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Company employees also engage in writing applications papers and articles in newsletters or trade journals. The references of these articles and their abstracts are listed blow. If you are interested in obtaining a full electronic copy of the paper, please contact us.

Real-Life Locomotive Planning: New Formulations and Computational Results
B. Vaidyanathan, R. K. Ahuja, J. Liu, and L. A. Shughart. Transportation Research 42, 147-168, 2008. view abstract

New Approaches for Solving the Block-to-Train Assignment Problem
K. C. Jha, R. K. Ahuja, and G. Sahin. Networks 51, 48-62, 2008. view abstract

Multicommodity Network Flow Approach to the Railroad Crew Scheduling Problem
B. Vaidyanathan, K. C. Jha, and R. K. Ahuja. IBM Journal of Research and Development 51, 325-344, 2007. view abstract

Solving Real-Life Railroad Blocking Problems
R. K. Ahuja, K. C. Jha, and J. Liu. Interfaces 37, 404-419, 2007. view abstract

Optimal Network Configuration and Capacity Expansion of Railroads
J. Liu, R.K. Ahuja, and G. Sahin. Operational Research Society 59, 911-920, 2007. view abstract

A Simulation/Optimization Framework for Locomotive Planning
A. Nahapetyan, R. Ahuja, F. Z. Sargut, A. John, and K. Somani. ATMOS Workshop, 259-276, 2007. view abstract

Integer Programming Based Approaches for the Train Dispatching Problem
G. Sahin, R. K. Ahuja, and C. B. Cunha. 2006. view abstract

Network Models in Railroad Planning and Scheduling
R. K. Ahuja, C. B. Cunha, and G. Sahin. Tutorials in Operations Research 1, 54-101, 2005. view abstract

Solving Real-Life Locomotive-Scheduling Problems
R. K. Ahuja, J. Liu, J. B. Orlin, D. Sharma, and L. A. Shughart. Transportation Science 39, 503-517, 2005. view abstract


A Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Combined Through-Fleet-Assignment Model
R. K. Ahuja, J. Goodstein, A. Mukherjee, J. B. Orlin, and D. Sharma. INFORMS Journal on Computing 19, 416-428, 2007. view abstract

A Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Combined Through and Fleet Assignment Model with Time Windows
R. K. Ahuja, J. Liu, J. B. Orlin, J. Goodstein, and A. Mukherjee. Networks 44, 160-171, 2004. view abstract

Solving Multi-Criteria Through-Fleet Assignment Models
R. K. Ahuja, J. Liu, J. Goodstein, A. Mukherjee, J. B. Orlin, and D. Sharma. Operations Research in Space and Air, Edited by Tito A. Ciriani, Giorgio Fasano, Stefano Gliozzi, and Robert Tadei, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 233-256, 2003. view abstract

Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search in Airline Fleet Scheduling
R. K. Ahuja, and J. B. Orlin. SIAM News 35, 1-4, 2002. view abstract


Solving Linear Cost Dynamic Lot-Sizing Problems in O(n log n) Time
R. K. Ahuja, and D. S. Hochbaum. Operations Research 56, 255-261, 2008. view abstract

A Heuristic Approach to the Multi-Period Single-Sourcing Problem with Production and Inventory Capacities and Perishability Constraints
R. K. Ahuja, W. Huang, H. E. Romeijn, and D. R. Morales. INFORMS Journal on Computing 19, 14-26, 2007. view abstract

Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for the Weapon-Target Assignment Problem
R. K. Ahuja, A. Kumar, K. C. Jha, and J. B. Orlin. Operations Research 55, 1136-1146, 2007. view abstract

A Multi-Exchange Heuristic for the Single-Source Capacitated Facility Location Problem
R. K. Ahuja, J. B. Orlin, S. Pallottino, M. P. Scaparra, and M. G. Scutella. Management Science 50, 749-760, 2004. view abstract

A Composite Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem
R. Agarwal, R.K. Ahuja, G. Laporte, and Z.J. Shen. Handbook of Scheduling: Algorithms, Models and Performance Analysis. Edited by J. Y-T. Leung, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 49-01 to 49-23, 2003. view abstract


Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search for the Quadratic Assignment Problem
R. K. Ahuja, K. C. Jha, J. B. Orlin, and D. Sharma. INFORMS Journal on Computing 19, 646-657, 2007. view abstract

A Cut-Based Algorithm for the Nonlinear Dual of the Minimum Cost Network Flow Problem
R. K. Ahuja, D. S. Hochbaum, and J. B. Orlin. Algorithmica 39, 189-208, 2004. view abstract

Solving the Convex Cost Integer Dual Network Flow Problem
R. K. Ahuja, D. S. Hochbaum, and J. B. Orlin. Management Science 49, 950-964, 2003. view abstract

Minimum Time and Minimum Cost-Path Problems in Street Networks with Periodic Traffic Lights
R. K. Ahuja, J. B. Orlin, S. Pallottino, and M. G. Scutella. Transportation Science 36, 326-336, 2002. view abstract

A Survey of Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search Techniques
R. K. Ahuja, O. Ergun, J. B. Orlin, and A. P. Punnen. Discrete Applied Mathematics 123, 75-102, 2002. view abstract


Neighborhood Search Approaches to Beam Orientation Optimization in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
D. M. Aleman, A. Kumar, R. K. Ahuja, H. E. Romeijn, and J. F. Dempsey. Journal of Global Optimization 42, 769-784, 2008. view abstract

A New Linear Programming Approach to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Problems
H. E. Romeijn, R. K. Ahuja, J. F. Dempsey, and A. Kumar. Operations Research 54, 201-216, 2006. view abstract

A Network Flow Algorithm to Minimize Beam-On Time for Unconstrained Multileaf Collimator Problems in Cancer Radiation Therapy
R. K. Ahuja, and H. W. Hamacher. Networks 45, 36-41, 2004. view abstract

A Column Generation Approach to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Using Aperture Modulation
H. E. Romeijn, R. K. Ahuja, J. F. Dempsey, and A. Kumar. SIAM Journal on Optimization 15, 838-862, 2005. view abstract

A Novel Linear Programming Approach to Fluence Map Optimization for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
H. E. Romeijn, R. K. Ahuja, J. F. Dempsey, A. Kumar, and J. G. Li. Physics in Medicine and Biology 48, 3521-3542, 2003. view abstract