dr. P.L. (Pieter ) Van den Berg

Pieter Van den Berg
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 2016

Pieter van den Berg is an associate professor of transportation and logistics at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research focuses on the application of Operations Research to the logistics of emergency service providers and public transportation. His work has been published in leading journals in the field of Operations Research such as Transportation Science, European Journal of Operations Research and Interfaces, as well as medically oriented journals such as Injury Prevention and BMC Emergency Medicine. He obtained his MSc in Econometrics and Operations Research from VU University Amsterdam and his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the Delft University of Technology.

Publications

Article (22)

  • Academic (22)

    • Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, P. L., Brandt, T., & Ketter, W. (2024). A real-time decision support system to improve operations in electric bus networks. Decision Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12633

    • van den Berg, P. L., Henderson, S. G., Jagtenberg, C. J., & Li, H. (2024). Modeling the Impact of Community First Responders. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.04024

    • Jamili, N., van den Berg, P. L., & de Koster, R. (2024). The impact of resource sharing on the design of multi-client warehouses. IISE Transactions. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2024.2322097

    • Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, P. L., Brandt, T., & Ketter, W. (2023). Balancing convenience and sustainability in public transport through dynamic transit bus networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 151, Article 104100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2023.104100

    • Jamili, N., van den Berg, P. L., & de Koster, R. (2022). Quantifying the impact of sharing resources in a collaborative warehouse. European Journal of Operational Research, 302(2), 518-529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.01.007

    • Henderson, S. G., Berg, P. L. V. D., Jagtenberg, C. J., & Li, H. (2022). How should volunteers be dispatched to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases? Queueing Systems, 100(3-4), 437-439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-022-09752-z

    • Brandt, T., Dlugosch, O., Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, P., & Neumann, D. (2021). Prescriptive Analytics in Urban Policing Operations. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.1022

    • Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, PL., Brandt, T., Ketter, W., & Mulder, J. (2021). A boost for urban sustainability: optimizing electric transit bus networks in Rotterdam. Journal on Applied Analytics, 51(5), 391-407. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2021.1092

    • Abdelwahed, A., Berg, P., Brandt, T., Collins, J., & Ketter, W. (2020). Evaluating and Optimizing Opportunity Fast-Charging Schedules in Transit Battery Electric Bus Networks. Transportation Science, 54(6), 1601-1615. https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2020.0982

    • Van Den Berg, P. L., Fiskerstrand, P., Aardal, K., Einerkjær, J., Thoresen, T., & Røislien, J. (2019). Improving ambulance coverage in a mixed urban-rural region in Norway using mathematical modeling. PLoS ONE, 14(4), Article e0215385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215385

    • van den Berg, P., & van Essen, JT. (2019). Scheduling non-urgent patient transportation while maximizing emergency coverage. Transportation Science, 53(2), 319-622. https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2018.0823

    • Van Den Berg, P. L., & Theresia Van Essen, J. (2019). Comparison of static ambulance location models. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 32(3-4), 292-321. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2019.098321

    • van den Boomen, M., van den Berg, P. L., & Wolfert, A. R. M. (2018). A dynamic programming approach for economic optimisation of lifetime-extending maintenance, renovation, and replacement of public infrastructure assets under differential inflation. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 15(2), 193-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2018.1504803

    • Roislien, J., van den Berg, P., Lindner, T., Zakariassen, E., Uleberg, O., Aardal, K., & van Essen, JT. (2018). Comparing population and incident data for optimal air ambulance base locations in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 26(42). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-018-0511-4

    • Garner, AA., & van den Berg, P. (2017). Locating helicopter emergency medical service bases to optimise population coverage versus average response time. BMC Emerging Medicine, 17(31). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0142-5

    • van den Berg, P., Legemaate, GAG., & van der Mei, RD. (2017). Increasing the Responsiveness of Firefighter Services by Relocating Bases in Amsterdam. Interfaces, 47(4), 352-361. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2017.0897

    • Reuter-Opperman, M., van den Berg, P., & Vile, JL. (2017). Logistics for Emergency Medical Service systems. Health Systems, 6(3), 187-208. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41306-017-0023-x

    • Jagtenberg, CJ., van den Berg, P., & van der Mei, RD. (2016). Benchmarking online dispatch algorithms for Emergency Medical Services. European Journal of Operational Research, 258(2), 715-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.08.061

    • Roislien, J., van den Berg, P., Lindner, T., Zakariassen, E., Aardal, K., & van Essen, JT. (2016). Exploring optimal air ambulance base locations in Norway using advanced mathematical modelling. Injury Prevention, 23(1), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-041973

    • van den Berg, P., Kommer, GJ., & Zuzáková, B. (2016). Linear formulation for the Maximum Expected Coverage Location Model with fractional coverage. Operations Research for Health Care, 8, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orhc.2015.08.001

    • van den Berg, P., & Aardal, K. (2015). Time-dependent MEXCLP with start-up and relocation cost. European Journal of Operational Research, 242, 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.013

    • Aardal, K., van den Berg, P., Gijswijt, D., & Li, S. (2015). Approximation algorithms for hard capacitated k-facility location problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 242, 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.011

Conference proceeding (6)

  • Academic (3)

    • Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, P. L., & Brandt, T. (2019). Enabling sustainable public transport in smart cities through real-time decision support. In 40th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2019 Article 2682 Association for Information Systems. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/123230

    • Van Den Berg, P. L., Van Essen, J. T., & Harderwijk, E. J. (2016). Comparison of static ambulance location models. In A. E. H. Alaoui, J. Boukachour, & Y. Benadada (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Logistics Operations Management, GOL 2016 Article 7731672 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/GOL.2016.7731672

    • van den Berg, P., van Essen, JT., & Harderwijk, EJ. (2016). Comparison of static ambulance location models. In 2016 3rd International Conference on Logistics Operations Management (GOL) (pp. 1) http://hdl.handle.net/1765/99786

  • Professional (3)

    • van den Berg, P. (2020). Een boost voor verduurzaming: elektrificatie van het busvervoer in de regio Rotterdam. In STAtOR http://hdl.handle.net/1765/130782

    • van den Berg, P., Legemaate, G., & van der Mei, RD. (2016). Boosting the Responsiveness of Firefighter Services with Mathematical Programming. In ERCIM news 105 (Vol. 105)

    • Aardal, K., van Barneveld, TC., van den Berg, P., Bhulai, S., van Buuren, M., van Essen, JT., Jagtenberg, CJ., Kommer, GJ., Legemaate, G., & van der Mei, RD. (2015). Van reactieve naar proactieve planning van ambulancediensten. In Nieuw Archief voor de Wiskunde 3

Doctoral Thesis (1)

  • External (1)

    • van den Berg, P. (2016). Logistics of emergency response vehicles: facility location, routing, and shift scheduling. [Doctoral Thesis, Delft University of Technology]. Delft University of Technology.

PhD Tracks (5)

Optimizing Sustainable Transit Bus Networks in Smart Cities
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Ayman Abdelwahed
  • Time frame: 2017 - 2022
PhD positions in Supply Chain Management
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Negin Jamili
  • Time frame: 2018 -
Smart and Sustainable transport in ports
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Behman Orkun Tunay
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Analytics for Volunteer Emergency Response
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Giulia Melanie Montagna
  • Time frame: 2024 -
PhD in Supply Chain Management (2024)
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Anne Fleur Xiao Hwa Dijkhorst
  • Time frame: 2024 -

Events (8)

2019
October
17
Competitive-intelligence from public data: The service facility location problem
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2019
July
18
Warranty Matching in a Consumer Electronics Closed-Loop Supply Chain
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2019
June
27
Decision support tools to assist warehouse managers designing efficient order picking systems
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2019
February
18
The Interaction Effect of Goal Misalignment and Metaknowledge Distribution on Team Decision Making in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2019
January
28
E-Commerce Logistics: Two Exemplary Planning Problems in Modern E-Commerce Supply Chains
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2018
December
17
The Roadside Healthcare Facility Location Problem
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2016
February
19
Incorporating Coverage for Emergency Calls in Scheduling Patient Transportation
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2015
November
20
Incorporating coverage for emergency calls in scheduling patient transportations
Research Seminar
As: Speaker

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T09-31
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Latest publication

Article

Abdelwahed, A., van den Berg, P. L., Brandt, T., & Ketter, W. (2024). A real-time decision support system to improve operations in electric bus networks. Decision Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12633