Project R-11388

The development and application of operations research techniques for solving and analyzing real-life decision-making problems in the broad context of transportation and logistics. (Research)

Kris Braekers is affiliated to the research group Logistics of the Faculty of Business Economics of Hasselt University. His research focuses on the development and application of operations research techniques for solving and analyzing real-life decision-making problems in the broad context of transportation and logistics. Methodologically, his main expertise lies in modelling and solving complex combinatorial optimization problems. The applied techniques mainly include meta-heuristic algorithms and mathematical programming. From an application point of view, the focus is on tactical and operational decision-making problems in transport, logistics and healthcare. Examples include vehicle routing problems for freight distribution, on-demand passenger transportation (e.g., dial-a-ride systems) and healthcare logistics (e.g., homecare services, inventory routing); optimization problems related to warehouse operations (e.g., order batching and picker routing); and optimization of intermodal transport operations and network design (e.g., intermodal container routing, train load planning).

01 January 2019 - 30 November 2020