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PhD on vehicle routing under congestion
Written by Suleman Shahid
Tuesday, 03 January 2006
Job description
PhD position (4yr) on vehicle routing under congestion
Research topic
Current decision support tools for vehicle routing lack the ability to
deal with uncertain, departure time dependent travel times caused by
congestion. This is a major problem for logistics service providers. In
this research project, we aim to develop and test algorithms for
vehicle routing under congestion that are suitable for large scale
problems as they occur in practice. We proceed from predictions of
time-dependent travel times and the reliability of these predictions.
Your task is to develop quantitative approaches to use time-dependent
travel time information for vehicle routing problems in order to
generate efficient and robust schedules.
Project organization
This PhD project is part of a larger joint project of the University of
Twente, Eindhoven University of Technology and Erasmus University
Rotterdam that is granted by TRANSUMO. This project (three PhDs in
total) will be carried out in close cooperation with industrial
partners. As a PhD student, you will be a member of a multidisciplinary
project team.
Requirements
University Graduate Profile
You have a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering,
Operations Research, Econometrics or a related discipline. You have
strong quantitative modelling skills and are interested in the
application of quantitative models in practice. You are able to work
both independently as well in a project team. You have good
communicative skills, both oral and in writing.
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers
(Scientific expertise: Economics)
Organization
University of Twente Business, Public Administration and Technology.
The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial
research university, located in Enschede. Distributed over 5 faculties,
the UT offers 20 educational programmes ranging from applied physics
and public administration to communication studies and biomedical
technology.
Research takes place within the context of institutes and focuses,
among other things, on nanotechnology, information and communication
technology, biomedical technology, policy studies, human behaviour, and
mechanics, processes and control.
More than 7,000 students and 2,700 staff members live, work and recreate at the UT, the Netherlands’ only campus university.
The University of Twente is the only campus
university in the Netherlands and located in a beautiful natural
environment. The department of Operational Methods for Production and
Logistics (OMPL) is part of the Faculty of Business, Public
Administration and Technology. The Faculty of Business, Public
Administration and Technology (BBT Faculty) focuses on the programs of
Public and Business Administration, Industrial Engineering and
Management and Health Sciences. The programs comprise initial Bachelor
and Master programs, post-experience programs and multidisciplinary
contract research on several societal themes. The Faculty has about 370
employees and 1700 students.
Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500 Salaryscale 10. Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2407 Employment basis: Temporary for specified period Duration of the contract: 4 years Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
Appointment and salary
As a PhD. student you will be appointed in a full time position for a
total period of four years, with an evaluation after one year. At the
end of this four-year period the PhD thesis must be completed. The
salary starts at € 1877,- during the first year, up to € 2407,- in the
fourth year. Next to this we offer a broad package of fringe benefits
including a contribution of € 1400 to cover the costs of your
dissertation.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
dr. E.W. Hans Telephone number: +31-53-489 3523 E-mail address:
dr. M.C. van der Heijden Telephone number: +31-53-489 2852 E-mail address:
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
