FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

I am involved in a few Funded Research Projects. You may obtain more information about these projects by contacting me directly.
 

I. Optimal pricing of telecommunications networks

    This project involve the study of models for telecommunications pricing in a bilevel programming context, and will focus as well on the development of effective algorithms for these models. In the second phase of the project, stochastic models will be included in the project.

This project, financed by france telecom r&d, supports a PhD student and a Master's student.
 

II. Conception of viable new modes of public transport

    This project aims to apply bilevel programming models (MPEC) to optimize operator profits on a multimodal transportation network, especially within the context of public transport.

    The project is financed by a programme for transportation-related research of the French Ministries of Transportation, Research, and Industry, (PREDIT) and supports a post doctoral researcher.

III. Optimal HUB Location and Frequencies of Intermodal Freight Trains

(for the EEC Projects "IQ" and "SCENES" of the 4th Framework and the DG-VII)

    This project involves the development of a rather large mixed-integer programme (MIP) that seeks an optimal configuration of a network of hubs and spokes for intermodal freight train traffic in Europe, which includes hub locations and service frequencies between hubs.

The project supported several master's students.

The software developed in the context of this project is currently being adapted for use by the SNCF for national Intermodal freight studies.

IV. Optimization of Train traffic for the SNCF

    This project has been completed. The objective was to incorporate statistical data on the random fluctuations of new demands for freight transport into the optimization of freight train flows.

This project was financed by the French National Railways - SNCF - and supported a research associate.