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Personal profile
Research interests
My research focuses on developing innovative exact and metaheuristic algorithms for real world applications, including but not limited to vehicle routing problems, scheduling problems, disaster relief management, and maritime logistics.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
I am looking forward to supervise new doctoral researchers in the field of Operational Research. Candidates should have a quantitative background, some computer programming skills and be hard-working.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Operational Research, Doctor of Engineering, Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for Rich Vehicle Routing Variants, Università di Bologna
1 Oct 2007 → 30 Mar 2010
Award Date: 30 Mar 2010
Industrial Engineering, Master of Engineering, Heuristic algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem, Università di Bologna
1 Sept 2000 → 19 Dec 2005
Award Date: 19 Dec 2005
Keywords
- optimisation
- routing
- scheduling
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition
Newnes, L. (PI), Battarra, M. (CoI), Larkin, C. (CoI), McManus, M. (CoI), Meng, M. (CoI), Shepherd, P. (CoI) & Lattanzio, S. (Researcher CoI)
1/02/25 → 31/01/30
Project: Research council
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RO funding - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (FAPESP SPRINT)
Battarra, M. (PI) & Munari, P. (PI)
Project: Research-related funding
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UKRI, APP46540: People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition
Battarra, M. (CoPI)
Project: Research council
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Made Smarter Innovation - People-Led Digitalisation
Newnes, L. (PI), Barzotto, M. (CoI), Battarra, M. (CoI), Brace, C. (CoI), Branicki, L. (CoI), Burke, R. (CoI), Davidson, M. (CoI), Dhokia, V. (CoI), Fai, F. (CoI), Flynn, J. (CoI), Giannikas, V. (CoI), Hintermair, U. (CoI), Larkin, C. (CoI), Lattanzio, S. (CoI), Loukaides, E. (CoI), McManus, M. (CoI), Pearce, N. (CoI), Shepherd, P. (CoI), Shokrani Chaharsooghi, A. (CoI), Tomlinson, P. (CoI), Zhang, N. (CoI), Atashikhoei, A. (Researcher), Carey, E. (Researcher), Garcia Lazaro, A. (Researcher), Kilic Ararat, B. (Researcher) & Lattanzio, S. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/09/21 → 28/02/25
Project: Research council
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Beneficiary appointment and delivery planning in a conflict setting
Balcik, B., Battarra, M., Çelik, M., Khoury, B. & Subramanian, A., 13 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Decision Sciences. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-identical parallel machines batch processing problem to minimize the makespan: Models and algorithms
Beldar, P., Battarra, M. & Laporte, G., 31 Aug 2024, In: Computers and Operations Research. 168, 106708.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (SciVal) -
Operational Research: methods and applications
Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., Battarra, M., Bennell, J. A., Bourjolly, J.-M., Boylan, J. E., Breton, M., Canca, D., Charlin, L., Chen, B., Cicek, C. T., Jr, L. A. C., Currie, C. S. M., Demeulemeester, E., Ding, L. & Disney, S. M. & 62 others, , Mar 2024, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75, 3, p. 423-617 195 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access26 Citations (SciVal) -
The maximum length car sequencing problem
Pontes, L., Costa Neves, C. V., subramanian, A. & Battarra, M., 16 Jul 2024, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 316, 2, p. 707-717 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Wildfire Suppression Problem: coordination of the fire fighting resources
Avci, M., Avci, M., Erdoğan, G. & Battarra, M., 3 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Prizes
Activities
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PhD external examiner, NTNU Norway, Joergen Skalnes
Battarra, M. (Examiner)
Aug 2024Activity: External examination and supervision › External examination
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Production and Operations Management (Journal)
Battarra, M. (Peer reviewer)
2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Publication peer review
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European Journal of Operational Research (Journal)
Battarra, M. (Peer reviewer)
Oct 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Publication peer review
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Verolog
Battarra, M. (Speaker)
2024 → 2027Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Major conference organising role
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Journal of the Operational Research Society (Journal)
Battarra, M. (Peer reviewer)
Dec 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Publication peer review