Paolo Toth


Paolo Toth is an Italian scientist and engineer, and an Emeritus Professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna.
He is known for his research on Operations Research and Mathematical Programming, his main contributions are the design and implementation of effective exact and heuristic algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Theory problems.
He was President of Italian Operations Research Society from 1988 to 1995, of the Association of European Operational Research Societies from 1995 to 1996, and of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies from 2001 to 2003.

Awards

He is the co-author, with Silvano Martello, of the book Knapsack problems: Algorithms and Computer implementations and is also the co-author, with Daniele Vigo, of the book Vehicle Routing: Problems, Methods, and Applications