Name

 

Bruno Viscolani

 

Title

 

Full Professor

 

Subject

 

Mathematics for Economics

(Metodi Matematici dellÕEconomia e delle Scienze Attuariali e Finanziarie)

 

University

 

Padova

 

Department

 

Matematica

 

Address

 

Via Trieste, 63

 

City

 

I – 35121 Padova – ITALY

 

Telephone

 

+ 39 – 49 - 827 13 97

 

Fax

 

+ 39 – 49 - 827 14 79

 

e-mail

 

viscolani@math.unipd.it

 

 

 

 

Education

 

 

Professional experience

*      Academic Senator, University of Padova (2012 - 2014)

*      Director of the Department of Mathematics (Dipartimento di Matematica), University of Padova (2008 - 2014)

*      Full Professor of  Mathematics for Economics - Metodi Matematici dellÕEconomia e delle Scienze Attuariali e Finanziarie (1999 - present) Facoltˆ di Economia/Dipartimento di Matematica, University of Padova, Italy

*      Associate Professor of  Mathematics for Economics:

(1995-1999) Facoltˆ di Economia, University of Padova, Italy

(1987-1995) Facoltˆ di Economia, University ÒCaÕ FoscariÓ Venice, Italy

*      Research Fellow of  Numerical Analysis and Programming - Calcolo Numerico e Programmazione (1980-1987) University of Padova, Italy

*      Research Fellow of  Mathematics (CNR grant, Mathematical Sciences Committee - Mathematical Analysis and Computer Science, 1977-1980) University of Padova

 

 

 

 

Scientific publications (since the year 2005)

 

á       Manufacturing high-tech products subject to rapid obsolescence (with L. Grosset) Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 170, 3 (2016), pp. 993-1008.

á       Age-structured linear-state differential games (with L. Grosset) European Journal of Operational Research, 254, 2016, 269-278.   

á       Endogenous royalty factor in a licensing contract (with A. Buratto and L. Grosset) Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 26, 3 (2016), pp. 298-304.

á       Open-loop Nash equilibrium in Erickson's oligopoly model (with L. Grosset) Nonlinear Analysis and Differential Equations, 3, 2015, 167-172. 

á       An advertising game with multiplicative interference (with A. Baggio) Optimization, 63, 9, 2014, 1401-1418.

á       ε-subgame perfectness of an open-loop Stackelberg equilibrium in linear-state games (with A. Buratto and L. Grosset) Dynamic Games and Applications, 2, 2012, 269-279.

á       Pure-strategy Nash equilibria in an advertising game with interference. European Journal of Operational Research, 216, 2012, 605-612.   

á       A goodwill model with predatory advertising  (with L. Grosset and P. Roberti) Operations Research Letters, 39, 2011, 419-422.

á       Using several advertising media in a homogeneous market (with A. Sorato) Optimization Letters, 5, 2011, 557-573.

á       Advertising and exogenous interference in a segmented market (with L. Grosset) Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 14, 2011, 29-38. 

á       Advertising events in a competitive framework (with L. Grosset) Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 146, 2010, 375-385.

á       Advertising and production of a seasonal good for a heterogeneous market (with D. Favaretto) 4OR - A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 8, 2, 2010, 141-153.

á       Advertising decisions in a vertical distribution channel. International Game Theory Review,  11, 3, 2009, 273-284.

á       Optimal dynamic advertising with an adverse exogenous effect on brand goodwill (with L. Grosset) Automatica, 45, 2009, 863-870.

á       Advertising strategies in a differential game with negative competitorÕs interference (with G. Zaccour) Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 140, 2009, 153-170.

á       Advertising decisions for a segmented market. Optimization, 58, 4, 2009, 469-477.

á       Optimal dynamic advertising policies and equilibria. Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 11, 2008, 565-580.

á       Advertising in a segmented market: comparison of media choices (with L. Grosset) The IMA Journal of Management Mathematics,  19, 2008, 219-226.

á       Advertising coordination games of a manufacturer and a retailer while introducing a new product (with A. Buratto and L. Grosset) TOP (Trabajos de Investigacion Operativa), 15, 2007, 307-321.

á       Reciprocal optimal control problems and the associated Pareto frontier (with L. Grosset) Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 130, 2006, 113-123.

á       Advertising channel selection in a segmented market (with A. Buratto and L. Grosset) Automatica, 42, 2006, 1343-1347.

á       Advertising a new product in a segmented market (with A. Buratto and L. Grosset) European Journal of Operational Research, 175, 2006, 1262-1267.

á       Linear models and advertising (with A. Buratto e L. Grosset) Rendiconti per gli Studi Economici Quantitativi, Numero speciale in onore di Giovanni Castellani, Venezia, 2005, 107-120.

á       Advertising for the introduction of an age-sensitive product (with L. Grosset) Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 26, 2005, 157-167.

á       Minimum time problems in Economics (with L. Grosset) Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 61, 2005, 23-32.

 

 

Lecture Notes

 

á       Ottimizzazione Dinamica, modelli economici e gestionali (with A. Buratto, L. Grosset) Libreria Progetto, Padova, 2016.

á       Matematica Generale (with A. Buratto, M. Grasselli, L. Grosset) Libreria Progetto, Padova, 2015.

á       Modelli Matematici per lÕEconomia (with P. Malesani) Libreria Progetto, Padova, 2007.

á       Modelli Dinamici in Economia (with L. Grosset) Libreria Progetto, Padova, 2005.

á       Programmazione Matematica e Decisioni Economiche (with A. Buratto) Libreria Progetto, Padova, 2005.

 

 

Scientific Associations Membership

 

Scientific interests

 

 

Editorial activities

 

 

Teaching experience (Courses taught, since the year 1987, for different periods)

 

*      at the University of Padova:

Facoltˆ di Economia/Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali

Matematica Generale, Matematica Finanziaria, Matematica per lÕEconomia: modelli dinamici e ottimizzazione, Matematica per le Decisioni della Finanza Aziendale, Matematica per lÕEconomia: finanza quantitativa, Matematica per lÕEconomia e la Finanza, Matematica per lÕEconomia e la Finanza 2, Operations Management, Topics in Quantitative Finance.

Facoltˆ di Scienze mm. ff. nn.

Economia Matematica, Metodi e Modelli per le Scelte Economiche, Modelli Matematici per lÕEconomia, Matematica per lÕEconomia.

 

*      at the University ÒCaÕ FoscariÓ Venice:

Facoltˆ di Economia

Matematica Finanziaria I, Matematica Finanziaria ed Attuariale, Matematica Generale.

Dottorato di ricerca in ÒMatematica per le Decisioni EconomicheÓ (sede amm. Trieste)

Introduzione al Controllo Ottimo con Applicazioni allÕEconomia.

 

*      at the University of Verona:

Facoltˆ di Economia

Matematica Generale.

 

 

Co-Authors

Andrea Baggio, Antonella Basso, Luigi Beghi, Michele Bottos, Alessandra Buratto, Carla De Francesco, Stefania Funari, Martino Grasselli, Luca Grosset, Daniela Favaretto, Paola Ferretti, Paolo Malesani, Nicoletta Marangon, Paolo Mazzega, Alberto Mezzaroba, Silvio Mosca, Giorgio Pederzoli, Paolo Pellizzari, Cristina Ramus, Paolo Roberti, Annamaria Sorato, Georges Zaccour, Giovanni Zanella.

 

 

 

Cited publications (8/09/2016):

40 in SCOPUS 

52 in MathSciNet          

53 in ZentralblattMATH

 

 

 

 

Last updated: November 23, 2016