Gabriella Marcarelli

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gabriella Marcarelli (+39) 0824 305707
gabriella.marcarelli@unisannnio.it; gabriella.marcarelli@gmail.com www.gabriellamarcarelli.altervista.org
Skype name gabriella.marcarelli

(from 2022) Professor of Mathematical methods for economics, finance and actuarial sciences (SECS-S/06) at the Department of law economics management and quantitative methods of the University of Sannio.

EDUCATION and TRAINING
(2007-2008) Post-doctoral Research Fellow in "Multicriterial analysis at the Department of Analysis of social and economic systems”, at the Department DASES of the University of Sannio.
(2003-2007) Phd Degree in “Aree protette e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale e ambientale per l’organizzazione del territorio e lo sviluppo sostenibile” - XVIII cycle - (thesis title: Analisi multicriteriale per la valutazione e la gestione del territorio) achieved on January 19, 2007 at the University of Sannio.
(2005) Specialization Course in “Sistemi Informativi Territoriali per la gestione di sistemi urbani e sistemi complessi”, University of Naples Federico II.
(1997-2002) Laurea's Degree in Actuarial and Statistical Sciences achieved on December 16, 2002 at the University of Sannio.

TEACHING activities
Professor in the following courses at the University of Sannio:
(from 2023/24) Mathematical models and methods for decisions in socio-economic systems (Economics and Mangament)
(from 2022/23) Mathematical Methods for economics and finance (Economics, Banking and Finance)
(from 2017/18) Mathematics (Statistical and actuarial sciences)
(from 2017/18 to 2020/21) Applied Mathematics (Economics and Management)
(from 2012/13 to 2015/16) Evaluation models and decision methods (Statistical and actuarial sciences/Economics and Governance)
(2014/15) Mathematical analysis (Statistical and actuarial sciences)
(2010/11) Evaluation models and decision methods (Economics and Governance)
(2010/11) Mathematical analysis (Statistical and actuarial sciences)Linear programming (Economics and Governance)
(2009/10) Mathematical analysis (Statistical and actuarial sciences)Applied Mathematics (Economics and Governance)
(2008/09) Mathematical analysis (Statistical and actuarial sciences)Mathematical Methods for economics and finance II
(from 2006 to 2008) Mathematical analysis (Statistical and actuarial sciences)Mathematical Methods for economics and finance II

Teaching activities:
(2019) Decision Theory Module (10 hours) within the Master in Manager in the Public Administration, University of Sannio (2017/18).
(november 15th, 2016) Decision Theory Module (8 hours) within the Master in Manager in the Public Administration, University of Sannio (2014/15).
(2010) Mathematical and Economical models Module within the Course of Marketing of Tourist services, “H2O Hight Occupation” Project.

Publications

1. P. Mancini, G. Marcarelli (2023) A multi-criteria approach for ranking Italian high schools, Quality and Quantity, 10.1007/s11135-023-01621-y.
2. G. Marcarelli (2022) A multi-criteria model to explain some empirical violations of basic assumptions of Expected Utility Theory, Quality and Quantity, doi.org/10.1007/s11135-022-01521-7.
3. G. Fattoruso, G. Marcarelli (2022) A multi-criteria approach for public tenders: ELECTRE III and parsimonious AHP: a comparative study, Soft Computing, DOI: 10.1007/s00500-022-07426-9.
4. G. Fattoruso, P. Mancini, G. Marcarelli (2022) The AHPSort II to evaluate the High-level instruction performances, Ratio Mathematica, vol. 42, doi: 10.23755 / rm.v41i0.809. ISSN: 1592-7415.
5. J. Wasim, V. Vijay, P. Amenta, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli, A. Ishizaka (2022) Deriving the
weights for aggregating judgments in a multi-group problem: an application to curriculum
development in entrepreneurship, Annals of Operations Research (ANOR), doi.org/10.1007/
s10479-022-04649-9.
6. P. Mancini, G. Marcarelli (2022) School and academic performance for ranking High Schools: some evidence from Italy, International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process 14(2), 10.13033/ijahp.v14i2.948.
7. P. Amenta, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli (2021) On the choice of weights for aggregating
judgments in non-negotiable AHP group decision making, European Journal of Operational
Research, 288(1), 294-301 doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.048
7. G. Marcarelli, M. Rossi, A. Ferraro, A. Lucadamo (2020), An investment choice problem and
calendar anomalies: A group-AHP model for investors, International Journal of Analytic
Hierarchy Process, 12(2), pp. 176-202. https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v12i1.726.
9. N. D’Ortona, G. Marcarelli, G. Melisi (2020), Loss Portfolio Transfer (LPT) treaties within
Solvency II capital system: a reinsurer’s point of view, Journal Insurance Markets and
Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, 11(1), 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/
ins.11(1).2020.01
10. P. Amenta, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli (2020) On the transitivity and consistency approximated
thresholds of some consistency indices for pairwise comparison matrices, Information Sciences
507, 274-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2019.08.042
11. P. Amenta, A. Ishizaka, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli, V. Vyas (2020) Computing a common
preference vector in a complex multi-actor and multi-group decision system in Analytic
Hierarchy Process context, Annals of Operations Research (ANOR), 284(1), 33-62. https://
doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03258-3
12. M. Rossi, G. Marcarelli, A. Ferraro, A. Lucadamo (2020) How do Calendar Anomalies Affect
an Investment Choice? A Proposal of an Analytic Hierarchy Process Model, International
Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 10(1), 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/
ijefi.8995.
13. G. Fattoruso, G. Marcarelli, M.G. Olivieri, M. Squillante (2020) Using Electre to analyze the
behaviour of economic agents, Soft Computing, 24(18), pp. 13629–13637, Springer Berlin
Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04397-2.
14. G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2020) A group-AHP-based approach for selecting the best public
tender, Soft Computing, 24(18), pp. 13717–13724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04479-1
15. M. Rossi, G. Marcarelli, A. Ferraro, A. Lucadamo (2019) An AHP model to evaluate the influence of calendar effects on investment choice, in Business Management Theories and Practices in a Dynamic Competitive Environment, (eds) Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber, Evangelos Tsoukatos, Proceedings of 12th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, September 18-20 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece.
16. G. Marcarelli, A. Nappi (2019) Multicriteria Approach to Select the Most Economically Advantageous Tender: The Application of AHP in Italian Public Procurement, Journal of Public Procurement (JOPP), vol. 19(3), ISSN: 1535-0118, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-05-2018-0020.
17. P. Mancini, G. Marcarelli (2019) High School choice: how do parents make a choice, International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (IJAHP), vol.11, Issue 1, ISSN 1936-6744, https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v11i1.601.
18. P. Amenta, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli (2019) Transitivity thresholds for Salo-Hamalainen index when the number of alternatives is greater than three, in Data Science & Social Research 2019, Book of Abstract, Second International Conference on Data Science and Social Research, PKE, ISBN 9788894312096.
19. G. Marcarelli (2018) An Integrated Network Model for performance management: a focus on healthcare organizations, International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, Vol.10, No.2, pp.163 – 180; DOI 10.1504/IJMFA.2018.10012812; ISSN online 1753-6723.
20. P. Amenta, A. Lucadamo, G. Marcarelli (2018) Approximate thresholds for Salo-
Hamalainen index, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Vol. 11, Issue 11, pp. 1655-1659.
21. G. Marcarelli, A. Nappi (2017) L’offerta economicamente più vantaggiosa e l’utilizzo dei metodi multicriteriali nelle gare d’appalto pubblico, Amministrativ@mente, Fascicolo n. 7-8, pp. 1-23, ISSN 2036-7821.
22. G. Marcarelli (2017) Evaluating Healthcare Organization with a Network Model which integrates ANP with a revised-BSC, International Journal of Analytic Hierarchy Process, Vol. 9, Issue 1, ISSN 1936-6744, https://doi.org/10.13022/ijahp2017.v9.is1.443.
23. N.E. D'Ortona, G. Marcarelli (2016) Optimal proportional reinsurance from the
point of view of cedent and reinsurer, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, n. 4, pp: 366- 375, Taylor & Francis. DOI 10.1080/03461238.2016.1148627, ISSN 1651-2030 (online) 0346-1238 (print).
24. G. Marcarelli (2016) Multi-criteria decision making for evaluating healthcare policies: the benefit/cost analysis by the Analytic Hierarchy Process, International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, Special Issue on Applications of multi criteria decision analysis in Medical Engineering and Informatics, vol. 8, No. 2, pp.163–181, Inderscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMEI.2016.075754.
25. G. Marcarelli, V. Racioppi, M. Squillante (2014) Modelling a sustainable requalification problem by Analytic Hierarchy Process, Quality & Quantity, vol. 49, n. 4, pp. 1661-1677, Springer Netherlannds, Print ISSN 0033-5177; online ISSN 1573- 7845. DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0073-0.
26. G. Marcarelli, B. Simonetti, V. Ventre (2013) Analyzing AHP matrix by robust regression, in Proto Araceli N., Squillante Massimo, Kacprzyk Janusz. Advanced Dynamic Modeling of Economic and Social Systems, Studies in Computational Intelligence; vol. 448, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-32902-9.
27. G. Marcarelli, V. Racioppi, M. Squillante (2012) Energetic-environmental requalification for tourist accomodation facilities by Analytic Hierarchy Process, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Communications, Computing and Control Applications (CCCA) 2012, Marseille, IEEE, ISBN 978-1-4673-4694-8.
28. N.E. D’Ortona, G. Marcarelli (2012) Insurer’s optimal reinsurance programs, International Journal of Dyses, Vol. 3, Number 1: 1-18, ISSN 1852.379x.
29. L. Cirillo, G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2012) Il ruolo dei metodi di analisi multicriteriale nella valutazione e valorizzazione dei beni culturali e ambientali, in Sant'Agata de' Goti: tracce. Dai testi e dalle epigrafi verso un sistema informativo territoriale. Franco Angeli Editore, ISBN: 978-88-204-0145-0.
30. P. De Angelis, N. E. D’Ortona, G. Marcarelli (2011) Optimal reinsurance programs for a portfolio of life annuities, Journal Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 31-42, ISSN 2078-2454.
31. B. Simonetti, G. Marcarelli (2011) Estimation of priorities in the AHP through Taxicab decomposition, Advances & Appllications in Statistical Sciences, Vol. 6, pp. 461-470, ISSN 0974-6811.
32. G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2011) Decision making under risk and uncertainty, Nuova Atlantide, Aracne Ed., gennaio-aprile 2011, pp. 81-98, ISSN 2037-7304- 11001.
33. B. Cavallo, L. D’Apuzzo, G. Marcarelli (2010) Pairwise comparison matrices: some issue on consistency and a new consistency index, in Preferences and Decisions: Models and Applications, Salvatore Greco, Ricardo A. Marques Pereira, Massimo Squillante, Ronald R. Yager and Janusz Kacprzyk, Springer ed. (Berlin, Heidelberg). Vol. 257, pp. 111-122, ISBN 978-3-642-15975-6, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15976- 3_7.
34. G. Marcarelli, V. Ventre (2010) Decision Making in Social Actions, in Preferences and Decisions: Models and Applications, Salvatore Greco, Ricardo A. Marques Pereira, Massimo Squillante, Ronald R. Yager and Janusz Kacprzyk, Springer ed. (Berlin / Heidelberg). Vol. 257, pp. 281-289, ISBN 978-3-642-15975-6, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15976-3_16.
35. L. Cirillo, G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2010) Uno strumento matematico per le decisioni complesse: l’Analisi multicriteriale, Rivista Matematicamente, nn 153, 154, 155, ISSN: 2037-6367.
36. L. D’Apuzzo, G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2009) Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Rankings in Multicriteria Decision Making, in T. Lux, M. Faggini (Editors), Economics from Tradition to Complexity, Springer editor (Berlin, Heidelberg), parte IV, pp. 157-170, DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-1083-3_10 ISBN: 978-88-470-1082-6.
37. G. Marcarelli, B. Simonetti, V. Ventre (2008) Analyzing AHP-matrices by robust partial least squares regression, Caribbean Journal of Mathematical and Computing Sciences 9, (1&2). The University of the West Indies, pp. 47-63, ISSN 1017-6764
38. L. D’Apuzzo, G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2007) Generalized Consistency and Intensity Vectors for Comparison Matrices, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no12, pp.1287-1300, December 2007, DOI: 10.1002/int.20252,
39. G. Marcarelli, B. Simonetti, V. Ventre (2007) Analyzing AHP matrices by RPLS
Regression, in B. de Baets, L. Martinez, L. G. Perez (eds) Proceedings of Eurofuse workshop: New trends in preferenced modelling, Jaén, April 11-13, 2007. Published by University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén Spain. Pp. 123-128, ISBN 978-84-690- 4561-9.
40. G. Marcarelli, V. Ventre (2006) Un’applicazione del Modello AHP per la valutazione del Risk of Management Fraud, in P. Amenta, L. D’Ambra e M. Squillante (eds) “Metodi, Modelli e Tecnologie dell’informazione a Supporto delle Decisioni”. Franco Angeli, Milano, ISBN:88-464-7440-6.
41. D. Caggiano, G. Marcarelli, M. Squillante (2003) Il metodo AHP: alcune problematiche teoriche ed un’applicazione all’analisi del progetto di una centrale elettrica, in R. Franchino, A. Maturo, A. Ventre, A. Violano (eds), Strategie, processi e modelli decisionali per la gestione dell'ambiente. La Goliardica, Trieste. pp. 198- 214, ISBN 88-88171-98-3.

Attendance at national and international schools
(May 26th – 31st, 2014) - European Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA) Spring School
Multiple criteria decision making: a key for sustainability. University of Perugia (Italy), Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences.
(June 8–13, 2014)- Specialized Summer School
La valutazione nei processi di piano: metodi e applicazioni. University of Naples L’Orientale.
(November 22-25, 2006) - Sixth International School “REASONing under PARtial Knowledge
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Perugia.
(December 15-17, 2005)-Fifth International School “REASONing under PARtial Knowledge
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Perugia.
(September 27-29, 2004)- Course of Statistics School (SIS) on “Metodi statistici per i sondaggi di opinione e le ricerche di mercato”, University of Sannio.
(September 16-26, 2004)-Fourth International School “REASONing under PARtial Knowledge
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Perugia.
ISSN 0884-8173.
(September 23-26, 2003)-Workshop on “Preferences and decisions
University of Trento.
(June 2-20, 2003)-International Workshop in ‘Fondamenti e Sviluppi della Matematica per l’Economia’, Aeronautica Military Academy of Pozzuoli, Naples.

Invited relations
- Approximate thresholds for Salo-Hamalainen index (con P. Amenta e A. Lucadamo)
(invited session) IFAC INCOM 2018 Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, Bergamo (Italy), June 11-13, 2018.
- Optimal reinsurance programs (con N.E. D’Ortona)
International Workshop ‘Quantitative Behavioral Finance’ on the initiative of the ‘College Interdisciplinaire de France’ (CIF), University of Nice, France, on 8-10th December 2010, Nice, University of Nice.
- Analisi multicriteriale ed applicazioni alla gestione del territorio (con M. Squillante) Invited relation to the conference “Matematica: attualità di una scienza”, Istituto Superiore “E. Fermi”, Montesarchio, March 2007.
- Generalized consistency and representation of preferences by pairwise comparisons (con L. D’Apuzzo, M. Squillante) Invited Session to the Panamerican Conf. Appl. Math., Huatulco, Mexico 2006.

Conference relations
- The illiteracy price and the financial prejudice (with Rossi M., Martini E. e Smyczek S.) EUROMED 2020
• An AHP model to evaluate the influence of calendar effects on investment choice (with Rossi M., Ferraro A., Lucadamo A.), EUROMED 2019, Grecia.
• Computing ordinal consistency thresholds for pairwise comparison matrices (with P. Amenta and A. Lucadamo), ASA Conference 2019, Brescia.
• Transitivity thresholds for Salo-Hamalainen index when the number of alternatives is greater than three (with P. Amenta and A. Lucadamo), Data Science & Social Research, February 5-6, 2019 Milan.
• High school choice: do parents get an idea? (with P. Mancini), Poster Session of Population Days 13th Edition (POPDAYS 2019), January 24-25, 2019, Milan.
• Electre methods for analyzing the behaviour of economic agents (with G. Fattoruso, M.G. Olivieri e M. Squillante), DySES2018 Systemic Risk, October, 9-11 2018, Sorbonne, Paris.
• A group-AHP based approach for selecting the best public tender (with M. Squillante), Poster Session of the DySES2018 Systemic Risk, October, 9-11 2018, Sorbonne, Paris.
- Risk and return in Loss Portfolio Transfer (LPT) treaties within Solvency II capital system: a reinsurer’s point of view (con N.E. D’Ortona, G. Melisi), Eigth International Conference on Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance (MAF 2018), April 4-6, 2018 Madrid.
- Outsourcing, Public-Private Cooperation and Healthcare Organisation's Performance: A Network Model Integrating ANP with BSC (G. Marcarelli)
Abstract accepted to the OR58 Conference, Portsmouth, 6-8 September 2016.
- An evaluation tool for analyzing dependence and feedback in a requalification problem (with V. Racioppi and M. Squillante)
Poster Session of the International Workshop on Dynamics of Social and Economical
Systems, September 16-18, 2014 – Seville.
§ Energetic-environmental requalification for tourist accomodation facilities by
Analytic Hierarchy Process (with V. Racioppi and M. Squillante)
2nd International Conference on Communications, Computing and Control Applications (CCCA) 2012, Marseille, University of Aix-Marseille
§ Optimal reinsurance programs bearing demographic risk (with P. De Angelis and N.E. D’Ortona)
15th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME
2011), June 14-17, 2011, Trieste, University of Trieste.
§ Insurer’s optimal reinsurance programs (with N.E. D'Ortona)
International Workshop on Dynamics of Social and Economical Systems, September 20-25, 2010, Benevento (Organizing Committee member), University of Sannio.
§ Generalized Consistency and Preferences Representation by Pairwise Comparisons (with L. D’Apuzzo e M. Squillante).
International Conference on Fuzzy Sets, Multivalued Operations and Applications to Social Sciences, November 22-24, 2007, Chieti, University ‘G. D’Annunzio’ Chieti- Pescara.
§ Generalized Consistency and Preferences Representation by Pairwise Comparisons (with L. D’Apuzzo e M. Squillante).
XXXI Convegno Nazionale dell’AMASES, September 3-6, 2007, Lecce, University of Salento.
§ Analyzing AHP-matrices by Robust Partial Least Squares Regression (with B. Simonetti, M. Squillante, V. Ventre)
EUROFUSE Workshop 2007, New Trends In Fuzzy Preference Modelling, April 11- 13, 2007, Jaén, Spagna.
§ Coherence and representativity by pairwise comparisons (with L. D’Apuzzo, M. Squillante)
Ecople, Economics from tradition to complexity, Capri, Giugno 2006
§ Generalized Consistency and Intensity Vectors for Comparison Matrices (con L.
D’Apuzzo e M. Squillante).
International Workshop on Dynamics of Social and Economical Systems, September 28-30, 2006, Procida (Organizing Committee member), University of Sannio.
§ Un’applicazione del Modello AHP per la valutazione del Risk of Management Fraud (with V. Ventre)
International Workshop on Dynamics of Social and Economical Systems, June 24-25 2004, Benevento (Organizing Committee member), University of Sannio.

Member of Scientific Association and Research Group
(from 2008)- Association for Mathematics Applied to Social and Economic Sciences (AMASES)
(from 2016)-The Operational Research Society

(from 2014)-Member of the European working group on multicriteria decision aiding (EWG-MCDA)

Research activities and projects
from 2014- Scientific responsible of the research financed by the University of Sannio:
- Multicriteria Decision Methods for evaluating the performance of public organizations (2018);
- The Analytic Network Process for evaluating the performance of public healthcare organizations (2017); - La valutazione delle performance nelle Amministrazioni Pubbliche: tecniche giuridiche e modelli quantitativi (2016);
- Regole e metodi di misurazione e valutazione delle performance nelle pubbliche amministrazioni e, in particolare, nelle Università (2015);
- Analisi multicriteriale e decisioni di gruppo (2014);
(2007-2008)-Research Fellow at the University of Sannio in "Multicriterial analysis at the Department of Analysis of social and economic systems", from 2007 to 2008.

(2007) -Research activities in the project: Metodi decisionali; problemi di scelta e metodi multicriteriali, financed by the University of Sannio.
(2007)-Research project financed by the Region Campania (R. Law no. 5, 38.03.2002): “La Valorizzazione e il recupero dei beni ambientali e culturali attraverso la lettura e l'analisi filologica dei testi, delle epigrafi e la valutazione basata sull'analisi multicriteriale: l'area di Sant'Agata dei Goti”.
(2006)-Research activities in the project FIRB 2003: Valorizzazione delle risorse storico-artistiche- paesaggistiche finalizzata all'incremento dei flussi turistici nel bacino del Mediterraneo.

Referee for International Reviews:
Fuzzy Sets and Systems (FSS)
Annals of Operations Research (ANOR)
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJA)
Socio Economic Planning Sciences (SEPS)
Quality and Quantity (QUQU)
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (JAMC)
Journal of Public Procurement (JOPP)
The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal (TOCSJ)
International Journal of Analytic Hierarchy Process (IJAHP)
International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences (IJIDS)
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM)
Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Springer book series)

Editorial board member for conference and review
(from 2018)
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing
The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal
International Journal of Analytic Hierarchy Process
Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Springer book series)