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Algorithmic Timetabling in Practice: Lessons from Building a Timetabling System at SBB
Speakers: Dr. Gabrio Caimi and M.Sc. Florian Flükiger, Swiss Federal Railways About the event: Algorithmic timetabling has been an active area of research for decades, yet deploying optimization-based timetabling tools in real-world railway operations reveals a striking gap between academic assumptions and operational reality. In this talk, we present insights from the development and application of an algorithmic timetabling […]
EURO Practitioners’ Forum 6th Annual Conference
Unlocking OR for all: from Models to Business Impact Monday 27 April – Tuesday 28 April 2026 Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Conference programme The theme of this year’s conference is the end-to-end process of designing, developing, and deploying optimization projects. We will discuss not only models and algorithms, but how Operations Researchers can engage with […]
A practical approach to replenishment optimization with extended (R, s, Q) policy and probabilistic models
Speakers: Alva Presbitero (Senior Applied Scientist, Zalando) and Shikhar Dev (Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Zalando) In the high-stakes world of e-commerce, inventory management is a constant "Inventory Paradox": carry too much stock and capital is trapped in liquidation; carry too little and you face the "silent killer" of retail—stock-outs. This webinar demonstrates how the ZEOS […]