INESC TEC researchers edit a book on Operational Research methodologies and techniques

INESC TEC researchers Alberto Adrego Pinto and José Fernando Oliveira edited the 2019 Operational Research IO volume of the Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics (PROMS) series, together with Susana Relvas, professor and researcher at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, and João Paulo Almeida, professor and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. The volume, published by the influential publisher Springer Verlag, presents Operational Research methodologies and techniques with application in areas like logistics, energy, telecommunications, finance and health. 

This publication (volume 374) aims to present the latest Operational Research methodologies and techniques to the scientific community, in order to address complex, concrete and prevalent problems in many areas, e.g., supply chains, smart waste collection, or sustainable agriculture.  

According to the researchers, the key topics addressed are “the applications of linear, non-linear, and mixed programming, multi-objective optimisation, metaheuristics and hybrid heuristics, multi-criteria decision analysis, data envelopment analysis (DEA), clustering techniques and decision support systems in different fields, like supply chain management, programming, production management, logistics, energy, telecommunications, finance and health”. 

This volume compiles 14 chapters stemming from contributions selected and presented at the IO 2019 – 20th Congress of the Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO) -, which took place between July 22 and 24, 2019, at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. 

With this publication, INESC TEC researchers continue the project started in 2017 with the publication of a volume of contributions from the participants of the 18th APDIO Congress – with the groundwork of the volume related to the 21st edition of said event – which took place between November 7 and 9, 2021, in Figueira da Foz – already underway. 

The INESC TEC researchers mentioned in this news piece are associated with UP-FCUP and UP-FEUP.