
Beatriz Brito Oliveira
Senior Researcher
I am an Assistant Professor at FEUP (Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto) and a researcher at INESC TEC, and I obtained my PhD in Engineering and Industrial Management in 2018. My main field of research is Operations Research and Management Science. Within this scientific area, the application area I am studying is fleet management and pricing (and their integration) in shared mobility systems, especially in the car rental and car sharing businesses. From the techniques viewpoint, I have been focusing on optimization, mathematical programming and metaheuristics, as well as other hybrid approaches. I am generally interested in quantitative methods to support real-world decisions in a time- and cost-effective manner, with a special focus on hybridization techniques, especially those considering uncertainty issues.
Publications
A stochastic programming approach to the cutting stock problem with usable leftovers
Cherri, AC;Cherri, LH;Oliveira, BB;Oliveira, JF;Carravilla, MA;
2023
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
First-mile logistics parcel pickup: Vehicle routing with packing constraints under disruption
Gimenez Palacios, I;Parreno, F;Alvarez Valdes, R;Paquay, C;Oliveira, BB;Carravilla, MA;Olivera, JF;
2022
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
Pricing for Internet Sales Channels in Car Rentals
Oliveira, BB;Carravilla, MA;Oliveira, JF;Raicar, P;Acácio, D;Ferreira, J;Araújo, P;
2015
Studies in Big Data
A C plus plus application programming interface for co-evolutionary biased random-key genetic algorithms for solution and scenario generation
Oliveira, BB;Carravilla, MA;Oliveira, JF;Resende, MGC;
2022
OPTIMIZATION METHODS & SOFTWARE
Supervised Theses
Understanding demand and pricing behaviour in the car rental business
Sara Isabel Serra Costa
M - 2019
UP-FEUP
Problemas de corte de peças com incerteza na qualidade da matéria-prima - uma abordagem com algoritmos genéticos
Inês Pinto Coimbra Queirós
M - 2019
UP-FEUP
A Decision Support System for Online Pricing and Fleet Management in Car Rental Companies
José Pedro Leitão Leal da Silva
M - 2018
UP-FEUP
An integrated decision-support framework towards incorporating practical pricing decisions into carsharing systems
Masoud Golalikhani
D - 2020
UP-FEUP
