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  1. Special Issue “Sustainable Operations: Advancing Industry Practices for a Greener Future”

    Article • Sustainability, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  2. A Proposal for Selecting a Pareto Solution with Desirable Properties

    Article • Sustainability, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  3. SOLUTIONS REPRODUCIBILITY IN MULTIRESPONSE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS: A NEW DESIRABILITY-BASED OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

    Article • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  4. On the Selection of a Pareto Solution – A Robust Approach

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  5. Multicriteria Optimization of Nanocellulose-Reinforced Polyvinyl Alcohol and Pyrrolidone Hydrogels

    Article • Sustainability, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  6. Desirability-based post-hoc selection of Pareto solutions

    Article • International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  7. Assessing the resilience of optimal solutions in multiobjective problems

    Article • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  8. Process and Product Optimization Using Game Theory

    Article • January 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  9. Bi-Objective Optimization Problems—A Game Theory Perspective to Improve Process and Product

    Article • Sustainability, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  10. Energy Efficiency Estimate in Complex and Large Equipments

    Article • January 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  11. Energy-Efficiency Assessment and Improvement—Experiments and Analysis Methods

    Article • Sustainability, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  12. Design of experiments – overcome hindrances and bad practices

    Article • The TQM Journal, October 2019, Emerald

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  13. Worst-case Responses Estimate Impact on Pareto Front

    Article • DEStech Transactions on Engineering and Technology Research, October 2017, DEStech Publications

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  14. Reproducibility of nondominated solutions

    Article • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  15. Responses’ Prediction Standard Error Analysis in Pareto Solutions

    Article • MATEC Web of Conferences, January 2017, EDP Sciences

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  16. Multiresponse problems: desirability and other optimization approaches

    Article • Journal of Chemometrics, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  17. Using a multiple response optimization approach to optimize the coefficient of performance

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  18. Gaussian Process Model - An Exploratory Study in the Response Surface Methodology

    Article • Quality and Reliability Engineering International, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  19. Applying design of experiments to a compression refrigeration cycle

    Article • Cogent Engineering, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  20. Simulation of real-life situations in multiresponse problems: a contribution to criteria evaluation in the RSM framework

    Article • International Journal of Operational Research, January 2015, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  21. On the generation and selection of solutions to multiple response problems

    Article • International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, January 2015, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  22. Exploring Pareto Frontiers in the Response Surface Methodology

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  23. A comparative study of multiresponse optimization criteria working ability

    Article • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  24. On the selection of significant variables from unreplicated factorial designs

    Article • International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  25. Responses modeling and optimization criteria impact on the optimization of multiple quality characteristics

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  26. OPTIMIZATION OF THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF MULTIPLE RESPONSES

    Article • January 2012, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  27. Multiresponse Optimization and Pareto Frontiers

    Article • Quality and Reliability Engineering International, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  28. Desirability function approach: A review and performance evaluation in adverse conditions

    Article • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  29. Assessing Response’s Bias, Quality of Predictions, and Robustness in Multiresponse Problems

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa, Dr Martin Tanco

  30. Simultaneous Optimization of Mean and Standard Deviation

    Article • Quality Engineering, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  31. Multiple response optimization: a global criterion‐based method

    Article • Journal of Chemometrics, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  32. Multiple response optimisation: methods and results

    Article • International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  33. Experimental design selection: guidelines for practitioners

    Article • International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, January 2009, Inderscience Publishers

    Ms Elisabeth Viles, Dr Martin Tanco, Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  34. Computer experiments: application to the case of a recovery boiler

    Article • International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, January 2009, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  35. Decision-Making in the Analysis of Unreplicated Factorial Designs

    Article • Quality Engineering, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa

  36. Guidelines to help practitioners of design of experiments

    Article • The TQM Journal, July 2006, Emerald

    Dr Nuno Ricardo Costa