Erwin Abbink

Past Awards

2008
Franz Edelman Award: Winner(s)
Citation:

By 2006, the volume of traffic on the Dutch passenger railway network had increased significantly; more and larger trains had been scheduled without changing the structure of the timetable, thus overloading the system and causing consumer nightmares. Operations researchers working with Netherlands Railways constructed an improved timetable. As a result, the percentage
of trains arriving within three minutes of the scheduled time increased, commuter satisfaction improved, and the number of passengers grew. In 2007, this resulted in an additional annual profit of €40 million (approximately $60 million).

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2004
Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research: Finalist
Winning material: Reinventing Crew Scheduling at Netherlands Railways