The OPL Lab studies the application of advanced computational methods to the solution of logistic problems in industry.

About us

The OPL - Operational Research in Production and Logistics - is a research group and laboratory affiliated with the Industrial Engineering Department at Federal University of Ceará - UFC led by principal investigators Anselmo R. Pitombeira Neto and Bruno A. Prata.

The laboratory carries out research projects with an emphasis on mathematical modeling and computational analysis of production, logistics and transportation problems, using mathematical optimization, stochastic simulation, machine learning and data science.

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Research areas

Mathematical optimization

Stochastic simulation

Machine learning and data science

People

Principal Investigators

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Anselmo R. Pitombeira Neto

Associate Professor

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Bruno A. Prata

Associate Professor

Graduate Students

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Éden M. Santos

Optimization in Construction

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Paulo R.G. Sucupira Jr

Machine learning

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Massimo P. Antonioli

Combinatorial Optimization

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Vitória I.T. Mendonça

Approximate dynamic programming

Undergraduate Students

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J. Candido Brito Neto

Industrial Engineering

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Helano P. Santos

Industrial Mathematics

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Ícaro S. Rodrigues

Industrial Mathematics

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Michael B. Chaves

Industrial Engineering

Collaborators

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Jose M. Framinan

Industrial Management Research Group, University of Seville

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Tibérius O. Bonates

Applied Math/UFC

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Luis E. Carvalho

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University

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Jorge M. Pinho de Sousa

Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidade do Porto

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Marcelo S. Nagano

Operations Research, University of São Paulo

Alumni

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Arthur H. F. Murta

Reinforcement learning

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Levi R. Abreu

PhD Candidate in Industrial Engineering

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Claudemir Woche V. C.

Industrial Mathematics

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Gustavo A. Rolim

PhD Candidate in Industrial Engineering

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F.C.C. Moraes Júnior

Industrial Mathematics

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Rodrigo F. Meneses

Industrial Mathematics

Contact

  • opl.depro@gmail.com
  • Bloco 735, Centro de Tecnologia, Campus do Pici, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE Brasil 60.440-900