Program Beta Symposium 2024 Thursday 28 November 2024, Conference Hotel Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg 09:30 Registration09:45 Opening by Ivo Adan, scientific director Beta 10:00 Plenary talk by Tom Van Woensel (TU/e): Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problems: A short review, some models and directions for future research10:45 Break11:00 Parallel session Parallel session Parallel session 11:00Ieke Schrader (UT): Performance impact of constraint variants on a MILP formulated hearing scheduling problemAlireza Yazdani Esfidvajani (TU/e): Solving norm-based clustering using Benders decomposition Carlos Miguel Palao (UGent): Competence-aware scheduling and operator assignment for mixed-model assembly line optimization11:30 Arne Delaet (UHasselt): Minimising rostering deviations when re-planning home healthcare servicesIman Moosavi (TiU): Behavioral considerations of automationKees Maton (TU/e): “What they say is what they sell?” How account managers shape algorithm aversion and (AI) augmented decision-making performance of demand managers12.00 Riccardo Lo Bianco (TU/e): Deep reinforcement learning for dynamic resource allocationJoost van der Haar (KU Leuven): Supervised learning for integrated forecasting and inventory controlTarkan Temizoz (TU/e): Zero-shot generalization in inventory management: Train, then estimate and decide12:30 Lunch13:30Parallel session Parallel session 13:30 Yijun Li (WUR): Towards a sustainable supply of underutilized cereals and beans to improve micronutrient supply in ChinaGül Gündüz Mengübaş (UAntwerp): Optimizing conflict-free routing for workstation-capacitated tow trains in just-in-time assembly line feeding system13:00 Ipek Kivanç (TU/e): Sustainable maintenance strategies for multi-component systemsMiguel Chastre (TU/e): The scheduled Joint Replenishment Problem14:30 Break15:00 Parallel session Parallel session Parallel session 15:00 Bartu Arslan (TU/e): Optimizing reusable packaging production decisions and return logistics in e-commerceAndrea Mencaroni (UGent): Online parameter control for carbon-aware scheduling using deep reinforcement learningMaike de Jongh (UT): Controlling the Ising model using spatiotemporal Markov decision theory15:30 Chris Franssen (VU Amsterdam): A first-order gradient approach for the connectivity analysis of Markov chains on graphsTolunay Alankaya (TU/e): A deep learning approach for predicting B2B customers’ online behaviorDawei Chen (TU/e): A reinforcement learning approach for the dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling problem with stochastic requests and time-dependent, stochastic travel times16:00 Break16:15 Plenary talk by Frans de Ruiter (WUR/ASML): Business-driven research in operations management and logistics: examples from ten years in academia and industry17:00 Dinner