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Garcia, Alfredo Professor
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- Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
My research interests include game theory and dynamic optimization, with applications in electricity and communication networks.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Chang, Y., Garcia, A., Wang, Z., & Sun, L. u.
(2023).
Structural Estimation of Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
68(8), 5135-5141.
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., Hong, M., & Shahrampour, S.
(2023).
On the Local Linear Rate of Consensus on the Stiefel Manifold. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
PP(99), 1-16.
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Wang, Z., Chang, Y., Schmeichel, B. J., & Garcia, A. A.
(2022).
The effects of mental fatigue on effort allocation: Modeling and estimation. 129(6), 1457-1485.
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Wei, R., McDonald, A. D., Garcia, A., & Alambeigi, H.
(2022).
Modeling Driver Responses to Automation Failures With Active Inference. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
23(10), 18064-18075.
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Garcia, A., Khatami, R., Eksin, C., & Sezer, F.
(2022).
An Incentive Compatible Iterative Mechanism for Coupling Electricity Markets. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS.
37(2), 1241-1252.
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Hong, L., Garcia, A., & Eksin, C.
(2022).
Distributed networked learning with correlated data. Automatica.
137, 110134-110134.
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., & Shahrampour, S.
(2022).
On Distributed Nonconvex Optimization: Projected Subgradient Method for Weakly Convex Problems in Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
67(2), 662-675.
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Garcia, A., Wang, L., Huang, J., & Hong, L.
(2021).
Distributed Networked Real-Time Learning. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems.
8(1), 28-38.
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Pu, S., Escudero-Garzas, J. J., Garcia, A., & Shahrampour, S.
(2020).
An Online Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems.
7(3), 1140-1150.
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., & Shahrampour, S.
(2020).
On Distributed Non-convex Optimization: Projected Subgradient Method For Weakly Convex Problems in Networks
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Hajinezhad, D., Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2019).
ZONE: Zeroth-Order Nonconvex Multiagent Optimization Over Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
64(10), 3995-4010.
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Escudero-Garzas, J. J., Bousono-Calzon, C., & Garcia, A.
(2019).
On the Feasibility of 5G Slice Resource Allocation With Spectral Efficiency: A Probabilistic Characterization. IEEE Access.
7, 151948-151961.
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Pu, S., & Garcia, A.
(2018).
A Flocking-Based Approach for Distributed Stochastic Optimization. Operations Research.
66(1), 267-281.
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Sun, Y., & Garcia, A.
(2017).
Interactive model-based search with reactive resource allocation. Journal of Global Optimization.
67(1-2), 135-149.
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Pu, S., Garcia, A., & Lin, Z.
(2016).
Noise Reduction by Swarming in Social Foraging. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
61(12), 4007-4013.
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Garcia, A., & Hong, M.
(2016).
Efficient Rate Allocation in Wireless Networks Under Incomplete Information. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
61(5), 1397-1402.
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Su, S., Lin, Z., & Garcia, A.
(2016).
Distributed Synchronization Control of Multiagent Systems With Unknown Nonlinearities. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics.
46(1), 325-338.
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Fabra, N., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Dynamic Price Competition with Switching Costs. Dynamic Games and Applications.
5(4), 540-567.
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Trantham, N., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Reputation Dynamics in Networks: Application to Cyber Security of Wind Farms. Systems Engineering.
18(4), 339-348.
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Wang, Y., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Interactive model-based search for global optimization. Journal of Global Optimization.
61(3), 479-495.
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Barrera, J., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Auction Design for the Efficient Allocation of Service Capacity Under Congestion. 63(1), 151-165.
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Barrera, J., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Dynamic Incentives for Congestion Control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
60(2), 299-310.
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Fabra, N., & Garcia, A.
(2015).
Market structure and the competitive effects of switching costs. 126, 150-155.
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Sun, Y., & Garcia, A.
(2014).
Interactive Diffusions for Global Optimization. JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.
163(2), 491-509.
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Garcia, A., Sun, Y., & Shen, J.
(2014).
Dynamic Platform Competition with Malicious Users. Dynamic Games and Applications.
4(3), 290-308.
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Garzas, J., Hong, M., Garcia, A., & Garcia-Armada, A.
(2014).
Interference Pricing Mechanism for Downlink Multicell Coordinated Beamforming. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS.
62(6), 1871-1883.
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Hong, M., Garcia, A., Barrera, J., & Wilson, S. G.
(2013).
Joint Access Point Selection and Power Allocation for Uplink Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
61(13), 3334-3347.
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Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2012).
Mechanism Design for Base Station Association and Resource Allocation in Downlink OFDMA Network. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
30(11), 2238-2250.
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Garcia, A., Hong, M., & Barrera, J.
(2012).
"Cap and Trade" for Congestion Control. Dynamic Games and Applications.
2(3), 280-293.
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Garcia, A., Manuel Alzate, J., & Barrera, J.
(2012).
Regulatory design and incentives for renewable energy. Journal of Regulatory Economics.
41(3), 315-336.
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Li, C., & Garcia, A.
(2012).
Rational swarm for global optimisation. International Journal of System Control and Information Processing.
1(1), 3-3.
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Ram, D. G., rez, N. A., Escorcia, J., Martinez, J. V., Arboleda, C., & Garcia, A.
(2012).
The dynamic demand game: a Markov state fictitious play approach to a two-echelon supply chain problem under demand uncertainty. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
10(3), 319-319.
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Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2011).
Equilibrium Pricing of Interference in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
59(12), 6058-6072.
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Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2011).
Averaged Iterative Water-Filling Algorithm: Robustness and Convergence. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
59(5), 2448-2454.
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Garcia, A., & Stacchetti, E.
(2011).
Investment dynamics in electricity markets. Economic Theory.
46(2), 149-187.
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Garcia, A., Li, C., & Pedraza, F.
(2010).
A Bio-Inspired Scheme for Coordinated Online Search. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
55(9), 2142-2147.
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Garcia, A., & Shen, Z.
(2010).
Equilibrium Capacity Expansion Under Stochastic Demand Growth. 58(1), 30-42.
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Davis, G., Garcia, A., & Zhang, W.
(2009).
Empirical analysis of the effects of cyber security incidents. Risk Analysis.
29(9), 1304-1316.
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Medaglia, A., Loiseau, I., Garcia, A., & Cancela, H.
(2009).
Preface. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization.
5(2),
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Cancela, H., Garcia, A., Loiseau, I., & Medaglia, A. L.
(2009).
SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE XIII LATIN-IBERO-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONS RESEARCH (CLAIO 2006) PREFACE. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization.
5(2), I-II.
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Campos-Nanez, E., Garcia, A., & Li, C.
(2008).
A game-theoretic approach to efficient power management in sensor networks. 56(3), 552-561.
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Campos-Nanez, E., Fabra, N., & Garcia, A.
(2007).
Dynamic auctions for on-demand services. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans.
37(6), 878-886.
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Garcia, A., Patek, S. D., & Sinha, K.
(2007).
A decentralized approach to discrete optimization via simulation: Application to network flow. Operations Research.
55(4), 717-732.
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Garcia, A., & Horowitz, B.
(2007).
The potential for underinvestment in internet security: implications for regulatory policy. Journal of Regulatory Economics.
31(1), 37-55.
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Cheevaprawatdomrong, T., Schochetman, I. E., Smith, R. L., & Garcia, A.
(2007).
Solution and forecast horizons for infinite-horizon nonhornogeneous Markov decision processes. Mathematics of Operations Research.
32(1), 51-72.
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Garcia, A., Campos-Naez, E., & Reitzes, J.
(2005).
Dynamic pricing and learning in electricity markets. Operations Research.
53(2), 231-241.
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Garcia, A., Reitzes, J. D., & Benavides, J.
(2005).
Incentive contracts for infrastructure, litigation and weak institutions. 27(1), 5-24.
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Garcia, A.
(2004).
Forecast horizons for a class of dynamic games. JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.
122(3), 471-486.
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Garcia, A., & Arbelez, L. E.
(2002).
Market power analysis for the Colombian electricity market. 24(3), 217-229.
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Garcia, A., Reitzes, J. D., & Stacchetti, E.
(2001).
Strategic pricing when electricity is storable. Journal of Regulatory Economics.
20(3), 223-247.
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Garcia, A., & Smith, R. L.
(2000).
Solving nonstationary infinite horizon stochastic production planning problems. Operations Research Letters.
27(3), 135-141.
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Garcia, A., & Smith, R. L.
(2000).
Markov perfect equilibrium existence for a class of undiscounted infinite-horizon dynamic games. JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.
106(2), 421-429.
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Garcia, A., & Smith, R. L.
(2000).
Solving nonstationary infinite horizon dynamic optimization problems. 244(2), 304-317.
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Garcia, A., Reaume, D., & Smith, R. L.
(2000).
Fictitious play for finding system optimal routings in dynamic traffic networks. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological: an international journal.
34(2), 147-156.
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Xi, J., Garcia, A., Chen, Y. C., & Khatami, R.
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for multi-area power exchange. Electric Power Systems Research.
235, 110711-110711.
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Chang, Y., Garcia, A., Wang, Z., & Sun, L. u.
(2023).
Structural Estimation of Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
68(8), 5135-5141.
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chapter
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Garcia, A., Wang, B., & Pu, S.
(2023).
Distributed Optimization. Encyclopedia of Optimization.
(pp. 1-7).
Springer Nature.
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Wei, R., Garcia, A., McDonald, A., Markkula, G., Engstrom, J., Supeene, I., & O'Kelly, M.
(2023).
World Model Learning from Demonstrations with Active Inference: Application to Driving Behavior. Communications in Computer and Information Science.
Active Inference.
(pp. 130-142).
Springer Nature.
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Garcia, A.
(2018).
Capacity Markets: Rationale, Designs, and Trade-Offs. Ima Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications.
Energy Markets and Responsive Grids.
(pp. 59-72).
Springer Nature.
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Barrera, J., & Garcia, A.
(2010).
Distributed Channel Selection for Ad-Hoc Networks in the Presence of Jamming Sources. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.
Ad Hoc Networks.
(pp. 666-678).
Springer Nature.
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Garcia, A., Wang, B., & Pu, S.
(2023).
Distributed Optimization. Encyclopedia of Optimization.
(pp. 1-7).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Khazaei, H., Paarporn, K., Garcia, A., & Eksin, C.
(2021).
Disease spread coupled with evolutionary social distancing dynamics can lead to growing oscillations. Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control.
4280-4286.
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., Hong, M., & Shahrampour, S.
(2021).
Decentralized Riemannian Gradient Descent on the Stiefel Manifold
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Hong, L., Garcia, A., & Eksin, C.
(2020).
Distributed Networked Learning with Correlated Data. Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control.
5923-5928.
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Escudero-Garzas, J. J., Garcia, A., & Wilson, S. G.
(2018).
Dynamic Spectrum Allocation with Carrier Aggregation for Aircraft-to-Ground Communication. 1-5.
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Su, S., Lin, Z., & Garcia, A.
(2014).
Distributed Synchronization Control of Multi-agent Systems with Unknown Nonlinearities: the Case of Fixed Directed Communication Topology. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference.
5361-5366.
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Barrera, J., Garcia, A., & Hong, M.
(2013).
Auction Design for Spectrum Allocation Under Interference Constraints. 3035-3041.
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Hong, M., Garcia, A., & Barrera, J.
(2011).
Joint Distributed Access Point Selection and Power Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE Infocom. Proceedings.
2516-2524.
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M. Hong, .., & A. Garcia.
(2010).
Competitive sharing of the spectrum in cognitive radio network: A market equilibrium framework. 40-49.
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Garcia, A., & Pedraza, F. A.
(2008).
Rational swarm routing protocol for mobile ad-hoc wireless networks. 21-26.
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Garcia, A., Li, C., & Pedraza, F.
(2007).
Rational swarms for distributed on-line Bayesian search
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Pedraza, F., Medaglia, A. L., & Garcia, A.
(2006).
Efficient coverage algorithms for wireless sensor networks. 78-+.
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Garcia, A., Campos, E., & Li, C.
(2005).
Distributed On-line Bayesian Search. 1-5.
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A. Garcia, .., E. Campos, .., & Chenyang Li.
(2005).
Distributed on-line Bayesian search. 5-pp..
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Abadia, M., De Faria, R., Garcia, A., Liskey, S., & Owens, L.
(2004).
Concession contract design in developing countries: A bus rapid transport system for Cartagena, Colombia. 15-23.
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Ocampo-Tan, J., & Garcia, A.
(2004).
Optimal timing of transmission investments in electricity markets. 766-770.
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Bilmanis, T., Daniello, N., Irfani, S., Robart, C., Garcia, A., & Lark, J.
(2003).
Cournot model for Virginia's restructured electricity market. 25-33.
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Khazaei, H., Paarporn, K., Garcia, A., & Eksin, C.
(2021).
Disease spread coupled with evolutionary social distancing dynamics can lead to growing oscillations. Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control.
4280-4286.
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institutional repository document
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Zeng, S., Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2022).
Structural Estimation of Markov Decision Processes in High-Dimensional State Space with Finite-Time Guarantees
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Khazaei, H., Eksin, C., Khatami, R., & Garcia, A.
(2022).
A Market Mechanism for Trading Flexibility Between Interconnected Electricity Markets
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Wang, Z., Chang, Y., Schmeichel, B., & Garcia, A.
(2021).
The Effects of Mental Fatigue on Effort Allocation: Modeling and Estimation
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., Hong, M., & Shahrampour, S.
(2021).
Decentralized Riemannian Gradient Descent on the Stiefel Manifold
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Chen, S., Garcia, A., Hong, M., & Shahrampour, S.
(2021).
On the Local Linear Rate of Consensus on the Stiefel Manifold
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Garcia, A., Khatami, R., Eksin, C., & Sezer, F.
(2020).
An Iterative Mechanism for Coupling Electricity Markets
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Hajinezhad, D., Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2017).
Zeroth Order Nonconvex Multi-Agent Optimization over Networks
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Zeng, S., Hong, M., & Garcia, A.
(2022).
Structural Estimation of Markov Decision Processes in High-Dimensional State Space with Finite-Time Guarantees
Research
principal investigator on
- Online Modeling of Heterogeneous Autonomy awarded by United States Air Force - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2022
- Transfer from UF: Smart Markets for Black-box Capacity Allocation awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018 - 2020
- Learning and Coordination of Human and Artificial Intelligence awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2019
co-principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ISEN302 Econ Anly Engr Project Instructor
- ISEN310 Uncertainty Modeling For Ie Instructor
- ISEN427 Decision & Risk Analysis Instructor
- ISEN489 Sptp: Economics Engr Systems Instructor
- ISEN609 Prob Engr Decisions Instructor
- ISEN627 Engr Anlys For Dec Mak Instructor
- ISEN637 Stochastic Dynamic Prog Instructor
- ISEN662 Production Economics Instructor
- ISEN681 Seminar Instructor
- ISEN684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor
- ISEN684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor
- ISEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ISEN691 Research Instructor
- ISEN692 Professional Study Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Hong, Lingzhou (2023-07). Distributed and Networked Learning with Streaming Data.
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Wei, Ran (2023-07). Learning Representations of Cognitive Dynamics and Decision Making in Human Drivers.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) 1997
- M.Sc. in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) 1995
Contact
first name
- Alfredo
has last name
- Garcia
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Industrial Engineering
3131 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3131
USA
Other
- alfredo.garcia@tamu.edu