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  1. A matheuristic for integrated medium-term home healthcare planning

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, July 2024, Elsevier

    Kris Braekers, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  2. Ensemble Deep Learning for Automated Damage Detection of Trailers at Intermodal Terminals

    Article • Sustainability, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  3. Sustainability criteria for home care services

    Article • Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl, January 2024, Nomos Verlag

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  4. Operational analysis and optimization of a water-based municipal solid waste management system with hybrid simulation modeling

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, December 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  5. How internet blackouts affect information flows in organizations - Analyzing cascade effects and feedback loops

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, November 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  6. An Analysis of Underused Urban Infrastructures: Usage Opportunities and Implementation Barriers for Sustainable Logistics

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  7. Digitalization, sustainability, and coffee. Opportunities and challenges for agricultural development

    Article • Agricultural Systems, May 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  8. An Online Algorithm for Routing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Road Network Exploration Operations after Disasters under Different Refueling Strategies

    Article • Algorithms, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  9. Facilitating Resilience during an African Swine Fever Outbreak in the Austrian Pork Supply Chain through Hybrid Simulation Modelling

    Article • Agriculture, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  10. Automated damage detection of trailers at intermodal terminals using deep learning

    Article • January 2022, Cal-Tek Srl

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  11. ISIDOR: Analysing the Consequences of an Extensive and Prolonged Internet Outage with System Dynamics

    Article • January 2022, Cal-Tek Srl

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  12. Central European journal of operations research (CJOR) “operations research applied to health services (ORAHS) in Europe: general trends and ORAHS 2020 conference in Vienna, Austria”

    Article • Central European Journal of Operations Research, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  13. Insights and decision support for home health care services in times of disasters

    Article • Central European Journal of Operations Research, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  14. A multi-method approach to design urban logistics hubs for cooperative use

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, June 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  15. Analysis of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the drinking milk supply chain in Austria by means of a business process modelling and System Dynamics approach

    Article • Die Bodenkultur Journal of Land Management Food and Environment, June 2021, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  16. Analyzing the benefits of an integrated mobility system using a matheuristic routing algorithm

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, April 2021, Elsevier

    Kris Braekers, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  17. Exploration of a disrupted road network after a disaster with an online routing algorithm

    Article • OR Spectrum, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  18. Agile optimization of a two‐echelon vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery

    Article • International Transactions in Operational Research, April 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  19. A simulation study to evaluate economic and environmental effects of different unloading infrastructure in an urban retail street

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, November 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  20. A biased‐randomized algorithm for redistribution of perishable food inventories in supermarket chains

    Article • International Transactions in Operational Research, April 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  21. Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  22. Agent-based simulation for horizontal cooperation in logistics and transportation: From the individual to the grand coalition

    Article • Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, June 2018, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  23. Recent planning approaches and mobility concepts for home health care services in Austria – A review

    Article • Die Bodenkultur Journal of Land Management Food and Environment, March 2018, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  24. The role of horizontal cooperation to improve service quality in last-mile distribution

    Article • International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, January 2018, Inderscience Publishers

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  25. Integrating human behavior in simulation optimization for disaster relief distribution

    Article • Central European Journal of Operations Research, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  26. Decision support for urban food deliveries facilitating cargo-bikes

    Article • International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  27. Review on Home Health Care Routing and Scheduling

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, January 2017, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  28. Resource deployment under consideration of conflicting needs in times of river floods

    Article • Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, November 2016, Emerald

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  29. Analysis of the impact of different service levels on the workload of an ambulance service provider

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  30. Facilitating coordinated disaster relief distribution

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, September 2016, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  31. Evaluation of trip and car sharing concepts for home health care services

    Article • Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  32. Supporting multi-depot and stochastic waste collection management in clustered urban areas via simulation–optimization

    Article • Journal of Simulation, August 2016, Nature

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  33. How to study the impact of sudden rail network disruptions

    Article • Journal of Transport Geography, June 2016, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  34. Training decision-makers in flood response with system dynamics

    Article • Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, April 2016, Emerald

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  35. Trip sharing for home health care provider in a dynamic setting

    Article • European J of Industrial Engineering, January 2016, Inderscience Publishers

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  36. Daily scheduling of home health care services using time-dependent public transport

    Article • Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  37. Planning urban home services facilitating trip sharing and walking

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, October 2015, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  38. Understanding the impact of cascade effects of natural disasters on disaster relief operations

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, June 2015, Elsevier

    Christian Fikar, Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  39. Supporting Urban Home Health Care in Daily Business and Times of Disasters

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  40. A Branch-Price-and-Cut approach for solving the medium-term home health care planning problem

    Article • Networks, September 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  41. Minimizing driving times and greenhouse gas emissions in timber transport with a near-exact solution approach

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  42. Multilevel neighborhood search for solving full truckload routing problems arising in timber transportation

    Article • Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, December 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  43. The Combined Vehicle Routing and Foldable Container Scheduling Problem: A Model Formulation and Tabu Search Based Solution Approaches

    Article • INFOR Information Systems and Operational Research, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  44. Solving a time constrained two-crane routing problem for material handling with an ant colony optimisation approach: an application in the roof-tile industry

    Article • International Journal of Production Research, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  45. Trends and risks in home health care

    Article • Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, May 2012, Emerald

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  46. A comprehensive approach to planning the deployment of transportation assets in distributing forest products

    Article • International Journal of Revenue Management, January 2012, Inderscience Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  47. Securing home health care in times of natural disasters

    Article • OR Spectrum, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  48. Minimizing Empty Truck Loads in Round Timber Transport with Tabu Search Strategies

    Article • International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, April 2011, IGI Global

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch

  49. Co-operative forest fuel procurement strategy and its saving effects on overall transportation costs

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Hirsch