Nicolas Zufferey

2.0k total citations
75 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Zufferey is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Zufferey has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 18 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 9 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Zufferey's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (34 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (25 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (17 papers). Nicolas Zufferey is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (34 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (25 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (17 papers). Nicolas Zufferey collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and France. Nicolas Zufferey's co-authors include Alain Hertz, Simon Thevenin, Philippe Giaccari, Manish Verma, Vedat Verter, Jean‐Yves Potvin, Philippe Galinier, Marino Widmer, Alain Martel and Naoufel Cheikhrouhou and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Zufferey

68 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolas Zufferey Switzerland 19 844 368 242 168 160 75 1.3k
Brian Rodrigues Singapore 23 1.1k 1.3× 296 0.8× 222 0.9× 144 0.9× 139 0.9× 79 1.7k
Karla Hoffman United States 15 482 0.6× 206 0.6× 191 0.8× 190 1.1× 102 0.6× 46 1.0k
Maria Grazia Scutellà Italy 19 704 0.8× 266 0.7× 286 1.2× 150 0.9× 43 0.3× 74 1.4k
Paolo Dell’Olmo Italy 21 686 0.8× 221 0.6× 357 1.5× 143 0.9× 309 1.9× 77 1.4k
Qinghua Wu China 21 588 0.7× 254 0.7× 252 1.0× 315 1.9× 51 0.3× 88 1.4k
Christian Artigues France 17 987 1.2× 444 1.2× 198 0.8× 67 0.4× 50 0.3× 73 1.3k
Zbigniew Banaszak Poland 20 1.1k 1.3× 144 0.4× 143 0.6× 498 3.0× 256 1.6× 146 1.6k
Marco E. Lübbecke Germany 15 798 0.9× 224 0.6× 272 1.1× 144 0.9× 26 0.2× 41 1.3k
Kaj Holmberg Sweden 19 622 0.7× 101 0.3× 350 1.4× 124 0.7× 155 1.0× 70 1.3k
Aziz Moukrim France 18 967 1.1× 223 0.6× 131 0.5× 108 0.6× 32 0.2× 69 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Zufferey

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All Works

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Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Bridge service life and impact of maintenance events on the structural state index. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 22. e04766–e04766. 1 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Sequential testing in batches with resource constraints. Expert Systems with Applications. 256. 124858–124858. 2 indexed citations
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Ghaddar, Bissan, et al.. (2024). Adaptive robust electric vehicle routing under energy consumption uncertainty. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 160. 104529–104529. 15 indexed citations
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Cheikhrouhou, Naoufel, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous allocation of buffer capacities and service times in unreliable production lines. International Journal of Production Research. 62(3). 644–664. 9 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). A matheuristic for tactical locomotive and driver scheduling for the Swiss national railway company SBB Cargo AG. OR Spectrum. 45(4). 1113–1151. 1 indexed citations
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Cheikhrouhou, Naoufel, et al.. (2021). Buffer allocation design for unreliable production lines using genetic algorithm and finite perturbation analysis. International Journal of Production Research. 60(10). 3001–3017. 19 indexed citations
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Thevenin, Simon & Nicolas Zufferey. (2018). Learning Variable Neighborhood Search for a scheduling problem with time windows and rejections. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 261. 344–353. 33 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Online Vehicle Routing and Scheduling with Continuous Vehicle Tracking : Proceedings of the 15th Annual Congress of the French Operations Research Society. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations
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Thevenin, Simon & Nicolas Zufferey. (2014). Variable Neighborhood Search for a Scheduling Problem with Time Window Penalties : Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations
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Thevenin, Simon, Nicolas Zufferey, & Jean‐Yves Potvin. (2014). Multi-objectives parallel machines scheduling with incompatible jobs : Proceedings of the 15th Annual Congress of the French Operations Research Society. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Ant Algorithms for a Truck Loading Problem with Multiple Destinations : Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 2 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas. (2012). Metaheuristics: Some Principles for an Efficient Design. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 22 indexed citations
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Verma, Manish & Nicolas Zufferey. (2011). Tabu search for shipping dangerous goods in a rail-truck network. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations
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Ries, Bernard, et al.. (2010). Solution Methods for a Scheduling Problem with Incompatibility and Precedence Constraints. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 5(2). 75–85. 4 indexed citations
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Hertz, Alain, et al.. (2008). Variable space search for graph coloring. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 156(13). 2551–2560. 69 indexed citations
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Galinier, Philippe, Alain Hertz, & Nicolas Zufferey. (2007). An adaptive memory algorithm for the k-coloring problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 156(2). 267–279. 62 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas, Martin Studer, & Edward A. Silver. (2006). Tabu search for a car sequencing problem. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 457–462. 6 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas. (2006). Dorothy Ko, Cinderella’s Sisters. A Revisionist History of Footbinding, 2005. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 1 indexed citations
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Hertz, Alain, Nicolas Zufferey, & Philippe Galinier. (2003). An Adaptive Memory Algorithm for the k -Colouring Problem. Les Cahiers du GERAD. 1–20. 4 indexed citations
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Zufferey, Nicolas. (1997). [Compte rendu de :] Politik und Gelehrsamkeit in der Zeit der Han: die Alttext/Neutext-Kontroverse / Hans van Ess. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations

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