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2026

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Mathematics

D-Index
91
Citations
38814
World Ranking
67
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Italy Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1998 - EURO Gold Medal

Overview

Paolo Toth is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has a significant research footprint in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses on several subfields, notably Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Transportation, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Key research topics covered by Paolo Toth include:

  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Optimization and Packing Problems
  • Facility Location and Emergency Management
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Paolo Toth are:

  • Operational Research: methods and applications, 2023, Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • The school bus routing problem with student choice: a bilevel approach and a simple and effective metaheuristic, 2021, International Transactions in Operational Research
  • Polynomial-size formulations and relaxations for the quadratic multiple knapsack problem, 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
  • An iterated local search algorithm for latency vehicle routing problems with multiple depots, 2023, Computers & Operations Research
  • A Partial Allocation Local Search Matheuristic for Solving the School Bus Routing Problem with Bus Stop Selection, 2020, Mathematics

Paolo Toth frequently publishes in these venues:

  • International Transactions in Operational Research
  • Computers & Operations Research
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • 4OR

Collaborations have been established with notable co-authors, including:

  • Silvano Martello (6 joint publications)
  • Laura Galli (4 joint publications)
  • Carlos Rey (4 joint publications)
  • Gilbert Laporte (3 joint publications)
  • Daniele Vigo (3 joint publications)

They have been recognized with awards such as the EURO Gold Medal in 1998 and were named Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations

    Silvano Martello;Paolo Toth

  • The vehicle routing problem

    Paolo Toth;Daniele Vigo

  • A Survey of Optimization Models for Train Routing and Scheduling

    Jean-Francois Cordeau;Paolo Toth;Daniele Vigo

  • Models, relaxations and exact approaches for the capacitated vehicle routing problem

    Paolo Toth;Daniele Vigo

  • Vehicle Routing: Problems, Methods, and Applications, Second Edition

    Paolo Toth;Daniele Vigo

  • EXACT ALGORITHMS FOR THE VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM, BASED ON SPANNING TREE AND SHORTEST PATH RELAXATIONS

    Nicos Christofides;Aristide Mingozzi;Paolo Toth

  • An overview of recovery models and algorithms for real-time railway rescheduling

    Valentina Cacchiani;Dennis Huisman;Martin Kidd;Leo Kroon

  • The Granular Tabu Search and Its Application to the Vehicle-Routing Problem

    Paolo Toth;Daniele Vigo

  • Modeling and Solving the Train Timetabling Problem

    Alberto Caprara;Matteo Fischetti;Paolo Toth

  • A Heuristic Method for the Set Covering Problem

    Alberto Caprara;Matteo Fischetti;Paolo Toth

  • Algorithms for the Set Covering Problem

    Alberto Caprara;Paolo Toth;Matteo Fischetti

  • An overview of vehicle routing problems

    P. Toth;D. Vigo

  • A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Symmetric Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem

    Matteo Fischetti;Juan José Salazar González;Paolo Toth

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

    Silvano Martello;David Pisinger;Paolo Toth

  • State‐space relaxation procedures for the computation of bounds to routing problems

    Nicos Christofides;Aristide Mingozzi;Paolo Toth

  • Nominal and robust train timetabling problems

    Valentina Cacchiani;Paolo Toth

  • 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

  • Solving the Orienteering Problem Through Branch-And-Cut

    Matteo Fischetti;Juan Jose Salazar Gonzalez;Paolo Toth

  • Lower bounds and reduction procedures for the bin packing problem

    S. Martello;P. Toth

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvano Martello
Silvano Martello University of Bologna
Alberto Caprara
Alberto Caprara University of Bologna
Daniele Vigo
Daniele Vigo University of Bologna
Matteo Fischetti
Matteo Fischetti University of Padua
Leo Kroon
Leo Kroon Erasmus University Rotterdam
Andrea Lodi
Andrea Lodi Cornell University
Michele Monaci
Michele Monaci University of Bologna
Aristide Mingozzi
Aristide Mingozzi University of Bologna
Mauro Dell'Amico
Mauro Dell'Amico University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rob M.P. Goverde
Rob M.P. Goverde Delft University of Technology

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