2026 Frédéric Semet: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	35	2720	2432	164	155	136	8618
Engineering and Technology	39	7507	7243	166	162	165	11079

Overview

Frédéric Semet is affiliated with the University of Lille in France and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and business-related fields. Their primary fields of study include Engineering and Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction, Automotive Engineering, Management Information Systems, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics mainly centered around logistics, optimization, and supply chain management. Key topics of their work include:

Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
Transportation and Mobility Innovations
Facility Location and Emergency Management
Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
Supply Chain and Inventory Management
Optimization and Packing Problems

Frédéric Semet has several recent publications, collaborating with multiple co-authors. Notable papers include:

"A column generation based heuristic for the generalized vehicle routing problem with time windows" (2021), published in Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
"A branch-and-cut algorithm for the generalized traveling salesman problem with time windows" (2020), published in European Journal of Operational Research
"A sequential approach for a multi-commodity two-echelon distribution problem" (2021), published in Computers & Industrial Engineering
"A Benders decomposition-based approach for logistics service network design" (2020), published in European Journal of Operational Research
"A time-expanded network reduction matheuristic for the logistics service network design problem" (2021), published in Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review

The scientist has frequently collaborated with researchers such as Diego Cattaruzza, Maxime Ogier, Claudia Archetti, Matteo Petris, and Martine Labbé. Their work appears regularly in well-established publication venues, including:

European Journal of Operational Research
Computers & Operations Research
SSRN Electronic Journal
Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
AI Communications

Best Publications

Classical and modern heuristics for the vehicle routing problem

Gilbert Laporte;Michel Gendreau;Jean-Yves Potvin;Frédéric Semet

1170
Citations
Ambulance location and relocation models

Luce Brotcorne;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet;Frédéric Semet

1132
Citations
A guide to vehicle routing heuristics

Jean-François Cordeau;Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Jean-Yves Potvin

1003
Citations
Multi-objective vehicle routing problems

Nicolas Jozefowiez;Nicolas Jozefowiez;Frédéric Semet;El-Ghazali Talbi

682
Citations
A dynamic model and parallel tabu search heuristic for real-time ambulance relocation

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet;Frédéric Semet

646
Citations
Solving an ambulance location model by tabu search

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet

541
Citations
A generalized linear programming model for nurse scheduling

Brigitte Jaumard;Frédéric Semet;Tsevi Vovor

415
Citations
Rich vehicle routing problems: From a taxonomy to a definition

Rahma Lahyani;Rahma Lahyani;Mahdi Khemakhem;Frédéric Semet

356
Citations
Solving real-life vehicle routing problems efficiently using tabu search

Frédéric Semet;Eric Taillard

354
Citations
The Covering Tour Problem

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet

345
Citations
A tabu search heuristic for the undirected selective travelling salesman problem

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet

297
Citations
Classical heuristics for the capacitated VRP

G. Laporte;F. Semet

292
Citations
The maximal expected coverage relocation problem for emergency vehicles

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet;Frédéric Semet

276
Citations
A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Undirected Selective Traveling Salesman Problem

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet

244
Citations
An evolutionary algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with route balancing

Nicolas Jozefowiez;Nicolas Jozefowiez;Frédéric Semet;El-Ghazali Talbi

195
Citations
Heuristics and lower bounds for the bin packing problem with conflicts

Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet

177
Citations
Sustainable urban logistics: Concepts, methods and information systems

Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu;Frédéric Semet;Jean-Louis Routhier

171
Citations
Risk approaches for delivering disaster relief supplies

Pamela C. Nolz;Frédéric Semet;Karl F. Doerner

162
Citations
A Tabu Search Approach for Delivering Pet Food and Flour in Switzerland

Yves Rochat;Frederic Semet;Frederic Semet

160
Citations
A multi-compartment vehicle routing problem arising in the collection of olive oil in Tunisia☆

Rahma Lahyani;Rahma Lahyani;Leandro C. Coelho;Mahdi Khemakhem;Gilbert Laporte

142
Citations
The vehicle routing problem: Latest advances and new challenges

Nicolas Jozefowiez;Frederic Semet;El-ghazali Talbi

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Laporte HEC Montréal

Michel Gendreau Polytechnique Montréal

El-Ghazali Talbi University of Lille

Bernard Gendron University of Montreal

Daniele Vigo University of Bologna

Dominique Feillet École des Mines de Saint-Étienne

Brigitte Jaumard Concordia University

Karl F. Doerner University of Vienna

Patrice Marcotte University of Montreal

Tom Van Woensel Eindhoven University of Technology

External Links

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