Research

Research Interests

• Methodologies: Stochastic Programming, Robust Optimization, (Approximate) Dynamic Programming, Integer Programming, Combinatorial Optimization, Multiobjective Optimization, Inverse Optimization, Machine Learning
• Application Areas: Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Healthcare, Transportation, Telecommunication, Power Systems, Service Systems Staffing and Scheduling, Networks

Preprints

1. A Novel Adaptive Testing Scheme for Multi-disease Testing
   D. Bish, E. Bish, M. Bodur, and B. Gorgulu (2025)
2. Joint Matching and Pricing for Crowd-shipping with In-store Customers [link]
   A. Dehghan, M. Cevik, M. Bodur, and B. Ghaddar (2025)
3. Incorporating Service Reliability in Multi-depot Vehicle Scheduling [link]
   M.P. Castro, M. Bodur, and A. Shalaby (2024)
4. Neural Approximate Dynamic Programming for the Ultra-fast Order Dispatching Problem [link]
   A. Dehghan, M. Cevik, and M. Bodur (2023)
5. Two-stage and Lagrangian Dual Decision Rules for Multistage Adaptive Robust Optimization [link]
   M. Daryalal, A.N. Arslan, and M. Bodur (2023)
6. Data-driven Distributionally Robust Optimization: Intersecting Ambiguity Sets, Performance Analysis and Tractability [link]
   N. Tanoumand, M. Bodur, and J. Naoum-Sawaya (2023)
7. A Feasibility Look to Two-stage Robust Optimization in Kidney Exchange [link]
   C. Riascos, M. Bodur, and D. Aleman (2023)
8. Stochastic Dynamic Lot-sizing with Supplier-Driven Substitution and Service Level Constraints [link]
   N. Sereshti, M. Bodur, and J. Luedtke (2022)

Journal Papers

1. Network Flow Models for Robust Binary Optimization with Selective Adaptability [link]
   M. Bodur, T. Chan, I. Zhu
   INFORMS Journal on Computing (minor revision submitted) (2025)
2. Markov Chain-based Policies for Multi-stage Stochastic Integer Linear Programming with an Application to Disaster Relief Logistics [link]
   M.P. Castro, M. Bodur, and Y. Song
   Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2025)
3. Extraboard transit operator scheduling considering driver absenteeism [link]
   J. Song, A. Shalaby, and M. Bodur
   Transportmerica A: Transport Science (2025)
4. An Enhanced Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to On-demand Ride Pooling [link]
   A. Dehghan, M. Cevik, and M. Bodur
   Transportmerica B: Transport Dynamics (2025)
5. Tightening Quadratic Convex Relaxations for the AC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem [link]
   C. Guo, H. Nagarajan, and M. Bodur
   INFORMS Journal on Computing (2025)
6. Copositive Duality for Discrete Energy Markets [link]
   C. Guo, M. Bodur, and J. Taylor
   Management Science (2025)
7. A Comprehensive Stochastic Programming Model for Transfer Synchronization in Transit Networks [link]
   Z. Ansarilari, M. Bodur, and A. Shalaby
   Computers and Operations Research (2025)
8. Dynamic Task Allocation in Intelligent Warehouses with Hybrid Workforce of Automated Guided Vehicles and Human Pickers [link]
   A. Dehghan, M. Cevik, and M. Bodur
   ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (2025)
9. Effect of Single-Entry Referral Models and Team-Based Care on Wait Times for Hip and Knee Joint Replacement in Ontario: A Simulation Study [link]
   P. Seyedi, D. Aleman, N. N. Baxter, C. M. Bell, M. Bodur, A. Calzavara, R. Campbell, and others
   CMAJ (2025)
10. Approximate Dynamic Programming for Crowd-shipping with In-store Customers [link]
    K. Mousavi, M. Bodur, M. Cevik, and M.J. Roorda
    Transportation Research Part B (2024)
11. A Novel Model for Transfer Synchronization in Transit Networks and a Lagrangian-based Heuristic Solution Method [link]
    Z. Ansarilari, M. Bodur, and A. Shalaby
    European Journal of Operational Research (2024)
12. Surgeon- and Hospital-Level Variation in Wait Times for Scheduled Non-Urgent Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study [link]
    P . de Jager, D. Aleman, N. Baxter, C. Bell, M. Bodur, A. Calzavara, R. Campbell, and others
    PLOS One (2024)
13. Referral Patterns for Common Surgical Procedures in Ontario: A Cross-Sectional Population-Level Study [link]
    P . Seyedi, D. Aleman, N. Baxter, C. Bell, M. Bodur, A. Calzavara, R. Campbell, and others
    Canadian Journal of Surgery (2024)
14. Leveraging Decision Diagrams to Solve Two-stage Stochastic Programs with Binary Recourse and Logical Linking Constraints [link]
    M. MacNeil, and M. Bodur
    European Journal of Operational Research (2023)
15. Multistage stochastic fractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy planning [link]
    M. Bodur, M. Cevik, A. Cire, M. Ruschin, J. Wang
    Computers and Operations Research (2023)
16. A Branch-and-Price Algorithm Enhanced by Decision Diagrams for the Kidney Exchange Problem [link]
    C. Riascos, M. Bodur, and D. Aleman
    Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2023)
17. Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Protection: A Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization Approach Enabled by Digital Annealer Technology [link]
    O. Şeker, M. Bodur, and H. Pouya
    IISE Transactions (2023)
18. Social Determinants of Access to Timely Elective Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Population Level Study [link]
    P. de Jager, D. Aleman, N. Baxter, C. Bell, M. Bodur, A. Calzavara, R. Campbell, and others
    Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal (2023)
19. Multiobjective optimization approaches for sector duration optimization problem in radiosurgery [link]
    O. Seker, M. Cevik, M. Bodur, Y. Lee, M. Ruschin
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2022)
20. Lagrangian Dual Decision Rules for Multistage Stochastic Mixed Integer Programming [link]
    M. Daryalal, M. Bodur, and J. Luedtke
    Operations Research (2022)
21. Digital Annealer for Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization: A Comparative Performance Analysis [link]
    O. Şeker, N. Tanoumand, and M. Bodur
    Applied Soft Computing (2022)
22. Optimization Helps Scheduling Nursing Staff at the Long-Term Care Homes of the City of Toronto [link]
    M. Anderson, M. Bodur, S. Rathwell, and V. Sarhangian
    INFORMS Journal of Applied Analytics (2022)
23. Stochastic RWA and Lightpath Rerouting in WDM Networks [link]
    M. Daryalal, and M. Bodur
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2022)
24. Generation Expansion Planning with Revenue Adequacy Constraints [link]
    C. Guo, M. Bodur, and D. Papageorgiou
    Computers and Operations Research (2022)
25. Transfer Time Optimization in Public Transit Networks: Assessment of Alternative Models [link]
    Z. Ansarilari, M.M. Nesheli, M. Bodur, and A. Shalaby
    Transportmetrica A: Transport Science (2022)
26. Decomposition for loosely coupled integer programs: A multiobjective perspective [link]
    M. Bodur, S. Ahmed, N. Boland, and G. L. Nemhauser
    Mathematical Programming (2022)
27. Inverse Mixed Integer Optimization: Certificate Sets and Trust Region Methods [link]
    M. Bodur, T.C.Y. Chan, and I.Y. Zhu
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2022)
28. On the impact of deep learning-based time-series forecasts on multistage stochastic programming policies [link]
    J. Wang, M. Cevik, M. Bodur
    INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research (2021)
29. Stochastic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping and Mobile Depots [link]
    K. Mousavi, M. Bodur, and M.J. Roorda
    Transportation Science (2022)
30. Constraint Programming Approaches to the Discretizable Molecular Distance Geometry Problem [link]
    M. MacNeil, and M. Bodur
    Networks (2022)
31. Network Models for Multiobjective Discrete Optimization [link]
    D. Bergman, M. Bodur, C. Cardohna, and A.A. Cire
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2022)
32. Integer Programming, Constraint Programming, and Hybrid Decomposition Approaches to Discretizable Distance Geometry Problems [link]
    M. MacNeil, and M. Bodur
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2022)
33. Logic-based Benders Decomposition and Binary Decision Diagram Based Approaches for Stochastic Distributed Operating Room Scheduling [link]
    C. Guo, M. Bodur, D. Aleman, and D. Urbach
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2021)
34. Two-Stage Linear Decision Rules for Multi-stage Stochastic Programming [link]
    M. Bodur, and J. Luedtke
    Mathematical Programming (2022)
35. Lower Bounds on the Lattice-free Rank for Packing and Covering Integer Programs [link]
    M. Bodur, A. Del Pia, S. S. Dey, and M. Molinaro
    SIAM Journal on Optimization (2019)
36. Integer Programming Formulations for Minimum Deficiency Interval Coloring [link]
    M. Bodur, and J. Luedtke
    Networks (2018)
37. Aggregation-based cutting-planes for packing and covering integer programs [link]
    M. Bodur, A. Del Pia, S.S. Dey, M. Molinaro, and S. Pokutta
    Mathematical Programming (2018)
38. A new lift-and-project operator [link]
    M. Bodur, S. Dash, and O. Gunluk
    European Journal of Operational Research (2017)
39. Cutting planes from extended LP formulations [link]
    M. Bodur, S. Dash, and O. Gunluk
    Mathematical Programming (2017)
40. Strenghtened Benders Cuts for Stochastic Integer Programs with Continuous Recourse [link]
    M. Bodur, S. Dash, O. Gunluk, and J. Luedtke
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (2016)
41. Mixed-Integer Rounding Enhanced Benders Decomposition for Multiclass Service System Staffing and Scheduling with Arrival Rate Uncertainty [link]
    M. Bodur, and J. Luedtke
    Management Science (2016)
42. Decomposition Algorithms for Solving the Minimum Weight Maximal Matching Problem [link]
    M. Bodur, T. Ekim, and Z. C. Taşkın
    Networks (2013)

Selected Conference Publications

1. Extraboard Transit Operator Planning and Scheduling under Uncertainty
   J. Song, A. Shalaby, M. Bodur
   CD Proceedings of the 103th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (2024)
2. Neur2SP: Neural Two-Stage Stochastic Programming [link]
   J. Dumouchelle, R. Patel, E.B. Khalil, and M. Bodur
   Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (2022)
3. Time series sampling for probabilistic forecasting [link]
   N. Prayogo, M. Cevik, M. Bodur
   Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (2020)
4. Improving Transfer Time Optimization Modelling for Public Transit Systems
   Z. Ansarilari, M. M. Nesheli, M. Bodur, A. Shalaby, and S. Srikukenthiran
   CD Proceedings of the 99th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (2020)
5. Multi-Directional Transfer Time Optimization at a Single Transfer Node
   Z. Ansarilari, M. M. Nesheli, S. Srikukenthiran, M. Bodur, and A. Shalaby
   CD Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport (2018)

Data and Online Supplements

• Data for paper “Strenghtened Benders Cuts for Stochastic Integer Programs with Continuous Recourse”, by Bodur, Dash, Gunluk and Luedtke, 2017: [STOCHIPCUTS]
• Data for paper “Integer Programming Formulations for Minimum Deficiency Interval Coloring”, by Bodur and Luedtke, 2018: [MINDEF]
• Data for paper “Integer Programming, Constraint Programming, and Hybrid Decomposition Approaches to Discretizable Distance Geometry Problems”, by MacNeil and Bodur, 2019: [MINDOUBLE]
• Data for paper “Constraint Programming Approaches to the Discretizable Molecular Distance Geometry Problem”, by MacNeil and Bodur, 2019: [DMDGP]
• Data for paper “Logic-based Benders Decomposition and Binary Decision Diagram Based Approaches for Stochastic Distributed Operating Room Scheduling”, by Guo, Bodur, Aleman and Urbach, 2020: [SDORS]

Supervision

• Current supervisees:
  • Xiaoping Zhu, Ph.D. student, University of Edinburgh (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Grothey)
  • Buket Ozen, Ph.D. student, University of Edinburgh (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Yildirim)
  • Zoha Sherkat-Masoumi, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto
  • Haoyuan Xue, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto
  • Jilin Song, Ph.D. student, University of Toronto (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Shalaby)
  • Arash Dehghan, Postdoctoral fellow, Toronto Metropolitan University (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Alnaggar, Prof. M. Cevik)
• Former supervisees:
  • Ph.D. students (and graduation years): Cheng Guo (2021), Zahra Ansarilari (2022, co-supervisor: Prof. A. Shalaby), Maryam Daryalal (2022), Kianoush Mousavi (2022, co-supervisor: Prof. M. Roorda), Narges Sereshti (2022, visiting PhD student), Lizeth Carolina Riascos Alvarez (2023, co-supervisor: Prof. D. Aleman), Ian Zhu (2023, co-supervisor: Prof. T. Chan), Moira MacNeil (2025, co-supervisor: Prof. A. Deza), Arash Dehghan (2025, co-supervisor: Prof. M. Cevik)
  • M.A.Sc. students (and graduation years): Stefana Filipova (2018, co-supervisor: Prof. C. Beck), Moira MacNeil (2019), Juyoung Wang (2021, co-supervisor: Prof. M. Cevik), Manion Anderson (2021, co-supervisor: Prof. V. Sarhangian), Neda Tanoumand (2022, co-supervisor: Prof. J. Naoum-Sawaya)
  • Postdoctoral fellows: Hamed Pouya (2019-2020), Margarita Castro (2020-2021), Oylum Seker (2019-2022)
  • Senior undergraduate students (and graduation years): Anna Deza (2020), Haoyuan Xue (2022), Lorna Licollari (2023), Daniel Deza (2024)