不确定彩排时长下节目调度的鲁棒优化

实际节目彩排调度中,节目的表演时长受内外因素影响,具有不确定性。为了合理调度所有节目,控制演员的空闲时间,使得演员的总等待成本最小,采用了鲁棒优化方法进行研究。首先,建立了节目彩排调度的确定型模型;进一步,考虑节目表演时长的不确定性,采用有界区间描述节目表演时长并考虑决策者风险偏好,在确定型模型的基础上构建区间型两阶段鲁棒优化模型;接着,将鲁棒优化模型转化为0-1混合线性规划模型;最后,采用Matlab进行数值实验,结果表明决策者越偏好规避风险,演员的总等待成本越大。     

考虑风险偏好的动态生产库存问题的鲁棒优化模型

不同阶段需求不确定情况下,决策者的风险偏好和生产过程中的废品处理影响着供应链生产库存管理和供应链整体效益。本文考虑决策者风险偏好下,构建了包含I个生产者企业,一个库存点和一个废物处理基地的T阶段动态供应链生产库存框架,建立了椭球型需求不确定集下,以追求整体收益最大化为目标的不确定优化模型,并应用鲁棒优化理论得到了数据确定性线性鲁棒对应模型,讨论了模型解的可靠性和有效性。最后的算例表明,只有当决策者风险偏好参数在一定范围内时,才会存在满足条件且具有较高可靠性的鲁棒决策,验证了该鲁棒优化模型的合理性。     

不确定环境下应急救援供应链鲁棒优化模型

鉴于灾害救援运作的紧迫性和重要性,考虑需求、供应、成本等参数的不确定性,构建一个由供应商、救援配送中心和受灾区域构成的三级应急救援供应链,旨在确定救援产品数量及救援配送中心的合适位置,以最小化救援供应链总成本,最大化受灾区域满意水平为目标,采用区间数据鲁棒优化方法处理模型的不确定性,应用情景随机规划降低鲁棒优化的计算难度,最后给出一个地震案例的具体数据来证明所提救援供应链鲁棒优化模型的有效性和可行性。实验结果表明,需求保守度的变化对目标函数值的影响大于供给和成本保守度的变化,可为应急救援决策者调整不确定参数保守度提供理论支持。     

基于决策者风险偏好的模糊鲁棒性项目调度优化

不确定条件下模糊鲁棒性项目调度计划的生成受决策者风险偏好影响。本文研究模糊活动工期下考虑决策者风险偏好的鲁棒性项目调度优化问题，目标是合理安排活动开始时间，生成特定风险偏好下鲁棒性最大的进度计划。首先界定问题，构建优化模型；随后针对问题NP-hard属性和模型特点设计交替禁忌搜索启发式算法，求解得到不同风险偏好下满意的进度计划；最后用实例验证说明，并分析关键参数影响。结论如下：决策者风险偏好由规避转乐观时，项目冲突区间总和增多；截止日期、资源可用量较紧张时，风险偏好变化对冲突区间总和变化影响更大；风险偏好乐观时，截止日期变化对冲突区间总和变化影响更大。研究成果可为不同风险偏好决策者在不具历史数据的高不确定环境中制定合理前摄性计划提供决策支持。     

计及碳排放配限额的虚拟电厂多目标风险规避优化模型

将风电场、光伏发电、生物质发电、储能和燃气轮机及柔性负荷聚合为虚拟电厂(Virtual power plant,VPP).进一步,为刻画风光不确定性风险,分别利用条件风险价值方法(Conditional risk at value,CVaR)构造最小化运营风险目标函数及利用鲁棒随机优化理论转化含不确定性变量约束条件,并选取最大化运营收益和最小化碳排放总量,构建VPP多目标风险规避优化模型.最后,选取改进IEEE30节点系统进行算例分析,结果表明:1)所提风险规避模型能够兼顾效益、风险和碳排放多方诉求;特别是,当鲁棒系数Γ≤0.85,较小的不确定性会带来较大的风险,表明决策者风险态度会影响VPP调度方案;2)预测误差e较高时,相同的Γ增长幅度会带来更高的CVaR增长幅度,表明较低的预测精度会放大不确定性风险,意味着决策者需通过提升预测精度以降低VPP运营风险;3) META能凸显清洁能源环境友好特性,实现VPP整体的最优均衡运行.综上,所提模型能够为决策制定最优VPP调度策略提供决策支撑.     

考虑车辆限速区间的危险品运输网络优化

由于危险品在运输过程中存在极大的危害性,为了降低危险品运输风险,政府可以通过对不同路段设置不同的限速区间来引导危险品运输车辆的路径选择,从而导致不同的运输网络总风险和鲁棒成本。首先基于车辆限速区间的方法,构建了危险品运输网络优化的双层规划模型,上层规划以最大运输网络总风险值最小化为目标,下层规划以危险品运输企业的鲁棒成本最小化为目标;然后,设计了粒子群优化算法求解了该模型;最后,通过两个算例验证了模型和算法的有效性。计算结果表明政府部门运用车辆限速区间的方法不仅能够非常有效地降低危险品运输网络总风险,而且更具有鲁棒性和现实可操作性。     

需求不确定下应急医疗服务站鲁棒配置模型与算法

大型突发事件发生后需要快速启动应急救灾网络,合理配置应急医疗服务站。本文考虑各应急医疗服务站选址节点需求的不确定性,引入三个不确定水平参数,构建四类不确定需求集合(box, ellipsoid, polyhedron和interval-polyhedron)对应的应急医疗服务站鲁棒配置模型,运用分支-切割算法求解,最后,进行需求扰动比例的灵敏度分析。算例结果表明,四类不确定需求集下的鲁棒配置模型中,ellipsoid不确定需求集合配置模型开放设施较少,总成本最小,鲁棒性较好。决策者还可以根据风险偏好选择不确定水平和需求扰动比例的组合,以使得总成本最小。     

多目标应急物流中心选址的鲁棒优化模型

针对重大突发事件的应急物资救援,研究了应急物流中心的选址及应急物资的调运问题。利用离散的情景集合描述受灾点应急物资需求的不确定性以及应急物资运输成本和运输时间的不确定性,同时考虑应急救援成本和应急救援时间两个目标,建立了多目标应急物流中心选址的确定型模型和鲁棒优化模型。为将多目标问题转化为单目标问题,利用成本单目标和时间单目标的最优结果将多目标转化为相对值再加权处理,该方法既可消除多个目标之间的单位及数量级差异,还可以根据问题的数据变化进行动态调整。以提供应急物资救援服务的设施作为编码,设计了一种通用的混合蛙跳算法。为检验模型和算法的有效性,设计了一个多情景的算例,结果表明两个模型和算法具备良好的可行性和有效性,且鲁棒优化模型能较好地保持对各种不确定性的抗干扰能力;最后,讨论分析了成本偏好权重和鲁棒约束系数的影响,结果表明可根据成本偏好权重的取值范围来区分各种应急救援阶段,体现不同救援阶段的救援要求及特征,并给出了成本偏好权重和鲁棒约束系数的取值建议。     

集装箱码头泊位计划的鲁棒优化模型

针对集装箱码头作业中的不确定性因素,构建泊位计划的鲁棒优化模型与算法,目的是降低不确定性因素对集装箱码头作业系统的影响。首先,提出泊位计划鲁棒性度量指标,利用算例对各指标的效果进行分析。在此基础上,设计泊位计划鲁棒优化的两阶段优化算法。算法的第一阶段不考虑泊位计划的鲁棒性,以船舶总延误时间最小为目标;算法的第二阶段以所选择的鲁棒性指标最大为目标,以第一阶段获得的船舶总延误时间为约束条件,获得鲁棒调度方案。最后,研究作业资源(装卸桥数量)的变化对泊位计划鲁棒性的影响。算例分析表明,权重松弛量是有效的度量泊位计划鲁棒性的指标,两阶段算法可以有效解决泊位计划鲁棒优化问题。     

考虑决策者风险偏好的区间直觉模糊多属性群决策方法

提出了一种考虑决策者风险偏好且属性权重信息不完全的区间直觉模糊数多属性群决策方法。同时考虑相似度和接近度,确定每一属性的决策者权重。为了考虑决策者风险偏好对决策结果的影响和避免区间直觉模糊矩阵的渐进性,引入了决策者风险偏好系数,将集结后的综合决策矩阵转换成区间数矩阵。然后,为了客观地求出属性权重信息不完全环境下属性的权重,构建了基于区间直觉模糊交叉熵的属性权重目标规划模型,该模型不仅考虑了评价值的偏差,也强调了评价值自身的可信度。最后,通过研发项目选择问题的实例分析说明了所提方法的合理性和优越性。     

Robust spectral risk optimization when the subjective risk aversion is ambiguous: a moment-type approach

Choice of a risk measure for quantifying risk of an investment portfolio depends on the decision maker’s risk preference. In this paper, we consider the case when such a preference can be described by a law invariant coherent risk measure but the choice of a specific risk measure is ambiguous. We propose a robust spectral risk approach to address such ambiguity. Differing from Wang and Xu (SIAM J Optim 30(4):3198–3229, 2020), the new robust model allows one to elicit the decision maker’s risk preference through pairwise comparisons and use the elicited preference information to construct an ambiguity set of risk spectra. The robust spectral risk measure (RSRM) is based on the worst case risk spectrum from the set. To calculate RSRM and solve the associated optimal decision making problem, we use a technique from Acerbi and Simonetti (Portfolio optimization with spectral measures of risk. Working paper, 2002) to develop a new computational approach which is independent of order statistics and reformulate the robust spectral risk optimization problem as a single deterministic convex programming problem when the risk spectra in the ambiguity set are step-like. Moreover, we propose an approximation scheme when the risk spectra are not step-like and derive a bound for the model approximation error and its propagation to the optimal decision making problems. Some preliminary numerical test results are reported about the performance of the robust model and the computational scheme.

     

Robust optimization for interactive multiobjective programming with imprecise information applied to R&D project portfolio selection

A multiobjective binary integer programming model for R&D project portfolio selection with competing objectives is developed when problem coefficients in both objective functions and constraints are uncertain. Robust optimization is used in dealing with uncertainty while an interactive procedure is used in making tradeoffs among the multiple objectives. Robust nondominated solutions are generated by solving the linearized counterpart of the robust augmented weighted Tchebycheff programs. A decision maker’s most preferred solution is identified in the interactive robust weighted Tchebycheff procedure by progressively eliciting and incorporating the decision maker’s preference information into the solution process. An example is presented to illustrate the solution approach and performance. The developed approach can also be applied to general multiobjective mixed integer programming problems.     

Cost/risk balanced management of scarce resources using stochastic programming

We consider the situation when a scarce renewable resource should be periodically distributed between different users by a Resource Management Authority (RMA). The replenishment of this resource as well as users demand is subject to considerable uncertainty. We develop cost optimization and risk management models that can assist the RMA in its decision about striking the balance between the level of target delivery to the users and the level of risk that this delivery will not be met. These models are based on utilization and further development of the general methodology of stochastic programming for scenario optimization, taking into account appropriate risk management approaches. By a scenario optimization model we obtain a target barycentric value with respect to selected decision variables. A successive reoptimization of deterministic model for the worst case scenarios allows the reduction of the risk of negative consequences derived from unmet resources demand. Our reference case study is the distribution of scarce water resources. We show results of some numerical experiments in real physical systems.     

ROBUST MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING UNDER PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY

Abstract Inaccurate specification of model coefficients can lead to false or distorted findings in modeling investigations of natural resource management. Hence, this paper outlines a decision framework for optimization problems in which only the bounded set of outcomes for uncertain parameters is known. These models can be solved with standard mathematical programming software and are no larger than their deterministic equivalent. The robust approach is contrasted against deterministic analysis and is demonstrated for two applications regarding the management of natural resources. Deterministic plans are infeasible in at least 40% of cases when parameters vary from their point estimates. Inclusion of robust constraints immunizes against this infeasibility, thereby removing errors arising from false certainty. Additionally, incorporation of bounded parameters in the objective function yields interval‐valued sets containing potential outcomes. However, this increase in the general relevance of model output introduces some degree of suboptimality as deterministic plans are buffered to proactively account for potential variability. The cost of robustness increases with the simulated spread of uncertain coefficients but may be reduced through accounting for the uncertainty aversion of decision makers.     

一类分布鲁棒线性决策随机优化研究

随机优化广泛应用于经济、管理、工程和国防等领域,分布鲁棒优化作为解决分布信息模糊下的随机优化问题近年来成为学术界的研究热点.本文基于φ-散度不确定集和线性决策方式研究一类分布鲁棒随机优化的建模与计算,构建了易于计算实现的分布鲁棒随机优化的上界和下界问题.数值算例验证了模型分析的有效性.     

A Robust Optimization Approach to Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Control with no Backorders

In this paper, we present a robust optimization formulation for dealing with demand uncertainty in a dynamic pricing and inventory control problem for a make-to-stock manufacturing system. We consider a multi-product capacitated, dynamic setting. We introduce a demand-based fluid model where the demand is a linear function of the price, the inventory cost is linear, the production cost is an increasing strictly convex function of the production rate and all coefficients are time-dependent. A key part of the model is that no backorders are allowed. We show that the robust formulation is of the same order of complexity as the nominal problem and demonstrate how to adapt the nominal (deterministic) solution algorithm to the robust problem.     

A robust optimization approach to closed-loop supply chain network design under uncertainty

The concern about significant changes in the business environment (such as customer demands and transportation costs) has spurred an interest in designing scalable and robust supply chains. This paper proposes a robust optimization model for handling the inherent uncertainty of input data in a closed-loop supply chain network design problem. First, a deterministic mixed-integer linear programming model is developed for designing a closed-loop supply chain network. Then, the robust counterpart of the proposed mixed-integer linear programming model is presented by using the recent extensions in robust optimization theory. Finally, to assess the robustness of the solutions obtained by the novel robust optimization model, they are compared to those generated by the deterministic mixed-integer linear programming model in a number of realizations under different test problems.     

On robust optimization of two-stage systems

Robust-optimization models belong to a special class of stochastic programs, where the traditional expected cost minimization objective is replaced by one that explicitly addresses cost variability. This paper explores robust optimization in the context of two-stage planning systems. We show that, under arbitrary measures for variability, the robust optimization approach might lead to suboptimal solutions to the second-stage planning problem. As a result, the variability of the second-stage costs may be underestimated, thereby defeating the intended purpose of the model. We propose sufficient conditions on the variability measure to remedy this problem. Under the proposed conditions, a robust optimization model can be efficiently solved using a variant of the L-shaped decomposition algorithm for traditional stochastic linear programs. We apply the proposed framework to standard stochastic-programming test problems and to an application that arises in auctioning excess electric power. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991):90C15, 90C33, 90B50, 90A09, 90A43Supported in part by NSF Grants DMI-0099726 and DMI-0133943