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

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.

Mathematics

# Emergency
# Healthcare
# Queue
# Schedule
# Scheduling

Business & Economics

# Healthcare
# Queue

Engineering & Materials Science

# Planning

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR)

Rhythm BV
naar de zorgsector brengen van algoritmen ontwikkeld binnen CHOIR
Boucherie Consulting BV
persoonlijke BV
Platform Wiskunde Nederland
Chair Platform Wiskunde Nederland

Baas, S. , Dijkstra, S. , Boucherie, R. J. , & Zander, A. (2023). A stochastic programming approach for dynamic allocation of bed capacity and assignment of patients to collaborating hospitals during pandemic outbreaks. ArXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2311.15898

Baas, S. , Boucherie, R. J. , & Braaksma, A. (2023). A Sampling-Based Method for Gittins Index Approximation. (pp. 1-31). ArXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.11713

Boucherie, R. J. (2023). On the cycle maximum of birth–death processes and networks of queues. Indagationes mathematicae, 34(5), 1064-1076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indag.2023.06.001

Tsai, E. R. , Demirtas, D., Tintu, A. N., de Jonge, R., de Rijke, Y. B. , & Boucherie, R. J. (2023). Design of fork-join networks of First-In-First-Out and infinite-server queues applied to clinical chemistry laboratories. European journal of operational research, 310(3), 1101-1117. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.04.003

Tsai, E., Tintu, A. , Boucherie, R., De Rijke, Y., Schotman, H. , & Demirtas, D. (2023). Characterization of laboratory flow and performance for process improvements via application of process mining. Applied Clinical Informatics, 14(1), 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1996-8479

Dijkstra, S. , Baas, S. , Braaksma, A. , & Boucherie, R. J. (2023). Dynamic fair balancing of COVID-19 patients over hospitals based on forecasts of bed occupancy. Omega, 116, 1-21. Article 102801. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2022.102801

Otten, M. , Dijkstra, S. , Leeftink, G., Kamphorst, B., Olde Meierink, A., Heinen, A., Bijlsma, R. , & Boucherie, R. J. (2023). Outpatient clinic scheduling with limited waiting area capacity. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74(2), 540-561. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1978347

Boucherie, R. J. (2022). On the cycle maximum of birth-death processes and networks of queues. (pp. 1-10). ArXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.15929.pdf

Boucherie, R. J. (2022). Norton’s theorem and insensitivity. Queueing systems, 100(3-4), 181-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-022-09825-z

Baas, S. P. R. , Boucherie, R. J. , & Fox, J-P. G. J. A. (2022). Bayesian Covariance Structure Modeling of Multi-Way Nested Data. (pp. 1-30). ArXiv.org.

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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
For detailed information on BSc and MSc courses, see

osiris

For general information on the Operations Research Master programma, see

Operations Research
SOR MSc programme
LNMB
Twente Graduate School

For detailed information on PhD courses, see

LNMB

For detailed information on executive courses, see

CHOIR

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University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling (building no. 11), room 4025
Hallenweg 19
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling 4025
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR)

University of Twente Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede

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