Demetrio Laganà

Professor Demetrio Salvatore Lagana' is an Assistant Professor of Operations Research at the Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering (DIMEG) of the University of Calabria, Italy. He has served as scientific committee member for multiple Ph.D. programs and as editorial board member for Advances in Operations Research.

• Education: Master's in Engineering (1992, University "Mediterranea" of Reggio Calabria), Graduate School in Transport Terminal Infrastructures (1996, University "Federico II" of Naples), Ph.D. in Operations Research (2006, University of Calabria)

Dr. Lagana' specializes in combinatorial optimization with applications to logistics and supply chain management. His research focuses on three core areas:

• Arc Routing Problems: Optimizing vehicle fleets in logistics networks with capacity and time constraints
• General Routing Problems: Integrated routing of vehicles, arcs, and vertices with complex feasibility rules
• Inventory Routing Problems: Vendor Managed Inventory systems balancing stock levels and transportation costs

His publication trends show expertise in stochastic demand modeling (2015-2021), exact algorithm development (2013, 2016), and heuristic approaches (2012, 2017). Recent work (2023-2025) explores autonomous delivery systems and real-time logistics optimization.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Member of Ph.D. Scientific Committees (Operations Research 2006-2011, Life Sciences 2013, Mathematics & Computer Science 2017-present)
  • Editorial Board: Advances in Operations Research (Hindawi)
  • Jury Member: Ph.D. defenses at University of Bergamo and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Research Grants:
  • PRIN 2007: "Ottimizzazione della logistica distributiva"
  • PRIN 2015: "Transportation and Logistics Optimization in Big Data era"
• International Collaborations:
  • Georgia Tech, HEC Montreal, University of Valencia
  • Research partnerships with Professors Gilbert Laporte, Stefan Irnich, and Wout Dullaert