Rainer Kolisch

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Rainer Kolisch is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Kolisch has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 53 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 17 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Rainer Kolisch's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (45 papers), Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling (37 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (23 papers). Rainer Kolisch is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (45 papers), Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling (37 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (23 papers). Rainer Kolisch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Rainer Kolisch's co-authors include Arno Sprecher, Sönke Hartmann, Andreas Drexl, Rema Padman, Jens O. Brunner, Jonathan F. Bard, Andreas Fügener, Daniel Gärtner, Erwin W. Hans and Peter T. Vanberkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Operations Management.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Kolisch

100 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

PSPLIB - A project scheduling problem library

1997 924 citations Rainer Kolisch, Arno Sprecher profile →
Experimental investigation of heuristics for resource-constrained project scheduling: An update

2005 522 citations Rainer Kolisch et al. profile →
Serial and parallel resource-constrained project scheduling methods revisited: Theory and computation

1996 521 citations Rainer Kolisch profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rainer Kolisch	4.5k	3.9k	1.3k	530	261	106	5.7k
Mario Vanhoucke	5.2k 1.1×	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	171 0.3×	470 1.8×	242	6.4k
Erik Demeulemeester	6.2k 1.4×	4.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	2.2k 4.2×	473 1.8×	197	8.9k
Mohan Krishnamoorthy	1.3k 0.3×	3.5k 0.9×	723 0.6×	168 0.3×	185 0.7×	87	4.9k
Jeroen Beliën	1.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	162 0.1×	1.7k 3.3×	403 1.5×	84	4.0k
Richard Y.K. Fung	1.2k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	209 0.2×	159 0.3×	688 2.6×	151	3.8k
Chun‐Hung Chen	2.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.3×	103 0.1×	239 0.5×	331 1.3×	211	4.1k
Chung‐Piaw Teo	912 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	474 0.4×	202 0.4×	1.5k 5.9×	130	4.2k
Louis-Martin Rousseau	631 0.1×	2.2k 0.6×	552 0.4×	251 0.5×	100 0.4×	114	3.1k
Frédéric Semet	374 0.1×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	171 0.3×	135 0.5×	83	5.1k
Xiaolan Xie	828 0.2×	2.7k 0.7×	125 0.1×	1.2k 2.2×	1.8k 6.7×	274	5.7k

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Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2024). The performance of priority rules for the dynamic stochastic resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem: an experimental investigation. Annals of Operations Research. 338(1). 569–595. 4 indexed citations

Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2023). Driver routing and scheduling with synchronization constraints. Transportation Research Part B Methodological. 174. 102772–102772. 4 indexed citations

Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2022). Should We All Work in Sprints? How Agile Project Management Improves Performance. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(4). 2293–2309. 7 indexed citations

Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2022). Valuation of hospital resources: an optimization approach using clearing functions. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 12(4). 245–262.

Pförringer, Dominik, et al.. (2018). Closure simulation for reduction of emergency patient diversion: a discrete agent-based simulation approach to minimizing ambulance diversion. European journal of medical research. 23(1). 32–32. 8 indexed citations

Fügener, Andreas, et al.. (2016). Improving Intensive Care Unit and Ward Utilization by Adapting Master Surgery Schedules. A & A Case Reports. 6(6). 172–180. 11 indexed citations

Brunner, Jens O., Jonathan F. Bard, & Rainer Kolisch. (2010). Midterm scheduling of physicians with flexible shifts using branch and price. IIE Transactions. 43(2). 84–109. 60 indexed citations

Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Work assignment to and qualification of multi-skilled human resources under knowledge depreciation and company skill level targets. International Journal of Production Research. 48(13). 3759–3781. 73 indexed citations

Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2009). The performance of a generalized Bailey–Welch rule for outpatient appointment scheduling under inpatient and emergency demand. Health Care Management Science. 12(4). 408–419. 42 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (2000). OR-Software: Numetrix/3 Production Scheduling. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 1 indexed citations

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Drexl, Andreas, et al.. (1999). Projektmanagement bei flexiblen Arbeitszeiten. TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt). 10(4). 431–447.

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Kolisch, Rainer & Rema Padman. (1997). An integrated survey of project scheduling. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 41 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer & Arno Sprecher. (1996). PSPLIB - a project scheduling problem library. Econstor (Econstor). 21 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (1996). Auswahl von Standardsoftware, dargestellt am Beispiel von Programmen für das Projektmanagement. WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK. 38(4). 399–410. 2 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer. (1996). Investitionsplanung in Netzwerken. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer, et al.. (1995). Experimentelle Evaluation der methodischen Fundierung von Projektmanagementsoftware. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 3 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer. (1994). Efficient priority rules for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer. (1994). Serial and parallel resource-constrained projekt scheduling methodes revisited: Theory and computation. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 2 indexed citations

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Drexl, Andreas & Rainer Kolisch. (1994). Model-based assembly management in machine tool manufacturing. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 1 indexed citations

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Kolisch, Rainer, Arno Sprecher, & Andreas Drexl. (1992). Characterization and generation of a general class of resource-constrained project scheduling problems: Easy and hard instances. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 21 indexed citations

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