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Email

cjras@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor - Optimisation
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Johannesburg
Masters (Research)
University of Johannesburg
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Johannesburg
Bachelors Degree
University of Johannesburg
ORCID

0000-0001-9986-2767

A/Prof Charl Ras

Associate Professor - Optimisation
School of Mathematics and Statistics

41 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    An improved exact algorithm for the Euclidean k-Steiner tree problem
    DOI: 10.1016/j.comgeo.2026.102268
  • 2025

    Journal article

    An exact algorithm for disaster-resilience augmentation of planar straight-line graphs
    DOI: 10.1007/s10898-024-01459-0
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identification of Active Component Functions in Finite-Max Minimisation via a Smooth Reformulation
    DOI: 10.1007/s00245-025-10229-7
  • 2024

    Journal article

    An exact algorithm for the Euclidean k-Steiner tree problem
    DOI: 10.1016/j.comgeo.2024.102099
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Network augmentation for disaster-resilience against geographically correlated failure
    DOI: 10.1002/net.22138
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    A Unified Approach to the Design of Minimum Length Networks
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Designing Minimum-Cost Networks That Are Robust and Avoid Obstacles
Charl Ras

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Structural Properties of Minimum Multi-source Multi-Sink Steiner Networks in the Euclidean Plane
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-023-02203-6
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Simplifying obstacles for Steiner network problems in the plane
    DOI: 10.1002/net.22080
  • 2022

    Journal article

    An exact algorithm for constructing minimum Euclidean skeletons of polygons
    DOI: 10.1007/s10898-021-01101-3
  • 2021

    Journal article

    A study of the role of forceful behaviour in evacuations via microscopic modelling of evacuation drills
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105018
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Computational complexity of the 2-connected Steiner network problem in the ℓp plane
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2020.11.002

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2015

    Internal Research Grant

    Improved Construction of Geometric Steiner Trees Using Abstract Dirichlet Partitions
  • 2014

    Internal Research Grant

    Geometric Construction of Minimum-Power Ad-Hoc Networks

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