Berry Gerrits is a PhD candidate within the department of Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering (2016). His research interests are transportation, multi-agent systems, agent-based simulation and supply chain management. He is is also the founder of Distribute and co-founder of DistributIT. 

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Simulation Model
    • Case Study
    • Simulation
    • Control
    • Multi Agent Systems
    • Container
    • Robot
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Model

Organisations

Publications

2024

Towards self-organizing logistics in transportation: a literature review and typology (2024)International transactions in operational research, 31(3), 1309-1374. Gerrits, B., van Heeswijk, W. & Mes, M.https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13408A Simulation Model For Bio-Inspired Charging Strategies For Electric Vehicles In Industrial Areas (2024)In 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2023 (pp. 197-208) (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference). IEEE. Gerrits, B., Mes, M. & Andringa, R.https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408631

2023

Self-Organizing Logistics: Towards a Unifying Framework for Automated Transport Systems (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Gerrits, B.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555555A Simulation Model for Cooperative Robotics in Dairy Farms (2023)In 2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 831-842) (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2022-December). IEEE. Gerrits, B., Mes, M., Schuur, P. & Andringa, R.https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC57314.2022.10015409

2022

Operational planning in service control towers – heuristics and case study (2022)European journal of operational research, 302(3), 983-998. Gerrits, B., Topan, E. & van der Heijden, M. C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.01.025Business Intelligence Systems Application in Transport and Logistics Companies (2022)In XIV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2021” - Precision Agriculture and Agricultural Machinery Industry (pp. 457-465) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 246). Springer. Iliashenko, V., Ilin, I., Schuur, P., Gerrits, B., Kalyazina, S. & Esser, M.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81619-3_52Digital Methods of Warehouse Logistics as a Tool to Accelerate Supply Chains (2022)In XIV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2021” - Precision Agriculture and Agricultural Machinery Industry (pp. 609-618) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 246). Springer. Egorov, D., Shaban, A., Levina, A., Schuur, P., Gerrits, B. & Levin, I.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81619-3_68Innovations in Self-Organizing Maritime Logistics (2022)In Arctic Maritime Logistics: The Potentials and Challenges of the Northern Sea Route (pp. 193-214) (Contributions to Management Science). Springer. Gerrits, B. & Schuur, P.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92291-7_11Parcel Delivery for Smart Cities: A Synchronization Approach for Combined Truck-Drone-Street Robot Deliveries (2022)In 2021 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2021 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2021-December). IEEE. Gerrits, B. & Schuur, P.https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC52266.2021.9715506

2021

Mixing it Up: Simulation of Mixed Traffic Container Terminals (2021)In Proceedings of the 2020 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2020 (pp. 1384-1395). Article 9384068 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2020-December). IEEE. Gerrits, B., Mes, M. & Schuur, P.https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9384068

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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