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D-Index
36
Citations
4925
World Ranking
2097
National Ranking
19

Overview

An Caris is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Their research covers various subfields including Building and Construction, Management Information Systems, Transportation, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main research topics, particularly in logistics and manufacturing optimization. These include:

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Optimization and Packing Problems
  • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
  • Assembly Line Balancing Optimization
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Maritime Ports and Logistics
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization

An Caris has authored multiple studies published in a range of academic venues. The venues with the highest number of publications include:

  • Computers & Industrial Engineering
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Information Technology and Management Science
  • Sustainability

Recent papers authored or co-authored by An Caris cover topics from order picking planning to transport logistics uncertainty. Notable publications include:

  • "Practical factors in order picking planning: state-of-the-art classification and review," 2022, International Journal of Production Research
  • "Operational workload balancing in manual order picking," 2020, Computers & Industrial Engineering
  • "Uncertainty in Intermodal and Synchromodal Transport: Review and Future Research Directions," 2021, Sustainability
  • "Analysing the effectiveness of workload balancing measures in order picking operations," 2021, International Journal of Production Research
  • "Do You See What I See? A Simulation Analysis of Order Bundling within a Transparent User Network in Geographic Space," 2020, Journal of Business Logistics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, reflecting a network engaged in related fields of study. Collaborators with multiple joint publications include:

  • Kris Braekers
  • Katrien Ramaekers
  • Teun van Gils
  • Sarah Vanheusden
  • Gerrit K. Janssens

An Caris' research spans practical and theoretical aspects within logistics, manufacturing, and transportation, highlighting a career centered on solving complex optimization problems relevant to industrial and urban contexts.

Best Publications

  • Designing efficient order picking systems by combining planning problems: State-of-the-art classification and review

    Teun van Gils;Katrien Ramaekers;An Caris;René M. B. M. de Koster

  • Planning Problems in Intermodal Freight Transport: Accomplishments and Prospects

    An Caris;Cathy Macharis;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Exact and meta-heuristic approach for a general heterogeneous dial-a-ride problem with multiple depots

    Kris Braekers;An Caris;An Caris;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Typology and literature review for dial-a-ride problems

    Yves Molenbruch;Yves Molenbruch;Kris Braekers;Kris Braekers;An Caris

  • Decision support in intermodal transport: A new research agenda

    An Caris;Cathy Macharis;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Vehicle routing problems with loading constraints: state-of-the-art and future directions

    Hanne Pollaris;Kris Braekers;An Caris;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Integrating production scheduling and vehicle routing decisions at the operational decision level

    Stef Moons;Katrien Ramaekers;An Caris;Yasemin Arda

  • Collaborative Logistics from the Perspective of Road Transportation Companies

    Lotte Verdonck;AN Caris;Katrien Ramaekers;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Towards freight transport system unification: reviewing and combining the advancements in the physical internet and synchromodal transport research

    Tomas Ambra;An Caris;Cathy Macharis

  • Integration of inland waterway transport in the intermodal supply chain: a taxonomy of research challenges

    An Caris;An Caris;Sabine Limbourg;Cathy Macharis;Tom van Lier

  • A local search heuristic for the pre- and end-haulage of intermodal container terminals

    A. Caris;G. K. Janssens

  • Increasing order picking efficiency by integrating storage, batching, zone picking, and routing policy decisions

    Teun van Gils;Katrien Ramaekers;Kris Braekers;Benoît Depaire

  • Challenges in Managing Empty Container Movements at Multiple Planning Levels

    Kris Braekers;Gerrit K. Janssens;An Caris

  • Integrated planning of loaded and empty container movements

    Kris Braekers;An Caris;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • A decision support framework for intermodal transport policy

    Cathy Macharis;An Caris;Bart Jourquin;Ethem Pekin

  • Road and intermodal transport performance: the impact of operational costs and air pollution external costs

    Martine Mostert;An Caris;Sabine Limbourg

  • Practical factors in order picking planning: state-of-the-art classification and review

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  • Analysis of collaborative savings and cost allocation techniques for the cooperative carrier facility location problem

    Lotte Verdonck;Lotte Verdonck;Patrick Beullens;An Caris;An Caris;Katrien Ramaekers

  • The Use of Process Mining in Business Process Simulation Model Construction - Structuring the Field

    Niels Martin;Benoît Depaire;An Caris;An Caris

  • Network analysis of container barge transport in the port of Antwerp by means of simulation

    A. Caris;Cathy Macharis;G.k. Janssens

  • Optimal shipping routes and vessel size for intermodal barge transport with empty container repositioning

    Kris Braekers;An Caris;Gerrit K. Janssens

  • Formulating and solving the integrated batching, routing, and picker scheduling problem in a real-life spare parts warehouse

    Teun van Gils;An Caris;Katrien Ramaekers;Kris Braekers

  • Multi-directional local search for a bi-objective dial-a-ride problem in patient transportation

    Yves Molenbruch;Yves Molenbruch;Kris Braekers;Kris Braekers;An Caris;Greet Vanden Berghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathy Macharis
Cathy Macharis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Kenneth Sörensen
Kenneth Sörensen University of Antwerp
Koen Vanhoof
Koen Vanhoof Hasselt University
René de Koster
René de Koster Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan Mendling
Jan Mendling Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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