Michel DE LARA

• Information fields in optimization, game theory and causal models
  • Value of information in economics (using duality between payoffs and beliefs)
  • Stochastic optimization
    • Mixing of temporal, scenario and spatial decompositions
    • Handling of risk (dynamic consistency of risk measures) and decentralized information
    Applications to the optimal management of new energy systems like smart grids (see video on Smart Power Systems, Renewable Energies and Markets: the Optimization Challenge)
  • Witsenhausen intrinsic model
  • Games in product form
  • Classification of information structures and applications to decomposition of games or optimization problems, and to conditional independence in causal models


• Conjugacies (and dualities) in optimization
  • Constant along primal rays conjugacies (CAPRA conjugacies) for sparse optimization
  • Hidden convexity
  • Conditional infimum


• Control theory and Pareto optimality
  • State constraints (viability), uncertainties, monotonicity
  • Bargaining theory (economics) under monotonicity
  • Applications to the sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity


• Optimal strategies and Nash equilibria in biology
  • Optimal allocation strategies of living organisms
  • Optimality and biases in human decision-making

Optimization, Conjugacy and Duality H0 Conjugacies and the L0 Pseudonorm (PGMO Days, Paris, 2024) Hidden Convexity in the L0 Pseudonorm (GDR IASIS, IHP, Paris, 2024) Hidden Convexity in the L0 Pseudonorm (Brazopt, Rio de Janeiro, 2024) Sparsity-Inducing Balls Abstract Cutting Plane Method in Sparse Optimization Constant Along Primal Rays Conjugacies Rank-Based Norms, Capra-Conjugacies and the Rank Function Fenchel-Moreau Conjugation Inequality with Three Couplings Machine Learning Learning with Fitzpatrick Losses Causality Binary Relations and Conditional Topological Separation on Graphs Causal Inference Theory with Information Algebras Information Algebras and Conditional Topological Separation	Multistage Stochastic Optimization (MSO) and Decomposition-Coordination Methods (DCM) DCM for Finite Horizon Bandit Problems DCM in MSO Mixing Time and Spatial Decompositions in MSO Mixing Time and Scenario Decompositions in MSO Nodal Decomposition of a MSO Problem on a Network Spatial DCM for MSO Problems Approximations of MSO Problems Subject to Measurability Constraints Dual Effect Free Stochastic Controls Game Theory and Witsenhausen Intrinsic Model (WIM) Games in Product Form Game Theory with Information: Introducing the WIM WIM and Tree Models in Game Theory Two Players Game Theory with Information: Introducing the WIM	Optimization for Energy Systems Mathematical Optimization in Support of Renewable Energy (2024) Witsenhausen Model for Demand Response Modelling (TB, 2024) Optimal Operation of a Hydrogen Supply Chain (RL, 2024) Storage Usage Values for Prospective Studies (CMP, 2024) Large Scale Smart Grid Optimal Management (FP, 2021) Day-Ahead Decision Making in Electricity Markets (ALF, 2021) Optimal Day-Ahead Power Scheduling (ALF, 2021) Optimal Maintenance Scheduling (TB, 2021) Energy Management System Numerical Benchmark (ALF, 2020) Optimal Storage Investment/Operation in Subway Stations (TR, 2017) Subway Stations Energy and Air Quality Management (TR, 2017) Optimal Cogeneration with Thermal and Electrical Storages (FP, 2017) Pumping Power Transfer Station Operation on Markets (AW+FS, 2016) Hydropower Optimal Operation Under Touristic Constraint (JCA, 2013) Micro-Grids Energy Management: the Optimization Challenge
Mathematics and Sustainable Management A Mathematical Perspective on Resilience and Sustainability in Climate and Biodiversity (IMSI, 2024), (ICSP, 2023) Resilience, Viability and Stochastic Optimization (Erice, 2022) Control Theory and Viability Methods for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Comparison of viability kernels under monotonicity and application to epidemics control Viable control of a dengue epidemiological model Sustainable Yields for Ecosystems Multi-Criteria Dynamic Decision under Uncertainty Sustainable Reference Points with Application to Chilean Fisheries Risk and Sustainability: Assessing Resource Management Procedures Monotonicity Properties for Viable Control Sustainable Fisheries Management with Spawning Stock Biomass Indicator Ecosystem Management with Uncertainties: the New Caledonia Abore Reef	Nonanticipative Optimization for Climate Change Mitigation Robust Decarbonization Policies (short) Robust Decarbonization Policies (long) Mathematics and Economics Assessment of Cost-Effective Strategies Under Uncertainty How Much is Information Worth? An Insight Using Duality Between Payoffs and Beliefs Precautionary Effect and Variations of the Value of Information Rationally Biased Learning Risk and Sustainability: a Stochastic Stewardship Criterion From Risk Measures to Utility Functions Risk Aversion, Road Choice and the One-Armed Bandit Problem Optimal Urban Shapes and Incidences on Car Traffic Flows	Mathematics, Economics and Ecology To What Extent Can Ecosystem Services Motivate Protecting Biodiversity? Mathematics and Ecology Optimal Patterns of Growth and Reproduction for an Annual Plant in Stochastic Environments Optimal Patterns of Growth and Dispersion for Reef Fishes Larvae in Stochastic Environments Modeling Environmental Impacts of Plankton Reservoirs on Cholera Population Dynamics