Mario Guajardo

Professor Mario Guajardo

E-mail
Mario.Guajardo@nhh.no
Telephone
+47 55 95 91 81
Department
Business and Management Science
Centre
Shipping and Logistics ENE
Office
C413
Expertise
Management Science Shipping, transport and logistics Energy Operations research Natural resources Game theory

BIOGraphy

Mario Guajardo is Professor at NHH. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Chile, and Ph.D. from NHH. His research interests include operations research, collaborative logistics, natural resource supply chains, game theory and sports analytics. He has collaborated in several projects with relevance in industry and government.

In recognition to the impact of his work, he became Franz Edelman Laureate in 2016 (INFORMS, USA) and finalist of the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research in 2020 (INFORMS, USA). He was also finalist of the EURO Excellence in Practice Award at the conference of the Association of European Operational Research Societies in 2009 (Germany) and 2018 (Spain).

He currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Shipping and Trade, the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, and the flagship journal of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, International Transactions in Operational Research. He has also served as Chair of the IFORS Prize for OR in Development 2020 and 2023.

He enjoys teaching about decision making and likes to encourage his students to understand applications in real-world problems. He firmly believes the world can change for better through the use of operations research.

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Selected publications

Author(s) Title Publisher
Bang, Rasmus; Hansen, Bjørn Gunnar; Guajardo, Mario; Sommerseth, Jon Kristian; Flaten, Ola; Asheim, Leif Jarle Conventional or organic cattle farming? Trade-offs between crop yield, livestock capacity, organic premiums, and government payments Agricultural Systems Volume 218; 2024
Orhan, Cosku Can; Goez, Julio C.; Guajardo, Mario; Osicka, Ondrej; Wallace, Stein William Assessing macro effects of freight consolidation on the livability of small cities using vehicle routing as micro models: The case of Bergen, Norway Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review Volume 185; 2024
Braathen, Christian; Goez, Julio C.; Guajardo, Mario Autonomous ferries in light of labor regulations — A passenger perspective Maritime Transport Research Volume 7; 2024
Bjørndal, Endre Jostein; Bjørndal, Mette; Bøe, Elisabeth Kjerstad; Dalton, Jacob; Guajardo, Mario Smart home charging of electric vehicles using a digital platform Smart Energy Volume 12; 2023
Bang, Rasmus; Guajardo, Mario; Hansen, Bjørn Gunnar Recent advances in decision support for beef and dairy farming: modeling approaches and opportunities International Transactions in Operational Research Volume 30 (6); page 2807 - 2839; 2023
Osicka, Ondrej; Guajardo, Mario Fair travel distances in tournament schedules: A cooperative game theory approach Sports Economics Review (SER) Volume 2; 2023
Nguyen, Gam Thi Hong; Ruzaeva, Daria; Goez, Julio Cesar; Guajardo, Mario Insights on the introduction of autonomous vessels to liner shipping networks Journal of Shipping and Trade Volume 7 (12) (27 pages); 2022
Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Gutiérrez, Facundo; Marenco, Javier; Saure, Denis; Zamorano, Gonzalo Scheduling the Main Professional Football League of Argentina INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (IJAA) Volume 51 (5); page 361 - 372; 2021
Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Gutiérrez, Facundo Efficient referee assignment in Argentinean professional basketball leagues using operations research methods Annals of Operations Research; 2021
Ben Jouida, Sihem; Guajardo, Mario; Klibi, Walid; Krichen, Saoussen Profit maximizing coalitions with shared capacities in distribution networks European Journal of Operational Research Volume 288 (2); page 480 - 495; 2020
Mirhedayatian, Seyed Mostafa; Crainic, Teodor Gabriel; Guajardo, Mario; Wallace, Stein William A two-echelon location-routing problem with synchronisation Journal of the Operational Research Society Volume 72 (1); page 145 - 160; 2019
Van Bulck, David; Goossens, Dries; Schönberger, Jörn; Guajardo, Mario RobinX: a three-field classification and unified data format for round-robin sports timetabling European Journal of Operational Research Volume 280 (2); page 568 - 580; 2019
Cea, Sebastian; Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Saure, Denis; Siebert, Joaquín; Zamorano, Gonzalo An analytics approach to the FIFA ranking procedure and the World Cup final draw Annals of Operations Research Volume 286; page 119 - 146; 2019
Guajardo, Mario; Rønnqvist, Mikael; Flisberg, Patrik; Frisk, Mikael Collaborative transportation with overlapping coalitions European Journal of Operational Research Volume 271 (1); page 238 - 249; 2018
Alarcón, Fernando; Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Miranda, Jaime; Munoz, Hugo; Ramirez, Luis; Ramirez, Mario; Saure, Denis; Siebert, Matias; Souyris, Sebastian; Weintraub, Andrés; Wolf-Yadlin, Rodrigo; Zamorano, Gonzalo Operations Research Transforms the Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup Qualifiers Interfaces Volume 47 (1); page 52 - 69; 2017
Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Saure, Denis Scheduling the South American Qualifiers to the 2018 FIFA World Cup by Integer Programming European Journal of Operational Research Volume 262 (3); page 1109 - 1115; 2017
Guajardo, Mario; Rønnqvist, Mikael A review on cost allocation methods in collaborative transportation International Transactions in Operational Research Volume 23 (3); page 371 - 392; 2016
Flisberg, Patrik; Frisk, Mikael; Rönnqvist, Mikael; Guajardo, Mario Potential savings and cost allocations for forest fuel transportation in Sweden: a country-wide study Energy Volume 85; page 353 - 365; 2015
Guajardo, Mario; Jørnsten, Kurt Common mistakes in computing the nucleolus European Journal of Operational Research Volume 241 (3); page 931 - 935; 2015
Guajardo, Mario; Rønnqvist, Mikael Operations Research models for coalition structure in collaborative logistics European Journal of Operational Research Volume 240 (1); page 147 - 159; 2015
More publications in Cristin
  • Decision modelling
  • Operations research
  • Computational optimization

Dissemination

  • Finalist of Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research, 2020, INFORMS, USA.
  • Best Paper Award in International Transactions in Operational Research, category Surveys and Tutorials, 2019.
  • Finalist of the EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA) 2018. Scheduling the South American Qualifiers to the 2018 FIFA World Cup by integer programming. EURO XXIX, Valencia, Spain.
  • INFORMS Franz Edelman Laureate 2016. Operations Research Transforms Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup Qualifiers. INFORMS Business Analytics & Operations Research, Orlando, USA.
  • Finalist of the Best Student Paper Award INFORMS Section on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE) 2014. Operations Research models for coalition structure in collaborative logistics: Cases in forestry and oil. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
  • Elmaghraby Best Student Paper Award 2012. Inventory management of spare parts in an energy company. ILS Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain Conference, Quebec, Canada.
  • Finalist of the Bergen’s Forsker Grand Prix 2011. Mathematics on the ball: Scheduling a Football League. Forskningsdagene i Bergen, Norway.
  • Best Paper Award OPTIMA 2009. Asignación de árbitros para un campeonato de fútbol mediante programación entera. Termas de Chillán, Chile.
  • Finalist of the EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA) 2009. OR in the Scheduling of the Chilean Football League. EURO XXIII, Bonn, Germany.