Raf Jans
Member, GERAD

Full Professor, Department of Logistics and Operations Management, HEC Montréal
Phone: 514 340-7256
Fax: 514 340-6834
Research Axes
Research Applications
Publications
May 2023
The consistent vehicle routing problem with stochastic customers and demands
Aldair Alvarez, Jean-François Cordeau, and Raf Jans
To appear in: Transportation Research Part B, 2023
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May 2023
This paper introduces the consistent vehicle routing problem with stochastic customers and demands. We consider driver consistency as customer-driver assignm...
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Apr 2023
Caio Tomazella, Maristela O. dos Santos, Douglas Alem, and Raf Jans
To appear in: International Journal of Production Research, 2023
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News
Mar 6, 2023
Here are the winners who will each receive a half-fellowship of $40,000:
- Paula Metzker Soares, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans;
- Rinel Foguen Tchuendom, candidate proposed by Michèle Breton and Dena Firozzi.
Congratulations!
Aug 30, 2022
Title: Stochastic lot sizing problems with service level constraints
Feb 15, 2022
Here are the winners who will each receive a half-fellowship of $30,000:
- Claudia Bongiovanni, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Carolina Osorio;
- Dorian Dumez, candidate proposed by Jean-François Cordeau and Raf Jans;
- Gönül Selin Savaşkan, candidate proposed by Olivier Bahn, Michèle Breton and Georges Zaccour.
Congratulations!
Events
Oct 5, 202311:00 AM — 12:00 PM
GERAD seminar
Matthieu Gruson – Assistant Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
Matthieu Gruson – Assistant Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
Hybrid seminar at GERAD
Apr 17, 202311:00 AM — 12:00 PM
GERAD seminar
Kerem Akartunali – University of Strathclyde Glasgow
Kerem Akartunali – University of Strathclyde Glasgow
Chair in Supply Chain Operations Planning and Department of Logistics and Operations Management, HEC Montréal
Trudeau Corporation room (1st floor, green section), HEC Montréal
Mar 22, 202311:00 AM — 12:00 PM
“Meet a GERAD researcher!” seminar
Dorian Dumez – HEC Montréal
Dorian Dumez – HEC Montréal
Chair in Supply Chain Operations Planning and Chair in Logistics and Transportation
Hybrid seminar at GERAD
Prizes and awards
since 2019
2022
Best Application Paper Award
"A vehicle routing problem with time windows and workload balancing for COVID-19 testers: A case study", S Shahnejat-Bushehri, A Kermani, O Arslan, JF Cordeau, R Jans
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
2021
Best Paper Award for 2021
"The value of aggregate service levels in stochastic lot sizing problems", with N. Sereshti, Y. Adulyasak
Omega journal
2021
Augusto Queirós Novais Award
"Solving a large multi-product production-routing problem with delivery time windows", F. Neves-Moreira, B. Almada-Lobo, J.-F. Cordeau, L. Guimarães, R. Jans
APDIO - Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional
2019 – 2022
Discovery Accelerator Supplement
NSERC
2014
Chenelière Éducation/Gaëtan Morin Award
HEC Montréal
2012 – 2018
Research Professorship in Operations Planning
HEC Montréal
Supervision
Paula Metzker Soares
Postdoctoral research
Eduardo Machado Silva
Internship

Caio Tomazella
Internship
Ruiqi Zhang
Master's degree
Ragul Adhithya Rakkiappasamy Raadha
Master's degree
Karan Joseph
Master's degree
Saahil Kumar
Master's degree
Georges Chalouhi
Master's degree
Sachin Abraham Varghese
Master's degree