Dr. Beatriz Royo

Dr. Beatriz Royo

Associate Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza Program

Dr. Beatriz Royo is Associate Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program. She has a Ph.D. degree of Computer Engineer in the field of Transport Optimization with a focus on long distance transportation by road, Vehicle Routing, Hub Location Allocation Problems and Ant Colony Optimization. MSc. degree based on mechanical systems from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

Dr. Royo’s main research areas are network design, supply chain collaboration, digitalization and sustainability. During her career, Dr Royo published several papers in journals as well as on scientific conferences.

Dr. Royo has also been employed in “Aragon Institute of Engineering Research” as a researcher engineer for transport optimization and as a decision support systems developer and in “Technological Institute of Aragon” as an automation software developer.

Research Areas

Sustainable Networks

Sustainable Networks Group investigates how environmental concerns could be integrated into operational decision making throughout the supply chain.

Supply Chain Digitalization

The Supply Chain Digitalization Research Group is focused on how digital technologies enable the supply chain to attain situational awareness and context-sensitive decision making, becoming customer-driven, agile and responsive.

Publications

An Emerging and Innovation Transport Solution: Towards Transforming Parking Lot to Urban Consolidation Centre: Madrid Living Lab

Royo, B., Politaki, D., González, J.N., Batalla, A. An Emerging and Innovation Transport Solution: Towards Transforming Parking Lot to Urban Consolidation Centre: Madrid Living Lab. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) | Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022 | Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure | March 2023, pp. 1179-119 | Springer

Innovative Technologies and Systems for Urban Mobility: The Case of Padua

Mazzarino, M., Braidotti, L., Royo, B., de la Cruz, T. Innovative Technologies and Systems for Urban Mobility: The Case of Padua. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) | Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022 | Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure | March 2023, pp. 504-519 | Springer

Urban Mobility Transition Driven by New Digital Technologies

De la Cruz, M.T., Royo B., Ciprés, C. Urban Mobility Transition Driven by New Digital Technologies | Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 3: Making Digital Mobility Inclusive and Accessible | Eds. Keseru, I., Randhan, R. | February 2023, pp. 3-21 | Springer

Measuring and Allocating Scope 3 GHG Emissions

Royo, B. Measuring and Allocating Scope 3 GHG Emissions. Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 2. Lecture notes in Mobility. In: Müller B., Meyer G. (eds), February 2020, pp. 200-211 | Springer

Carbon Footprint Accounting in Freight Transport: Training Needs

Val, S., Royo, B., Ciprés, C. Carbon Footprint Accounting in Freight Transport: Training Needs.Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe, Challenges, Solutions and Collaborations, January 2019. Part III, pp. 223-238

Prior Publications

Route planning for a mixed delivery system in long distance transportation and comparison with pure delivery systems

Royo B., Fraile A., Larrodé E., Muerza V., 2016. Route planning for a mixed delivery system in long distance transportation and comparison with pure delivery systems. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 291, pp. 488-496.

An optimization algorithm for solving the rich vehicle routing problem based on Variable Neighborhood Search and Tabu Search metaheuristics

Sicilia J.A., Quemada C., Royo B., Escuin D., 2016. An optimization algorithm for solving the rich vehicle routing problem based on Variable Neighborhood Search and Tabu Search metaheuristics. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 291, pp. 468-477.

Solving a Long-Distance Routing Problem using Ant Colony Optimization

Royo B., Sicilia J.A., Oliveros M.J., Larrodé E., 2015 Solving a Long-Distance Routing Problem using Ant Colony Optimization. Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences 9(2), pp. 415-421.

A Decision Support System for a Long-distance Routing Problem based on the Ant Colony Optimization Metaheuristic

Sicilia J.A., Royo B., Larrodé E., Fraile A., 2014. A Decision Support System for a Long-distance Routing Problem based on the Ant Colony Optimization Metaheuristic. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 111, pp. 1035-1044.

A Web based Application for Urban Transport Infrastructure Planning for Delivering Hydrogen

Gallego J., Royo B., Larrodé E., 2014. A Web based Application for Urban Transport Infrastructure Planning for Delivering Hydrogen. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 111, pp. 869-879.

A Hybrid Algorithm for Solving the General Vehicle Routing Problem in the Case of the Urban Freight Distribution

Sicilia J.A., Escuin D., Royo B., Larrodé E.,Medrano J., 2014. A Hybrid Algorithm for Solving the General Vehicle Routing Problem in the Case of the Urban Freight Distribution. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 262, pp. 463-475.

Smart system for freight distribution planning

Juan Antonio Sicilia Montalvo, David Escuín Finol, Beatriz Royo Agustín, Emilio Larrodé Pellicer (2013). Smart system for freight distribution planning. Dyna, ISSN 0012-7361, Vol. 88, 4, 2013,  (414-423).

Sistema Inteligente de Planificación de Rutas para la distribución de mercancías basado en las técnicas metaheurísticas, búsqueda de entorno variable y búsqueda tabú

Juan Antonio Sicilia, Emilio Larrodé, Beatriz Royo, David Escuin  (2013). Sistema Inteligente de Planificación de Rutas para la distribución de mercancías basado en las técnicas metaheurísticas, búsqueda de entorno variable y búsqueda tabú. Dyna (Bilbao), Vol. 88 (3), pp. 414-423.

A hybrid algorithm for solving the general vehicle routing problem in the case of the urban freight distribution

Juan Antonio Sicilia, David Escuín, Beatriz Royo, Emilio Larrodé, Jesús Medrano (2014). A hybrid algorithm for solving the general vehicle routing problem in the case of the urban freight distribution. Computer-based Modelling and Optimization in Transportation, Springer, pp (463-475).

Managerial Publications

Ever increasing circles

By Dr. Alicia Martinez de Yuso and Dr. Beatriz Royo

Digital twins LEAD in last-mile logistics

By Dr. Beatriz Royo, Dr. Sara Sanchez and Carolina Cipres

Urban Mobility Transition Driven by New Digital Technologies

By Dr. Teresa de la Cruz, Dr. Beatriz Royo and Carolina Ciprés

EcoLogistics promises cleaner urban freight in developing cities

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Teresa de la Cruz

Regrouping for resilience

By Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, Dr. Teresa de la Cruz, Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Yasel Costa

Digital twins to support on-demand delivery

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos

Low carbon freight for sustainable cities

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. M. Teresa de la Cruz

Taking a LEAD in on-demand city logistics

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos

Digital transport solutions for the many, not the few

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Carolina Ciprés

Delivering sustainability by post

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. M. Teresa de la Cruz

Mobility responses to the urban jungle

By Dr. Teresa de la Cruz and Dr. Beatriz Royo

Shared data is key to low carbon logistics

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos

Making intelligent use of supply chain data

By Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos and Dr. Beatriz Royo

Clearing paths for urban freight

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Susana Val

Grants & Awards

2018 CEL Award to the best thesis project in Logistics