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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering College of Engineering

Research

Journal Articles

  1. Karthikeyan Chitrarasu, Ronald Askin, Jorge Sefair (2024) Linear Approximations for Stochastic Serial Network Performance
  2. Javad Tayyebi, Ankan Mitra, Jorge A Sefair (2023) The continuous maximum capacity path interdiction problem
  3. S. Ravishankar, A. Mitra, J.A. Sefair (2023) Optimization Model and Solution Algorithm for the Design of Connected and Compact Nature Reserves
  4. J.A. Sefair (2023) Optimization for Conservation Planning
  5. Edward Helderop, Tony H Grubesic, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, Jorge A Sefair (2022) Prostitution arrest spatial forecasting in an era of increasing decriminalization
  6. Arunabha Sen, S Adeniye, K Basu, S Ravishankar, J.A. Sefair, D Roe-Sepowitz, E Helderop, T Grubesic, AB Sen (2022) Human trafficking interdiction problem: A data driven approach to modeling and analysis
  7. Lozano, L. and Sefair, J.A.. (2022). Network Interdiction with General Integer Variables. Under Review.
  8. Fletcher Jr., R.J., Sefair, J.A., Jaffé, R., Kortessis, N., Holt, R.D., Robertson, E., Duncan, S., Marx, A. and Austin, J. (2022). Extending isolation by resistance to predict genetic connectivity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Accepted.
  9. Tayyebi, J., Mitra, A. and Sefair, J.A. (2022). The continuous maximum capacity path interdiction problem. European Journal of Operational Research. Accepted.
  10. Mehrani, S. and Sefair, J.A. (2022). Robust Assortment Optimization under Sequential Product Unavailability. European Journal of Operational Research. 303(3):1027-1043.
  11. Contardo, C. and Sefair, J.A. (2022). A Progressive Approximation Approach for the Exact Solution of Sparse Large-Scale Binary Interdiction Games. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 34(2):890-908.
  12. Zhang, R., Lu, Y., Adams, K., Sefair, J.A., Mellin, H., Acevedo, M.A. and Maciejewski, R. (2021). A Visual Analytics Framework for Conservation Planning. Environmental Modelling and Software. 145:105178.
  13. Ma, Y., Chandra Pydi Medini, P., Nelson, J., Wei, R., Grubesic, T., Sefair, J.A., and Maciejewski, R. (2021). A Visual Analytics System for Oil Spill Response and Recovery. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 41(6):91-100.
  14. Sefair, J.A., Guaje, O. and Medaglia, A.L. (2021). A Column-Oriented Optimization Approach for the Generation of Correlated Random Vectors. OR Spectrum. 43:777-808.
  15. Matin-Moghaddam, N. and Sefair, J.A. (2021). Route Assignment and Scheduling with Trajectory Coordination. IISE Transactions. 53(2):164-181.
  16. Jampani Hanumantha, G., Arici, B.T., Sefair, J.A., and Askin, R.G. (2020). Demand Prediction and Dynamic Workforce Allocation to Improve Airport Screening Operations. IISE Transactions. 52(12):1324-1342. (Featured article in ISE Magazine: Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work, 52(11), November 2020)
  17. Marx, A.J., Wang, C., Sefair, J.A., Acevedo, M.A. and Fletcher Jr., R.J. (2020). samc: An R package for connectivity modeling with spatial absorbing Markov chains. Ecography. 43(4):518-527.
  18. Sefair, J.A., Espinosa, M., Medaglia, A.L., and Behrentz, E. (2019). Optimization model for urban air quality policy design: A case study in Latin America. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 78:101385.
  19. Fletcher Jr., R.J., Sefair, J.A., Wang, C., Poli, C., Smith, T., Bruna, E.M., Holt, R.D., Barfield, M., Marx, A.J., and Acevedo, M.A.(2019). Towards a unified framework for connectivity that disentangles movement and mortality in space and time. Ecology Letters. 22(10):1680-1689.
  20. Sefair, J.A. and Smith, J.C. (2017). Exact Algorithms and Bounds for the Dynamic Assignment Interdiction Problem. Naval Research Logistics. 64(5):373-387.
  21. Sefair, J.A., Smith, J.C., Acevedo, M.A., and Fletcher Jr., R.J. (2017). A defender-attacker model and algorithm for maximizing weighted expected hitting time with application to conservation planning. IISE Transactions. 49(12):1112-1128. (Featured article in ISE Magazine: Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work, 49(11), November 2017)
  22. Sefair, J.A., Méndez, C.Y., Babat, O., Medaglia, A.L., and Zuluaga, L.F. (2017). Linear solution schemes for Mean-SemiVariance Project portfolio selection problems: An application in the oil and gas industry. Omega. 68:39-48.
  23. Sefair, J.A. and Smith, J.C. (2016). Dynamic shortest-path interdiction. Networks. 68(4):315-330.
  24. Acevedo, M.A., Sefair, J.A., Smith, J.C., Reichert, B., and Fletcher, Jr., R.J. (2015). Conservation under uncertainty: Optimal network protection strategies for worst-case disturbance events. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52(6):1588-1597.
  25. Medaglia, A.L. and Sefair, J.A. (2009). Optimizando la planeación en el sector público. EGOB: Revista de Asuntos Públicos. 3: 44-49.
  26. Castro-Lacouture, D., Sefair, J.A., Flórez, L., and Medaglia, A.L. (2009). Optimization model for the selection of materials using a LEED-based green building rating system in Colombia, Building and Environment, 44(6):1162-1170.
  27. Molano, A.M., Medaglia, A.L., Sarmiento, O.L. and Sefair, J.A. (2009). Modelo de planeación de áreas urbanas para construir nuevos parques vecinales en Bogotá. Revista Planeación y Desarrollo, 39(2): 140-173.
  28. Medaglia, A.L., Hueth, D., Mendieta, J.C. and Sefair, J.A. (2008). Multiobjective model for the selection and timing of public enterprise projects. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 42(1):31-45.

Book Chapters

  1. Sefair, J.A., Molano, A., Medaglia, A.L., and Sarmiento, O.L. (2011). Locating neighborhood parks with a lexicographic multiobjective optimization method. In Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and Diverse Populations. Michael P. Johnson (Ed.). International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Volume 167, Part 2, 143-171.

Conference Proceedings

  1. E. Pérez, L. Taunton and J. A. Sefair, “A Simulation-Optimization Approach to Improve the Allocation of Security Screening Resources in Airport Terminal Checkpoints,” 2021 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2021, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715421.
  2. Hurtado Medina, E.M., Guaje, O., Medaglia, A.L., and Sefair, J.A. (2019). A Metaheuristic Approach for Correlated Random Vector Generation. In Proceedings of the XIII Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC).
  3. Zhou, S., Phielipp, M.J., Sefair, J.A., Walker, S.I., and Ben Amor, H. (2019). Clone Swarms: Learning to Predict and Control Multi-Robot Systems by Imitation. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2019).
  4. Medaglia, A.L. and Sefair, J.A. (2009). Generating correlated random vectors using mixed-integer programming. In Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC). Miami, Florida, United States.
  5. Sefair, J.A., Castro-Lacouture D., Medaglia, A.L. (2009). Material selection in building construction using optimal scoring method (OSM). Samuel T. Ariaratnam and Eddy M. Rojas (editors). In Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Seattle, Washington, United States. pp. 1079-1086.
  6. Castro-Lacouture, D., Sefair, J.A., Flórez, L., Medaglia, A.L. (2009). Optimization model for the selection of materials using the LEED green building rating system. Samuel T. Ariaratnam and Eddy M. Rojas (editors). In Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Seattle, Washington, United States. pp. 608-617.
  7. Vargas, M. A., Sefair, J.A. , Walteros, J.L., Medaglia, A.L., Rivera, L. (2008). Car pooling optimization: a case study in Strasbourg (France). In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. pp. 89-94.
  8. Zuluaga, A., Sefair, J.A. and Medaglia, A.L.. (2007). Model for the selection and scheduling of interdependent projects. In Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
  9. Sefair, J.A. and Medaglia, A.L. (2006). Selección y ordenamiento de proyectos de inversión con restricciones de recursos de capacidad finita. XIII Congreso Latino-Iberoamericano de Investigación de Operaciones (CLAIO), Montevideo, Uruguay.
  10. Sefair, J.A. and Medaglia, A.L. (2005). Towards a model for selection and scheduling of risky projects. Ellen J. Bass, (editor). In Proceedings of the 2005 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.