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
  • Platform Wiskunde NederlandChair Platform Wiskunde Nederland
  • Circulair Hout Centrum BVCirculair Hout Centrum

Publications

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.2024.105359Optimisation of medication reconciliation using queueing theory: A computer experiment (2024)International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 46, 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.2024.106641Procesoptimalisatie van logistiek in de VVT (2024)[Non-textual form › Web publication/site]. ICT&health. Boucherie, R. J. & Leeftink, G.https://icthealth.nl/magazine/editie-3-2024/procesoptimalisatie-van-logistiek-in-de-vvt

2023

A stochastic programming approach for dynamic allocation of bed capacity and assignment of patients to collaborating hospitals during pandemic outbreaks (2023)[Working paper › Working paper]. ArXiv.org. Baas, S., Dijkstra, S., Boucherie, R. J. & Zander, A.https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2311.15898Design of fork-join networks of First-In-First-Out and infinite-server queues applied to clinical chemistry laboratories (2023)European journal of operational research, 310(3), 1101-1117. Tsai, E. R., Demirtas, D., Tintu, A. N., de Jonge, R., de Rijke, Y. B. & Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.04.003On the cycle maximum of birth–death processes and networks of queues (2023)Indagationes mathematicae, 34(5), 1064-1076. Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indag.2023.06.001A Sampling-Based Method for Gittins Index Approximation (2023)[Working paper › Working paper]. ArXiv.org. Baas, S., Boucherie, R. J. & Braaksma, A.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.11713Dynamic fair balancing of COVID-19 patients over hospitals based on forecasts of bed occupancy (2023)Omega, 116, 1-21. Article 102801. Dijkstra, S., Baas, S., Braaksma, A. & Boucherie, R. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2022.102801Characterization of laboratory flow and performance for process improvements via application of process mining (2023)Applied Clinical Informatics, 14(1), 144-152. Tsai, E., Tintu, A., Boucherie, R., De Rijke, Y., Schotman, H. & Demirtas, D.https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1996-8479

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

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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