Sebastián Souyris

Publications | Sebastián Souyris

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Sustainable Operations Management in the Energy Sector: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature from 2000 to 2024 M. Losada-Agudelo & S. Souyris. Sustainability 16(18), 7999, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16187999
  • COVID-19 Test-to-Stay Program for K-12 Schools: Opt-In Versus Opt-Out Consent Model A. Ivanov, U. K. Mukherjee, S. Bose, S. Seshadri, R. Watkins, A. C. England, J. Suriano, M. E. Ahsen & S. Souyris. iScience 27(1), 108770, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108770
  • Informational value of visual nudges during crises: Improving public health outcomes through social media engagement amid COVID-19 A. Ivanov, Z. Tacheva, A. Alzaidan, S. Souyris & A. C. England. Production and Operations Management 32, 2400–2419, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13982
  • Scheduling Advertising on Cable TelevisionFirst prize, INFORMS RM&P 2022 S. Souyris, S. Seshadri & S. Subramanian. Operations Research 71(6), 2217–2231, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2022.2430
  • Detecting and mitigating simultaneous waves of COVID-19 infections S. Souyris, S. Hao, S. Bose, A. C. England, A. Ivanov, U. K. Mukherjee & S. Seshadri. Nature Scientific Reports 12, 16727, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20224-5
  • Evaluation of reopening strategies for educational institutions during COVID-19 through agent based simulation U. K. Mukherjee, S. Bose, A. Ivanov, S. Souyris, S. Seshadri, P. Sridhar, R. Watkins & Y. Xu. Nature Scientific Reports 11, 6264, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84192-y
  • Operations Research Transforms the Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup QualifiersEdelman finalist 2016 F. Alarcón, G. Durán, M. Guajardo, J. Miranda, H. Muñoz, L. Ramírez, M. Ramírez, D. Sauré, M. Siebert, S. Souyris, A. Weintraub, R. Wolf-Yadlin & G. Zamorano. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 47, 52–69, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2016.0861
  • Branch-and-Price and Constraint Programming for Solving a Real-Life Technician Dispatching Problem C. E. Cortés, M. Gendreau, L. M. Rousseau, S. Souyris & A. Weintraub. European Journal of Operational Research 238(1), 300–312, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.03.006
  • A Robust Optimization Approach to Dispatching Technicians under Stochastic Service Times S. Souyris, C. E. Cortés, F. Ordoñez & A. Weintraub. Optimization Letters 7, 1549–1568, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-012-0557-6
  • Scheduling the Chilean Soccer League by Integer ProgrammingEURO finalist 2009 G. Durán, M. Guajardo, J. Miranda, D. Sauré, S. Souyris, A. Weintraub & R. Wolf. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 37(6), 539–552, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.1070.0318

Refereed proceedings and book chapters

  • Testing as a Control Mechanism for Emerging Epidemics U. K. Mukherjee, S. Souyris & A. Ivanov. Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management 19(2-3), 277–328, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1561/0200000116-10
  • Control of Epidemic Spreads via Testing and Lock-Down S. Bose, S. Souyris, A. Ivanov, U. K. Mukherjee, S. Seshadri & Y. Xu. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, 4272–4279, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683297
  • A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for Scheduling the Highly-Constrained Chilean Soccer Tournament T. F. Noronha, C. C. Ribeiro, G. Durán, S. Souyris & A. Weintraub. In Burke & Rudová (eds.), Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3867, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77345-0_12
  • Routing Technicians under Stochastic Service Times: A Robust Optimization Approach C. E. Cortés, F. Ordoñez, S. Souyris & A. Weintraub. TRISTAN VI, 2007.
  • Constraint Programming and Column Generation Methods to Solve the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem for Repair Services A. Weintraub, C. E. Cortés & S. Souyris. TRISTAN V, 2004.

Working papers and work in progress

  • Accelerating the Adoption of Residential Solar Power Systems: Policy Analysis using a Dynamic Structural Model S. Souyris, J. Duan, A. Balakrishnan & V. Rai. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23796, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4301666
  • Amplifying Marketing Impact: Optimizing Network TV Advertising Inventory with Advanced AnalyticsIAAA finalist 2024 S. Souyris, S. Seshadri, D. Popescu, V. Kumawat, A. Punjabi, S. Sehgal, D. Sharma & V. Verma.
  • Hotspots for Emerging Epidemics: Multi-Task and Transfer Learning over Mobility Networks S. Hao, Y. Xu, U. K. Mukherjee, S. Souyris, S. Seshadri, A. Ivanov & M. E. Ahsen. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3858274
  • Structuring Incentive Mechanisms for Sustainable Coffee Futures Contracts: Models, Analysis, and Insights M. Losada-Agudelo, H. Hekimoglu & S. Souyris.
  • A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach for Semidefinite Programming Problems D. Moran, S. Paternain & S. Souyris.
  • Identifying Drivers of Volatility in Energy Commodity Markets J. Rivero, S. Souyris & D. Willems.
  • The Television Business from an Operational and Analytics Perspective S. Souyris, J. Miranda & J. A. Salinas Carrasco.

Theses and other writing

  • Models to Predict and Influence Consumer Demand: Applications to Television Advertising and Solar Panel Adoption S. Souyris. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Advisors: Anant Balakrishnan and Jason Duan.
  • Opportunities for Linear Television Using Data Science S. Souyris. Media and Entertainment Journal, Spring 2017.
  • Enfoque Basado en Generación de Columnas y Constraint Programming para Resolver el Problema de Despacho Dinámico de Técnicos S. Souyris. M.S. thesis, University of Chile, 2005. Advisors: Andrés Weintraub and Cristián Cortés.
  • Programación Matemática Aplicada al Fixture de la Primera División del Fútbol Chileno G. Durán, M. Guajardo, J. Miranda, D. Sauré, S. Souyris, A. Weintraub, A. Carmash & F. Chaigneau. Revista Ingeniería de Sistemas XIX, 29–48, 2005.