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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Alexandra Amaral

Citation names

  • Amaral, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AE10-636D-ED72
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0563-3443

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2002/05/13
Concluded
 Matemática (Doutoramento)
Major in Investigação Operacional
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
1991
Concluded
 Estatística e Investigação Operacional (Mestrado)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
1989
Concluded
 Matemática Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2016 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2002 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Escola Naval, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018 Conselho geral ou orgão correspondente Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Conselho geral ou orgão correspondente Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Paula Amaral; Ana Mendes; J. Miguel Espinosa. "A Tabu Search with a Double Neighborhood Strategy". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10562-3_16
  2. Rui Malha; Paula Amaral. "A Maximal Margin Hypersphere SVM". 304-319. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-86976-2_21
Conference paper
  1. P. Amaral; José Manuel García Salmerón; Leocadio G. Casado; Antanas Zilinskas. "On Regular Simplex Refinement in Copositivity Detection". 2016.
  2. P. Amaral. "A Tabu Based Approach to the Exam Timetabling Problem". 2009.
  3. Tiago Cardal Pais; P. Amaral. "Managing the tabu list length using a fuzzy inference system". 2008.
Journal article
  1. Tiago Dias; Paula Amaral. "A classification method based on a cloud of spheres". EURO Journal on Computational Optimization (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejco.2023.100077.
    10.1016/j.ejco.2023.100077
  2. Paula Alexandra Amaral; Pedro Barahona. "K-best feasible clusters - ranking optimal solutions from an infeasible LP". INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research (2020): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/03155986.2020.1729064.
    10.1080/03155986.2020.1729064
  3. Paula Alexandra Amaral; Immanuel M. Bomze. "Nonconvex min–max fractional quadratic problems under quadratic constraints: copositive relaxations". Journal of Global Optimization (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10898-019-00780-3.
    10.1007/s10898-019-00780-3
  4. Paula Amaral; Tiago Cardal Pais. "Compromise ratio with weighting functions in a Tabu Search multi-criteria approach to examination timetabling". Computers & Operations Research 72 (2016): 160-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2016.02.012.
    10.1016/j.cor.2016.02.012
  5. P. Amaral; Immanuel M. Bomze. "Copositivity-based approximations for mixed-integer fractional quadratic optimization". Pacific Journal Of Optimization 11 2(SI) (2015): 225-238. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/8da6a8b3-5337-40a6-8cdb-d15476eaa2aa.
  6. Amaral, P.; Bomze, I.M.; Júdice, J.. "Copositivity and constrained fractional quadratic problems". Mathematical Programming (2013): 1-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879041590&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10107-013-0690-8
  7. P. Amaral. "Managing the tabu list length using a fuzzy inference system: an application to examination timetabling". Annals Of Operations Research 194 1 (2012): 341-363. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/b42419e8-4675-47c3-a2f5-36ba9d7e9e1a.
    10.1007/s10479-011-0867-6.
  8. Pais, T.C.; Amaral, P.. "Managing the tabu list length using a fuzzy inference system: An application to examination timetabling". Annals of Operations Research 194 1 (2012): 341-363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857456448&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10479-011-0867-6
  9. Hendrix, E.M.T.; Casado, L.G.; Amaral, P.. "Global optimization simplex bisection revisited based on considerations by Reiner Horst". Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 7335 LNCS PART 3 (2012): 159-173. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863968757&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/978-3-642-31137-6_12
  10. Amaral, P.; Fernandes, L.M.; Júdice, J.; Sherali, H.D.. "On optimal zero-preserving corrections for inconsistent linear systems". Journal of Global Optimization 45 4 (2009): 645-666. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72249109625&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10898-009-9403-5
  11. Amaral, P.; Júdice, J.; Sherali, H.D.. "A reformulation-linearization-convexification algorithm for optimal correction of an inconsistent system of linear constraints". Computers and Operations Research 35 5 (2008): 1494-1509. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34748902302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cor.2006.08.007
  12. Amaral, P.; Barahona, P.. "A framework for optimal correction of inconsistent linear constraints". Constraints 10 1 (2005): 67-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-14644435057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10601-004-5308-6
  13. Amaral, P.; Barahona, P.. "Connections between the total least squares and the correction of an infeasible system of linear inequalities". Linear Algebra and Its Applications 395 1-3 (2005): 191-210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10444280961&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.laa.2004.08.022