Bert Zwart
- Full Name
- Prof.dr. A.P. Zwart
- Function(s)
- Group leader, Scientific Staff Member
- Bert.Zwart@cwi.nl
- Telephone
- +31 20 592 4018
- Room
- M333
- Department(s)
- Stochastics
Publications
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Bhaumik, D, Crommelin, D.T, & Zwart, A.P. (2018). Mitigation of large power spills by an energy storage device in a stand alone energy system. Journal of Energy Storage, 16, 76–83. doi:10.1016/j.est.2017.12.012
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Cahen, E.J, Mandjes, M.R.H, & Zwart, A.P. (2018). Estimating large delay probabilities in two correlated queues. ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 28(1). doi:10.1145/3158667
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Sloothaak, F, Borst, S.C, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Robustness of power-law behavior in cascading line failure models. Stochastic Models, 1–28. doi:10.1080/15326349.2017.1383165
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Gromoll, H.C, Terwilliger, B, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Heavy traffic limit for a tandem queue with identical service times. Queueing Systems, 1–29. doi:10.1007/s11134-017-9560-z
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Aveklouris, A, Nakahira, Y, Vlasiou, M, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Electric vehicle charging: a queueing approach. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, 45(2), 33–35.
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Cahen, E.J, Mandjes, M.R.H, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Rare event analysis and efficient simulation for a multi-dimensional ruin problem. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 1–19. doi:10.1017/S0269964816000553
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Arts, J.J, van Houtum, G.J.J.A.N, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). The asymptotic hazard rate of sums of discrete random variables. Statistics and Probability Letters, 125, 171–173. doi:10.1016/j.spl.2017.02.006
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Mathijsen, B, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Transient error approximation in a Lévy queue. Queueing Systems, 1–36. doi:10.1007/s11134-016-9511-0
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Sierag, D.D, van der Rest, JP.I, Koole, G.M, van der Mei, R.D, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). Exploratory data analysis in revenue management forecasting: a case study of a small and independent hotel in The Netherlands. International Journal of Revenue Management.
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Sierag, D.D, van der Rest, JP.I, Koole, G.M, van der Mei, R.D, & Zwart, A.P. (2017). A call for exploratory data analysis in revenue management forecasting: A case study of a small and independent hotel in The Netherlands. International Journal of Revenue Management, 10(1), 28–51. doi:10.1504/IJRM.2017.084147
Current projects with external funding
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Rare events: Asymptotics, Algorithms, Applications
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Realibilty and Robustness of Power Grids with Uncertain Generation
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Two-dimensional models in queues and risk Module 1 (2QR)
Professional activities
- Professor: Professor by special appointment Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e)
- Board Member: Member of the management team of STAR, the Dutch mathematics network on Stochastic (since 2014; chair since July 2015).
- Editor: Journal : Queueing Systems
- Editor: Journal : Stochastic Systems
- Editor: Journal : Operations Research
- Editor: Advances in Applied Probability & Journal of Applied Probability, December 2016 -- present.
Grants
- Vici Innovational Research Grant NWO Rare events : asymptotics, algorithms, applications (2015)
- Rare Events: asymptotics, algorithms, application. Single PI VICI grant for innovational research. Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation). Total amount: ﾀ 1.500. (2015)
- Two-dimensional models in queues and risk. Co-PI jointly with O.J. Boxma (TU/e, PI), M. Mandjes (UvA), and S. Nunez (CWI/UvA). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), TOP program. 2014--2018. Total amount: Four years of salary for two Ph.D. students and travel money (about ﾀ 420.000). One position filled at CWI. (2014)
- Funding to create tenure track position in the CWI stochastics group. P. van der Ven, who filled the position as of September 2014. Total amount: ﾀ240.000 (NWO STAR) (2014)
- STAR cluster Dynamic pricing under demand uncertainty. PI, joint with G. Koole and R. van der Mei (CWI and VU University). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), STAR cluster. A Ph.D student position (ﾀ 100.000, combined with several other sources, in particular funds from J.P. vd Rest, HHS Den Haag). March 2013 - February 2016. (2013)
- Reliability and Robustness of Power Grids. co-PI, joint with D. Crommelin (CWI, PI). Organization: FOM, in collaboration with Shell, program on computational energy systems. A Ph.D student position, and travel money (ﾀ 256.000). June 2013 - May 2017. (2013)
- Bridging probabilistic and competitive analysis of scheduling policies.} PI, (co-PI: N. Bansal (TU/e). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), free competition program. A Ph.D student position and travel money (ﾀ 212.000). September 2013 -- August 2017. (2013)
- STAR cluster Infinite queueing networks with blocking and interacting particle systems. PI, Joint with R. Meester (VU University). Organization: NWO (Dutch Science foundation), STAR cluster. A two year postdoc position (ﾀ 100.000). December 2012 -- November 2014. (2012)
- Vidi Innovational Research Grant NWO - High dimensional service systems (2008)
- Veni Innovational Research Grant NWO - Asymptotic analysis of queueing systems (2005)
Awards
- Best publication award INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing section best publication award, 2016. (2016)
- Dantzig Prize (2015)
- Performance conferentie, Namen Belgie - Best paper (2010)
- Erlang Prize - October (2008)
- IBM Faculty Award - 2008/2009 (2008)
- ASML Prize (2002)
- Gijs de Leve Prize (2002)
- Applied Probability Trust Award (2001)