Malte Fliedner

3.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
46 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Malte Fliedner is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Malte Fliedner has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 5 papers in Building and Construction and 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Malte Fliedner's work include Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (27 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (23 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers). Malte Fliedner is often cited by papers focused on Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (27 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (23 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers). Malte Fliedner collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Malte Fliedner's co-authors include Nils Boysen, Armin Schöll, Erwin Pesch, Florian Jaehn, Simon Emde, Michael Kellner, Dirk Briskorn, Stefan Bock, Arne Schulz and Knut Haase and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

In The Last Decade

Malte Fliedner

45 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

A classification of assembly line balancing problems 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2007 2007 2009 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A classification of assembly line balancing problems
    2006 652 citations Nils Boysen, Malte Fliedner et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →
  2. Assembly line balancing: Which model to use when?
    2007 362 citations Nils Boysen, Malte Fliedner et al. profile →
  3. Sequencing mixed-model assembly lines: Survey, classification and model critique
    2007 325 citations Nils Boysen, Malte Fliedner et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →
  4. Cross dock scheduling: Classification, literature review and research agenda
    2009 267 citations Nils Boysen, Malte Fliedner profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malte Fliedner Germany 22 2.8k 306 242 100 84 46 2.9k
Simon Emde Germany 21 1.4k 0.5× 68 0.2× 289 1.2× 36 0.4× 84 1.0× 62 1.6k
Hans‐Otto Günther Germany 18 863 0.3× 82 0.3× 279 1.2× 40 0.4× 152 1.8× 45 1.1k
Gürsel A. Süer United States 22 1.2k 0.4× 160 0.5× 114 0.5× 31 0.3× 109 1.3× 103 1.4k
Arianna Alfieri Italy 20 707 0.3× 206 0.7× 58 0.2× 53 0.5× 286 3.4× 83 1.1k
Nima Zaerpour United States 17 674 0.2× 63 0.2× 239 1.0× 56 0.6× 78 0.9× 25 808
Xavier Delorme France 24 1.3k 0.4× 113 0.4× 36 0.1× 109 1.1× 152 1.8× 87 1.5k
Bernhard Fleischmann Germany 13 905 0.3× 93 0.3× 222 0.9× 43 0.4× 395 4.7× 25 1.2k
Gülgün Alpan France 16 725 0.3× 102 0.3× 130 0.5× 77 0.8× 350 4.2× 38 1.1k
Olcay Polat Türkiye 14 576 0.2× 117 0.4× 182 0.8× 30 0.3× 50 0.6× 31 894
Pilar Tormos Spain 10 744 0.3× 595 1.9× 233 1.0× 17 0.2× 22 0.3× 15 927

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malte Fliedner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malte Fliedner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fliedner, Malte, et al.. (2024). A shift scheduling model for ridepooling services. OR Spectrum. 47(2). 349–373.
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Schulz, Arne, et al.. (2021). Levelling crane workload in multi-yard rail-road container terminals. European Journal of Operational Research. 293(3). 941–954. 13 indexed citations
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Briskorn, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Vehicle Sequencing at Transshipment Terminals with Handover Relations. INFORMS journal on computing. 2 indexed citations
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Fliedner, Malte, Dirk Briskorn, & Nils Boysen. (2015). Vehicle scheduling under the warehouse-on-wheels policy. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 205. 52–61. 6 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Simon Emde, & Malte Fliedner. (2015). The basic train makeup problem in shunting yards. OR Spectrum. 38(1). 207–233. 29 indexed citations
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Emde, Simon, Malte Fliedner, & Nils Boysen. (2011). Optimally loading tow trains for just-in-time supply of mixed-model assembly lines. IIE Transactions. 44(2). 121–135. 84 indexed citations
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Kellner, Michael, Nils Boysen, & Malte Fliedner. (2011). How to park freight trains on rail–rail transshipment yards: the train location problem. OR Spectrum. 34(3). 535–561. 16 indexed citations
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Fliedner, Malte, Nils Boysen, & Armin Schöll. (2010). On the part inventory model sequencing problem: complexity and Beam Search heuristic. Journal of Scheduling. 14(1). 17–25. 10 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2010). Level scheduling under limited resequencing flexibility. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. 22(3-4). 236–257. 8 indexed citations
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Fliedner, Malte, Nils Boysen, & Armin Schöll. (2009). Solving symmetric mixed-model multi-level just-in-time scheduling problems. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 158(3). 222–231. 13 indexed citations
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Schöll, Armin, Malte Fliedner, & Nils Boysen. (2009). Absalom: Balancing assembly lines with assignment restrictions. European Journal of Operational Research. 200(3). 688–701. 85 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2008). Scheduling inbound and outbound trucks at cross docking terminals. OR Spectrum. 32(1). 135–161. 148 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2007). Sequencing Mixed-Model Assembly Lines to Minimize Part Inventory Cost. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Fliedner, Malte & Nils Boysen. (2007). Solving the car sequencing problem via Branch & Bound. European Journal of Operational Research. 191(3). 1023–1042. 48 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2006). Level-Scheduling bei Variantenfließfertigung: Klassifikation, Literaturüberblick und Modellkritik. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2006). A classification of assembly line balancing problems. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Schöll, Armin, Nils Boysen, & Malte Fliedner. (2006). The sequence-dependent assembly line balancing problem. OR Spectrum. 30(3). 579–609. 77 indexed citations
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Boysen, Nils, Malte Fliedner, & Armin Schöll. (2006). A classification of assembly line balancing problems. European Journal of Operational Research. 183(2). 674–693. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boysen, Nils & Malte Fliedner. (2006). Comments on “Solving real car sequencing problems with ant colony optimization”. European Journal of Operational Research. 182(1). 466–468. 6 indexed citations
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Fliedner, Malte, et al.. (1955). Die Knochenmarkstruktur bei Ratten nach Bestrahlung mit schnellen elektronen. Cell and Tissue Research. 43(3). 195–205. 15 indexed citations

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