Field of study / Research area
529 - Engineering (others)

Level
Master + PhD

Name of the Programme
PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Website (URL) of the Programme
https://www.dps.uminho.pt/en/doctoral-program-in-industrial-and-systems-engineering/

Name of the offer / activity
Routing Problems and Logistics Optimisation

Brief description of the activities to be carried out
1. Review of classical and recent developments in vehicle routing problems, including capacitated VRP, multi-depot VRP, green routing, inventory routing, production routing, and bilevel routing problems.
2. Development of optimisation models for routing problems arising in logistics, distribution, supply chains, and urban mobility. Particular attention will be given to exact formulations, decomposition approaches, and realistic operational constraints.
3. Implementation and testing of solution methods, including exact algorithms, matheuristics, decomposition methods, or metaheuristics.
4. Study of routing applications in sectors such as distribution logistics, healthcare, waste collection, last-mile delivery, production-distribution systems, or sustainable transportation. The work may include the evaluation of cost, service level, environmental impact, and operational efficiency indicators.

Working language(s)
Portuguese, English

Host University
University of Minho

University Department / Unit
Centro ALGORITMI

Duration in months
6

Comments on duration
The duration and specific dates can be adjusted depending on the profile of the trainee and the activities to be carried out. The final topic may be defined according to the student’s background and research interests.

Starting
September 2026

Ending
February 2027

Academic responsible for the offer
Telmo Pinto
telmo@dps.uminho.pt