Research Details

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

• “Planeamento e Gestão de Sistemas Regionais de Saneamento de Águas: Novos Desenvolvimentos” (POCTI / ECM / 39172 / 2001)

• “SOTUR - Strategic Options for Integrating Transportation Innovations and Urban Revitalization” (MIT-Portugal Program)

• “ESAWADI - Utilizing the Ecosystem Services Approach for Water Framework Directive Implementation” (ERAIWRM / 0001 / 2009)

• “Drenaje Urbano y Cambio Climático: Hacia Los Sistemas De Drenaje Urbano Del Futuro” (Universidad de Los Andes – Colciencias / PAVCO)

• “Driving2Driverless" (PTDC / ECI-TRA / 31923 / 2017)

 

PUBLICATIONS

Most relevant papers in scientific journals: 

• Zeferino, J. A., Antunes, A. P., and Cunha, M. C. (2009). “An efficient simulated annealing algorithm for regional wastewater system planning.” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 24(5), 359-370.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2009.00594.x

• Zeferino, J. A., Cunha, M. C., and Antunes, A. P. (2012). “Robust optimization approach to regional wastewater system planning.” Journal of Environmental Management, 109, 113-122.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.05.008

• Zeferino, J. A., Antunes, A. P., and Cunha, M. C. (2014). “Regional wastewater system planning under population dynamics uncertainty.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 140(3), 322–331.

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000334

• Cunha, M. C., Zeferino, J. A., Simões, N. E., and Saldarriaga, J. G. (2016). “Optimal location and sizing of storage units in a drainage system.” Environmental Modelling & Software, 83, 155–166.

DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.05.015

 

Most relevant communications in proceedings of scientific meetings: 

• “Decision support for wastewater systems planning at regional level.” 24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV), Lisboa, Portugal. – (July, 2010)

• “Optimization approach to motorway toll pricing.” 18th EWGT 2015, Delft, Netherlands. – (July, 2015)

• “Optimal Location and Sizing of Stormwater Storage Units: Case Study in Bogotá” 15th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2017), Sheffield, UK. – (September, 2017)

• “Optimal Deployment of Firefighting Aircraft for Wildfire Initial Attack Planning” 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, USA. – (October, 2017)

 

PhD Thesis: 

• Zeferino, J. A. (2012) Optimization models for wastewater systems planning at regional level: deterministic and robust approaches”, PhD Thesis, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.