Zilverling

prof.dr. R.J. Boucherie (Richard)

Full Professor
EEMCS-AM-MOR
Zilverling 4025
r.j.boucherie@utwente.nl
+31534893432
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Full Professor of Stochastic Operations Research at the University of Twente,
www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/sor/

Co-founder and co-chair of the Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR),
www.utwente.nl/en/choir/

Co-founder of the spin-off Rhythm b.v. for logistical improvement in healthcare,
www.rhythm.nl/

Research topics:
- probability theory; queueing theory; Markov decision theory;
- stochastic operations research; performance analysis. 

Applications areas:  
- healthcare: logistics; 
- (tele)communications: ad-hoc, sensor, and wireless networks; 
- traffic, transport and manufacturing systems.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Models
    • Service
    • Scheduling
    • Case Study

  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Hospital
    • Patient

  • Social Sciences

    • Health Care
    • Patients

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Boucherie Consulting BVpersoonlijke BV
  • Rhythm BVnaar de zorgsector brengen van algoritmen ontwikkeld binnen CHOIR
  • Circulair Hout Centrum BVCirculair Hout Centrum

Publications

2025

Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Healthcare (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Bos, H.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566391Bed census prediction combining expert opinion and patient statistics (2025)Omega, 133. Article 103262. Bos, H., Baas, S., Boucherie, R. J., Hans, E. W. & Leeftink, G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2024.103262Improving efficiency of a rheumatology outpatient clinic through classification of newly referred patients (2025)Rheumatology advances in practice, 9(2). Article rkae155. Dijkstra, S., de Man, Y. A., Braaksma, A., de Graaf, M., Bernelot Moens, H. J. & Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae155Patient centricity and participation (2025)In Handbook of Generalized Pairwise Comparisons: Methods for Patient-Centric Analysis (pp. 455-466). CRC Press. Baas, S., Boucherie, R. J. & Kapitein, P.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003390855-25Statistical and machine learning contributions to spatial and spatio-temporal point process modelling, with an application to Dutch fire risk prediction (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Lu, C.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036564984Controlling the low-temperature Ising model using spatiotemporal Markov decision theory (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. ArXiv.org. de Jongh, M. C., Boucherie, R. J. & van Lieshout, M. N. M.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.03668

2024

Bayesian covariance structure modeling of interval-censored multi-way nested survival data (2024)Journal of multivariate analysis, 204. Article 105359. Baas, S., Fox, J. P. & Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2024.105359Data driven risk management for fire services: Chimney fire prediction application (2024)[Thesis › EngD Thesis]. University of Twente. Esas, Ö.Optimisation of medication reconciliation using queueing theory: A computer experiment (2024)International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 46(4), 881-888. Kruik-Kollöffel, W. J., Moltman, G. A. W., Wu, M. D., Braaksma, A., Karapinar, F. & Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01722-0Distributionally robust scheduling of stochastic knapsack arrivals (2024)Computers & operations research, 167. Article 106641. Bos, H., Boucherie, R. J., Hans, E. W. & Leeftink, G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2024.106641

Research profiles

BSC COURSES



Module 8 in the Applied Mathematics program: Queueing Theory

PRE-MASTER COURSES



Stochastic Models for Operations Management (191530881)

MSC COURSES



Queueing Theory (191531940)

Stochastic Models forOperations Management (191530881)

PHD COURSES



Multi-class queues and stochastic networks (LNMB program)

EXECUTIVE COURSES



Health care logistics

FURTHER INFORMATION
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Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses academic year 2023/2024

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