Operational Research

Presents selected contributions in the field of Operations Research emerging from the XVIII Congress of APDIO (the Portuguese Association of Operational Research) held in Valença on June 2830, 2017 Addresses complex real-world problems using recent techniques Offers a valuable tool for researchers, students, and practitioners wishing to learn about the latest trends in this field Narrows the gap between academic research and real-world applications

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António Rebello de Andrade and Marta Castilho Gomes and Joaquim Duque, New approach for optimization of construction and demolition waste management: Application to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.- Margarida Carvalho and Andrea Lodi and João Pedro Pedroso, Existence of Nash equilibria on integer programming games.- Rosekelly Araújo Costa and Teresa Pereira and Isabel Cristina Lopes, The reverse logistics of unsold medications in pharmacies in Campania, Italy.- M. Fernanda P. Costa and Ana Maria A.C. Rocha and Edite M.G.P. Fernandes, A penalty approach for solving nonsmooth and nonconvex MINLP problems.- Manuel Eliseu and M. Isabel Gomes and Angel A. Juan, A Biased-Randomized Heuristic for the Home Healthcare Routing Problem.- Joana Faria and Teresa Cardoso-Grilo and Cristina Gomes, Planning health workforce training in the detection and prevention of excessive alcohol consumption: an optimization-based approach.- Leão José Fernandes and Susana Relvas and Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa, Downstream Petroleum Supply Chains' Design and Planning - Contributions and Roadmap.- António Fernandes and Clara Bento Vaz and Ana Paula Monte, Efficiency and Capital Structure in Portuguese SMEs.- Dalila B. M. M. Fontes and Teresa Pereira and Elisabete Dias, Evaluating suppliers in the olive oil sector using AHP.- João N.C. Gonçalves and Helena Sofia Rodrigues and M. Teresa T. Monteiro, Optimal Control Strategies for an Advertisement Viral Diffusion.- Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior, Elsa Silva, A. Miguel Gomes and José Fernando Oliveira, The Two-Dimensional Strip Packing Problem: What Matters?.- Olena Kostylenko and Helena Sofia Rodrigues and Delfim F. M. Torres, Banking risk as an epidemiological model: an optimal control approach.- Eloísa Macedo and Tatiana Tchemisova, A Generator of Nonregular Semidefinite Programming Problems.- William Machado and Lino Costa and Maria do Sameiro Carvalho and José Telhada, Bus Fleet Management Optimization using the Augmented Weighted Tchebycheff Method.- Alberto Martinho and Eduardo Alves and Ana Maria Rodrigues and José Soeiro Ferreira, Multicriteria Location-Routing Problems with Sectorization.- William Hitoshi Tsunoda Meira and Leandro Magatão and Susana Relvas and Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa Póvoa and Flávio Neves Junior, A decomposition approach for the long-term scheduling of a single-source multiproduct pipeline network.- Bruna Mota and Ana Carvalho and Maria Isabel Gomes and Ana Barbosa Póvoa, Green supply chain design and planning: the importance of decision integration in optimization models.- Mariana Araújo Nogueira and Maria Sameiro Carvalho and José António Vasconcelos, Scheduling of nonconforming devices: the case of a company in the automotive sector Beatriz B. Oliveira and Maria Antónia Carravilla, Understanding complexity in a practical combinatorial problem using Mathematical Programming and Constraint Programming.- Beatriz B. Oliveira and Maria Antónia Carravilla and José F. Oliveira, A dynamic programming approach for integrating dynamic pricing and capacity decisions in a rental context.- Telmo Pinto and Cláudio Alves and José Valério de Carvalho, Models and advanced optimization algorithms for the integrated management of logistics operations.- Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos and Carolina Soares de Morais and Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa, Waste collection planning based on real-time information.- António G. Ramos and José F. Oliveira, Cargo stability in the container loading problem - State-of-the-art and future research directions.- Elsa Silva and António G. Ramos and Manuel Lopes and Patrícia Magalhães and José F. Oliveira, An intercontinental replenishment problem: A hybrid approach.- João Cláudio Ferreira Soares and Anabela Pereira Tereso and Sérgio Dinis Teixeira Sousa, Use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to support the decisionmaking about destination of a batch of defective products with alternatives of rework and discard.- André S. Veloso and Clara Bento Vaz and Jorge Alves, Determinants ofNursing Homes Performance: The Case of Portuguese Santas Casas da Misericórdia.- Bruno van Zeller and Bruna Mota and Ana Barbosa Póvoa, Design and planning of sustainable supply chains: the case study of a tissue paper business.- Chergui Zhor and Abbas Moncef, Reference points in TOPSIS Methods for Group decision makers & Interval data : study and comparison.- Glossary.- Index