Patrick De Causmaecker

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Patrick De Causmaecker is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick De Causmaecker has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 58 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 39 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Patrick De Causmaecker's work include Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (58 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (40 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (23 papers). Patrick De Causmaecker is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (58 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (40 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (23 papers). Patrick De Causmaecker collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Patrick De Causmaecker's co-authors include Greet Vanden Berghe, Edmund Burke, R. Gastmans, Tai Tsun Wu, Greet Vanden Berghe, Walter Troost, Hendrik Van Landeghem, Ronald Kleiss, F.A. Berends and Peter Demeester and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Nuclear Physics B and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Patrick De Causmaecker

143 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick De Causmaecker Belgium	32	1.7k	1.5k	1.0k	411	372	150	3.8k
Greet Vanden Berghe Belgium	36	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	439 0.4×	321 0.8×	294 0.8×	251	4.7k
Andrew Parkes United Kingdom	23	664 0.4×	443 0.3×	507 0.5×	354 0.9×	11 0.0×	75	1.6k
Richard Weber United Kingdom	31	1.0k 0.6×	534 0.4×	25 0.0×	2.2k 5.3×	128 0.3×	110	4.0k
Daniel P. Heyman United States	28	767 0.5×	297 0.2×	28 0.0×	1.8k 4.4×	90 0.2×	85	3.9k
Debasis Mitra United States	42	879 0.5×	337 0.2×	168 0.2×	3.8k 9.3×	49 0.1×	258	6.9k
Peter Buchholz Germany	22	328 0.2×	102 0.1×	63 0.1×	515 1.3×	22 0.1×	153	1.9k
Jean B. Lasserre France	40	975 0.6×	695 0.5×	9 0.0×	579 1.4×	14 0.0×	296	8.4k
Paul Bratley Canada	16	663 0.4×	219 0.1×	13 0.0×	354 0.9×	23 0.1×	40	2.8k
Diogo R. Ferreira Portugal	15	107 0.1×	71 0.0×	154 0.1×	155 0.4×	20 0.1×	55	1.3k
John N. Tsitsiklis United States	20	446 0.3×	330 0.2×	6 0.0×	1.2k 2.8×	25 0.1×	39	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Causmaecker, Patrick De, et al.. (2024). A Computation of the Ninth Dedekind Number Using FPGA Supercomputing. ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems. 17(3). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

Dou, Yajie, et al.. (2022). Neural networked-assisted method for the nurse rostering problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 171. 108430–108430. 9 indexed citations

Causmaecker, Patrick De, et al.. (2022). A combined mixed integer programming and deep neural network-assisted heuristics algorithm for the nurse rostering problem. Applied Soft Computing. 136. 109919–109919. 4 indexed citations

Wauters, Tony, et al.. (2022). Exploring search space trees using an adapted version of Monte Carlo tree search for combinatorial optimization problems. Computers & Operations Research. 150. 106070–106070. 10 indexed citations

Rousseau, Louis-Martin, et al.. (2021). A two-phase approach for the Radiotherapy Scheduling Problem. Health Care Management Science. 25(2). 191–207. 5 indexed citations

Косовичев, А. Г., V. Kukhianidze, T. V. Zaqarashvili, et al.. (2017). Statistical properties of coronal hole rotation rates: Are they linked to the solar interior?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 25 indexed citations

Kukhianidze, V., et al.. (2017). Long-period oscillations of active region patterns: least-squares mapping on second-order curves. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

Causmaecker, Patrick De, et al.. (2017). Termination criteria for metaheuristics: Is computation time worth the time?. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

Zaqarashvili, T. V., et al.. (2016). Quasi-oscillatory dynamics observed in ascending phase of the flare on March 6, 2012. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 600. A67–A67. 2 indexed citations

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Kendall, Graham, Ruibin Bai, Jacek Błażewicz, et al.. (2015). Good Laboratory Practice for optimization research. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 67(4). 676–689. 54 indexed citations

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Verstichel, Jannes, Patrick De Causmaecker, & Greet Vanden Berghe. (2013). An improved best‐fit heuristic for the orthogonal strip packing problem. International Transactions in Operational Research. 20(5). 711–730. 19 indexed citations

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Picouleau, Christophe, et al.. (2012). d-Transversals of stable sets and vertex covers in weighted bipartite graphs. Journal of Discrete Algorithms. 17. 95–102. 3 indexed citations

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Wild, Fridolin, et al.. (2011). Exposing knowledge in speech: Monitoring conceptual development in spoken conversation. Open Research Online (The Open University). 1–8. 2 indexed citations

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Causmaecker, Patrick De, et al.. (2011). Interdisciplinary approaches to adaptive learning: a look at the neighbours : First International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research on Technology, Education and Communication, ITEC 2010, Kortrijk, Belgium, May 25-26, 2010. Revised Selected Papers. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Wauters, Tony, Katja Verbeeck, Greet Van den Berghe, & Patrick De Causmaecker. (2010). A Game Theoretic Approach to Decentralized Multi-Project Scheduling (Extended Abstract). Lirias (KU Leuven). 1415–1416. 5 indexed citations

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Tranchevent, Léon-Charles, et al.. (2010). A guide to web tools to prioritize candidate genes. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 12(1). 22–32. 150 indexed citations

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Wauters, Tony, Katja Verbeeck, Greet Van den Berghe, & Patrick De Causmaecker. (2009). A multi-agent learning approach for the multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1–8. 11 indexed citations

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Souffriau, Wouter, et al.. (2008). Dynamic scheduling of multi-media streams in home automation systems. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1683–1684. 1 indexed citations

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Causmaecker, Patrick De & Greet Vanden Berghe. (2003). Relaxation of coverage constraints in hospital personnel rostering. Lecture notes in computer science. 2740. 129–147. 17 indexed citations

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Causmaecker, Patrick De, et al.. (2001). Sympathetic Agents Assist in Route Planning. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 190–191. 1 indexed citations

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