Alexandra M. Newman

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Operations Research with Engineering Program

Contact

Brown Hall W470B
303-273-3688
anewman@mines.edu
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Interdisciplinary Program

Operations Research with Engineering

Education

• BS (applied mathematics) University of Chicago
• MS (operations research) University of California, Berkeley
• PhD (industrial engineering and operations research) University of California, Berkeley

Research Areas

Applied Optimization

• Transportation logistics
• Mine production scheduling
• Energy policy and building design
• Military applications
• Athletics scheduling

Publications

• Newman, A. and C. Yano, 2000. “Centralized and Decentralized Train Scheduling for Intermodal Operations,” IIE Transactions, 32(8): 743-754.
• Newman, A. and C. Yano, 2000. “Scheduling Direct and Indirect Trains and Containers in an Intermodal Setting,”Transportation Science, 34(3): 256-270.
• Yano, C. and A. Newman, 2001. “Scheduling Trains and Containers with Due Dates and Dynamic Arrivals,” Transportation Science, 35(2): 181-191.
• Newman, A., L. Nozick, and C. Yano, 2002. “Optimization in the Rail Industry,” Handbook of Applied Optimization, P. Pardalos and M. Resende (Eds.), Oxford University Press, New York.
• Brown, G., R. Dell, H. Holtz, and A. Newman, 2003. “How U.S. Air Force Space Command Optimizes Long Term Investment in Space Systems,” Interfaces, 33(4): 1-14.
• Kuchta, M., A. Newman, and E. Topal, 2003. “Production Scheduling at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine Using Mixed Integer Programming,” Mining Engineering, April: 35-40.
• Topal, E., M. Kuchta, and A. Newman, 2003. “Extensions to an Efficient Optimization Model for Long-Term Production Planning at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine,” Applications of Computers and Operations Research in Minerals Industries, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, May: 289-293.
• Kuchta, M., A. Newman, and E. Topal, 2004. “Implementing a Production Schedule at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine,” Interfaces, 34(2): 124-134.
• Brown, G., R. Dell, and A. Newman, 2004. “Optimizing Military Capital Planning,” Interfaces, 34(6): 415-425.
• Newman, A., C. Yano, and P. Kaminsky, 2005. “Third Party Logistics Planning with Routing and Inventory Costs,” Supply Chain Optimization, J. Geunes and P. Pardalos (Eds.), Kluwer’s Applied Optimization Series.
• Chao, J., M. Chen, A. Deng, H. Miao, A. Newman, S. Tseng, and C. Yano, 2005. “Safeway Designs Mixed-Product Pallets to Support Just-in-Time Deliveries,” Interfaces, 35(4): 294-307.
• Shrimpton, D. and A. Newman, 2005. “The US Army Uses a Network Optimization Model to Designate Career Fields for Officers,” Interfaces, 35(3): 230-237.
• Newman, A. and M. Kuchta, 2007. “Using Aggregation to Optimize Long-Term Production Planning at an Underground Mine,”European Journal of Operational Research, 176(2): 1205-1218.
• Yano, C. and A. Newman, 2007. “Pareto-Improving Contracts for Express Package Delivery Services,” Production and Operations Management, 16(1): 109-124.
• Hahn, R. and A. Newman, 2008. “Scheduling United States Coast Guard Helicopter Deployment and Maintenance at Clearwater Air Station, Florida,” Computers and Operations Research, 35(6): 1829-1843.
• Newman, A., M. Kuchta, and M. Martinez, 2008. “Long- and Short- Term Production Scheduling at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine,”Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources, Andres Weintraub, (Ed.) Kluwer.
• McKenzie, P., A. Newman, and L. Tenorio, 2008. “Front Range Aggregates Optimizes Feeder Movement at its Quarry,”Interfaces, 38(6): 436-447.
• Phillips, J., A. Newman, and M. Walls, 2009. “Utilizing a Value of Information Framework to Improve Ore Classification,”Engineering Economist, 54(1): 50-74.
• Newman, A., E. Rubio, R. Caro, A. Weintraub, and K. Eurek, 2010. “A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning,”Interfaces, 40(3): 222-245.
• Martinez, M. and A. Newman, 2011. “A Solution Approach for Optimizing Long- and Short-term Production Scheduling at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine,” European Journal of Operational Research, 211(1): 184-197.
• Weiss, M. and A. Newman, 2011. “A Guide to Writing Articles in Energy Science,” Applied Energy, 88: 3941-3948.
• Cullenbine, C., K. Wood, and A. Newman, 2011. “A Sliding Time Window Heuristic for Open Pit Mine Block Sequencing,”Optimization Letters, 88(3): 365-377.
• Newman, A., R. Rosenthal, J. Salmeron, G. Brown, W. Price, A. Rowe, C. Fennemore, and R. Taft, 2011. “Optimizing Assignment of Tomahawk Cruise Missile Missions to Firing Units,” Naval Research Logistics, 58(3): 281-294.
• Guerra, A., A. Newman, and S. Leyffer, 2011. “Concrete Structure Design Using Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming with Complementarity Constraints,” SIAM Journal on Optimization , 21(3): 833-863.
• Bjorndal, T., I. Herrero, A. Newman, C. Romero, and A. Weintraub, 2012. “Operations Research in the Natural Resource Industry,” International Transactions on Operational Research, 19(1): 39-62.
• Cone Saur, M., K. Starr, M. Husted, and A. Newman, 2012. “Scheduling Softball Games in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,” Interfaces, 42(3): 296-309.
• Klotz, E. and A. Newman, 2013. “Practical Guidelines for Solving Difficult Linear Programs,” Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, 18(1-2): 1-17.
• Klotz, E. and A. Newman, 2013. “Practical Guidelines for Solving Difficult Mixed Integer Programs,” Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, 18(1-2): 18-32.
• Lambert, W.B. and A. Newman, 2013. “Analyzing Solutions of the Open Pit Block Sequencing Problem Obtained via Lagrangian Techniques,” Mining Engineering, February: 47-53.
• Pruitt, K., R. Braun, and A. Newman, 2013. “Evaluating Shortfalls in Mixed-integer Programming Approaches for the Optimal Design and Dispatch of Distributed Generation Systems,” Applied Energy, 102(C): 386-398.
• Espinoza, D., M. Goycoolea, E. Moreno, and A. Newman, 2013. “MineLib: A Library of Open Pit Mining Problems,” Annals of Operations Research, 206(1): 93-114.
• Newman, A., C. Yano, and E. Rubio, 2013. “Mining Above and Below Ground: Timing the Transition,” IIE Transactions, 45(8): 865-882.
• Newman, A. and M. Weiss, 2013. “A Survey of Linear and Mixed Integer Optimization Tutorials,” INFORMS Transactions on Education, 14(1): 26-38.
• Pruitt, K., R. Braun, and A. Newman, 2013. “Establishing Conditions for the Economic Viability of Fuel Cell-based, Combined Heat and Power, Distributed Generation Systems,” Applied Energy, 111: 904-920.
• Van Dinter, J., S. Rebennack, J. Kallrath, P. Denholm, and A. Newman, 2013. “The unit commitment model with concave emissions costs: A hybrid Benders’ Decomposition with nonconvex master problems,” Annals of Operations Research,210(1): 361-386.
• Cullenbine, C., K. Wood, and A. Newman, 2013. “Theoretical and Computational Advances for Network Diversion,”Networks, 62(3): 225-242.
• O’Sullivan, D. and A. Newman, 2014. “Long-Term Extraction and Backfill Scheduling in a Complex Underground Mine,”Interfaces, 44(2): 204-221.
• Lambert, W.B., A. Brickey, A. Newman, and K. Eurek, 2014. “Open Pit Block Sequencing Formulations: A Tutorial,”Interfaces, 44(2): 127-142.
• Pruitt, K., S. Leyffer, A. Newman, and R. Braun, 2014. “A Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program for the Optimal Design and Dispatch of Distributed Generation Systems,” Optimization and Engineering, 15(1): 167-197.
• Newman, A., 2014. “The Rewards of Teaching,” OR/MS Today, August: 40-43.
• Lambert, W.B. and A. Newman, 2014. “Tailored Lagrangian Relaxation for the Open Pit Block Sequencing Problem,” Annals of Operations Research, 222(1): 419-438.
• King, M., A. Hering, and A. Newman, 2014. “Evaluating Counterinsurgency Classification Schemes,” Military Operations Research, with supporting data 19(3): 5-25.
• O’Sullivan, D. and A. Newman, 2015. “Optimization-based Heuristics for Underground Mine Scheduling,” European Journal of Operational Research, 241(1): 248-259.
• O’Sullivan, D., A. Newman, and A. Brickey, 2015. “Is Open Pit Production Scheduling ‘Easier’ than its Underground Counterpart?” Mining Engineering, April: 68-73.
• Weiss, M., A. Newman, C. Whitmore, and S. Weiss, 2015. “150 Years of Sprint and Distance Running – Past Trends and Future Prospects,” European Journal of Sport Science, published online.
• Tarvin, D.A., K. Wood, and A. Newman, 2016. “Benders Decomposition: Solving Binary Master Problems by Enumeration,”Operations Research Letters, 44(1): 80-85.
• Teter, M.D., A. Newman, and M. Weiss, 2016. “Consistent Notation for Presenting Complex Optimization Models in Technical Writing,” Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, 21(1): 1-17.
• Scioletti, M., Goodman, J., Kohl, P., and A. Newman, 2016. “A Physics-Based Integer-Linear Battery Modeling Paradigm,”Applied Energy, 176: 245-257.
• King, B., Goycoolea, M., and A. Newman, 2017. Optimizing the Open Pit-to-Underground Mining Transition,” European Journal of Operational Research, 257: 297–309.
• Johnson, B., Newman, A., and J. King. “Optimizing High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal within a Deep Geologic Repository,” Annals of Operations Research, accepted.
• Vossen, T., K. Wood, and A. Newman. “Hierarchical Benders Decomposition for Open-pit Mine Block Sequencing,” Operations Research, accepted.
• King, B., Goycoolea, M., and A. Newman. “New Integer Programming Models for Tactical and Strategic Underground Production Scheduling,” Mining Engineering, accepted.
• Benchoff, B., Yano, C., and A. Newman. “Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Improves Operating Room Schedule Planning,” Interfaces, accepted.
• Arigoni, A., A. Newman, C. Turner, and C. Kaptur. “Optimizing Global Thermal Coal Shipments,” Omega, accepted.
• Moreno, E., Rezakhah, M., Newman, A., and F. Ferreira. “Linear Models for Stockpiling in Open-pit Mine Production Scheduling Problems,” European Journal of Operational Research, accepted.
• Tarvin, D.A., L. Sipeki, A. Newman, and A. Hering. “Lessons Learned from a Company Dealing with Big Data,” Interfaces, accepted.
• Scioletti, S., Newman, A., Goodman, J., Leyffer, S. and A. Zolan. “Optimal Design and Dispatch of a System of Diesel Generators, Photovoltaics and Batteries for Remote Locations,” Optimization and Engineering, accepted.
• King, B. and A. Newman. “Optimizing the Cutoff Grade for an Underground Mine,” under revision.
• Gonzalez, G., Richards, C. and A. Newman. “Optimal Course Scheduling for United States Air Force Academy Cadets,” under revision.
• Goodall, G., Hering, A. and A. Newman. “Characterizing Solutions in Optimal Microgrid Procurement and Dispatch Strategies,” under revision.
• Wagner, M., Newman, A., Braun, R. and W. Hamilton. “Optimized Dispatch in a First-Principles Concentrating Solar Power Production Model,” under revision.
• Teter, M., Royset, J. and A. Newman. “Modeling Uncertainty of Expert Elicitation for Use in Risk-Based Optimization.”