Tom Van Woensel

About me

I am a professor in Freight Transport and Logistics at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. I develop models of transport, logistics, and mobility problems using operations research techniques. I established a strong academic foundation in supply chains, transportation, logistics, and mobility. By combining academic expertise with practical…Continue reading “About me”

Literature review…

Milestone 10,000

Recently, I hit the 10,000 citations milestone on Google scholar! I am thrilled to have reached that milestone after almost 20 years of working at the Eindhoven University of Technology.…

Data analytics…

A multi-item stochastic capacitated lot-sizing problem: a deep reinforcement learning application

Our paper Using the proximal policy optimisation algorithm for solving the stochastic capacitated lot sizing problem Joint work with Lotte van Hezewijk, Nico Dellaert, and Noud Gademann, is now published…

Cargo Hitching…

The pickup and delivery problem with alternative locations and overlapping time windows

Our paper (joint work with Alina Dragomir and Karl Dörner): The pickup and delivery problem with alternative locations and overlapping time windows Is now published in Computers & Operations Research…

Happy New Year

I wish you all a happy 2022. Looking forward to meeting all of you again in real-life!

City Logistics…

Routing considering path consistency in a road network

Our paper: The consistent vehicle routing problem considering path consistency in a road network Jointly written with Yu Yao, Luuk Veelenturf and Pongli Mo, is now published in Transportation Research…