Leonora Bianchi

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 748 citations indexed

About

Leonora Bianchi is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonora Bianchi has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 748 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Leonora Bianchi's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (9 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (7 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (4 papers). Leonora Bianchi is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (9 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (7 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (4 papers). Leonora Bianchi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Belgium and United Kingdom. Leonora Bianchi's co-authors include Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella, Walter J. Gutjahr, Joshua Knowles, Neill E. Bowler, Ann Melissa Campbell, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Olivia Rossi-Doria, Marco Chiarandini and Luís Paquete and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Lecture notes in computer science and Natural Computing.

In The Last Decade

Leonora Bianchi

11 papers receiving 700 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A survey on metaheuristics for stochastic combinatorial optimization

2008 489 citations Leonora Bianchi, Marco Dorigo et al. Natural Computing profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonora Bianchi Switzerland	8	320	268	149	96	89	12	748
L. M. Gambardella Switzerland	8	611 1.9×	286 1.1×	115 0.8×	113 1.2×	112 1.3×	13	886
B. Bullnheimer Austria	6	611 1.9×	512 1.9×	177 1.2×	105 1.1×	102 1.1×	7	1.1k
Koorush Ziarati Iran	15	381 1.2×	419 1.6×	250 1.7×	88 0.9×	97 1.1×	47	1.1k
Ahmed Kheiri United Kingdom	14	476 1.5×	285 1.1×	124 0.8×	99 1.0×	98 1.1×	42	858
Laëtitia Jourdan France	16	374 1.2×	536 2.0×	306 2.1×	135 1.4×	67 0.8×	71	1.2k
Roy Jonker Netherlands	10	307 1.0×	162 0.6×	84 0.6×	70 0.7×	127 1.4×	14	755
Leslie Pérez Cáceres Chile	6	464 1.4×	491 1.8×	292 2.0×	80 0.8×	131 1.5×	14	1.1k
Valeria Vittorini Italy	18	361 1.1×	169 0.6×	119 0.8×	88 0.9×	227 2.6×	60	1.1k
Ya-Hui Jia China	12	232 0.7×	303 1.1×	164 1.1×	96 1.0×	105 1.2×	29	689
Reza Moghdani Iran	14	252 0.8×	295 1.1×	147 1.0×	94 1.0×	26 0.3×	19	729

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12 of 12 papers shown

Bianchi, Leonora, Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella, & Walter J. Gutjahr. (2008). A survey on metaheuristics for stochastic combinatorial optimization. Natural Computing. 8(2). 239–287. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

Bianchi, Leonora & Luca Maria Gambardella. (2007). Ant Colony Optimization and Local Search based on Exact and Estimated Objective Values for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. SUPSI ARIS. 7 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora, Luca Maria Gambardella, & Marco Dorigo. (2006). Ant Colony Optimization and Local Search for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. SUPSI ARIS. 1 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora, Marco Dorigo, & Luca Maria Gambardella. (2006). Metaheuristics in Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization: a Survey. SUPSI ARIS. 18 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora & Marco Dorigo. (2006). Ant colony optimization and local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem: a case study in stochastic combinatorial optimization. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 29 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora & Ann Melissa Campbell. (2005). Extension of the 2-p-opt and 1-shift algorithms to the heterogeneous probabilistic traveling salesman problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 176(1). 131–144. 28 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, et al.. (2005). Hybrid Metaheuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms. 5(1). 91–110. 86 indexed citations

Bianchi, Leonora, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, et al.. (2004). Metaheuristics for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. Lecture notes in computer science. 3242. 450–460. 3 indexed citations

Mastrolilli, Monaldo & Leonora Bianchi. (2004). Core instances for testing: A case study. European Journal of Operational Research. 166(1). 51–62. 1 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Leonora, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, et al.. (2004). Research on the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 5 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Leonora, Joshua Knowles, & Neill E. Bowler. (2003). Local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem: Correction to the 2-p-opt and 1-shift algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research. 162(1). 206–219. 60 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Leonora. (2000). Notes on dynamic vehicle routing - the state of the art. SUPSI ARIS. 21 indexed citations

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