de la Lama Zubiran, Paula (Date of defense: 2021-01-13)
Two-stage stochastic optimization models give rise to very large linear problems (LP). Several approaches have been devised for efficiently solving them, among which are interior-point methods (IPM). ...
Rodríguez Pereira, Jessica (Date of defense: 2018-01-09)
Some of the most common decisions to be taken within a logistic systems at an operational level are related to the design of the vehicle routes. Vehicle Routing Problems and Arc Routing Problems are ...
Baena Mirabete, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
One of the main purposes of National Statistical Agencies (NSAs) is to provide citizens or researchers with a large amount of trustful and high quality statistical information. NSAs must guarantee that ...
Rebillas Loredo, Victoria (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
In real-world logistic operations there are a lot of situations that can be exploited to get better operational strategies. It is important to study these new alternatives, because they can represent ...
Huerta Muñoz, Diana Lucia (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)
In this thesis the Flexible Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem is introduced and studied. In this problem a carrier must establish a distribution plan to serve a given set of customers over a planning ...
Casanellas, Glòria (Date of defense: 2020-03-05)
This work is the result of an Industrial Doctorate developed through a partnership agreement between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the company Horizons Optical. This thesis solves the ...
Masip Tresserra, Jaume (Date of defense: 2017-11-13)
The overarching research goal of this dissertation is to make theoretical and empirical contributions on the link between the polycentric spatial organization of agglomeration in metropolitan areas and ...
Ros Roca, Xavier (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
During the last decades, urban mobility has become the main concern for city councils and transportation operators. The main problem is the traffic congestion that easily appears in urban networks, ...
Gómez-Mateu, Moisés (Date of defense: 2016-06-30)
The conclusions from randomized clinical trials (RCT) rely on the primary endpoint (PE), which is chosen at the design stage of the study; thus, it is of utmost importance to select it appropriately. ...
Parra, Xileidys (Date of defense: 2018-05-10)
The strong, progressive interaction between decision-making processes (DMP) and information technologies has led to breakthroughs in how business is conducted. These developments represent the advent ...