Yves Molenbruch

Yves Molenbruch is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Technology and Operations (BUTO) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He teaches courses on Operations Management and Supply Chain Management. His research focuses on developing optimization algorithms for real-life vehicle routing and scheduling problems in the context of passenger and freight transport. Most of his publications relate to the exploitation of (1) door-to-door services for people with reduced mobility and (2) layered mobility systems in which demand-responsive transport services are integrated into a public transport network. Furthermore, he develops advanced routing algorithms responding to innovative technologies (e.g., autonomous electric shuttles) and stochastic or dynamic problem characteristics.

Education

Operations Management

Operationeel Beheer en Logistiek

Supply Chain Management

RESEARCH

Vehicle Routing

Scheduling

Optimization

Metaheuristics

Key publications

Molenbruch, Y., Braekers, K., Hirsch, P., & Oberscheider, M. (2021). Analyzing the benefits of an integrated mobility system using a matheuristic routing algorithm. European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), 290(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.07.060

Molenbruch, Y., Braekers, K., Caris, A., & Berghe, G. V. (2017). Multi-directional local search for a bi-objective dial-a-ride problem in patient transportation. Computers & Operations Research, 77, 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2016.07.020

Molenbruch, Y., Braekers, K., & Caris, A. (2017). Typology and literature review for dial-a-ride problems. Annals of Operations Research, 259(1), 295-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-017-2525-0