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  • Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/adam-wierman-2016-11-18 Learning, ...
  • Big data provides new opportunities to tackle one of the main difficulties in decision-making systems – uncertain behavior ...
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Link to paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08005 Authors: Adam N. Elmachtoub and Paul Grigas. ... question uh so basically you come with a methodology that is doing so this 00:00 - The ML-OR Disconnect 06:20 - Scenario Planning 15:03 - Learning Surrogate Loss Functions for Predict Then Optimize Problems

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Smart "Predict, then Optimize"

Smart "Predict, then Optimize"

Link to paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08005 Authors: Adam N. Elmachtoub and Paul Grigas.

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Lui Gradient based smart predict then optimize framework aircraft arrival scheduling problem in term

Lui Gradient based smart predict then optimize framework aircraft arrival scheduling problem in term

... question uh so basically you come with a methodology that is doing so this

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Why predict-then-optimize and end-to-end learning won't fix your optimization under uncertainty.

Why predict-then-optimize and end-to-end learning won't fix your optimization under uncertainty.

00:00 - The ML-OR Disconnect 06:20 - Scenario Planning 15:03 -

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Learning Surrogate Loss Functions for Predict Then Optimize Problems

Learning Surrogate Loss Functions for Predict Then Optimize Problems

Learning Surrogate Loss Functions for Predict Then Optimize Problems

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Offline and Online Learning and Decision-Making in the Predict-then-Optimize Setting

Offline and Online Learning and Decision-Making in the Predict-then-Optimize Setting

In the

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The Power of Predictions in Online Optimization

The Power of Predictions in Online Optimization

Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/adam-wierman-2016-11-18 Learning, ...

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Integration of Prediction and Optimization with Applications in Operations Management

Integration of Prediction and Optimization with Applications in Operations Management

Big data provides new opportunities to tackle one of the main difficulties in decision-making systems – uncertain behavior ...

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ACP Summer School 2023: "Predict-then-optimize" by Elias Khalil

ACP Summer School 2023: "Predict-then-optimize" by Elias Khalil

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Optimisation vs prediction (part 1): Main differences and when to use them

Optimisation vs prediction (part 1): Main differences and when to use them

Optimisation

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Optimisation vs prediction (part 2): Optimisation examples

Optimisation vs prediction (part 2): Optimisation examples

Optimisation

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Design, Predict, Asses, & Optimize

Design, Predict, Asses, & Optimize

Executing Closed-Loop Scenario Simulations via a Mine-to-Mill AI Platform: Isolating engineering activities into separate planning ...

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CPAIOR 2022: Learning, Optimization, and Generalization in the Predict-then-Optimize Setting

CPAIOR 2022: Learning, Optimization, and Generalization in the Predict-then-Optimize Setting

CPAIOR 2022 master class by Paul Grigas. Talk abstract: In the

June 24, 2026
Integration of Prediction and Optimization with Applications in Operations Management

Integration of Prediction and Optimization with Applications in Operations Management

Big data provides new opportunities to tackle one of the main difficulties in decision-making systems – uncertain behavior ...

June 24, 2026