Personal profile
Research interests
My research covers a large range of combinatorial optimization problems, from the theoretical bin packing problem to the more applied tutor allocation problem. I am particularly interested in pushing the boundaries of exact approaches to make them able to solve large-size instances. Some of my current projects aimed at maximizing the number of transplants in kidney exchanges, minimizing energy costs in vertical farming, and maximizing coverage in Mars observation satellites. I am also interested in the recent trend of incorporating machine learning techniques into exact algorithms to reduce their running time.
Career
Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Oct 20 - Now
Postdoctoral position at the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, UK, Nov 17 - Sep 20
Postdoctoral position at the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering DEI “Guglielmo Marconi”, University of Bologna, Italy, Jan 17 - Nov 17
PhD supervision
Fatih Akcay
Current courses
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Automatic Control and Operations Research, University of Bologna, Jan 2014 - Dec 2016. Thesis entitled : “Mathematical models and decomposition methods for cutting and packing problems”, defended April 2017
Master’s degree in Software Engineering and Statistics, Polytech'Lille, France, Sept 2010 - Jun 2013
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Operational research approaches and mathematical models for kidney exchange: A literature survey and empirical evaluation
Barkel, M., Colley, R., Delorme, M., Manlove, D. & Pettersson, W., Jun 2026, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 331, 2, p. 325-350 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Solving the strip packing problem with a decomposition framework and a generic solver: Implementation, tuning, and reinforcement-learning-based hybridization
Akçay, F. B. & Delorme, M., Jan 2026, In: Computers & Operations Research. 185, 107276.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Bounds and heuristic algorithms for the bin packing problem with minimum color fragmentation
Barkel, M., Delorme, M., Malaguti, E. & Monaci, M., 1 Jan 2025, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 320, 1, p. 57-68 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Mathematical models and exact algorithms for kidney exchange problems with immunosuppressants
Delorme, M., Liu, W. & Manlove, D., Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: INFORMS Journal on Computing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Pseudo-polynomial formulations for the bin packing problem with minimum color fragmentation
Barkel, M., Delorme, M., Malaguti, E. & Monaci, M., Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: INFORMS Journal on Computing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Datasets
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Replication Data for: Exact decomposition approaches for a single container loading problem with stacking constraints and medium-sized weakly heterogeneous items
Delorme, M. (Creator) & Wagenaar, J. (Creator), DataverseNL, 3 Oct 2024
DOI: 10.34894/ANFICI, https://dataverse.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34894/ANFICI
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Replication data for: New algorithms for hierarchical optimization in kidney exchange programs
Delorme, M. (Creator), García, S. (Creator), Gondzio, J. (Creator), Kalcsics, J. (Creator), Manlove, D. (Creator) & Pettersson, W. (Creator), DataverseNL, 18 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.34894/ei9vmh, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/EI9VMH
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Replication Data for: Exact algorithms for a parallel machine scheduling problem with workforce and contiguity constraints
Caselli, G. (Creator), Delorme, M. (Creator), Iori, M. (Creator) & Magni, C. A. (Creator), DataverseNL, 26 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.34894/lme3dh, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/LME3DH
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Code for "Operational research approaches and mathematical models for kidney exchange: A literature survey and empirical evaluation"
Barkel, M. (Creator), Colley, R. (Creator), Delorme, M. (Creator), Manlove, D. (Creator) & Pettersson, W. (Creator), Zenodo, 21 Feb 2025
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Replication Data for "Bounds and heuristic algorithms for the bin packing problem with minimum color fragmentation"
Barkel, M. (Creator), Delorme, M. (Creator), Malaguti, E. (Creator) & Monaci, M. (Creator), Dataverse NL, 25 Aug 2025
DOI: 10.34894/MBIOH0
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