Christian VAN DELFT

Associate Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

vandelft@hec.fr
Profile picture

Biography

Christian Van Delft received a Ph.D. in Operations Management from HEC Genève (Switzerland)

His research interests include stochastical optimisation, stock planning and management. He has taught in a variety of institutions (HEC-Genève, Ecole Centrale Paris, HEC-Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

Scientific articles

Boundedly Optimal Control of Piecewise Deterministic Systems

European Journal of Operational Research, 1994, vol. 73, pp 237-251, (in coll. with A. Haurie, A. Leizarowitz)

Convergence of Stochastic Approximation Coupled with Perturbation Analysis in a Class of Manufacturing Flow Control Models

Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 1994, n° 4, pp 87-111, (in coll. with P. L'Ecuyer, A. Haurie)

A turnpike improvement algorithm for piecewise deterministic control

Optimal Control Applications and Methods, January-March 1991, vol. 12, n° 1, pp 1-18, (in coll. with K. Boukas, A. Haurie)

Turnpike properties for a class of piecewise deterministic systems arising in manufacturing flow control

Annals of Operations Research, 1991, vol. 29, pp 351-374, (in coll. with A. Haurie)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Turnpike improvement via simulation in manufacturing flow control models

Proceedings of the Japan - USA Symposium on Flexible Automation , 1990 (A. Haurie)

Turnpike properties for a class of piecewise deterministic systems arising in manufacturing flow control

Proceedings of the Third ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems , 1989 , Boston MIT (A. Haurie)

Working papers

Scientific articles

A Newsvendor Model with Initial Inventory and Two Salvage Opportunities

Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2011, vol. 9, n° 3, pp 30-36, (in coll. with Y. Dallery, A. Cheaitou, Z. Jemai)

Two-stage flexible supply contract with payback and information update

European Journal of Industrial Engineering (EJIE), 2010, vol. 4, n° 4, pp 471-492, (in coll. with A. Cheaitou, Z. Jemai, Y. Dallery)

Analysis and Optimization of a Combined Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order Multiproduct Manufacturing System

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 2009, vol. 2009, n° ID 716059, (in coll. with K. Hadj Youssef, Y. Dallery)

Two-period production planning and inventory control

International Journal of Production Economics, July 2009, vol. 118, n° 1, pp 118-130, (in coll. with A. Cheaitou, Y. Dallery, Z. Jemai)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Turnpike improvement via simulation in manufacturing flow control models

Proceedings of the Japan - USA Symposium on Flexible Automation , 1990 (A. Haurie)

Turnpike properties for a class of piecewise deterministic systems arising in manufacturing flow control

Proceedings of the Third ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems , 1989 , Boston MIT (A. Haurie)

Working papers

An approximate analysis of hedging point policies for a class of failure prone manufacturing systems via queueing theory

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Convergence of stochastic approximation coupled with pertubation analysis in a class of manufacturing flow control models

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Discounted costs, obsolescence and planned stockouts with the EOQ formula

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1993

Approximate solutions and bounds for a class of piecewise deterministic control systems

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1992

Education

  • Doctorat en Sciences Economiques et Sociales (Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences), Université de Genève - Switzerland
  • Programme complementaire en gestion d'entreprise (Complementary program in corporate management), Université de Genève - Switzerland
  • Ingenieur Civil en Mathematiques Appliquees (Civil Engineering Degree in Applied Mathematics), Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Reviewer, Management Science

    • Conference organisation

  • 1991- Organization of the Journée de séminaire de recherche en gestion de production intégrée - Seminar for research into integrated production management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    • Awards & honors

    • 2007 CMS Best Paper Award - "Automatic formulation of stochastic programs via an algebraic modeling language", Computational Management Science, V4 N1, 17-40
    • 1992 Awarded the 1992 Universal Prize (Universite de Geneve) for best doctorate dissertation