Jose Fernandez Hernandez

José Fernández Hernández is a Full Professor at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Murcia (Spain). His academic career spans over two decades with significant contributions to location science, global optimization, and interval analysis.

• Ph.D. in Mathematics (1999), University of Murcia (Thesis: "Nuevas técnicas para el diseño y resolución de modelos de localización continua")
• Member of Operations Research Group (IOMUR), Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO), and Euro Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA)

Research Interests: Specializing in Location Science where he develops models for optimal facility placement considering transportation costs, market share capture, and customer behavior. His work extends to Global Optimization techniques using interval analysis to solve nonlinear problems with multiple local optima, and Multiobjective Optimization frameworks for balancing conflicting objectives in spatial decision-making.

Article Trends: His publications demonstrate a progression from geometric decomposition methods (2000s) to advanced

• competitive facility location models (2010s)
• parallel evolutionary algorithms (2010-2020)
• MINLP formulations for firm expansion (2015-2024)
• probabilistic consumer choice modeling
• attractiveness adjustment in existing facilities
• Stackelberg games in facility location

Grants & Projects: Over 20 funded projects including

• national grants (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) 1997-2024
• regional projects (Fundación Séneca, Junta de Andalucía) 1998-2022
• international cooperation with Hungary 2002-2006

Coordinating research networks on location analysis and computational methods.

Collaboration: Regularly works with researchers from

• University of Almería
• University of Szeged (Hungary)
• International Federation of Operational Research Societies

with over 50 co-authored publications.