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Ana Maria Moreira Rodrigues holds a BSc degree in Applied Mathematics and Computation (University of Aveiro), a M.Sc. in Applied Quantitative Methods for Management (Porto Business School, University of Porto), and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Industrial Management (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto). She is a Senior Lecturer at ISCAP-P.PORTO (Porto Accounting and Business School - Polytechnic Institute of Porto), an integrated researcher at INESC TEC - Technology and Science, and a collaborating researcher at CEOS.PP (Centre for Social and Organizational Studies). She lectures various subjects in the areas of Statistics, such as Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Inference and Optimization and Decision Support Methods, including Linear Optimization, Multi-Criteria Optimization (Multi-objective and Multi-attribute), Decision-making under Certainty, Uncertainty, and Risk. She participates in several projects, including those funded by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), serving as a principal investigator or researcher. She has authored articles in international journals as well as national and international conferences Her general field of interest covers Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Optimization Methods. More specific interests are related to Sectorization, Multi and Many-objective Optimization, and Vehicle Routing Problems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Maria Moreira Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Ana Maria
  • Rodrigues, Ana M

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9318-3841-0F19
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1070-3626
Education
Degree Classification
2014
Concluded
 Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Sectores e Rotas na Recolha de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade, com distinção por unanimidade
2005
Concluded
 Métodos Quantitativos Aplicados à Gestão (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
"Algoritmos Meméticos no Problema do Carteiro Rural" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1998
Concluded
 Matemática Aplicada e Computação (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Análise de dados..." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/03/27 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
1998/12 - 2014/03 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
1998 - 1999 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - 2025 Vice-Presidente Conselho Pedagógico Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/15 - 2022/10 StoSS - Sectorization to Simplify and Solve
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031671
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
2012/01/02 - 2015/07/01 SEROW - Sectorização e Optimização de Rotas na Gestão de Resíduos - a teoria na prática
PTDC/EGE-GES/121406/2010
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Matemática Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 14 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/EEI/LA0014/2011
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2012 FinLiCo – Financial Literacy Competences for Adult Learners
510140-LLP-1-2010-1-PT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2010/10/31 CROME - Criatividade em Optimização com Meta-heurísticas
PTDC/GES/73801/2006
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/10/01 - Current NEXUS: Pacto de Inovação – Transição Verde e Digital para Transportes, Logística e Mobilidade
PRR - Agendas Mobilizadoras (ref.53)
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/11 - 2021/04 Fasten – Flexible and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems for Custom-Designed Products
PG05248
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
2019/08/24 - 2019/09/02 SAIL – Sail with ERASMUS+ and European Solidarity Corp
2019-1-PL01-KA105-064193
Principal investigator
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Concluded
2015 - 2016 Vehicle Route Optimization using Heuristic Methods for Logistics
ERASMUS
Supervisor
Concluded
2014 - 2016 eLinFit - Developing Financial Competencies for EU Citizens Utilizing Online Learning and Digital Literacy
2014-1-PT01-KA204-001056
Other
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Göksu Öztürk, E; Soares de Sousa, F; Margarida Lima, M; Filipe Rocha, P; Maria Rodrigues, A; Soeiro Ferreira, J; Catarina Nunes, A; Cristina Lopes, I; Teles Oliveira, C. "Developing a System for Sectorization: An Overview". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-20788-4_9
  2. Lopes, C; Rodrigues, AM; Ozturk, E; Ferreira, JS; Nunes, AC; Rocha, P; Oliveira, CT. "Parcel Delivery Services: A Sectorization Approach with Simulation". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-46439-3_9
  3. Öztürk, E; Rocha, P; Sousa, F; Lima, M; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS; Nunes, AC; Lopes, C; Oliveira, C. "An Application of Preference-Inspired Co-Evolutionary Algorithm to Sectorization". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-09385-2_23
  4. de Sousa, FS; Lima, MM; Öztürk, EG; Rocha, PF; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS; Nunes, AC; Oliveira, C. "Dynamic Sectorization - Conceptualization and Application". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-09382-1_26
  5. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Lopes, Cristina; Oliveira, Cristina; Romanciuc, Valeria. "A Two-Stage Method to Solve Location-Routing Problems Based on Sectorization". In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 148-159. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-78170-5_14
  6. Romanciuc, Valeria; Lopes, Cristina; Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Oliveira, Cristina; Öztürk, Elif Göksu. "An Integer Programming Approach to Sectorization with Compactness and Equilibrium Constraints". In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 185-196. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-78170-5_17
  7. Teymourifar, A; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS. "A comparison between simultaneous and hierarchical approaches to solve a multi-objective location-routing problem". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-63072-0_20
  8. Martinho, Alberto; Alves, Eduardo; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Multicriteria Location-Routing Problems with Sectorization". In Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 215-234. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71583-4_15
  9. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José; Ana Maria Rodrigues; José Soeiro Ferreira. "Sectors and routes in solid waste collection". Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-20328-7_20
  10. Ana Maria Rodrigues; José Soeiro Ferreira; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Measures in sectorization problems". Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24154--8_24
  11. Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS. "Measures in sectorization problems". 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-24154--8_24
Conference abstract
  1. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Lopes, Cristina; Romanciuc, Valeria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Göksu Öztürk, E; Oliveira, Cristina. "Modelos Multiobjetivo em Problemas de Setorização". Paper presented in XXIII Congresso APDIO 2024, Viseu, 2024.
    Published
  2. Gustavo Torres; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Fontes, T.; Soeiro Ferreira, José; Pedro Rocha; Ribeiro, Joel. "A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm and Sectorization Approach for Last-Mile Delivery". Paper presented in Optimization 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  3. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Gustavo Torres; Tânia Daniela Fontes; José António Soeiro Ferreira; Pedro Rocha; Joel Robeiro. "Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm and Sectorization Approach for Last-Mile Delivery". Paper presented in Optimization 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
  4. Cristina Lopes; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ozturk, Elif; Pedro Rocha; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Parcel delivery services: a dynamic sectorization approach". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2022.
  5. Pedro Rocha; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Lopes; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ozturk, Elif; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Improving Pareto front convergence of PICEA-g – An application to sectorization problems". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Évora, 2022.
  6. Pedro Rocha; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Lopes; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ozturk, Elif G.; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Instance space evaluation for sectorization problems". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Évora, 2022.
  7. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ozturk, Elif; Pedro Rocha; Isabel Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Ana Catarina Nunes; Margarida Lima. "Dynamic Sectorization with time changing demand". Paper presented in EWGLA XXVII 2022 - XXVII EURO Working Group on Location Analysis Meeting, Aveiro, 2022.
  8. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Margarida Lima; Ozturk, Elif; Pedro Rocha; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro; Ana Catarina Nunes. "Resectorization Problems". Paper presented in EWGLA XXVII 2022 - XXVII EURO Working Group on Location Analysis Meeting, Aveiro, 2022.
  9. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro; Pedro Rocha; Ozturk, Elif; Ana Catarina Nunes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Margarida Lima; Cristina Lopes. "Building a Web System for Sectorization". Paper presented in EWGLA XXVII 2022 - XXVII EURO Working Group on Location Analysis Meeting, Aveiro, 2022.
  10. Cristina Lopes; Margarida Lima; Ozturk, Elif; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ana Catarina Nunes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro; Pedro Rocha. "Creating homogeneous sectors: Criteria and applications of sectorization". Paper presented in CLAD - Associação Portuguesa de Classificação e Análise de Dados: Classification and Data Science in the Digital Age, Porto, 2022.
  11. Soares, Filomena; Lopes, Ana Paula; Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Interactive Lessons in Statistics as Tools for Academic Success". Paper presented in BBC¿22 International Conference ¿ Building Bridges in STEAM Educationin the 21st Century, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  12. C. Teles de Oliveira; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; C. Torres; Lopes, I.C.; A. P. Lopes; F. Soares. "Interactive Lessons in Statistics as Tools for Academic Success". Paper presented in BBC’22 First International Conference Building Bridges in STEAM Education in the 21st Century, 2022.
  13. Ozturk, Elif; Filipe Sousa; Margarida Lima; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Ana Catarina Nunes; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Web-based Decision Support System for Sectorization". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Figueira da Foz, 2021.
  14. Margarida Lima; Ozturk, Elif; Filipe Sousa; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "A resectorization of fire brigades in the north of Portugal". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Figueira da Foz, 2021.
  15. Filipe Sousa; Ozturk, Elif; Margarida Lima; Ana Catarina Nunes; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Dynamic Sectorization – Conceptualization and Application". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Figueira da Foz, 2021.
  16. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "A Comparison Between Metaheuristic-based and Solver-based Methods to Solve Routing Problem Based on Sectorization". Paper presented in IMSEC 2021 6th International Mediterranean Science and Engineering Congress, Alanya, 2021.
  17. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "A New Model and Solution Method for the Dynamic Sectorization Problem". Paper presented in IMSEC 2021 6th International Mediterranean Science and Engineering Congress, Alanya, 2021.
  18. Ozturk, Elif G.; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Using AHP to deal with Sectorization Problems". Paper presented in IEOM 2021 Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International, Roma, 2021.
  19. Ferreira, José Soeiro; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Sectorization Problems – ongoing research". Paper presented in EURO 2021, 31st European Conference on Operational Research, Atenas, 2021.
  20. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "New Models for Solving Resectorization Problems". Paper presented in EURO 2021, 31st European Conference on Operational Research, Atenas, 2021.
  21. Ozturk, Elif; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "How to know it is the ‘one’? A comparative study to select the most suitable solution among the Pareto-optimal set of solutions". Paper presented in EURO 2021, 31st European Conference on Operational Research, Atenas, 2021.
  22. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "A Comparison Between Simultaneous and Hierarchical Approaches to Solve a Multi-Objective Location-Routing Problem". Paper presented in CTW 2020, 18th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization, Cologne, 2020.
  23. Teymourifar, Aydin; Julian Blank; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Cristina Lopes. "A Comparison Between Integer Programming and Metaheuristic-based Methods to Solve Sectorization". Paper presented in ODS2020 - Optimization and Decision Science. International Conference - online meeting, 2020.
  24. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Henrique Correia; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Cristina Lopes; Cristina Oliveira; Maria João Cortinhal. "Recolha e distribuição de bens alimentares em instituição de solidariedade social". Paper presented in IO2019 XX Congresso da APDIO, Tomar, 2019.
  25. Cristina Lopes; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Oliveira; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Maria João Cortinhal. "Sectorization for managing maintenance technicians". Paper presented in IO2019 XX Congresso da APDIO, Tomar, 2019.
  26. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Cristina Lopes; Cristina Oliveira; Maria João Cortinhal. "Sectorization applied to Routing Problems". Paper presented in ECCO XXXII Conference 2019 Conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, St.Julians, 2019.
  27. Cristina Lopes; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Oliveira; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Maria João Cortinhal. "Sectorization in elevator maintenance". Paper presented in ECCO XXXII Conference 2019 Conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, St. Julians, 2019.
  28. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Luís Bandeira; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Setorização aplicada ao transporte de utentes não urgentes entre residências e centros hospitalares". Paper presented in IO2018 XIX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Aveiro, 2018.
  29. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Luís Bandeira; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Sectors and Routes in transportation of non-urgent patients". Paper presented in V Workshop on Computational Data Analysis and Numerical Methods, Felgueiras, 2018.
  30. Luís Bandeira; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Sectors and Routes in Location - Distribution Problems". Paper presented in Optimization 2017, Lisboa, 2017.
  31. Martinho, Alberto; Alves, Eduardo; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Multicriteria Location-Routing Problems with Sectorization.". Paper presented in IO 2017 - XVIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Valença, 2017.
  32. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Ensinar Estatística a um estudante cego no Ensino Superior. Projetos de Plataforma Digital de Apoio a docentes da área das Ciências Empresariais no Ensino a estudantes com deficiência sensorial". Paper presented in V Seminário GTAEDES - Inclusão. Boas Práticas no Ensino Superior, Aveiro, 2016.
  33. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Sectorization: measures and an electromagnetism based approach". Paper presented in ECCO 2015, 2015.
  34. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Setorização aplicada à definição de rotas". 2015.
  35. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Measures in Sectorization Problems". Paper presented in IO 2015 - XVII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portalegre, 2015.
  36. Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "O Ensino da Estatística a um estudante com deficiência visual bilateral permanente (cegueira) no Ensino Superior". Paper presented in CINDU 2015, Vigo, 2015.
  37. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Electromagnetism based approach to Sector design in Waste Collection". Paper presented in CLAIO 2014, 2014.
  38. Ferreira, José Soeiro; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Sectorization problems solved by an Electromagnetism based approach". Paper presented in XVII Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO) 2014, Monterrey, 2014.
  39. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Routes for Solid Waste Collection a real application". Paper presented in Optimization 2014, Guimarães, 2014.
  40. Samuel Carvalho; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Combination of Ant Colony Optimisation and Exact Methods applied to Routing Problems". Paper presented in Optimization 2014, Guimarães, 2014.
  41. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Waste Management: Routes and Sectors". Paper presented in IEMS'14 - 5th Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Management, Porto, 2014.
  42. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Sectors Design for Waste Collection Routing". Paper presented in VEROLOG 2013 - Second meeting EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization, Southampton, 2013.
  43. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Recolha de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos - otimização de rotas". Paper presented in IO 2013 - XVI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacion, Bragança, 2013.
  44. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Célia Tavares; Oliveira, Luciana; Manuel Moreira da Silva. "Qualidade do ensino mediado pela tecnologia com o Moodle: um estudo longitudinal". Paper presented in VIII Conferência Internacional de TIC na Educação, Braga, 2013.
  45. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Solid Waste Collection: Sectors and Routes". Paper presented in IX International Workshop on Cutting and Packing and Related Topics, Porto, 2011.
  46. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Rural Postman and related Arc Routing Problems". Paper presented in EURO XXIV - 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisboa, 2010.
  47. José Soeiro Ferreira; Ana Maria Rodrigues. "Rural Postman Problem and Related Problems". 2009.
  48. Manuel Moreira da Silva; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Célia Tavares; Oliveira, Luciana; Paula Peres; Sandra Ribeiro. "B-Learning: Elemento Institucional e Operacional de Desenvolvimento Educativo de Uma Instituição de Ensino Superior". Paper presented in Conferência Comunidades de Aprendizagem Moodle – Caldas Moodle08, Caldas da Rainha, 2008.
  49. Ferreira, Jose Soeiro; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Memetic Algorithms applied to cutting path determination problems". Paper presented in 3rd ESICUP Meeting - Euro Special Interest Group on Cutting and Packing, 2006.
  50. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "Solving Cutting Path Problems by Memetic Algorithms". Paper presented in II SELASI - European Latin American Workshop on Engineering Systems, 2006.
  51. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Luís Miguel Moreira; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "Components Cutting Optimisation by Memetic Algorithms". Paper presented in XI CLAIO - XI Latin - Iberian American Congress of Operations Research, 2002.
  52. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Luís Miguel Moreira; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "Components Cutting Optimisation by Memetic Algorithms". Paper presented in IV ALIO - EURO Workshop on Applied Combinatorial Optimization, 2002.
  53. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "Solving the Rural Postman Problem by Memetic Algorithms". Paper presented in Optimization 2001, Aveiro, 2001.
Conference paper
  1. Mostardinha, M; Escobar, P; Lopes, C; Rodrigues, AM. "Sectorization of a Parcel Delivery Service". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-09360-9_14
  2. Lima, MM; de Sousa, FS; Öztürk, EG; Rocha, PF; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS; Nunes, AC; Lopes, IC; Oliveira, CT. "A Resectorization of Fire Brigades in the North of Portugal". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-20788-4_6
  3. Ana Pereira; Lia Coelho de Oliveira; Jorge Esparteiro Garcia ; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Study of the impact of technological innovations on the sustainable freight transport". Paper presented in ICOTEM 2023 – International Conference on Technology Management and Operations, 2023.
  4. Teymourifar, A; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS; Lopes, C. "A Comparison Between Optimization Tools to Solve Sectorization Problem". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-92666-3_4
  5. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Shannon’s entropy method to find weights of objectives in sectorization problem". Paper presented in 6th International Mediterranean Science and Engineering Congress (IMSEC 2021), 2021.
    Published
  6. Öztürk E.G.; Rodrigues A.M.; Ferreira J.S.. "Using AHP to deal with Sectorization Problems". 2021.
  7. Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "A Comparison Between Simultaneous and Hierarchical Approaches to Solve a Multi-Objective Location-Routing Problem". Paper presented in CTW2020, 2020.
  8. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "A Comparison between NSGA-II and NSGA-III to Solve Multi-Objective Sectorization Problems based on Statistical Parameter Tuning". Paper presented in 24th International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers, 2020.
    10.1109/cscc49995.2020.00020
  9. Ana Paula Lopes; Filomena Soares; Cristina Teles; Rodrigues, Ana M; Cristina Torres; Isabel Cristina Lopes. "CREATING INTERACTIVE LEARNING MATERIALS TO PROMOTE STATISTICAL SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION". Paper presented in 14th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, INTED2020, 2020.
  10. Rodrigues, Ana Maria. "Solving the Rural Postman Problem by Memetic Algorithms". Paper presented in Metaheuristic International Conference, 2001.
Conference poster
  1. Pedro Rocha; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Lopes; NUNES, Ana Catarina; Ozturk, E. Goksu; José Soeiro Ferreira; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Improving Pareto-Front convergence of PICEA-g An application to Sectorization Problems". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2022.
  2. Cristina Lopes; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; NUNES, Ana Catarina; Ozturk, E. Goksu; Pedro Rocha; José Soeiro Ferreira. "Parcel delivery services: a dynamic sectorization approach". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2022.
  3. Pedro Rocha; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Lopes; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ozturk, Elif; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Instance space evaluation for sectorization problems". Paper presented in IO2022 - XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2022.
  4. Ozturk, Elif; Filipe Sousa; Margarida Lima; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Ana Catarina Nunes; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina. "Web-based Decision Support System for Sectorizatio". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2021.
  5. Margarida Lima; Ozturk, Elif; Filipe Sousa; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ana Catarina Nunes; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "A resectorization of fire brigades in the north of Portugal". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2021.
  6. Filipe Sousa; Ozturk, Elif; Margarida Lima; Ana Catarina Nunes; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro. "Dynamic Sectorization – Conceptualization and Application". Paper presented in IO2021 - XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2021.
  7. Ana Paula Lopes; Filomena Soares; Cristina Teles; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Cristina Torres; Cristina Lopes. "Creating interactive learning materials to promote statistical skills in higher education". Paper presented in 14th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, INTED2020, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Gustavo Torres; Tânia Fontes; Ana M. Rodrigues; Pedro Rocha; Joel Ribeiro; J. Soeiro Ferreira. "Many-objective sectorization for last-mile delivery optimization: A decision support system". Expert Systems with Applications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124559.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124559
  2. Öztürk, Elif Göksu; Rocha, Pedro; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, José Soeiro; Lopes, Cristina; Oliveira, Cristina; Nunes, Ana Catarina. "D3S: Decision support system for sectorization". Decision Support Systems (2024): 114211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2024.114211.
    10.1016/j.dss.2024.114211
  3. Öztürk, Elif Göksu; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José; Teles Oliveira, Cristina. "How to know it is “the one”? Selecting the most suitable solution from the Pareto optimal set. Application to sectorization". Operations Research and Decisions 34 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.37190/ord240111.
    10.37190/ord240111
  4. Cristina Lopes; Ana Maria Rodrigues; Valeria Romanciuc; José Soeiro Ferreira; Elif Göksu Öztürk; Cristina Oliveira. "Divide and Conquer: A Location-Allocation Approach to Sectorization". Mathematics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/math11112553.
    10.3390/math11112553
  5. Ferreira, JS; Rodrigues, AM; Ozturk, EG. "A new Matrix Form Genetic Encoding for Balanced, Compact and Connected Sectorization through NSGA-II". International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making (2023):
    10.1504/ijmcdm.2023.10058115
  6. Öztürk, EG; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS. "A new matrix form genetic encoding for balanced, compact and connected sectorisation through NSGA-II". International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making (2023): https://www.authenticus.pt/P-00Z-AFK.
    10.1504/ijmcdm.2023.134132
  7. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Teymourir, Aydin; Ferreira, José Soeiro. Corresponding author: Teymourir, Aydin. "A new model for Location-Allocation Problem Based on Sectorization". Engineering World 3 (2021): 92-96. http://www.engw.org/articles/2021/engw2021-012.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  8. Teymourifar, A; Rodrigues, AM; Ferreira, JS. "A Monte Carlo Simulation-Based Approach to Solve Dynamic Sectorization Problem". Mapta Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MJMIE) (2021):
    10.33544/mjmie.v5i2.179
  9. Teymourifar, Aydin; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ferreira, Jose Soeiro. "Geographically Separating Sectors in Multi-Objective Location-RoutingProblems". WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS 19 (2020): 98-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/23205.2020.19.13.
    10.37394/23205.2020.19.13
  10. Paula Lopes, Ana; Baptista Soares, Filomena; Teles Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Torres, Cristina; Lopes, Cristina. "Creating interactive learning materials to promote statistical skills in higher education". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/21168.
    10.21125/inted.2020.1155
  11. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Waste collection routing-limited multiple landfills and heterogeneous fleet". (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7491.
    10.1002/net.21597
  12. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Recolha de resíduos sólidos urbanos - otimização de rotas". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7547.
  13. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Tavares, Célia; Oliveira, Luciana; Moreira Silva, Manuel. "Qualidade do ensino mediado pela tecnologia com o Moodle: um estudo longitudinal". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/17566.
  14. Ana Maria Rodrigues; José Soeiro Ferreira. "Cutting path as a Rural Postman Problem: solutions by Memetic Algorithms". (2012): https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/57210.
  15. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Soeiro Ferreira, José. "Cutting path as a rural postman problem". nternational Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics 3 1 (2012): 22-37. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7521.
    Published
Report
  1. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; José Soeiro Ferreira; Cristina Lopes; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; NUNES, Ana Catarina; Ozturk, E. Goksu; Pedro Rocha; et al. 2022. D3S - Decision Support System for Sectorization: A Tutorial.. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10354.58569.
    https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10354.58569
  2. Mafalda Mostardinha; Pablo Escobar; Cristina Lopes; Rodrigues, Ana Maria. 2021. Report: Sectorization of a parcel delivery service - VII Iberian Modelling Week.
Website
  1. Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Ozturk, E. Goksu; Pedro Rocha; Cristina Lopes; José Soeiro Ferreira; NUNES, Ana Catarina; Teles de Oliveira, Cristina; et al. D3S- Decision Support System for Sectorization. 2022. www.sectorization.pt.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020/07 Apoio à Decisão em Projetos de Solidariedade Social - Resolução do Desperdício Alimentar
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Planeamento de Rotas no Transporte de Alimentos em Projetos de Solidariedade Social
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Setorização no Desenho de Rotas - aplicação ao transporte de utentes não urgentes entre as suas residências e um centro hospitalar
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Setores e Rotas em Problemas de Localização-Distribuição
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Setorização - Melhoria de método baseado em Eletromagnetismo
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Setorização - Resolução de problemas com novas abordagens
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Problemas de rotas em recolha de resíduos urbanos: uma abordagem heurística
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/12/10 - Current Membro do Comité Científico NEXUS International Conference - DGTMP 2024 Digital and Green Transition in Maritime Ports: Trends and Challenges (2024)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2024 - Current Membro da Comissão de Programa no 10º Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (CNaPPES.24) (2024)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2022 - Current Organização da Sessão Especial 10 (SS10) Sectorization and Clustering in International Conference Innovation in Engineering ICIE 2022 (2022)
Conference (Other)
2021 - Current Membro da Comissão Científica da First International Conference in E-learning in STEM Education – ESE2021 (2021)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2025/06/30 - 2025/07/01 Membro do Comité Científico do Simpósio em Sistemas de Transporte e Mobilidade no 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE 25)- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (2025/04)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Análise da performance de equipas comerciais
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Miguel de Sousa Carvalho (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/07/27 Implementing lean and agile project management in low maturity technical organizations
(Thesis) Arguer
 Egas Guimarães Marçal (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/07/21 Integrated Business Planning: development of framework for technological improvement
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Teresa F. G. Teixeira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/24 Otimização de Rotas de Manutenção Aplicação ao caso openline
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jaime José Gonçalves da Costa (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2022 Estudo do Impacto da Tecnologia no Transporte Sustentável de Mercadorias
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel Marques Diniz Pereira (Master)
Associação de Politécnicos da Região Norte, Portugal
2020/12/03 Otimização do Layout de um armazém num fornecedor TIER1 da indústria automóvel
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel Sousa Barros (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais, Portugal
2019 Optimization of Purchasing Management of a Portuguese Company in the Retail Sector
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Catarina Teixeira (Master)
Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2017 Previsão com agregação temporal univariada e multivariada: um caso de estudo no setor do retalho
(Thesis) Arguer
 Daniela Oliveira; (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Gestão Integrada de Operações de Recolha e Transporte de Biomassa
(Thesis) Arguer
 Francisco Capa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 Optimization/Simulation in Manufacturing Industrial Applications
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Ferreira; (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2002 - Current APDIO - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Operacional / Portuguese Association of Operational Research Membro (1075)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2025 PAPRE - Certificate of Merit of Scientific Publication, attesting to the Recognition of Scientific Excellence of the publication "D3S: Decision support system for sectorization"
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2025 PAPRE - Certificate of Merit of Scientific Publication, attesting to the Recognition of Scientific Excellence of the publication "Many-objective sectorization for last-mile delivery optimization: A decision support system"
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2024 PAPRE - Certificate of Merit of Scientific Publication, attesting to the Recognition of Scientific Excellence of the publication "Divide and Conquer: A Location-Allocation Approach to Sectorization"
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2016 PAPRE - Programa de Apoio à Publicação em Revistas de Elevada Qualidade