Valentijn Stienen MSc

Bio

Valentijn Stienen (28) is a PhD candidate at the Zero Hunger Lab within Tilburg University.  His research focuses on applying and developing operations research techniques that help humanitarian organizations to optimize their operations. Examples of his work are finding optimal depot locations for humanitarian logistics service providers using robust optimization, and optimizing route decisions in (partly) unknown road networks that may be heavily affected by weather conditions.

Courses

• Mathematics for Pre-master
• Decision Making with Business Analytics

Recent publications

1. Better Routing in Developing Regions - Weather and Satellite-Informed…

   Stienen, V., den Hertog, D., Wagenaar, J., & Zegher, J. F. (2023). Better Routing in Developing Regions: Weather and Satellite-Informed Road Speed Prediction. (CentER Discussion Paper; Vol. 2023-025). CentER, Center for Economic Research.

2. Enhancing Digital Road Networks for Better Operations in Developing C…

   Stienen, V., den Hertog, D., Wagenaar, J., & de Zegher, J. F. (2022). Enhancing Digital Road Networks for Better Operations in Developing Countries. (CentER Discussion Paper; Vol. 2022-014). CentER, Center for Economic Research.

3. Forecasting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is inherently ambiguous given th…

   Koenen, M., Balvert, M., Brekelmans, R., Fleuren, H., Stienen, V., & Wagenaar, J. (2021). Forecasting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is inherently ambiguous given the current state of virus research. PLOS ONE, 16(3 March), Article e0245519.

4. Optimal depot locations for humanitarian logistics service providers …

   Stienen, V. F., Wagenaar, J. C., den Hertog, D., & Fleuren, H. A. (2021). Optimal depot locations for humanitarian logistics service providers using robust optimization. Omega: The international journal of management science, 104, Article 102494.

5. Forecasting the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 is inherently Ambiguous given th…

   Koenen, M., Balvert, M., Brekelmans, R., Stienen, V., & Wagenaar, J. (2020). Forecasting the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 is inherently Ambiguous given the Current State of Virus Research. (CentER Discussion Paper; Vol. 2020-026). CentER, Center for Economic Research.