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Kenneth Sörensen

Kenneth Sörensen

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7449
World Ranking
7611
National Ranking
74

Kenneth Sörensen publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Sörensen sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 219 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Kenneth Sörensen D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Sörensen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

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

  • A metaheuristic for the school bus routing problem with bus stop selection

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

  • Ambulance routing for disaster response with patient groups

    Luca Talarico;Frank Meisel;Kenneth Sörensen

  • MA|PM: memetic algorithms with population management

    Kenneth Sörensen;Marc Sevaux

  • Network Repair Crew Scheduling and Routing for Emergency Relief Distribution Problem

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

  • A History of Metaheuristics.

    Kenneth Sörensen;Marc Sevaux;Fred W. Glover

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

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

  • Metaheuristics for Multiobjective Optimisation

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Efficient metaheuristics to solve the intermodal terminal location problem

    Kenneth Sörensen;Christine Vanovermeire;Sylvie Busschaert

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

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

  • A fast solution method for the time-dependent orienteering problem

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

  • A mathematical formulation for a school bus routing problem

    Patrick Schittekat;Marc Sevaux;Kenneth Sorensen

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

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  • 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

  • Efficiently solving very large-scale routing problems

    Florian Arnold;Michel Gendreau;Kenneth Sörensen

  • Knowledge-guided local search for the vehicle routing problem

    Florian Arnold;Kenneth Sörensen

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

    Annelies De Corte;Kenneth Sörensen

  • Dance hit song prediction

    Dorien Herremans;David Martens;Kenneth Sörensen

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

    Kenneth Sörensen

  • Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics

    Carlos Cotta;Marc Sevaux;Kenneth Sörensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Sevaux
Marc Sevaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter Goos
Peter Goos KU Leuven
Genserik Reniers
Genserik Reniers Delft University of Technology
Wout Dullaert
Wout Dullaert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frits C. R. Spieksma
Frits C. R. Spieksma Eindhoven University of Technology
Nenad Mladenović
Nenad Mladenović Khalifa University
David Martens
David Martens University of Antwerp
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex

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