VI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING

 

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

(AS OF AUGUST 26th)

 

 

MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 14th, 1992):

 

  8:30                       Registration (CISM)

 

                                Tutorials (Room D)

 

  9:30 - 11:00. P.KALL (University of Zürich): A general overview of stochastic programming,

 

11:30 - 13:00. A.PRÉKOPA (RUTGERS, New Brunswick): Probabilistic constrained programming,

 

15:00 - 16:30. J.BIRGE (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): Multistage stochastic programming,

 

17:00 - 18:30. A.KING (IBM, Yorktown Heights): Statistical approaches to stochastic programming.

 

 

TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 15th, 1992):

 

  8:30                       Registration (CISM)

 

10:00 - 11:15. Opening session (Room K) G.ANDREATTA, G.SALINETTI and P.SERAFINI: Welcoming Remarks,

                               R.WETS: Opening Lecture.

 

11:45 - 12:30. Tutorial (K) Chair:  K. FRAUENDORFER

                               A.A.GAIVORONSKI (Italtel, Milano): Software for stochastic optimization problems.

 

14:30 - 16:00. Algorithms 1 (D)  Chair:  Y.ERMOLIEV

                               S.M.ROBINSON, B.J.CHUN, B.R.FU, R.SURI (University of Wisconsin, Madison): Bundle-based Methods for Stochastic Optimization,

                               G.INFANGER (Stanford University): Solving Large-Scale Multi-Stage Stochastic Linear Programs,

                               S.D.FLÅM (University of Bergen) and R.SCHULTZ (Humboldt University, Berlin): A New Approach to Stochastic Linear Programming.

 

                               Engineering Applications (U)   Chair:  A.GAIVORONSKI

                               T.CHAKRABARTI (University College of Science, Calcutta): Stochastic Transportation Problem,

                               C.KAO (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan): Determination of Optimal Shipping Policy under Stochastic Shipping Time,

                               E.MESSINA (State University of Milan), A.A.GAIVORONSKI (Italtel, Milano) and A.SCIOMACHEN (State University of Milan): A Stochastic Optimization Approach for Robot Scheduling.

 

16:30 - 18:00. Approximations 1 (D)   Chair: S. SEN

                               J.BIRGE and D.HOLMES (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): The Value of the Approximate Solution in Stochastic Programming,

                               S.E.WRIGHT (IBM, Yorktown Heights): Primal-Dual Aggregation and Disaggregation for Stochastic Linear Programs,

                               R.LEPP (Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn): Approximate solution of Stochastic Programs - The discretization Approach.

 

                               Integer Stochastic Programming 1 (U)   Chair: S.W.WALLACE

                               S.SHIODE (Osaka University) and H.ISHII (Okayama University): Stochastic Bottleneck Spanning Tree problems,

                               R.N.SEN (University of Calcutta): On some Multicommodity Network Flows with Probabilistic Conversions,

                               R.SCHULTZ (Humboldt University, Berlin): Structure and Stability in Stochastic Programs with complete Integer Recourse.

 

18:00 Reception (CISM)

 

18:30 - 19:00.        COSP Meeting. 

 

 

 


WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 16th, 1992):

 

 9:00 - 10:30. Algorithms 2 (D)   Chair: J.BIRGE

                               J.M.MULVEY (Princeton University) and A.RUSZCZYNSKI (IIASA, Laxenburg): A parallel Diagonal Quadratic Approximation Method for Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization - Part I,

                               J.M.MULVEY (Princeton University) and A.RUSZCZYNSKI (IIASA, Laxenburg): A parallel Diagonal Quadratic Approximation Method for Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization - Part II,

                               N.J.BERLAND (University of Trondheim), J.L.HIGLE (The University of Arizona, Tucson), J.MAI (The University of Arizona, Tucson), S.SEN (The University of Arizona, Tucson), S.W.WALLACE (University of Trondheim): Cellular Decomposition: Variance Reduction in Stochastic Decomposition through Asynchronous Concurrent Computation.

 

                               Statistics and Stochastic Optimization 1 (U) Chair: G.C.PFLUG

                               A.FUTSCHIK (University of Wien): Selection of Optima in Discrete Stochastic Optimization,

                               P.LACHOUT (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague): Multifunction Transforms of Probability Measures,

                               S.VOGEL (Technische Hochschule, Ilmenau): A Stochastic Approach to Stability in Stochastic Programming.

 

11:00 - 12:30. Algorithms 3 (D)   Chair: G.GASSMAN

                               S.ZENIOS (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) and S.NIELSEN (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia): Solving Multi-stage Stochastic Network problems using Massively Parallel Algorithms,

                               D.BRADFORD (University of California, Davis): A dual Application of the Aggregation Principle in Decision Making under Uncertainty,

                               S.W.WALLACE (University of Trondheim) and R.J.B.WETS (University of California, Davis): Preprocessing in Stochastic Programming: The case of capacitated networks.

 

                               Statistics and Stochastic Optimization 2 (U)   Chair: S.VOGEL

                               V.KANKOVA (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague): A note on Stability in Stochastic Programming,

                               V.BENES (Czech Tecnical University, Prague): Optimal Solutions in the transhipment problem,

                               G.C.PFLUG (University of Wien): Asymptotic Stochastic Programs.

 

14:30 - 16:00. Software 1 (D)   Chair: T.SZANTAI

                               A.A.GAIVORONSKI (Italtel, Milano): Stochastic Optimization Algorithms for Simulation models with applications,

                               A.KING (IBM, Yorktown Heights) title to be communicated,

                               J.MAYER (University of Zürich) and P.KALL (University of Zürich): Model Management in Stochastic Linear Programming.

 

                               Algorithms 4 (U)   Chair: A.RUSZCZYNSKI

                               L.QI (The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia) and R.S.WOMERSLEY (The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia): An SQP Algorithm for Extended Linear-Quadratic Problems in Stochastic Programming,

                               V.GIRKO (Kiev University): Linear Stochastic Programming Problem of Large Dimension,

                               V.NORKIN (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev): Stochastic Quasi-gradient Methods in Optimization of nonsmooth Probability Functions.

 

16:30 - 18:00. Software 2 (D)   Chair: P.KALL

                               G.GASSMAN (Dalhousie University, Halifax): Towards a Model Management System for Stochastic Programming,

                               P.POPELA (Technical University, Brno): A Contribution to Object Oriented Software for Stochastic Programming,

                               M.ROCCETTI (University of Bologna), P.CAVINA (CIDIA, Bologna) and A.G.B.TEOLIS (ENEA, Bologna): A Message-Passing Approach for updating Probabilities with multiple evidences in multiply connected Bayesian Network.

 

                               Approximations 2 (U)   Chair: G.SALINETTI

                               O.FIEDLER (Humboldt University, Berlin) and W.RÖMISCH (Humboldt University, Berlin): Stability of multistage Stochastic Programs,

                               N.P.C.EDIRISINGHE (University of Tennessee) and W.T.ZIEMBA (University of British Columbia, Vancouver): Solving Stochastic Programs: The Case of Unbounded Domains,

                               C.BOUZA-HERRERA (University of La Habana): Use of Bootstrap approximations for solving Stochastic Linear Programming Problems.

 

18:15 - 19:00. Tutorial (D)   Chair: A.PRÉKOPA

                               K.FRAUENDORFER (University of Zürich): On the Design of a Problembase for Stochastic Programming.

 

20:00 Banquet (Hotel Astoria, Piazza XX settembre, n. 24)

 

 

THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 17th, 1992):

 

 9:00 - 10:30. Financial Applications 1 (D)   Chair: M.A.H.DEMPSTER

                               L.C.MacLEAN (Dalhousie University, Halifax) and W.T.ZIEMBA (University of British Columbia, Vancouver): Growth versus Security in Dynamic Investment Analysis,

                               S.ZENIOS (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) and R.McKENDALL (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia): Stochastic Programming Models for the Management of Portfolios of Interest Rate Contingencies,

                               M.A.H.DEMPSTER (University of Essex and Dalhousie University) and H.I.GASSMAN (University of Trondheim and Dalhousie University): Scenario-based Multistage Dynamic Portfolio Management.

 

                               Statistical Inference 1 (U)   Chair: A.SHAPIRO

                               S.SEN (University of Arizona, Tucson) and J.L.HIGLE (University of Arizona, Tucson): Applications of Duality Theory in Developing Termination Criteria for Statistical Algorithms in Stochastic Programming,

                               P.KNOPOV (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev): Properties of the empiric estimates in Stochastic Optimization and Identification Problems,

                               Y.M.KANIOVSKI (IIASA, Laxenburg), A.KING (IBM, Yorktown Heights) and R.J.WETS (University of California, Davis): Statistical Analysis of Stochastic Programs Via Large Deviations.

 

11:00 - 12:30. Financial Applications 2 (D)   Chair: S.ZENIOS

                               J.M.MULVEY (Princeton University) and A.RUSZCZYNSKI (IIASA, Laxenburg): Integrative Asset-Liability Planning Using Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization,

                               HILLER (?) Title to be communicated,

                               M.A.H.DEMPSTER (University of Essex and Dalhousie University) Title to be communicated.

 

                               Statistical Inference 2 (U)   Chair: Y.M.KANIOVSKI

                               A.SHAPIRO (Georgia Institute of Technology): Stochastic Optimization by the Score Function Method,

                               D.L.McLEISH and S.ROLLANS (University of Waterloo, Canada): Conditioning for Simulation Variance Reduction in Sensitivity Analysis and the ‘What-if Problem’,

                               L.STOUGIE (University of Amsterdam): Two-stage Stochastic Knapsack Problem.

 

14:30 - 16:00. Financial Applications 3 (D)   Chair: W.T.ZIEMBA

                               D.D.CARINO (Frank Russell Company, Tacoma, Washington): Formulating the Russell-Yasuda Model,

                               T.KENT, C.STACY and M.SYLVANUS (Frank Russell Company, Tacoma, Washington): Computer Solution and Implementation Aspects of the Russell-Yasuda Model,

                               D.MYERS (Frank Russell Company, Tacoma, Washington): Comparison with a Mean-Variance Model.

 

                               Approximations 3 (U)   Chair: S.WALLACE

                               T.YAN (Suzhou Railway Teachers’ College): Stable Policy - A new concept in Stochastic Dynamic Optimization,

                               K.FRAUENDORFER (University of Zürich): A Barycentric Approximation Scheme for Stochastic Multistage Programming ,

                               O.HERNÁNDES-LERMA (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico) and W.J.RUNGGALDIER (University of Padova, Italy): Monotone Approximations for Convex Stochastic Control Problems.

 

16:30 - 18:00. Financial Applications 4 (D)   Chair: J.M.MULVEY

                               C.VERCELLIS (Politecnico di Milano): Bayesian Stopping Rules for Monte Carlo Optimization,

                               R.DEMBO (Algorithmics, Toronto) and A.KING (IBM, Yorktown Heights): Stochastic Programming Models in Finance: Immunization, Tracking and Investment,

                               J.DUPACOVÁ (Charles University, Prague): Portfolio Optimization under Uncertainty.

 


 

                               Structural Optimization (U)   Chair: K.MARTI

                               H.O.MADSEN (Det Norske Veritas, Denmark) and P.F.HANSEN (Technical University, Denmark): Algorithms for Reliability based Optimization of Structural Systems,

                               G.I.SCHUËLLER (University of Innsbruck): On Structural Reliability Analysis Based on Response Surfaces,

                               K.MARTI (Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich): Stochastic Approximation Methods in Optimal Structural Design.

 

18:15 - 19:15. Tutorials (D)   Chair: J.DUPACOVÁ

                               W.KLEIN HANEVELD (University of Groningen): Teaching Stochastic Programming

                               P.KALL (University of Zürich): Teaching: Video Tools.

 

 

 

FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 18th, 1992):

 

  9:00 - 10:30. Theory and Models 1 (D)   Chair: S.M.ROBINSON

                               Y.ERMOLIEV (IIASA, Laxenburg) and V.NORKIN (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev): On Optimization of Discontinuous Functions,

                               J.L.HIGLE (University of Arizona, Tucson) and S.SEN (University of Arizona, Tucson): Recourse Constrained Stochastic Programming,

                               M.MIKHALEVICH (Kiev State University): The Application of Stochastic Programming for Utility Function Construction.

 

                               Integer Stochastic Programming 2 (U)   Chair:  S.SHIODE

                               P.TLUSTY (University of Ceské Budejovice): Stability for Stochastic Programs: A Simulation Study,

                               K.SZKATULA (Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw): The Growth of M-constraint random Knapsacks with various right-hand Sides of the Constraints,

                               M.VAN DER VLERK (University of Groningen): On the expected value function of a two-stage Stochastic Linear Programming Problem with simple Recourse.

 

11:00 - 13:00 Chance Constraints (D)   Chair: W.RÖMISCH

                               A.PRÉKOPA (RUTGERS, New Brunswick): Discrete Programming under Probabilistic Constraint,

                               A.I.KIBZUN (Moscow Aviation Institute) and A.V.NAUMOV (Moscow Aviation Institute): An Application of Quantile Optimization Techniques to the Linear Probabilistic Constraint Programming Problem,

                               N.GRÖWE (Delft University of Technology): Logconcave Spline Approximations for Chance-Constrained Programs,

                               S.P.URYAS’EV (IIASA, Laxenburg): Derivatives of Probability Functions and their Applications in Risk Analysis.

 

                               Theory and Models 2 (U)   Chair: J.L.HIGLE

                               T.SZANTAI (Eotvos University, Budapest): Stochastical Analysis of some Grey Parameter LInear Programming Problems,

                               T.L.PHAM (Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi): Optimization of Linear Dynamical Systems with Perturbations under Conditions of Uncertainty,

                               N.M.NOVIKOVA (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow): Stochastic Programming is a real Tool for Computational Methods in Mechanics,

                               A.M.SKULIMOWSKI (Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow): Multicriteria Optimal Control with Random Objectives and a variable Set of Controls.

 

Lecture Rooms:

(K) Kechler Palace, Piazza XX settembre, n. 14;

(D) Downstairs Room at CISM;

(U) Upstairs Room at CISM.