Title: On Optimal selection of fixed-size populations: an application to tree breedingSpeaker: Dr. Pietro BelottiAffiliation: FICO companyLocation: CPSE seminar room (C615 Roderic Hill)Time: 4:00pmAbstract. One of the problems that tree breeders face is the selection of a pedigree of trees with two aims: 1) conserving genetic diversity; 2) maximize response to selection. We tackled the... Read more »

Title: On some tractable optimization models dealing with uncertaintySpeaker: Prof. Patrick JailletAffiliation: Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems - MITLocation: LG19 seminar room Business SchoolTime: 12:00pmAbstract. In the first part of the talk we consider the minmax regret model for combinatorial optimization problems under uncertainty, which can be viewed as a zero-sum game played between... Read more »