Planning

The most important tasks to be accomplished throughout the development of the dissertation are presented below.

1. Literature review on Optimization methods with an emphasis in Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Biased Random Key Genetic Algorithms (BRKGA); (Done)
2. Literature review on the Shelf Space Allocation and related Problems (SSAP); (Done)
3. Full understanding of the case study - a Portuguese supermarket chain; (Done)
4. Study of a SSAP model and its implementation using OPL; (Done)
5. Familiarization with the BRKGA API; (Done)
6. Design and implementation of a BRKGA algorithm to the SSAP; (In progress)
7. Test and validation of the algorithm using case study instances; (In progress)
8. Comparison of the algorithm with the SSAP model and other optimization methods; (In progress)
9. Writing of the dissertation; (In progress)

The calendarization of these tasks is the following:

First Semester

Literature review on Optimization methods with an emphasis in Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Biased Random Key Genetic Algorithms (BRKGA);
Familiarization with the BRKGA API;

Second Semester