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  1. Leveraging Blockchain Integrity Mechanisms and IoT Sensors to Boost Internal Process Efficiency in Logistics Management

    Article • November 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  2. Leveraging Feature Extraction to Perform Time-Efficient Selection for Machine Learning Applications

    Article • Applied Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  3. Sonar-Based Deep Learning in Underwater Robotics: Overview, Robustness, and Challenges

    Article • IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, July 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  4. Enhancing Consumer Insights Through Multimodal Artificial Intelligence and Affective Computing

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Dr. Jose Paulo Marques dos Santos

  5. Navigating the Future of Enterprises: Insights into Digital Transformation, Virtual Reality, and the Metaverse

    Article • June 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Dr. Jose Paulo Marques dos Santos

  6. Optimization strategies in SEI: An analysis of SARIMA and additive Holt-Winters models

    Article • June 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  7. A Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) Approach to Improve Marketing Success

    Article • Informatics, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  8. A Systematic Review on Responsible Multimodal Sentiment Analysis in Marketing Applications

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Dr. Jose Paulo Marques dos Santos

  9. Augmented Reality in Omnichannel Marketing: A Systematic Review in the Retail Sector

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  10. Deep learning for predicting respiratory rate from physiological signals

    Article • Procedia Computer Science, January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  11. Exploring Virtual Reality in Omnichannel Marketing: A Systematic Review

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  12. Healing profiles in patients with a chronic diabetic foot ulcer: An exploratory study with machine learning

    Article • Wound Repair and Regeneration, November 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  13. Analysis of Constructive Heuristics with Cuckoo Search Algorithm, Firefly Algorithm and Simulated Annealing in Scheduling Problems

    Article • August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  14. Windy Energy Production Planning Considering Local Marginal Prices

    Article • July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  15. LSTS Toolchain Framework for Deep Learning Implementation into Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    Article • June 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  16. Roadmap on artificial intelligence and big data techniques for superconductivity

    Article • Superconductor Science and Technology, February 2023, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  17. A Collision Avoidance Method for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on Long Short-Term Memories

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  18. A Novel Approach to the Two-Dimensional Cargo Load Problem

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  19. A Review on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Multiple Sclerosis Evaluation and Diagnosis

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  20. A Review on Dimensionality Reduction for Machine Learning

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  21. Analysing and Modeling Customer Success in Digital Marketing

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  22. The Impact of the Size of the Partition in the Performance of Bat Algorithm

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  23. Real-Time Automatic Wall Detection and Localization based on Side Scan Sonar Images

    Article • September 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  24. Emerging Technologies and Applications for a Smart and Sustainable World

    Article • September 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr JABBAR M.A, Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  25. Preface

    Article • September 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  26. Machine Learning Methods for Signal, Image and Speech Processing

    Article • September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  27. A Novel Approach for Send Time Prediction on Email Marketing

    Article • Applied Sciences, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  28. Artificial intelligence methods for applied superconductivity: material, design, manufacturing, testing, operation, and condition monitoring

    Article • Superconductor Science and Technology, July 2022, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  29. Deep Neural Networks Applied to Stock Market Sentiment Analysis

    Article • Sensors, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  30. A Self-Parametrization Framework for Meta-Heuristics

    Article • Mathematics, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  31. A Review on MOEA and Metaheuristics for Feature-Selection

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  32. A Tool for Air Cargo Planning and Distribution

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  33. Data-Driven Disaster Management in a Smart City

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  34. Deep Learning for Big Data

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  35. Diagnostics of electrochemically exfoliated nanographite by infrared and Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Materials Science, January 2022, Science & Technology

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Prof. Tatyana Petrovna Dyachkova

  36. Remote Monitor System for Alzheimer Disease

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  37. State of the Art of Wind and Power Prediction for Wind Farms

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  38. State of the Art on Advanced Control of Electric Energy Transformation to Hydrogen

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  39. Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis and Optimal Design of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Coupled with Energy Storage

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  40. Deep Learning in Biomedical and Health Informatics

    Article • August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Kannadhasan S

  41. A Novel Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Travelling Salesman Problems

    Article • June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  42. Intelligent Scheduling with Reinforcement Learning

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  43. A Hybrid Metaheuristics Parameter Tuning Approach for Scheduling through Racing and Case-Based Reasoning

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  44. An Intelligent Monitoring System for Assessing Bee Hive Health

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  45. Development of a Reinforcement Learning System to Solve the Job Shop Problem

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  46. Solving the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Reinforcement Learning: A Statistical Analysis

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  47. The Fusion of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud Computing in Health Care

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  48. Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  49. Hybrid Intelligent Systems

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  50. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2018)

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  51. Analysis of lot-sizing methods’ suitability for different manufacturing application scenarios oriented to MRP and JIT/Kanban environments

    Article • November 2019, Associacao Brasileira de Engenharia de Producao - ABEPRO

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  52. Characterizing Parkinson’s Disease from Speech Samples Using Deep Structured Learning

    Article • April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  53. Application of the Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Minimize the makespan on the Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Setup Times

    Article • March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Maria A. C. Rocha, Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  54. A Machine Learning Approach to Contact Databases’ Importation for Spam Prevention

    Article • March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  55. Decision Support Tool for Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  56. Deep Reinforcement Learning as a Job Shop Scheduling Solver: A Literature Review

    Article • March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  57. Ontology-Based Meta-model for Hybrid Collaborative Scheduling

    Article • March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  58. Automatic detection of Parkinson’s disease based on acoustic analysis of speech

    Article • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  59. Model Proposal to Evaluate the Quality of a Production Planning and Control Software in an Industrial Context

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  60. An Industry 4.0 oriented tool for supporting dynamic selection of dispatching rules based on Kano model satisfaction scheduling

    Article • FME Transaction, January 2019, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  61. Preface

    Article • November 2018, British Small Animal Veterinary Association

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  62. The Influence of Problem Specific Neighborhood Structures in Metaheuristics Performance

    Article • Journal of Mathematics, July 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira, Leonilde Varela

  63. A Dynamic Selection of Dispatching Rules Based on the Kano Model Satisfaction Scheduling Tool

    Article • June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  64. A low-cost automatic fall prevention system for inpatients

    Article • March 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  65. Manufacturing Services Classification in a Decentralized Supply Chain Using Text Mining

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  66. Neurodegenerative Diseases Detection Through Voice Analysis

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  67. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2016)

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  68. Evaluation of the Simulated Annealing and the Discrete Artificial Bee Colony in the Weight Tardiness Problem with Taguchi Experiments Parameterization

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  69. Industrial Plant Layout Analyzing Based on SNA

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  70. Metaheuristics Parameter Tuning Using Racing and Case-Based Reasoning in Scheduling Systems

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  71. Specification of an Architecture for Self-organizing Scheduling Systems

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  72. Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  73. Evaluating the effectiveness of Bayesian and Neural Networks for Adaptive Schedulling Systems

    Article • December 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  74. Study on the impact of the NS in the performance of meta-heuristics in the TSP

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  75. Self-Optimizing A Multi-Agent Scheduling System: A Racing Based Approach

    Article • October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  76. User modelling in scheduling system with artificial neural networks

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  77. Racing based approach for Metaheuristics parameter tuning

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  78. Q-learning based hyper-heuristic for scheduling system self-parameterization

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  79. Scheduling single-machine problem oriented by Just-in-Time principles — A case study

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  80. An integer programming approach for balancing and scheduling in extended manufacturing environment

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  81. Scheduling and batching in multi-site flexible flow shop environments

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  82. Selection constructive based hyper-heuristic for dynamic scheduling

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  83. An ordered heuristic for the allocation of resources in unrelated parallel-machines

    Article • International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, January 2015, Growing Science

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  84. A hybrid framework for supporting scheduling in extended manufacturing environments

    Article • December 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  85. Using personas for supporting user modeling on scheduling systems

    Article • December 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  86. An ordered approach to Minimum Completion Time in unrelated parallel-machines for the makespan optimization

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  87. Alternative approaches analysis for scheduling in an Extended Manufacturing Environment

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  88. An architecture for user modeling on Intelligent and Adaptive Scheduling Systems

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  89. Cooperation Mechanism for Distributed resource scheduling through artificial bee colony based self-organized scheduling system

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  90. Manufacturing rush orders rescheduling: a supervised learning approach

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  91. Parallel machines scheduling with fuzzy simulated annealing

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  92. Prototype of an Adaptive Decision Support System for Interactive Scheduling with MetaCognition and User Modeling Experience

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  93. Ordered minimum completion time heuristic for unrelated parallel-machines problems

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  94. Negotiation mechanism for self-organized scheduling system with collective intelligence

    Article • Neurocomputing, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  95. Collaborative Framework for Dynamic Scheduling Supporting in Networked Manufacturing Environments

    Article • International Journal of Web Portals, January 2014, IGI Global

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  96. Learning-Assisted Intelligent Scheduling System

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  97. Towards Scheduling Optimization through Artificial Bee Colony Approach

    Article • August 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Dr. Ajith Abraham, Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  98. Desenvolvimento e avaliação de um interface com o utilizador para um sistema de escalonamento

    Article • RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, June 2013, AISTI

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  99. Self-Optimization module for Scheduling using Case-based Reasoning

    Article • Applied Soft Computing, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  100. Developing Issues for Ant Colony System Based Approach for Scheduling Problems

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Ajith Abraham, Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  101. Tuning Meta-Heuristics Using Multi-agent Learning in a Scheduling System

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Ajith Abraham, Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  102. A User-Centered Interface for Scheduling Problem Definition

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  103. Cooperative Scheduling System with Emergent Swarm Based Behavior

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  104. Editorial A Successful Change From TNN to TNNLS and a Very Successful Year

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  105. Ant Colony System based approach to single machine scheduling problems: Weighted tardiness scheduling problem

    Article • November 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  106. Multi-apprentice learning for meta-heuristics parameter tuning in a Multi Agent Scheduling System

    Article • November 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  107. Conflicts Management in Retail Systems with Self-Regulation

    Article • August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  108. Meta-heuristics Self-Parameterization in a Multi-agent Scheduling System Using Case-Based Reasoning

    Article • August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  109. Negotiation mechanism for self-organized scheduling system

    Article • October 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  110. Self-organization for scheduling in agile manufacturing

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  111. Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  112. Scheduling a Cutting and Treatment Stainless Steel Sheet Line with Self-Management Capabilities

    Article • October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  113. Case-based reasoning for Self-Optimizing behavior

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  114. Meta-heuristics tunning using CBR for dynamic scheduling

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  115. Collective intelligence on dynamic manufacturing scheduling optimization

    Article • September 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  116. Intelligent Bio-Inspired system for manufacturing scheduling under uncertainties

    Article • August 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  117. Self-optimizing through CBR learning

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  118. Self-Optimization for Dynamic Scheduling in Manufacturing Systems

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  119. Inter-Machine Cooperation Mechanism for Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  120. MASDScheGATS - Scheduling System for Dynamic Manufacturing Environmemts

    Article • January 2009, IntechOpen

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  121. A Hybrid Intelligent System for Distributed Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  122. Hybrid Multi-agent System for Cooperative Dynamic Scheduling Through Meta-Heuristics

    Article • October 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  123. Hybrid Multi-agent System for Cooperative Dynamic Scheduling Through Meta-Heuristics

    Article • October 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  124. An Inter-Machine Activity Coordination based Approach for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling

    Article • Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production, December 2001, De Gruyter

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  125. A Genetic Algorithm for the Dynamic Single Machine Scheduling Problem

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  126. Hybrid Meta-Heuristics Based System for Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  127. Hybrid Meta-Heuristics Based System for Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  128. Hybrid Meta-Heuristics Based System for Dynamic Scheduling

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  129. Broker's Direct Cost and Time Variables and Expressions

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  130. Developing a Multi-Agent System for Dynamic Scheduling Trough Aose Perspective

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  131. Resource-oriented scheduling for real world manufacturing systems

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira

  132. A coordination mechanism for real world scheduling problems using genetic algorithms

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ana Maria Madureira