2024
Certificate of appreciation for the dedication and service as member of the Scientific Committee of CLAIO XXII / CSMIO XII, Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research / Conference of the Mexican Society of Operations Research, Guadalajara, Mexico, October 28-November 1, 2024.
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2024
Fellow of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences International Initiative.
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2023
Best Paper Award, Omega International Journal of Management Science, "The discrete $p$-center location problem with upgrading".
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2020
Prize Roger-Charbonneau, awarded by HEC Montréal, Quebec, Canada, to the book, G. Laporte, S. Nickel, F. Saldanha-da-Gama (editors), "Location Science", Springer International Publishing, second edition.
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2017
Prémio Científico Universidade de Lisboa 2017 ― Honorary Mention in the area of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.
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2014
Certificate of appreciation for the dedication and service as member of the Scientific Committee of CLAIO XVII / CSMIO III, Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research / Conference of the Mexican Society of Operations Research, Monterrey, Mexico, 6-10 October, 2014.
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2012
Elsevier "EJOR Top cited article 2007-2011".
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2012
European Federation of the Operational Research Societies (EURO) Best EJOR Review Paper, "Facility Location and Supply Chain Management: A Review".
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1995
Laureate at the Twelfth EURO Summer Institute, Tenerife.