research

Research Interests

My research has been focused primarily on optimizing large-scale transportation systems. I am currently working with Professor Cynthia Barnhart on a collaborative research project with Ford Motor Company through the MIT-Ford Alliance. The goal of the project is to design a future mobility system that addresses global gridlock by seamlessly integrating vehicle-sharing and public transportation systems to provide end-to-end transportation that is economically and environmentally sustainable. Additionally, I am also interested in operations management and application of operations research to problems that have a great impact on society.

Publications

  • Incremental Bus Service Design: Combining Local and Limited-Stop Bus Services

    V. Chiraphadhanakul and C. Barnhart (2012)
    Working paper

  • Robust Flight Schedules through Slack Re-Allocation

    V. Chiraphadhanakul and C. Barnhart (2011)
    Submitted for publication

Technical Reports

  • 2010 RAS Problem Solving Competition: A Locomotive Refueling Problem [pdf]

    V. Chiraphadhanakul and C. Figueroa (2010)
    Technical Report. INFORMS Railway Applications Section.
    Third Prize, for "Excellent solution approach, results and technical report"

  • How to Evaluate the Robustness of Airlines Schedules [pdf]

    N. Eggenberg and V. Chiraphadhanakul (2009)
    Technical Report TRANSP-OR 091006. Transport and Mobility Laboratory, ENAC, EPFL

Thesis

  • Routing and Scheduling Models for Robust Allocation of Slack [pdf, word cloud]

    Dual SM Transportation and Operations Research, June 2010
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Talks

  • Incremental Bus Service Design: Combining Local and Limited-Stop Bus Services [abstract]

    2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Carlotte, NC

  • Finalist Presentation - RAS Problem Solving Competition

    2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX

  • Robust Slack Allocation in Airline Schedules [abstract]

    2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX

  • Robust Airline Scheduling: Insights from an Empirical Analysis [abstract]

    2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

teaching

Teaching Assistant

  • Transportation Systems Analysis: Performance and Optimization [description]

    Instructors: A. Odoni, V. Vaze, and C. Barnhart (Fall 2010)
    20 Students, Rating: 6.4/7.0

  • Supply Chain Planning [description]

    Instructors: S. Graves and D. Simchi-Levi (Spring 2010, H1)
    74 Students, Rating: 5.6/7.0

  • Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design [description]

    Instructors: S. Graves and D. Simchi-Levi (Spring 2010, H2)
    52 Students, Rating: N/A