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Ernesto G. Birgin is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. The scholar's research spans across several interconnected fields with a strong focus on engineering, mathematics, and computer science. Their work integrates numerical analysis, industrial and manufacturing engineering, computational mechanics, computational theory and mathematics, as well as computer graphics and computer-aided design.

Their research output is distributed over various topics, primarily in advanced optimization algorithms research, advanced manufacturing and logistics optimization, scheduling and optimization algorithms, sparse and compressive sensing techniques, computational geometry and mesh generation, iterative methods for nonlinear equations, and optimization and variational analysis.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Ernesto G. Birgin include:

  • "Mixed Integer linear programming and constraint programming models for the online printing shop scheduling problem" (2020), published in Computers & Operations Research
  • "Complexity and performance of an Augmented Lagrangian algorithm" (2020), published in Optimization methods & software
  • "Metaheuristics for the online printing shop scheduling problem" (2021), published in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "A Shape-Newton Approach to the Problem of Covering with Identical Balls" (2022), published in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • "A Shape Optimization Approach to the Problem of Covering a Two-Dimensional Region with Minimum-Radius Identical Balls" (2021), published in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Ernesto G. Birgin collaborates frequently with multiple co-authors, including J. M. Martínez, Débora P. Ronconi, Antoine Laurain, D. S. Marcondes, and Kennedy Araujo.

The scholar's works are regularly published in several academic venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Computational Optimization and Applications, Optimization methods & software, Anais do Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional, and SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing.

Best Publications

  • PACKMOL: a package for building initial configurations for molecular dynamics simulations.

    Leandro Martínez;Ricardo Andrade;Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez

  • Nonmonotone Spectral Projected Gradient Methods on Convex Sets

    Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez;Marcos Raydan

  • On Augmented Lagrangian Methods with General Lower-Level Constraints

    R. Andreani;E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martínez;M. L. Schuverdt

  • Practical Augmented Lagrangian Methods for Constrained Optimization

    Ernesto G. Birgin;Jos Mario Martnez

  • A Spectral Conjugate Gradient Method for Unconstrained Optimization

    E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martínez

  • Algorithm 813: SPG—Software for Convex-Constrained Optimization

    Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez;Marcos Raydan

  • Estimation of the Optical Constants and the Thickness of Thin Films Using Unconstrained Optimization

    Ernesto G Birgin;Ivan Chambouleyron;José Mario Martínez

  • Augmented Lagrangian methods under the constant positive linear dependence constraint qualification

    R. Andreani;E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martínez;M. L. Schuverdt

  • Large-Scale Active-Set Box-Constrained Optimization Method with Spectral Projected Gradients

    Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez

  • Inexact spectral projected gradient methods on convex sets

    Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez;Marcos Raydan

  • Spectral Projected Gradient Methods: Review and Perspectives

    Ernesto G. Birgin;Jose Mario Martínez;Marcos Raydan

  • Worst-case evaluation complexity for unconstrained nonlinear optimization using high-order regularized models

    E. G. Birgin;J. L. Gardenghi;J. M. Martínez;S. A. Santos

  • Optimizing the packing of cylinders into a rectangular container: A nonlinear approach

    Ernesto G. Birgin;José Mario Martínez;Débora P. Ronconi

  • Improving ultimate convergence of an augmented Lagrangian method

    E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martínez

  • Numerical Comparison of Augmented Lagrangian Algorithms for Nonconvex Problems

    E. G. Birgin;R. A. Castillo;J. M. Martínez

  • Global minimization using an Augmented Lagrangian method with variable lower-level constraints

    E. G. Birgin;C. A. Floudas;J. M. Martínez

  • Minimizing the object dimensions in circle and sphere packing problems

    E. G. Birgin;F. N. C. Sobral

  • Determination of thickness and optical constants of amorphous silicon films from transmittance data

    M. Mulato;I. Chambouleyron;E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martı́nez

  • New and improved results for packing identical unitary radius circles within triangles, rectangles and strips

    Ernesto G. Birgin;Jan M. Gentil

  • A MILP model for an extended version of the Flexible Job Shop Problem

    Ernesto Julian Goldberg Birgin;Paulo Feofiloff;Cristina Gomes Fernandes;Everton Luiz de Melo

  • Optical constants and thickness determination of very thin amorphous semiconductor films

    I. Chambouleyron;S. D. Ventura;E. G. Birgin;J. M. Martínez

Frequent Co-Authors

José Mario Martínez
José Mario Martínez State University of Campinas
Reinaldo Morabito
Reinaldo Morabito Federal University of São Carlos
Christodoulos A. Floudas
Christodoulos A. Floudas Texas A&M University
Mauricio G. C. Resende
Mauricio G. C. Resende University of Washington

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