René de Koster

Erasmus University Rotterdam — Netherlands

Engineering · Physical Sciences

64h-index15.1kcitations337works7.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization(200), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics(86), Optimization and Packing Problems(79), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms(54), Maritime Ports and Logistics(42)

Publications337 total

Picking the Best Bot: Collaboration Strategies for Humans and Bots in Order Pick Systems with Traveling Salesman Problem Routing
Transportation Science·2025· 1 cited
Eliciting and integrating order picker preferences in the evaluation of job assignment mechanisms in warehousing
Computers & Industrial Engineering·2025· 1 cited
Operations & supply chain management: principles and practice
International Journal of Production Research·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Internet of Things in Intralogistics: Applications and Emerging Research
Production and Operations Management·2025· 2 cited
How the design of product-service systems affects consumer adoption
International Journal of Production Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Optimizing Warehouse Operations with Autonomous Mobile Robots
Transportation Science·2025· 8 cited
Trading off travel distance and fatigue. The effect of storage, order batching, and pod selection in robotic mobile fulfillment systems
International Journal of Production Research·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Dynamic Robot Routing and Destination Assignment Policies for Robotic Sorting Systems
Transportation Science·2025· 5 cited
Sustained Success or Fading Spark? – Long-term Assessment of Participatory Order Assignments in a Warehouse Environment
IFAC-PapersOnLine·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Exploiting travel sequences to optimise facility layouts with multiple input/output points
International Journal of Production Research·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Is it good to have a choice? The value of participatory order assignments in warehousing
International Journal of Operations & Production Management·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
To walk or not to walk? Designing intelligent order picking warehouses with collaborative robots
Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Assigning parcel destinations to drop‐off points in a congested robotic sorting system
Naval Research Logistics (NRL)·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Performance Analysis of Multi-Tote Storage and Retrieval Autonomous Mobile Robot Systems
Transportation Science·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Performance estimation and operating policies in a truck-based autonomous mobile robot delivery system
International Journal of Production Research·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport
Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal·2024· 3 cited
50 years of warehousing research—An operations research perspective
European Journal of Operational Research·2024· 53 citedOpen Access
Stochastic modeling of integrated order fulfillment processes with delivery time promise: Order picking, batching, and last-mile delivery
European Journal of Operational Research·2024· 23 citedOpen Access
The impact of resource sharing on the design of multi-client warehouses
IISE Transactions·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Autonomous Mobile Robots for Material Handling in Intralogistics
2024· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Debjit Roy(8), Tho Le-Duc(6), Kees Jan Roodbergen(6), Yeming Gong(4), Yugang Yu(4), Iris F.A. Vis(3), Amir Gharehgozli(3), Nils Boysen(2), T. Lamballais Tessensohn(2), Daan Stam(2), Hans Quak(2), Bipan Zou(2), Xianhao Xu(2), Nynke Faber(2), Marek Matusiak(2), Jari Saarinen(2), Jelle de Vries(2), Felix Weidinger(1), Giuseppe Fragapane(1), Fabio Sgarbossa(1)