• [5] MA Urbano Vázquez, AP Anaya Salazar, M Cabrera-Ríos , Resolución de Dos Casos de Calidad Industrial: Estadística y Optimización en la Manufactura, Editorial Académica Española (2012) ISBN 978-3-659-04764-0
• [4] MJ Maldonado-Chan, EM Rivera-Negrón, M Cabrera-Ríos , Aforo Vehicular Automático: Uso de redes neuronales artificiales clasificadoras con base en imágenes electrónicas de tráfico vehicular, Editorial Académica Española (2012) ISBN 978-3-659-01797-1
• [3] YP Lara-Rodríguez, KM Pérez-Pérez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Estudios de Diseño Experimental Estadístico en Ciencia de Materiales: Experiencias en Proyectos Nuevos y en Progreso, Editorial Académica Española (2012) ISBN 978-3-8484-5647-5
• [2] Matilde L. Sánchez, Clara E. Isaza, Mauricio Cabrera Ríos , Identification of Potential Cancer Biomarkers from Microarray Data: A parameter-free novel tool for meta-analysis of microarray databases,VDM Verlag DR Müller,2011, ISBN-13: 978-3-639-36348-7 (Forthcoming)
• [1] Mauricio Cabrera-Rios, Multiple Criteria Optimization Studies in Reactive In-Mold Coating: Polymer processing improvement through data envelopment analysis and nonlinear optimization,VDM Verlag DR Müller,2009, ISBN-13: 978-3639212914

• [1] M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author), A Salazar-Aguilar, MG Villarreal-Marroquín, AP Anaya Salazar, Artificial Neural Networks-based forecasting: an attractive option for Just-in-time Systems, Springer Series on Optimization and its Applications (Editors: Y Rios-Solis, RZ Rios-Mercado), (2011) - Forthcoming

• [46] AM Alvarez, A Berrones, GJ Moreno, J Rodriguez-Sarasty, M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author) , Enhancing the Forecasting and Capacity Planning Capabilities in a Telecommunications Company, Interfaces 43:4 (2013) [digital copy]
• [45] ML Sánchez-Peña, J Pérez-Morales, CE Isaza, C Rodríguez, JM Castro, M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author) , Identification of potential biomarkers from microarray experiments using multiple criteria optimization, Cancer Medicine (2013) DOI: 10.1002/cam4.69 [digital copy]
• [44] S Villarreal, JA Jimenez, T Jin, M Cabrera-Rios Designing a Sustainable and Distributed Generation System for Semiconductor Wafer Fabs, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 99 (2012) 1-11 [digital copy]
• [47] RZ Ríos-Mercado, MA Salazar-Aguilar, M Cabrera-Ríos , Formulaciones y Técnicas Exactas de Solución para el Diseño Óptimo de Territorios Comerciales, Accepted for publication in CienciaUANL (2013) Forthcoming
• [40] M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author) , M Maldonado-Chan, EM Rivera-Negrón, K. Pérez-Pérez, A case study on automatic vehicle tally and classification, Accepted for publication in International Journal of Decision Sciences, 3:1 (2012) 53-64
• [36] SM Rojas-Minjarez, E Niño-Pérez, MG Villarreal-Marroquín, M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author) , Comparación de Dos Estrategias para Utilizar Metamodelos en Optimización via Simulación, Ingenierías 54 (2011) 37-44 [digital copy]
• [37] MG Villarreal-Marroquín, JM Castro, OL Chacón-Mondragón, M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author), Simulation Optimization to aid system improvement in a painting line: a case study, Accepted for publication in European Journal of Industrial Engineering (2011) Forthcoming [digital copy]
• [39] P Díaz-Candelas, ML Sánchez-Peña, CE Isaza, M Cabrera Ríos (Responsible Author), Comparison of Data Envelopment Analysis Models to Identify Potential Cancer Biomarker Genes for Colon Cancer, J Biomol Tech. 2011 October; 22(Supplement): S38.
• [43] MC Acosta Cervantes, MG Villarreal-Marroquín, M Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author),Estudio de validación para la selección de técnicas de pronóstico para series de tiempo mediante redes neuronales artificiales, Ingeniería, Investigación y Tecnología 14:1 (2013) 53-63 [digital copy]
• [41] E. Watts, M.L. Sanchez-Peña, C.E. Isaza, M. Cabrera-Ríos (Responsible Author) Potential colon cancer biomarker search using more than two performance measures in a Multiple Criteria Optimization approach,Accepted for Publication in Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal 31:2 (2012) 59-63 [digital copy]

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• [50] JC Rivera-Nazario, M Cabrera-Ríos , Searching the Experimental Region where a Metamodel Fits Best, Accepted in 2013 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, San Juan, PR, May (2013)
• [48] AB Rodriguez, E Niño, JM Castro, M Suárez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Injection molding process windows considering two conflicting criteria: Simulation results, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exhibition, Houston TX, November (2012)
• [49] YM Méndez-Vázquez, KL Ramírez-Rojas, M Cabrera-Ríos , The search for experimental designs with tens of variables, Accepted in 2013 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, San Juan, PR, May (2013)
• [45] EM Rivera, ZI Irizarry, M Sánchez-Peña, CE Isaza, J Seguel, M Cabrera-Ríos , Consistent Detection of Cancer biomarkers with Linear Models, 2012 SHS Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference, Las Vegas, NV, February (2012)
• [47] MG Villarreal-Marroquin , M Cabrera-Rios Mauricio , JM Castro, A Multiple Criteria Simulation Optimization Methodology Applied to Polymer Processing, The Polymer Processing Society Americas Conference 2012, Niagara Falls, Canada (2012)
• [46] AB Rodriguez-Yanez, MG Villarreal-Marroquin , JM Castro, M Cabrera-Rios Mauricio , Setting Injection Molding Conditions Considering Multiple Conflicting Criteria, The Polymer Processing Society Americas Conference 2012, Niagara Falls, Canada (2012)
• [44] EM Rivera, ZI Irizarry, ML Sánchez-Peña, CE Isaza, J Seguel, M Cabrera-Ríos , Consistent Detection of Cancer biomarkers with Linear Models, 2011 IEEE BIBM The Third International Workshop on Data Mining for Biomarker Discovery, Atlanta GA, November (2011) Forthcoming
• [42] MC Acosta Cervantes, MG Villarreal-Marroquín, OL Chacón-Mondragón, JM Castro, M Cabrera-Ríos , Uso de técnicas de metamodelación en la optimización vía simulación,Proceedings of the 2011 VII Congress of Industrial and Systems Engineering FIME UANL, September (2011)
• [43] MC Acosta Cervantes, MG Villarreal Marroquín, OL Chacón Mondragón, JM Castro, M Cabrera Ríos , Un estudio de metamodelación en optimización via simulación: resultados preliminares, Proceedings of the 2011 9th IEEE International Congress in Technological Innovation and Development, November, Cuernavaca MX (2011)
• [41] MG Villarreal-Marroquín, M Cabrera-Ríos , JM Castro, A Multicriteria Simulation Optimization Method For Injection Molding, Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, December (2011) - Forthcoming

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• [19] J Pérez-Morales, M Pérez-Santiago, E Jaramillo, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Ríos , Data Envelopment Meta-analysis (DEM-A): an approach to identify potential cancer biomarkers from multiple incommensurable microarray experiments, 2012 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition, Phoenix, AZ, October 2012
• [18] KL Ramírez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Beating the curse of dimensionality through manageable experiments: Preliminary Results, 2012 INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, Phoenix, AZ, October 2012
• [17] ZE Hernández-Márquez, NA Blanco-Vicéns, S Urcia-Romero, O Perales-Pérez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Statistical characterization of cobal-zinc ferrite doped with gadolinium ions, 2012 INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, Phoenix, AZ, October 2012
• [15] J Pérez-Morales, J Alvarado-Morales, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Ríos , Identification of Potential Cervix Cancer Biomarkers with Microarray Data: A Comparative Study of Data Envelopment Analysis Models, 2011 SHS Student Paper Competition (2011)
• [14] ZE Hernandez, N Blanco-Vicens, S Urcia-Romero, O Perales-Perez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Statistical Characterization and Optimization of Co-Zn Ferrite Doped with Gd Ions, 2011 SHPE Technical Paper Competition (2011) Forthcoming
• [13] ZE Hernandez, N Blanco-Vicens, S Urcia-Romero, O Perales-Perez, M Cabrera-Ríos , Statistical Characterization and Optimization of Co-Zn Ferrite Doped with Gd Ions, 2011 SHPE Technical Paper Competition (2011) Forthcoming
• [13] AB Rodríguez-Yáñez, JM Castro, M Cabrera-Ríos , Process Windows Considering Two Conflicting Quality Criteria: The Injection Molding Case, 2011 SHPE Technical Paper Competition (2011) Forthcoming3
• [16] M Cabrera-Rios , P Ortiz Bermudez, J Seguel, A Course in Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics at UPRM, Accepted in the 2011 International Conference on Frontiers on Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS 2011) - Forthcoming
• [10] M.G. Villarreal, R. Mulyana, J.M. Castro, A.B. Rodriguez, M. Cabrera-Rios , Development of Process Window in Presence of Multiple Criteria, 2010 SHPE Annual Meeting Student Paper Competition, Cincinnati, OH, October 2010
• [15] E Rivera, ML Sanchez-Peña, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Rios , J Seguel, Linear Models and Biomarker Search with Microarray Data, 2011 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP 2011) - Forthcoming

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• J Alvarado-Morales, J Pérez-Morales, P Díaz-Candelas, ML Sánchez Peña, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Ríos, Data Envelopment Analysis Models to Identify Potential Cancer Biomarker Genes: Cervix Cancer, 2011 HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Conference, Orlando FL, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• J Alvarado-Morales, J Perez-Morales, P Diaz-Candelas, ML Sanchez-Pena, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Rios, Data Envelopment Analysis Models to Identify Potential Cancer Biomarkers Genes: Cervix Cancer, 2012 Industrial, Systems and Engineering Research Conference (2012) Forthcoming
• MG Villarreal-Marroquin,M Cabrera-Ríos, JM Castro, A Multicriteria Simulation Optimization Method: Application to Injection Molding, 2011 HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Conference, Orlando FL, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• EL Lorenzo, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Ríos, Genetic Emergent Behavior: the Cervix Cancer Case, 2011 HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Conference, Orlando FL, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• S Villarreal, G Guzman, JA Jiménez, T Jin, M Cabrera-Ríos, Designing a Reliable and Cost Effective Power System for Wafer Fab using Renewable Energy, 2011 HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Conference, Orlando FL, November (2011)
• AB Rodríguez-Yáñez, JM Castro, M Cabrera-Ríos, Process Window Considering Two Conflicting Quality Criteria: The Injection Molding Case, 2011 SHPE Annual Meeting, Anaheim CA, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• NA Blanco-Vicens, ZE Hernandez-Marquez, S Urcia-Romero, O Perales-Perez, M Cabrera-Ríos, Variational Analysis of Nanoproperties - Preliminary Results, 2011 SHPE Annual Meeting, Anaheim CA, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• RL Miranda-Mendoza, JA Rodriguez, CE Isaza, M Cabrera-Ríos, Cancer Diagnosis Scenarios Using Nonparametric Tools with Microarray Data, 2011 SHPE Annual Meeting, Anaheim CA, November (2011) - Forthcoming
• G Van-Amerongen, M Cabrera-Rios, Where does a Metamodel Fit Best?, 2012 Industrial, Systems and Engineering Research Conference (2012) Forthcoming
• KL Ramirez, Mauricio Cabrera Ríos, Experimental Designs with a Large Number of Variables, 2012 Industrial, Systems and Engineering Research Conference (2012) Forthcoming

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• Lockheed Martin (9,000) 
  

  Lockheed Martin Research Scholars 2013. Student research scholarships for Yaileen Méndez (Designs with tens of variables), Nicole Blanco (Variational Analysis in Nanomaterials), Nicole J Ortiz (Potential Signaling Path in Lung Cancer), Luis Irizarry (Biological insight into Cervix Cancer), Enery Lorenzo (Network-based Meta-analysis of Microarray Databases), Karla Ortiz (Neural-network based prediction of Pareto-efficient solutions), Ástrid Varela (Regression-based estimation in bicriteria optimization problems), Gabriel Cruz (Design of Experiments-based ANN Training), Janet Zierenberg (Algorithms for Multicriteria Optimization) (2012) 

• 2013 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference (4,000) 
  

  Student Travel and Participation Awards for Nicole Blanco-Vicéns (Multiple Criteria Optimization of Nanoproperties), Jean Carlo Rivera (Inverse Metamodeling Problems), Enery Lorenzo (Emergent Genetic Behavior), and Kasandra L. Ramírez (Beating the Curse of Dimensionality with Manageable Experiments)  (2012) 

• Lockheed Martin (5,000) 
  

  Lockheed Martin Research Scholars 2012. Student research scholarships for Kasandra Ramírez (Beating the curse of dimensionality), Nicole Blanco (Variational Analysis in Nanomaterials), Cesar Rivera (Approximation of Materials´Behavior), Giovanni Torres (Multiple Criteria Optimization in Concrete), Zachary Soto (Recycling PET) (2011) 

• 2012 NSF Emerging Researchers National Conference (4,000) 
  

  Student Travel and Participation Awards for Jaileene Pérez-Morales (Microarray Meta-analysis), Jorlys Alvarado-Morales (Optimization models for Gene Selection), Nicole Blanco-Vicéns (Statistical Characterization of Nanoparticles), and César Rivera-Collazo (Approximation of Material Behavior)  (2011) 

• FASEB MARC (5,850) 
  

  Student Conference Registration, Travel and Lodging Award to Zahira Irizarry, Enery Lorenzo and Raisa Miranda to present their research work at 2011 ABRCMS (2011) 

• 2011 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minortiy Students (1,000) 
  

  Student Conference Registration and Lodging Award to Jaileene Pérez-Morales to present her research work at 2011 ABRCMS (2011) 

• 2011 SHPE Annual Meeting (4,000) 
  

  Student Travel & Participation Awards to Berenice Rodríguez-Yáñez, Zaimara Hernandez-Márquez, Nicole Blanco-Vicéns, and Raisa Miranda to participate in the Technical Poster Competition of the 2011 SHPE Annual Conference (Registration, Hotel and 250 for travel) (2011) 

• 2011 PRLSAMP (5,000) 
  

  Undergraduate Research Grants for Jaileene Pérez-Morales (DEA Model Selection for Biomarker Detection), Marilia Pérez-Santiago (Kriging Metamodeling), Enery Lorenzo (Genetic Emergent Behavior), Nicole Blanco (Experimental Design), Zahira Irizarry (Colon Cancer Biomarkers) (2011) 

• 2011 Great Minds in STEM Conference (5,000) 
  

  Travel, Lodging and Registration awards for Finalists in 2011 Technical Poster Competition (2011 HENAAC Great Minds in STEM Conference): Berenice Rodríguez (Multiple Criteria Process Windows), Jorlys Alvarado (Comparison of DEA Models for Gene Detection), Enery Lorenzo (Genetic Emergent Behavior), Saul Villarreal (Renewable Energy), María G Villarreal (Simulation Optimization) (2011) 

• NSF (100,000) 
  

  CREST Partnership Supplement: Partnerships for Computational Enhancement of UPRM Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical and Energy Driven Systems and Application (PI: Dr. M. Suárez, Co-PIs: Dr. Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos, Dr. María C. Curet) (2011) 

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• College of Engineering UPRM (6300) 
  

  Simulation Optimization Applied to Manufacturing (Seed Grant) (2009) 

• [16] Mary Carmen Acosta Cervantes (2011) "Metamodelling in Simulation Optimization Algorithms, In coadvicement with Dr. Óscar Chacón, PISIS, UANL - México"
• [15] Alicia Berenice Rodríguez Yáñez (2011) "Process Windows Considering Two Conflicting Criteria: The Injection Molding Case (In Coadvicement with Dr. Jose M. Castro - The Ohio State University), ININ-UPRM"
• [14] Matilde L. Sanchez Peña (2010) "Identification of Potential Cancer Biomarkers Through Multiple Criteria Optimization using Microarray Data (in coadvicement with Dr. Clara E. Isaza), ININ UPRM"
• [13] Yareni Patricia Lara Rodriguez (2009) "Estudios de Análisis Estadístico en Ciencia de Materiales (En coaseroría con el Dr. Óscar L. Chacón Mondragón (UANL) y en colaboración con los Dres. Óscar Perales y Marcelo Suárez (INGE - UPRM)) (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [11] Lyzett Uribe Mastache (2008) "Un método de Análisis De Microarreglos para el Diagnóstico de Cáncer (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [12] Hugo Alexer Perez Vicente (2008) "Diagnóstico de Cáncer por Análisis de Microarreglos (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [10] Miguel Ángel Urbano Vázquez (2007) "Aplicaciones Ingenieriles de Análisis y Diseño de Experimentos: Ventanas de Proceso y Confiabilidad (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [9] Maria Guadalupe Villarreal Marroquin (2007) "Optimización Aplicada a la Simulación de Sistemas y Procesos de Manufactura (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [8] Velia García Loera (2005) "Caracterización de Defectos y Optimización de Partes hechas por Moldeo por Inyección (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"
• [7] Mauro Jesús Maldonado Chan (2005) "Sistema Automático de Conteo y Clasificación de Flujo Vehicular basado en Secuencias de Video y Redes Neuronales Artificiales (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)"

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• Maria Guadalupe Villarreal Marroquin (2009 PhD) "Simulation Optimization in Polymer Processsing (in Coadvicement with Dr. José M. Castro at The Ohio State University)"

• Gabriel Read (2008 ME) "MODELING THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-DISCRETIONARY VARIABLES"