Andrea Schaerf

125 papers A* 5A 6B 2C 5Journal 76Unranked 29
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem.
Int. Trans. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Roberto Maria Rosati, Andrea Schaerf
2025 J jnl
A compact model for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem.
EURO J. Comput. Optim.
Roberto Montemanni, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2025 J jnl
Curriculum-based university course timetabling considering individual course of studies.
Central Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Elmar Steiner, Ulrich Pferschy, Andrea Schaerf
2025 A conf
Dynamic Temperature Control of Simulated Annealing using Hyper-Heuristics.
GECCO
Francesca Da Ros, Luca Di Gaspero, Lucas Kletzander, Marie-Louise Lackner, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf
2025 A conf
Large Neighborhood Search for Capacitated Facility Location with Customer Incompatibilities.
GECCO
Ida Gjergji, Lucas Kletzander, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf
2025 J jnl
Multi-neighbourhood simulated annealing for the ITC-2007 capacitated examination timetabling problem.
J. Sched.
David Van Bulck, Dries R. Goossens, Andrea Schaerf
2025 J jnl
Solving the medical student scheduling problem using simulated annealing.
J. Sched.
Eugenia Zanazzo, Sara Ceschia, Agostino Dovier, Andrea Schaerf
2025 J jnl
Solving the slab selection and relocation problem in a real production yard using simulated annealing.
Int. J. Prod. Res.
Antonio Cardin, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf, Davide Armellini, Paolo Borzone
2024 — conf
EasyLocal++ a 25-year Perspective on Local Search Frameworks: The Evolution of a Tool for the Design of Local Search Algorithm.
GECCO Companion
Sara Ceschia, Francesca Da Ros, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2024 — conf
Enhancing Real-World Applicability in Home Healthcare: A Metaheuristic Approach for Advanced Routing and Scheduling.
MIC (1)
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Simona Mancini, Vittorio Maniezzo, Roberto Montemanni, Roberto Maria Rosati, Andrea Schaerf
2024 — conf
Multi-Neighborhood Search for the Makespan Minimization Problem on Parallel Identical Machines with Conflicting Jobs.
MIC (2)
Roberto Maria Rosati, Dinh Quy Ta, Minh Hoàng Hà, Andrea Schaerf
2024 J jnl
Multi-Neighborhood Simulated Annealing for the Capacitated Dispersion Problem.
Expert Syst. Appl.
Roberto Maria Rosati, Andrea Schaerf
2024 J jnl
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the capacitated facility location problem with customer incompatibilities.
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2024 — conf
Solving the Integrated Patient-to-Room and Nurse-to-Patient Assignment by Simulated Annealing.
MIC (1)
Eugenia Zanazzo, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2023 J jnl
Educational timetabling: Problems, benchmarks, and state-of-the-art results.
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2023 J jnl
Exact and metaheuristic methods for a real-world examination timetabling problem.
J. Sched.
Mats Carlsson, Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Rasmus Ø. Mikkelsen, Andrea Schaerf, Thomas Jacob Riis Stidsen
2023 J jnl
Local search approaches for the test laboratory scheduling problem with variable task grouping.
J. Sched.
Florian Mischek, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf
2023 J jnl
Metaheuristic techniques for the capacitated facility location problem with customer incompatibilities.
Soft Comput.
Marcelo Rodrigues de Holanda Maia, Miguel Reula, Consuelo Parreño-Torres, Prem Prakash Vuppuluri, Alexandre Plastino, Uéverton S. Souza, Sara Ceschia, Mario Pavone, Andrea Schaerf
2023 — conf
Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Neighborhood Local Search in Combinatorial Optimization.
LOD (2)
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Roberto Maria Rosati, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Algorithm selection and instance space analysis for curriculum-based course timetabling.
J. Sched.
Arnaud De Coster, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Johannes Schoisswohl, Kate Smith-Miles
2022 — conf
Construct, Merge, Solve and Adapt Applied to a Bus Driver Scheduling Problem with Complex Break Constraints.
AI*IA
Roberto Maria Rosati, Lucas Kletzander, Christian Blum, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Correction to: Solving a home energy management problem by Simulated Annealing.
Optim. Lett.
Edoardo Bastianetto, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Educational Timetabling: Problems, Benchmarks, and State-of-the-Art Results.
CoRR
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Exact and metaheuristic approaches for unrelated parallel machine scheduling.
J. Sched.
Maximilian Moser, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Felix Winter
2022 — conf
Local Search for Integrated Predictive Maintenance and Scheduling in Flow-Shop.
MIC
Andrea Ecoretti, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Multi-Neighborhood simulated annealing for the minimum interference frequency assignment problem.
EURO J. Comput. Optim.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Roberto Maria Rosati, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the sports timetabling competition ITC2021.
J. Sched.
Roberto Maria Rosati, Matteo Petris, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2022 — conf
Simulated Annealing for the Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling Problem.
AI*IA
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2022 J jnl
Task design in complex crowdsourcing experiments: Item assignment optimization.
Comput. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Kevin Roitero, Gianluca Demartini, Stefano Mizzaro, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2021 J jnl
Solving a home energy management problem by Simulated Annealing.
Optim. Lett.
Edoardo Bastianetto, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2021 J jnl
Two-stage multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for uncapacitated examination timetabling.
Comput. Oper. Res.
Ruggero Bellio, Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2020 B conf
Local Search and Constraint Programming for a Real-World Examination Timetabling Problem.
CPAIOR
Michele Battistutta, Sara Ceschia, Fabio De Cesco, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf, Elena Topan
2020 J jnl
Modeling and solving the steelmaking and casting scheduling problem.
Int. Trans. Oper. Res.
Davide Armellini, Paolo Borzone, Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2020 J jnl
Solving the static INRC-II nurse rostering problem by simulated annealing based on large neighborhoods.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Rosita Guido, Andrea Schaerf
2019 J jnl
Modelling and solving the thesis defense timetabling problem.
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Michele Battistutta, Sara Ceschia, Fabio De Cesco, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2019 J jnl
The Second International Nurse Rostering Competition.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Nguyen Dang, Patrick De Causmaecker, Stefaan Haspeslagh, Andrea Schaerf
2019 J jnl
The practice and theory of automated timetabling (2016).
Ann. Oper. Res.
Ender Özcan, Edmund K. Burke, Luca Di Gaspero, Barry McCollum, Andrea Schaerf
2017 J jnl
Feature-based tuning of single-stage simulated annealing for examination timetabling.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Michele Battistutta, Andrea Schaerf, Tommaso Urli
2017 J jnl
Modeling and solving a real-life multi-skill shift design problem.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Alex Bonutti, Sara Ceschia, Fabio De Cesco, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf
2017 J jnl
Solving discrete lot-sizing and scheduling by simulated annealing and mixed integer programming.
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2016 J jnl
Dynamic patient admission scheduling with operating room constraints, flexible horizons, and patient delays.
J. Sched.
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2016 J jnl
Feature-based tuning of simulated annealing applied to the curriculum-based course timetabling problem.
Comput. Oper. Res.
Ruggero Bellio, Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf, Tommaso Urli
2016 J jnl
The Third International Timetabling Competition.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Gerhard Post, Luca Di Gaspero, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Barry McCollum, Andrea Schaerf
2015 J jnl
Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II) - Problem Description and Rules -.
CoRR
Sara Ceschia, Nguyen Dang Thi Thanh, Patrick De Causmaecker, Stefaan Haspeslagh, Andrea Schaerf
2014 J jnl
Feature-based tuning of simulated annealing applied to the curriculum-based course timetabling problem.
CoRR
Ruggero Bellio, Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf, Tommaso Urli
2014 J jnl
The first international nurse rostering competition 2010.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Stefaan Haspeslagh, Patrick De Causmaecker, Andrea Schaerf, Martin Stølevik
2014 J jnl
The generalized balanced academic curriculum problem with heterogeneous classes.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2014 J jnl
XHSTT: an XML archive for high school timetabling problems in different countries.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Gerhard Post, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Samad Ahmadi, Sophia Daskalaki, Christos Gogos, Jari Kyngäs, Cimmo Nurmi, Nysret Musliu, Nelishia Pillay, Haroldo G. Santos, Andrea Schaerf
2013 — ch.
Automated Shift Design and Break Scheduling.
Automated Scheduling and Planning
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Werner Schafhauser, Wolfgang Slany
2013 J jnl
Local search for a multi-drop multi-container loading problem.
J. Heuristics
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2013 J jnl
Local search techniques for a routing-packing problem.
Comput. Ind. Eng.
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf, Thomas Stützle
2013 J jnl
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Intelligenza Artificiale
Luigi Palopoli, Andrea Schaerf
2012 J jnl
Benchmarking curriculum-based course timetabling: formulations, data formats, instances, validation, visualization, and results.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Alex Bonutti, Fabio De Cesco, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2012 J jnl
Design and statistical analysis of a hybrid local search algorithm for course timetabling.
J. Sched.
Ruggero Bellio, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2012 J jnl
Design, engineering, and experimental analysis of a simulated annealing approach to the post-enrolment course timetabling problem.
Comput. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2012 J jnl
Modeling and solving the dynamic patient admission scheduling problem under uncertainty.
Artif. Intell. Medicine
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2012 J jnl
The balanced academic curriculum problem revisited.
J. Heuristics
Marco Chiarandini, Luca Di Gaspero, Stefano Gualandi, Andrea Schaerf
2011 — conf
A Survey of Multi-Agent Systems for Optimization Problems.
WOA
Andrea Schaerf
2011 J jnl
Design, Engineering, and Experimental Analysis of a Simulated Annealing Approach to the Post-Enrolment Course Timetabling Problem.
CoRR
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2011 — conf
Local Search for Constrained Financial Portfolio Selection Problems with Short Sellings.
LION
Luca Di Gaspero, Giacomo di Tollo, Andrea Roli, Andrea Schaerf
2011 J jnl
Local search and lower bounds for the patient admission scheduling problem.
Comput. Oper. Res.
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2011 J jnl
Tabu search techniques for the heterogeneous vehicle routing problem with time windows and carrier-dependent costs.
J. Sched.
Sara Ceschia, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2010 — conf
A Hybrid LS-CP Solver for the Shifts and Breaks Design Problem.
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Werner Schafhauser, Wolfgang Slany
2010 J jnl
Setting the Research Agenda in Automated Timetabling: The Second International Timetabling Competition.
INFORMS J. Comput.
Barry McCollum, Andrea Schaerf, Ben Paechter, Paul McMullan, Rhydian Lewis, Andrew J. Parkes, Luca Di Gaspero, Rong Qu, Edmund K. Burke
2009 — ed.
Hybrid Metaheuristics, 6th International Workshop, HM 2009, Udine, Italy, October 16-17, 2009. Proceedings
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Maria J. Blesa, Christian Blum, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Roli, Michael Sampels, Andrea Schaerf
2009 — conf
Multi-neighborhood Local Search for the Patient Admission Problem.
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf
2008 — conf
A Statistical Analysis of the Features of a Dynamic Tabu Search Algorithm for Course Timetabling Problems.
RCRA
Ruggero Bellio, Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2008 — conf
Hybrid Local Search Techniques for the Generalized Balanced Academic Curriculum Problem.
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2007 J jnl
A composite-neighborhood tabu search approach to the traveling tournament problem.
J. Heuristics
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2007 — conf
EasyAnalyzer: An Object-Oriented Framework for the Experimental Analysis of Stochastic Local Search Algorithms.
SLS
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Roli, Andrea Schaerf
2007 — conf
EasySyn++: A Tool for Automatic Synthesis of Stochastic Local Search Algorithms.
SLS
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2007 — conf
Hybrid Local Search Techniques for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem.
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Igor Pesek, Andrea Schaerf, Janez Zerovnik
2007 B conf
Hybrid Local Search for Constrained Financial Portfolio Selection Problems.
CPAIOR
Luca Di Gaspero, Giacomo di Tollo, Andrea Roli, Andrea Schaerf
2007 J jnl
The minimum shift design problem.
Ann. Oper. Res.
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Guy Kortsarz, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Wolfgang Slany
2006 A conf
A Study on the Short-Term Prohibition Mechanisms in Tabu Search.
ECAI
Luca Di Gaspero, Marco Chiarandini, Andrea Schaerf
2006 C conf
Measurability and Reproducibility in University Timetabling Research: Discussion and Proposals.
PATAT
Andrea Schaerf, Luca Di Gaspero
2006 J jnl
Neighborhood Portfolio Approach for Local Search Applied to Timetabling Problems.
J. Math. Model. Algorithms
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2005 J jnl
: Compiling problem specifications into SAT.
Artif. Intell.
Marco Cadoli, Andrea Schaerf
2004 J jnl
Local search for shift design.
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Wolfgang Slany
2004 J jnl
The course timetabling problem: theory and practice.
Intelligenza Artificiale
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2003 J jnl
EasyLocal++: an object-oriented framework for the flexible design of local-search algorithms.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2003 J jnl
Modelling and Solving Employee Timetabling Problems.
Ann. Math. Artif. Intell.
Amnon Meisels, Andrea Schaerf
2003 A conf
The Minimum Shift Design Problem: Theory and Practice.
ESA
Luca Di Gaspero, Johannes Gärtner, Guy Kortsarz, Nysret Musliu, Andrea Schaerf, Wolfgang Slany
2002 C conf
Multi-neighbourhood Local Search with Application to Course Timetabling.
PATAT
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
2001 A conf
Compiling Problem Specifications into SAT.
ESOP
Marco Cadoli, Andrea Schaerf
2001 J jnl
Local Search Techniques for Constrained Portfolio Selection Problems
CoRR
Andrea Schaerf
2000 J jnl
LOCAL++: A C++ framework for local search algorithms.
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Andrea Schaerf, Marco Cadoli, Maurizio Lenzerini
2000 J jnl
NP-SPEC: an executable specification language for solving all problems in NP.
Comput. Lang.
Marco Cadoli, Giovambattista Ianni, Luigi Palopoli, Andrea Schaerf, Domenico Vasile
2000 J jnl
Programming in Alma-0, or Imperative and Declarative Programming Reconciled
CoRR
Krzysztof R. Apt, Andrea Schaerf
2000 C conf
Tabu Search Techniques for Examination Timetabling.
PATAT
Luca Di Gaspero, Andrea Schaerf
1999 J jnl
A Survey of Automated Timetabling.
Artif. Intell. Rev.
Andrea Schaerf
1999 — conf
LOCAL++: A C++ Framework for Local Search Algorithms.
TOOLS (29)
Andrea Schaerf, Maurizio Lenzerini, Marco Cadoli
1999 J jnl
Local search techniques for large high school timetabling problems.
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part A
Andrea Schaerf
1999 C conf
NP-SPEC: An Executable Specification Language for Solving All Problems in NP.
PADL
Marco Cadoli, Luigi Palopoli, Andrea Schaerf, Domenico Vasile
1999 J jnl
Scheduling Sport Tournaments using Constraint Logic Programming.
Constraints An Int. J.
Andrea Schaerf
1999 — conf
Solving Employee Timetabling Problems by Generalized Local Search.
AI*IA
Andrea Schaerf, Amnon Meisels
1999 J jnl
The Alma Project, or How First-Order Logic Can Help Us in Imperative Programming
CoRR
Krzysztof R. Apt, Andrea Schaerf
1999 — conf
The Alma Project, or How First-Order Logic Can Help Us in Imperative Programming.
Correct System Design
Krzysztof R. Apt, Andrea Schaerf
1998 J jnl
A Refined Architecture for Terminological Systems: Terminology = Schema + Views.
Artif. Intell.
Martin Buchheit, Francesco M. Donini, Werner Nutt, Andrea Schaerf
1998 J jnl
AL-log: Integrating Datalog and Description Logics.
J. Intell. Inf. Syst.
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Andrea Schaerf
1998 J jnl
Alma-O: An Imperative Language That Supports Declarative Programming.
ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst.
Krzysztof R. Apt, Jacob Brunekreef, Vincent Partington, Andrea Schaerf
1998 J jnl
An Epistemic Operator for Description Logics.
Artif. Intell.
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Werner Nutt, Andrea Schaerf
1998 — conf
Programming in Alma-0, or Imperative and Declarative Programming Reconciled.
FroCoS
Krzysztof R. Apt, Andrea Schaerf
1997 — conf
Combining Local Search and Look-Ahead for Scheduling and Constraint Satisfaction Problems.
IJCAI
Andrea Schaerf
1997 A* conf
Search and Imperative Programming.
POPL
Krzysztof R. Apt, Andrea Schaerf
1996 A conf
Scheduling Sport Tournaments using Constraint Logic Programming.
ECAI
Andrea Schaerf
1996 — conf
Tabu Search Techniques for Large High-School Timetabling Problems.
AAAI/IAAI, Vol. 1
Andrea Schaerf
1995 J jnl
Adaptive Load Balancing: A Study in Multi-Agent Learning
CoRR
Andrea Schaerf, Yoav Shoham, Moshe Tennenholtz
1995 J jnl
Adaptive Load Balancing: A Study in Multi-Agent Learning.
J. Artif. Intell. Res.
Andrea Schaerf, Yoav Shoham, Moshe Tennenholtz
1994 J jnl
Deduction in Concept Languages: From Subsumption to Instance Checking.
J. Log. Comput.
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Andrea Schaerf
1994 J jnl
Reasoning with Individuals in Concept Languages.
Data Knowl. Eng.
Andrea Schaerf
1994 A* conf
Refining the Structure of Terminological Systems: Terminology = Schema + Views.
AAAI
Martin Buchheit, Werner Nutt, Francesco M. Donini, Andrea Schaerf
1994 — conf
Terminological Systems Revisited: Terminology = Schema + Views.
KRDB
Martin Buchheit, Francesco M. Donini, Werner Nutt, Andrea Schaerf
1993 J jnl
Decidable Reasoning in Terminological Knowledge Representation Systems
CoRR
Martin Buchheit, Francesco M. Donini, Andrea Schaerf
1993 A* conf
Decidable Reasoning in Terminological Knowledge Representation Systems.
IJCAI
Martin Buchheit, Francesco M. Donini, Andrea Schaerf
1993 J jnl
Decidable Reasoning in Terminological Knowledge Representation Systems.
J. Artif. Intell. Res.
Martin Buchheit, Francesco M. Donini, Andrea Schaerf
1993 C conf
On the Complexity of the Instance Checking Problem in Concept Languages with Existential Quantification.
ISMIS
Andrea Schaerf
1993 J jnl
On the Complexity of the Instance Checking Problem in Concept Languages with Existential Quantification.
J. Intell. Inf. Syst.
Andrea Schaerf
1993 — conf
Reasoning with Individuals in Concept Languages.
AI*IA
Andrea Schaerf
1992 A* conf
Adding Epistemic Operators to Concept Languages.
KR
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Andrea Schaerf, Werner Nutt
1992 — conf
On the Role of Subsumption Algorithms in Concept Description Languages.
Description Logics
Andrea Schaerf
1992 — conf
Queries, Rules and Definitions as Epistemic Sentences in Concept Languages.
ECAI Workshop on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Werner Nutt, Andrea Schaerf
1991 — conf
A Hybrid System with Datalog and Concept Languages.
AI*IA
Francesco M. Donini, Maurizio Lenzerini, Daniele Nardi, Andrea Schaerf
1991 A* conf
Concept Languages as Query Languages.
AAAI
Maurizio Lenzerini, Andrea Schaerf
1991 — conf
Querying Concept-based Knowledge Bases.
PDK
Maurizio Lenzerini, Andrea Schaerf