Outputs (11)

Optimal planning of biogas production in a set of batch biodigesters (2025)
Journal Article
Barreto, A., Petrovic, S., Soler, E., Florentino, H., & Cherri, A. (2025). Optimal planning of biogas production in a set of batch biodigesters. Renewable Energy Focus, 54, Article 100706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2025.100706

The use of organic wastes from industrial, agro-industrial, and household sources has become an essential strategy for generating renewable and sustainable energy. Organic materials processed in biodigesters offer two major benefits: the production o... Read More about Optimal planning of biogas production in a set of batch biodigesters.

NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations (2024)
Book Chapter
Petrovic, S., Jubaer Islam, K., & Trautrims, A. (2024). NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations. In F. Hamid (Ed.), Optimization Essentials : Theory, Tools, and Applications (721-750). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5491-9_24

Reducing CO2 emissions in transport and logistics is currently a goal of utmost importance in vehicle routing. Environmental awareness has grown in recent years, and organizations are more willing to consider sustainability in their decision-making a... Read More about NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations.

Operational Research: methods and applications (2023)
Journal Article
Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., Battarra, M., Bennell, J. A., Bourjolly, J. M., Boylan, J. E., Breton, M., Canca, D., Charlin, L., Chen, B., Cicek, C. T., Cox, L. A., Currie, C. S. M., Demeulemeester, E., Ding, L., Disney, S. M., …Zhao, X. (2024). Operational Research: methods and applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75(3), 423-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852

Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods, models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This encyclopedic article consists of two main sections: methods and applications. The first summar... Read More about Operational Research: methods and applications.

A Review of Applications of Operational Research in Healthcare Coordination in Disaster Management (2021)
Journal Article
Tippong, D., Petrovic, S., & Akbari, V. (2022). A Review of Applications of Operational Research in Healthcare Coordination in Disaster Management. European Journal of Operational Research, 301(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.10.048

Many disasters that have happened in the last decades, including the latest COVID-19 pandemic, have caused a shortage of healthcare resources and change in healthcare operations. Given these impacts, the Operational Research (OR) community has applie... Read More about A Review of Applications of Operational Research in Healthcare Coordination in Disaster Management.

Mathematical Tool for Choosing the Best Material for Producing Masks (2021)
Journal Article
De Oliveira, H., Petrovic, S., & Cantane, D. R. (2021). Mathematical Tool for Choosing the Best Material for Producing Masks. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 10(2), 1440-1447. https://doi.org/10.21275/SR21224184010

There are specific rules for making professional face masks. Theserules establish quality standards for masks that are used by medicalprofessionals. The quality standards are based on the filtering powerof bacteria and viruses, fluid resistance, brea... Read More about Mathematical Tool for Choosing the Best Material for Producing Masks.

The capacitated directed cycle hub location and routing problem under congestion (2020)
Journal Article
Bütün, C., Petrovic, S., & Muyldermans, L. (2021). The capacitated directed cycle hub location and routing problem under congestion. European Journal of Operational Research, 292(2), 714-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.11.021

This paper deals with hub-and-spoke network design in the liner shipping sector. It introduces a capacitated directed cycle hub location and cargo routing problem under congestion. The problem involves four decisions: location of hub ports; allocatio... Read More about The capacitated directed cycle hub location and routing problem under congestion.

"You have to get wet to learn how to swim" applied to bridging the gap between research into personnel scheduling and its implementation in practice (2017)
Journal Article
Petrovic, S. (2019). "You have to get wet to learn how to swim" applied to bridging the gap between research into personnel scheduling and its implementation in practice. Annals of Operations Research, 275(1), 161–179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2574-4

Personnel scheduling problems have attracted research interests for several decades. They have been considerably changed over time, accommodating a variety of constraints related to legal and organisation requirements, part-time staff, flexible hours... Read More about "You have to get wet to learn how to swim" applied to bridging the gap between research into personnel scheduling and its implementation in practice.

A multi-objective genetic algorithm for optimisation of energy consumption and shop floor production performance (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Dong, H., Lohse, N., & Petrovic, S. (2016). A multi-objective genetic algorithm for optimisation of energy consumption and shop floor production performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 179, 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.06.019

Increasing energy price and requirements to reduce emission are new chal-lenges faced by manufacturing enterprises. A considerable amount of energy is wasted by machines due to their underutilisation. Consequently, energy saving can be achieved by tu... Read More about A multi-objective genetic algorithm for optimisation of energy consumption and shop floor production performance.

A step counting hill climbing algorithm (2016)
Journal Article
Bykov, Y., & Petrovic, S. (2016). A step counting hill climbing algorithm. Journal of Scheduling, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-016-0469-x

This paper presents a new single-parameter local search heuristic named Step Counting Hill Climbing algorithm (SCHC). It is a very simple method in which the current cost serves as an acceptance bound for a number of consecutive steps. This is the on... Read More about A step counting hill climbing algorithm.

Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning (2016)
Journal Article
Petrovic, S., Khussainova, G., & Jagannathan, R. (2016). Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2016.01.006

Objective: Radiotherapy treatment planning aims at delivering a sufficient radiation dose to cancerous tumour cells while sparing healthy organs in the tumour-surrounding area. It is a time-consuming trial-and-error process that requires the expertis... Read More about Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning.