Rafael Martí
Universitat de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Full Professor of Operations Research and Statistics
Bio
Rafael Martí is a Full Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the University of Valencia, Spain. He received his doctoral degree in Mathematics from the University of Valencia in 1994 and has been cited by over 15,312 scholars in his field. His research focuses on the development of metaheuristics for hard optimization problems.
He coordinates the Spanish Network on Metaheuristics, funded by the Spanish government as a Network of excellence, and the doctoral program “Statistics and Optimization” at the University of Valencia. He has maintained a highly productive collaboration with Prof. Abraham Duarte’s group at Rey Juan Carlos University for over 10 years.
Research Focus
Metaheuristics: His primary research interest focuses on the development of metaheuristic algorithms for solving hard optimization problems across various domains.
Operations Research: He specializes in developing mathematical models and solution approaches for complex optimization problems in industrial and business applications.
Combinatorial Optimization: His work includes exact and heuristic methods for problems like the Linear Ordering Problem and Maximum Diversity Problem.
Business Analytics: He applies optimization techniques to business problems, contributing to the field of metaheuristics for business analytics.
Education
- PhD in Mathematics - Universidad de Valencia (1994)
Publications & Books
- 200+ publications with half in JCR-indexed journals (EJOR, Informs JoC, IIE Transactions, JOGO, C&OR, Discrete and Applied Maths)
- “Handbook of Heuristics” - Co-editor of this 3-volume reference work (Springer, 2018)
- “Scatter Search” - Co-author (Kluwer, 2003)
- “The Linear Ordering Problem” - Co-author (Springer, 2011)
- “Metaheuristics for Business Analytics” - Co-author (Springer, 2018)
Editorial Positions
- Area Editor - Journal of Heuristics
- Associate Editor - Mathematical Programming Computation
- Associate Editor - International Journal of Metaheuristics
- Associate Editor - European Journal of Operational Research
Leadership & Recognition
- Coordinator - Spanish Network on Metaheuristics (Network of Excellence)
- Coordinator - Doctoral program “Statistics and Optimization” at Universidad de Valencia
- Senior Research Associate - OptTek Systems (USA)
- Patent Holder - American patent secured
- 50+ invited and plenary talks at international conferences
Academic Supervision
- 7 doctoral theses supervised
- 14 Master’s theses supervised
International Positions
Invited Professor at:
- University of Colorado (USA)
- University of Molde (Norway)
- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Bretagne-Sud (France)
- University of Wien (Austria)
- University College of Dublin (Ireland)
Collaborative Research
Long-term collaboration with Prof. Abraham Duarte’s group at Rey Juan Carlos University:
- 50+ JCR-indexed papers published together
- 25 book chapters co-authored
- 50+ international conference presentations
Interests
Operations Research | Optimization | Heuristics | Metaheuristics | Business Analytics