Professor Ken DARBY-DOWMAN

Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences

Professor of Operational Research

Contact Details

Telephone:	+44 (0) 1895 203 273
Fax:	+44 (0) 1895 203 303
Email	mastkhd@brunel.ac.uk

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Brunel University
Cleveland Road Uxbridge UB8 3PH
ENGLAND

Research

My research interests lie mainly in the following areas:

Applications of mathematical programming in areas including finance, vehicle and crew scheduling, production planning, facility location.
Solution methods for large scale Mathematical Programming
Optimisation under uncertainty: Stochastic Programing and Risk Modelling
Constraint Logic Programming, Integer Programming and Hybrid Systems.
Development of modelling tools to aid the implementation and use of decision support systems.
Multi-objective and stochastic modelling.
User Profiling in www-based applications and e-commerce

Selected Recent Papers

Darby-Dowman, K., Rodgers, G.J., 'Properties of a growing random directed network', European Physical Journal B, Vol. 23, pp 267-271, 2001
Darby-Dowman, K., Barker, S., Audsley, E., and Parsons, D., 'A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming with Recourse Model for Determining Robust Planting Plans in Horticulture', Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol. 51, 2000.
Darby-Dowman, K. and Little, J., 'Properties of Some Combinatorial Optimization Problems and their Effect on the Performance of Integer Programming and Constraint Logic Programming', INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 10, No 3, pp. 276-286, 199 8, ISSN 0899-1499.
Darby-Dowman, K. and Rangel, S., 'The Application of Preprocessing and Cutting Plane Techniques to a Class of Production Planning Problems', Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 11, No 3, pp. 297-318, 1998, ISSN 0926-6003.
Marins, F., Senne, E., Darby-Dowman, K., Machardo, A., and Perin, C., 'Algorithms for Network Piecewise - Linear Programs: A Comparative Study', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 97, No 1, pp. 183-199, 1997, ISSN 0377-2217.
Darby-Dowman, K., Little, J., Mitra, G. and Zaffalon, M., 'Constraint Logic Programming and Integer Programming Approaches and their Collaboration in Solving an Assignment Scheduling Problem ', Constraints, An International Journal, Vol. 1, No 3, pp. 245-264, 1998, ISSN 1383-7133.
Darby-Dowman, K. and Little, J. , 'Critical Factors in the Evolution of Logic Programming and Prolog', European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 6, pp. 67-75, 1997, ISSN 0960-085X.