and vertical viewpoints
  Dorien Herremans (Universiteit Antwerpen)
  Co-authors: Kenneth Sörensen, Darrell Conklin
  
• A Choquet integral for the comparison of decisional maps
  Valerie Brison (UMONS)
  Co-authors: Marc Pirlot
  

• Motivations for the development of a multi-objective algorithm configurator
  Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang (KU Leuven KULAK)
  Co-authors: Patrick De Causmaecker
  
• Multi-Objective Optimization for the Design of 3D-Stacked Integrated Circuits
  Nguyen Anh Vu Doan (Université libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Dragomir Milojevic, Frederic Robert, Yves De Smet
  
• Design safer and greener road projects by using a multiobjective optimization approach
  Renaud Sarrazin (University of Brussels)
  Co-authors: Yves De Smet
  
• Deconstructing Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms
  Manuel LÓpez-ibaÑez (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Leonardo C. T. Bezerra and Thomas Stützle
  

• A relax-and-fix heuristic for the three-dimensional bin-packing model with transportation constraints
  Célia Paquay (HEC - University of Liege)
  Co-authors: M. Schyns and S. Limbourg
  
• A Heuristic Approach to Minimize the Number of Shifts in Container Ship Stowage Plans
  Jan Christiaens (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: J. Verstichel, G. Vanden Berghe
  
• Time Development of new Hydrogen Transmission Pipeline Networks for Franc
  Daniel De Wolf (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)
  Co-authors: Jean ANDRE, Stephane AURAY,Mohamed-Mahmoud MEMMAH
  
• Solution methods for the cycle trip planning problem
  Cédric Verbeeck (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: P. Vansteenwegen, E.-H. Aghezzaf
  

• Heuristics for Varian's Index
  Bart Smeulders (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Frits C.R. Spieksma
  
• Investment in Shares by MULTIMOORA Multiple Objectives Optimization
  Willem K. M. Brauers (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and University of Antwerp)
  
• Estimating collaborative profits under varying partner characteristics and strategies
  Christine Vanovermeire (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Daniel Palhazi Cuervo; Kenneth Sörensen
  
• Gain sharing in a collaborative selective vehicle routing problem
  Christof Defryn (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Kenneth Sörensen
  

• A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Network Pricing Problem with Connected Toll Arcs
  Alessia Violin (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Bernard Fortz, Martine Labbé
  
• Maximizing User Benefits by Changes in Incomplete Networks
  Corrinne Luteyn (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Pieter Vansteenwegen
  
• Models for traffic engineering with multiple spanning tree protocols
  Martim Moniz (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Bernard Fortz; Luís Gouveia
  
• Optimal capacitated ring trees
  Alessandro Hill (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Stefan Voss
  

• Quadratic reformulations of nonlinear binary optimization problems
  Yves Crama (HEC - University of Liege)
  Co-authors: M. Anthony, E. Boros, A. Gruber
  
• A Conic Optimization Approach to SKU Rationalization
  Tanguy Kegelart (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain School of Management)
  Co-authors: Mathieu Van Vyve
  
• A hybrid piecewise-linear/Newton's method with corrected Jacobian matrix for multi-period water production and distribution in large networks
  Derek Verleye (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Derek Verleye
  

• Learning a majority rule model from large sets of assignment examples
  Olivier Sobrie (University of Mons / Ecole Centrale Paris)
  Co-authors: Olivier Sobrie
  
• Understanding people’s preferences: an integrated algorithm for the optimal design of discrete choice experiments with partial profiles
  Daniel Palhazi Cuervo (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Peter Goos, Roselinde Kessels and Kenneth Sörensen
  
• An empirical distribution-based approximation of PROMETHEE II's net flow scores
  Stefan Eppe (Université libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Yves De Smet
  

• An iterative approach to generate k dissimilar VRP solutions
  Luca Talarico (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: K. Sörensen, J. Springael
  
• Improved Model for the Maximum Covering and Patrol Routing Problem
  Reginald Dewil (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: P. Vansteenwegen, D. Cattrysse, D. Van Oudheusden
  
• The impact of preprocessing for solving the train routing problem
  Thijs Dewilde (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: S. Burggraeve, T. Ameye, P. Sels, D. Cattrysse, P. Vansteenwegen
  

• Number of non-equivalent colorings of a graph
  Hadrien Mélot (Université de Mons, Departement d'Informatique, Faculté des Sciences)
  Co-authors: A. Hertz
  
• Price on symmetrisation and average distance
  Romain Absil (UMons)
  
• Solving the Elementary Longest Path as a Mixed Integer Program
  Quoc Trung Bui (Université catholique de Louvain )
  Co-authors: Yves Deville, Pham Quang Dung
  

• Dynamic Programming for Scheduling Locks in Sequence
  Ward Passchyn (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: F.C.R. Spieksma
  
• A Combinatorial Benders' decomposition for the lock scheduling problem
  Jannes Verstichel (KU Leuven campus Gent)
  Co-authors: Joris Kinable, Patrick De Causmaecker, Greet Vanden Berghe
  Abstract:
  Ships must often pass one or more locks when entering or leaving a tide independent port or when travelling on a network of waterways. These locks control the flow and the level of inland waterways, or provide a constant water level for ships while loading or unloading at the docks. We consider locks with a single chamber or several (possibly different) parallel chambers, which can transfer one or more ships in a single operation. The resulting lock scheduling problem consists of three strongly interconnected sub problems: scheduling the lockages, assigning ships to chambers, and positioning the ships inside the chambers. By combining the first two problems into a master problem and using the packing problem as a sub problem, a decomposition is achieved for which an efficient Combinatorial Benders approach has been developed. The master problem is solved first, thereby sequencing the ships into a number of lockages. Next, the feasibility of each lockage is verified by solving the corresponding packing sub problem, possibly returning a number of combinatorial inequalities (cuts) to the master problem. Experiments on a large test set show that this decomposition method strongly outperforms an existing monolithic approach, especially for instances with a complex packing sub problem. New optimal results for instances with up to 90 ships are generated in less than 12 hours, while a heuristic version of the algorithm generates (near)optimal results for instances with up to 50 ships in less than 10 minutes.
  
• A dynamic programming algorithm for a robotic cell problem with batch transfer
  Nacira Chikhi (USTHB /AMCD&RO UVHC/LAMIH)
  Co-authors: M. Abbas, A. Bekrar, R. Benmansour and S.Hanafi
  

• Diffusion approximation of the virtual delay in two queueing systems coupled by their service process
  Ben Lauwens (Koninklijke Militaire School)
  
• Analysis of a discrete-time queue with constant service capacity
  Sabine Wittevrongel (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: H. Bruneel, W. Rogiest, J. Walraevens and S. Wittevrongel
  
• A discrete-time queueing model with constant service times and blocking
  Willem Mélange (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Herwig Bruneel, Dieter Claeys, Joris Walraevens
  

• On weak ordering by choosing from valued outranking relations
  Raymond Bisdorff (University of Luxembourg)
  
• An interpretable axiomatization of the h-index
  Thierry Marchant (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Denis Bouyssou
  
• Multicriteria clustering: a summary of recent investigations
  Yves De Smet (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  

• Competitive analysis of on-line algorithms : applications to Operations Research.
  Claudio Telha Cornejo (Université Catolique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Mathieu Van Vyve
  
• Novel Formulations for Stackelberg Security Games
  Carlos Casorrán-amilburu (ULB)
  Co-authors: Bernard Fortz, Martine Labbé, Fernando Ordóñez
  
• On the complexity of separation: the three-index assignment problem
  Frits Spieksma (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: T. Dokka and I. Mourtos
  

• CP Approach for the Multi-Item Discrete Lot-Sizing Problem with Sequence-Dependent Changeover Costs
  Vinasetan Houndji (Université Catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Pierre Schaus, Laurence Wolsey
  
• Local search approaches for 2D nesting problems
  Tony Wauters (KU Leuven, Department of Computer Science, CODeS - iMinds-ITEC)
  Co-authors: Sam Van Malderen, Greet Vanden Berghe
  
• Exact resolution of the Cover Printing Problem
  Arnaud Vandaele (UMONS, Faculté Polytechnique)
  Co-authors: Daniel Tuyttens
  

• The carry-over effect does exist in tennis
  Dries Goossens (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Frits Spieksma
  
• Alternative Pairwise Decomposition Techniques for Label Ranking
  Massimo Gurrieri (UMONS)
  Co-authors: Philippe Fortemps, Xavier Siebert
  
• Constrained Clustering using Column Generation
  Behrouz Babaki (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Tias Guns, Siegfried Nijssen
  
• Geometrical lower bound for the nonnegative rank of slack matrices
  Julien Dewez (Université catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Nicolas Gillis, François Glineur
  

• Hyper-Criticism: A critical reflection on todays Hyper-heuristics.
  Willem Van Onsem (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Bart Demoen and Patrick De Causmaecker
  
• Towards a Lightning-Inspired Meta-heuristic
  Mohand Mezmaz (University of Mons)
  Co-authors: M. Mezmaz, A. Vandaele, D. Tuyttens, S. Itani and N. Melab
  
• A simple and high-performing competitive--cooperative hybrid algorithm for black-box continuous optimization
  Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB))
  Co-authors: Tianjun Liao
  
• Some Heuristic Algorithms for the 0-1Knapsack Sharing Problem
  Christophe Wilbaut (University of Valenciennes)
  Co-authors: S. Hanafi, A. Fréville,B. Haddar, M. Khemakhem
  

• Horizontal cooperation in logistics : Order sharing through joint route planning
  Lotte Verdonck (Hasselt University)
  Co-authors: An Caris, Katrien Ramaekers, Gerrit K. Janssens
  
• Multi-period vehicle assignment with stochastic load availability
  Thierry Pironet (HEC - University of Liege)
  Co-authors: Yves CRAMA
  
• An Exact Bi-directional Dynamic Programming Algorithm for an Elementary Shortest Path Problem with Variable Service Start Time
  Hande Küçükaydin (University of Liège)
  Co-authors: Yasemin Arda, Yves Crama
  
• Incorporating axle weight restrictions in a two-dimensional CVRP
  Hanne Pollaris (Hasselt University)
  Co-authors: Kris Braekers, An Caris, Gerrit K. Janssens
  

• IP Techniques for Nurse Rostering Problem
  Tulio Toffolo (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Haroldo G. Santos, Rafael Martinelli, Rafael A.M. Gomes, Greet Vanden Berghe
  
• Using computer simulation to test a short stay unit
  Gilles Sinnaeve (Université Catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Claire Beguin, Philippe Chevalier & Marianne Philippe
  
• SIMEDIS disaster management simulator: aeronautical catastrophe
  Christophe Ullrich (Royal Military Academy)
  Co-authors: C. Ullrich, F. Van Utterbeeck, E. Dhondt and M. Debacker
  
• Integrating patient-to-room assignment planning with elective admission scheduling
  Wim Vancroonenburg (KU Leuven)
  Co-authors: Patrick De Causmaecker, Frits Spieksma, Greet Vanden Berghe