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Elsa Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Production and Systems Department at the University of Minho. Since 2012, she has held a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Minho. Operations Research and Management Science are her main areas of scientific activity. Her research interests include solving hard and large-scale combinatorial optimization problems in various fields. Elsa Silva has made seminal contributions in the field of Cutting and Packing Problems, developing pioneering algorithms and combining mathematical models with heuristics to solve practical applications that have not been studied realistically in the past. She authored and co-authored +30 peer-reviewed papers. One of the publications was a finalist for the 2015 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, organised by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Another paper was runner-up for the 2019 Best Paper Prize of the International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) in the survey's category and selected as one of the 30 representative and influential papers in the ITOR's history selected by the Editor-in-Chief in the 30th Anniversary Selected Articles Special Issue. Elsa Silva supervised a Post-doc, two PhD Thesis, supervised (and co-) +10 MSc dissertations and mentored three PhD students. Regarding teaching activities, she has more than 10 years of experience and, in 2021, received a Diploma of Recognition of Pedagogical Merit from the School of Engineering at the University of Minho. She was a member of the organising committee of two international conferences and organised three stream sessions on EURO conferences. She has participated in the examination boards of six PhDs (three abroad) and 51 master's degrees (two abroad), written +50 peer reviews for international journals and served on the EURO/ROADEF challenge 2018 scientific committee. She is also a member of the editorial board of the bulletin of the Portuguese Association for Operational Research. She was awarded one PhD student Fellowship from FCT and one Post-doctoral Fellowship from FCT. Elsa Silva participated in preparing 16 applications of R&D projects, 9 of which as Principal Investigator and 5 submitted for funding by international agencies. She has coordinated/collaborated on 13 R&D projects in Business Management and Computer Science. She proposed/ collaborated on 19 R&D projects.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Elsa Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Elsa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
941A-BAA8-4A26
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6274-8095
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=ulpgBgYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
S-3964-2019
Scopus Author Id
55627876509

Email addresses

  • elsa@dps.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Other Engineering and Technologies
Education
Degree Classification
2012/01/16
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e de Sistemas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Modelos e métodos de otimização para problemas de corte e empacotamento a duas dimensões" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2007
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Matemática Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/12 - 2022/12/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2019/01/11 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2014/07/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010/09 - 2010/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Brazil
2007/03/01 - 2007/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/12/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Produção e Sistemas, Portugal
2012/03/15 - 2022/12/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/09/14 - 2012/03/14 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Sustainability in Cutting and Packing Problems: multi-objective optimization of raw material utilization
2022.02767.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02767.PTDC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - 2023/12/02 Cutting Packing problems optimization: a sustainable approach
2022.00459.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Cancelled
2019/01/12 - 2022/12/01 Not Available
DL 57/2016/CP1452/CT0006
10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1452/CT0006
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Elsa Silva. "CrossLog: Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers". 351-365. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-16579-5_24
  2. Ana Rita Ferreira; António G. Ramos; Elsa Silva. "Analysis of the Impact of Physical Internet on the Container Loading Problem". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-87672-2_36
  3. Oliveira, Óscar; Gamboa, Dorabela; Silva, Elsa. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Óscar. "Adaptive Sequence-Based Heuristic for Two-Dimensional Non-guillotine Packing Problems". 95-107. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-85476-8_8
  4. Chan, TM; Alvelos, F; Silva, E; Valério de Carvalho, JM. "Heuristics for two-dimensional bin-packing problems". In Intelligent Systems, edited by Bogdan M. Wilamowski; J. David Irwin. CRC Press, 2016.
    10.1201/b10604-32
  5. Silva, E.; Viães, C.; Oliveira, J.F.; Carravilla, M.A.. "Integrated cutting and production planning: A case study in a home textile manufacturing company". In Operations Research and Big Data. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-24154-8_25
  6. Sousa, C.; Silva, E.; Lopes, M.; Ramos, A.. "The cutting stock problem: A case study in a manufacturer of pet vivaria". In Operations Research and Big Data. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-24154-8_26
  7. Alvelos, F.; Silva, E.; De Carvalho, J.M.V.. "A hybrid heuristic based on column generation for two- and three- stage bin packing problems". In International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications. 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-09129-7_16
  8. Chan, T.K.; Alvelos, F.; Silva, E.; de Carvalho, J.M.V.. "Heuristics for Two-Dimensional Bin-Packing Problems". 2011.
Conference paper
  1. Oliveira, Óscar; Gamboa, Dorabela; Silva, Elsa. "RESOURCES FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL (AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL) CUTTING AND PACKING SOLUTION METHODS RESEARCH". Paper presented in 16th International Conference Applied Computing, Cagliari, 2019.
    Published • 10.33965/ac2019_201912l016
  2. Neuenfeldt Junior, A; Silva, E; Miguel Gomes, AM; Oliveira, JF. "The Two-Dimensional Strip Packing Problem: What Matters?". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71583-4_11
  3. Silva, E; Ramos, AG; Lopes, M; Magalhaes, P; Oliveira, JF. "An Intercontinental Replenishment Problem: A Hybrid Approach". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71583-4_24
Journal article
  1. Igor Granado; Elsa Silva; Maria Antónia Carravilla; José Fernando Oliveira; Leticia Hernando; Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador. "A GRASP-based multi-objective approach for the tuna purse seine fishing fleet routing problem". Computers & Operations Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2024.106891.
    10.1016/j.cor.2024.106891
  2. Silva, E.; Ramos, A.G.; Moura, A.. "Pallets delivery: Two matheuristics for combined loading and routing". Expert Systems with Applications 243 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85179852900&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2023.122893
  3. Elsa Silva; José Fernando Oliveira; Tiago Silveira; Leandro Mundim; Maria Antónia Carravilla. "The Floating-Cuts model: a general and flexible mixed-integer programming model for non-guillotine and guillotine rectangular cutting problems". Omega (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2022.102738.
    10.1016/j.omega.2022.102738
  4. Francescatto, M.; Júnior, A.L.N.; Silva, E.; Furtado, J.C.; Bromberger, D.. "Impact of minimum distance constraints on sheet metal waste for plasma cutting". PLoS ONE 18 9 Septembe (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85172877279&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0292032
  5. Hadj Salem, K.; Silva, E.; Oliveira, J.F.. "Cutting and packing problems under uncertainty: literature review and classification framework". International Transactions in Operational Research 30 6 (2023): 3329-3360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85159899292&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/itor.13318
  6. Eduardo Curcio; Vinícius L. de Lima; Flávio K. Miyazawa; Elsa Silva; Pedro Amorim. "The integrated lot-sizing and cutting stock problem under demand uncertainty". International Journal of Production Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2136279.
    10.1080/00207543.2022.2136279
  7. Óscar Oliveira; Dorabela Gamboa; Elsa Silva. "An introduction to the two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problem". International Transactions in Operational Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13236.
    10.1111/itor.13236
  8. Elsa Silva. "Mathematical Models for the two-dimensional Variable-Sized Cutting Stock Problem in the Home Textile Industry". European Journal of Operational Research (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.018.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.018
  9. Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior; Silva, Elsa; Matheus Francescatto; Carmen Brum Rosa; Julio Siluk. "The rectangular two-dimensional strip packing problem real-life practical constraints: A bibliometric overview". Computers & Operations Research (2021): 105521-105521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105521.
    10.1016/j.cor.2021.105521
  10. Mateus Martin; José F. Oliveira; Silva, Elsa; Reinaldo Morabito; Pedro Munari. "Three-dimensional guillotine cutting problems with constrained patterns: MILP formulations and a bottom-up algorithm". Expert Systems with Applications (2020): 114257-114257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114257.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114257
  11. Pires, Maria; Silva, Elsa; Amorim, Pedro. "Solving the grocery backroom layout problem". International Journal of Production Research (2020): 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2019.1708990.
    10.1080/00207543.2019.1708990
  12. Alvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior; Elsa Silva; A. Miguel Gomes; Carlos Soares; José Fernando Oliveira. "Data mining based framework to assess solution quality for the rectangular 2D strip-packing problem". Expert Systems with Applications 118 (2019): 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.10.006.
    10.1016/j.eswa.2018.10.006
  13. Elsa Silva; António G. Ramos; José F. Oliveira. "Load balance recovery for multi-drop distribution problems: A mixed integer linear programming approach". Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 116 (2018): 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2018.08.001.
    10.1016/j.trb.2018.08.001
  14. Ramos, AG; Silva, E; Oliveira, JF. "A new load balance methodology for container loading problem in road transportation". EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH (2018):
    10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.050
  15. Bianchi Aguiar, T; Silva, Elsa; Carravilla, MA; Oliveira, JF. "Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions". Omega (2018): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048317303699.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.04.002
  16. Bianchi-Aguiar, T.; Silva, E.; Guimarães, L.; Carravilla, M.A.; Oliveira, J.F.; Amaral, J.G.; Liz, J.; Lapela, S.. "Using analytics to enhance a food retailer's shelf-space management". Interfaces 46 5 (2016): 424-444. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991447059&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1287/inte.2016.0859
  17. Oliveira, JF; Neuenfeldt, A; Silva, E; Carravilla, MA. "A surveyonheuristics for the two-dimensional rectangular strip packing problem". Pesquisa Operacional (2016):
    10.1590/0101-7438.2016.036.02.0197
  18. Silva, E.; Oliveira, J.F.; Wäscher, G.. "The pallet loading problem: A review of solution methods and computational experiments". International Transactions in Operational Research 23 1-2 (2016): 147-172. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946492009&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/itor.12099
  19. Silva, E; Alvelos, F; Valerio de Carvalho, JMV. "Integrating two-dimensional cutting stock and lot-sizing problems". JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY (2014): https://www.authenticus.pt/P-008-JTZ.
    10.1057/jors.2013.25
  20. Silva, E.; Oliveira, J.F.; Wäscher, G.. "2DCPackGen: A problem generator for two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problems". European Journal of Operational Research 237 3 (2014): 846-856. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899898495&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2014.02.059
  21. Chan, TM; Alvelos, F; Silva, E; Valerio de Carvalho, JMV. "Solving two-dimensional bin packing problems with two-stage guillotine cutting by combined local search heuristics". PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION (2013): https://www.authenticus.pt/P-006-9BM.
  22. Chan, T.M.; Alvelos, F.; Silva, E.; De Carvalho, J.M.V.. "Heuristics with stochastic neighborhood structures for two-dimensional bin packing and cutting stock problems". Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 28 2 (2011): 255-278. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79954497795&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1142/S0217595911003168
  23. Silva, E.; Alvelos, F.; Valério de Carvalho, J.M.. "An integer programming model for two- and three-stage two-dimensional cutting stock problems". European Journal of Operational Research 205 3 (2010): 699-708. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77649338362&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.039
  24. Alvelos, F.; Chan, T.M.; Vilaça, P.; Gomes, T.; Silva, E.; Valério De Carvalho, J.M.. "Sequence based heuristics for two-dimensional bin packing problems". Engineering Optimization 41 8 (2009): 773-791. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70449569054&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/03052150902835960
Distinctions

Award

2021 Diploma of Recognition of Pedagogical Merit
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 Top5 IO2021 Award
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2019 Honourable Mention in the Isabel Themido Award organized by the Portuguese Association for Operational Research (APDIO) with the paper: " Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions"
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2019 International Transactions in Operational Research Best Paper Prize - Runner up in surveys category with the paper "The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments."
International Transactions in Operational Research, United States
2015 Finalyst of the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice with the work "Using Analytics to Enhance Shelf Space Management in a Food Retailer"
INFORMS, United States

Other distinction

2023 One of the 30 representative and influential papers in the ITOR's history selected by the Editor-in-Chief in the 30th Anniversary Selected Articles Special Issue.
International Transactions in Operational Research, United States
2018 Scientific Employment
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2014 Post-doctoral Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Doctoral Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal