{"id":47563,"date":"2026-10-26T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optit.net\/cosa-facciamo\/progetti-finanziati\/mila\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:27:24","slug":"mila","status":"publish","type":"progetto-finanziato","link":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/","title":{"rendered":"MILA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MILA project, developed by Optit within the <a href=\"https:\/\/fondazione-fair.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAIR (Future Artificial Intelligence Research) Extended Partnership<\/a>, and specifically under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibo.it\/en\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Bologna<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPervasive AI\u201d cascade funding call, set out to <strong>close the gap<\/strong> between <strong>optimisation models<\/strong> and the <strong>reality of operational data<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In logistics, data is rarely clean: master data full of errors, real speeds that differ from those on the map, planning criteria that no model records. So even the most rigorous algorithm risks optimising a scenario that doesn\u2019t exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILA\u2019s answer was a <strong>hybrid approach<\/strong>. It combines the <strong>rigour of symbolic <\/strong><strong>optimisation models<\/strong> with the ability of <strong>machine learning<\/strong> to r<strong>ead and correct real-world data<\/strong>. The result is new features for Optit\u2019s platforms and a contribution to research on AI applied to logistics and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project brought <strong>new functionality to Optit\u2019s platforms<\/strong> and, at the same time, <strong>contributed to the scientific advancement of AI<\/strong> applied to logistics and the environment.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Results<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>More reliable data.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prototype models that automatically correct master data and infer the characteristics of new delivery points, even when the available information is incomplete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Optimised loads.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algorithms that determine the optimal loading of goods into vehicles and autonomously select the most suitable configuration parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Maps that reflect the road.<\/b> A map-matching prototype that enriches the road network with real speeds derived from GPS data. Planning models therefore work with actual travel times, not theoretical ones.<\/p>\n<p><b>The human factor in the models.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Models that learn the preferences of those who plan. They make it possible to assess trip quality and predict visit sequences in Food Retail, building on planners\u2019 experience rather than ignoring it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New affinity KPIs.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indicators that measure the affinity between service and driver and bring it into optimisation models, steering planning choices more effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Impact and sustainability<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILA also contributed to the cross-cutting objectives of Italy\u2019s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP): <strong>planning on more accurate data<\/strong> means <strong>fewer kilometres travelled<\/strong>. The tools developed also lay the theoretical and operational groundwork for the transition to electric fleets, supporting climate change mitigation and the circular economy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47562,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"mercati":[817],"servizi":[922,927,923],"class_list":["post-47563","progetto-finanziato","type-progetto-finanziato","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mercato-logistics-and-supply-chain","servizio-optiload-building","servizio-optiwaste-logistics","servizio-optilogistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILA | OPTIT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MILA | OPTIT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OPTIT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MILA.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/\",\"name\":\"MILA | OPTIT\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/MILA.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-26T11:27:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/MILA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/MILA.png\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Truck traveling along a road at night\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/funded-projects\\\/mila\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Progetti finanziati\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/progetti-finanziati\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"MILA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"OPTIT\",\"description\":\"Optimal Solutions\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Optimal Solutions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"OPTIT\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Livello-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Livello-1.svg\",\"width\":329,\"height\":64,\"caption\":\"OPTIT\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/optit.net\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/optit-s.r.l.\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MILA | OPTIT","description":"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MILA | OPTIT","og_description":"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics","og_url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/","og_site_name":"OPTIT","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MILA.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/","url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/","name":"MILA | OPTIT","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MILA.png","datePublished":"2026-10-26T11:27:24+00:00","description":"Hybrid AI for more efficient, sustainable logistics","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MILA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MILA.png","width":1300,"height":600,"caption":"Truck traveling along a road at night"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/funded-projects\/mila\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Progetti finanziati","item":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/progetti-finanziati\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MILA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/","name":"OPTIT","description":"Optimal Solutions","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Optimal Solutions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#organization","name":"OPTIT","url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Livello-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/optit.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Livello-1.svg","width":329,"height":64,"caption":"OPTIT"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/optit-s.r.l.\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prg-finanziati\/47563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prg-finanziati"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/progetto-finanziato"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mercato","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mercati?post=47563"},{"taxonomy":"servizio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optit.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/servizi?post=47563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}