Instructor : Dr. Andrew Schaefer

Class meets at 1060 Benedum Hall on Tuesdays 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm.

Announcements:

• Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - Readings for weeks #1-#8 are now available.

• Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - Weekly readings table has been completely updated. Readings for weeks #1-#5 are now available.

• Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - Papers for weeks #2 and #3 are added to the 'Weekly readings' list.

Weekly readings:

(In-class discussions will be based on the document from the Publisher's website, whenever available.)

 

Week #	Moderator	Required readings	Download
			Author's website	Publisher's website*
1	Dr. Andrew Schaefer	Introduction to Therapeutic Optimization	N/A	N/A
2	Fikret Korhan Turan	Shepard, D.M., M.C. Ferris, Gustavo H. Olivera, and T.R. Mackie, "Optimizing the delivery of radiation therapy to cancer patients," SIAM Review, 41 (4), 721-744, 1999.	ps	pdf
3	Burhaneddin Sandikci	Ferris, M.C., R.R. Meyer, and W. D'Souza, "Radiation treatment planning: Mixed integer programming formulations and approaches," Optimization Technical Report 02-08, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002.	pdf	N/A
		Lee, E.K., T. Fox, and I. Crocker, "Integer programming applied to intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning," Annals of Operations Research, 119, 165-181, 2003.	N/A	pdf
		Ferris, M.C. and M.M. Voelker, "Neuro-dynamic programming for radiation treatment planning," Numerical Analysis Group Research Report NA-02/06, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford University, 2002.	ps.gz	N/A
		Romeijn, H.E., R.K. Ahuja, J.F. Dempsey, and A. Kumar, "A new linear programming approach to radiation therapy treatment planning problems," to appear in Operations Research	pdf	N/A
4	Mehmet Can Demirci	Romeijn, H.E., R.K. Ahuja, J.F. Dempsey, and A. Kumar, "A Column generation approach to radiation therapy treatment planning using aperture modulation," SIAM  Journal of Optimization, 15 (3), 838-862, 2005.	pdf	pdf
		Preciado-Walter, F., R. Rardin, M. Langer, and V. Thai, “A coupled column generation, mixed integer approach to optimal planning of intensity modulated radiation therapy for cancer,” Mathematical Programming, Series B, 101, 319-338, 2004.	N/A	pdf
		Ferris, M.C., J. Lim, and D.M. Shepard, “An optimization approach for radiosurgery treatment planning,” SIAM Journal of Optimization, 13 (3), 921-937, 2003.	N/A	pdf
		Ferris, M.C., J. Lim, and D.M. Shepard, "Radiosurgery treatment planning via nonlinear programming," Annals of Operations Research, 119, 247-260, 2003.	pdf	pdf
5	NO CLASS (Class Cancelled)
6	Murat Kurt	Ahuja, R.K. and H. Hamacher, "A network flow algorithm to minimize beam-on time for unconstrained multileaf collimator problems in cancer radiation therapy," Networks, 45, 36-41, 2005.	pdf	pdf
		Meyer, R.R., W.D. D'Souza, M.C. Ferris, and B.R. Thomadsen, "MIP models and BB strategies in brachytherapy treatment optimization," Journal of Global Optimization, 25, 23-42, 2003.	pdf	pdf
		Lee, E. and M. Zaider, "Mixed integer programming approaches to treatment planning for brachytherapy - Application to permanent prostate implants," Annals of Operations Research, 119, 147-163, 2003.	N/A	pdf
7	Burhaneddin Sandikci & Fikret Korhan Turan	Discussion on therapeutic optimization applications in non-cancer problems.	N/A	N/A
8	Rob Koppenhaver	Jeffrey, A.M., X. Xia, and I.K. Craig, "When to initiate HIV therapy: A control theoretic approach," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 50 (11), 1213-1220, 2003.	pdf	pdf
		Wein, L.M., S.A. Zenios, and M.A. Novak, "Dynamic multidrug therapies for HIV: A control theoretic approach," Journal of Theoretical Biology, 185, 15-29, 1997.	pdf	pdf
		Shechter, S.M., M.D. Bailey, A.J. Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts, "The optimal time to initiate HIV therapy under ordered health states," submitted to Operations Research.	pdf	N/A
9	NO CLASS (Spring Break)
10	Matt Tokorcheck	Wu, J.T., L.M. Wein, and A.S. Perelson, "Optimization of influenza vaccine selection," Operations Research, 53 (3), 456-476, 2005.	pdf	N/A
11	NO CLASS (Class Cancelled)
12	Gorkem Saka	Su, X. and S. Zenios, "Patient choice in kidney allocation: A sequential stochastic assignment model," Operations Research, 53 (3), 443-455, 2005.	N/A	N/A
13	Mehmet Can Demirci	Kong, N. "Optimization in organ allocation region design," PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.	pdf	N/A
14	Rob Koppenhaver & Matt Tokorcheck	Alagoz, O., L.M. Maillart, A.J. Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts, "The optimal timing of living-donor liver transplantation," Management Science, 50(10), 1420-1430, 2004.	pdf	N/A
		Alagoz, O., L.M. Maillart, A.J. Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts, "Determining the acceptance of cadaveric livers using an implicit model of the waiting list," to appear in Operations Research.	pdf	N/A
15	Gorkem Saka & Murat Kurt	Pardalos, P.M., W. Chaovalitwongse, L.D. Iasemidis, J.C. Sackellares, D.-S. Shiau, P.R. Camey, O.A. Prokopyev, and V.A. Yatsenko, "Seizure warning algorithm based on optimization and nonlinear dynamics," Mathematical Programming, Series B, 101, 365-385, 2004.	N/A	pdf
		Su, X. and S.Zenios, "Patient choice in kidney allocation: The role of the queueing discipline," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 6 (4), 280-301, 2004.	N/A	pdf
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