2026 Kenneth Sörensen: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	44	7612	7392	74	70	219	7449

Overview

Kenneth Sörensen is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research output spans multiple topics within engineering and computer science, with a focus on optimization and transportation systems.

Their main fields of study include:

Engineering
Computer Science

Within these fields, their subfields of interest cover:

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Building and Construction
Artificial Intelligence
Transportation

The main topics Kenneth Sörensen works on comprise:

Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
Transportation and Mobility Innovations
Transportation Planning and Optimization
Smart Parking Systems Research
Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
Optimization and Packing Problems
Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization

The scientist has published extensively in notable venues, frequently contributing to:

European Journal of Operational Research
Computers & Operations Research
International Transactions in Operational Research
SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)

A selection of recent papers includes:

"Metaphor-based metaheuristics, a call for action: the elephant in the room" (2021), published in Swarm Intelligence
"A survey on demand-responsive public bus systems" (2022), published in Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies
"Metaheuristics 'In the Large'" (2021), published in European Journal of Operational Research
"Meta-analysis of metaheuristics: Quantifying the effect of adaptiveness in adaptive large neighborhood search" (2020), published in European Journal of Operational Research
"A general deep reinforcement learning hyperheuristic framework for solving combinatorial optimization problems" (2023), published in European Journal of Operational Research

Sörensen frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Pieter Vansteenwegen
Flavien Lucas
Michell Queiroz
Bryan David Galarza Montenegro
Lissa Melis

Best Publications

Metaheuristics—the metaphor exposed

Kenneth Sörensen

1161
Citations
A metaheuristic for the school bus routing problem with bus stop selection

Patrick Schittekat;Patrick Schittekat;Joris Kinable;Kenneth Sörensen;Marc Sevaux

229
Citations
Ambulance routing for disaster response with patient groups

Luca Talarico;Frank Meisel;Kenneth Sörensen

173
Citations
MA|PM: memetic algorithms with population management

Kenneth Sörensen;Marc Sevaux

172
Citations
Network Repair Crew Scheduling and Routing for Emergency Relief Distribution Problem

Pablo A. Maya Duque;Irina S. Dolinskaya;Kenneth Sörensen

160
Citations
A History of Metaheuristics.

Kenneth Sörensen;Marc Sevaux;Fred W. Glover

157
Citations
Metaphor-based metaheuristics, a call for action: The elephant in the room

Claus Aranha;Christian Leonardo Camacho-Villalón;Felipe Campelo;Marco Dorigo

155
Citations
Metaheuristics for Multiobjective Optimisation

Xavier Gandibleux;Marc Sevaux;Kenneth Sörensen;Vincent T’kindt

154
Citations
Home care service planning. The case of Landelijke Thuiszorg

P. A. Maya Duque;P. A. Maya Duque;Michael Castro;K Sorensen;Peter Goos;Peter Goos

148
Citations
Efficient GRASP+VND and GRASP+VNS metaheuristics for the traveling repairman problem

Amir Salehipour;Kenneth Sörensen;Peter Goos;Peter Goos;Olli Bräysy

141
Citations
Efficient metaheuristics to solve the intermodal terminal location problem

Kenneth Sörensen;Christine Vanovermeire;Sylvie Busschaert

129
Citations
New heuristics for the fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem with time windows

Wout Dullaert;Gerrit K. Janssens;Kenneth Sörensen;Bert Vernimmen

125
Citations
A fast solution method for the time-dependent orienteering problem

Cedric Verbeeck;Kenneth Sörensen;El-Houssaine Aghezzaf;Pieter Vansteenwegen;Pieter Vansteenwegen

124
Citations
A mathematical formulation for a school bus routing problem

Patrick Schittekat;Marc Sevaux;Kenneth Sorensen

121
Citations
A fast two-level variable neighborhood search for the clustered vehicle routing problem

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115
Citations
An iterated local search algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with backhauls

Daniel Palhazi Cuervo;Daniel Palhazi Cuervo;Peter Goos;Peter Goos;Peter Goos;Kenneth Sörensen;Emely Arráiz

110
Citations
Efficiently solving very large-scale routing problems

Florian Arnold;Michel Gendreau;Kenneth Sörensen

109
Citations
Knowledge-guided local search for the vehicle routing problem

Florian Arnold;Kenneth Sörensen

99
Citations
Optimisation of gravity-fed water distribution network design: A critical review

Annelies De Corte;Kenneth Sörensen

96
Citations
Dance hit song prediction

Dorien Herremans;David Martens;Kenneth Sörensen

90
Citations
Distance measures based on the edit distance for permutation-type representations

Kenneth Sörensen

86
Citations
Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics

Carlos Cotta;Marc Sevaux;Kenneth Sörensen

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Goos KU Leuven

Genserik Reniers Delft University of Technology

Pieter Vansteenwegen KU Leuven

Dirk Cattrysse KU Leuven

Wout Dullaert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Frits C. R. Spieksma Eindhoven University of Technology

David Martens University of Antwerp

Nenad Mladenović Khalifa University

Fred Glover University of Colorado Boulder

Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex

External Links

Personal website of Kenneth Sörensen Google Scholar page

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