Research
IEOR researchers investigate the latest mathematical tools, approaches, and methodologies to make new theoretical discoveries and innovations that touch nearly every industry, making them more efficient and profitable in areas such as supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, data science, energy system, energy systems, robotics, and management.
Selected Publications
Reducing Transient and Steady State Electricity Consumption in HVAC Using Learning-Based Model-Predictive Control
A. Aswani, N. Master, J. Taneja, D. Culler and C. Tomlin, “Reducing Transient and Steady State Electricity Consumption in HVAC Using Learning-Based Model-Predictive Control,” in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 240-253, Jan. 2012, doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2011.2161242.
Zero Duality Gap in Optimal Power Flow Problem
Javad Lavaei and Steven Low, Zero Duality Gap in Optimal Power Flow Problem, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 92-107, 2012.
The Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem with Arrivals
R. Righter, “The Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem with Arrivals,” Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 2011.
A supply-chain optimization model of the allocation of containerized imports from Asia to the United States
Jula, Payman and Robert C. Leachman, 2011. “A Supply Chain Optimization Model for the Allocation of Containerized Imports from Asia to the United States”,Transportation Research Part E, 47 (5), p. 609-622 (September, 2011). Port_I.pdf
Improving Supply Chain Performance and Managing Risk Under Weather-Related Demand Uncertainty
Frank Youhua Chen, Candace Arai Yano. Improving Supply Chain Performance and Managing Risk Under Weather-Related Demand Uncertainty”. Management Science.
Superhuman Performance of Surgical Tasks by Robots using Iterative Learning from Human-Guided Demonstrations
Superhuman Performance of Surgical Tasks by Robots using Iterative Learning from Human-Guided Demonstrations. Jur van den Berg, Stephen Miller, Daniel Duckworth, Humphrey Hu, Andrew Wan, Xiao-Yu Fu, Ken Goldberg, Pieter Abbeel. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Anchorage, AL. May 2010.