Operational Research

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