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Andrea Schaerf

Andrea Schaerf

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
50
Citations
9661
World Ranking
5636
National Ranking
127

Andrea Schaerf publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Schaerf sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 138 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Andrea Schaerf D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrea Schaerf sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrea Schaerf is affiliated with the University of Udine in Italy. Their research spans several interconnected fields within engineering, decision sciences, and computer science, focusing on optimization problems related to scheduling, timetabling, and logistics.

The main fields of study for Andrea Schaerf include:

  • Engineering
  • Decision Sciences
  • Computer Science

Within these areas, their work covers specific subfields:

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Building and Construction
  • Emergency Medical Services

The research topics that feature prominently in their publications involve various aspects of optimization and scheduling, such as:

  • Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
  • Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization
  • Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
  • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

Andrea Schaerf has contributed to multiple scholarly venues. The frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Scheduling
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Computers & Operations Research
  • EURO Journal on Computational Optimization

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrea Schaerf are:

  • Educational Timetabling: Problems, Benchmarks, and State-of-the-Art Results (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Two-stage multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for uncapacitated examination timetabling (2021), Computers & Operations Research
  • Exact and metaheuristic approaches for unrelated parallel machine scheduling (2021), Journal of Scheduling
  • Algorithm selection and instance space analysis for curriculum-based course timetabling (2021), Journal of Scheduling
  • Solving the static INRC-II nurse rostering problem by simulated annealing based on large neighborhoods (2020), Annals of Operations Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, such as:

  • Sara Ceschia
  • Luca Di Gaspero
  • Roberto Maria Rosati
  • Nysret Musliu
  • Eugenia Zanazzo

Andrea Schaerf also has authored a book publication titled "ieee-cis/IEEE-CIS-Open-Access-Book-Volume-1: FirstEdition" published in 2023 by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Best Publications

  • A Survey of Automated Timetabling

    Andrea Schaerf

  • Reasoning in description logics

    Francesco M. Donini;Maurizio lenzerini;Daniele Nardi;Andrea Schaerf

  • Tabu search techniques for examination timetabling

    Luca Di Gaspero;Andrea Schaerf

  • {\cal A}{\cal L} -log: Integrating Datalog and Description Logics

    Francesco M. Donini;Maurizio Lenzerini;Daniele Nardi;Andrea Schaerf

  • Decidable reasoning in terminological knowledge representation systems

    Martin Buchheit;Francesco M. Donini;Andrea Schaerf

  • Local search techniques for large high school timetabling problems

    A. Schaerf

  • Setting the Research Agenda in Automated Timetabling: The Second International Timetabling Competition

    Barry McCollum;Andrea Schaerf;Ben Paechter;Paul McMullan

  • Adaptive load balancing: a study in multi-agent learning

    Andrea Schaerf;Yoav Shoham;Moshe Tennenholtz

  • An epistemic operator for description logics

    F. M. Donini;M. Lenzerini;D. Nardi;W. Nutt

  • EasyLocal++: an object-oriented framework for the flexible design of local-search algorithms

    Luca Di Gaspero;Andrea Schaerf

  • Multi-neighbourhood local search with application to course timetabling

    Luca Di Gaspero;Andrea Schaerf

  • Reasoning with individuals in concept languages

    Andrea Schaerf

  • Local Search Techniques for Constrained Portfolio SelectionProblems

    Andrea Schaerf

  • Deduction in Concept Languages: from Subsumption to Instance Checking

    Francesco M. Donini;Maurizio Lenzerini;Daniele Nardi;Andrea Schaerf

  • On the complexity of the instance checking problem in concept languages with existential quantification

    Andrea Schaerf

  • The first international nurse rostering competition 2010

    Stefaan Haspeslagh;Patrick De Causmaecker;Andrea Schaerf;Martin Stølevik

  • Adding Epistemic Operators to Concept Languages.

    Francesco M. Donini;Maurizio Lenzerini;Daniele Nardi;Andrea Schaerf

  • A composite-neighborhood tabu search approach to the traveling tournament problem

    Luca Di Gaspero;Andrea Schaerf

  • The Third International Timetabling Competition

    Gerhard F. Post;Luca Di Gaspero;Jeffrey H. Kingston;Barry McCollum

  • Local search for shift design

    Nysret Musliu;Andrea Schaerf;Wolfgang Slany

  • Local Search Techniques for Constrained Portfolio Selection Problems

    Andrea Schaerf

Frequent Co-Authors

Krzysztof R. Apt
Krzysztof R. Apt Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Maurizio Lenzerini
Maurizio Lenzerini Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco M. Donini
Francesco M. Donini Tuscia University
Daniele Nardi
Daniele Nardi Sapienza University of Rome
Werner Nutt
Werner Nutt Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Guy Kortsarz
Guy Kortsarz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Edmund K. Burke
Edmund K. Burke Bangor University
Thomas Stützle
Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles
Yoav Shoham
Yoav Shoham Stanford University

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