Experts & Expertise

• Decision theory
• Maintenance management

Date of birth:
September 17, 1949

Address:
Office:
Tilburg University
Dept. of Econometrics
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.Tel.: +31-13-4662109
Fax: +31-13-4663394
Email: f.a.vdrduynschouten@uvt.nl

Home:
Lagendijk 273
2988 AA Ridderkerk, The Netherlands.
Tel.: +31-180- 490184.

Civil status:
Married to Christina Schneider. Children: Kees (1974), Corrie (1976), Jacob (1979), Lona (1981), Arie-Jan (1988) and Kathleen (1990).

Education:
1979, Ph.D. in Operations Research from Leiden University.
1973, MA in Mathematics and Physics from Free University of Amsterdam (cum laude).
1970, BA in Mathematics and Physics from Free University of Amsterdam (cum laude).

Academic appointments:
1987-present : Professor of Operations Research, Tilburg University, Department of Econometrics
1991-present : Research fellow CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University
1987-1999 : Senior research fellow CentER for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam (0.2)
1982-1987 : Associate Professor, Free University Amsterdam, Department of Econometrics
1979-1982 : Assistant Professor, Free University Amsterdam, Department of Econometrics

Visiting positions:
1980 (5 months) :Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA.
1986 (1 month) :Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
1998 (3 months) :Walter Haas Business school, University of Berkeley, U.S.A.
1999 (2 months) :INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
1999 (2 months) :University of Haifa, Israel.

Research interests:
Optimization under uncertainty, Inventory control modeling, Reliability and maintenance optimization, Queueing theory, Markov decision theory, Optimization in distribution and logistics.

Refereeing:
Mathematics of Operations Research
Management Science
Operations Research
European Journal of Operational Research
Naval Research Logistics
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research
Advances of Applied Probability
Journal of Applied Probability
IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry
Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO)

Editorships:
Management Science (Associate Editor).
European Journal of Operational Research (guest editor 1995 and 1997).
IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry (guest editor 1998).

Administrative positions:
1989-1991 : Head Department of Econometrics, Tilburg University
1992-1994 : Member Board CentER, Tilburg University
1994-1998 : Dean Faculty of Economics, Tilbury University
1997-1998 : Director CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University
1999- : Vice Chancellor, Tilburg University

Supervision of Ph.D. dissertations:
[1] "Maintenance policies for complex systems", Stephan G. Vanneste, December 1992.
[2] "Performance analysis of repairable systems", Pieter Wartenhorst, July 1993.
[3] "Coordinated replenishment systems", Marc J.G. van Eijs, October 1993.
[4] "Service and inventory models subject to a delay limit", Jorg Jansen, September 1998.
[5] "Inventory management systems: control and information issues", Fred Janssen, September 1998.
[6] "Stochastic models in risk theory and management accounting", Ruud Brekelmans, June 2000

Grants:
1993: HCM-grant of 400.000 Ecu from the EU for foundation of European Consortium on Maintenance Management and Quality Control (together with Charles Tapiero).
1998: Fulbright award by Netherlands America Commission for Educational Exchange.

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