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  1. A Constructive Heuristic for the Uniform Capacitated Vertex k -center Problem

    Article • ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, August 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado, Julio César Pérez-Sansalvador

  2. An Iterated Greedy Heuristic for a Market Segmentation Problem with Multiple Attributes

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  3. Assessing a Metaheuristic for Large-Scale Commercial Districting

    Article • Cybernetics & Systems, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  4. GRASP with path relinking for commercial districting

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, February 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  5. A novel model for arc territory design: promoting Eulerian districts

    Article • International Transactions in Operational Research, November 2015, Wiley

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  6. Improving the quality of heuristic solutions for the capacitated vertex p-center problem through iterated greedy local search with variable neighborhood descent

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, October 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  7. Optimization problems in natural gas transportation systems: A state-of-the-art review

    Article • Applied Energy, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  8. A dual bounding scheme for a territory design problem

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, April 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  9. A metaheuristic algorithm to solve the selection of transportation channels in supply chain design

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  10. Better districting in commercial firms

    Article • INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, June 2013, INFORMS

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  11. Commercial territory design planning with realignment and disjoint assignment requirements

    Article • Omega, June 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  12. A GRASP for a Multi-depot Multi-commodity Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Heterogeneous Fleet in the Bottled Beverage Industry

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  13. A New Heuristic for the Capacitated Vertex p-Center Problem

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  14. A disjunctive programming model and a rolling horizon algorithm for optimal multiperiod capacity expansion in a multiproduct batch plant

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  15. Preface: Operations research and systems (ALIO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting)

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  16. Commercial Territory Design for a Distribution Firm with New Constructive and Destructive Heuristics

    Article • International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, February 2012, Atlantis Press

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  17. Multiobjective scatter search for a commercial territory design problem

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  18. A decomposition approach for the piece–mold–machine manufacturing problem

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, November 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado, yasmin A rios solis

  19. A bi-objective programming model for designing compact and balanced territories in commercial districting

    Article • Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  20. GRASP strategies for a bi-objective commercial territory design problem

    Article • Journal of Heuristics, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  21. New Models for Commercial Territory Design

    Article • Networks and Spatial Economics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  22. A GRASP with Strategic Oscillation for a Commercial Territory Design Problem with a Routing Budget Constraint

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  23. A supply chain design problem with facility location and bi-objective transportation choices

    Article • Top, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  24. A scatter search based hyper-heuristic for sequencing a mixed-model assembly line

    Article • Journal of Heuristics, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  25. A novel maximum dispersion territory design model arising in the implementation of the WEEE-directive

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, August 2009, Nature

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  26. A reactive GRASP for a commercial territory design problem with multiple balancing requirements

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, March 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  27. Preface

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  28. Improving the operation of pipeline systems on cyclic structures by tabu search

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, January 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  29. Special issue of the Journal of Heuristics on “Heuristic Research: Advances and Applications”

    Article • Journal of Heuristics, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  30. Preface

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  31. A natural gas cash-out problem: A bilevel programming framework and a penalty function method

    Article • Optimization and Engineering, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  32. Efficient operation of natural gas transmission systems: A network-based heuristic for cyclic structures

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  33. Optimal design of gating systems by gradient search methods

    Article • Computational Materials Science, July 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  34. The 10th anniversary special issue

    Article • Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, January 2006, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  35. Discrete bilevel programming: Application to a natural gas cash-out problem

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, October 2005, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  36. Preface

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  37. A Hybrid Meta-heuristic Approach for Natural Gas Pipeline Network Optimization

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  38. Article • Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  39. Article • Annals of Operations Research, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  40. Article • Annals of Operations Research, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  41. Heuristics for Minimum Cost Steady-State Gas Transmission Networks

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  42. Model relaxations for the fuel cost minimization of steady-state gas pipeline networks

    Article • Mathematical and Computer Modelling, January 2000, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  43. A branch-and-bound algorithm for permutation flow shops with sequence-dependent setup times

    Article • IIE Transactions, August 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  44. Article • Journal of Heuristics, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  45. Heuristics for the flow line problem with setup costs

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, October 1998, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  46. Computational experience with a branch-and-cut algorithm for flowshop scheduling with setups

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, May 1998, Elsevier

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado

  47. Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization

    Article • January 1998

    Prof Roger Z Ríos-Mercado