Dr. A. (Alex) Kuiper
Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Business Analytics
Visiting address
- Plantage Muidergracht 12
- Room number: 4.05
Postal address
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Postbus 15953
1001 NL Amsterdam
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Profile
Positions
Assistant professor in Operations Management at the Amsterdam Business School.
Research Interests
Queueing theory, stochastic optimization and operations management.
Profile
Since 2013, Alex has worked at IBIS UvA as part of the department Operations Management within the Amsterdam Business School. He started his study Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in 2006. He finished his bachelor with a minor in Econometrics, by which he qualified himself for enrollment in a double degree program: Econometrics and Stochastics. He finished both degrees with a thesis in appointment scheduling, which has formed the basis for his PhD under supervision of Prof. Michel Mandjes and Prof. Jeroen de Mast. He defended his PhD thesis successfully in June 2016.
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Publications
2024
- Lee, R. H., & Kuiper, A. (2024). Optimal sequencing using a scheduling heuristic. Computers & Operations Research, 161, Article 106405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2023.106405
2023
Ghosh, M., Kuiper, A., Mahes, R., & Maragno, D. (2023). Learn global and optimize local: A data-driven methodology for last-mile routing. Computers and Operations Research, 159, Article 106312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2023.106312 [details]- Kuiper, A., & Goedhart, R. (2023). Optimized Control Charts using Indifference Regions. Quality Engineering. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2023.2218904
- Kuiper, A., Mandjes, M., de Mast, J., & Brokkelkamp, R. (2023). A flexible and optimal approach for appointment scheduling in healthcare. Decision Sciences, 54(1), 85-100. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12517 [details]
- Saadatmand, S., Salimifard, K., Mohammadi, R., Kuiper, A., Marzban, M., & Farhadi, A. (2023). Using machine learning in prediction of ICU admission, mortality, and length of stay in the early stage of admission of COVID-19 patients. Annals of Operations Research, 328, 1043-1071. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04984-x [details]
2022
- Kuiper, A., Lee, R. H., van Ham, V. J. J., & Does, R. J. M. M. (2022). A reconsideration of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare after the COVID-19 crisis. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 13(1), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-01-2021-0013 [details]
2021
- Kuiper, A., & Lee, R. H. (in press). Appointment scheduling for multiple servers. Management Science. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3975471
- Kuiper, A., de Mast, J., & Mandjes, M. (2021). The problem of appointment scheduling in outpatient clinics: A multiple case study of clinical practice. Omega, 98, Article 102122. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2019.102122 [details]
2018
- Zwetsloot, I. M., Kuiper, A., Akkerhuis, T. S., & de Koning, H. (2018). Lean Six Sigma meets data science: Integrating two approaches based on three case studies. Quality Engineering, 30(3), 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2018.1434892 [details]
2017
- Kuiper, A., Mandjes, M., & de Mast, J. (2017). Optimal stationary appointment schedules. Operations Research Letters, 45(6), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2017.08.002 [details]
2016
- Kuiper, A., van de Hoef, R., Wesseling, M., Lameijer, B. A., & Does, R. J. M. M. (2016). Quality Quandaries: Improving a customer value stream at a financial service provider. Quality Engineering, 28(1), 155-163. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2015.1089445 [details]
2015
- Kuiper, A., & Mandjes, M. (2015). Appointment scheduling in tandem-type service systems. Omega, 57(B), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.009 [details]
- Kuiper, A., & Mandjes, M. (2015). Practical principles in appointment scheduling. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 31(7), 1127-1135. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.1863 [details]
- Kuiper, A., Kemper, B., & Mandjes, M. (2015). A computational approach to optimized appointment scheduling. Queueing Systems, 79(1), 5-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-014-9398-6 [details]
- Vink, W., Kuiper, A., Kemper, B., & Bhulai, S. (2015). Optimal appointment scheduling in continuous time: the lag order approximation method. European Journal of Operational Research, 240(1), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.024 [details]
2014
- Kuiper, A., van Raalte, M., & Does, R. J. M. M. (2014). Quality quandaries: Improving the overall equipment effectiveness at a pharmaceutical company. Quality Engineering, 26(4), 478-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2014.936457 [details]
2014
- Kuiper, A., van Raalte, M., & Does, R. J. M. M. (2014). Het verhogen van de 'Overall Equipment Effectiveness'. Sigma, 2014(6), 16-20. http://www.sigmaonline.nl/downloaden/14299/Het-verhogen-van-de-Overall-Equipment-Effectiveness [details]
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Ghosh, M., Kuiper, A., Mahes, R., & Maragno, D. (2023). Learn global and optimize local: A data-driven methodology for last-mile routing. Computers and Operations Research, 159, Article 106312.