Publications and communications of Quentin Louveaux

Miftari, B., Derval, G., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (2025). The journey of creating a modelling language [Paper presentation]. 18th INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Derval, G., Miftari, B., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (2025). Efficient LP warmstarting for linear modifications of the constraint matrix. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/326327.

Estève, E., Boveroux, L., & Louveaux, Q. (2025). Flow Time vs Work In Progress: Benchmark of Algorithms for the Online-Time Job Shop Scheduling Problem. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/327921.

Paulo, G. S. D., Louveaux, Q., Salomão, A. C. B., & Primo, G. (25 November 2024). A proposal in STEM for virtual exchange held by Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics programs. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 7(SI-IVEC2023), 28-41. doi:10.21827/jve.7.41323

Boveroux, L., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (2024). Investigating the Monte-Carlo Tree Search Approach for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/324786.

Miftari, B., Louveaux, Q., Ernst, D., & Derval, G. (2024). Sensitivity analysis for linear changes of the constraint matrix of a linear program. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/323606.

Louveaux, Q., & Poirrier, L. (2024). A linear algebra perspective on folding. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/320344.

Derval, G., Miftari, B., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (02 July 2024). Efficient exact recomputation of linear modifications of the constraints matrix in Linear Programming [Paper presentation]. EURO 2024.

Boveroux, L., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (22 April 2024). Investigating Monte-Carlo Tree Search Approach for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem [Paper presentation]. 24th edition of the Belgian Mathematical Optimization Workshop, La Roche-en-Ardennes, Belgium.

Boveroux, L., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (08 February 2024). A comparative study of methods for solving the large flexible assembly job shop scheduling problems [Paper presentation]. Orbel 38.

Miftari, B., Derval, G., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (08 February 2024). Parametric upper and lower bounds of linear variations of a linear problem’s LHS [Paper presentation]. ORBEL 38, Anvers, Belgium.

Miftari, B., Derval, G., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (2024). Sensitivity analysis for linear changes of the constraint matrix of a linear program [Paper presentation]. Euro 2024, Copenhague, Denmark.

Miftari, B., Berger, M., Derval, G., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (2023). GBOML: A Structure-exploiting Optimization Modelling Language in Python. Optimization Methods and Software. doi:10.1080/10556788.2023.2246169

Resimont, T., Louveaux, Q., & Dewallef, P. (06 September 2021). Optimization Tool for the Strategic Outline and Sizing of District Heating Networks Using a Geographic Information System. Energies, 14 (17), 5575. doi:10.3390/en14175575

Berger, M., Radu, D.-C., Dubois, A., Pandzic, H., Dvorkin, Y., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (2021). Siting Renewable Power Generation Assets with Combinatorial Optimisation. Optimization Letters. doi:10.1007/s11590-021-01795-0

Blanchard, M., De Loera, J., & Louveaux, Q. (2021). On the length of monotone paths in polyhedra. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics. doi:10.1137/20M1315646

Duchesne, L., Louveaux, Q., & Wehenkel, L. (2021). Supervised learning of convex piecewise linear approximations of optimization problems. In Proceedings of the 29th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning. doi:10.14428/esann/2021.ES2021-74

Radu, D.-C., Berger, M., Dubois, A., Fonteneau, R., Pandzic, H., Dvorkin, Y., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (2021). Assessing the Impact of Offshore Wind Siting Strategies on the Design of the European Power System. Applied Energy, 305. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117700

Jacqmin, H., Chatelain, B., Louveaux, Q., Jacqmin, P., Dogné, J.-M., Graux, C., & Mullier, F. (2020). Clustering and Kernel Density Estimation for Assessment of Measurable Residual Disease by Flow Cytometry. Diagnostics, 10 (5). doi:10.3390/diagnostics10050317

Dewals, B., Cuvelier, T., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., & Louveaux, Q. (13 September 2019). Operation rules of the Vesdre reservoir revisited [Paper presentation]. 6th International Symposium on Hydrological Modelling of the Meuse basin, Liège, Belgium.

Cuvelier, T., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B., & Louveaux, Q. (March 2018). Comparison Between Robust and Stochastic Optimisation for Long-term Reservoir Management Under Uncertainty. Water Resources Management, 32 (5), 1599–1614. doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1893-1

Cuvelier, T., & Louveaux, Q. (July 2017). Optimising workforce and energy costs by exploiting production flexibility [Paper presentation]. 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Québec, Canada.

Cuvelier, T., & Louveaux, Q. (21 April 2017). Modelling the industrial flexibility from the electricity consumption and HR points of view [Paper presentation]. 22nd COMEX Belgian Mathematical Optimization Workshop, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium.

Aliev, I., Bassett, R., De Loera, J., & Louveaux, Q. (2017). A Quantitative Doignon-Bell-Scarf theorem. Combinatorica. doi:10.1007/s00493-015-3266-9

Gerard, D., Koeppe, M., & Louveaux, Q. (2017). Guided Dive for the Spatial Branch-and-Bound. Journal of Global Optimization. doi:10.1007/s10898-017-0503-3

Marcos Alvarez, A., Louveaux, Q., & Wehenkel, L. (January 2017). A Machine Learning-Based Approximation of Strong Branching. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 29 (1), 185-195. doi:10.1287/ijoc.2016.0723

Georges, E., Cornélusse, B., Ernst, D., Louveaux, Q., Lemort, V., & Mathieu, S. (2016). Direct control service from residential heat pump aggregation with specified payback. In Proceedings of the 19th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC). doi:10.1109/PSCC.2016.7540835

Aliev, I., De Loera, J., & Louveaux, Q. (2016). Parametric Polyhedra with at least k Lattice Points: Their Semigroup Structure and the k-Frobenius Problem. In A. Beveridge, J. Griggs, L. Hogben, G. Musiker, ... P. Tetali (Eds.), Recent trends in Combinatorics (pp. 753-778). Springer.

Gerard, D., Köppe, M., & Louveaux, Q. (2016). Feasibility-oriented Branching Strategies for Global Optimization. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/200219.

Louveaux, Q., Mathei, A., & Mathieu, S. (2016). Box search for the data mining of the key parameters of an industrial process. Intelligent Data Analysis, 20 (6). doi:10.3233/IDA-150335

Louveaux, Q., & Skutella, M. (Eds.). (2016). Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization. Springer.

Marcos Alvarez, A., Wehenkel, L., & Louveaux, Q. (2016). Online Learning for Strong Branching Approximation in Branch-and-Bound. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/192361.

Mathieu, S., Louveaux, Q., Ernst, D., & Cornélusse, B. (2016). DSIMA: A testbed for the quantitative analysis of interaction models within distribution networks. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 5, 78 - 93. doi:10.1016/j.segan.2015.11.004

Gerard, D., Köppe, M., & Louveaux, Q. (13 July 2015). Feasibility-oriented Branching Strategies for Global Optimization [Paper presentation]. International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP), Pittsburgh, United States - Pennsylvania.

Louveaux, Q., Poirrier, L., & Salvagnin, D. (June 2015). The strength of multi-row models. Mathematical Programming Computation, 7 (2), 113-148. doi:10.1007/s12532-014-0076-9

Agra, A., Doostmohammadi, M., & Louveaux, Q. (May 2015). Valid inequalities for the single arc design problem with set-ups. Discrete Optimization, 16, 17-35. doi:10.1016/j.disopt.2014.12.002

Gerard, D., Louveaux, Q., & Cornélusse, B. (2015). A NLP-MILP iterating algorithm for operational planning in electrical distribution systems. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/200220.

Marcos Alvarez, A., Wehenkel, L., & Louveaux, Q. (2015). Machine Learning to Balance the Load in Parallel Branch-and-Bound. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/181086.

Merciadri, L., Mathieu, S., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (2015). Optimal Assignment of Off-Peak Hours to Lower Curtailments in the Distribution Network. In Proceedings of the 5th European Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT). doi:10.1109/ISGTEurope.2014.7028787

Gemine, Q., Ernst, D., Louveaux, Q., & Cornélusse, B. (2014). Relaxations for multi-period optimal power flow problems with discrete decision variables. In Proceedings of the 18th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC'14). doi:10.1109/PSCC.2014.7038396

Mathieu, S., Louveaux, Q., Ernst, D., & Cornélusse, B. (2014). A quantitative analysis of the effect of flexible loads on reserve markets. In Proceedings of the 18th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC). doi:10.1109/PSCC.2014.7038428

Aliev, I., De Loera, J., & Louveaux, Q. (2014). Integer Programs with Prescribed Number of Solutions and a Weighted Version of Doignon-Bell-Scarf’s Theorem. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07557-0_4

St-Pierre, D. L., Maes, F., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (March 2014). A learning procedure for sampling semantically different valid expressions. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, 12 (1), 18-35.

Louveaux, Q., & Poirrier, L. (February 2014). An algorithm for the separation of two-row cuts. Mathematical Programming, 143 (1-2), 111-146. doi:10.1007/s10107-012-0597-9

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2014). Lipschitz robust control from off-policy trajectories. In Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE CDC 2014).

Marcos Alvarez, A., Louveaux, Q., & Wehenkel, L. (2014). A Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Variable Branching in Branch-And-Bound. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/167559.

Mathieu, S., & Louveaux, Q. (2014). A combinatorial branch-and-bound algorithm for box search. Discrete Optimization, 13, 36-48. doi:10.1016/j.disopt.2014.05.001

Mathieu, S., Ernst, D., & Louveaux, Q. (2013). An efficient algorithm for the provision of a day-ahead modulation service by a load aggregator. In Proceedings of the 4th European Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT). doi:10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695247

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2013). Min max generalization for deterministic batch mode reinforcement learning: relaxation schemes. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 51 (5), 3355–3385. doi:10.1137/120867263

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2013). Généralisation Min Max pour l'Apprentissage par Renforcement Batch et Déterministe : Relaxations pour le Cas Général T Etapes. In 8èmes Journées Francophones de Planification, Décision et Apprentissage pour la conduite de systèmes (JFPDA'13).

Mathieu, S., Karangelos, E., Louveaux, Q., & Ernst, D. (08 October 2012). A computationally efficient algorithm for the provision of a day-ahead modulation service by a load aggregator [Poster presentation]. DYSCO Study Day : Dynamical systems, control and optimization Kickoff of phase VII.

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2012). Généralisation min max pour l'apprentissage par renforcement batch et déterministe : schémas de relaxation. In Septièmes Journées Francophones de Planification, Décision et Apprentissage pour la conduite de systèmes (JFPDA 2012).

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2012). Min max generalization for two-stage deterministic batch mode reinforcement learning: relaxation schemes. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/136851

Fonteneau, R., Ernst, D., Boigelot, B., & Louveaux, Q. (2011). Relaxation schemes for min max generalization in deterministic batch mode reinforcement learning. In 4th International NIPS Workshop on Optimization for Machine Learning (OPT 2011).

Dey, S., & Louveaux, Q. (August 2011). Split rank of triangle and quadrilateral inequalities. Mathematics of Operations Research, 36 (3), 432-461. doi:10.1287/moor.1110.0496

Louveaux, Q. (2011). Lift-and-project inequalities. In Wiley Encylopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. John Wiley & sons. doi:10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0463

Lupien St-Pierre, D., Louveaux, Q., & Teytaud, O. (2011). Online Sparse Bandit for Card Games. Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Andersen, K., Louveaux, Q., & Weismantel, R. (July 2010). Mixed-integer sets from two rows of two adjacent simplex bases. Mathematical Programming, 124 (1-2), 455-480. doi:10.1007/s10107-010-0376-4

Louveaux, Q. (July 2010). Sparse Two-Row Cuts and an Algorithm for the Separation Problem [Paper presentation]. Mixed Integer Programming workshop, Atlanta, United States.

Andersen, K., Louveaux, Q., & Weismantel, R. (February 2010). An analysis of mixed integer linear sets based on lattice point free convex sets. Mathematics of Operations Research, 35 (1), 233-256. doi:10.1287/moor.1090.0439

Louveaux, Q. (2010). Introduction aux méthodes numériques. Liège, Belgium: Centrale des cours/AEES.

Louveaux, Q. (December 2009). Split rank of two-row cuts [Paper presentation]. Workshop on multi-row cuts, Bertinoro, Italy.

Louveaux, Q. (August 2009). Geometric Study of Mixed-integer Sets from Two Rows of Two Adjacent Simplex Bases [Paper presentation]. 20th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Chicago, United States.

Louveaux, Q. (January 2009). Split rank of triange and quadrilateral inequalities [Paper presentation]. 13th combinatorial optimization workshop, Aussois, France.

Louveaux, Q. (2009). Introduction à l'analyse numérique. (MATH0006-2). Liège, Belgium: Centrale des cours/AEES.

Andersen, K., Louveaux, Q., & Weismantel, R. (November 2008). Certificates of linear mixed integer infeasibility. Operations Research Letters, 36 (6), 734-738. doi:10.1016/j.orl.2008.08.003

Köppe, M., Louveaux, Q., & Weismantel, R. (May 2008). Intermediate integer programming representations using value disjunctions. Discrete Optimization, 5 (2), 293-313. doi:10.1016/j.disopt.2006.12.003

Louveaux, Q., & Weismantel, R. (May 2008). Polyhedral properties for the intersection of two knapsacks. Mathematical Programming, 113 (1), 15-37. doi:10.1007/s10107-006-0045-9

Louveaux, Q. (July 2007). Cutting planes and infeasibility certificates from lattice-point-free polyhedra [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Mixed-Integer Programming, Montreal, Canada.

Andersen, K., Louveaux, Q., Weismantel, R., & Wolsey, L. A. (2007). Inequalities from two rows of the simplex tableau. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1-15. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72792-7_1

Louveaux, Q. (January 2007). Cutting planes from lattice-point-free polyhedra [Paper presentation]. 11th combinatorial optimization workshop, Aussois, France.

Louveaux, Q., & Wolsey, L. A. (2007). Lifting, Superadditivity, Mixed Integer Rounding and Single Node Flow Sets Revisited. Annals of Operations Research, 153 (1), 47-77. doi:10.1007/s10479-007-0171-7

Andersen, K., Louveaux, Q., Weismantel, R., & Wolsey, L. (2006). Cutting planes from two rows of the simplex tableau (extended version). ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/82794.

Louveaux, Q. (January 2006). Intermediate integer programming representations using value disjunctions [Paper presentation]. 10th workshop on combinatorial optimization, Aussois, France.

Louveaux, Q. (September 2005). Discrete optimization [Poster presentation]. Making Europe more attractive for researchers, Pisa, Italy.

Louveaux, Q. (March 2005). Valid inequalities for the intersection of two knapsacks [Paper presentation]. 9th combinatorial optimization workshop, Aussois, France.

Louveaux, Q. (2004). Exploring Structure and Reformulations in Different Integer Programming Algorithms [Doctoral thesis, UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/123140

Köppe, M., Louveaux, Q., Weismantel, R., & Wolsey, L. A. (2004). Extended formulations for Gomory Corner polyhedra. Discrete Optimization, 1 (2), 141-165. doi:10.1016/j.disopt.2004.06.001

Louveaux, Q. (January 2004). Four extended formulations of the corner polyhedron [Paper presentation]. 8th combinatorial optimization workshop, Aussois, France.

Louveaux, Q. (August 2003). Lifting of valid inequalities revisited [Paper presentation]. 18th internation symposium on mathematical programming.

Louveaux, Q., & Wolsey, L. A. (2003). Lifting, Superadditivity, Mixed Integer Rounding and Single Node Flow Sets Revisited. 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 1, 173-207. doi:10.1007/s10288-003-0016-4

Louveaux, Q., & Wolsey, L. A. (2002). Combining problem structure and basis reduction to solve a class of hard integer programs. Mathematics of Operations Research, 27 (3), 470-484. doi:10.1287/moor.27.3.470.315