Silvano Martello (born in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian scientist and engineer, and an Emeritus Professor of

Operations Research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

. He is known for his research in

and

Mathematical Programming Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criterion, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfi ...

. In particular, he made significant contributions in the areas of

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and

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problems,

packing problems Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as densely as possible or pack all objects using as few conta ...

, and

vehicle routing The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a combinatorial optimization and integer programming problem which asks "What is the optimal set of routes for a fleet of vehicles to traverse in order to deliver to a given set of customers?" It generalises t ...

. As of 2023, he published 160 peer-reviewed articles and was cited more than 7000 times. He was vice-president of the

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(EURO) from 2014 to 2017, and has been chairman of the

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(ECCO) since 1997. He is editor-in-chief of

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, the joint official journal of the

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, and

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Operations Research Societies. Among his PhD students are Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor

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(

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), and Professor Mauro dell'Amico (

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Education and early career

Martello graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in

Electronic Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

in 1973. He was an assistant and then an associate professor at the University of Bologna from 1980 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he was a full professor of Operations Research and Management Science at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

. Since 1994 he is a full professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna.

Awards

*2012 -

IFORS The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) is an umbrella organization for national operations research societies of over 45 countries from four geographical regions: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and South Americ ...

Distinguished Lecturer. *2018 - Omega (journal) best paper award. *2018 -

EURO Gold Medal The EURO Gold medal of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) is the highest distinction within Operations Research (OR) in Europe. The prize was first awarded to Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann in 1985. The medal is awarded a ...

from the

Books

He is the co-author, with

Paolo Toth Paolo Toth (born 29 December 1941 in Zara, Italy) is an Italian scientist and engineer, and an Emeritus Professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna. He is known for his research in operations research and mathematical programm ...

, of the book ''Knapsack problems: Algorithms and Computer implementations'' (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990). He also co-authored, with

Rainer Burkard Rainer Ernst Burkard (born 28 January 1943, Graz, Austria ) is an Austrian mathematician. His research interests include discrete optimization, graph theory, applied discrete mathematics, and applied number theory.Home page
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