OR in healthcare: A European perspective
S Brailsford, J Vissers - European journal of operational research, 2011 - Elsevier
The European Working Group “Operational Research Applied to Health Services”(ORAHS)
is one of the domain specific EURO Working Groups organized by EURO–the European …
is one of the domain specific EURO Working Groups organized by EURO–the European …
iCycle: Integrated, multicriterial beam angle, and profile optimization for generation of coplanar and noncoplanar IMRT plans
S Breedveld, PRM Storchi, PWJ Voet… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To introduce iCycle, a novel algorithm for integrated, multicriterial optimization of
beam angles, and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) profiles. Methods: A multicriterial …
beam angles, and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) profiles. Methods: A multicriterial …
Combining radial basis function surrogates and dynamic coordinate search in high-dimensional expensive black-box optimization
RG Regis, CA Shoemaker - Engineering Optimization, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the DYCORS (DYnamic COordinate search using Response Surface
models) framework for surrogate-based optimization of HEB (High-dimensional, Expensive …
models) framework for surrogate-based optimization of HEB (High-dimensional, Expensive …
Reflections on beam configuration optimization for intensity-modulated proton therapy
Presumably, intensity-modulated proton radiotherapy (IMPT) is the most powerful form of
proton radiotherapy. In the current state of the art, IMPT beam configurations (ie the number …
proton radiotherapy. In the current state of the art, IMPT beam configurations (ie the number …
Stochastic radial basis function algorithms for large-scale optimization involving expensive black-box objective and constraint functions
RG Regis - Computers & Operations Research, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new algorithm for derivative-free optimization of expensive black-box
objective functions subject to expensive black-box inequality constraints. The proposed …
objective functions subject to expensive black-box inequality constraints. The proposed …
A quasi-multistart framework for global optimization of expensive functions using response surface models
RG Regis, CA Shoemaker - Journal of Global Optimization, 2013 - Springer
We present the AQUARS (A QUAsi-multistart Response Surface) framework for finding the
global minimum of a computationally expensive black-box function subject to bound …
global minimum of a computationally expensive black-box function subject to bound …
Neighborhood search approaches to beam orientation optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
The intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning problem consists of
several subproblems which are typically solved sequentially. We seek to combine two of the …
several subproblems which are typically solved sequentially. We seek to combine two of the …
Trust regions in Kriging-based optimization with expected improvement
RG Regis - Engineering optimization, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The Kriging-based Efficient Global Optimization (EGO) method works well on many
expensive black-box optimization problems. However, it does not seem to perform well on …
expensive black-box optimization problems. However, it does not seem to perform well on …
A general stochastic algorithmic framework for minimizing expensive black box objective functions based on surrogate models and sensitivity analysis
Y Wang, CA Shoemaker - arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6271, 2014 - arxiv.org
We are focusing on bound constrained global optimization problems, whose objective
functions are computationally expensive black-box functions and have multiple local …
functions are computationally expensive black-box functions and have multiple local …
A two-phase method for selecting IMRT treatment beam angles: Branch-and-Prune and local neighborhood search
GJ Lim, W Cao - European Journal of Operational Research, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new two-phase solution approach to the beam angle and fluence map
optimization problem in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) planning. We …
optimization problem in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) planning. We …