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Papers in International Journals
Pallets delivery: Two matheuristics for combined loading and routing
Elsa Silva, António G. Ramos, Ana Moura
Expert Systems with Applications, 243, 122893 (2024)
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)
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)
Khadija Hadj Salem, Elsa Silva, José F. Oliveira, Maria Antónia Carravilla
European Journal of Operational Research 306 (2), 549-566 (2023)
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)
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)
Mateus Martin, José F. Oliveira, Elsa Silva, Reinaldo Morabito, Pedro Munari
Expert Systems with Applications 168, 114257 (2021)
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)
Chapters/ Papers in Books
CrossLog: Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers.
Pedro Rocha, António G. Ramos, Elsa Silva
In: de Armas, J., Ramalhinho, H., Voß, S. (eds) Computational Logistics. ICCL 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13557. Springer, Cham. (2022)
ISBN:978-3-031-16578-8
Adaptive Sequence-Based Heuristic for Two-Dimensional Non-guillotine Packing Problems.
Óscar Oliveira, Dorabela Gamboa, Elsa Silva
In: Relvas, S., Almeida, J.P., Oliveira, J.F., Pinto, A.A. (eds) Operational Research . APDIO 2019. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 374. Springer, Cham. (2021)
ISBN: 978-3-030-85475-1
Resources for two-dimensional (and three-dimensional) cutting and packing solution methods research.
Óscar Oliveira, Dorabela Gamboa, Elsa Silva
In Proceedings of the 16th international conference on applied computing, vol. 53, 131-138. (2019)
The Two-Dimensional Strip Packing Problem: What Matters?
Alvaro Neunfeldt, Elsa Silva, A. Miguel Gomes, José F. Oliveira
In: Vaz A., Almeida J., Oliveira J., Pinto A. (eds) Operational Research. APDIO 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 223. Springer, Cham (2018)
ISBN: 978-3-319-71582-7
An Intercontinental Replenishment Problem: A Hybrid Approach
Elsa Silva, António G. Ramos, Manuel Lopes, Patrícia Magalhães, José F. Oliveira
In: Vaz A., Almeida J., Oliveira J., Pinto A. (eds) Operational Research. APDIO 2017. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 223. Springer, Cham (2018)
ISBN: 978-3-319-71582-7
The cutting stock problem: a case study in a manufacturer of pet vivaria
Carla Sousa, Elsa Silva, Manuel Lopes, António Ramos
In: Póvoa A., de Miranda J. (eds) Operations Research and Big Data. Studies in Big Data, vol 15. Springer, Cham, (2015)
ISBN: 978-3-319-24152-4
Integrated cutting and production planning: a case study in a home textile manufacturing company
Elsa Silva, Cátia Viães, José F. Oliveira, Maria Antónia Carravilla
In:Póvoa A., de Miranda J. (eds) Operations Research and Big Data. Studies in Big Data, vol 15. Springer, Cham, (2015)
ISBN: 978-3-319-24152-4
A Hybrid Heuristic Based on Column Generation for Two-and Three-Stage Bin Packing Problems
Filipe Alvelos, Elsa Silva, J. M. Valério de Carvalho
Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2014. Springer International Publishing, 8580, pp. 211-226 (2014)
ISBN: 978-3-319-09129-7
Heuristics for two-dimensional bin-packing problems
T. M. Chan, Filipe Alvelos, Elsa Silva, J. M. Valério de Carvalho
In "The Industrial Electronics Handbook (2nd Edition)", Intelligent SystemsJ. David Irwin and Bogdan M. Wilamowski (Eds.), CRC and IEEE PressChapter I27, ISBN-13: 978-1439802830, 2011ISBN: 9781138071889
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