Research

 

Research Interests

Combinatorial Optimization, Mathematical Programming, Network Design and Flows, Heuristics and Algorithms for Optimization Problems
Applications: Logistics, Transportation Optimization Problems, Crew Planning Problems in Railways, Energy, Health Care

 

Journal Papers

  • Hosseini, S. A., Saridarq, F. D. Determining the Optimal Flows in Zero-Time Dynamic Networks, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, June 2012, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp 105-117.

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Sahin G., Saridarq F. D. The Balanced Path Problem in Crew Scheduling Applications, Proceedings of MISTA 2013.
  • Sahin G., Saridarq F. D. Workload Balancing in Transportation Crew Rostering, Proceedings of OR 2013.

 

Conference Presentations

  • Sahin, G., Suyabatmaz, A. C., Saridarq, F. D., Sahin, M. Tactical and Strategic Crew Planning Problems in Railways, INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS 2012, Phoenix, USA), 2012.
  • Sahin, G., Saridarq, F. D., Suyabatmaz, A. C. Tactical and Strategic Crew Planning Problems in Railways, 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2012, Berlin, Germany), 2012.
  • Sahin G., Saridarq F. D. The Balanced Path Problem in Crew Scheduling Applications, The International Institute of Industrial Engineers Conference (IIE 2013, Istanbul, Turkey), 2013.
  • Saridarq, F. D., Sahin, G. Balancing Crew Workloads in Turkish State Railways, The 32th National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (YAEM 2012, Istanbul, Turkey), 2012.

 

Working Papers

  • Saridarq, F. D., Sahin, G. Tactical to Strategic Level Crew Planning in Turkish State Railways, In preparation for submission to Transportation Research Part E (Working paper), 2013.
  • Saridarq, F. D., Sahin, G. Workload Balancing in Transportation Crew Scheduling, In preparation for submission to INFORMS Journal on Computing (Working paper), 2013.

 

 Selected Coursework and Projects

  • Implementation of a genetic local search algorithm for minimizing total weighted tardiness in the job-shop scheduling problem (C++, Boost), Scheduling & Sequences Course (2012 SPRING).
  • Report on a Real-life Multi-Period Coal Blending and Distribution Problem: Generalization, Comparison, and Implementation (GAMS), Linear Programming Course (2011 FALL).
  • Implementation of Shortest Path Simplex Algorithm with Multiple Pivot Rule (C++, Boost), Graph Theory & Network Flows Course (2011 FALL).
  • Mortality Estimation with Multiple Regression Analysis (SPSS), Methods of Statist. Inference Course (2011 FALL).
  • Designing a Web Service With Service Oriented Architecture (Oracle SOA suite), IT Engineering 2 Course (2009 FALL).