Research Areas
- Operations Research
- Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
- Large-Scale Optimization
- Applications: cutting and packing, routing, coordination in the supply chains
- Decision Support Systems
- Optimization Software
Research Projects
- MST4IRTO: New models and solution techniques for integrated and real-time optimization in the supply chains
PTDC/EGE-GES/116676/2010, funded by FCT, 2012-2014, Principal Investigator
Supply chain management, integrated optimization problems, integer programming, model-based heuristics - Integrated Operations Planning in the Automotive Industry
ALG-ID1372, funded by COINDU S.A., 2011-2013, Principal Investigator
Production scheduling and logistics, coordination between parties, optimization, integer programming, heuristics, decision support systems - Fast lower bounding techniques for large-scale discrete optimization problems
Funded by FCT and CNRS, 2010, Principal Investigator (with François Clautiaux - French team)
Lower bounds, dual-feasible functions, linear and integer programming - Advanced optimization techniques based on hybrid integer and constraint programming methods: applications to vehicle routing and cutting stock problems
Funded by FCT and CNRS, 2009, Principal Investigator (with François Clautiaux - French team)
Integer programming, constraint programming, hybridization, vehicle routing, cutting and packing - OPEM - Optimizing stereotomy processes at Madeipinto
Funded by QREN - SI I&DT - Vale ID&T, 2011-2012
Stereotomy, integer programming and combinatorial optimization, optimization software - Development of state-of-theart
algorithms for the solution of very complex multicommodity network design problems
Funded by FCT and the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology of Tunisia, 2008-2009
Network design, integer programming, decomposition methods - SCOOP - Sheet Cutting
and Process Optimization for furniture enterprises
Contract COOP-CT-2006-032998, 6th Framework Programme on Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (Specific Actions for SMEs - Cooperative Research), 2006-2008
Furniture industry, 2D cutting stock problem and variants, integer programming and combinatorial optimization, exact solution methods and heuristics, optimization software - Planning the leather cutting operations in the production of car seats
Funded by COINDU S.A., 2006-2011
Leather nesting, metaheuristics, optimization software - Models, algorithms and tools for
large scale integer optimization
POSC/EIA/57203/2004, funded by FCT, 2005-2008
Large-scale optimization, decomposition methods, combinatorial optimization problems, optimization software - Algorithms for large scale integer
programming
POSI/1999/SRI/35568, funded by FCT, 2000-2003
Large-scale optimization, decomposition methods, combinatorial optimization problems, optimization software - Route planning system
Funded by Algoritmi Center, University of Minho, 1999-2001
Vehicle routing problem, Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition, column generation, branch-and-price
Postdoc Grants
- Rita Macedo, Integrated modeling and optimization: new theoretical results and methodologies, and their application to supply chain and operations management
FCT Grant: SFRH/BPD/78024/2011, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho - Raid Mansi, Hybrid algorithms for 2-dimensional cutting stock, problems and variants, Jan 2010 - May 2011
FCT Grant: SFRH/BPD/64766/2009, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho - Jürgen Rietz, Dual-feasible methods for discrete optimization: theoretical results and application to hard packing, routing and scheduling problems, Nov 2008 -
FCT Grant: SFRH/BPD/45157/2008, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho - Kelly Poldi, Exact optimization algorithms for 2-dimensional cutting stock problems with a limited number of stacks, Jun-Oct 2008
Project SCOOP - Grant, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho and F. Alvelos - Jürgen Rietz, Lower bounding techniques based on dual feasible functions: analysis and application to the one and two-dimensional bin packing problems, Jan-Oct 2008
Project SCOOP - Grant: UMINHO/BPD/01/2008, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho - Mehdi Mrad, Exact algorithms for the two-dimensional cutting stock problem, Feb-Dec 2007
Project SCOOP - Grant: UMINHO/BPD/06/2007, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho - François Clautiaux, Lower bounding techniques based on dual feasible functions: analysis and application to the one and two-dimensional bin packing problems, Feb-Jul 2006
FCT Grant: SFRH/BPD/24139/2005, co-supervision with J. Valério de Carvalho