Xavier DELORME
32 years old
Married, two childrens

Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering

Education

2003    PhD in Computer Science at the University of Valenciennes (UVHC) within the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) and the Laboratory of Industrial and Human Automatic, Mechanic and Computer Sciences (LAMIH) on Railroad infrastructure operations modeling and optimization.
2000    Master of Science on automatic for industrial and human systems from the UVHC.
1999    Master's degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering (IUP) from the UVHC.

Work experience

June-December, 1998    Creation of a graphic user interface to support cooperation between two fighter pilots (part of a CNRS project with the DASSAULT-AVIATION society and the LAMIH).
October, 1999 - June, 2000    Management of a Computer Science facility for students at the academic library of the UVHC.
October, 2000 - September, 2003    PhD Student at the INRETS and the LAMIH, and Teaching Assistant at the UVHC.
October, 2003 - December, 2004    Assistant Professor at the UVHC and the LAMIH
since January, 2005    Associate Professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines from Saint-Etienne (ENSMSE).

Publications

Book chapters (2)

[1]
Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, Mohamed Essafi, Laurent Linxe, and Damien Poyard. Machining Lines Automation. In S. Y. Nof, editor, Springer Handbook of Automation, chapter 35, pages 599–617. Springer, September 2009.
[2]
Xavier Gandibleux, Julien Jorge, Xavier Delorme, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Algorithme de fourmis pour mesurer et optimiser la capacité d'un réseau ferroviaire. In Nicolas Monmarché, Frédéric Guinand, and Patrick Siarry, editors, Fourmis artificielles Volume 1: des bases de l'optimisation aux applications industrielles, Traité Informatique et Systèmes d'Information - IC2, chapter 9, pages 215–244. Hermes-Lavoisier, November 2009.

Journal articles (9)

[3]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. GRASP for set packing problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 153(3):564–580, March 2004.
[4]
Joaquín Rodriguez, Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, Grégory Marlière, Roman Bartusiak, Fabien Degoutin, and Sonia Sobieraj. RECIFE : modèles et outils pour l'analyse de la capacité ferroviaire. Recherche Transports Sécurité, 95:129–146, May 2007.
[5]
Sana Belmokhtar, Alexandre Dolgui, Xavier Delorme, and Ivan Ignatenko. Optimizing modular machining line design problem with mixed activation mode of machining units. Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services, 1(1-2):35–48, May 2007.
[6]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Stability evaluation of a railway timetable at the station level. European Journal of Operational Research, 195(3):780–790, June 2009.
[7]
Faicel Hnaien, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Genetic Algorithm for Supply Planning in Two-Level Assembly Systems with Random Lead Times. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 22(6):906–915, September 2009.
[8]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, and Olga Guschinskaya. A MIP approach for balancing transfer line with complex industrial constraints. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 58(3):393–400, April 2010.
[9]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Balancing lines with CNC machines: A multi-start ant based heuristic. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 2(3):176–182, May 2010.
[10]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Fabien Degoutin. Evolutionary, constructive and hybrid procedures for the biobjective set packing problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 204(2):206–217, July 2010.
[11]
Faicel Hnaien, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Multi-objective optimization for inventory control in two-level assembly systems under uncertainty of lead times. Computers & Operations Research, 37(11):1835–1843, November 2010.

Submitted journal articles (5)

[12]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Balancing machining lines: a two-phase heuristic. Technical report, February 2008. (Submitted to Studies in Informatics and Control).
[13]
Xavier Gandibleux, Xavier Delorme, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Multi criteria decision support system for railway infrastructure capacity studies: the RECIFE software. Technical report, August 2009. (Submitted to Decision Support Systems).
[14]
Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov. Combinatorial design of a minimum cost transfer line with parallel operations at workstations. Technical report, November 2009. (Submitted to Omega).
[15]
Kseniya Shchamialiova, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Multi-product sequencing and lot sizing under uncertainties: decomposition and genetic algorithm. Technical report, April 2010. (Submitted to International Journal of Production Economics).
[16]
Alberto García-Villoria, Albert Corominas, Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, Wieslaw Kubiak, and Rafael Pastor. A branch and bound algorithm for the response time variability problem. Technical report, May 2010. (Submitted to Computers & Operations Research).

Articles in published proceedings volumes (7)

[17]
Xavier Delorme, Joaquín Rodriguez, and Xavier Gandibleux. Heuristics for railway infrastructure saturation. In L. Baresi, J.-J. Lévy, R. Mayr, M. Pezzè, G. Taentzer, and C. Zaroliagis, editors, ICALP 2001, proceedings of the satellite workshops of the 28th international colloquium on automata, languages, and programming (ATMOS 2001), volume 50 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pages 41–55. Elsevier Science, July 2001.
[18]
Joaquín Rodriguez, Xavier Delorme, and Xavier Gandibleux. Railway infrastructure saturation using constraint programming approach. In J. Allan, R. J. Hill, C. A. Brebbia, G. Sciutto, and S. Sone, editors, Computers in Railway VIII, proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems (COMPRAIL 2002), volume 13 of Advances in Transport, pages 807–816. Wit Press, June 2002.
[19]
Xavier Gandibleux, Xavier Delorme, and Vincent T'Kindt. An ant colony algorithm for the set packing problem. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, and F. Stutzle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, volume 3172 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 49–60. Springer-Verlag, September 2004.
[20]
Sana Belmokhtar, Alexandre Dolgui, Xavier Delorme, and Ivan Ignatenko. Optimizing modular machining line design problem. In A. Dolgui, G. Morel, and C. Pereira, editors, Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006: A Proceedings volume from the 12th IFAC International Symposium (INCOM'06), volume 2, pages 425–430. Elsevier Science, May 2006.
[21]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Stability evaluation of a railway timetable at the station level. In A. Dolgui, G. Morel, and C. Pereira, editors, Information Control Problems in Manufacturing 2006: A Proceedings volume from the 12th IFAC International Symposium (INCOM'06), volume 3, pages 379–384. Elsevier Science, May 2006.
[22]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. A GRASP Heuristic for Sequence-Dependent Transfer Line Balancing Problem. In A. Dolgui, S.Y. Nof, and V.A. Lototsky, editors, Proceedings of the 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM09), pages 766–771. IFAC-PapersOnline.net, Elsevier Science, June 2009.
[23]
Xavier Gandibleux, Pierre Riteau, and Xavier Delorme. RECIFE: A MCDSS for railway capacity evaluation. In Matthias Ehrgott, Boris Naujoks, Theodor J. Stewart, and Jyrki Wallenius, editors, Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Energy and Transportation Systems, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM 2008), volume 634 of Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, pages 93–103. Springer-Verlag, January 2010.

Articles in conference proceedings or pre-prints (12)

[24]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. GRASP for set packing problem. In Operational Research Peripatetic Post-Graduate Programme (ORP3) proceedings, September 2001.
[25]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Fabien Degoutin. Résolution approchée du problème de set packing bi-objectifs. In Proceedings de l'École d'Automne de Recherche Opérationnelle de Tours (EARO), pages 74–80, October 2003.
[26]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Résolution d'un problème d'évaluation de capacité d'infrastructure ferroviaire. In Proceedings du colloque sur l'Innovation Technologique pour les Transports Terrestres (TILT), pages 647–654, December 2003.
[27]
Xavier Gandibleux, Julien Jorge, Sébastien Angibaud, Xavier Delorme, and Joaquín Rodriguez. An ant colony optimization inspired algorithm for the set packing problem with application to railway infrastructure. In 6th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 2005) proceedings, August 2005.
[28]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Selecting efficient solutions for the stability evaluation problem of a railway timetable. In 7th international conference on MultiObjective Programming and Goal Programming (MOPGP'06) proceedings, June 2006.
[29]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, and Olga Guschinskaya. Balancing machining lines with paralleling of stations and sequence-dependent setup times. In M. H. Elwany and A. B. Eltawil, editors, Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE37), pages 2012–2023, October 2007.
[30]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. A heuristic method for balancing machining lines with paralleling of stations and sequence-dependent setup times. In S. Hammadi, editor, Workshop Logistique & Transport (LT2007) proceedings, pages 349–354, November 2007.
[31]
Faicel Hnaien, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. A genetic algorithm for replenishement of two-level assembly systems. In C. Pereira, O. Zaikin, and Z. Banaszak, editors, Preprints of the 9th IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS'08), pages 213–218, October 2008.
[32]
Faicel Hnaien, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Supply planning for two-level assembly systems with stochastic component delivery times: trade-off between holding cost and service level. In Workshop Metaheuristics for Logistics and Vehicle Routing proceedings (EU-MEeting 2008), October 2008.
[33]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Balancing lines with CNC machines: a multi-start heuristic. In Proceedings of the 42th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, June 2009.
[34]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Balancing lines with CNC machines: Experimental study of a new heuristic. In Proceeding of the 20th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR-20), July 2009.
[35]
Hassan Baalbaki, Xiaolan Xie, and Xavier Delorme. Mission assignment and scheduling for a team of service robots using evolutionary algorithms. In Proceeding of IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management (WHCM 2010), February 2010.

Talks (13)

[36]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Application de la métaheuristique GRASP à la résolution d'un problème de capacité d'infrastructure ferroviaire. 3ème Journées francophones de recherche opérationnelle (Francoro III), Québec, Canada, May 2001.
[37]
Xavier Gandibleux, Fabien Degoutin, and Xavier Delorme. A first feedback on set packing problems with two objectives. Workshop on Multiple Objective Metaheuristics (MOMH), Paris, France, November 2002.
[38]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Joaquín Rodriguez. Modélisation du routage des trains dans un nœud complexe et étude de capacité. 5ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2003), Avignon, France, February 2003.
[39]
Xavier Delorme, Xavier Gandibleux, and Fabien Degoutin. Une heuristique hybride pour le problème de set packing biobjectif. 6ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2005), Tours, France, February 2005.
[40]
Sana Belmokhtar, Alexandre Dolgui, and Xavier Delorme. Conception de ligne de transfert avec activation mixte de tête d'usinage aux stations. 7ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2006), Lille, France, February 2006.
[41]
Faicel Hnaien, Alexandre Dolgui, Xavier Delorme, and Hélène Marian. Planification des réapprovisionnements d'un système d'assemblage à multi-niveaux soumis aux aléas des délais d'approvisionnement par un algorithme génétique. 9ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2008), Clermont-Ferrand, France, February 2008.
[42]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Une heuristique en deux phases pour l'équilibrage d'une ligne d'usinage avec temps de set-up et machines parallèles. 9ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2008), Clermont-Ferrand, France, February 2008.
[43]
Faicel Hnaien, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Un algorithme bi-objectif pour les systèmes d'assemblage bi-niveaux avec incertitude de délais d'approvisionnement. 10ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2009), Nancy, France, February 2009.
[44]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Un algorithme grasp pour la résolution d'un tlbp avec des contraintes liées aux choix d'équipements. 10ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2009), Nancy, France, February 2009.
[45]
Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov. Conception combinatoire de lignes de transfert avec unités d'usinage multi-broches. 11ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2010), Toulouse, France, February 2010.
[46]
Mohamed Essafi, Xavier Delorme, and Alexandre Dolgui. Une métaheuristique basée sur le path-relinking pour l'optimisation d'un problème d'équilibrage de lignes de transfert. 11ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2010), Toulouse, France, February 2010.
[47]
Xavier Gandibleux, Xavier Delorme, and Joaquín Rodriguez. RECIFE : logiciel pour l'étude de la capacité d'infrastructures ferroviaires. 11ème congrès de la société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2010), Toulouse, France, February 2010.
[48]
Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov. Balancing and equipment selection of modular machining lines. 60th IIE Annual Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 2010.

Others (3)

[49]
Xavier Delorme. Optimisation combinatoire et problèmes de capacité d'infrastructure ferroviaire. Master thesis, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, Valenciennes, France, July 2000.
[50]
Xavier Delorme. Modélisation et résolution de problèmes liés à l'exploitation d'infrastructures ferroviaires. Phd thesis, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, Valenciennes, France, December 2003.
[51]
Xavier Delorme. Railroad infrastructure operation modelling and resolution. Quaterly Journal of the Belgian, French and Italian Operations Research Societies (4OR), PhD section, 3(1):83–86, March 2005.

PhD supervision


Teaching

Past

2000-2002    Tutorials and Practical works on Linear Programming (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering (UVHC))
 
2000-2003    Tutorials and Practical works on Ada Programming Language (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering, 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (UVHC))
 
2002-2003    Tutorials and Practical works on Decision Science and Mathematics (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Computer Science (UVHC))
 
2002-2004    Tutorials and Practical works on Optimization Models and Methods (students: 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (UVHC))
 
2003-2004    Tutorials on Case Study in Operations Research (students: 2nd year of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (UVHC))
 
2004-2005    Tutorials on Graphs and Algorithms (students: 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (UVHC))
 
2006-2008    Practical works on Office Suites and Databases (students: 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE))

Present

Since 2002    Tutorials and Practical works on Algorithmic and C Programming Language (students: 1st and 2nd years of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 1st year of Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems (UVHC), 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE))
 
Since 2004    Lectures, Tutorials and Practical works on Scheduling (students: 1st and 2nd years of Master's degree in Engineering and Management, Continuing Education in Industrial Engineering (ENSMSE))
   Lectures, Tutorials and Practical works on Multicriteria Analysis (students: 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Management, 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management, Continuing Education in Industrial Engineering, 2nd year of Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (ENSMSE))
 
Since 2005    Lectures, Tutorials and Practical works on Operations Research (students: 3rd year of Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Management, 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE)
 
Since 2006    Creation and Management of a Program on Decision-Making in Industry involving 15 academics and industrials for 30 students per year in 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE)
   Lectures on Integer Linear Programming (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE))
   Lectures on Metaheuristics (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management, 2nd year of Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (ENSMSE))
   Practical works on Application Cases for Decision-Making (students: 1st year of Master's degree in Engineering and Management (ENSMSE))