Table of Contents

• Optimization in Sports League SchedulingDries R. Goossens. 5
• Operations Research and Voting TheoryOlivier Hudry. 7
• The Role of Operations Research to Support Portuguese SMEs: Challenges and OpportunitiesJosé Oliveira. 9-10
• Search-and-Fetch with 2 Robots on a Disk - Wireless and Face-to-Face Communication ModelsKonstantinos Georgiou, George Karakostas, Evangelos Kranakis. 15-26 [doi]
• Process Optimization for Cutting Steel-PlatesMarkus Rothe, Michael Reyer, Rudolf Mathar. 27-37 [doi]
• Optimizing Spare Battery Allocation in an Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping SystemMichael Dreyfuss, Yahel Giat. 38-46 [doi]
• Optimal Price Reaction Strategies in the Presence of Active and Passive CompetitorsRainer Schlosser, Martin Boissier 0001. 47-56 [doi]
• Using the FMEA Method as a Support for Improving the Social Responsibility of a CompanyPatrycja Habek, Michal Molenda. 57-65 [doi]
• Discontinued Products - An Empirical Study of Service Parts ManagementLuís Miguel D. F. Ferreira, Amílcar Arantes, Cristóvão Silva. 66-74 [doi]
• The Possibilistic Reward Method and a Dynamic Extension for the Multi-armed Bandit Problem: A Numerical StudyMiguel Martín, Antonio Jiménez-Martín, Alfonso Mateos. 75-84 [doi]
• A Dynamic and Collaborative Truck Appointment Management System in Container TerminalsAhmed E. Azab, Ahmed Karam, Amr B. Eltawil. 85-95 [doi]
• New Scenario-based Stochastic Programming Problem for Long-term Allocation of Renewable Distributed GenerationsIkki Tanaka, Hiromitsu Ohmori. 96-107 [doi]
• On the Impact of using Mixed Integer Programming Techniques on Real-world Offshore Wind ParksMartina Fischetti, David Pisinger. 108-118 [doi]
• Optimization of Integrated Batch Mixing and Continuous Flow in Glass Tube & Fluorescent LampMina Faragallah, A. A. Elimam. 119-127 [doi]
• A Dwell Time-based Container Positioning Decision Support System at a Port TerminalMyriam Gaete G., Marcela C. González-Araya, Rosa G. González-Ramírez, César Astudillo H.. 128-139 [doi]
• Optimal Policies for Payment of Dividends through a Fixed Barrier at Discrete TimeRaúl Montes-De-Oca, Patricia Saavedra, Gabriel Zacarías-Espinoza, Daniel Cruz-Suárez. 140-149 [doi]
• Two-level Approach for Scheduling Multiproduct Oil Distribution SystemsHossein Mostafaei, Pedro M. Castro. 150-159 [doi]
• Exact Approach to the Scheduling of F-shaped Tasks with Two and Three Criticality LevelsAntonin Novak, Premysl Sucha, Zdenek Hanzálek. 160-170 [doi]
• Supporting Efficient Global Moves on Sequences in Constraint-based Local Search EnginesRenaud De Landtsheer, Gustavo Ospina, Yoann Guyot, Fabian Germeau, Christophe Ponsard. 171-180 [doi]
• Strategic Capacity Expansion of a Multi-item Process with Technology Mixture under Demand Uncertainty: An Aggregate Robust MILP ApproachJorge Weston, Pablo Escalona, Alejandro Angulo, Raúl Stegmaier. 181-191 [doi]
• Data Clustering Method based on Mixed Similarity MeasuresDoaa S. Ali, Ayman Ghoneim, Mohamed Saleh. 192-199 [doi]
• A Heuristic for Optimization of Metaheuristics by Means of Statistical MethodsEduardo B. M. Barbosa, Edson Luiz França Senne. 203-210 [doi]
• A Surveillance Application of Satellite AIS - Utilizing a Parametric Model for Probability of DetectionCheryl Eisler, Peter Dobias, Kenzie MacNeil. 211-218 [doi]
• Design a Study for Determining Labour Productivity Standard in Canadian Armed Forces Food ServicesManchun Fang. 219-227 [doi]
• A New Procedure to Calculate the Owen ValueJosé Miguel Giménez, María Albina Puente. 228-233 [doi]
• Variable Neighbourhood Search Solving Sub-problems of a Lagrangian Flexible Scheduling ProblemAlexander Hämmerle, Georg Weichhart. 234-241 [doi]
• Ability to Separate Situations with a Priori Coalition Structures by Means of Symmetric SolutionsJosé Miguel Giménez. 242-249 [doi]
• Exact Solution of the Multi-trip Inventory Routing Problem using a Pseudo-polynomial ModelNuno Braga, Cláudio Alves, Rita Macedo. 250-257 [doi]
• Variance of Departure Process in Two-Node Tandem Queue with Unreliable Servers and BlockingYang Woo Shin, Dug Hee Moon. 258-264 [doi]
• Development of an Innovative Methodology Supporting Project Risk Management in the Manufacturing Company of the Automotive IndustryAnna Gembalska-Kwiecien. 265-271 [doi]
• A Proposed Model for the Students' Perceived Satisfaction in the Computer Architecture Course - An Exploratory Study based on Oliver's Perceived Satisfaction ModelJorge Fernando Maxnuck Soares, Takato Kurihara, Luís Tadeu Mendes Raunheitte. 272-280
• A Near Optimal Approach for Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem in Euclidean SpaceWenhong Tian, Chaojie Huang, Xinyang Wang. 281-287 [doi]
• Applying Systems Thinking onto Emergency Response Planning - Using Soft Systems Methodology to Structure a National Act in SwedenChristine Große. 288-297 [doi]
• Network of M/M/1 Cyclic Polling SystemsCarlos Martínez-Rodríguez, Raúl Montes-De-Oca, Patricia Saavedra. 298-305 [doi]
• Extended Shortest Path Problem - Generalized Dijkstra-Moore and Bellman-Ford AlgorithmsMaher Helaoui. 306-313 [doi]
• Application of the Six Sigma Method for Improving Maintenance Processes - Case StudyMichal Zasadzien. 314-320 [doi]
• Structuring Multicriteria Resource Allocation Models - A Framework to Assist Auditing OrganizationsVivian Vivas, Mónica Duarte Oliveira. 321-328 [doi]
• On a Traveling Salesman based Bilevel Programming ProblemPablo Adasme, Rafael Andrade, Janny Leung, Abdel Lisser. 329-336 [doi]
• A Single-source Weber Problem with Continuous Piecewise Fixed CostGabriela Iriarte, Pablo Escalona, Alejandro Angulo, Raúl Stegmaier. 337-344 [doi]
• Applying Mathematical Programming to Planning Bin Location in Apple OrchardsMarcela C. González-Araya, Carolina A. Urzúa-Bobadilla, Luis Gonzalo Acosta Espejo. 345-352 [doi]
• Supporting Harvest Planning Decisions in the Tomato IndustryEduardo A. Alarcón Gerbier, Marcela C. González-Araya, Masly M. Rivera Moraga. 353-359 [doi]
• Designing Charging Infrastructure for a Fleet of Electric Vehicles Operating in Large Urban AreasMichal Koháni, Peter Czimmermann, Michal Vána, Matej Cebecauer, LuboasBuzna. 360-368 [doi]
• A Fuzzy Chance-constraint Programming Model for a Home Health Care Routing Problem with Fuzzy DemandYong Shi, Toufik Boudouh, Olivier Grunder. 369-376 [doi]
• Assessment of Relative Technical Efficiency of Small Mental Health Areas in Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain)Nerea Almeda, Carlos R. García-Alonso, José Alberto Salinas-Pérez, Mencía R. Gutiérrez-Colosía, Luis Salvador-Carulla. 377-384 [doi]
• Measuring the Efficiency of the Food Industry in Central and East European Countries by using the Data Envelopment Analysis ApproachZrinka Lukac, Margareta Gardijan. 385-392 [doi]
• Survey of Reverse Logistics Practices - The Case of PortugalRicardo Simões, Carlos Carvalho, Ricardo Félix, Amílcar Arantes. 393-400 [doi]
• Mathematical Modeling Approaches to Solve the Line Balancing ProblemShady Salama, Alyaa Abdelhalim, Amr B. Eltawil. 401-408 [doi]
• A Stackelberg Game Model between Manufacturer and Wholesaler in a Food Supply ChainJaviera A. Bustos, Sebastián H. Olavarria, Víctor M. Albornoz, Sara V. Rodríguez, Manuel A. Jiménez-Lizárraga. 409-415 [doi]
• Selecting Genetic Operators to Maximise Preference Satisfaction in a Workforce Scheduling and Routing ProblemHaneen Algethami, Dario Landa Silva, Anna Martínez Gavara. 416-423 [doi]
• Multiobjective Optimization using Genetic Programming: Reducing Selection Pressure by Approximate DominanceAyman Elkasaby, Akram Salah, Ehab Elfeky. 424-429 [doi]
• Optimization and Scheduling of Queueing Systems for Communication Systems: OR Needs and ChallengesAttahiru Sule Alfa, Bodhaswar T. Maharaj. 430-439 [doi]
• Progressive Hedging and Sample Average Approximation for the Two-stage Stochastic Traveling Salesman ProblemPablo Adasme, Janny Leung, Ismael Soto. 440-446 [doi]
• K-modes and Entropy Cluster Centers Initialization MethodsDoaa S. Ali, Ayman Ghoneim, Mohamed Saleh. 447-454 [doi]
• Comparison of Theoretical and Simulation Analysis of Electricity Market for Integrative Evaluation of Renewable Energy PolicyMasaaki Suzuki, Mari Ito, Ryuta Takashima. 455-459 [doi]
• Optimizing Supply Chain Management in Coal Power GenerationMuhamad Iqbal Felani, Ariyana Dwiputra Nugraha, Mujammil Asdhiyoga Rahmanta. 460-463 [doi]
• Chat Based Contact Center Modeling - System Modeling, Parameter Estimation and Missing Data SamplingPer Enqvist, Göran Svensson. 464-469 [doi]
• Parallel-machine Scheduling with Precedence Constraints and Controllable Job-processing TimesKailiang Xu, Rong Fei, Gang Zheng. 470-476 [doi]
• Towards Collaborative Optimisation in a Shared-logistics Environment for Pickup and Delivery OperationsTimothy Curtois, Wasakorn Laesanklang, Dario Landa Silva, Mohammad Mesgarpour, Yi Qu. 477-482 [doi]
• Integrated Production and Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Planning - An Effective MILP-based Relax-and-Fix/Fix-and-Optimize MethodPhuoc Le Tam, El Houssaine Aghezzaf, Abdelhakim Khatab, Chi Hieu Le. 483-490 [doi]
• Optimal Combination RebateWarranty Policy with Second-hand ProductsSriram Bhakthavatchalam, Claver Diallo, Uday Venkatadri, Abelhakim Khatab. 491-498 [doi]