Given any mathematical optimization problem, which could arise either in the context of theoretical studies or from real-world specific management issues, the project aims at modelling it appropriately, at recognizing its structural and combinatorial properties and the corresponding complexity class and at providing effective solutions methods. Some more recent and specific research themes are collected below:

--Algorithm and Computational Complexity.

--Graph Theory, Networks and Combinatorial Structures.

--Global Optimization Algorithms for constrained and unconstrained problems.

--Optimization and numerical linearalgebra.

--Metamodels for interpolating/approximating computationally hard objective functions.

--Optimization methods for Intelligent Transport Sysytem (ITS) and Advanced Sustainable Logistics.

--Discrete optimization for Safety and Security Management and Emergency Transport.

--Industrial Applications of Operations Research.

--Decision Support Systems for Agri-food Supply Chains.

--Discrete Mathematics and Optimization in Social Systems

Projects and partnerships:

--Progetto straordinario "Sportello Matematico per l'Industria Italiana";

--CCT: "Studio pilota sull'utilizzo di metodi quantitativi per il supporto alla gestione ottimale del servizio Qurami";

--co-fin. Regione Puglia: E-cedi; co-fin. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Puglia: FCRP.

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