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Laguna, Manuel The Media One Professor

Positions

Professor, Leeds School of Business
Faculty Director, STRATEGIC INIT, OFC OF
Endowed/Named Professor, Leeds School of Business

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Prof. Laguna has done extensive research in the interface between computer science, artificial intelligence and operations research to develop solution methods for practical problems in operations-management areas such as logistics and supply chains, telecommunications, decision-making under uncertainty and optimization of simulated systems.

keywords

Metaheuristic optimization, simulation-optimization

Publications

selected publications

book
- Metaheuristics for Business Analytics A Decision Modeling Approach 2018
- Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design, Second Edition 2013
- Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design 2013
- Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design 2011
- SCATTER SEARCH. Ed. 36. 2006
- Tabu Search 1998
chapter
- Tabu Search. 1241-1250. 2018
- Tabu Search 2018
- Tabu and Scatter Search: Principles and Practice. 130-157. 2018
- A Complementary Cyber Swarm Algorithm. 50-70. 2015
- A Complementary Cyber Swarm Algorithm. 22-41. 2013
- Principles of Tabu Search 2007
- Modeling and Solving a Selection and Assignment Problem 2006
- Scatter Search 2006
- Project Scheduling with Stochastic Activity Interruptions 2002
- The OptQuest Callable Library 2002
- Assigning Proctors to Exams with Scatter Search 1999
- Scatter Search for the Linear Ordering Problem 1999
- An Overview of Tabu Search Approaches to Production Scheduling Problems 1995
- Tabu Search 1995
conference proceeding
- Scatter PSO - A more effective form of particle swarm optimization. 2289-+. 2007
- Enhancing business process management with simulation optimization. 642-+. 2006
- Modeling and solving a selection and assignment problem. 149-162. 2005
- Practical introduction to simulation optimization. 71-78. 2003
- Simulation/optimization using "real-world" applications. 134-138. 2001
- New advances and applications of combining simulation and optimization. 144-152. 1996
journal article
- Models and solution methods for the uncapacitated r-allocation p-hub equitable center problem. International Transactions in Operational Research. 1241-1267. 2018
- Variable neighborhood scatter search for the incremental graph drawing problem. Computational Optimization and Applications. 775-797. 2017
- Operations research at CLAIO XVII (ALIO/SMIO Joint International Meeting). Annals of Operations Research. 187-193. 2017
- Heuristic solution approaches for the maximum minsum dispersion problem. Journal of Global Optimization. 671-686. 2017
- A Simulation-Optimization Approach to Estimate Workforce Requirements. Military Operations Research. 19-37. 2017
- Scatter search for the bandpass problem. Journal of Global Optimization. 769-790. 2016
- A genetic algorithm for the minimum generating set problem. Applied Soft Computing. 254-264. 2016
- Editor's Note on the MIC 2013 Special Issue of the Journal of Heuristics (Volume 22, Issue 4, August 2016). Journal of Heuristics. 665-666. 2016
- A graph coloring approach to the deployment scheduling and unit assignment problem. Journal of Scheduling. 73-90. 2016
- Metaheuristic procedures for the lexicographic bottleneck assembly line balancing problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 1815-1825. 2015
- Tabu search and GRASP for the capacitated clustering problem. Computational Optimization and Applications. 589-607. 2015
- Modeling and solving a closed-loop scheduling problem with two types of setups. IIE Transactions. 880-891. 2015
- Cross entropy for multiobjective combinatorial optimization problems with linear relaxations. European Journal of Operational Research. 362-368. 2015
- An improvement heuristic framework for the laser cutting tool path problem. International Journal of Production Research. 1761-1776. 2015
- Scatter Search for the Profile Minimization Problem. Networks. 10-21. 2015
- Optimization procedures for the bipartite unconstrained 0-1 quadratic programming problem. Computers and Operations Research. 123-129. 2014
- A black-box scatter search for optimization problems with integer variables. Journal of Global Optimization. 497-516. 2014
- Core-Based GRASP for Delay-Constrained Group Communications. International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing. 1-22. 2013
- Bi-Objective Bus Routing: An Application to School Buses in Rural Areas. Transportation Science. 397-411. 2013
- Tabu search with strategic oscillation for the maximally diverse grouping problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 724-734. 2013
- Data-Mining-Driven Neighborhood Search. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 210-227. 2012
- Scatter tabu search for multiobjective clustering problems. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2034-2046. 2011
- Pseudo-Cut Strategies for Global Optimization. International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing. 1-12. 2011
- A Randomized Exhaustive Propositionalization Approach for Molecule Classification. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 331-345. 2011
- A Complementary Cyber Swarm Algorithm. International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research. 22-41. 2011
- Scatter Search Applied to the Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Delivery and Pickup. International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing. 1-20. 2011
- Scatter Search and Path Relinking. International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research. 1-21. 2011
- Tabu search for the linear ordering problem with cumulative costs. Computational Optimization and Applications. 697-715. 2011
- Black box scatter search for general classes of binary optimization problems. Computers and Operations Research. 1977-1986. 2010
- Adaptive memory programming for constrained global optimization. Computers and Operations Research. 1500-1509. 2010
- Cyber Swarm Algorithms - Improving particle swarm optimization using adaptive memory strategies. European Journal of Operational Research. 377-389. 2010
- The challenge of optimizing expensive black boxes: a scatter search/rough set theory approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 53-67. 2010
- Advanced Scatter Search for the Max-Cut Problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 26-38. 2009
- Hybrid heuristics for the maximum diversity problem. Computational Optimization and Applications. 411-426. 2009
- Diversified local search for the optimal layout of beacons in an indoor positioning system. IIE Transactions. 247-259. 2009
- Hybridizing the cross-entropy method: An application to the max-cut problem. Computers and Operations Research. 487-498. 2009
- Multi-objective Meta-heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Profits. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms. 177-195. 2008
- The Buncefield oil depot explosion: where there's smoke, there's (stock market) fire?. 103-107. 2008
- SSPMO: A scatter tabu search procedure for non-linear multiobjective optimization. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 91-100. 2007
- Optimizing the periodic pick-up of raw materials for a manufacturer of auto parts. European Journal of Operational Research. 736-746. 2007
- Advances in analytics: Integrating dynamic data mining with simulation optimization. Ibm Journal of Research and Development. 477-487. 2007
- Robust optimization models for project scheduling with resource availability cost. Journal of Scheduling. 67-76. 2007
- Implementing and testing the tabu cycle and conditional probability methods. Computers and Operations Research. 2495-2507. 2006
- Principles of scatter search. European Journal of Operational Research. 359-372. 2006
- Scatter search for project scheduling with resource availability cost. European Journal of Operational Research. 623-637. 2006
- Design of a system for solving the Labor Scheduling Problem in an airport/Diseño de un sistema para la resolución del problema de programación de turnos en un aeropuerto.. Estudios de Economía Aplicada. 641-641. 2006
- Fine-tuning of algorithms using fractional experimental designs and local search. Operations Research. 99-114. 2006
- Context-independent scatter and tabu search for permutation problems. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 111-122. 2005
- Minimizing labor requirements in a periodic vehicle loading problem. Computational Optimization and Applications. 299-320. 2005
- Experimental testing of advanced scatter search designs for global optimization of multimodal functions. Journal of Global Optimization. 235-255. 2005
- Minimizing the cost of placing and sizing wavelength division multiplexing and optical crossconnect equipment in a telecommunications network. Networks. 199-209. 2005
- Heuristical labour scheduling to optimize airport passenger flows. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 649-658. 2005
- A Benders-based heuristic for the robust capacitated international sourcing problem. IIE Transactions. 1125-1133. 2004
- Capacity expansion of fiber optic networks with WDM systems: problem formulation and comparative analysis. Computers and Operations Research. 461-472. 2004
- Tardiness minimization in a flexible job shop: A tabu search approach. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 103-115. 2004
- Logic cuts for multilevel generalized assignment problems. European Journal of Operational Research. 238-246. 2003
- Heuristics and meta-heuristics for 2-layer straight line crossing minimization. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 665-678. 2003
- Tabu search with simple ejection chains for coloring graphs. Annals of Operations Research. 165-174. 2002
- Heuristic solutions to the problem of routing school buses with multiple objectives. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 427-435. 2002
- Neural network prediction in a system for optimizing simulations. IIE Transactions. 273-282. 2002
- Reducing the bandwidth of a sparse matrix with tabu search. European Journal of Operational Research. 450-459. 2001
- A GRASP for coloring sparse graphs. Computational Optimization and Applications. 165-178. 2001
- An experimental evaluation of a scatter search for the linear ordering problem. Journal of Global Optimization. 397-414. 2001
- Minimizing weighted tardiness of jobs with stochastic interruptions in parallel machines. European Journal of Operational Research. 444-457. 2000
- GRASP and path relinking for 2-layer straight line crossing minimization. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 44-52. 1999
- Intensification and diversification with elite tabu search solutions for the linear ordering problem. Computers and Operations Research. 1217-1230. 1999
- Minimising the maximum relative regret for linear programmes with interval objective function coefficients. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 1063-1070. 1999
- A heuristic to minimax absolute regret for linear programs with interval objective function coefficients. European Journal of Operational Research. 157-174. 1999
- Robust water system design with commercial intelligent search optimizers. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 135-143. 1999
- A heuristic for production scheduling and inventory control in the presence of sequence-dependent setup times. IIE Transactions. 125-134. 1999
- Applying Robust Optimization to Capacity Expansion of One Location in Telecommunications with Demand Uncertainty. Management Science. 1998
- Applying robust optimization to capacity expansion of one location in telecommunications with demand uncertainty. Management Science. S101-S110. 1998
- A New Mixed Integer Formulation for the Maximum Regret Problem. International Transactions in Operational Research. 389-403. 1998
- Arc crossing minimization in hierarchical digraphs with tabu search. Computers and Operations Research. 1175-1186. 1997
- General purpose heuristics for integer programming?Part I. Journal of Heuristics. 343-358. 1997
- A TECHNIQUE TO MINIMIZE OVERTIME IN THE CAPACITATED MRP PROBLEM. Production and Operations Management. 357-370. 1996
- Modelling the load levelling problem in master production scheduling for MRP systems. International Journal of Production Research. 483-493. 1996
- TABU SEARCH FOR THE MULTILEVEL GENERALIZED ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM. European Journal of Operational Research. 176-189. 1995
- APPLYING TABU SEARCH TO THE 2-DIMENSIONAL ISING SPIN-GLASS. International Journal of Modern Physics C. 11-23. 1995
- GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND TABU SEARCH - HYBRIDS FOR OPTIMIZATION. Computers and Operations Research. 111-134. 1995
- CLUSTERING FOR THE DESIGN OF SONET RINGS IN INTEROFFICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Management Science. 1533-1541. 1994
- A STUDY OF DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES FOR THE QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM. Computers and Operations Research. 885-893. 1994
- A GREEDY RANDOMIZED ADAPTIVE SEARCH PROCEDURE FOR THE 2-PARTITION PROBLEM. Operations Research. 677-687. 1994
- A tabu search experience in production scheduling. Annals of Operations Research. 139-156. 1993
- INTEGRATING TARGET ANALYSIS AND TABU SEARCH FOR IMPROVED SCHEDULING SYSTEMS. Expert Systems with Applications. 287-297. 1993
- INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING WITH TABU SEARCH - AN APPLICATION TO JOBS WITH LINEAR DELAY PENALTIES AND SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT SETUP COSTS AND TIMES. Applied Intelligence. 159-172. 1993
- BANDWIDTH PACKING - A TABU SEARCH APPROACH. Management Science. 492-500. 1993
- SOLVING THE MULTIPLE-MACHINE WEIGHTED FLOW TIME PROBLEM USING TABU SEARCH. IIE Transactions. 121-128. 1993
- A SEARCH HEURISTIC FOR JUST-IN-TIME SCHEDULING IN PARALLEL MACHINES. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 253-260. 1991
- TABU SEARCH METHODS FOR A SINGLE-MACHINE SCHEDULING PROBLEM. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 63-74. 1991
- TARGET ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE A TABU SEARCH METHOD FOR MACHINE SCHEDULING. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 239-253. 1991

Teaching

courses taught

OPIM 8990 Doctoral Thesis (Spring 2019)
MSBC 5680 Decision Modeling and Applications (Fall 2018)
MGMT 8900 Independent Study (Summer 2018)
MGMT 8990 Doctoral Thesis (Summer 2018)
OPIM 8990 Doctoral Thesis (Spring 2018)

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 1990
M.S., University of Texas at Austin 1987
B.S., Monterrey Tech at Queretaro (Mexico) 1981

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

Asia Continent
Belgium Country
China Country
Croatia Country
Cuba Country
Ecuador Country
Europe Continent
Germany Country
Italy Country
Japan Country
Mexico Country
Slovenia Country
Spain Country
United Kingdom Country

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ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-5523