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Erik Demeulemeester

KU Leuven

Oude Markt 13

Leuven, 3000

Belgium

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

DOWNLOADS

534

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Operating Room Planning and Scheduling while Balancing Electives and Non-Electives: A Literature Review, Lessons from COVID-19 and Future Research Opportunities

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Sep 2025
Chao Pan, Erik Demeulemeester and Lien Wang
KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB), KU Leuven and Xiamen University of Technology
Downloads 117 (613,149)

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Healthcare, Operating Room planning, Surgery Scheduling, COVID-19

2.

Demand-Side Flexibility Design for Surgery Capacity Allocation

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2026
Aalto University, Aalto University - School of Science, KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB), KU Leuven, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University
Downloads 100 (709,832)

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Time-Sensitive Demand, Buffer Management, Operating Room Planning and Scheduling, Design Science Research, Date-Range Elective Surgery

3.

Project Scheduling for Engineer-to-Order Assembly Process with Renewable Energy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Nov 2024
Liangwei Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Erik Demeulemeester and Zhi Chen
Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), KU Leuven and Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU)
Downloads 71 (875,328)

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Engineer-to-order, Renewable energy, Dual-energy hybrid, Project scheduling, Two-stage algorithm

4.

Simulation-Optimization Approach for Emergency Surgery Allocation

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Oct 2025
Debiao Li, Chao Pan, Shenghai Zhou and Erik Demeulemeester
Fuzhou University, KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB), Central South University and KU Leuven
Downloads 70 (883,195)

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The Multi-Visit Team Orienteering Problem Considering Time-Interval-Dependent Profits and Service Consistency

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Mar 2025
Junhui Gao, Jianghan Zhu, Jianjiang Wang, Kai Li, Lu Zhen and Erik Demeulemeester
National University of Defense Technology, National University of Defense Technology, National University of Defense Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Shanghai University and KU Leuven
Downloads 67 (907,769)

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OR in health services, Team orienteering problem with multiple time windows, Variable profit, Service consistency, Improved adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm

6.

Multi-Project Scheduling and Material Ordering with Time Varying Supplier Capacities

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Mar 2025
Xuejun Hu, shuyuan liu, Erik Demeulemeester and Zhongbao Zhou
Hunan University - Business School, Hunan University, KU Leuven and Hunan University - School of Business Administration
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Multi-project scheduling, Material Ordering, Suppler selection, Time-varying capacity, Hybrid heuristic algorithm

7.

Integrated Hybrid Energy and Time-of-Use Electricity Tariffs for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Apr 2025
Liangwei Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Zhi Chen and Erik Demeulemeester
Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU) and KU Leuven
Downloads 54 (1,041,696)
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Project schedule, Multi-objective Optimization, Hybrid energy, Time-of-use tariffs, Multiple shifts, Deep reinforcement learning