Inaugural Address: Good, Better, Best! About Optimization in Public Transport

On Friday, the 18th of November 2016, <link people dennis-huisman>Dennis Huisman Associate Professor of Logistics and Management Science will present his inaugural address entitled ‘Good, Better, Best! About Optimization in Public Transport. 

About the Inaugural Address

The last decades, optimization has been successfully applied for tactical and operational planning problems in public transport. The main objective was cost reduction. This goal will also be important in the years to come. In this inaugural lecture, it will be discussed how to find the “best” planning. Another important area within public transport is the improvement of the passenger’s service. In particular, improving the reliability of travelling by train will be discussed. Delays are after all one of the big annoyances of the traveler. By using “good” optimization, public transport can also be made “better” in this aspect.

About Dennis Huisman

Patrick Verwijmeren is a Professor of Corporate Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam). Patrick specializes in convertible securities, short sales, corporate governance, and testing capital structure theories. He has publications in Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Financial Management, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Retailing, Urban Studies, and Applied Financial Economics, among others. He has presented at many international conferences, including the WFA, AFA, EFA, and FMA meetings, and has been a speaker at TEDx. His research on proxy access has been cited in final rulings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Patrick has also been involved in writing a report for the Dutch Ministry of Finance on the influence of hedge funds. In 2013, Patrick received the prestigious Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research VIDI grant. 

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