Allan Santos

Dr.-Ing. Allan Santos

Robust optimization in network systems

Research Interest

General research interests:

  • Robust optimization
  • (Mixed-integer) linear programming
  • Network systems

 

Research:

Robust optimization is an approach to handling optimization problems with uncertainty. 
The constraints of a robust optimization problem must be satisfied for all possible values of the uncertain variables, which is an essential
feature for critical applications where a single constraint violation can lead to enormous damage.

We apply the robust optimization framework to problems in power and communication systems to efficiently optimize flows within the network and the placement of flow-controlling devices.
We also develop heuristics for large robust optimization problems by exploiting topological characteristics of the underlying network system.

 

Open theses

Unfortunately, there is nothing available in the moment.

Short Bio

  • Since 2020: PhD student at EINS
  • 2017 – 2019: M.Sc. Electrical Engineering at TU Darmstadt (double-degree) 
  • 2014 – 2019: B.Sc. Electrical Engineering at University of Sao Paulo

Publications

Increasing the Reliability of Power and Communication Networks via Robust Optimization

[PhD Thesis]
Allan Santos :
Increasing the Reliability of Power and Communication Networks via Robust Optimization.
In: Darmstadt, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2023

Unimodality of Parametric Linear Programming Solutions and Efficient Quantile Estimation

[Journal]
Sara Mollaeivaneghi; Allan Santos; Florian Steinke :
Unimodality of Parametric Linear Programming Solutions and Efficient Quantile Estimation.
In: MDPI AppliedMath 3 (4), P. 814-827, 2023

Robust Placement and Control of Phase-Shifting Transformers Considering Redispatch Measures

[Journal]
Allan Santos; Florian Steinke :
Robust Placement and Control of Phase-Shifting Transformers Considering Redispatch Measures.
In: MDPI Energies 16 (11), P. 4438, 2023

Adaptive Global Coordination of Local Routing Policies for Communication Networks

[Journal]
Allan Santos; Amr Rizk; Florian Steinke :
Adaptive Global Coordination of Local Routing Policies for Communication Networks.
In: Elsevier Computer Communications 204 , P. 101-108, 2023

Evaluation of Multiparametric Linear Programming for Economic Dispatch under Uncertainty

[Conference]
Johannes Sindt; Allan Santos; Marc E. Pfetsch; Florian Steinke :
Evaluation of Multiparametric Linear Programming for Economic Dispatch under Uncertainty.
In: 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), virtual Conference, 2021

Decentralized Data-Driven Tuning of Droop Frequency Controllers applied to a Non-Linear Grid Model

[Conference]
Allan Santos; Edwin Mora; Jan Peters; Florian Steinke :
Decentralized Data-Driven Tuning of Droop Frequency Controllers applied to a Non-Linear Grid Model.
In: PESS 2020 : IEEE Power and Energy Student Summit : conference proceedings, virtual Conference, 2020

Decentralized Data-Driven Tuning of Droop Frequency Controllers

[Conference]
Allan Santos; Edwin Mora; Jan Peters; Florian Steinke :
Decentralized Data-Driven Tuning of Droop Frequency Controllers.
In: 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe), virtual Conference, 2020

Flexible Redundancy Generation for Virtual Network Embedding with an Application to Smart Grids

[Conference]
Allan Santos; Amr Rizk; Florian Steinke :
Flexible Redundancy Generation for Virtual Network Embedding with an Application to Smart Grids.
In: 11th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy '20), virtual Conference, 2020