Elsa Silva

A new effective heuristic for the Prisoner transportation problem

Luciano Ferreira, Marcos Vinicius Milan Maciel, José Valério de Carvalho, Elsa Silva, Filipe Pereira Alvelos

European Journal of Operational Research, In Press (2025)

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A GRASP-based multi-objective approach for the tuna purse seine fishing fleet routing problem

Igor Granado, Elsa Silva, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José Fernando Oliveira, Leticia Hernando, Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador

Computers & Operations Research, 174, 106891 (2025)

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Pallets delivery: Two matheuristics for combined loading and routing

Elsa Silva, António G. Ramos, Ana Moura

Expert Systems with Applications, 243, 122893 (2024)

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The Floating-Cuts model: a general and flexible mixed-integer programming model for non-guillotine and guillotine rectangular cutting problems

Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira, Tiago Silveira, Leandro Mundim, Maria Antónia Carravilla

Omega 114, 102738 (2023)

 

Cutting and packing problems under uncertainty: literature review and classification framework

Khadija Hadj Salem, Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira

International Transactions in Operational Research, 30, 3329-3360 (2023) 

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The integrated lot-sizing and cutting stock problem under demand uncertainty

Eduardo Curcio, Vinícius L. de Lima, Flávio K. Miyazawa, Elsa Silva, Pedro Amorim

International Journal of Production Research, 61 (20), 6691-6717 (2023)

Mathematical Models for the two-dimensional Variable-Sized Cutting Stock Problem in the Home Textile Industry

Khadija Hadj Salem, Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira, Maria Antónia Carravilla

European Journal of Operational Research 306 (2), 549-566 (2023)

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An introduction to the two‐dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problem

Óscar Oliveira, Dorabel Gamboa, Elsa Silva

International Transactions in Operational Research, 30, 3238-3266 (2023) 

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The rectangular two-dimensional strip packing problem real-life practical constraints: A bibliometric overview

Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior, Elsa Silva, Matheus Francescatto, Carmen Brum Rosa, Julio Siluka

Computers & Operations Research 137, 105521 (2022)

Three-dimensional guillotine cutting problems with constrained patterns: MILP formulations and a bottom-up algorithm

Mateus Martin, José F. Oliveira, Elsa Silva, Reinaldo Morabito, Pedro Munari

Expert Systems with Applications 168, 114257 (2021)

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Solving the grocery backroom layout problem

Maria Pires, Elsa Silva, Pedro Amorim

International Journal of Production Research 59 (3), 772-797 (2021)

Data mining based framework to assess solution quality for the rectangular 2D strip-packing problem
Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior, Elsa Silva, A Miguel Gomes, Carlos Soares, José F. Oliveira
Expert Systems with Applications, Vol, 118, pp, 365-380 (2019)
 
Load Balance recovery for multi-drop distribution problems: a mixed integer linear programming approach
Elsa Silva, António G. Ramos, José F. Oliveira
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol, 116, pp, 62-75 (2018)
 
A new load balance methodology for container loading problem in road transportation
António G. Ramos, Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol, 266, pp, 1140-1152 (2018)
 
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)
--Honourable Mention in the Isabel Themido Award organized by the Portuguese Association for Operational Research (APDIO) 

The Pallet Loading Problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments
Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira, Gerhard WäscherInternational
Transactions in Operational Research, vol, 23, pp, 147-172, 2016, (2016)
--2019 IFORS/ITOR/Wiley Best Paper Awards - Runner-up

-- 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.

A survey on heuristics for the two-dimensional rectangular strip packing problem
José F. Oliveira, Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior, Elsa Silva, Maria Antónia Carravilla
Pesquisa Operacional, vol, 36, pp 197-226 (2016)

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)
--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)

2DCPackGen: A problem generator for two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problems
Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira, Gerhard Wäscher
European Journal of Operational Research, 237, pp. 846-856 (2014)

Integrating two-dimensional cutting stock and lot-sizing problems
Elsa Silva, Filipe Alvelos, J.M. Valério de Carvalho
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65, pp. 108-123 (2014)

Solving two-dimensional bin packing problems with two-stage guillotine cutting by combined local search heuristics
T. M. Chan, Filipe Alvelos, Elsa Silva, J. M. Valério de Carvalho
Pacific Journal of Optimization, 9, pp. 391-412 (2013)

Heuristics with stochastic neighborhood structures for two-dimensional bin-packing problems
T. M. Chan, Filipe Alvelos, Elsa Silva, J. M. Valério de Carvalho
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 28, pp.255-278 (2011)

An integer programming model for two- and three-stage two-dimensional cutting stock problems
Elsa Silva, Filipe Alvelos, J.M. Valério de Carvalho
European Journal of Operational Research, 205, pp.699-708 (2010)

Sequence based heuristics for two-dimensional bin-packing problems
Filipe Alvelos, T. M. Chan, Paulo Vilaça, Tiago Gomes, Elsa Silva, J. M. Valério de Carvalho
Engineering Optimization, 41, pp.773-791 (2009)