Dr Emrah Demir
Reader in Management Science, The PARC Associate Professor of Manufacturing and Logistics, Senior Coordinator of Learning & Teaching
- demire@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0971
- C26, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Dr Emrah Demir is a Reader in the Logistics and Operations Management Section of the Cardiff Business School. He is also Program Director of MSc Logistics and Operations Management programme and Senior Coordinator of Learning & Teaching.
Before joining Cardiff University, Emrah worked as Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). He holds BEng and MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering from Baskent University (Turkey), and a PhD in Management Science from University of Southampton.
Emrah's current research interests are positioned within the areas of green logistics and operational research. He has mainly worked in the application of mathematical optimisation to real-life freight transportation problems. He possesses expertise in quantitative and analytical methods, such as exact and approximation methods. More specifically, Emrah writes mathematical equations (and derive analytical solutions) to analyse and understand highly complex decision-making problems in the context of logistics and transportation. He has published more than 37 journal articles and five book chapters and has currently more than 2,700 citations (h-index 19) to his publications on Google Scholar. He also serves as a reviewer in several international journals of operational research, transportation, and logistics. Emrah has also been involved in and obtained several external grants from different funding bodies which can be found under Research section.
Emrah has experience in teaching Logistics and Transportation, Operations Management, Project Management and Operational Research. Additionally, he supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds on a range of related subjects, including green vehicle routing, intermodal transportation, integrated transportation and etc.
Emrah has the following editorial roles:
- Area Editor (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) of Journal of Heuristics
- Associate Editor of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Future Transportation - Freight Transport and Logistics
- Associate Editor of OR Spectrum Journal
Emrah received the Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019 from OR Spectrum journal.
Biography
Qualifications
- 2012 - PhD in Management Science, Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom (academic scholarship)
- 2008 - MSc in Industrial Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey (academic scholarship)
- 2005 - BSc (4 years) in Industrial Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey (academic scholarship)
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
- Academic advisor for Panalpina Centre for Logistics and Manafacturing Research (PARC)
- Member of Logistics and Systems Dynamics Group (LSDG)
Academic positions
- 2019 - present: Reader in Management Science
- 2016 - 2019: Senior Lecturer in Management Science
- 2013-2016: Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- 2012-2013: Postdoc Researcher, School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- 2009-2012: PhD Candidate, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton
- 2005-2009: Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Baskent University, Turkey
Committees and reviewing
- Area Editor (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) of Journal of Heuristics (2018 - )
- Associate Editor of OR Spectrum Journal (2021 - )
- Associate Editor of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (2019 - )
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Future Transportation - Freight Transport and Logistics (2019 - )
Publications
2021
- Demir, E., Eyers, D. and Huang, Y. 2021. Competing through the last mile: strategic 3D printing in a city logistics context. Computers and Operations Research 131, article number: 105248. (10.1016/j.cor.2021.105248)
- Mohammadi, D.et al. 2021. Quantum Henry gas solubility optimization algorithm for global optimization. Engineering with Computers (10.1007/s00366-021-01347-1)
- Tikani, H., Setak, M. and Demir, E. 2021. Multi-objective periodic cash transportation problem with path dissimilarity and arrival time variation. Expert Systems with Applications 164, article number: 114015. (10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114015)
- Chen, C.et al. 2021. The adoption of self-driving delivery robots in last mile logistics. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 146, article number: 102214. (10.1016/j.tre.2020.102214)
- Chen, C., Demir, E. and Huang, Y. 2021. An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and delivery robots. European Journal of Operational Research (10.1016/j.ejor.2021.02.027)
- Hrusovsky, M.et al. 2021. Real-time disruption management approach for intermodal freight transportation. Journal of Cleaner Production 280(P2), article number: 124826. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124826)
- Moghdani, R.et al. 2021. The green vehicle routing problem: a systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production 279, article number: 123691. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123691)
- Marrekchi, E.et al. 2021. A review of recent advances in the operations research literature on the green routing problem and its variants. Annals of Operations Research
2020
- Tikani, H., Setak, M. and Demir, E. 2020. A risk-constrained time-dependent cash-in-transit routing problem in multigraph under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research (10.1016/j.ejor.2020.12.020)
- Sanchez Rodrigues, V.et al. 2020. Measurement, mitigation and prevention of food waste in supply chains: an online shopping perspective. Industrial Marketing Management (10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.09.020)
- Moghdani, R.et al. 2020. Multi-objective volleyball premier league algorithm. Knowledge-Based Systems 196, article number: 105781. (10.1016/j.knosys.2020.105781)
- Masmoudi, M. A.et al. 2020. Container truck transportation routing as a mixed fleet heterogeneous dial-a-ride problem. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM2018), Cape Town, South Africa, 24-26 November 2018, Vol. 312. EDP Sciences, (https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202031202005)
- Eshtehadi, R., Demir, E. and Huang, Y. 2020. Solving the vehicle routing problem with multi-compartment vehicles for city logistics. Computers and Operations Research 115, article number: 104859. (10.1016/j.cor.2019.104859)
- Masmoudi, M. A.et al. 2020. Hybrid adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the mixed fleet heterogeneous dial-a-ride problem. Journal of Heuristics 26(1), pp. 83-118. (10.1007/s10732-019-09424-x)
- Demir, E. and Eyers, D. 2020. Reshaping supply networks to enable manufacturing. Focus Jan, pp. 54-55.
2019
- Mamaghani, E. J.et al. 2019. An Improved Tabu Search algorithm for a multi-period bid generation problem with the consideration of delivery lead time. IFAC-PapersOnLine 52(13), pp. 2602-2607. (10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.599)
- Masmoudi, M. . A., Hosny, M. and Demir, E. 2019. An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the green dial‐a‐ride problem. In: Besbes, W. et al. eds. Solving Transport Problems: Towards Green Logistics. Wiley, pp. 1-26., (10.1002/9781119686750)
- Ghiami, Y.et al. 2019. A deteriorating inventory routing problem for an inland liquefied natural gas distribution network. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 126, pp. 45-67. (10.1016/j.trb.2019.05.014)
- Jelodari, E.et al. 2019. An Improved Tabu search algorithm for the multi-period bid generation problem with the consideration of delivery lead times. Presented at: 9th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, 28-30 August 2019.
- Wang, X., Sanchez Rodrigues, V. and Demir, E. 2019. Managing your supply chain pantry: food waste mitigation through inventory control. IEEE Engineering Management Review 47(2), pp. 97-102. (10.1109/EMR.2019.2915064)
- Demir, E.et al. 2019. Vehicle routing problem: Past and future. In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 97-117., (10.1007/978-3-030-14493-7_7)
- Hrusovsky, M.et al. 2019. Innovative approaches for supporting sustainable and reliable planning of rail and intermodal transport. Presented at: EURO 2019, Dublin, Ireland, 23-26 June 2019. pp. -.
- Demir, E. 2019. Truck platooning: The future?. Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2019, Northamption, UK, 4-6 September 2019Building a platform for international success. CILT UK pp. 255-259.
- Demir, E.et al. 2019. Green intermodal freight transportation: bi-objective modeling and analysis. International Journal of Production Research 57(19), pp. 6162-6180. (10.1080/00207543.2019.1620363)
- Masmoudi, M. . A., Hosny, M. and Demir, E. 2019. An improved adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the green dial-a-ride problem. In: Besbes, W., Dhouib, D. and Marrekchi, E. eds. Optimization of Green Transportation Problems: Fundamentals and Applications. Wiley
- Hrusovsky, M.et al. 2019. Supporting sustainable freight transport by introducing innovative planning approaches. Presented at: Operations Research 2019, Dresden, Germany, 3-6 Sept 2019.
2018
- Eshtehadi, R.et al. 2018. A hybrid metaheuristic algorithm for the robust pollution-routing problem. Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering 11(1), pp. 244-257.
- Masmoudi, M. A.et al. 2018. The dial-a-ride problem with electric vehicles and battery swapping stations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 118, pp. 392-420. (10.1016/j.tre.2018.08.005)
- Ghilas, V.et al. 2018. Branch-and-price for the pickup and delivery problem with time windows and scheduled lines. Transportation Science 52(5), pp. 1191-1210. (10.1287/trsc.2017.0798)
- Hrusovský, M.et al. 2018. Hybrid simulation and optimization approach for green intermodal transportation problem with travel time uncertainty. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal 30(3), pp. 486-516. (10.1007/s10696-016-9267-1)
- Masmoudi, M. A.et al. 2018. A study on the heterogeneous fleet of alternative fuel vehicles: Reducing CO2 emissions by means of biodiesel fuel. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 63, pp. 137-155. (10.1016/j.trd.2018.04.025)
- Demir, E., Abouarghoub, W. and Syntetos, A. 2018. Modelling the delivery slots for the last mile delivery: Costs and emissions. Presented at: The 23rd International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2018), Bali, Indonesia, 8-11 July 2018.
- Sever, D.et al. 2018. The dynamic shortest path problem with time-dependent stochastic disruptions. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 92, pp. 42-57. (10.1016/j.trc.2018.04.018)
- Sanchez Rodrigues, V., Wang, X. and Demir, E. 2018. Ocado salads waste project - A modelling project from Cardiff University. Presented at: Efficient Customer Response Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 7 June 2018.
- Demir, E. 2018. Value creation through green vehicle routing. In: Zeimpekis, V. et al. eds. Sustainable Freight Transport:Theory, Models, and Case Studies. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series Springer, pp. 63-78.
- Soysal, M., Cimen, M. and Demir, E. 2018. On the mathematical modeling of green one-to-one pickup and delivery problem with road segmentation. Journal of Cleaner Production 174, pp. 1664-1678. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.040)
- Sanchez Rodrigues, V.et al. 2018. Food waste in the online grocery supply chain: The case of Ocado’s salads. Presented at: Efficient Customer Response Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 23-24 October 2018.
2017
- Franceschetti, A.et al. 2017. A metaheuristic for the time-dependent pollution-routing problem. European Journal of Operational Research 259(3), pp. 972-991. (10.1016/j.ejor.2016.11.026)
- Dabia, S., Demir, E. and Woensel, T. V. 2017. An exact approach for a variant of the pollution-routing problem. Transportation Science 51(2), pp. 607-628. (10.1287/trsc.2015.0651)
- Eshtehadi, R., Fathian, M. and Demir, E. 2017. Robust solutions to the pollution-routing problem with demand and travel time uncertainty. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 51, pp. 351-363. (10.1016/j.trd.2017.01.003)
- Demir, E.et al. 2017. Methodological approaches to reliable and green intermodal transportation. In: Sustainable Logistics and Transportation: Optimization Models and Algorithms. Springer
- Masmoudi, M. A., Demir, E. and Hosny, M. 2017. Metaheuristic approaches for the multi-period vehicle routing problem with synchronization constraints and refuelling. Presented at: VEROLOG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10-12 July 2017.
2016
- Demir, E.et al. 2016. A green intermodal service network design problem with travel time uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 93(Part B), pp. 789-807. (10.1016/j.trb.2015.09.007)
- Ghilas, V., Demir, E. and Woensel, T. V. 2016. A scenario-based planning for the pickup and delivery problem with time windows, scheduled lines and stochastic demands. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 91, pp. 34-51. (10.1016/j.trb.2016.04.015)
- Ghilas, V., Demir, E. and Van Woensel, T. 2016. An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the pickup and delivery problem with time windows and scheduled lines. Computers & Operations Research 72, pp. 12-30. (10.1016/j.cor.2016.01.018)
- Ghilas, V., Demir, E. and Van Woensel, T. 2016. The pickup and delivery problem with time windows and scheduled lines. INFOR 54(2), pp. 147-167. (10.1080/03155986.2016.1166793)
- Demir, E. 2016. Green vehicle assignment problem. Presented at: POMS, Orlando, USA, 6-9 May 2016.
- Bektas, T., Demir, E. and Laporte, G. 2016. Green vehicle routing. In: Green Transportation Logistics., Vol. 226. Kluwer, pp. 243-265., (10.1007/978-3-319-17175-3_7)
- Demir, E. 2016. An integrated simulation and optimization towards sustainable transportation. Presented at: 9th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN16), Aruba, 13-17 June 2016.
2015
- Demir, E.et al. 2015. A selected review on the negative externalities of the freight transportation: modeling and pricing. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 77, pp. 95-114. (10.1016/j.tre.2015.02.020)
- Demir, E. 2015. Creating green logistics value. Presented at: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
- Demir, E. 2015. Green intermodal service network design problem. Presented at: VEROLOG, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 June 2015.
2014
- Demir, E., Bektas, T. and Laporte, G. 2014. A review of recent research on green road freight transportation. European Journal of Operational Research 237(3), pp. 775-793. (10.1016/j.ejor.2013.12.033)
- Demir, E., Van Woensel, T. and de Kok, T. 2014. Multidepot distribution planning at logistics service provider Nabuurs B.V.. Interfaces 44(6), pp. 591-604. (10.1287/inte.2014.0742)
- Demir, E., Bektas, T. and Laporte, G. 2014. The bi-objective Pollution-Routing Problem. European Journal of Operational Research 232(3), pp. 464-478. (10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.002)
- Demir, E. 2014. Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the PDP-FSL. Presented at: VEROLOG 2014, Oslo, Norway, 22-25 June 2014.
- Demir, E. 2014. Vehicle assignment problem. Presented at: IFORS 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 13/18 July 2014.
2013
- Demir, E. 2013. Branch-and-price algorithm for the pollution-routing problem. Presented at: EURO-INFORMS 2013, Rome, Italy, 1-4 July 2013.
- Demir, E. and Van Woensel, T. 2013. Mathematical modeling of CO2e emissions in one-to-one pickup and delivery problems. Presented at: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Bangkok, Thailand, 10-13 December 2013 Presented at Adulbhan, P., Laosirihongthong, T. and Jiao, R. eds.Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE pp. 63-67., (10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962375)
- Demir, E. 2013. Environmental impacts of intermodal freight transportation. Presented at: VEROLOG 2013, Southampton, United Kingdom, 7-10 June 2013.
2012
- Demir, E., Bekta, T. and Laporte, G. 2012. An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Pollution-Routing Problem. European Journal of Operational Research 223(2), pp. 346. (10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.044)
- Demir, E. 2012. Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the pollution-routing problem. Presented at: JOPT 2012, Montreal, Canada, 7-9 May 2012.
- Demir, E. 2012. Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the pollution-routing problem. Presented at: VEROLOG 2012, Bologna, Italy, 18-20 June 2012.
- Demir, E. 2012. A bi-objective pollution-routing problem: trade-offs between fuel consumption and driving time. Presented at: EURO 2012: 25th Europan Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Lithuania, 8-11 July 2012.
2011
- Demir, E., Bektaş, T. and Laporte, G. 2011. A comparative analysis of several vehicle emission models for road freight transportation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 16(5), pp. 347-357. (10.1016/j.trd.2011.01.011)
- Demir, E. 2011. A review and comparison of fuel consumption models and carbon dioxide emissions. Presented at: LASS 2011, Southampton, United Kingdom.
- Demir, E. 2011. An algorithm to solve the speed optimization problem in vehicle routing. Presented at: ECCO 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 June - 1 July 2011.
2008
- Demir, E. 2008. Formulations for school bus routing problems. Presented at: ECCO 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
2007
- Demir, E. 2007. Integer programming models for school bus routing problems. Presented at: XXVII National Conference in Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey.
2006
- Demir, E. 2006. New mathematical formulations for generalized traveling salesman problem. Presented at: XXVI National Conference in Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Kocaeli, Turkey.
2005
- Demir, E. 2005. Mathematical formulations for generalized traveling salesman problem. Presented at: XXV National Conference in Operational Re- search and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey.
Teaching
Current teaching commitments
- BS3010 Analysing and Improving Operations, Module Leader and Lecturer
- MSc Grand Challenges in Logistics and Operations Management, Module Leader and Lecturer
- MSc Dissertation Supervision
- MBA Dissertation Supervison
Previous teaching commitments
- BSc Advanced Operations Management (Year 3)
- BSc Operations Management (Year 2)
- MBA Strategic Operations Management
Research interests
- Green Logistics
- Vehicle Routing Problem
- Intermodal Transportation
- Integrated Transportation
- City Logistics
- Operational Research/Optimisation
Research grants
- Columbia-UK PACT Porgamme (2021-2022): GIRO ZERO - Steering the Colombian road freight sector towards a zero emissions strategy
- Ocado Group plc (2021): Operational excellence in logistics and supply chain manegement: Executive training
- Ocado Group plc (2019-2020): Developing and testing analytical models to measure and optimise food waste in the Ocado supply chain
- ESRC - Cheshire & Warrrington LEP (2019): Analytical support for local industrial strategies: Researcher placements in local enterprise partnerships
- Ocado Group plc (2019-2021): Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project: Enhancing the routing system to allow optimisation of a country-wide home delivery network
- CILT Seed corn funding (2018-2019): Truck Platooning
- Ocado Group plc (2018): Addressing Salad Supply Chains
- ESRC/Panalpina (2017-2018): Conquering the last mile
- ESRC/Panalpina (2017-2018) : Same day, same way?
Supervision
Current PhD students
- First Supervisor, Zhuowu Zhang - "The role of drivers in green road freight transportation"
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Green logistics
- Vehicle routing problem
- Intermodal transportation
- Integrated freight and public transportation
- The uberization of last-mile transportation
- Autonomous vehicles
- Impact of 3D printing on transportation
- Combinatorial optimization
- Multi-objective optimization
- Heuristics and metaheuristics methods
Current supervision
Past projects
- Second supervisor, Violina Sarma - "Collaborative decision-making for hierarchical forecasts: A multi-sector perspective" (awarded 2021)
- Co-supervisor, Ghilas Veaceslav - The Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Scheduled Lines: Models and Algorithms (awarded 2016)
