Research

Research Interests

My main research interests are in mathematical optimization and its applications (quantitative decision making). On the methodology side, my current focus is on optimization under uncertainty, and polynomial programming. From the applications' side, my experience is primarily in statistical estimation, learning theory, and quantitative decision making. Previously I also worked on applying mixed integer programming and combinatorial optimization techniques in chemical informatics and embedded system design.

Publications and selected tech reports

  1. Chen, S; Mehrotra, S; Papp, D: Scenario generation for stochastic optimization problems via the sparse grid method.  Submitted.
  2. Mehrotra, S; Papp, D: Generating nested quadrature formulas for general weight functions with known moments.  Submitted.   [preprint]
  3. Mehrotra, S; Papp, D: Generating moment matching scenarios using optimization techniques.  Submitted.
  4. Rudolf, G; Bukszár, J; Papp, D; Nerella, S; Xie, L; Aberg, K; van den Oord E: Direct Estimation of Fragment Length Distribution from Next Generation Sequencing Data in Methylation Studies.  Submitted.
  5. Papp, D; Alizadeh, F: Semidefinite characterization of sum-of-squares cones in algebras.  Submitted.
  6. Tóth, J; Nagy, A; Papp, D: ReactionKinetics - A Mathematica package with applications.  Accepted in Chemical Engineering Science.  [journal link]
  7. Papp, D; Alizadeh, F: Multivariate arrival rate estimation by sum-of-squares polynomial splines and decomposition.  Submitted. [preprint PDF]
  8. Papp, D: Optimal designs for rational function regression.  Accepted in the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
    [preprint PDF]  |  [1 non-self citation]
  9. Collado, R.A; Ruszczynski, A; Papp, D: Scenario decomposition of risk-averse multistage stochastic programming problems.  Accepted in the Annals of Operations Research.
    [preprint PDF]   |  [journal link]  |  [2 non-self citations]
  10. Rudolf, G; Noyan, N; Papp, D; Alizadeh, F: Bilinear optimality constraints for the cone of positive polynomials.  Mathematical Programming 129(1), September 2011, pp. 5-31.
    [preprint PDF]  |  [journal link]  |  [1 non-self citation]
  11. Boros, E; Gurvich, V; Makino, K; Papp, D: Acyclic, or totally tight, two-person game forms; characterization and main properties.  Discrete Mathematics 310(6-7), April 2010, pp. 1135-1151. [preprint PDF]  |  [journal link]  |  [1 non-self citation]
  12. Boros, E; Gurvich, V; Makino, K; Papp, D: On acyclic, or totally tight, two-person game forms.  RUTCOR Research Report 3-2008, February 2008. [PDF]
  13. Papp, D: On the complexity of local search in unconstrained quadratic binary optimization.  RUTCOR Research Report 1-2007, January 2007. [PDF]
  14. Papp, D; Vizvári, B.: Effective solution of linear Diophantine equation systems with an application in chemistry.  Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 39(1), January 2006, pp. 15-31.
    [preprint PS]  |  [journal link]  |  [6 non-self citations]

Papers in conference proceedings

  1. Papp, D.; Alizadeh, F.: Multivariate Arrival Rate Estimation using Semidefinite Programming.  Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference
    [PDF]
  2. Papp, D.: Optimal designs for rational function regression.  Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, 2011
    See the (more complete) journal version preprint above.
  3. Molnár, E.; Papp, D.: Visualization of Nil-geometry: Modelling Nil-geometry in Euclidean Space with Software Presentation.  Proceedings of the Dresden Symposium Geometry, November 2003
    [PDF]  |  [2 non-self citations]
  4. Arató, P.; Juhász, S.; Mann, Z.Á., Orbán, A.; Papp, D.: Hardware-software partitioning in embedded system design. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing, Budapest, 2003
    [PDF]  |  [56 non-self citations]

Talks

coming soon... In the meantime, email me for slides.

Theses

  1. Optimization models for shape-constrained function estimation problems involving nonnegative polynomials and their restrictions, PhD thesis, Rutgers University, May 2011   [PDF]
  2. Analysis of Petri net-based Models and their Applications in Reaction Kinetics, master's thesis, Budapest University of Technology, July 2005 (in Hungarian with abstract in English)   [PDF]