Víctor Blanco

Full Professor

Dept. of Quantitative Methods for Economics & Business

Institute of Mathematics (IMAG)

Universidad de Granada

vblanco (at) ugr (dot) es

Preprints Publications Taks Projects Datasets

Preprints:

V Blanco, D. Laborda, and M Martínez-Antón. On the Strength of Linear Relaxations in Ordered Optimization

V Blanco, H. Kothari, and J Luedtke. A Unified Optimization Framework for Multiclass Classification with Structured Hyperplane Arrangements

V Blanco, I Espejo, R Páez, and A. M Rodríguez-Chía. A Mathematical Optimization Approach to Multisphere Support Vector Data Description

V Blanco, A Marín, and J Puerto. Exact Matrix Seriation through Mathematical Optimization: Stress and Effectiveness-Based Models

M Albareda-Sambola, V Blanco, Y Hinojosa. Coordinating Drop-Off Locations and Pickup Routes: A Budget-Constrained Routing Perspective

V Blanco, MA Pozo, J Puerto, A Torrejon. Linear, nested, and quadratic ordered measures: Computation and incorporation into optimization problems .

V Blanco, JF Camacho-Vallejo, C Corpus. A Novel Co-Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving a Bilevel Pricing and Hubs Location Problem under a Tree Topology

V Blanco, M Martínez-Antón. Optimal Mediated Graphs: The role of Combinatorics in Conic Optimization

V Blanco, G González, P Gagrani. On the optimal growth of autocatalytic subnetworks: A Mathematical Optimization Approach

V Blanco, A Japón, J Puerto, P Zhang. Optimal probabilistic feature shifts for reclassification in tree ensembles

V Blanco, A Japón, J Puerto, P Zhang. A mathematical programming approach to optimal classification forests

Publications:

[56] Víctor Blanco, Victor Magron, Miguel Martínez-Antón. On the Complexity of p-Order Cone Programs . To appear in Jorunal of Complexity.

[55] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, Marina Leal. Incorporation of Regional Preferences in Facility Location: Insights into Efficiency and Satisfaction Trade-offs   . To appear in Transportation Research Part E.

[54] Víctor Blanco, Gabriel González, and Justo Puerto. Fixed Topology Minimum-Length Trees with Neighborhoods. Computers and Industrial Engineering 207, 111331, 2025.

[53] Praful Gagrani, Víctor Blanco, Eric Smith, and David Baum. Polyhedral geometry and combinatorics of an autocatalytic ecosystem. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 62 (5), 1012-1078.

[52] Víctor Blanco and Miguel Martínez-Antón. On minimal extended representations of generalized power cones. SIAM J Optimization 34(3), 3088-3111, 2024.

[51] Víctor Blanco and Miguel Martínez-Antón. Optimal coverage-based placement of static leak detection devices for pipeline water supply networks. Omega 122, 102956

[50] Víctor Blanco, Alfredo Marín, and Justo Puerto. Intra-facility equity in discrete and continuous p-facility location problems. Computers & Operations Research 162 (2024): 106487.

[49] Víctor Blanco, Yolanda Hinojosa, and Víctor Zavala. The Waste-to-Biomethane Logistic Problem: A Mathematical Optimization Approach. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12(22). 2024.

[48] Víctor Blanco, Gabriel González, Yolanda Hinojosa, Diego Ponce, Miguel A Pozo and Justo Puerto. The pipelines and cable trays location problem in naval design. Ocean Engineering, 286:115525, 2023.

[47] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, and Francisco Saldanha-da Gama. Multi-type maximal covering location problems: Hybridizing discrete and continuous problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 307(3):1040–1054, 2023.

[46] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, Diego Ponce, and Justo Puerto. A branch-and-price approach for the continuous multifacility monotone ordered median problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 306(1):105–126, April 2023.

[45] Víctor Blanco and Ricardo Gázquez. Fairness in maximal covering location problems. Computers & Operations Research, 157:106287, 2023.

[44] Víctor Blanco, Elena Fernández, and Yolanda Hinojosa. Hub Location with Protection Under Interhub Link Failures. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2023.

[43] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. On hub location problems in geographically flexible networks. International Transactions in Operational Research, 29(4):2226–2249, 2022.

[42] Victor Blanco, Alberto Japón, and Justo Puerto. Robust optimal classification trees under noisy labels. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, 16(1):155–179, March 2022.

[41] Víctor Blanco, Alberto Japón, and Justo Puerto. A mathematical programming approach to SVM-based classification with label noise. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 172:108611, October 2022.

[40] Víctor Blanco, Gabriel González, Yolanda Hinojosa, Diego Ponce, Miguel A. Pozo, and Justo Puerto. Network flow based approaches for the pipelines routing problem in naval design. Omega, 111:102659, September 2022.

[39] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, and Marina Leal. Mathematical optimization models for reallocating and sharing health equipment in pandemic situations. TOP, September 2022.

[38] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. Covering problems with polyellipsoids: A location analysis perspective. European Journal of Operational Research, 289(1):44–58, February 2021.

[37] V. Blanco, A. Japón, D. Ponce, and J. Puerto. On the multisource hyperplanes location problem to fitting set of points. Computers & Operations Research, 128:105124, April 2021.

[36] Wissem Achour, Djamal Chaabane, and Víctor Blanco. An improved algorithm to compute the ω-primality. Optimization Letters, 15(1):97–107, February 2021.

[35] Vıctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Antonio Rodríguez-Chía. On lp-Support Vector Machines and Multidimensional Kernels. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 21(1):469–497, 2020.

[34] Víctor Blanco, Alberto Japón, and Justo Puerto. Optimal arrangements of hyperplanes for SVM-based multiclass classification. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, 14(1):175–199, March 2020.

[33] Víctor Blanco, Eduardo Conde, Yolanda Hinojosa, and Justo Puerto. An optimization model for line planning and timetabling in automated urban metro subway networks. A case study. Omega, 92:102165, April 2020.

[32] Manuel Arana-Jiménez, Víctor Blanco, and Elena Fernández. On the fuzzy maximal covering location problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 283(2):692–705, June 2020.

[31] Víctor Blanco and Alfredo Marín. Upgrading nodes in tree-shaped hub location. Computers & Operations Research, 102:75–90, February 2019.

[30] Víctor Blanco. Ordered p-median problems with neighbourhoods. Computational Optimization and Applications, 73(2):603–645, June 2019.

[29] Manuel Arana-Jiménez and Víctor Blanco. On a fully fuzzy framework for mini-max mixed integer linear programming. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 128:170–179, February 2019.

[28] Víctor Blanco, Román Salmerón, and Samuel Gómez-Haro. A Multicriteria Selection System Based on Player Performance: Case Study—The Spanish ACB Basketball League. Group Decision and Negotiation, 27(6):1029–1046, December 2018.

[27] Víctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Román Salmerón. Locating hyperplanes to fitting set of points: A general framework. Computers & Operations Research, 95:172–193, July 2018.

[26] Víctor Blanco and José M. Pérez-Sánchez. On the aggregation of expert’s information in Bonus-Malus systems. ASTIN Bulletin, 48(1):311–337, January 2018.

[25] Víctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Diego Ponce. Continuous location under the. effect of 'refraction'. Mathematical Programming, 161(1-2):33–72, January 2017.

[24] Víctor Blanco, Elena Fernández, and Justo Puerto. Minimum Spanning Trees with neighborhoods: Mathematical programming formulations and solution methods. European Journal of Operational Research, 262(3):863–878, November 2017.

[23] Román Salmerón and Víctor Blanco. El problema de un tamaño muestral pequeño en la regresion lineal: Micronumerosidad. @Recta, 17:167–177, 2016.

[22] Víctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Safae El-Haj Ben-Ali. Continuous multifacility ordered median location problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 250(1):56–64, April 2016.

[21] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. Short rational generating functions for solving some families of fuzzy integer programming problems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems,272:30–46, August 2015.

[20] Victor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Safae El Haj Ben Ali. A Semidefinite Programming approach for solving Multiobjective Linear Programming. Journal of Global Optimization, 58(3):465–480, March 2014.

[19] Victor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Safae El Haj Ben Ali. Revisiting several problems and algorithms in continuous location with l_tau-norms. Computational Optimization and Applications, 58(3):563–595, July 2014.

[18] Victor Blanco and José Carlos Rosales. The tree of irreducible numerical semigroups with fixed Frobenius number. Forum Math, 25(6):1249–1261, November 2013.

[17] Víctor Blanco, Safae El Haj Ben Ali, and Justo Puerto. Minimizing ordered weighted averaging of rational functions with applications to continuous location. Computers & Operations Research, 40(5):1448–1460, May 2013.

[16] Víctor Blanco. Irreducible numerical semigroups with multiplicity three and four. Semigroup Forum, 87(2):407–427, October 2013.

[15] Víctor Blanco and Jose Carlos Rosales. The set of numerical semigroups of a given genus. Semigroup Forum, 85(2):255–267, October 2012.

[14] Víctor Blanco and Jose Carlos Rosales. On the enumeration of the set of numerical semigroups with fixed Frobenius number. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 63(7):1204–1211, April 2012.

[13] Victor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Safae El Haj Ben Ali. Optimizing ordered median functions with applications to single facility location. In Diethard Klatte, Hans-Jakob Lüthi, and Karl Schmedders, editors, Operations Research Proceedings 2011, pages 329–334. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012.Series

[12] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. A new complexity result on multiobjective linear integer programming using short rational generating functions. Optimization Letters, 6(3):537–543, March 2012.

[11] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. An Application of Integer Programming to the Decomposition of Numerical Semigroups. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 26(3):1210–1237, January 2012.

[10] Víctor Blanco and Jose Carlos Rosales. Irreducibility in the set of numerical semigroups with fixed multiplicity. International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 21(05):731–744, August 2011.

[9] Víctor Blanco, Justo Puerto, and Ana B. Ramos. Expanding the Spanish high-speed railway network. Omega, 39(2):138–150, April 2011.

[8] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. Some algebraic methods for solving multiobjective polynomial integer programs. Journal of Symbolic Computation, 46(5):511–533, May 2011.

[7] Víctor Blanco, Pedro A. García-Sánchez, and Justo Puerto. Counting numerical Semigroups with short generating functions. International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 21(07):1217–1235, November 2011.

[6] Víctor Blanco, Pedro A García-Sánchez, and Alfred Geroldinger. Semigroup- theoretical characterizations of arithmetical invariants with applications to numerical monoids and Krull monoids. Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 55(4):1385–1414, 2011.

[5] Víctor Blanco, Pedro A García-Sánchez, and Alfred Geroldinger. Semigroup-theoretical characterizations of arithmetical invariants with applications to numerical monoids and krull monoids. Actes des rencontres du CIRM, 2(2):95–98, 2010.

[4] Victor Blanco, Luisa Carpente, Yolanda Hinojosa, and Justo Puerto. Planning for Agricultural Forage Harvesters and Trucks: Model, Heuristics, and Case Study. Networks and Spatial Economics, 10(3):321–343, September 2010.

[3] Víctor Blanco and Justo Puerto. Partial Gröbner Bases for Multiobjective Integer Linear Optimization. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 23(2):571–595, 2009.

[2] Manuel Bullejos, Emilio Faro, and Víctor Blanco. A Full and Faithful Nerve for 2-Categories. Applied Categorical Structures, 13(3):223–233, June 2005.

[1] Víctor Blanco, Manuel Bullejos, and Emilio Faro. Categorical non-abelian co- homology and the Schreier theory of groupoids. Mathematische Zeitschrift, 251(1):41–59, September 2005.

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