Operations Research and Analytics in Latin America: Proceedings of ASOCIO/IISE Region 16 Joint Conference 2022 (Lecture Notes in Operations Research)

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed research papers presented at the joint IV ASOCIO/XIX IISE Region 16 Conference held in Chia and Bogota, Colombia. The conference was organized by the Universidad de La Sabana’s Research Group on Logistics Systems, in partnership with Chapters #782 (Universidad de La Sabana), #712 (Universidad Sergio Arboleda) and #988 (Universidad de Los Andes) of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The main emphasis of the book is on modelling and solving business-related problems in operations research, and on applying descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics and the management sciences to actual decision-making in organizations. Both theoretical developments and algorithm implementation are presented. A special focus is given to business problems arising in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book is addressed to academics, practitioners, postgraduate students and researchers in operations research, analytics and industrial engineering, as well as to undergraduate students for educational purposes. In particular, the book will appeal to the academic and research community in Latin America and the Caribbean, as it presents projects developed and implemented there. Higher education engineering programs will benefit from the findings and insights shared in the fields of industrial engineering, operations research and analytics, applied mathematics, and computer science and engineering. Committees 6 Preface 9 Contents 12 About the Editors 15 An Overview of Operations Research/Management Science in Latin America 17 1 Introduction 18 2 Review Methodology 19 3 Findings 22 3.1 Top Journals, Papers, Institutions, and Authors 22 3.2 Network Analysis: Co-Autorship, Collaboration and Keywords Co-ocurrence 29 4 Conclusions 33 References 34 Modeling, Optimization, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence 36 Collaborative Versus Non-collaborative Bus School Routing 37 1 Introduction 38 2 Problem Description 39 3 Solution Approach 39 3.1 Non-collaborative Strategy: Baseline Scenario 40 3.2 Collaborative Strategy: Proposed Scenario 41 4 Analysis of Numerical Experiments 43 5 Conclusions and Future Research 44 References 48 Method for Assigning Break Times in Predefined Shifts for Call Center Teleoperators 50 1 Introduction 51 2 Literature Review 53 3 Method 54 4 Results 56 5 Conclusions 59 References 59 Financial Risk Analysis for a Specialized Dairy Farm Project and Impacts of Government Interest Rate Subsidies 61 1 Introduction 62 2 Methods 63 2.1 Simulation Parameterization 63 2.2 Number of Simulations 64 2.3 Output Variables 64 2.4 Sensitivity Analysis 64 3 Case Study Results 64 3.1 Project Description 64 3.2 Financial, Risk and Sensitivity Analysis 68 4 Conclusions 70 5 Recommendations 71 References 71 Brand Positioning Analysis for the Automotive Lubricants Industry Using Perceptual Maps 73 1 Introduction 74 2 Literature Review 75 2.1 Positioning 75 2.2 Perceptual Maps 75 2.3 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 76 3 State of the Art 76 4 Methodology 77 4.1 Study Design and Data Collection 77 4.2 Data Preparation and Preprocessing 77 4.3 Principal Components Generation 78 4.4 Attributes a Brands Plotting 79 4.5 Number of Components 80 5 Results and Discussion 81 5.1 Bogotá 81 5.2 Medellín 82 5.3 Barranquilla 83 5.4 General 83 6 Conclusions and Recommendations 84 References 85 Applications in Production, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management 36 Comparison of Nawaz-Enscore-Ham Algorithm and Local Search Operator in Flowshop Scheduling with Learning Effects 88 1 Introduction 88 2 Problem Description 90 3 Solution Approach 90 3.1 NEH Algorithm 90 3.2 API-LS Operator 92 3.3 NAPI-LS Operator 92 4 Computational Experiments and Analysis of Results 92 5 Conclusions 95 References 96 Methodology for Integrating Variables for a Transdisciplinary Productivity Model 98 1 Introduction 98 2 Stage 1: Compilation of Transdisciplinary Variables for the Productivity Model 99 3 Stage 2: Instruments for Weighting Variables 99 3.1 Instrument Design a Subsection Sample 99 3.2 Results of the Application of the Instruments 102 3.3 Qualitative Results Questionnaire Social and Human Areas 102 3.4 Qualitative Results of the Questionnaire Applied to Businesspeople and Middle and High-Level Employees of Industrial Companies in the Region 103 3.5 Quantitative Results of the Questionnaire Applied to Academics from Universities and IESs 103 4 Stage 3. Correlation of Variables from the Exact Sciences and Complexity 104 4.1 Estimation of the Relevance of Variables from Complexity 104 4.2 Estimation of the Relevance of Exact Variables from the Business Approach 104 4.3 Estimation of the Relevance of Exact Variables from the Academic Approach 105 5 Stage 4. Integration of Variables in the Formulation of a Transdisciplinary Productivity Model 106 5.1 Formulation of the Transdisciplinary Model for Productivity Measurement 106 References 109 Mathematical Models for Scheduling Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) Vehicles at Urban Air Mobility Vertiports 111 1 Introduction 112 2 Problem Description 113 3 Mathematical Models 114 3.1 Vertiport Take-Off Model 114 3.2 Vertiport Landing Problem 116 4 Computational Experiments and Results 118 5 Conclusions and future work 120 References 120 Inter-cities Model Proposal for Potato’s Last Mile Logistics: Case Study in Bogotá, Colombia and Cochabamba, Bolivia 122 1 Introduction 123 2 Literature Review 123 2.1 Distribution Methods for Fragmented Markets 123 2.2 Fresh Food Distribution Models 124 3 Methodology 124 3.1 Data Collection Nano Stores 124 3.2 Data Recollection for Farmers and the Distribution Centers 125 3.3 Mathematical Model 125 4 Numerical Setting 125 5 Mathematical Model 126 6 Results 129 7 Future Research 131 8 Conclusions 132 References 132 Applications in Humanitarian and Health Logistics 36 Road Prioritization for the Reconstruction of an Area Affected by a Disaster 135 1 Introduction 135 2 Problem Description 137 3 Labeled Network 137 4 Computational Experiments 139 4.1 Experiment Settings 140 4.2 Experiment Results 140 5 Conclusions 143 References 143 Heuristic Method for the Emergency Water Delivery Problem with Deprivation Costs 145 1 Introduction 146 1.1 A Subsection Sample 146 2 Problem Description 148 3 Proposed Heuristic Method 150 4 Initial Solution Generation 151 5 Preliminary Results 153 6 Conclusions 153 References 155 A Simulation Approach to Analyze the Operational Response Plans in an Emergency Department Under the COVID-19 Pandemic 157 1 Introduction 158 2 Methodological Framework 159 3 Case Study Description 160 4 Proposal 162 5 Experimentation and Results 162 6 Conclusions 165 References 166 Formulation of a Logistics Roadmap for the Health Sector in Colombia Through a Maturity Model 167 1 Introduction 167 2 Literature Review 168 3 Methods and Procedures 170 4 Results and Discussion 171 5 Conclusions and Future Research 175 References 176 Predicting Medicine Administration Times in the Inpatient Ward Using Data Analytics 177 1 Introduction 178 2 Literature Review 178 3 Problem Statement 179 4 Methodology 179 4.1 Data Collection 180 4.2 Ethical Considerations 180 4.3 Data Analysis 180 5 Results 181 5.1 Waste Quantification 182 5.2 Regression Model 183 6 Conclusions 184 References 185 Modeling Vaccine Allocations in Rural Areas in Central Regions from Colombia 187 1 Introduction 188 2 State of the Art 189 3 Problem Definition 190 4 Procedure 190 4.1 Linear Model 192 5 Results and Analysis 194 6 Conclusions 196 References 198 Sustainability Modeling and Analytics 36 Feasibility Study and Multivariate Analysis of a Sustainable Housing Project 200 1 Introduction 201 2 Problem Description 201 3 Background 202 4 Methodology 202 5 Results 203 5.1 Project Characteristics and Sustainable Parameters 203 5.2 Multivariate Analysis 204 5.3 Financial Evaluation 206 6 Conclusions 207 References 207 Perspectives of Operational Research for Modeling and Analysis of Agricultural Production Systems 210 1 Introduction 211 2 Some Issues on Agricultural Production 212 3 Methodology for Search and Selection of Papers 213 4 Findings 214 4.1 Types of Problems Addressed from Operations Research in Agriculture Production 214 4.2 Descriptive Analysis of Results 215 5 Conclusions, Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research 217 References 219 Informal Recycling of Venezuelan Migrants in Bogotá 222 1 Introduction 222 2 Methodology 223 2.1 Research Design 223 2.2 Instruments 227 3 Results 228 3.1 Surveys 228 3.2 Solution 228 3.3 Risk and Their Mitigation 230 3.4 Resources 231 3.5 Solution Adapted to the Environment 231 4 Conclusions 232 References 232 Author Index 233