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Silvano Martello

Silvano Martello

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Mathematics
Italy
2026
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Computer Science
Italy
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
64
Citations
25077
World Ranking
2530
National Ranking
43

Mathematics

D-Index
62
Citations
24333
World Ranking
459
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2018 - EURO Gold Medal

Overview

Silvano Martello is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with significant contributions to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their work focuses extensively on optimization problems and mathematical programming, including specialized areas such as:

  • Optimization and Packing Problems
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Optimization and Search Problems
  • Optimization and Mathematical Programming
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Facility Location and Emergency Management

Martello has authored papers published in several prominent venues, such as:

  • Computers & Operations Research
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Annals of Operations Research
  • Journal of Combinatorial Optimization

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Knapsack problems - An overview of recent advances. Part II: Multiple, multidimensional, and quadratic knapsack problems" (2022), published in Computers & Operations Research
  • "Exact solution techniques for two-dimensional cutting and packing" (2020), published in European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Knapsack problems - An overview of recent advances. Part I: Single knapsack problems" (2022), published in Computers & Operations Research
  • "Operational Research: methods and applications" (2023), published in Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • "2DPackLib: a two-dimensional cutting and packing library" (2021), published in Optimization Letters

Frequent collaborators in Martello's research include:

  • Manuel Iori
  • Paolo Toth
  • Yves Crama
  • Michel Grabisch
  • Laura Galli

Martello received the EURO Gold Medal in 2018, an award recognizing contributions in the field of operations research.

Best Publications

  • Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations

    Silvano Martello;Paolo Toth

  • Assignment Problems. Revised reprint.

    Rainer Burkard;Mauro Dell'Amico;Silvano Martello

  • Two-dimensional packing problems: A survey

    Andrea Lodi;Silvano Martello;Michele Monaci

  • The Three-Dimensional Bin Packing Problem

    Silvano Martello;David Pisinger;Daniele Vigo

  • Assignment problems

    Rainer Burkard;Mauro Dell'Amico;Silvano Martello

  • The selective travelling salesman problem

    G. Laporte;S. Martello

  • Dynamic Programming and Strong Bounds for the 0-1 Knapsack Problem

    Silvano Martello;David Pisinger;Paolo Toth

  • Exact Solution of the Two-Dimensional Finite Bon Packing Problem

    Silvano Martello;Daniele Vigo

  • Heuristic and Metaheuristic Approaches for a Class of Two-Dimensional Bin Packing Problems

    Andrea Lodi;Silvano Martello;Daniele Vigo

  • Recent advances on two-dimensional bin packing problems

    Andrea Lodi;Silvano Martello;Daniele Vigo

  • Algorithms for Knapsack Problems

    Silvano Martello;Paolo Toth

  • New trends in exact algorithms for the 0-1 knapsack problem

    Silvano Martello;David Pisinger;Paolo Toth

  • A Tabu Search Algorithm for a Routing and Container Loading Problem

    Michel Gendreau;Manuel Iori;Gilbert Laporte;Silvano Martello

  • An MILP Approach for Short-Term Hydro Scheduling and Unit Commitment With Head-Dependent Reservoir

    A. Borghetti;C. D'Ambrosio;A. Lodi;S. Martello

  • Bin Packing and Cutting Stock Problems: Mathematical Models and Exact Algorithms

    Maxence Delorme;Manuel Iori;Silvano Martello

  • Lower bounds and reduction procedures for the bin packing problem

    S. Martello;P. Toth

  • An Exact Approach to the Strip-Packing Problem

    Silvano Martello;Michele Monaci;Daniele Vigo

  • Bin packing approximation algorithms: Survey and classification

    Edward G. Coffman;János Csirik;Gábor Galambos;Silvano Martello

  • Annotated Bibliographies in Combinatorial Optimization

    Mauro Dell'Amico;Francesco Maffioli;Silvano Martello

  • AN ALGORITHM FOR THE GENERALIZED ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM

    S Martello;Toth P

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Toth
Paolo Toth University of Bologna
Mauro Dell'Amico
Mauro Dell'Amico University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Andrea Lodi
Andrea Lodi Cornell University
Manuel Iori
Manuel Iori University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Michele Monaci
Michele Monaci University of Bologna
Daniele Vigo
Daniele Vigo University of Bologna
Rainer E. Burkard
Rainer E. Burkard Graz University of Technology
Gilbert Laporte
Gilbert Laporte HEC Montréal
Matteo Fischetti
Matteo Fischetti University of Padua
Alberto Borghetti
Alberto Borghetti University of Bologna

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