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• Educational timetabling, an overview of a mature research domain
  Peter Demeester (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
  Co-authors: G. Vanden Berghe, P. De Causmaecker
  
• Educational course timetabling: a case study
  Herman Crauwels (campus De Nayer, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst)
  
• A hyper-heuristics approach to solve a real-world and a benchmark examination timetabling problem
  Peter Demeester (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
  
• The carry-over effect does not exist in football
  Dries Goossens (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: F.C.R. Spieksma
  

• Incorporating logistics decisions in activity-based freight modeling
  Tabitha Maes (Hasselt University)
  Co-authors: Katrien Ramaekers, An Caris, Tom Bellemans, Gerrit Janssens
  
• A GRASP metaheuristic for allocating resources to improve the accessibility in a road network after a natural disaster
  Pablo Andres Maya Duque (University of Antwerp )
  Co-authors: K. Sorensen, P. Goos
  
• Vehicle loading optimization with stochastic supply
  Thierry Pironet (Université de Liège)
  Co-authors: Amand, Arda, Crama, Kronus, Pironet
  
• Location and market area of rail-road terminals
  Sabine Limbourg (HEC-ULg)
  Co-authors: B. Jourquin
  Abstract:
  The European transport policy has focused on sustainable transport solutions. One of its objectives for freight transport is to restore the balance between modes and to develop intermodality. Among the various types of intermodal transports, this research is concerned with rail-road container terminals embedded in a hub-and–spoke network. These terminals will further be referred to as hubs. Hub-and-spoke networks have been implemented in a number of transportation systems when it is favourable to consolidate and disseminate flows at certain locations called hubs. The efficiency of such a network depends on the location of the hubs. The problem is to find the optimal hub locations and to allocate the remaining nodes to these hubs. This problem is known as the p-hub median problem (p-HMP) where p is the number of hubs to locate. This location-allocation problem is proved to be NP-hard. The time needed to solve it increases as the number of nodes exponent three. Thus, in order to model rail-road transport on the trans-European networks, a subset of nodes that can be considered as good potential locations is needed. We applied the p-HMP to a set of potential locations obtained by both spatial aggregation of demand nodes using hierarchical clustering methods and by a flow-based approach which takes the flows of commodities and their geographic spread into account. They showed that the latest method gives better results and that is why it is retained to determine a set of potential locations. The set of potential locations is used as input for an iterative procedure. One of the main contributions of this research is to propose this iterative procedure based on both the p-HMP and the multi-modal assignment problem. Moreover, the objective function of our p-hub median formulation includes the costs for pre- and post-haulages by road, trans-shipment (according to the number of handled containers into account) and rail haulage. Furthermore, in the p-hub median problem, the total demand is assigned to the hubs. In this research however, the demand can be assigned over all the transportation modes, with the possibility (but not the obligation) of using the trans-shipment facilities. Finally, we presents a methodology able to compare road and rail-road intermodal market areas that takes the network structures, the operation costs and the location of the rail-road terminals into account. This methodology is applied to the optimal configurations obtained by the resolution of the p-HMP and the p-hub centre problem (p-HCP) for the whole trans-European network. Indeed, p-HMP has an efficiency goal by minimizing the total transportation cost. The hub network design obtained by this method can sometimes lead to unsatisfactory results when worst-case origin-destination pairs are separated by a very large distance. Therefore, the p-HCM meets the equity objective by minimizing the maximum cost of a combined transport.
  

• Transmission Expansion Planning with Re-design
  Michael Poss (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: L.S. Moulin, C. Sagastizabal
  
• Markov Chains to solve the Hamiltonian Cycle Problem
  Giang Nguyen (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
  
• Independent sets and the routing and wavelength assignment problem
  Olivier Hudry (Ecole nationale supérieure des télécommunications)
  Co-authors: Lucile Belgacem, Irène Charon
  
• Design of Reliable Networks
  Megha Sharma (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
  Co-authors: D. Gosh
  

• On the best low multilinear rank approximation of higher-order tensors
  Mariya Ishteva (Université catholique de Louvain, Department of Mathematical Engineering)
  Co-authors: PA. Absil, S. Van Huffel, L. De Lathauwer
  
• Regression on fixed-rank positive semidefinite matrices: a geometric approach
  Gilles Meyer (University of Liège)
  Co-authors: Gilles Meyer, Silvère Bonnabel and Rodolphe Sepulchre
  
• Generalized Power Method for Sparse Principal Component Analysis
  Rodolphe Sepulchre (Université de Liège)
  Co-authors: Michel Journée, Peter Richtarik, Yurii Nesterov
  
• A pooling approach for the feed mixing problem
  Jannes Verstichel (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
  Co-authors: G. Vanden Berghe, H. Callens
  

• Constraint-based Very Large-Scale Neighborhoods
  Sébastien Mouthuy (Université Catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Y.Deville and P.Van Hentenryck
  
• Implementation in COMET of a Traffic Engineering technique that Preserves IP Fast Reroute
  Trong Viet Ho (UCL, Belgium)
  Co-authors: Yves Deville, Olivier Bonaventure
  
• Constraint-Based Graph Matching
  Vianney Le Clément (UCLouvain)
  Co-authors: Yves Deville, Christine Solnon
  
• DynaUniversity2009
  Kevin Ghislain (ULB)
  Co-authors: B. Fortz, S. Zampelli, P. Schaus, A. Zanarini
  

• Integrating empty container allocation with vehicle routing decisions
  Kris Braekers (Universiteit Hasselt)
  Co-authors: Gerrit K. Janssens and An Caris
  
• Searching for reliable routes in case of customer demand dependence
  Patrick Schittekat (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Frederik Michieks
  
• Effective routing for couriers: a divide and conquer strategy
  Joos Van Den Bergh (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: Kenneth Sorensen
  

• Using mixed integer programming to win a cycling game
  Jeroen Beliën (hogeschool universiteit brussel)
  Co-authors: Dries Goossens, Daam Van Reeth, Liesje De Boeck
  
• Budget Constraint in Reforestation for Sediment Flow Minimization
  Pablo Vanegas (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: Dirk Cattrysse, Jos Van Orshoven
  
• The generalized sequential ordering problem for laser cutting toolpath generation
  Reginald Dewil (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: Pieter Vansteenwegen, Dirk Cattrysse
  
• A real world 1D stock cutting problem: exact and heuristic algorithms
  Wim Vancroonenburg (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
  Co-authors: T. Wauters, G. Vanden Berghe
  

• Discriminative Clustering for Image Co-segmentation
  Francis Bach (INRIA - Ecole Normale Superieure)
  
• Fast Oriented Bounding Box Computation Using Particle Swarm Optimization
  Pierre Borckmans (UCL (INMA))
  Co-authors: Pierre-Antoine Absil
  
• The time-optimal helicopter trajectory is a circle segment
  Natalya Usotskaya (Maastricht University)
  Co-authors: A.Berger, A.Grigoriev
  
• BFO: a simple "brute-force" optimizer
  Philippe Toint (Fac. Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix)
  

• Failure Detection for the Bin-Packing Constraint
  Julien Dupuis (UCLouvain)
  Co-authors: Pierre Schaus, Yves Deville
  
• Finite Domain Modeling and Solving in the Monadic Constraint Programming Framework
  Pieter Wuille (KULeuven)
  Co-authors: Tom Schrijvers
  
• Constrained Optimum Paths Problems with LS(Graph)
  Quang Dung Pham (UCLouvain)
  Co-authors: Yves DEVILLE, Pascal van HENTENRYCK
  
• On expressing nurse rostering constraints as propositional satisfiability problems
  Tommy Messelis (KULeuven Campus Kortrijk)
  Co-authors: Stefaan Haspeslagh, Patrick De Causmaecker
  

• Dynamic Performance Measurement and Evaluation: Will Bridging Paradigms Lead to Improved System Design?
  Konstantinos Triantis (Virginia Tech/Northern Virginia Center)
  Co-authors: Warren Vaneman, Kalyan Pasupathy
  
• Measuring the Technical Efficiency of Airports in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Sergio Perelman (Université de Liège)
  Co-authors: Tomas Serebrisky
  
• Developments in Freight Modeling
  Justyna Bakowska (Hasselt University)
  Co-authors: An Caris, Katrien Ramaekers,Gerrit Janssens, Tom Bellemans
  

• Using Lagrangian relaxation to solve a dock assignment problem
  Lotte Berghman (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: Roel Leus
  
• A Hybrid Algorithm for Bi-objective Flowshop Scheduling
  Jérémie Dubois-lacoste (IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Manuel López-Ibáñez and Thomas Stützle
  
• A hybrid learning and combinatorial optimization approach for automotive maintenance scheduling
  Tony Wauters (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
  Co-authors: Jannes Verstichel, Katja Verbeeck, Greet Vanden Berghe
  
• A Variable Neighbourhood Search metaheuristic for scheduling the hot rolling operations at a steel mill
  Kenneth SÖrensen (Universiteit Antwerpen)
  Co-authors: Dirk Cattrysse
  

• Financial flow modeling for non-state pension funds
  Maria Govorun (ULB, Belgium)
  
• R&D project planning with multiple trials in uncertain environments
  Stefan Creemers (K.U.Leuven)
  Co-authors: Roel Leus
  
• Impact of Demand Unconstraining and Dependency on Airlines Revenue Performance
  Sandeep Karmarkar (India Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
  Co-authors: G. Dutta, T. Bandyopadhyay
  

• Combining metaheuristics and exact methods to solve the multiobjective multidimensional knapsack problem
  Thibaut Lust (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)
  Co-authors: Jacques Teghem
  
• Hyper-heuristics learning a varying set of low-level heuristics
  Mustafa Misir (KaHo Sint-Lieven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: Katja Verbeeck, Greet Vanden Berghe, Patrick De Causmaecker
  
• Using the PlayStation3 for speeding up metaheuristic optimization
  Sofie Van Volsem (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: S. Neirynck
  
• No-Wait Scheduling of a Single-Machine to Minimize the Maximum Lateness
  Imed Kacem (UNIVERSITY PAUL VERLAINE METZ)
  Co-authors: Hans Kellerer
  

• Aggregate production-distribution planning with shared production resources
  Wout Dullaert (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: B. Raa
  
• Variable Neighborhood Approaches For a Multi-Echelon Capacitated Location-Distribution Problem
  Frederic Semet (Ecole Centrale de Lille)
  Co-authors: B. Gendron, P.-V. Khuong
  
• Stackleberg game in transportation
  Guillaume Amand (Université de Liège)
  

• Regional Development in a Well-Being Economy: The Case of Lithuania
  Willem K. Brauers (University of Antwerp)
  Co-authors: R. Ginevicius, R. Bisdorff
  
• Evaluation of multi-criteria techniques for project portfolio management
  Sylvie Busschaert (University of Antwerp)
  
• Multicriteria decision making in a multi-level manpower system
  Marie-anne Guerry (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  
• Sensitivity analysis of the additive model in data envelopment analysis while inputs and outputs are fuzzy data
  Mahsa Faizrahnemoon (Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch)
  Co-authors: A. Davoodi
  

• Extra-Small Scenario Trees for Multistage Stochastic Programming
  Boris Defourny (University of Liege)
  Co-authors: Damien Ernst and Louis Wehenkel
  
• Extinction Probability of a Branching Process in a Markovian Random Environment
  Sophie Hautphenne (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Guy Latouche
  
• A clustering approach to estimate route travel time distributions
  Wouter Charle (K.U.Leuven)
  Co-authors: Francesco Viti, Chris M.J. Tampère
  

• A CLP engine for product configuration
  Dario Campagna (University of Perugia)
  
• Just-In-Time Scheduling with Constraint Programming
  Jean-noël Monette (Université catholique de Louvain)
  Co-authors: Yves Deville, Pascal Van Hentenryck
  
• Tank allocation for liquid bulk vessels using a hybrid constraint programming approach
  Rowan Van Schaeren (Antwerp Maritime Academy)
  
• Effective Estimation-based Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for Stochastic Routing Problems
  Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) )
  Co-authors: Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
  

• Modelling questions in nurse rostering
  Burak Bilgin (Kaho Sint-Lieven)
  Co-authors: Patrick De Causmaecker, Greet Vanden Berghe
  
• Simulation study of outpatient scheduling with unpunctual patients
  Thomas Demoor (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Dieter Fiems and Herwig Bruneel
  
• Binary matrix decompositions without tongue-and-groove underdosage for radiation therapy planning
  Céline Engelbeen (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  Co-authors: Antje Kiesel
  
• Evaluating the impact of case mix decisions on capacity utilizations through discrete-event simulation
  Guoxuan Ma (K.U. Leuven)
  Co-authors: Erik Demeulemeester
  

• Score-based bibliometric rankings of authors
  Thierry Marchant (Ghent University)
  
• Assessing the evolution of a situation based on GIS
  Stephane Aimé Metchebon Takougang (UMONS, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)
  Co-authors: M. Pirlot
  
• Weighted Banzhaf interaction indexes and weighted least squares
  Pierre Mathonet (University of Luxemboug, )
  Co-authors: JL. Marichal
  
• Measuring the interactions among variables of functions over the unit hypercube
  Jean-luc Marichal (University of Luxembourg)
  Co-authors: P. Mathonet
  

• Modelling data traffic performance in file servers: session-based arrivals
  Bart Feyaerts (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Stijn De Vuyst, Sabine Wittevrongel, Herwig Bruneel
  
• Generalization of preemptive and non-preemptive priority queues
  Joris Walraevens (Ghent University - UGent)
  Co-authors: Tom Maertens. Herwig Bruneel
  
• Queueing analysis of outpatient scheduling in health care
  Stijn De Vuyst (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: Dieter Fiems (first author), Stijn De Vuyst, Herwig Bruneel.
  
• Stochastic Hybrid Simulation
  Ben Lauwens (Royal Military Academy)
  

• Fast optimization modeling with AIMMS
  Frans De Rooij (AIMMS)
  

• The mobile repairman problem: classification of existing models
  Jasmine Buré (KULeuven)
  Co-authors: Pieter Vansteenwegen, Dirk Cattrysse
  
• An integrated solution method for order batching and picking
  Birger Raa (Ghent University)
  Co-authors: W. Dullaert
  

• On detecting and enumerating chordless circuits in a digraph
  Raymond Bisdorff (University of Luxembourg)
  
• Coloring Graphs to Avoid Monochromatic Cycles
  Fabrice Talla Nobibon (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
  Co-authors: C. Hurkens, R. Leus, FCR. Spieksma