First, these problems can all be modeled as a single-machine scheduling problem with release times, deadlines, time/sequence dependent setup times, and rejection, which is strongly NP-hard. Second, most instances are solved either best or fastest with one of our new algorithms! Some instances have been solved by us to optimality …
Every study about the energy transition stresses the importance of the role of flexible demand of electricity: when electricity comes from sun or wind, it needs to be used at those moments when it is available (as electricity is difficult to store for later use). A second use of the …
This time I posted an article on LinkedIn, celebrating the successful completion of our project on Future-Proof Flexible Charging.
The list of workshops for the ICAPS conference in Delft (June 25-26 2018) has been published. All have deadlines early March 2018 and notifications in April. Please click the links below for details. Acronym Workshop Organizers COPLAS Constraint Satisfaction Techniques for Planning and Scheduling Roman Bartak Miguel Salido HSDIP Heuristics …
The future energy systems needs smart algorithms. Matthijs Spaan and I spoke two hours about Smart Algorithms for Smart Grids (see presentation slides at Kivi or at SpeakerDeck) as part of the Data Science master class for engineers from the Kivi institute. Many intelligent systems aim to make sequences of …
This week my first journal paper with German Morales was published. It is titled Robust Unit Commitment with Dispatchable Wind Power and published open-access in the journal on Electric Power Systems Research. German joined our group as a post-doc on the Gaming beyond the Copper Plate (GCP) project, where he …
With Matthijs Spaan and help of many others, we are organizing the 28th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) in Delft. We have just sent out the call for papers. Please submit! The ICAPS 2018 program committee invites paper submissions related to automated planning and scheduling. Relevant contributions …
I’m co-chairing the 15th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR) with Willem-Jan van Hoeve. It will be will be held in Delft, The Netherlands, June 26-29, and co-located with the 28th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS). We have just sent out …