Research Papers Business Analytics (2011-2015)

Name Title Research Paper Business Analytics Supervisor
Jelmer Blok Applications for the Vehicle Routing Problem, December 2015 prof. dr. Ger Koole
Niamh Bermingham-McDonogh The data science of the quantified self, December 2015 prof. dr. Guszti Eiben
Jeroen van den Hoven Analyzing Spotify data", December 2015  dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Matthijs Kuijt The weather as predictor for passenger volumes for the Dutch Railways. What influence do weather conditions have on the number of passengers at the NS? (confidential), November 2015 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Roan van der Lee Attracting business passengers with different flight times. The influence of business times on ticket revenue (confidential), October 2015 dr. René Bekker
Johnno Pastor Analyzing and predicting mood of depression patients, September 2015 Ward van Breda, MSc
Sven van der Kooij Creating a benchmark for the tray optimization problem, September 2015 dr. Kristiaan Glorie
Alieke Maas Prepayment modeling (confidential), September 2015 prof. dr. André Ran en dr. René Bekker
Georgios Galvas Performance analysis of a customer service center with chat sessions, August 2015   dr. René Bekker
Indrek Pärna Effect of news on stocks' liquidity, July 2015 dr. Svetlana Borovkova
Matthijs Toorenburg Predicting graduation rates at Dutch secondary schools, July 2015 dr. Bartek Knapik
Tim van der Neut Classifying irritable bowel syndrome using data mining and machine learning techniques (confidential), June 2015 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Fatima Babat Evaluation of service level approximations in call centers. Approximations of the non-stationary M(t)/M/s(t) queue, June 2015 dr. Alex Roubos
Edwin Wanner Clustering algorithms as a basis for similarity analysis (confidential), June 2015 dr. Bartek Knapik
Ruben Lageweg Predicting the arrival of patients at the registration desk at VUmc (confidential), May 2015 dr. René Bekker
Daniel van Dam Passenger related delay forecast. Support Vector Machine classification (confidential), April 2015 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Milou Meltzer Short term forecasting of intensive care resource requirements (confidential), February 2015 dr. René Bekker
Leonie Beers Reducing passengers waiting time in elevator traffic by adding information about passengers arrivals, February 2015 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Thijs Bootsma Leverage position on the FIFA Ranking, February 2015 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Laura Wiersma How many passengers are planned to fly around the world? The calculation of the total capacity between an origin and destination in the airline industry, January 2015 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Sjanne Nap Detecting medically unexplained physical symptoms. A risk model to diagnose patients (confidential), January 2015 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Bob Bokern Heuristic approach for finding an initial solution to a crew holiday scheduling problem (confidential), January 2015 Berend Weel, MSc
Esther Weusthof Adwords optimization, January 2015 prof. dr. Ger Koole
Dieuwe van Bergen van Henegouwen Studying some aspects of data from the professional Dutch soccer competition: Is an artificial turf field advantageous for home performances, December 2014 dr. Eduard Belitser
Ruben Lam Forecasting trends in the healthcare sector, November 2014 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Corné de Ruijt Handling variability in the LNG shipping process (confidential), November 2014 dr. Alex Roubos
Tessa van der Eems Outlier detection using graph mining. On individuals in the Enron email dataset, November 2014 dr. Evert Haasdijk
Mitchel van Loon Mixed effects models. The basic theory and application in R, October 2014 dr. Eduard Belitser
Bastiaan Kars The pension simulator. Which factors determine the level of pension?, October 2014 prof. dr. André Ran
Anne Zuiker Planning patients with preference in an outpatient department, October 2014 dr. René Bekker
Tijs Klaver KLM component services. Contract pricing in aircraft maintenance (confidential), September 2014 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Tim Steinkuhler Rule-based traffic management for inbound call centers, September 2014 prof. dr. Ger Koole
Frederieke van der List Risicomodel POWI met machine learning technieken. Logistic regression of decision tree learning (confidential), September 2014 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Jurre Visser Emballagebeheer voor PostNL pakketten (confidential), September 2014 dr. René Bekker
Peter de Jonge The effect of offline advertising on online website traffic (confidential), August 2014 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Joris Cramwinckel Valuation of spark-spread options (confidential), August 2014 dr. Kandhai en prof. dr. André Ran
Anton Kuijer Predicting school funding requests that deserve an A+. Putting theory into practice in a Kaggle competition, July 2014 dr. Evert Haasdijk
Bas Schmidt Analysis of demand patterns in nursing home care (confidential), July 2014 dr. René Bekker
Bas de Gooijer Creating an optimal NS controller schedule to maximise fine revenue, July 2014 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Nabila Adluni

Predicting customers' purchase behavior. Discovering hidden patterns in customers' purchase behavior (confidential), July 2014

dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Lisanne van der Breggen Optimization of the scheduling problem in nursing homes, July 2014 dr. René Bekker
Bart Jeukendrup Who is the author? Link prediction in a bibliographic network (confidential), June 2014 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Claudia ten Hoope Transfers at Schiphol Airport. Predictions on connected and not connected transfers (confidential), May 2014 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Jitske de Graauw Design of robust metro networks, May 2014 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Nadra Abdalla American options; an American delayed-exercise model and the free boundary, April 2014 prof. dr. André Ran
Pim Kempe Comparing four data mining techniques that predict the moment when customers pay their invoice (confidential), February 2014 dr. Evert Haasdijk
Joost van Outeren Bijstuurlogica voor PostNL pakketten (confidential), January 2014 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Bas de Jong Analysis and prediction of daily orderlines volume at Bausch + Lomb ELC, January 2014 dr. René Bekker en dr. Fetsje Mone - Bijma
Alexandra-Ioana Alan Market basket analysis in the business-to-business context, a technical and business perspective (confidential), January 2014 dr. Sandjai Bhulai en dr. Frans Feldberg
Roan Meulblok Driver uncertainty during roadwork. The effect of driver uncertainty on the expected delay at an intersection, December 2013 dr. René Bekker
Wouter Kool Automation of the SET card game. Card recognition using computer vision, December 2013 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Kabira Bouamrani Modeling the number of illness notifications (confidential), December 2013 dr. Fetsje Mone - Bijma
Lidewij Kooiman De invloed van web-performance op het koopgedrag van consumenten, November 2013 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Jozefien Karskens Mail delivery problem. Route optimization with capacity constraints, October 2013 dr. René Bekker
Karin van Eeden Oproepbare zorg vanuit een wachtrijperspectief (confidential), October 2013 dr. René Bekker
Laurien Overakker Recommendation systems for retailers. A study on collaborative filtering methods for binary-encoded data (confidential), August 2013 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Jonathan Moll The Bullwhip Effect: Analysis of the causes and remedies, July 2013 dr. René Bekker
Ralf de Haan Merchandising analysis; visualization and sales prediction of new product introductions (confidential), July 2013 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Reinier van den Assum Twitter for failure. The use of Twitter to detect failures in online systems, June 2013 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Peter van Bokhoven Closed-form waiting time approximation for polling systems with simultaneous batch arrivals, June 2013 prof.dr. Rob van der Mei
Aniket Mitra System test evaluation and review technique. Stochastic modeling and optimal control for system testing of software, May 2013 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Ab Boersema Het voorspellen van incidenten bij de brandweer (confidential), April 2013 prof.dr. Rob van der Mei
Maarten Schimmel Deployment of express checkout lines at supermarkets, April 2013 dr. René Bekker
Sebastiaan de Vries Modern exploitation. Business risks of memory corruption and web attacks, March 2013 prof. dr. Herbert Bos en Andrei Bacs MSc.
Mohamed Yerou Predicting hospitalization for patients, January 2013 dr. Mark Hoogendoorn
Mats Nelissen Implementing proposed algorithms for KLM CS’s multi-item, multi-echelon spare parts problem with time based service level agreements, January 2013 dr. ir. Karin de Smidt-Destombes
Daniel Hopman Revenue management in small-scale hotels (confidential), January 2013 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Irving van Heuven van Staereling School timetabling in theory and practice, December 2012 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Nivard van Wijk Soccer analytics. Predicting the outcome of soccer matches, December 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Fréderique Lalleman Ambulance management in Flevoland: an analysis of the current allocation rules, November 2012 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Peter Dwars Impact of systematic factors on delays at Schiphol, November 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Nick groen Dynamisch prijzen, November 2012 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Max van Roon Predicting the development of the NBA playoffs. How much the regular season tells us about the playoff results, October 2012 dr. Zoltán Szlávik
David Los Reversed revenue management. How to use revenue management for customer advantage, October 2012 Alwin Haensel (Dipl. Math.) en prof. dr. Ger Koole
Hassnae Belkasim A survey of pattern recognition algorithms and the link with emotion detection, October 2012 dr. Zoltán Szlávik
Thomas Hage Daily risk adjusted return (confidential), October 2012 dr. Svetlana Borovkova
Hidde Kok Sequential scheduling, October 2012 dr. René Bekker
Martina Hoever Monitoring door openings in operation rooms. Using decision trees to find common factors in operations resulting in high operation room traffic, August 2012 dr. René Bekker
Wieberen Kooistra Simulation of coordinated traffic light control using model predictive control, August 2012 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Nicolaas Nobel Automatic survey data editing. Based on the generalized Fellegi-Holt paradigm, August 2012 dr. Zoltán Szlávik
Abdellatif Lghali Surrogate based optimization using kriging based approximation, August 2012 dr. Zoltán Szlávik
Ellen van der Meer Comparing measures of network robustness, July 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei en prof.dr.ir. Rob Kooij
Wessel Vonk Securitization & CDOs: modeling default behavior using copula methods, June 2012 dr. Erik Winands
Jan-Willem Arentshorst Inventory modeling of perishable goods, June 2012 dr. René Bekker
Maria Mahfoud Bivariate Archimedean copulas: an application to two stock market indices, June 2012 dr. Michael Massmann
Diti Oudendag The use of machine learning techniques to predict farm size change. an implementation in the Dutch dairy sector, June 2012 dr. Zoltán Szlávik
Freerk Alons How to deal with emergency at the operating room, April 2012 dr. René Bekker
John Müller Evolutionary art, April 2012 prof. dr. Guszti Eiben en Eelco den Heijer  
Arne Staphorsius Optimizing hardware. Possibilities and challenges of evolvable hardware, March 2012 prof. dr. Guszti Eiben en Berend Weel, MSc
Steven Beaujon Predicting video game sales in the European market, March 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Eline Bussing Capaciteitsverdeling zorgpaden, February 2012 dr. René Bekker
Asparuh Hristov Online advertising – can it be both pleasant and profitable?, February 2012 prof. dr. Ger Koole
Ellis Leijte Optimalisatie in de materieelplanning van reizigerstreinen, January 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Petra Vis Personeelsplanning in een schoolkantine, January 2012 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Kenny Li Call center call volume forecasting met ARMA(P,Q) en Holt-Wintersmodellen, January 2012 prof. dr. Ger Koole
Vincent Hoekstra An overview of neuroevolution techniques, December 2011 prof. dr. Guszti Eiben en Berend Weel, MSc
Nikki Be News analytics; analyzing the relationship between news sentiment and gold prices, November 2011 dr. S.A. Borovkova
Rianne van Goozen Optimalisatie revisies afdeling Pathologie in VUmc, November 2011 dr. René Bekker
Jantina Tibbesma Capacity models for investigating the patient flow between the intensive care and medium Care, October 2011 dr. René Bekker
Daniel Lie Winnende strategie voor kaartspellen (confidential), September 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Martijn van Zanten Een statistische analyse van klantgedrag in call centra", September 2011 Alex Roubos MSc
Loey Wittink Choice modelling. An overview of theory and development in individual choice behaviour modelling, August 2011 Alwin Haensel (Dipl. Math.)
Daphne van Leeuwen Estimation and automation process of hydrological quantities in the Netherlands, August 2011 dr. Fetsje Mone - Bijma
Bob Stroomer De invloed van de methodiek op de effectiviteit van een fair value hedge bij hedge accounting, August 2011 dr. Erik Winands
Marjolein Schipper Multivariate data analyse, August 2011 Martijn Onderwater MSc
Chantal Epskamp Fraude in de jaarrekening. Verbetering van de accountantscontrole binnen Deloitte (confidential), August 2011 Martijn Onderwater MSc
Paul Kooij Management informatie. Weigeren van woningen, July 2011 dr. Fetsje Mone - Bijma
Roswitha van de Kamer The effects of start prices on the performance of the certainty equivalent pricing policy, July 2011 Alwin Haensel (Dipl. Math.)
Robert Post Intelligente agent-systemen. Dé innovatie in automatisering, July 2011 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Bianca Meijer Optimalisatie van het proces voor de jaarwerken binnen Zwitserleven, July 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Astrid van der Poel Dispatch systems in ambulance planning, July 2011 drs. Geert-Jan Kommer en prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Hans Hellemons Can you still beat the dealer?, July 2011 dr. René Bekker
Sevinç Gökşen Implementing revenue management, July 2011 prof.dr. Ger Koole
Elena Pupazan Social networking analytics, June 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Erwin Schuijtvlot Application of AI in poker, June 2011 dr. Wojtek Kowalczyk
John Puts Emergency call center. Finding a balance between costs and quality of service when dealing with emergency calls, June 2011 drs. Geert-Jan Kommer en prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Mark Blom Weerstandsvermogen bij gemeentes. Hoe kunnen gemeentes worden geadviseerd op het gebied van risico’s? (confidential), May 2011 Martijn Onderwater MSc
Chuck Yuen Liu Real options valuation in the airline industry, April 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Corné Sprong Common tasks in evolutionary robotics, an overview, April 2011 prof. dr. Guszti Eiben
Jos van Gulick Hedge funds. On their dynamics and the consequences for risk & portfolio management, April 2011 dr. Denitsa Stefanova
Wendy Chew Volgorde van operaties in OK, March 2011 dr. René Bekker
Lydia van 't Veer Strategisch kassa's inzetten in supermarkten, March 2011 prof. dr. Rob van der Mei
Valentina Maccatrozzo Optimal route in a road traffic network, March 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Jelle de Jong Agent-based modellen van financiële markten, February 2011 dr. Erik Winands
Jau Men Liang Artificial domestic currency hedge exposure, February 2011 dr. S.A. Borovkova
Manisha Hiralall Recommender systems for e-shops, February 2011 dr. Wojtek Kowalczyk
Pearl Stam Outpatient scheduling. Outpatient scheduling for a general practitioner, February 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai en dr. Dennis Roubos
Kevin Duijndam Analytical modeling of an accident & emergency department, January 2011 dr. René Bekker
Safar Niamat Parallel processor sharing systems: concurrent access in wireless networks, January 2011 dr. Sandjai Bhulai
Rik van Diepen Het optimaal benaderen van een verkeerslicht. Hoe kan je als fietser het beste een verkeerslicht benaderen?, January 2011 drs. Arnoud den Boer