Teacher
Ricardo J. G. Mateus

Resume

PhD researcher and analytics consultant with a passion for model-based decision-making using: - descriptive analytics, such as business intelligence, data mining, problem structuring, system analysis, performance measurement, behavioral sciences, or nudging; -predictive analytics, such as statistics, machine learning, data science, artificial intelligence, causal inference, simulation, system dynamics, decision trees, forecasting, prediction, regression, and risk analysis; - prescriptive analytics, such as optimization and planning, multicriteria analysis and evaluation, portfolio optimization and resource allocation, negotiation analysis, project management, game theory, scheduling, pricing, meta-heuristics, and constraint programming. More than two hundred consultancy projects and works delivered to top-tier organizations worldwide, including Johnson&Johnson, European Commission, Syngenta, Novartis, BathCo, Portuguese State, GALP, Infraestruturas de Portugal, SILOPOR, Águas de Portugal, EPAL, REN, IPE, EPUL, Metro de Lisboa, Metro do Porto, AMB3E, and several Central, Regional, and Local Governments. Broad area of applications and industries, particularly procurement & purchasing, supply chain & logistics, sustainability & ecosystem services, energy, health, defense, and government. Sound knowledge and experience using a wide range of analytical tools, including programming (C++, Python, FORTRAN, VB, VBA), web (HTML, JavaScript, Node.js, ASP, PHP), databases (MongoDB, SQL Server, Access, MySQL, QGIS), optimization (OpenSolver, AIMMS, GAMS, CPLEX, IBM OPL, SolverStudio, MiniZinc), statistics and data science (R, WEKA, Azure, SAS, SPSS), multicriteria evaluation (M-MACBETH, Hiview, VISA, Equity), and simulation (Anylogic, InsightMaker, Vensim, STELLA, Risk). Several publications in high-impact scientific journals and international conferences. Specialties: Analytics, Operations Research, Decision theory, Data Science, Multicriteria Analysis, Procurement & Auctions, Forest Management

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Engenharia e Gestão Industrial
• Doutoramento
  Engenharia e Gestão
• Mestrado
  Investigação Operacional e Engenharia de Sistemas

Publicações

Journal article

• 2022-12-12, Automatic Risk Assessment for an Industrial Asset Using Unsupervised and Supervised Learning, Energies
• 2022-08-29, Comparison of Different Features and Neural Networks for Predicting Industrial Paper Press Condition, Energies
• 2022, Short and long forecast to implement predictive maintenance in a pulp industry, Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc
• 2017-05-26, Supporting Multicriteria Group Decisions with MACBETH Tools: Selection of Sustainable Brownfield Redevelopment Actions, Group Decision and Negotiation
• 2017, Multi-criteria evaluation of the fragility of territory to forestry activities: Environmental zoning in the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Avaliação multicritério da fragilidade do território no Brasil. A silvicultura no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Finisterra
• 2013, A decision support system for a multi stakeholder's decision process in a Portuguese National Forest, Forest Systems
• 2010, Full disclosure of tender evaluation models: Background and application in Portuguese public procurement, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
• 2008, Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA): Central Porto high-speed railway station, European Journal of Operational Research
• 2002-06-26, Optimal Design and Layout of Industrial Facilities:¿ An Application to Multipurpose Batch Plants, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 2002, Optimal design and layout of industrial facilities: A simultaneous approach, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
• 2002, Optimal 3D layout of industrial facilities, International Journal of Production Research
• 2001, Optimal two-dimensional layout of industrial facilities, International Journal of Production Research

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2017, Combining multicriteria value measurement with mathematical programming for modeling complex decisions
• 2000-12, Optimisation of the Facility Layout Problem

Book

• 2023, Prediction of Sensor Values in Paper Pulp Industry Using Neural Networks, Rodrigues, J.A.; Farinha, J.T.; Cardoso, A.M.; Mendes, M.; Mateus, R.

Book chapter

• 2024, Sustainable Transport: A Systematic Literature Review
• 2024, Improving Regulations for Automated Design Checking Through Decision Analysis Good Practices: A Conceptual Application to the Construction Sector, Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing bridges for more sustainable manufacturing systems Proceedings, 1
• 2017, Common critical mistakes in evaluations with multiple criteria, Estudos de Homenagem ao Professor José Amado da Silva, Sílabas e Desafios
• 2014, Afetação multicritério de recursos a portefólios de atividades da REFER, Investigação Operacional em Ação – Casos de Aplicação, Coimbra University Press

Newsletter article

• 2018-12, O Sócio n.º... 897, Boletim informativo da APDIO

Online resource

• 2016, Demystifying Economic Valuation Paper, https://valuing-nature.net/demystifying-economic-valuation-paper

Conference paper

• Simultaneous design and layout of batch processing facilities, 5th International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design (FOCAPD’99)
• Optimal Facility Layout: A generic approach to process plants, 2nd IFAC/IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management and Control of Production and Logistics 2000: MCPL 2000
• Cloud based voice solution: Improving the efficiency and quality of warehouse’s operations, International Conference Mathematics 2nd Experiment@ (EXP.AT’13)
• 2022, Automatização parcial da verificação regulamentar de projetos de edificação para efeitos de licenciamento municipal urbanístico: proposta, implementação e aplicação piloto, 4º Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling, ptBIM

Conference abstract

• 2023, Economic Optimization of the Inspection Period for Sensors with Hidden Failures: A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach , 6th European Conference on Industrial Engineering & Operations Management
• 2022, Construção do Índice de Privação Múltipla da Cidade de Lisboa: Metodologia e Resultados, 9.º Encontro Nacional de Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (ENEGI 2022), ISEP, Porto, 29-30 Setembro 2022
• 2006, Metodologia para a redução e controlo de perdas de água: Perdas económicas, Conferência Nacional da Água – Expo Água 2006
• 2006, Metodologia multicritério para a elaboração de planos de investimento, 12.º Congresso de Investigação Operacional (IO 2006)
• 2000, Optimização do layout de instalações fabris, 9.º Congresso de Investigação Operacional (IO’2000)

Conference poster

• 2015, Integrating MCDA and mathematical programming in forest management planning, PhD Open Days, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
• 2013, Sistema de identificação de oportunidades de permuta de terrenos florestais entre proprietários privados e de assistência técnica à sua consecução, 7.º Congresso Florestal Nacional, Vila Real/Bragança, 2013