Franklin Djeumou Fomeni, PhD
Assistant Professor of Operations Research
Department of Analytics, Operations and Information Technologies
Management School of the University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG-UQAM), Montreal, Canada
Research
Research Interests
My research interest lies at the interface of the theory and application of deterministic optimization methods to problems in energy, transport and manufacturing. More precisely, I develop and implement exact and heuristic algorithms for solving integer and mixed integer optimization problems applied in the above industries. Indeed, the efficiency of transportation networks and energy systems is more and more becoming a global concern, prompting to the fact that optimization has a key role to play in these areas. Especially, the development of specialized solution methods to large scale optimization problems is a hot topic for research in these industries. This has therefore formed the overarching goals of my research so far.
Most optimization problems arising in the energy and transportation industries can be modelled as mixed integer programs (e.g. the unit commitment problem, or the problem of assigning trajectories to flights). My solution approaches are usually based on the framework of branch-and-cut algorithms, and will also include column generation techniques in a near future.
Some Research projects
Optimization of the 4D-trajectories of flights
Binary equilibrium in energy markets and transportation networks