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This proceedings book presents selected contributions from the XVIII Congress of APDIO (the Portuguese Association of Operational Research) held in Valen‡a on June 28-30, 2017. Prepared by leading Portuguese and international researchers in the field of operations research, it covers a wide range of complex real-world applications of operations research methods using recent theoretical techniques, in order to narrow the gap between academic research and practical applications. Of particular interest are the applications of, nonlinear and mixed-integer programming, data envelopment analysis, clustering techniques, hybrid heuristics, supply chain management, and lot sizing and job scheduling problems. In most chapters, the problems, methods and methodologies described are complemented by supporting figures, tables and algorithms.

The XVIII Congress of APDIO marked the 18th installment of the regular biannual meetings of APDIO - the Portuguese Association of Operational Research. The meetings bring together researchers, scholars and practitioners, as well as MSc and PhD students, working in the field of operations research to present and discuss their latest works. The main theme of the latest meeting was Operational Research Pro Bono. Given the breadth of topics covered, the book offers a valuable resource for all researchers, students and practitioners interested in the latest trends in this field.

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Preliminary

Potential contributors to this volume are the members of APDIO and the international invited speakers and participants of APDIO present and past congresses, among which are included:

A. Ismael F. Vaz, University of Minho, Portugal

Agostinho Agra, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Alberto Adrego Pinto, INESC TEC and University of Porto, Portugal

Ana Cristina Amaro, ISCAC-IPC, Coimbra Business School, Portugal

Ana Isabel Pereira, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan‡a, Portugal

Ana Luisa Custódio, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Paula Barbosa Póvoa, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Paula Teixeira, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

António Pais Antunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Armando B. Mendes, University of A‡ores, Portugal

Ayse Basar Bener, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

Bernardo Almada-Lobo, INESC TEC and Univ

ersity of Porto, Portugal

Cândida MourÆo, CMAF-CIO and University of Lisbon, Portugal

Carlos Henggeler Antunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Cesaltina Pires, University of Évora, Portugal

Clara Bento Vaz, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan‡a, Portugal

Cristina Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal

Domingos Moreira Cardoso, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Fernando José Vicente Freire, Military Academy, Portugal

Filipe Alvelos, University of Minho, Portugal

Isabel Gomes, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal

Elena Fernandez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

JoÆo Miranda, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal

JoÆo Paulo Almeida, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan‡a, Portugal

JoÆo Paulo Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal

JoÆo Telhada, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Jorge Orestes Cerdeira, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal

José Fe
rnando Gon‡alves, University of Porto, Portugal

José Fernando Oliveira, University of Porto, Portugal

José Manuel Valério de Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal

Lia Oliveira, Politechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Luís Miguel Cândido Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Luís Nunes Vicente, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Margarida Vaz Pato, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria Antónia Carravilla, University of Porto, Portugal

Maria Eugénia Captivo, University of Lisboa, Portugal

Maria JoÆo Alves, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Maria Sameiro Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal

Marília Pires, University of Algarve, Portugal

Mónica Oliveira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Paulo Sérgio Abreu Freitas, University of Madeira, Portugal

Pedro Oliveira, ICBAS and University of Porto, Portugal

Silvério Simäes Rosa, IT and Universi
ty of Beira Interior

, Portugal

Sofia Rodrigues, Politechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Susana Relvas, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Tatiana Tchemisova Cordeiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Teresa Cardoso Grilo, ISCTE Business School, Lisbon, Portugal
Tomaz Dentinho, University of A‡ores, Portugal

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