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UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION: CONCEPCION, VIII, CL

PROFESOR ASISTENTE (DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL)
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Universidad de Concepción: Concepcion, Bío Bío, CL

2020-01 to present | Profesor Asistente (Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial)
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Carlos Contreras-Bolton

Universidad de Santiago de Chile: Santiago, CL

2019-03 to 2020-01 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Departamento de Ingeniería Informática)
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Università di Bologna: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, IT

2015-11-01 to 2018-10-31 | Doctor en Ingeniería Biomédica, Eléctrica y de Sistemas (DEI - Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi")
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Works (26)

Machine Learning-Driven Optimization for Solution Space Reduction in the Quadratic Multiple Knapsack Problem

IEEE Access
2025 | Journal article
Contributors: Diego Yáñez-Oyarce; Carlos Contreras-Bolton; Fredy Troncoso-Espinosa; Carlos Rey
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A novel three-stage matheuristic for the capacitated minimum spanning tree problem with time windows

Knowledge-Based Systems
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Pablo Reyes-Polanco; Carlos Contreras-Bolton
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A multioperator genetic algorithm for the traveling salesman problem with job-times

Expert Systems with Applications
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Pablo Gutiérrez-Aguirre; Carlos Contreras-Bolton
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Open-Pit Pushback Optimization by a Parallel Genetic Algorithm

Minerals
2024-04-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Felipe Navarro; Nelson Morales; Carlos Contreras-Bolton; Carlos Rey; Victor Parada
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An optimization-based approach for an integrated forest fire monitoring system with multiple technologies and surveillance drones

European Journal of Operational Research
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Rodrigo De la Fuente; Maichel M. Aguayo; Carlos Contreras-Bolton
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A metaheuristic for the double traveling salesman problem with partial last‐in‐first‐out loading constraints

International Transactions in Operational Research
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Blas Mardones; Gustavo Gatica; Carlos Contreras‐Bolton
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Automatic generation of a hybrid algorithm for the maximum independent set problem using genetic programming

Applied Soft Computing
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Moisés Silva-Muñoz; Carlos Contreras-Bolton; Carlos Rey; Victor Parada
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A matheuristic algorithm for the pollution and energy minimization traveling salesman problems

International Transactions in Operational Research
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Valentina Cacchiani; Carlos Contreras‐Bolton; Luis Miguel Escobar‐Falcón; Paolo Toth
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Automatic Generation of Metaheuristic Algorithms

2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Sergio Iturra; Carlos Contreras-Bolton; Victor Parada
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Low-Cost Voice Assistant Design and Testing for Older Adults

Lecture Notes in Computer Science
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Farias-Barraza, Barbara; Reyes-Rogget, Marcelo; Lopez, Felipe A.; Lopez-Martinez, Ignacio N.; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Linfati, Rodrigo; Gatica, Gustavo
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An effective two‐level solution approach for the prize‐collecting generalized minimum spanning tree problem by iterated local search

International Transactions in Operational Research
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Carlos Contreras‐Bolton; Víctor Parada
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Models and algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time-dependent Service times

European Journal of Operational Research
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0377-2217
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Automatic design of specialized algorithms for the binary knapsack problem

Expert Systems with Applications
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicolás Acevedo; Carlos Rey; Carlos Contreras-Bolton; Victor Parada
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Models and metaheuristics for the Pollution Traveling Salesman Problem

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85067239849

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21698767

Contributors: Toth, P.; Cacchiani, V.; Contreras-Bolton, C.; Escobar, J.W.; Escobar-Falcon, L.M.; Linfati, R.
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Novel Algorithms Automatically Generated for Optimization Problems

37TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CHILEAN COMPUTER SCIENCE SOCIETY (SCCC)
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Silva-Munoz, Moises; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Silva Semaan, Gustavo; Villanueva, Monica; Parada, ViIctor
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A biased-randomized heuristic for the waste collection problem in smart cities

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85044039306

Contributors: Gruler, A.; Juan, A.A.; Contreras-Bolton, C.; Gatica, G.
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A web application for location and vehicle routing in disaster

Revista Iteckne
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Gatica, Gustavo; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Venegas, Nicolas; Opazo, Omar; Linfati, Rodrigo; Willmer Escobar, John
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Relaxations and algorithms for the traveling salesman problem with time-dependent service times

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
2017 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85018960446

Contributors: Toth, P.; Cacchiani, V.; Bolton, C.C.
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Supporting multi-depot and stochastic waste collection management in clustered urban areas via simulation-optimization

Journal of Simulation
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000395965500003

Contributors: Gruler, A.; Fikar, C.; Juan, A. A.; Hirsch, P.; Contreras-Bolton, C.
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A multi-operator genetic algorithm for the generalized minimum spanning tree problem

Expert Systems with Applications
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84953337049

Contributors: Contreras-Bolton, C.; Gatica, G.; Barra, C.R.; Parada, V.
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A new genotype-phenotype genetic algorithm for the two-dimensional strip packing problem with rotation of 90°,Un nuevo algoritmo genético de genotipo-fenotipo para el problema de Strip Packing de dos dimensiones con rotación de 90°

Ingenieria y Universidad
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84981717748

Contributors: Gatica, G.; Villagrán, G.; Contreras-Bolton, C.; Linfati, R.; Escobar, J.W.
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Automatic design of algorithms for optimization problems

2015 Latin-America Congress on Computational Intelligence, LA-CCI 2015
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84969651817

Contributors: Contreras-Bolton, C.; Parada, V.
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Automatically produced algorithms for the generalized minimum spanning tree problem

Scientific Programming
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84961894495

Contributors: Contreras-Bolton, C.; Rey, C.; Ramos-Cossio, S.; Rodríguez, C.; Gatica, F.; Parada, V.
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Automatic combination of operators in a genetic algorithm to solve the traveling salesman problem

PLoS ONE
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947447916

Contributors: Contreras-Bolton, C.; Parada, V.
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Automatically Generated Algorithms for the Vertex Coloring Problem

PLoS ONE
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84874927047

Contributors: Contreras Bolton, C.; Gatica, G.; Parada, V.
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Evolutionary Optimization of Electric Power Distribution Using the Dandelion Code

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Peer review (163 reviews for 45 publications/grants)

Review activity for Advances in operations research. (2)
Review activity for Applied computational intelligence and soft computing. (2)
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Review activity for Engineering applications of artificial intelligence. (8)
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Review activity for European journal of industrial engineering. (1)
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Review activity for European journal of operational research. (10)
Review activity for Expert systems with applications. (3)
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Review activity for Frontiers of Computer Science. (2)
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Review activity for IEEE transactions on emerging topics in computational intelligence. (5)
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Review activity for International journal of disaster risk reduction. (2)
Review activity for International journal of flexible manufacturing systems. (4)
Review activity for International journal of logistics systems and management. (1)
Review activity for International journal of parallel, emergent and distributed systems. (1)
Review activity for International journal of systems science. (8)
Review activity for International transactions in operational research. (5)
Review activity for Journal of intelligent & fuzzy systems. (1)
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Review activity for PloS one. (4)
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Review activity for Science progress. (1)
Review activity for Scientific programming. (2)
Review activity for Swarm and evolutionary computation. (4)
Review activity for Swarm and evolutionary computation. (4)
Review activity for The ACM journal of experimental algorithmics. (2)
Review activity for The journal of supercomputing. (1)