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MD01
Monday, 4:20pm - 5:50pm
■ MD01
Aula Magna- First Floor
Tutorial: An Overview of Humanitarian
(Operations) Research
Cluster: Tutorials
Invited Session
Chair: Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Professor, INSEAD, Technology
Management, Blvd de Constance, Fontainebleau Cedex, 77305, France,
luk.van-wassenhove@insead.edu
1 - An Overview of Humanitarian (Operations) Research
Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Professor, INSEAD, Technology
Management, Blvd de Constance, Fontainebleau Cedex, 77305,
France, luk.van-wassenhove@insead.edu
Recent events have made it perfectly clear that both the frequency and intensity of
humanitarian disasters have increased. The year 2005 has been a particularly dark
one in terms of number of people killed or otherwise affected (tsunami, Katrina,
Pakistan, Darfur). In Indonesia, one-third of the relief supplies were still blocked at
the airport three months after the tsunami, while in Pakistan one million people
were still waiting for winter tents more than a month after the earthquake. Similar
challenges were faced in Haiti in early 2010. At the core of these are fundamental
supply chain management problems (bottlenecks, procurement issues, tracking and
tracing problems). The world of humanitarian disaster logistics is different from the
familiar context of business logistics. Humanitarians operate in very dynamic
environments and need to preserve a humanitarian space (respecting the principles
of impartiality, neutrality and humanity). This space is increasingly challenged by
political and military forces, to the point that security of humanitarian personnel
has become a key concern. Since traditional funding sources are declining, and
natural and man-made disasters become more frequent, humanitarian organizations
realize that they will have to increasingly rely on private organizations for help.
Simultaneously, companies in search for a coherent corporate social responsibility
agenda, increasingly turn to the humanitarian world. However, it is far from
obvious how private companies and humanitarian organizations can effectively
work together in disaster relief. This presentation will introduce supply chain
management in the humanitarian context, and outline the need for better
preparedness and response to disasters. We also discuss opportunities for more
effective collaboration among humanitarian organizations, as well as between
humanitarians and private organizations. The presentation uses a number of real
cases to highlight opportunities to do interesting research with a high potential
impact.
ALIO / INFORMS International – 2010
■ MD02
Salón Rojo- First Floor
OR Applications for Public Policy Assesment in
Developing Countries II
Cluster: OR for Development and Developing Countries
Invited Session
Chair: Claudia Rave, Researcher, PhD Candidate, National University of
Colombia, Medellín, Carrera 80 # 65-223, Bl M8A, of 309, Medellín, An,
574, Colombia, claudia.rave@gmail.com
1 - Spatial Scenario Analysis for Traffic Police Operation in
Medellín - Colombia
Rafael Nanclares, Alcaldía de Medellin, Secretaria de Transportes y
Tránsito, Carrera 64C No. 72 - 58, barrio Caribe, Medellín, Colombia,
rafael.nanclares@medellin.gov.co, Erika Perez
OR methodologies were implemented to support the mobility authorities of
Medellín city on scheduling and management of traffic police operation. The
integrated approach, analyzes the requirements and demands of traffic and
transportation services in the city for three scenarios, and offers results regarding
operation parameters such as number of traffic police agents, their spatial
distribution and time table scheduling.
2 - Traffic Assignment Modeling for Scenario Analysis of Travel Times
in Medellin Metropolitan Area
Laura Lotero, Researcher, MSc. Student, National University of
Colombia, Medellin, Carrera 80 # 65-223, Medellín, Colombia,
llotero0@unal.edu.co, Patricia Jaramillo, Claudia Rave
An application of the traffic assignment problem was developed as a part of a
prospective modeling platform for urban externality analysis. Due to the road
network design, the application allows detailed scenario analysis of public integrated
transport systems in the conurbated cities, Metro, Metro-cable, rapid buses and
regular buses, and offers indicators of average travel times to every urban important
infrastructure services. A decomposition algorithm is implemented for sub regions
analysis.
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3 - Modeling Approach for Qualifying, Management and Planning of
Urban Services Networks
Claudia Rave, Researcher, PhD Candidate, National University of
Colombia, Medellín, Carrera 80 # 65-223, Bl M8A, of 309, Medellín,
An, 574, Colombia, claudia.rave@gmail.com, Juan Esteban Restrepo,
Elizabeth Zapata, Patricia Jaramillo
A novel spatially disaggregated approach to study urban services was developed to
support decision making on management and planning of urban infrastructure
provision. Proposes the analysis of the components of urban systems as networks to
study its attributes, feedbacks and externalities. The analysis offers 3 main
indicators, distribution, connectivity and accessibility; for facilities, public space,
household, industry, and mobility systems. It allows deficit-opportunity scenario
analysis.
4 - Technology and Operational Improvement in Micro-retailing
Margaret Pierson, Columbia University, 3022 Broadway, New York,
NY, United States of America, mpierson05@gsb.columbia.edu,
Garrett van Ryzin, Awi Federgruen
Frogtek is a social venture whose goal is to provide micro-retailers in Latin America
with cell-phone-based technology to improve their in-store and supply chain
operations. In this talk, we survey the micro-retailer business environment and the
operational challenges facing micro-retailers in developing economies. We then
discuss research results for one problem faced by micro retailers, namely jointly
managing cash and inventory.
■ MD03
Auditorio- First Floor
Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium IV
Cluster: Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium
Invited Session
Chair: Mariana Funes, Professor Adjunto, Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba, Lote 8 Mzana Q - Los Cielos Valle Escond, Córdoba, 5003,
Argentina, mfunes311@gmail.com
1 - Using Classroom Games to Support the Learning Process
Mariana Funes, Professor Adjunto, Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba, Lote 8 Mzana Q - Los Cielos Valle Escond, Córdoba, 5003,
Argentina, mfunes311@gmail.com
Playing games is a learning activity. When pedagogically oriented, it contributes to
significant learning opportunities. During this workshop I will present games I used
with undergraduate students in Operations Research lectures. These games were
developed in order to foster the students’active participation and peer-teacher
interaction, pretending to contribute to the acquisition of the contents taught in an
entertaining and motivating way. The audience will be invited to participate in a
sample experience.
■ MD04
Salón Azul- First Floor
Optimization Software II
Sponsor: Optimization: Practice and Software of OR/MS
Sponsored Session
Chair: Zsolt Csizmadia, Lead Engineer, FICO, 64 Trinity Street,
Leamington Spa, CV32 5YN, United Kingdom, ZsoltCsizmadia@fico.com
Co-Chair: Bjarni Kristjansson, President, Maximal Software, Inc., 933 N.
Kenmore St., Suite 218, Arlington, VA, 22201, United States of America,
bjarni@maximalsoftware.com
1 - Solving Large Scale Optimization Problems with FICO Xpress
Oliver Bastert, FICO, Germany, OliverBastert@fico.com
Even with the most advanced solver technology industry scale optimization
problems often cannot be solved due to their size, their complexity or the limited
amount of time available. We will study a couple of examples and discuss how
Xpress-Mosel can be used to tackle large and difficult optimization problems by
decomposition.
2 - Solving Real-world Mixed Integer Quadratic Problems
Zsolt Csizmadia, Lead Engineer, FICO, 64 Trinity Street, Leamington
Spa, CV32 5YN, United Kingdom, ZsoltCsizmadia@fico.com
Solving industrial scale mixed integer quadratic programming (MIQP) problems
became one of the drivers for commercial MIQP solver development through
applications arising e.g. in finance or in the energy sector. The talk will summarize
some recent algorithmic improvements and numerical behavior with respect to
different problem types comming from applications, including possible approaches
to special and general non-convex cases.