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prof.dr. D (Dennis) Huisman

Biography

Dennis Huisman is a part-time professor Public Transport Optimization at the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). Professor Huisman's current research focuses on Operations Research models and techniques that can support the planning and operations of a railway operator in relation to complex logistical issues. He combines his role at ESE with that of expertise manager logistic processes at Netherlands Railways. He was a member of Netherlands Railways team that won the Franz Edelman Award, also known as the Super Bowl of Operations Research, in 2008. Professor Huisman is a co-founder of the Erasmus Center for Optimization in Public Transport. He was co-chair of the conference OR2013 (International Conference on Operations Research) in Rotterdam. He obtained his PhD from ÌÇÐÄÖ±²¥ in 2004. His PhD thesis dealt with integrated and dynamic vehicle and crew scheduling.

Erasmus School of Economics

Full professor | Econometrics
Email
huisman@ese.eur.nl

Erasmus School of Economics

Endowed professor | Econometrics
Email
huisman@ese.eur.nl

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Work

  • Jia Hui Zhu, Twan Dollevoet & Dennis Huisman (2025) - - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 195 - doi: -
  • Twan Dollevoet & Dennis Huisman (2024) - - doi: -
  • B.T.C. van Rossum, T. Dollevoet & D. Huisman (2024) - - European Journal of Operational Research, 318 (1), 55-70 - doi: -
  • Pedro José Correia Duarte, Marie Schmidt, Dennis Huisman & Luuk Veelenturf (2023) - - OpenAccess Series in Informatics, 115, 1-18 - doi: -
  • Dennis Huisman, Marie Schmidt, Johann Hartleb & Markus Friedrich (2023) - - Transportation Science, 57 (2), 336-350 - doi: -
  • Ying Wang, Zheming Zhang, Dennis Huisman, Andrea D'Ariano & Jinchuan Zhang (2022) - - Computers and Industrial Engineering, 172 (PA) - doi: -
  • Gert Jaap Polinder, Valentina Cacchiani, Marie Schmidt & Dennis Huisman (2022) - - Computers and Operations Research, 142 - doi: -
  • Thomas Breugem, Twan Dollevoet & Dennis Huisman (2022) - - Management Science, 68 (4), 2619-2641 - doi:
  • Thomas Breugem, Bart van Rossum, Twan Dollevoet & Dennis Huisman (2022) - - Omega, 107 - doi: -
  • Bart van Rossum, Twan Dollevoet & Dennis Huisman (2022) -

  • Dennis Huisman (10 June 2022) - -ÌÇÐÄÖ±²¥ : The permanent effects of covid on public transport
  • Dennis Huisman (10 February 2022) - -ÌÇÐÄÖ±²¥ : How European train travel can be made easier and more affordable

    • Leo Kroon, Dennis Huisman, Gábor Maroti & A Schrijver (2008) - ERIM Impact in Practice Award
    • Leo Kroon, Dennis Huisman, Gábor Maroti, M. Fischetti, P.J. Fioole, E.J.W. Abbink, A Schrijver, A. Steenbeek & R. Ybema (2008) - INFORMS Edelman Award
    • Leo Kroon, Dennis Huisman, Gábor Maroti, M. Fischetti, E.J.W. Abbink, A Schrijver, A. Steenbeek & R. Ybema (2008) - INFORMS Edelman Award
    • Leo Kroon, Dennis Huisman, Gábor Maroti, M. Fischetti, P.J. Fioole, E.J.W. Abbink, A Schrijver, A. Steenbeek & R. Ybema (2008) - INFORMS Edelman Award

    Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)

    Start date approval
    May 2025
    End date approval
    August 2026
    Place
    UTRECHT
    Description
    aanstelling 3 dgn/wk

    • Daniel Potthoff

      Railway Crew Rescheduling: Novel Approaches and Extensions
    • Lars Nielsen

      Rolling Stock Rescheduling in Passenger Railways
    • Twan Dollevoet

      Delay Management and Dispatching in Railways
    • Remy Spliet

      Vehicle Routing with Uncertain Demand
    • Evelien van der Hurk

      Passengers, Information, and Disruptions
    • Paul Bouman

      Passengers, Crowding and Complexity
    • Joris Wagenaar

      Practice Oriented Algorithmic Disruption Management in Passenger Railways
    • Harwin de Vries

      Evidence-Based Optimization in Humanitarian Logistics
    • Erwin Abbink

      Crew Management in Passenger Rail Transport
    • Thomas Breugem

      Crew Planning at Netherlands Railways: Improving Fairness, Attractiveness, and Efficiency
    • Gert-Jaap Polinder

      New models and applications for railway timetabling
    • Rowan Hoogervorst

      Improving the Scheduling and Rescheduling of Rolling Stock: Solution Methods and Extensions
    • Johann Hartleb

      Public Transport and Passengers - Optimization Models that Consider Travel Demand
    • Rolf van Lieshout

      Integration, Decentralization and Self-Organization: Towards Better Public Transport
    • Mette Wagenvoort

      Optimal planning of dispersed operations in urban coastal environments
    • Bart van Rossum

      Integrated Railway Planning
    • Pedro José Correia Duarte

      Algorithms for Railway Timetabling
    • Mathijs van Zon

      Cost Allocation in Collaborative Transportation
    • Danny (Jia Hui) Zhu

      Models and Algorithms for railway rolling stock (re)scheduling
    • Ymro Hoogendoorn

      Vehicle Routing with Varying Levels of Demand Information
    • Khue Nguyen

      Netherlands Railways (NS)

    News regarding prof.dr. D (Dennis) Huisman

    Optimising public transport: insights from ECOPT workshop

    On 13 March 2025, Professor Dennis Huisman from Erasmus School of Economics hosted a workshop on public transport that brought together academics and industry.
    Dennis Huisman and Sander van Aken from Flix SE at ECOPT workshop

    Developments in regional public transport

    Dennis Huisman, Professor of Public Transport Optimisation at Erasmus School of Economics, elaborates on developments in regional public transport.
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    The permanent effects of covid on public transport

    Now that covid is hardly seen in society, this is not the case for public transport. What are the consequences for public transport?
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