Optimization Problems in Supply Chain Management

textabstractMaria Dolores Romero Morales was born on Augustus 5th, 1971, in Sevilla (Spain). She studied Mathematics at University of Sevilla from 1989 to 1994 and specialized in Statistics and Operations Research. She wrote her Master's thesis on Global Optimization in Location Theory under the supervision of Dr. Emilio Carrizosa Priego and Dr. Eduardo Conde S?nchez. During the academic year 1995-1996 she was assistant professor at the department of Mathematics of the Business School, University of C?diz, Spain. From September 1996 to July 2000, she has been research assistant at the department of Decision and Information Sciences of the Faculty of Business Administration, Erasmus University, The Netherlands. During the second semester of the academic year 1997-1998, she was assistant professor at the department of Statistics and Operations Research of the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Sevilla, Spain.