This edition of IO2024 - XXIII Congress of the Portuguese Association of Operational Research took place at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, from March 24 to 26, and was a joint organization by both institutions, sponsored by SISCOG. This year’s theme was "The potential of OR in the Formulation and Implementation of Public Policies", showcasing how Operational Research plays an important role in providing analytical tools and techniques to assist in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of efficient public policies, helping governments make more informed decisions.
The Augusto Queiróz Novais Award for “Process Systems Engineering” was awarded to “A two-level optimisation-simulation method for production planning and scheduling: the industrial case of a human–robot collaborative assembly line”, by Moniz, S., Gonçalves, B. S., Neto, P. and CEGIST members Vieira, M., Pinto-Varela, T., Barbosa-Póvoa, A. P.
The APDIO IO2024 Award, for the best PhD research in the area of Operational Research, was awarded to CEGIST member Miguel Alves Pereira, for the work “Efficiency and public policy of the Portuguese healthcare sector: A look at the pressing issues”, supervised by José Rui Figueira and Rui Cunha Marques.
Cátia Medeiros da Silva, CEGIST member, was also a contender for the APDIO IO2024 Award, with the work “Design and planning of sustainable supply chain: integration of monetization strategies”, supervised by Ana Barbosa-Póvoa and Ana Carvalho.
CEGIST member Ana Barbosa-Póvoa was chair at the Plenary Roundtable “Using Public Data for Research”, which included the participation of Luísa Loura (PORDATA), Bruno Espírito-Santo (e-redes) and CEGIST member Francisco Lima, President of INE | Statistics Portugal.
CEGIST members participated in ten of the 23 Parallel Sessions, with a total of 17 presentations, and Susana Relvas and Tânia Ramos as Chairs in two of those Sessions.
The following works co-authored by CEGIST members were presented:
Maria João Santos, Diana Jorge, Tânia Ramos, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Enhancing Logistics through a new Vehicle Routing Problem with Deliveries, Pickups and Backhauls
Miguel Fernandes, João Bana e Costa, Ricardo J. G. Mateus, Mónica D. Oliveira, Carlos A. Bana e Costa. Current research topics on MACBETH
José Rui Figueira, Alexandre Vilar Ricardo, Ana Sara Costa. Advancing Hospital Quality Assessment: A Comprehensive Multidimensional Analysis of Portuguese public hospitals
Maria Ana Monge, Nelson Chibeles-Martins, Tânia Pinto-Varela. Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: How to navigate through the impact of uncertainty?
Maria Meneses, Daniel Santos, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Rescheduling recovery model in the Blood Supply Chain
Mafalda Ivo de Carvalho, Vânia Veloso, Ana Carvalho, Susana Relvas, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Exploring Symbiotic Supply Chains: A Nexus Perspective and Operations Research Framework
Cátia da Silva, Ana Carvalho, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Integrating Environmental and Social when Designing and Planning Supply Chains: A Monetization-Based Approach
Ana Raquel de Aguiar, Maria Isabel Gomes, Tânia Ramos. Optimizing Tactical Planning for Home Visits in Family Interventions: The Real Case of ComDignitatis
Catarina Bessa, Tânia Pinto-Varela, Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa, Cristóvão Silva, Samuel Moniz. Understanding the dynamics of the fairness in wholesale-retail price coordination
Alexandre Jesus, Arthur Corrêa, Catarina Marques, Miguel Vieira, Cristóvão Silva, Samuel Moniz. Towards efficient scheduling with AI: exploring Deep Q-Learning for the flexible job-shop scheduling problem
Joaquim Jorge Vicente, Teresa Cardoso-Grilo. Extending inventory supply chain planning to a multi-warehouse and multi-period context: a mathematical programming approach focused on a continuous review policy
Manuel Lopes, Diana Jorge, Joana Santos, Tânia Ramos. Comparing different algorithms to solve the Smart Waste Collection Problem
Joana Santos, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Daniele Vigo, Tânia Ramos. Strategic Sensor Placement Problem in Waste Management
Miguel Alves Pereira, Duarte Caldeira Dinis, Diogo Cunha Ferreira, José Rui Figueira, Rui Cunha Marques. Using Geometric Distance Functions to Assess Performance Evolution: A Statewise Look at the Pre-vaccination COVID-19 Reaction in the USA
Mariana Oliveira, Daniel Santos, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Multi-objective optimization to inform hospital collaboration and elective surgical patient inter-hospital transfers
Rafael Miranda, Filipa Baptista, Isabel Albuquerque, Mónica Oliveira. Aligning actionable monitoring with health technology assessment in remote care management: combining business intelligence, multicriteria decision analysis and participatory approaches to build a multidimensional management dashboard
Maria Lopes, Daniel Santos, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa. Designing a multi-level hierarchical network for the provision of hospital care: A Portuguese case study