Christian VAN DELFT

Associate Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

vandelft@hec.fr
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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

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

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

Working papers

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