Operational Research (eBook)

Chapter 1. Performance Evaluation of Parfois Retailing Stores: Maria Emília Dias Alves and Maria C. A. Silva Portela.- Chapter 2. Optimization Clustering Techniques on Register Unemployment Data: Carlos Balsa, Alcina Nunes and Elisa Barros.- Chapter 3. Web Based Application for Home Care Visits’ Optimization of Health Professionals’ Teams of Health Centers: Bruno Bastos, Tiago Heleno, António Trigo and Pedro Martins.- Chapter 4. Cell-Free Layer Measurements in a Network with Bifurcating Microchannels using a Global Approach: David Bento, Diana Pinho, Ana I. Pereira and Rui Lima.- Chapter 5. Computational Comparison of Algorithms for a Generalization of the Node-Weighted Steiner Tree and Forest Problems: Raul Brás, J. Orestes Cerdeira.- Chapter 6. Development of a Numerically Efficient Biodiesel Decanter Simulator: Ana S. R. Brásio, Andrey Romanenko and Natércia C. P. Fernandes.- Chapter 7. Determination of (0,2)−Regular Sets in Graphs and Applications: Domingos M. Cardoso, Carlos J. Luz and Maria F. Pacheco.- Chapter 8. A Multiobjective Electromagnetism-Like Algorithm with Improved Local Search: Experiments and Comparison: Pedro Carrasqueira, Maria João Alves and Carlos Henggeler Antunes.- Chapter 9. A Routing/Assignment Problem in Garden Maintenance Services: J. Orestes Cerdeira, Manuel Cruz and Ana Moura.- Chapter 10. A Column Generation Approach to the Discrete Lot Sizing and Scheduling Problem on Parallel Machines: António J.S.T. Duarte and J.M.V. Valério de Carvalho.- Chapter 11. A Tool to Manage Tasks of R&D Projects: Joana Fialho, Pedro Godinho and João Paulo Costa.- Chapter 12. An Exact and a Hybrid Approach for a Machine Scheduling Problem with Job Splitting: Luís Florêncio, Carina Pimentel and Filipe Alvelos.- Chapter 13. Testing Regularity on Linear Semidefinite Optimization Problems: Eloísa Macedo.- Chapter 14. Decompositions and a Matheuristic for a Forest Harvest Scheduling Problem: Isabel Martins, Filipe Alvelos and Miguel Constantino.- Chapter 15. A Routing and Waste Collection Case-Study: Karine Martins, Maria Cândida Mourão, Leonor Santiago Pinto.- Chapter 16. Exact Solutions to the Short Sea Shipping Distribution Problem: Ana Moura and Jorge Oliveira.- Chapter 17. A Consumption-Investment Problem with a Diminishing Basket of Goods: Abdelrahim S. Mousa, Diogo Pinheiro and Alberto A. Pinto.- Chapter 18. Assessing Technical and Economic Efficiency of the Artisanal Dredge Fleet in the Portuguese West Coast: M.M. Oliveira, A.S. Camanho and M.B. Gaspar.- Chapter 19. Production Planning of Perishable Food Products by Mixed-Integer Programming: Maria João Pires, Pedro Amorim, Sara Martins and Bernardo Almada-Lobo.- Chapter 20. Sectors and Routes in Solid Waste Collection: Ana M. Rodrigues and J. Soeiro Ferreira.- Chapter 21. Solving Multilocal Optimization Problems with Parallel Stretched Simulated Annealing: José Rufino and Ana I. Pereira.- Chapter 22. Efficiency and Productivity Assessment of Wind Farms: Clara Bento Vaz and Ângela Paula Ferreira.- Chapter 23. Multi-Period and Multi-Product Inventory Management Model with Lateral Transshipments: Joaquim Jorge Vicente, Susana Relvas, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa.- Chapter 24. Periodic Versus Non-Periodic Multipurpose Batch Plant Scheduling: a Paint Industry Case Study: Miguel Vieira, Tânia Pinto-Varela and Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa.