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20162026
most citedArc-flow approach for single batch-processing machine scheduling

27 citations · 48 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

math.OC2026

Mixed-Integer Second-Order Cone Formulations for the Euclidean Bottleneck Steiner Tree Problem in

Gabriel P. Braun, Marcia Fampa, Nelson Maculan +1

Given a set of terminals in and an integer , the Euclidean bottleneck Steiner tree problem (EBSTP) asks for a tree spanning the terminals with at most Ste…

math.OC2026

On the 100% Rule of Linear Programming

Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The so-called ``100% rule'' is a somewhat classical and yet somehow obscure rule that gives some local sensitivity-analysis information based on the very limited local sensitivity-…

cs.DS2026

Faster dynamic programming for tridiagonal maximum-entropy sampling

Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The maximum-entropy sampling problem (MESP) seeks, for an order- covariance matrix , a principal submatrix of order with maximum log-determinant. Mostly for convenience,…

math.OC2026

New insights into the NLP-Id bound for maximum-entropy sampling

Kurt Anstreicher, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +2

We establish new properties of the NLP-Id upper bound for the maxi\-mum-entropy sampling problem (MESP). In particular, we give a detailed look at the concavity of its objective fu…

math.OC2026

Sparse symmetric generalized inverses for sparse symmetric matrices

Ananias Machado, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

Generalized inverses play a fundamental role in numerical linear algebra, particularly when matrices are rectangular, singular, or rank deficient. Even when the input matrix is spa…

math.OC2026

Extended-variable relaxations for the constrained generalized maximum-entropy sampling problem

Gabriel Ponte, Kurt Anstreicher, Marcia Fampa +1

The constrained generalized maximum-entropy sampling problem (CGMESP) is to select an order-s principal submatrix from an order-n covariance matrix, subject to some linear side con…

math.OC2026

The dual-path fixing strategy and its application to the set-covering problem

Paulo Michel F. Yamagishi, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We introduce the dual-path fixing strategy to exploit dual algorithms for solving relaxations of mixed-integer nonlinear-optimization problems. Such dual algorithms are naturally a…

math.OC2026

The hyper-scaled NLP bound for maximum-entropy remote sampling

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The maximum-entropy remote sampling problem (MERSP) is to select a subset of random variables from a set of random variables, so as to maximize the information concerning a…

math.OC2025

On the relationship between MESP and 0/1 D-Opt and their upper bounds

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We establish strong connections between two fundamental nonlinear 0/1 optimization problems coming from the area of experimental design, namely maximum-entropy sampling and 0/1 D-o…

math.OC2025

On computing sparse universal solvers for key problems in statistics

Ananias Sousa Machado, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We give sparsity results and present algorithms for calculating minimum (vector) 1-norm universal solvers connected to least-squares problems. In particular, besides universal leas…

cs.DS2025

Recent Advances in Maximum-Entropy Sampling

Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

In 2022, we published the book Maximum-Entropy Sampling: Algorithms and Application (Springer). Since then, there have been several notable advancements on this topic. In this manu…

math.OC2025

On a geometric graph-covering problem related to optimal safety-landing-site location

Claudia D'Ambrosio, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +1

We propose integer-programming formulations for an optimal safety-landing site (SLS) location problem that arises in the design of urban air-transportation networks. We first devel…

cs.DS2024

Computing Experiment-Constrained D-Optimal Designs

Aditya Pillai, Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa +3

In optimal experimental design, the objective is to select a limited set of experiments that maximizes information about unknown model parameters based on factor levels. This work…

math.OC2024

ADMM for 0/1 D-optimality and Maximum-Entropy Sampling Relaxations

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +1

The 0/1 D-optimality problem and the Maximum-Entropy Sampling problem are two well-known NP-hard discrete maximization problems in experimental design. Algorithms for exact optimiz…

math.ST2024

Convex relaxation for the generalized maximum-entropy sampling problem

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The generalized maximum-entropy sampling problem (GMESP) is to select an order- principal submatrix from an order- covariance matrix, to maximize the product of its great…

math.OC2024

Good and Fast Row-Sparse ah-Symmetric Reflexive Generalized Inverses

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +1

We present several algorithms aimed at constructing sparse and structured sparse (row-sparse) generalized inverses, with application to the efficient computation of least-squares s…

math.OC2023

On computing sparse generalized inverses

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +1

The well-known M-P (Moore-Penrose) pseudoinverse is used in several linear-algebra applications; for example, to compute least-squares solutions of inconsistent systems of linear e…

math.OC2023

Computing D-Optimal solutions for huge-scale linear and quadratic response-surface models

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We consider algorithmic approaches to the D-optimality problem for cases where the input design matrix is large and highly structured, in particular implicitly specified as a full…

math.OC2023

Branch-and-bound for integer D-Optimality with fast local search and variable-bound tightening

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We develop a branch-and-bound algorithm for the integer D-optimality problem, a central problem in statistical design theory, based on two convex relaxations, employing variable-bo…

math.OC2023

Generalized Scaling for the Constrained Maximum-Entropy Sampling Problem

Zhongzhu Chen, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The best practical techniques for exact solution of instances of the constrained maximum-entropy sampling problem, a discrete-optimization problem arising in the design of experime…

math.OC2023★ 2 cited

Branch-and-bound for D-Optimality with fast local search and variable-bound tightening

Gabriel Ponte, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

We apply a branch-and-bound (B\&B) algorithm to the D-optimality problem based on a convex mixed-integer nonlinear formulation. We discuss possible methodologies to accelerate the…

math.OC2023

Generalized Scaling for the Constrained Maximum-Entropy Sampling Problem

Zhongzhu Chen, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

The best techniques for the constrained maximum-entropy sampling problem, a discrete-optimization problem arising in the design of experiments, are via a variety of concave continu…

math.OC2022

D-optimal Data Fusion: Exact and Approximation Algorithms

Yongchun Li, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee +3

We study the D-optimal Data Fusion (DDF) problem, which aims to select new data points, given an existing Fisher information matrix, so as to maximize the logarithm of the determin…

math.OC2021

On computing with some convex relaxations for the maximum-entropy sampling problem

Zhongzhu Chen, Marcia Fampa, Jon Lee

Based on a factorization of an input covariance matrix, we define a mild generalization of an upper bound of Nikolov (2015) and Li and Xie (2020) for the NP-Hard constrained maximu…