EURO 2025 Leeds
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1917. Bilevel optimization with sustainability perspective: a survey on applications

Invited abstract in session MB-17: Combinatorial bilevel optimization 2, stream Combinatorial Optimization.

Monday, 10:30-12:00
Room: Esther Simpson 2.08

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Ivana Ljubic
IDS, ESSEC Business School of Paris
2. Giulia Caselli
DISMI, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
3. Manuel Iori
DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Abstract

Bilevel optimization, a well-established field for modeling hierarchical decision-making problems, has recently intersected with sustainability studies and practices, resulting in a series of works focusing on bilevel optimization problems involving multiple decision makers with diverse economic, environmental, and social objectives.
This survey offers a comprehensive overview of sustainable bilevel optimization applications.
We review the most relevant works published in sustainable bilevel optimization, giving a classification based on the application domains and their association with well-known operations research problems, while briefly discussing the proposed solution methodologies.
We survey applications on transportation and logistics, production planning and manufacturing, waste, material, and environment management, supply chains, and disaster prevention and response.
We also outline a list of open questions and opportunities for future research in this domain.

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Status: accepted


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