Expertise Dick den Hertog is a professor of Operations Research at Tilburg University.
His research interests cover various fields in linear and nonlinear optimization, e.g. robust optimization and simulation-based optimization. He is also active in applying the theory in real-life applications. Key words PublicationsMost recent publications - Gorissen, B.L., & Hertog, D. den (2013). Robust counterparts of inequalities containing sums of maxima of linear functions. European Journal of Operational Research, 227(1), 30-43. Further information
- Gorissen, B.L., Hertog, D. den, & Hoffmann, A.L. (2013). Mixed integer programming improves comprehensibility and plan quality in inverse optimization of prostate HDR Brachytherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58(4), 1041-1058. Further information
- Yanikoglu, I., Hertog, D. den, & Kleijnen, Jack P.C. (2013). Adjustable Robust Parameter Design with Unknown Distributions. (CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-022, 2013-022) Further information
- Ben-Tal, A, Hertog, D. den, & Vial, J.P. (2012). Deriving Robust Counterparts of Nonlinear Uncertain Inequalities. (CentER Discussion Paper, 2012-053, 2012-053) Further information
- Ben-Tal, A, Hertog, D. den, De Waegenaere, A.M.B., Melenberg, B., & Rennen, G. (2012). Robust solutions of optimization problems affected by uncertain probabilities (Online First). Management Science. Further information
Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)
Education
1985-1989: Technical University Delft, Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics 1989: M.Sc. (cum laude) 1989-1992: Ph.D. study in Operations Research, Technical University Delft 1992: Ph.D. (cum laude)
Career
1992 - 1995: Consultant Operations Research at CQM 1995 - 1998: Senior consultant Operations Research at CQM 1998 - 2000: Top consultant Operations Research at CQM 2000-present: Full professor Operations Research, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University 2006-2010: Vice-dean Research and Director of CentER, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University Awards - Delft University Fund - award, 1989, for the best faculty thesis
- One of the three finalists for the A.W. Tucker Prize of the Mathematical Programming Society, Ann Arbor, 1994
- EURO Best Applied Paper Award, Budapest, 2000 (with H.P. Stehouwer)
- Teaching Quality Award (2001)
- Best Teacher Award (FEB, 2003)
- Docent of the year 2004/2005 (TEV)
Editor Editor for STAtOR (2000-2006) Associate editor for Operations Research Letters (2000-2011) Associate editor for Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (2008-2011) Administrative positions
- Member of the "Commissie voor Wetenschapsbeoefening" (committee for science) of the Faculty Technical Mathematics and Informatics, TU Delft (1989-1992)
- Member of the Board for the department "Stochastics, Statistics and Operations Research", TU Delft (1990-1992)
- Member of the organizing committee of the symposium "Interior point methods for linear programming: theory and practice", Scheveningen, January 18-19, 1990
- Secretary board of the Dutch Operations Research Society (NGB), 1994-1998
- Member of the "Ondernemingsraad" CQM, 1997-1999
- Member of the Jury for the A.W. Tucker Prize 2000 of the Mathematical Programming Society
- Member of the organizing committee of HPOPT 2000
- Member of the Jury for the VVS-scriptie prize (2000-2003)
- Member of the organizing committee of HPOPT 2002
- Chairman WBS-congres 2002
- Coordinator OR-track of Business Graduate School (2002-2006)
- Chairman Wim Bogers Stichting (2002-2005)
- Chairman Program Committee OR 2004
- Chairman Educational Committee FEB, 2005-2006
- Member of the organizing committee of HPOPT 2006
- Member of the SIAG/Opt Prize 2008 committee.
Associate editor for Management Science - area Optimization (2012 - ) Associate editor for Operations Research - area Optimization (2012 - )
PublicationsMost recent publications - Gorissen, B.L., & Hertog, D. den (2013). Robust counterparts of inequalities containing sums of maxima of linear functions. European Journal of Operational Research, 227(1), 30-43. Further information
- Gorissen, B.L., Hertog, D. den, & Hoffmann, A.L. (2013). Mixed integer programming improves comprehensibility and plan quality in inverse optimization of prostate HDR Brachytherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58(4), 1041-1058. Further information
- Yanikoglu, I., Hertog, D. den, & Kleijnen, Jack P.C. (2013). Adjustable Robust Parameter Design with Unknown Distributions. (CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-022, 2013-022) Further information
- Ben-Tal, A, Hertog, D. den, & Vial, J.P. (2012). Deriving Robust Counterparts of Nonlinear Uncertain Inequalities. (CentER Discussion Paper, 2012-053, 2012-053) Further information
- Ben-Tal, A, Hertog, D. den, De Waegenaere, A.M.B., Melenberg, B., & Rennen, G. (2012). Robust solutions of optimization problems affected by uncertain probabilities (Online First). Management Science. Further information
Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only) Direct and indirect fundingResearch supervision Bram Gorissen - Topic: "(Robust) optimization in high dose rate brachytherapy"
- In cooperation with Aswin Hoffmann (Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical, Nijmegen).
Ihsan Yanikoglu - Topic: "Robust optimization in logistics"
- Also supervised by Goos Kant.
Mohammed Chahim - Obtained a Mozaiek grant for his PhD research
- Topic: "Optimal timing of maintenance and innovation"
- Also supervised by Peter Kort
Former PhD students: Gijs Rennen - Thesis defence: September 5, 2008
- Title: "Efficient approximation of black-box functions and Pareto sets"
- Also supervised by Edwin van Dam
- If you want a hardcopy of Gijs' thesis, please send an
e-mail to D.denhertog@uvt.nl Catherine (Katya) Vladislavleva Alex Siem Erwin Stinstra Bart Husslage Lonneke Driessen Ebru Angün - Thesis defence: June 29, 2004
- Thesis title: "Black box simulation optimization: generalized response surface methodology"
- Other supervisors: Jack Kleijnen and Gul Gurkan
I am supervising the following PhD students: Current students:
Teaching
Past courses: - Introduction to Quantitative Logistics
- Advanced Production Management
- Orientation Operations Research / Management Science
- Nonlinear Programming (CentER, GPB)
- Interior Point Methods (LNMB)
D. den Hertog teaches the following subjects:
Contact detailsRoom K 539 PO Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg
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Last amended: 08 May 2012
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