Pieter Vansteenwegen

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Pieter Vansteenwegen is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Transportation and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pieter Vansteenwegen has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 57 papers in Transportation and 45 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pieter Vansteenwegen's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (62 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (57 papers) and Transportation and Mobility Innovations (43 papers). Pieter Vansteenwegen is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (62 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (57 papers) and Transportation and Mobility Innovations (43 papers). Pieter Vansteenwegen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Singapore and China. Pieter Vansteenwegen's co-authors include Dirk Van Oudheusden, Wouter Souffriau, Greet Vanden Berghe, Aldy Gunawan, Dirk Cattrysse, Hoong Chuin Lau, Kenneth Sörensen, Reginald Dewil, Thijs Dewilde and Cédric Verbeeck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Pieter Vansteenwegen

117 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The orienteering problem: A survey

2010 667 citations Pieter Vansteenwegen, Wouter Souffriau et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →
Orienteering Problem: A survey of recent variants, solution approaches and applications

2016 440 citations Aldy Gunawan, Pieter Vansteenwegen et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →

Peers

Pieter Vansteenwegen

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Dirk Van Oudheusden Belgium

Matteo Fischetti Italy

Kenneth Sörensen Belgium

Dominique Feillet France

David Pisinger Denmark

Fernando Ordóñez United States

Richard Eglese United Kingdom

Cynthia Barnhart United States

Roberto Montemanni Switzerland

Marius M. Solomon United States

Dirk Van Oudheusden Belgium

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Citations per year, relative to Pieter Vansteenwegen Pieter Vansteenwegen (= 1×) peers Dirk Van Oudheusden

Countries citing papers authored by Pieter Vansteenwegen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pieter Vansteenwegen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Archetti, Claudia, Leandro C. Coelho, M. Grazia Speranza, & Pieter Vansteenwegen. (2025). Beyond fifty years of vehicle routing: Insights into the history and the future. European Journal of Operational Research. 330(2). 355–372. 2 indexed citations

Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2025). A decentralised genetic algorithm with sub-objectives for the transit network design problem. Computers & Operations Research. 183. 107191–107191.

Gunawan, Aldy, et al.. (2025). Deep reinforcement learning for solving the stochastic e-waste collection problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 327(1). 309–325. 1 indexed citations

Melo, Rafael A., Celso C. Ribeiro, Sebastián Urrutia, & Pieter Vansteenwegen. (2025). A logic-based Benders decomposition approach for a fuel delivery problem with time windows, unsplit compartments, and split deliveries. European Journal of Operational Research. 325(1). 100–117.

Yang, Rudong, et al.. (2024). Energy-Efficient Timetabling Approach Considering Varying Train Loads and Realistic Speed Profiles. Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems. 150(7).

Li, Haodong, et al.. (2024). Reschedule the Shunting and Service Scheduling Plan After Disturbances at a Chinese High-Speed Railway Depot. IEEE Access. 12. 38615–38630. 1 indexed citations

Li, Haodong, et al.. (2024). Joint optimization of train platforming and shunting with service scheduling at a railway hub. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 197. 110544–110544. 1 indexed citations

Sörensen, Kenneth, et al.. (2023). The real-time dynamic online feeder service with a maximum headway at mandatory stops. Transportmetrica A Transport Science. 21(1). 1 indexed citations

Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2022). A survey on demand-responsive public bus systems. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 137. 103573–103573. 95 indexed citations

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Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2021). Designing bus line plans for realistic cases - the Utrecht case study. Expert Systems with Applications. 187. 115918–115918. 11 indexed citations

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Tampère, Chris, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the performance of a genetic algorithm to solve the line planning problem for a bus service. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Corman, Francesco, et al.. (2018). Considering a dynamic impact zone for real-time railway traffic management. Transportation Research Part B Methodological. 111. 39–59. 20 indexed citations

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Tampère, Chris, et al.. (2017). Evaluating the performance of a genetic algorithm to solve the line planning problem for a bus service. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2015). Optimal train rescheduling after conflict detection. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2015). Advanced methods for improving passenger robustness in railway systems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Vansteenwegen, Pieter, et al.. (2015). An iterative approach for reducing the impact of infrastructure maintenance on the performance of railway systems. European Journal of Operational Research. 252(1). 39–53. 35 indexed citations

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Vansteenwegen, Pieter & Manuel Otero-Mateo. (2014). An iterated local search algorithm for the single-vehicle cyclic inventory routing problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 237(3). 802–813. 49 indexed citations

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Dewilde, Thijs, et al.. (2011). Calculation of realistic railway station capacity by platforming feasibility checks. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Dewilde, Thijs, et al.. (2011). Deriving all passenger flows in a railway network from ticket sales data. Lirias (KU Leuven). 15 indexed citations

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Souffriau, Wouter, Pieter Vansteenwegen, Greet Vanden Berghe, & Dirk Van Oudheusden. (2008). Automated Parameterisation of a Metaheuristic for the Orienteering Problem. Adaptive and multilevel Metaheuristics. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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