Awards and Distinctions
2023 - Celebrating 30 years of International Transactions in Operational Research
One of the 30 representative and influential papers in the ITOR's history selected by the Editor-in-Chief in the 30th Anniversary Selected Articles Special Issue. The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments Elsa Silva, José Fernando Oliveira and Gerhard Wäscher, International Transactions in Operational Research 23, pp,147–172 (2016).
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Top5 IO2021 Award organized by Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional (APDIO) - One of the five best posters with the work:
"The integrated 2D-CVRPTW with cargo loading and balance constraints"
Elsa Silva, Ana Moura, António G. Ramos
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Diploma of Recognition of Pedagogical Merit for the academic year 2019/2020 Engineering School of the University of Minho, 2021 (1st Edition)
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2019 IFORS/ITOR/Wiley Best Paper Awards - Runner up in surveys category with the paper:
"The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments"
Elsa Silva, José Fernando Oliveira and Gerhard Wäscher, International Transactions in Operational Research 23, pp,147–172 (2016).
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Honourable Mention in the Isabel Themido Award organized by the Portuguese Association for Operational Research (APDIO) with the paper:
"Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions"
Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar, Elsa Silva, Luís Guimarães, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José F. Oliveira, Omega, Vol, 76, pp, 47-62 (2018).
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Finalists for the 2015 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, organized by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) with the work:
“Using Analytics to Enhance Shelf Space Management in a Food Retailer"
Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar, Elsa Silva, Luis Guimarães, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José F. Oliveira, João Günther Amaral, Jorge Liz, Sérgio Lapela, Interfaces, vol 46, pp 424-444 (2016)
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