Alan Osorio Mora

Alan Osorio Mora

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Alan Osorio Mora

Postdoctoral Researcher · Operations Research

Chair of Logistics, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

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Research Interests

My research focuses on Operations Research and Logistics, particularly vehicle routing, location-routing, facility location, stochastic programming, and optimization algorithms.

Education

2020–2024

Ph.D. in Biomedical, Electrical and System Engineering — Operations Research

University of Bologna · Italy

Thesis: Vehicle Routing and Location Routing Problems with Minimum Latency: Algorithms and Models.

2016–2019

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío · Chile

Thesis: Hub Location Problem Models Applied to Freight Transport.

2012–2018

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering

Universidad del Bío-Bío · Chile

Research Experience

2024–Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Faculty of Business and Economics · RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

Research in Logistics and Operations Research with Prof. Timo Gschwind.

2020–2024

Ph.D. Researcher

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering · University of Bologna, Italy

Research on latency routing problems with Prof. Daniele Vigo and Prof. Paolo Toth.

2023

Visiting Researcher

University of Lisbon · Portugal

Research on location-routing under uncertainty with Prof. Francisco Saldanha da Gama.

2020

Visiting Researcher

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali · Colombia

Research on vehicle routing problems with multiple depots with Prof. John Willmer Escobar.

2016–2019

Research Assistant

Universidad del Bío-Bío · Chile

Research in Logistics with Prof. Rodrigo Linfati and in Economics with Prof. Francisco Núñez.

Publications

2026
Osorio-Mora, A., Alvarez-Miranda, E., & Saldanha-da-Gama, F. The latency location-or-routing problem. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 105280.
2026
2025
Osorio-Mora, A., Saldanha-da-Gama, F., & Toth, P. A risk-averse latency location-routing problem with stochastic travel times. European Journal of Operational Research, 321(3), 837–850.
2023
Osorio-Mora, A., Escobar, J. W., & Toth, P. An iterated local search algorithm for latency vehicle routing problems with multiple depots. Computers & Operations Research, 158, 106293.
2023
Osorio-Mora, A., Rey, C., Toth, P., & Vigo, D. Effective metaheuristics for the latency location routing problem. International Transactions in Operational Research, 30(6), 3801–3832.
2021
Osorio-Mora, A., Soto-Bustos, M., Gatica, G., Palominos, P., & Linfati, R. The multi-depot cumulative vehicle routing problem with mandatory visit times and minimum delayed latency. IEEE Access, 9, 27210–27225.
2020
Osorio-Mora, A., Núñez-Cerda, F., Gatica, G., & Linfati, R. Multimodal capacitated hub location problems with multi-commodities: An application in freight transport. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020(1), 2431763.

Preprints and Manuscripts Under Review

2025
Osorio-Mora, A., Campuzano, G., Lalla-Ruiz, E., & Gschwind, T. The Cumulative Location Routing Problem: Algorithms and Models.
2026
Rey, C., Osorio-Mora, A., & Toth, P. A Two-Stage Stochastic Quadratic Multiple Knapsack Problem with Risk-Aversion.
2026
Campuzano, G., Osorio-Mora, A., Lalla-Ruiz, E., Mes, M., & Toth, P. The Variable-Speed Drone-Assisted Asymmetric Traveling Repairman Problem with Time Windows.

Teaching Experience

2024–Present

Academic Staff

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau · Germany

Logistics Planning under Uncertainty; Facility Location and Network Design; Master's Seminar; Master's Thesis.

2020

Visiting Lecturer

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali · Colombia

Optimization and Transportation Systems.

2019

Lecturer

Universidad del Bío-Bío · Chile

Information Structure and Design; Project Management; Economic Engineering.

2015–2018

Teaching Assistant

Universidad del Bío-Bío · Chile

Operations Research; Project Management; Microeconomics.

Selected Talks

2026
Osorio-Mora, A. & Gschwind, T. An Exact Algorithm for the Cumulative Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2026), Vienna, Austria.
2025
Osorio-Mora, A., Alvarez-Miranda, E., & Saldanha-da-Gama, F. The Latency Location-or-Routing Problem. 34th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2025), Leeds, United Kingdom.
2025
Osorio-Mora, A., Campuzano, G., Lalla-Ruiz, E., & Gschwind, T. A Matheuristic Algorithm for the Cumulative Location Routing Problem. EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog), Trento, Italy.
2022
Osorio-Mora, A., Escobar, J. W., & Toth, P. A Two-Phase Metaheuristic for Solving the Multi-Depot k-Traveling Repairman Problem. 32nd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2022), Espoo, Finland.
2022
Osorio-Mora, A., Rey, C., Toth, P., & Vigo, D. Hybrid Metaheuristics for the Latency Location Routing Problem. European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO XXXV).

Grants, Scholarships, and Service

2024–Present

Board Member

EUROYoung

2020–2024

Becas Chile International Doctoral Scholarship

ANID · Grant No. 2020-72210275

2020

Pacific Alliance Scholarship

Research and teaching funding

Technical Skills

  • Optimization software: CPLEX, Gurobi.
  • Modeling language: AMPL.
  • Programming: C++.

Languages

English · Spanish · Italian

References

Prof. Paolo Toth

Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy

paolo.toth@unibo.it

Prof. Francisco Saldanha da Gama

Chair in Supply Chain Management, Sheffield University Management School, United Kingdom

francisco.saldanha-da-gama@sheffield.ac.uk

Prof. Timo Gschwind

Chair of Logistics, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

gschwind@rptu.de