Operations Research
The Operations Research Group is one of the three sections of the Department of Quantitative Economics of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Maastricht University. The group consists of some 10 researchers, about half of which are PhD students. The current research topics range from theory to practice, and focus around the following topics:
- Integer programming and polyhedral combinatorics
- Approximation and Online Algorithms
- Mechanism design and Auctions
- Algorithms and Mechanisms for Pricing Problems
- Network design and routing
- Planning and Scheduling
We also organize an informal Operations Research Seminar. The staff members of the Operations Research Group are:
- André Berger (assistant professor)
- Bert Gerards (part-time professor)
- Alexander Grigoriev (associate professor)
- Tobias Harks (assistant professor)
- Stan van Hoesel (professor, head of the OR group)
- Rudolf Müller (professor)
- Marianne Peeters (lecturer)
- Tjark Vredeveld (associate professor)
Ruben van der Zwaan (post doc)
Current PhD students affiliated with the Operations Research group, with PhD projects:
- Miriam van den Berg
- Sylvia Boicheva
- Martijn van Brink
- Hans Ensinck
- Vincent Kreuzen
- Cyriel Rutten
- Birol Yuceoglu
The head of the Operations Research group is
Prof.dr.ir. C.P.M. van Hoesel
