Our research focuses on improving the output rate of a single product CONWIP system. The system has zero intermediate buffer capacity but may use time buffers which result from minimum and maximum processing times on each workstation. The transport between the different workstations is...

Organ transplants have always suffered from long waiting lists. This has led to time playing a crucial role in the organ transplant process. Therefore, from the moment a potential donor is notified, it is important to get the organ as quickly as possible to its recipient. The ultimate goal of...

This paper presents an Integer Programming (IP) model for solving an online energy supply game. Instead of a traditional approach in which students are given a problem statement and asked to develop an IP model, both the problem and data are hidden in the game. Next to developing IP modeling...

We provide a contingent valuation of a major cycling event, viz. the Tour of Flanders. Starting from survey data, we use a Bayesian method to derive the distribution of Flemish individuals’ willingness to pay for the event. We relate the individual figures to explanatory factors and find that...

Up to now, there has been some controversy about green certificates (a form of subsidy) that are granted for the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels in the Flemish residential sector. The Flemish government has already reduced the value of future green certificates, because they appeared to...