<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Optimization | Dan A. Iancu</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/</link><atom:link href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Optimization</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/media/icon_hu_b95dcd7bd0b5c731.png</url><title>Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/</link></image><item><title>Optimality of Linear Policies in Distributionally Robust Linear Quadratic Control</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/linear-policies-drlq-control-neurips-2025/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/linear-policies-drlq-control-neurips-2025/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Optimized Targeted Confinements for Future Pandemic Response</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimized-targeted-confinements-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimized-targeted-confinements-pandemic/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Previously circulated as &lt;em&gt;“Quantifying and Realizing the Benefits of Targeting
for Pandemic Response”&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/healthcare-and-policy/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Healthcare and Policy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Optimality of Linear Policies in Distributionally Robust Linear Quadratic Control</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimality-linear-policies-drlq-control/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimality-linear-policies-drlq-control/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Some of this material appeared in a preliminary conference paper entitled
&lt;em&gt;“Distributionally Robust Linear Quadratic Control”&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Finalist, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition (B. Taşkesen)
(2023)
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&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Stable and Profitable Trading Platforms for Smallholder Commodity Supply Chains</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/stable-profitable-trading-platforms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/stable-profitable-trading-platforms/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/responsible-operations/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Responsible Operations&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/supply-chains/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Supply Chains&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Distributionally Robust Linear Quadratic Control</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/distributionally-robust-lq-control-neurips-2023/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/distributionally-robust-lq-control-neurips-2023/</guid><description>
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&lt;div style="display:flex; gap:0.5rem; align-items:flex-start; font-size:0.95rem; line-height:1.5; color:#854F0B; margin-bottom:0.3rem;"&gt;
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Spotlight presentation (3.06% of 12,343 submissions)
(2023)
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Monitoring with Limited Information</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/monitoring-with-limited-information/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/monitoring-with-limited-information/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/operations-and-finance/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Operations and Finance&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/healthcare-and-policy/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Healthcare and Policy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Value Loss in Allocation Systems with Provider Guarantees</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/value-loss-allocation-systems-provider-guarantees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/value-loss-allocation-systems-provider-guarantees/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/fairness-in-ai/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Fairness in AI&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dynamic Learning of Patient Response Types: An Application to Treating Chronic Diseases</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/dynamic-learning-patient-response-types/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/dynamic-learning-patient-response-types/</guid><description>
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&lt;a href="https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/Community-Prizes/Health-Applications-Society/Pierskalla-Best-Paper-Award" style="color:#854F0B; text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Finalist, INFORMS Health Applications William Pierskalla Best Paper Award&lt;/a&gt;
(2014)
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/healthcare-and-policy/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Healthcare and Policy&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tight Approximations of Dynamic Risk Measures</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/tight-approximations-dynamic-risk-measures/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/tight-approximations-dynamic-risk-measures/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/operations-and-finance/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Operations and Finance&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Robust Multi-stage Decision Making</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/robust-multistage-decision-making/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/robust-multistage-decision-making/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/fairness-efficiency-multiportfolio-optimization/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/fairness-efficiency-multiportfolio-optimization/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/operations-and-finance/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Operations and Finance&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/fairness-in-ai/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Fairness in AI&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/pareto-efficiency-in-robust-optimization/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/pareto-efficiency-in-robust-optimization/</guid><description>
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&lt;a href="https://connect.informs.org/optimizationsociety/prizes/young-researchers-prize" style="color:#854F0B; text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Winner, INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researchers Prize&lt;/a&gt;
(2018)
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&lt;span aria-hidden="true" style="flex-shrink:0;"&gt;&amp;#127942;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Junior-Faculty-Interest-Group/Junior-Faculty-Forum-Paper-Competition" style="color:#854F0B; text-decoration:underline;"&gt;First place, INFORMS JFIG Paper Competition&lt;/a&gt;
(2013)
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Supermodularity and Affine Policies in Dynamic Robust Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/supermodularity-affine-policies-dynamic-robust/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/supermodularity-affine-policies-dynamic-robust/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>A New Local Search Algorithm for Binary Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/new-local-search-algorithm-binary-optimization/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/new-local-search-algorithm-binary-optimization/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>A Hierarchy of Near-Optimal Policies for Multistage Adaptive Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/hierarchy-near-optimal-policies-multistage-adaptive/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/hierarchy-near-optimal-policies-multistage-adaptive/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Power Generation Management Under Time-Varying Power and Demand Conditions</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/power-generation-management-time-varying/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/power-generation-management-time-varying/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/energy-and-climate/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Energy and Climate&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-400, #9ca3af);"&gt; &amp;middot; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Adaptive Robust Optimization with Applications in Inventory and Revenue Management</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/phd-thesis-adaptive-robust-optimization/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/phd-thesis-adaptive-robust-optimization/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Optimality of Affine Policies in Multistage Robust Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimality-affine-policies-multistage-robust/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/optimality-affine-policies-multistage-robust/</guid><description>
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&lt;span aria-hidden="true" style="flex-shrink:0;"&gt;&amp;#127942;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://connect.informs.org/optimizationsociety/prizes/students-prize" style="color:#854F0B; text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Best Student Paper Prize, INFORMS Optimization Society&lt;/a&gt;
(2009)
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Optimality of Affine Policies in Multi-stage Robust Optimization</title><link>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/affine-policies-multistage-robust-cdc-2009/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/publications/affine-policies-multistage-robust-cdc-2009/</guid><description>
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&lt;span style="color: var(--color-gray-500, #6b7280);"&gt;Topics:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="https://dan-a-iancu.github.io/topics/optimization/" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Optimization&lt;/a&gt;
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