Alex Paranahyba
de Abreu
Optimisation • Production • Logistics
Alex Abreu is an Assistant Professor of Operational Research at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT) of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). He holds a Master's degree in Production Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and is currently pursuing a PhD at the same institution. During his Master's, he completed a research period at the School of Management at the University of Bath (UK). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Production Engineering from UFG. Alex received the Best Master's Dissertation Award from the Brazilian Society of Operational Research (SOBRAPO) in 2026 and the Best Technological Product Award from the National Association of Graduate Programmes and Research in Production Engineering (ANPEPRO) in 2025. He has experience in Operational Research, with a focus on vehicle routing, production planning and scheduling, optimisation under uncertainty, and exact methods.
Assistant Professor of Operational Research
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Visiting Researcher
University of Bath, School of Management
Doctor's degree • Production Engineering / Operational Research
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Morabito. • Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Pedro Munari.
Master's degree • Production Engineering / Operational Research
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
Thesis: The robust pickup and delivery problem with time windows
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Pedro Munari. • Co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Luciano Costa (UFPB)
Best Master's Dissertation Award 2026 - Brazilian Society of Operational Research (SOBRAPO)
Bachelor's degree • Production Engineering
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Aparecida de Goiânia-GO, Brazil.
Final project:
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hélio Yochihiro Fuchigami.
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Best Master's Dissertation Award.
Brazilian Society of Operational Research (SOBRAPO) -
Best Technological Product Award presented at the 10th EPPGEP.
National Association of Graduate Programs and Research in Production Engineering (ANPEPRO). -
Master's Thesis Nominated for the ABEPRO Award 2025.
Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PPGEP-UFSCar). -
Undergraduate Thesis Nominated for the ABEPRO Award 2022.
Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT-UFG).
Routing problems
Scheduling problems
Lot-sizing problems
Optimization under uncertainty
The robust pickup and delivery problem with time windows doi
European Journal of Operational Research
Optimising manufacturing schedules with tailored metrics to reduce unproductive times doi
Production
Performance investigation of metaheuristics for the just-in-time single-machine under different time windows and setup restrictions doi
International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations
Innovative optimization algorithms for large-sized industrial scheduling problems doi
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
An efficiency and robustness analysis of warm-start mathematical models for idle and waiting times optimization in the flow shop doi
Computers & Industrial Engineering