Multi Decision-Maker Systems Group

Group Leader: Vikrant Vaze, Assistant Professor of Engineering

 

The behavior and performance of complex real-world systems is shaped by the interactions between the multiple decision-makers. The Multi Decision-Maker Systems Group (MDSG) studies these interactions using Operations Research methods.

 

Our past and ongoing research projects encompass applications in aviation planning, aviation operations, highway traffic management, transit and urban planning, and healthcare operations planning, using optimization, game                                                       theory and data-driven modelling.


Updates

  • October 7, 2017
    Congratulations to Keji Wei for being selected as the Bronze Medal Finalist in the Anna Valicek graduate student paper award competition, sponsored by the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (AGIFORS)
  • September 1, 2017
    We welcome Yifei Sun, a first year MS student, to the group.
  • March 16, 2017
    Our paper titled "Impacts of  airline mergers on passenger welfare" co-authored by Vikrant Vaze, Tian Luo, and Reed Harder was accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Research Part E.
  • September 1, 2016
    We welcome Navid Rashedi, a first year PhD student, to the group.
  • June 14, 2016
    Second year graduate student, Reed Harder, made a presentation titled "Two-Stage Game Theoretic Modelling of Airline Frequency and Fare Competition" at The 11th Workshop on the Economics of Networks, Systems and Computation (NetEcon 2016) in Juan-les-Pins, France.
  • March 31, 2016
    Our paper titled "Modeling Probability Distributions of Primary Delays in the National Air Transportation System" co-authored by Shitong Wang and Vikrant Vaze was accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Research Record.
  • November 17, 2015
    Our paper titled "Tarmac Delay Policies: A Passenger-Centric Analysis" co-authored by Chiwei Yan, Vikrant Vaze, Sunny Vanderboll, and Cynthia Barnhart was accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.
  • November 2, 2015
    Congratulations to Chiwei Yan for winning the INFORMS Aviation Applications Section's Best Student Presentation Competition. Chiwei is a PhD student at MIT and is co-advised by Prof. Vikrant Vaze.
  • November 2, 2015
    Congratulations to Dr. Alexandre Jacquillat for winning the prestigious George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award as well as the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics society's best PhD dissertation award. Prof. Vaze served as a dissertation committee member and a dissertation chapter co-author.
  • November 1, 2015
    Second year graduate student, Keji Wei, made a presentation titled "Quantifying Delay Propagation Through Crew Connections" at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
  • September 15, 2015
    Two chapters co-authored by Prof. Vaze were published in the book The Global Airline Industry, 2nd Edition by Wiley.
  • October 27, 2015
    Our paper titled "Modeling Probability Distributions of Primary Delays in the National Air Transportation System" co-authored by Shitong Wang and Vikrant Vaze was accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Research Record.
  • February 14, 2015
    Our paper titled "Integrated Airline Scheduling: Considering Competition Effects and the Entry of the High Speed Rail" co-authored by Luis Cadarso, Vikrant Vaze, Cynthia Barnhart, and �ngel Mar�n was accepted for publication in the journal Transportation Science.
  • January 1, 2015
    We welcome Reed Harder, a first year PhD student, to the group.
  • January 1, 2015
    We welcome Shitong Wang, from the Tianjin Chengjian University (Tianjin, China), to the group. Shitong will be with us until July 31st 2015 as a Visiting Researcher.
  • December 20, 2014
    We welcome Prof. Xuemei Li, from the Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China), to the group. Prof. Li will be with us until August 30th 2015 as a Visiting Research Professor.
  • September 1, 2014
    We welcome Keji Wei, a first year PhD student, to the group.

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Vikrant Vaze
Assistant Professor

 

 

Keji Wei
PhD Student

 

Reed Harder
PhD Student

 

Navid Rashedi
PhD Student

 

Yifei Sun
MS Student