Sunday, November 19, 2023

OTHER RESEARCH (1978-2023)

In this category I put research that I had difficulty assigning to any of the other categories. It includes a paper by 82 co-authors (paper No. 24), which appeared at the 75th anniversary issue of the Journal of the Operational Research Society (2024).

Paper No. 1 was outgrowth of my MSc thesis at MIT (1977), on ship slamming (probabilistic analysis). The supervisor was Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis (or Chrys). This was my first ever journal paper!

Papers No. 9, 13 and 14 are connected with the (unfunded) PhD thesis of Kostas Gkonis at NTUA (2009) on the LNG market -a game theoretic approach. I remember that he even met the legendary John Nash in a conference on game theory. Kostas and I also wrote several other papers, in the context of speed optimization (see relevant section). I was happy to see Kostas become Secretary General of Intercargo a few years later, and from 2017 on we have been in touch on IMO matters, mainly on GHG emissions. 

Paper No. 21 is with some French co-authors, and talks about (among other things) Bourdieu, It is not in French, but it was published in a journal under the "Classiques Garnier" umbrella. 

Papers No. 23, 25, 26 and 27 are  in the context of the PhD thesis of Martina Reche at DTU, of which I was co-supervisor. Completed in 2025. Main topic: Wind assisted propulsion. Main supervisor: Harry Bingham. 

Paper No. 28 was in the context of the MSc thesis of Maria Tornos and Paula Gonzalez at DTU. 

And then there was this project at MIT, which did not produce ANY papers (!), only a technical report:

“Graphics Software for Mathematical Optimization” (February 1987- January 1989).  MIT Project Athena.

Project Athena was the MIT-wide experiment in computer-aided education, which started around 1985. At the time, the use of PCs was almost non-existent, and MIT was moving into a system of distributed workstations running on Unix.  After I came back from my sabbatical year (1985-86), I submitted a proposal (via the MIT Operations Research Center- ORC) for curriculum development funding for graphics software for mathematical programming courses at MIT. There were a lot of such courses at MIT, but at the time none used the computer in class (with some meager exceptions). The proposal was successful.

The Athena project was the most exciting project I had during the 15 years I spent at MIT (yes, it looks strange to say this, but it's true!). I had a group of several students developing fancy graphics software for me, I had a chance to get to know the Athena environment, and we really had some fun working with high-powered Unix workstations. I also formed an Advisory Committee consisting of Tom Magnanti, Jim Orlin, Yossi Sheffi, Rob Freund, and Dimitri Bertsekas (all math programming related faculty at MIT, and all affiliated with the ORC). The project ended around the summer of 1988, and its software was used in several MIT courses. It died a natural death after I left MIT in 1989. 

The optimization problems that we worked on in this project included: Linear programming (using Simplex), non-linear programming, the transportation problem, the minimum cost network flow problem, the maximum flow problem, the traveling salesman problem and the vehicle routing problem. 

The Athena report is available HERE. 

Delineation of papers MIT/NTUA/DTU: papers No. 1-3/4-17/18-28 respectively.

 

1.     Psaraftis, H.N., 1978, Some New Aspects of Slamming Probability Theory, Journal of Ship Research 22, No.3, 186-192.

2.     Psaraftis, H.N.(ed), 1988, Higher Education and Research in Greece: Status and Prospects, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium of the Hellenic Scientists Association of Boston.

3.     Demis,D.J., H.N.Psaraftis, 1988, Optimization in the Design of Anti-Rolling Fins: Preliminary Analysis, in Engineering Design: Better Results Through Operations Research Methods, R.Levary (ed), North Holland.

4.     Psaraftis, H.N., 1993, Probabilistic Ship Structural Analysis: An Incorrect Way to Compute the Probability of Failure, technical note, Marine Technology 30, No. 1, 28-29.

5.     Schinas, O., Lyridis, D. V., and Psaraftis, H. N., 2002, Introducing E-brokerage in European Transport Services: the Case of the PROSIT Project, The Fifth International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICECR-5), Montreal, Canada, October.

6.     Lyridis, D.V., Zacharioudakis, P., Ventikos, N.P., Dilzas, K., and Psaraftis, H.N., 2005, An Innovative Crew Composition Approach Based on Safety, Financial, and Operational Requirements, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs,  Vol. 4, No. 1, 35-37.

7.     Lyridis D.V., T. Fyrvik, G. N. Kapetanis, N. P. Ventikos, P. Anaxagorou, E. Uthaug, H. N. Psaraftis, 2005, Optimizing Shipping Company Operations Using Business Process Modeling, Maritime Policy and Management, vol. 32, No. 4, London, UK.

8.     Tsilingiris, P. and H.N. Psaraftis, 2006, A Multi-Stage Optimization-Based Approach for the Liner Shipping Problem, 3rd International Congress on Transportation Research in Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, May.

  1. Gkonis K.G., and H.N. Psaraftis, 2007, Investment Rules and Competition Patterns in LNG Shipping: A Game Theory Approach, International Association of Maritime Economists conference Challenges and Trends in Shipping (IAME 2007), Athens, Greece, July.
  2. Tsilingiris, P., H.N. Psaraftis, and D. Lyridis,  2007, RFID in the Ocean Container Transport, International Association of Maritime Economists conference Challenges and Trends in Shipping (IAME 2007), Athens, Greece, July.

11.  (BOOK) Psaraftis, H.N., 2007, Economics of Maritime Transport I, NTUA University Publications.

12.  (BOOK) Psaraftis, H.N.,2007,   Economics of Maritime Transport II, Lecture Notes, NTUA.

  1. Gkonis, K.G., H.N. Psaraftis, 2008, Early Commitment and Entry Deterrence in an LNG Shipping Market, 2nd International Symposium on Ship Operations, Management and Economics, SNAME Greek Section, Athens, September.

14.  Gkonis, K. G. and H.N. Psaraftis, 2009, The LNG Market and a Game Theory Approach to Competition in LNG Shipping, Maritime Economics and Logistics, 11:2,  227-246.

15.  Gkonis, K., H. Psaraftis, and P. Tsilingiris, 2009, Liner Shipping Costs and Logistics: A Literature Survey and Taxonomy of Problems, International Symposium on Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems (MLOG 2009), Singapore, April 23-24.

16.  Psaraftis, H.N., D.V. Lyridis, C. A. Kontovas, 2012, The Economics of ships, chapter 19 of  Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics, W. K. Talley (Ed.)  Wiley-Blackwell.

  1. Zacharioudakis, P. G., S. Iordanis, D. V. Lyridis, H. N. Psaraftis, 2011, Liner shipping cycle cost modelling, fleet deployment optimization and what-if analysis, Maritime Economics and Logistics 13,  278-297.
  2. Spyrou, K., H.N. Psaraftis, 2014, Academic Substance and Location: The National Technical University of Athens Five-Year Program, Marine Technology, Vol. 51, No. 1, 61-65.

19.  Psaraftis, H.N., 2015, Maritime Transportation, in Handbook of Transportation, D. Teodorovic (ed.) Routledge, Taylor and Francis.

20.  Psaraftis, H.N., 2020, Τhe future of maritime transport, chapter in R. Vickerman (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Transportation, Elsevier.

  1. Lissilour, R., Fulconis, F., Psaraftis, H.N., 2021, A Nomos Perspective of Shipping Service Industries, European Review of Service Economics and Management, https://DOI:10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12261-6.p.0125
  2. Zhuge, D., Wang, S., Zhen, L., Psaraftis, H.N., 2023, Data-Driven Modeling of Maritime Transportation: Key Issues, Challenges, and Solutions, Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2022.12.009
  3. Reche-Vilanova, M., Bingham, H. B., Psaraftis, H. N., Fluck, M., & Morris, D., 2023, Preliminary Study on the Propeller and Engine Performance Variation with Wind Propulsion Technologies. Paper presented at Wind Propulsion Conference 2023, London, United Kingdom.
  4. (82 co-authors) 2024, Operational Research: Methods and Applications, Journal of the Operational Research Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852
  5. Reche-Vilanova, M.,  Bingham, H.B., Fluck, M,  Morris, D., & Psaraftis, H. N., 2024, Propeller and Engine Performance of Commercial Windships: Benefits and Trade-Offs, Journal of Ship Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/JOSR.04230009

  6. Reche-Vilanova, M., Bingham, H.B., Fluck, M., Morris, D., Psaraftis, H.N., 2025, Cost–benefit analysis and design optimization of wind propulsion systems for a Tanker retrofit case, Maritime Transport Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2025.100132 

  7. Reche-Vilanova, M., Kaltenbach, S., Kourmoutsakos, P., Bingham, H. B., Fluck, M., Morris, D.,  Psaraftis, H. N., 2025, Predictive surrogates for aerodynamic performance and independent sail trim optimization of multiple wind propulsion system configurations, Journal of Sailing Technology, https://doi.org/10.5957/jst/2025.10.1.19

  8. Serrano, M.T., González, P.G., Reche-Vilanova, M., Psaraftis, H.N., Moradi, R., Parvasi, S. P., 2025, Wind assisted propulsion and port call optimization for sustainable maritime transport, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2025.100231



 


 


 


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