Renata Mansini (born 22 August 1968) is an Italian applied mathematician, economist, and operations researcher known for her research on problems in

mathematical optimization Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criterion, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfi ...

including

portfolio optimization Portfolio optimization is the process of selecting the best portfolio (asset distribution), out of the set of all portfolios being considered, according to some objective. The objective typically maximizes factors such as expected return, and minimi ...

and vehicle routing. She is a professor of operations research at the

University of Brescia The University of Brescia ( it, Università degli Studi di Brescia) is an Italian public research university located in Brescia, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is branched in 4 Faculties. The University of Brescia was officially established ...

Education

Mansini earned a laurea in economics and business from the

in 1991–1992, winning a prize from the Associazione Italiana di Studio del Lavoro for the best thesis in applied mathematics. She completed a doctorate in 1996–1997 at the University of Bergamo, with the dissertation ''Modelli di programmazione lineare mista intera per problemi finanziari: analisi, algoritmi e risultati computazionali'' 'mixed integer linear programming models for financial problems: analysis, algorithms, and computational results''

Book

Mansini is the co-author, with Włodzimierz Ogryczak and

M. Grazia Speranza Maria Grazia Speranza (born 30 March 1957) is an Italian applied mathematician and operations researcher. Her research involves the application of mathematical optimization to problems including portfolio optimization and the combination of inven ...

, of the book ''Linear and Mixed Integer Programming for Portfolio Optimization'' (EURO Advanced Tutorials on Operational Research, Springer, 2015).

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