Alberto Santini

About

I am an associate professor of Operational Research and a “Ramon y Cajal” fellow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.

Publications

Santini, A., & Vaze, V. (2026). Integrated Schedule Planning for Regional Airlines Using Column Generation. Accepted, to appear in: Transportation Science.

@article{santini2026airlines,
  title={Integrated Schedule Planning for Regional Airlines Using Column Generation},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Vaze, Vikrant},
  journal={Transportation Science},
  pubstate={toappear},
  year=2026
}

Preprint

Santini, A. (2026). Solving Berth Allocation Problems via Selective Graph Colouring.
- Preprint
- Repository

Cavagnini, R., Santini, A., Schneider, M., & Siddig, M. (2026). Recent Developments in Location Routing Problems: Deterministic multi-period, multi-echelon, and multi-objective problems. European Journal of Operational research, 334 (3), pp. 705-719.

@article{cavagnini2026survey2,
  title={Recent Developments in Location Routing Problems: Deterministic multi-period, multi-echelon, and multi-objective problems},
  author={Cavagnini, Rossana and Santini, Alberto and Schneider, Michael and Siddig, Murwan},
  journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
  volume=334,
  issue=3,
  pages={705--719},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2026.04.001},
  year=2026
}

Cavagnini, R., Santini, A., & Schneider, M. (2026). Recent Developments in Location Routing Problems: Deterministic single-echelon, single-objective, single-period problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 332 (3), pp. 711-729.

@article{cavagnini2026survey,
  title={Recent Developments in Location Routing Problems: Deterministic single-echelon, single-objective, single-period problems},
  author={Cavagnini, Rossana and Santini, Alberto and Schneider, Michael},
  journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
  volume=332,
  issue=3,
  pages={711--729},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.040},
  year=2026
}

Malaguti, E., Paronuzzi, P., & Santini, A. (2026). Algorithms and Complexity Results for the 0–1 Knapsack Problem with Group Fairness. Optimization Letters, 20, pp. 577-594.

@article{malaguti2025kpgf,
  title={Algorithms and Complexity Results for the 0--1 Knapsack Problem with Group Fairness},
  author={Malaguti, Enrico and Paronuzzi, Paolo and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={Optimization Letters},
  volume=20,
  pages={577--594},
  doi={10.1007/s11590-025-02252-y},
  year=2026
}

Delle Donne, D., Santini, A., & Archetti, C. (2025). Integrating Public Transport in Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery: Column Generation Approaches. European Journal of Operational Research, 324 (1), pp. 75-91.

@article{delledonne2025fot,
  title={Integrating Public Transport in Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery: Column Generation Approaches},
  author={{Delle Donne}, Diego and Santini, Alberto and Archetti, Claudia},
  journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
  year=2025,
  volume=324,
  issue=1,
  pages={75--91},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2024.12.047}
}

Mandal, M. P., Santini, A., & Archetti, C. (2025). Tactical workforce sizing and scheduling decisions for last-mile delivery. European Journal of Operational Research, 323 (1), pp. 153-169.

@article{mandal2025stability,
  title={Tactical workforce sizing and scheduling decisions for last-mile delivery},
  author={Mandal, Minakshi Punam and Santini, Alberto and Archetti, Claudia},
  journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
  year=2025,
  volume=323,
  issue=1,
  pages={153--169},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2024.12.006}
}

Santini, A. (2025). Destination selection and flight scheduling for regional airlines at slot-constrained airports. International Transactions in Operational Research, 32 (3), pp. 1400-1421.

@article{santini2025regional,
  title={Destination selection and flight scheduling for regional airlines at slot-constrained airports},
  author={Santini, Alberto},
  journal={International Transactions in Operational Research},
  year=2025,
  volume=32,
  issue=3,
  pages={1400--1421},
  doi={10.1111/itor.13505}
}

Santini, A. & Malaguti, E. (2024). The min-Knapsack problem with compactness constraints and applications in statistics. European Journal of Operational Research, 321 (1), pp. 385-397.

@article{santini2024minknapsack,
  title={The min-Knapsack Problem with Compactness Constraints and Applications in Statistics},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Malaguti, Enrico},
  journal={European Journal of Operational Research},
  year=2024,
  volume=312,
  issue=1,
  pages={385--397},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2023.07.020}
}

Santini, A., Schneider, M., Vidal, T., & Vigo, D. (2023). Decomposition strategies for vehicle routing heuristics. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 35.3, pp. 543-559.

@article{santini2023decomposition,
  title={Decomposition strategies for vehicle routing heuristics},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Schneider, Michael and Vidal, Thibaut and Vigo, Daniele},
  journal={INFORMS Journal on Computing},
  doi={10.1287/ijoc.2023.1288},
  year=2023,
  volume=35,
  number=3,
  pages={543--559}
}

Santini, A. & Archetti, C. (2023). The Hazardous Orienteering Problem. Networks, 81 (2), pp. 235-252.

@article{santini2023hazardous,
  title={The hazardous orienteering problem},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Archetti, Claudia},
  journal={Networks},
  doi={10.1002/net.22129},
  year=2023,
  volume=81,
  issue=2,
  pages={235--252}
}

Delorme, M. & Santini, A. (2022). Energy-efficient automated vertical farms. Omega, 109, Article ID 102611.

@article{delorme2022elevator,
  title={Energy-efficient automated vertical farms},
  author={Delorme, Maxence and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={Omega},
  volume=109,
  doi={10.1016/j.omega.2022.102611},
  year=2022,
  note={{Article ID 102611}}
}

Santini, A., Viana, A., Klimentova, X., & Pedroso, J.P. (2022). The probabilistic travelling salesman problem with crowdsourcing. Computers & Operations Research, 142, Article ID 105722.

@article{santini2022crowd,
  title={The probabilistic {Travelling Salesman Problem} with crowdsourcing},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Viana, Ana and Klimentova, Xenia and Pedroso, João Pedro},
  journal={{Computers \& Operations Research}},
  volume=142,
  doi={10.1016/j.cor.2022.105722},
  year=2022,
  note={{Article ID 105722}}
}

Monaci, M., Pike-Burke, C., & Santini, A. (2022). Exact algorithms for the 0-1 time-bomb knapsack problem. Computers & Operations Research, 145, Article ID 105848.

@article{monaci2022tbkp,
  title={Exact algorithms for the 0--1 time-bomb knapsack problem},
  author={Monaci, Michele and Pike-Burke, Ciara and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={{Computers \& Operations Research}},
  volume=145,
  doi={10.1016/j.cor.2022.105848},
  year=2022,
  note={{Article ID 105848}}
}

Santini, A., Schneider, M., Bartolini, E., & Lemos, V. (2021). The crop growth planning problem in vertical farming. European Journal of Operational Research, 294 (1), pp. 377-390.

@article{santini2021vf,
  title={The crop growth planning problem in vertical farming},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Schneider, Michael and Bartolini, Enrico and Greco de Lemos, Vinicius},
  journal={{European Journal of Operational Research}},
  year=2021,
  volume=294,
  issue=1,
  pages={377--390},
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2021.01.034}
}

Blum, C., Djukanovic, M., Santini, A., Jiang, H., Li, C.M., Manyà, F., & Raidl, G. (2021). Solving common longest subsequence problems via a transformation to the maximum clique problem. Computers & Operations Research, 125, Article ID 105089.

@article{blum2021commonss,
  title={Solving common longest subsequence problems via a transformation to the maximum clique problem},
  author={Blum, Christian and Djukanovic, Marko and Santini, Alberto and Jiang, Hua and Li, Chu-Min and Manyà, Felip and Raidl, Günter},
  journal={{Computers \& Operations Research}},
  volume=125,
  year=2021,
  doi={10.1016/j.cor.2020.105089},
  note={{Article ID 105089}}
}

Santini, A. (2021). Optimising the assignment of swabs and reagents for PCR testing during a viral epidemic. Omega, 102, Article ID 102341.

@article{santini2021covid,
  title={Optimising the assignment of swabs and reagents for PCR testing during a viral epidemic},
  author={Santini, Alberto},
  journal={Omega},
  year=2021,
  volume=102,
  doi={10.1016/j.omega.2020.102341},
  note={{Article ID 102341}}
}

Cornaz, D., Furini, F., Malaguti, E., & Santini, A. (2019). A note on selective line-graphs and partition colorings. Operations Research Letters, 47 (6), pp. 565–568.

@article{cornaz2019selective,
  title={A note on selective line-graphs and partition colorings},
  author={Cornaz, Denis and Furini, Fabio and Malaguti, Enrico and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={{Operations Research Letters}},
  year=2019,
  volume=47,
  issue=6,
  pages={565--568},
  doi={10.1016/j.orl.2019.08.005}
}

Santini, A. (2019). An Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search Algorithm for the Orienteering Problem. Expert Systems with Applications, 123, pp. 154–167.

@article{santini2019op,
  title={An {Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search} algorithm for the {Orienteering Problem}},
  author={Santini, Alberto},
  journal={{Expert Systems with Applications}},
  volume=123,
  year=2019,
  pages={154--167},
  doi={10.1016/j.eswa.2018.12.050}
}

Santini, A., Ropke, S., & Hvattum, L. (2018). A comparison of acceptance criteria for the Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search metaheuristic. Journal of Heuristics, 24 (5), pp. 783–815.

@article{santini2018measuring,
  title={A comparison of acceptance criteria for the {Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search} metaheuristic},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Ropke, Stefan and Hvattum, Lars Magnus},
  journal={{Journal of Heuristics}},
  volume=24,
  issue=5,
  pages={783--815},
  year=2018,
  doi={10.1007/s10732-018-9377-x}
}

Malaguti, E., Martello, S., & Santini, A. (2018). The Traveling Salesman Problem with Pickups, Deliveries, and Draft Limits. Omega, 74, pp. 50–58.

@article{malaguti2018travelling,
  title={The {Traveling Salesman Problem} with Pickups, Deliveries, and Draft Limits},
  author={Malaguti, Enrico and Martello, Silvano and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={{Omega}},
  volume=74,
  pages={50--58},
  year=2018,
  doi={10.1016/j.omega.2017.01.005}
}

Furini, F., Malaguti, E., & Santini, A. (2018). An Exact Algorithm for the Partition Coloring Problem. Computers & Operations Research, 92, pp. 170–181.

@article{furini2018branch,
  title={An Exact Algorithm for the {Partition Coloring Problem}},
  author={Furini, Fabio and Malaguti, Enrico and Santini, Alberto},
  journal={{Computers \& Operations Research}},
  pages={170--181},
  volume=92,
  year=2018,
  doi={10.1016/j.cor.2017.12.019}
}

Santini, A., Ropke, S., & Plum, C. (2017). A branch-and-price approach to the Feeder Network Design Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 264 (2), pp. 607–622.

@article{santini2017feeder,
  title={A branch-and-price approach to the {Feeder Network Design Problem}},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Ropke, Stefan and Plum, Christian E.M.},
  journal={{European Journal of Operational Research}},
  pages={607--622},
  volume=264,
  issue=2,
  year=2017,
  doi={10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.063}
}

Bettinelli, A., Santini, A., & Vigo, D. (2017). A real-time conflict solution algorithm for the Train Rescheduling Problem. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 106, pp. 237–265.

@article{bettinelli2017realtime,
  title={A real-time conflict solution algorithm for the {Train Rescheduling Problem}},
  author={Bettinelli, Andrea and Santini, Alberto and Vigo, Daniele},
  journal={{Transportation Research Part B: Methodological}},
  pages={237--265},
  volume=106,
  year=2017,
  doi={10.1016/j.trb.2017.10.005}
}

Santini, A., Friberg, H., & Ropke, S. (2015). A note on a model for quay crane scheduling with non-crossing constraints. Engineering Optimization, 47 (6), pp. 860–865.

@article{santini2015note,
  title={A note on a model for quay crane scheduling with non-crossing constraints},
  author={Santini, Alberto and Friberg, Henrik Alsing and Ropke, Stefan},
  journal={{Engineering Optimization}},
  volume=47,
  number=6,
  pages={860--865},
  year=2015,
  doi = {10.1080/0305215X.2014.958731}
}

Scientific organisations I founded

EUROYoung, a Forum within the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO).
AIROYoung, the youth branch of the Italian Operational Research Association.

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