Algoritmi | User | Elsa Silva
Elsa Silva
Elsa Silva
At Algoritmi
Senior Researcher with PhD
Member of the SEOR R&D Group
Academic Degree
PhD
Current Position
Assistant Professor at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Personal Webpage
https://elsmcsilva.wixsite.com/researchPersonal Email
elsa@dps.uminho.ptOrcid
0000-0002-6274-8095Researcher ID
S-3964-2019Ciência ID
941A-BAA8-4A26Google Scholar
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13Publications
34Editorial
0Citations
0Q1 / Q2
17About Me 
Elsa Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Production and Systems Department at the University of Minho (UMinho), where she earned her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2012. She is a researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre / Associated Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LASI) and, since October 2024, she serves as the Coordinator of the Systems Engineering and Operational Research (SEOR) research group. Her research lies in Operations Research and Management Science, with a focus on large-scale combinatorial optimisation, particularly Cutting and Packing problems and their integration with logistics, transportation, and manufacturing planning. Her work develops advanced solution approaches combining mathematical programming and heuristic methods to tackle complex real-world optimisation problems. She has authored 27 articles in leading international journals, including several top-tier publications in Operations Research and Management Science. Her research has received international recognition, including being a finalist for the 2015 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice and receiving the runner-up award for the 2019 Best Paper Prize in International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR). Her survey on the pallet loading problem was also selected as one of the 30 most influential papers published in ITOR over its 30-year history. She has supervised one postdoctoral researcher, two PhD theses, and 18 MSc dissertations, and has served on numerous PhD and MSc examination committees, including international PhD juries in Australia, Belgium, Spain, and Brazil. In recognition of her teaching excellence, she received the Diploma of Pedagogical Merit from UMinho in 2021. She has been approved as Principal Investigator in five competitive research projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and has participated in European and industry-funded research projects. She actively contributes to the scientific community through conference organisation, editorial and reviewing activities, including guest editorship for International Transactions in Operational Research, and service on the jury of the Scientific Prize of the EURO/ROADEF Challenge 2018.
Publications (41)
Multi-compartment tank-truck loading problem with load balance constraints: A mixed integer linear programming model
Applied Mathematical Modelling
2026 | journal-article
Covering with Network Design for Wildfire Promptness
2026 | book-chapter
A 3D printing nesting algorithm with dynamic collision constraints
International Journal of Production Research
2025 | journal-article
A new effective heuristic for the Prisoner Transportation Problem
European Journal of Operational Research
2025 | journal-article
A GRASP-based multi-objective approach for the tuna purse seine fishing fleet routing problem
Computers and Operations Research
2025 | journal-article
Improving warehouse operations: leveraging simulation for efficient layout design and process improvement in a picking by line operation
Procedia Computer Science
2025 | conference-paper
Pallets delivery: Two matheuristics for combined loading and routing
Expert Systems with Applications
2024 | journal-article
An introduction to the two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problem
International Transactions in Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
Cutting and packing problems under uncertainty: literature review and classification framework
International Transactions in Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
Impact of minimum distance constraints on sheet metal waste for plasma cutting
PLOS ONE
2023 | journal-article
Mathematical models for the two-dimensional variable-sized cutting stock problem in the home textile industry
European Journal of Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
The Floating-Cuts model: a general and flexible mixed-integer programming model for non-guillotine and guillotine rectangular cutting problems
Omega (United Kingdom)
2023 | journal-article
The integrated lot-sizing and cutting stock problem under demand uncertainty
International Journal of Production Research
2023 | journal-article
CrossLog: Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2022 | conference-paper
The rectangular two-dimensional strip packing problem real-life practical constraints: A bibliometric overview
Computers and Operations Research
2022 | journal-article
Adaptive Sequence-Based Heuristic for Two-Dimensional Non-guillotine Packing Problems
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2021 | conference-paper
Analysis of the Impact of Physical Internet on the Container Loading Problem
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2021 | conference-paper
Solving the grocery backroom layout problem
International Journal of Production Research
2021 | journal-article
Three-dimensional guillotine cutting problems with constrained patterns: MILP formulations and a bottom-up algorithm
Expert Systems with Applications
2021 | journal-article
RESOURCES FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL (AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL) CUTTING AND PACKING SOLUTION METHODS RESEARCH
16th International Conference Applied Computing
2019 | conference-paper
Data mining based framework to assess solution quality for the rectangular 2D strip-packing problem
Expert Systems with Applications
2019 | journal-article
A new load balance methodology for container loading problem in road transportation
European Journal of Operational Research
2018 | journal-article
Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions
Omega (United Kingdom)
2018 | journal-article
An intercontinental replenishment problem: A hybrid approach
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2018 | conference-paper
Load balance recovery for multi-drop distribution problems: A mixed integer linear programming approach
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
2018 | journal-article
The two-dimensional strip packing problem: What matters?
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2018 | conference-paper
A surveyonheuristics for the two-dimensional rectangular strip packing problem
Pesquisa Operacional
2016 | journal-article
Heuristics for two-dimensional bin-packing problems
Intelligent Systems
2016 | book-chapter
The pallet loading problem: A review of solution methods and computational experiments
International Transactions in Operational Research
2016 | journal-article
Using analytics to enhance a food retailer's shelf-space management
Interfaces
2016 | journal-article
Integrated cutting and production planning: A case study in a home textile manufacturing company
Operations Research and Big Data: IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO)
2015 | book-chapter
The cutting stock problem: A case study in a manufacturer of pet vivaria
Operations Research and Big Data: IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO)
2015 | book-chapter
2DCPackGen: A problem generator for two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problems
European Journal of Operational Research
2014 | journal-article
A hybrid heuristic based on column generation for two- and three- stage bin packing problems
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2014 | conference-paper
Integrating two-dimensional cutting stock and lot-sizing problems
Journal of the Operational Research Society
2014 | journal-article
SOLVING TWO-DIMENSIONAL BIN PACKING PROBLEMS WITH TWO-STAGE GUILLOTINE CUTTING BY COMBINED LOCAL SEARCH HEURISTICS
PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION
2013 | journal-article
Heuristics for Two-Dimensional Bin-Packing Problems
The Industrial Electronics Handbook - Five Volume Set
2011 | book-chapter
Heuristics with stochastic neighborhood structures for two-dimensional bin packing and cutting stock problems
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research
2011 | journal-article
An integer programming model for two- and three-stage two-dimensional cutting stock problems
European Journal of Operational Research
2010 | journal-article
Sequence based heuristics for two-dimensional bin packing problems
Engineering Optimization
2009 | journal-article
Modelos e métodos de otimização para problemas de corte e empacotamento a duas dimensões
| supervised-student-publication
Fundings (7)
Cargo stability analysis in container transportation: a hybrid optimization - heuristics framework
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014- to 2017- | SFRH/BPD/98981/2013
Models and methods for the optimization of two dimensional cutting and packing problems
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008- to 2011- | SFRH/BD/42259/2007
Cargo stability analysis in container transportation: a hybrid optimization - heuristics framework
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014- to 2017- | SFRH/BPD/98981/2013a
Delta C&P - Uncertainty in Cutting and Packing problems: robust planning and optimized replanning in manufacturing and transportation
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018-07 to 2021-07 | FCT - 02/SAICT/2017/029609
Cross Log - Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2019-11 to 2022-10 | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017887
Not Available
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019-01 to 2022-12 | DL 57/2016/CP1452/CT0006
Sustainability in Cutting and Packing Problems: multi-objective optimization of raw material utilization
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2023-03 to 2024-08 | 2022.02767.PTDC
History
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Multi-compartment tank-truck loading problem with load balance constraints: A mixed integer linear programming model
Applied Mathematical Modelling
2026 | journal-article
Covering with Network Design for Wildfire Promptness
2026 | book-chapter
A 3D printing nesting algorithm with dynamic collision constraints
International Journal of Production Research
2025 | journal-article
A new effective heuristic for the Prisoner Transportation Problem
European Journal of Operational Research
2025 | journal-article
A GRASP-based multi-objective approach for the tuna purse seine fishing fleet routing problem
Computers and Operations Research
2025 | journal-article
Improving warehouse operations: leveraging simulation for efficient layout design and process improvement in a picking by line operation
Procedia Computer Science
2025 | conference-paper
Pallets delivery: Two matheuristics for combined loading and routing
Expert Systems with Applications
2024 | journal-article
An introduction to the two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problem
International Transactions in Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
Cutting and packing problems under uncertainty: literature review and classification framework
International Transactions in Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
Impact of minimum distance constraints on sheet metal waste for plasma cutting
PLOS ONE
2023 | journal-article
Mathematical models for the two-dimensional variable-sized cutting stock problem in the home textile industry
European Journal of Operational Research
2023 | journal-article
The Floating-Cuts model: a general and flexible mixed-integer programming model for non-guillotine and guillotine rectangular cutting problems
Omega (United Kingdom)
2023 | journal-article
The integrated lot-sizing and cutting stock problem under demand uncertainty
International Journal of Production Research
2023 | journal-article
CrossLog: Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2022 | conference-paper
The rectangular two-dimensional strip packing problem real-life practical constraints: A bibliometric overview
Computers and Operations Research
2022 | journal-article
Adaptive Sequence-Based Heuristic for Two-Dimensional Non-guillotine Packing Problems
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2021 | conference-paper
Analysis of the Impact of Physical Internet on the Container Loading Problem
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2021 | conference-paper
Solving the grocery backroom layout problem
International Journal of Production Research
2021 | journal-article
Three-dimensional guillotine cutting problems with constrained patterns: MILP formulations and a bottom-up algorithm
Expert Systems with Applications
2021 | journal-article
RESOURCES FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL (AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL) CUTTING AND PACKING SOLUTION METHODS RESEARCH
16th International Conference Applied Computing
2019 | conference-paper
Data mining based framework to assess solution quality for the rectangular 2D strip-packing problem
Expert Systems with Applications
2019 | journal-article
A new load balance methodology for container loading problem in road transportation
European Journal of Operational Research
2018 | journal-article
Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions
Omega (United Kingdom)
2018 | journal-article
An intercontinental replenishment problem: A hybrid approach
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2018 | conference-paper
Load balance recovery for multi-drop distribution problems: A mixed integer linear programming approach
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
2018 | journal-article
The two-dimensional strip packing problem: What matters?
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
2018 | conference-paper
A surveyonheuristics for the two-dimensional rectangular strip packing problem
Pesquisa Operacional
2016 | journal-article
Heuristics for two-dimensional bin-packing problems
Intelligent Systems
2016 | book-chapter
The pallet loading problem: A review of solution methods and computational experiments
International Transactions in Operational Research
2016 | journal-article
Using analytics to enhance a food retailer's shelf-space management
Interfaces
2016 | journal-article
Integrated cutting and production planning: A case study in a home textile manufacturing company
Operations Research and Big Data: IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO)
2015 | book-chapter
The cutting stock problem: A case study in a manufacturer of pet vivaria
Operations Research and Big Data: IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO)
2015 | book-chapter
2DCPackGen: A problem generator for two-dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problems
European Journal of Operational Research
2014 | journal-article
A hybrid heuristic based on column generation for two- and three- stage bin packing problems
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2014 | conference-paper
Integrating two-dimensional cutting stock and lot-sizing problems
Journal of the Operational Research Society
2014 | journal-article
SOLVING TWO-DIMENSIONAL BIN PACKING PROBLEMS WITH TWO-STAGE GUILLOTINE CUTTING BY COMBINED LOCAL SEARCH HEURISTICS
PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION
2013 | journal-article
Heuristics for Two-Dimensional Bin-Packing Problems
The Industrial Electronics Handbook - Five Volume Set
2011 | book-chapter
Heuristics with stochastic neighborhood structures for two-dimensional bin packing and cutting stock problems
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research
2011 | journal-article
An integer programming model for two- and three-stage two-dimensional cutting stock problems
European Journal of Operational Research
2010 | journal-article
Sequence based heuristics for two-dimensional bin packing problems
Engineering Optimization
2009 | journal-article
Modelos e métodos de otimização para problemas de corte e empacotamento a duas dimensões
| supervised-student-publication
Cargo stability analysis in container transportation: a hybrid optimization - heuristics framework
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014- to 2017- | SFRH/BPD/98981/2013
Models and methods for the optimization of two dimensional cutting and packing problems
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008- to 2011- | SFRH/BD/42259/2007
Cargo stability analysis in container transportation: a hybrid optimization - heuristics framework
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014- to 2017- | SFRH/BPD/98981/2013a
Delta C&P - Uncertainty in Cutting and Packing problems: robust planning and optimized replanning in manufacturing and transportation
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018-07 to 2021-07 | FCT - 02/SAICT/2017/029609
Cross Log - Automatic Mixed-Palletizing for Cross-Docking Logistics Centers
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2019-11 to 2022-10 | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017887
Not Available
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019-01 to 2022-12 | DL 57/2016/CP1452/CT0006
Sustainability in Cutting and Packing Problems: multi-objective optimization of raw material utilization
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2023-03 to 2024-08 | 2022.02767.PTDC
| Start | End | Term | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Degree | ||||
| Category | ||||
| Group | SEOR | |||
| Institution | ||||
| S-3964-2019 | ||||
| J-8931-2012 | ||||
| Member Type | ||||
