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), Fortaleza, Brazil, led by professor and researcher Anselmo R. Pitombeira Neto. The group is interdisciplinary in nature, with researchers and students in different areas, including: engineering, computer science and applied mathematics.

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

The laboratory's objectives include solving real-world problems, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of production systems, training high-level human resources, and developing applications using algorithms in line with the demands of Industry 4.0.

To develop the projects, knowledge in the areas of mathematical programming, combinatorial optimization, stochastic simulation, machine learning and statistics is required, with strong use of computational tools based on the Python language.