Program Beta Symposium 2023 Wednesday 13 December 2023, Conference Hotel Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg 09:30 Registration09:45 Opening by Ivo Adan, scientific director Beta 10:00 Plenary talk by Robert Boute (KU Leuven): Smart Logistics10:45 Break11:00 Parallel session Parallel session Parallel session 11:00Tim de Boer (CWI)Bed Blocking in Health CareDominique van Wonderen (WUR) Food Substitution by Diet Optimization with Machine Learning Fabian Akkerman (UT) Learning Dynamic Selection and Pricing of Out-of-Home Deliveries 11:30 Robin Buter (UT) Strategic placement of volunteer responder system defibrillatorsArya Zamal (TU/e) Integrating First and Last-Mile Logistics in Megacities: Introducing the Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem with Pickups, Deliveries, and DeadlinesThomas De Lombaert (UHasselt) The decision conundrum: empowering human operators in warehouse decisions12.00 Nanne Dieleman (VU) The road to sustainable emergency logisticsStijn Loeys (KU Leuven) Exploring the Benefits of Dynamic Service Contract Pricing based on Sensor DataTim Engels (TU/e) A stochastic analaysis of milkrun systems 12:30 Lunch13:30 Parallel session Parallel session Parallel session 13:30 Simone Balvers (TiU) Lead Time Optimism: Exploring the Distinct Effects of Lead Time Uncertainty and Review Period Uncertainty on Ordering BehaviorPeter Verleijsdonk (TU/e) Scalable Real-Time Integrated Learning and Decision Making for Synchronized SystemsSasan Amini (UHasselt)Bayesian Design Optimization of Parallel Electric Drivetrain13:00 Laura Sprenkels (TU/e) The good stuff: Matching supply and demand by introducing an opaque product: Pricing, learning, funŞifanur Celik (TU/e) Wait or Assign: A Look into Dynamic Time Window Assignment with Stochastic Customers and Travel TimesMark van der Pas (TU/e)Using past experience to solve new problems: Case-Based Reasoning for root cause analysis in a distributed manufacturing environment14:30 Break15:00 Parallel session Parallel session Parallel session 15:00 Bas van Oudenhoven (TU/e) Shifting attention to algorithmic prediction accuracy decreases acceptance of point but not interval predictionsNaim Al Khoury (UGent) Spare Part Inventory Control in a Condition-Based Maintenance Context: A Proactive PolicyFabio Mercurio (TU/e)Cooperative locker location games15:30 Joris Slootweg (CWI)Improving Congestion in an Efficient & Robust manner using smart Virtual Queuing at Airport SecurityMetehan Dilaver (TU/e)Integrated Planning of Usage-Based Maintenance and Load Sharing Under Resource DependenceGiovanni Campuzano (UT) The drone-assisted variable speed asymmetric traveling salesman problem16:00 Break16:15 Plenary talk by Loe Schlicher (TU/e), winner PhD Award 2019: Game theory and homeland security problems17:00 Pitches nominees PhD AwardCollin DrentHeletjé van Staden17:30 Ceremony PhD AwardPresentation by jury chairman Henk Zijm 18:00Dinner