Javier Durán Micco

Dr. Javier Durán Micco is a postdoctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) since 2021. He holds a Master degree on Industrial Engineering, obtained at the University of Concepción (UdeC), Chile. Then, he obtained a PhD degree in Engineering Science at KU Leuven, under the supervision of Prof. Pieter Vansteenwegen. There, his research focussed in the design and application of metaheuristic algorithms to solve the problem of designing public transport network. Immediately after obtaining his PhD degree, he joined MOBI, as coordinator of the DISpATch project (Digital Twin for SynchromodAl Transport)., led by Prof. Cathy Macharis. 

Research

Operations Research

Optimization

Simulation

Synchromodal Transportation

Public Transport

Key publications

Duran Micco, J., Vermeir, E. & Vansteenwegen, P. (2020). Considering emissions in the transit network design and frequency setting problem with a heterogeneous fleet. European Journal Of Operational Research, 282(2), 580–592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.09.050

Duran, J., Pradenas, L., & Parada, V. (2019). Transit network design with pollution minimization. Public Transport, 11(1), 189–210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00200-5

Liu, D., Durán Micco, J., Lu, G., Peng, Q., Ning, J., & Vansteenwegen, P. (2020). A Matheuristic Iterative Approach for Profit-Oriented Line Planning Applied to the Chinese High-Speed Railway Network. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4294195