Publications

Workforce Analysis Team regularly publishes its research in the form of scientific reports, journal articles and conference papers.

Journal and Publications

2021

Esmaeilbeigi, R., Mak-Hau, V., Yearwood, J. and Nguyen, V. (2021) “The multiphase course timetabling problem”, European Journal of Operations Research. 

Mortimer, K., Nguyen, V., Hill, B. and Caelli, T. (2021) “Simulation and Data Analytics for a Defence Workforce Transition”, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2021), Sydney, Australia. 

Pike, C. and Moran, B. (2021) “Measures to analyse sustainability in military workforce structures”, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2021), Sydney, Australia.

Nguyen, V., Mak-Hau, Moran, B. and Novak, A. (2021), “An efficient and exact algorithm for military timetabling and trainee assignment problems”, Computers and Industrial Engineering (under review).

Mak-Hau, V., Hill, B., Kirszenblat, D., Moran, B, Nguyen, V. and Novak A. (2021), “A simultaneous sequencing and allocation problem for military pilot training: Integer programming approaches”, Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 154, pp. 1-11, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2020

Pike, C., & Moran, B. (2020). A Model for Optimising Personnel Allocation under Uncertainty. In Proceedings of the 2020 AORS Conference.

2019

Pike, C., Mortimer, K., & Novak, A. (2019). Data farming and data analysis for tackling uncertainty in major Defence workforce transitions. In Proceedings of the 2019 MODSIM Conference.

2018

Pike, C., Moran, B., Kirszenblat, D., Hill, B., & Novak, A. (2018). A Stochastic Programming Approach to Optimal Recruitment in Australian Naval Aviation Training. In Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference.

Baskarada, S., Nguyen, V. and Koronios, A., Architecting microservices: practical opportunities and challenges, Journal of Computer Information Systems (2018).

Lalbakhsh, P., Mak-Hau, V., Seguin, R., Nguyen, V. and Novak, A., Capacity Analysis for Aircrew Training Schools – Estimating Optimal Manpower Flows Under Time Varying Policy and Resource Constraints, Proceedings of WinterSim 2018, Gothenburg, December 2018.

Nguyen, V., Moran, B., Novak, A., Mak-Hau, V., Caelli, T., Hill, B., Kirszenblat, D. and Shokr, M. (2018) “Dancing Links for optimal timetabling”, Journal of Military Operations Research, 23(2), pp 61-77.

B. Hill, D. Kirszenblat, B. Moran, A. Novak, Optimising Recruitment to Achieve Operational Capability Conditional on Appetite for Risk, Proceedings of WinterSim 2018, Gothenburg, December 2018.

V. Nguyen, A.Novak, K. Pash, C. Pike, ATHENA – Strategic Decision Support Environment for Defence Aircrew Workforce Planning, Group-CR-2018-xxxx.

K. Pash, A.Novak, V. Nguyen, Capacity Analysis for Aviation Academy, Group-CR-2018-xxxx.

K. Pash, A.Novak, V. Nguyen, Capacity Analysis for Navy's 725 Squadron and Automated Scheduler (Phase 1), Group-CR-2018-xxxx.

K. Pash, A.Novak, V. Nguyen, TA-AVN (Phase 1), Group-CR-2018-xxxx.

K. Pash, A.Novak, V. Nguyen, TA-AVN (Phase 2), Group-CR-2018-xxxx.

2017

Nguyen, V., Novak, A., Shokr, M. and Pash, K. (2017) “Aircrew manpower supply modelling under change: an agent-based discrete event simulation approach”, In Proceedings of WinterSim 2017, Las Vegas, US, 3-6 December 2017.

Caelli, T., Novak, A., Nguyen, V., Pash, K., and Shokr, M. (2017) “Tabu Search constraint satisfaction dynamics using Markov models”, Proceedings of SimTecT 2017, 2017 Australian Simulation Congress, Sydney, Australia, 28-31 Aug 2017.

Talbot, K., Kirszenblat, D., Moran, B., Nguyen, V. and Novak, A., “Sampled timetabling solution for the Australian Defence Force aircrew training”, MODSIM 2017, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Australia December 2017.

P. Lalbakhsh, T. Caelli, A. Novak, An optimal recruitment algorithm based on an efficient tree search policy, MODSIM 2017, 23srd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, December 2017.

Kirszenblat, D., Nguyen, V., Novak, A. and Moran, B. (2017) “Using column generation to solve Aircrew Training timetabling problem”, MODSIM 2017, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Australia December 2017.

Novak, A., Tracey, L., Nguyen, V. and Caelli, T., "Evaluation of tendered solutions for scheduling problems with specific reference to a helicopter aviation training system", Journal of Applied Operational Research (2017), Vol. 9, No.1, 54-66.

S. Suvorova, A. Novak, B. Moran, T. Caelli, Optimal recruitment strategies for Australian Naval Aviation training using Linear Programming and Dynamic Programming solutions - "The price of thinking short term", Journal of Military Operations Research (2017), MOR1711.

M. Shokr, A.Novak, B. Hill, Capacity Analysis for Navy's 725 Squadron, DST-Group-CR-2017-0247.

K. Pash, M.Shokr, V. Nguyen & A. Novak, Achieving AvWO Targets in the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm: An Initial Study, DST-Group-CR-2017-0064.

2016

Nguyen, V., Shokr, M., Novak, A. and Caelli, T. “A Dynamically Reconfigurable Agent-Based Discrete Event Simulator for Helicopter Aircrew Training”, International Symposium on Military Operations Research, UK, Jul 2016.

Bayliss, C., Novak, A., Nguyen, V., Moran, B., Caelli, T., Tracey, L. and Harrison, S. “Optimizing Aircrew Training Schedules using Tabu Search”, Proceedings of SimTecT 2016, 2016 Australian Simulation Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 26-29 Sep 2016.

Novak, A., Nguyen, V., Caelli, T. and Tracey, L. “Designing Heterogeneous and Transient Complex Systems for Helicopter Aircrew Training Programs”, Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Sep 2016.

2015

Novak, A., Tracey, L., Nguyen, V., Johnstone, M., Le, V. and Creighton, D. “Evaluation of Tender Solutions for Aviation Training Using Discrete Event Simulation and Best Performance Criteria”, In Proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, Huntington Beach, USA, 6-9 December 2015.

Johnstone, M., Le, V., Novak, A., Khan, B., Creighton, D., Tracey, L. and Nguyen, V. “A Multi-level Approach to Planning and Scheduling Resources for Aviation Training”, MODSIM 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov – 4 Dec 2015.

Johnstone, M., Le, V., Khan, B., Creighton, D., Novak, A., Nguyen, V. and Tracey, L. “Modelling a Helicopter Training Continuum to Support System Transformation”, I/ITSEC 2015, Orlando, Florida, USA, 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2015.

2013

Mukerjee, J., Nguyen, V. and Gani, R., “A Discrete Event Simulation of the Joint Space Cell”, MODSIM 2013, Adelaide, Australia, 1-6 Dec 2013.

A. Novak, L. Tracey, Helicopter Aircrew Capacity Analysis, MODSIM/DORS 2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, December 2013.