Robert van der Heijden

Radboud University | RU · Institute of Management Research

An increasing number of firms are aiming to implement closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management to contribute to a more circular economy. However, for many of these firms, it is difficult to translate this strategic aim into fruitful operational decisions. They need to address many deep uncertainties and dynamic complexities in their supply chain...

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) involves integration of various forms of public and private transport services into a single mobility service, accessible on demand. For MaaS to become successful, different suppliers of transport services have to cooperate in alliances in order to bring new benefits in the short and long term. Past experience demonstra...

This article develops a methodology to empirically study and cope with deep uncertainty and dynamic complexity when the actors in a traditional supply chain make a transition toward more mature closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management. The methodology addressed calls for innovative research and decision-making approaches in this field. Mature, in...

Given the innovative nature of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), various uncertainties are surrounding the possibilities for implementing MaaS. This includes uncertainties about alternative MaaS-system functionalities, about how the implementation of alternative MaaS systems might affect the overall transport system performance and about the preference...

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is an innovative transport concept that combines a range of transport modes and services to provide a user-orientated service via a single interface. Since its emergence, MaaS has drawn increasing interest within and beyond the transport sector for its potential as an innovative and potentially effective solution to urb...

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is an innovative transport concept that combines a range of transport modes and services to provide a user-orientated service via a single interface. Since its emergence, MaaS has drawn increasing interest within and beyond the transport sector for its potential as an innovative and potentially effective solution to urb...

The prospects of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) as a potential solution for mobility has inspired a high level of interest from various transport sectors. Nevertheless, the concept is still in its early stage of development with limited evidence to support its anticipated benefits. Moreover, there are many uncertainties surrounding MaaS that may re...

This article aims to uncover knowledge gaps regarding approaches to dynamic complexity and deep uncertainty in a transition towards closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management, and it articulates future research challenges addressing the identified gaps. Based on an abductive approach, two concepts are investigated: ‘deep uncertainty’ from the persp...

While there is great potential in the chief values and prospects of a circular economy, this alone will not bring the circular economy to market or scale. In order for a circular economy to materialize, an integrated approach that focuses on a long-term system change or transition is required. To set the change process in motion, many (public and p...

The aim of this paper is to study the impacts of bottom-up information provision about on-street parking places on parking dynamics under heterogeneous conditions. Using an agent-based simulation model, performance is compared between a bottom-up vehicle-to-vehicle communication strategy and a strategy that combines parking sensors and vehicle-to-v...

While planners have long been aware that the world they act upon is complex, there is now growing interest in using concepts from the complexity sciences - such as self-organisation - To explain cities and urban change. Agent-based models (ABMs) can be invaluable tools in this quest, but they are often met with mistrust, and face some valid objecti...

Although planning support systems (PSS) have now undergone more than two decades of research and development, this is not reflected in their practical application. In this paper we argue that one of the reasons for this is that too much emphasis is put on the instrument rather than the usage and planning context. A better understanding of the relat...

Citizen participation is a cornerstone of urban planning. One common criticism is that the process can be cumbersome and slow. However, in the face of recent advances in information and communication technologies (ICT), those problems can be easily overcome, making it possible to extend public participation to a wider sphere of urban planning matte...

Studies have shown that up to thirty percent of all traffic in crowded urban areas can be cruising for parking. Information provision to drivers can potentially decrease cruising time for individual drivers and subsequently improve the performance of the overall system. While most cities provide drivers with information on the occupancy rates of of...

Negotiations have always played an important role in urban planning and in land and property development processes. Numerous case study-based researches have been done to demonstrate the significance of negotiation to resolve the divergent interests of stakeholders. In this article, an alternative methodological perspective is applied by analysing...

This paper reports an experiment based on the model of bilateral sequential bargaining over the distribution of a certain value in a laboratory setting within a real specific context of property development in the Netherlands. We have involved only property development professionals as participants in the experiment who have experience with the con...

Planning Support Systems (PSS) are geo-information based tools to support planning. Since the term PSS appeared for the first time in the late 1980s it has evolved into a serious academic subfield. In this debate, little systematic attention has been paid to the added value of PSS for planning practice. In particular the perspective of users requir...

Although planning support systems (PSS) have now undergone more than two decades of research and development, this is not reflected in their practical application. In this paper we argue that one of the reasons for this is that too much emphasis is put on the instrument rather than the usage and planning context. A better understanding of the relat...

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In recent years, a model was developed describing effects of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on location preferences of office-keeping organisations in urbanised. The model is based on a Hierarchical Information Integration Approach, using Stated Preference data. The model indicates that ITS significantly contribute to office location preferenc...

Value capturing is considered a promising additional way of funding public infrastructure development. However, its implementation is often problematic because the instruments that can be used for it (i.e., taxes, fees, and other types of fiscal regulation) generally face a lack of support. An alternative approach to value capturing might be to sti...

The development of multimodal transport terminals in urban areas generates various serious environmental problems. The available tools for the analyses of the use of such terminals offer insufficient support for decision-making on the location and design of these terminals from the sustainability perspective. New approaches are needed. This article...

This paper presents a methodology for evaluating city logistics initiatives using a dynamic traffic simulation with optimal routing and scheduling. This methodology was applied to a test road network. The performance of three city logistics initiatives, advanced routing and scheduling systems, cooperative freight transport systems and load factor c...

This paper explores the effect of three intelligent transport systems (ITS)-related transport concepts on location preferences of office-keeping organisations in urbanised areas. To measure these effects, a hierarchical information integration experiment was conducted in the Netherlands. Representatives of office-keeping organisations in selected c...

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have undergone immense improvement, having been influenced by improved Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industries, automotive suppliers, and scientific institutes. ITS systems cover systems that support the driver in controlling his/her vehicle in a better way Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (AD...

Road congestion remains a serious problem, despite all the efforts to limit road use and to manage growing road traffic volumes. Economic approaches (such as pricing) are introduced based on traditional welfare economic theory. Although they are sometimes very successful, the magnitude of traffic issues also requires alternative and unconventional...

Authorities of urban areas are faced with growing traffic and environmental problems due to an ever-increasing use of cars within the urban area. The challenge is to limit and guide car use. The search for innovative strategies to cope with this challenge in the Netherlands focuses on the integration of three policy ingredients. These are: (a) infl...

The trend towards logistics acceleration and increasing time-sensitivity can be discerned in numerous industry sectors. The associated logistics concepts are called time-based strategies. In this paper, the logistics impacts of these strategies are analysed on the basis of case studies within the Dutch food industry and parts services industry. The...

The potential contribution of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to traffic safety policies is currently unknown. In this article we first investigate how different ADAS might contribute to public goals on road traffic safety, based on accident statistics in the Netherlands. Next, the societal costs of ADAS implementation are qualitatively a...

Trends in contemporary logistics management have led to an increased transport-intensity of production and distribution activities. Transport costs are increasingly traded off against other logistical costs and seem to have lost importance in strategic decision-making. At the same time, in Europe, transport policy aims at regulating freight transpo...

The application of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), in particular Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), is expected to improve the performance of road transportation significantly. Public policy makers, among others, are therefore increasingly interested in the implementation of these systems. Available knowledge on various implementa...

The application of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), in particular Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), is expected to improve the performance of road transportation significantly. Public policy makers, among others, are therefore increasingly interested in the implementation of these systems. Available knowledge on various implementa...

Both large-scale physical infrastructure redesign and extensive use of in-vehicle driving assistance systems can contribute to improving road traffic safety. Limited availability of effect data (historical and estimated) for both alternatives is hampering long-term strategic analysis of their potential effects. This paper investigates the use of a...

This paper reports the main findings of a study, conducted in the Netherlands, aimed at testing whether preference functions for park-and-ride facilities, estimated from data collected in a specific Dutch region, can be generalized to a nationwide sample. Preference data in both samples were collected with hierarchical information integration. Cont...

This paper reports the main findings of a study, conducted in the Netherlands, aimed at testing whether preference functions for park-and-ride facilities, estimated from data collected in a specific Dutch region, can be generalized to a nationwide sample. Preference data in both samples were collected with hierarchical information integration. Cont...

Governments in several European countries, and the EU have set challenging targets for the improvement of road traffic safety by the year 2010. In the Netherlands a program for infrastructure measures was launched, to meet the Dutch targets. The ongoing developments in the field of ITS applications seem however to offer viable alternatives for larg...

Park and ride (P & R) facilities have been proposed in several countries to alleviate the accessibility problems in cities. Despite growing accessibility problems, these facilities do not seem to attract the expected number of car drivers and are underused. In an attempt to measure consumer evaluations of the attributes of P & R facilities, a state...

The application of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), in particular advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is expected to improve the performance of road transportation significantly. Public policy makers, among others, are therefore increasingly interested in the implementation possibilities of these systems. However, current knowledge...

In the end of 1990's, Dutch road infrastructure redesign programmer was launched for improving traffic safety. In the mean time the ongoing development in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) seems to offer viable alternatives. These strategies are not only to a large extent substitutes, but also partly complementary. A notorious problem is th...

In Western Europe, taxes and other policy instruments that affect transport costs have become increasingly popular tools for regulating transport demand. Yet, regarding freight transport, in contemporary logistics management transport costs seem to have lost importance in strategic decision-making. The question therefore is how effective manipulati...

R&D in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) develops fast. Applications focus on all levels of the transport system: driver behaviour, infrastructure, traffic management and travel choices. Smart combinations of these applications in coherent ITS concepts will be the challenge for the future. Applied to urban systems, it is assumed that different IT...

In various countries, transport policy makers are increasingly interested in the automation of vehicle driving tasks. Current policy developments regarding Automated Vehicle Guidance (AVG) are complicated by several uncertainties about the development of AVG technologies, whether their implementation will contribute to or conflict with transport po...

P&R facilities may improve the accessibility of cities. However, recently realised P&Rs in the Netherlands are not fully successful. To build more attractive P&R facilities, insight into the car drivers' preferences with respect to transfer from car to public transport is required. The question is how car drivers weigh the different P&R characteris...

Results are reported of a study designed to identify the cognitive constructs underlying the valuation of park-and-ride (P&R) facilities and to measure the relative importance attached to the attributes of such facilities. Results show that the reliability of public transport is quite important. Furthermore, time and, to a lesser degree, costs cons...

Contemporary logistics management has become more transport-intensive due, for example, to the centralisation of production and strategies aimed at reducing stocks. Transport costs are increasingly traded off against other logistical costs and seem to have lost importance in strategic decision making. At the same time, transport policy aims at reg...

Contemporary logistics management has become more transport-intensive due, for example, to the centralisation of production and strategies aimed at reducing stocks. Transport costs are increasingly traded off against other logistical costs and seem to have lost importance in strategic decision making. At the same time, transport policy aims at regu...

The hypothesis has been formulated that spatial clustering of transport line infrastructures might generate higher risks in terms of higher probability of accidents and/or more severe consequences of accidents. The risk increase is assumed to be the result of interference between transport flows. No systematic research has been performed so far to...

In this paper, we explore how government policies in the field of transport may affect future freight rates, transit times, and delivery reliability. In particular, attention is paid to the ‘absorptive capacity’ of freight carriers, i.e. the extent to which they can reduce the effects of such policies by adapting their operations. Two policy scenar...

The application of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is expected to improve the performance of road transportation significantly. Public policy makers, among others, are therefore increasingly interested in the implementation possibilities of these systems. However, current knowledge on these ITS implementation issues is poor with respect to...

To achieve a reduction in the number of cars entering the city centre, transfer points (P&Rs) at the city edge should be realised where car users can switch to public transport. However, recently realised P&Rs in the Netherlands do not attract many car users. The planning of more frequently used P&Rs obviously requires a better understanding of the...

Since government policy is no longer the result of an authoritative decision, paying attention to the many views held by stakeholders has become increasingly important in policy analysis. This has resulted in the development of interactive policy analysis, which is characterised by seeking supported knowledge and acknowledging the importance of mul...

In this paper, we explore how government policies in the field of transport may affect future freight rates, transit times, and delivery reliability. In particular, attention is paid to the ‘absorptive capacity’ of freight carriers, i.e. the extent to which they can reduce the effects of such policies by adapting their operations. Two policy scenar...

The introduction of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in road traffic induces many complex questions. One of them is whether or not present legislation frameworks are able to accommodate a smooth development and market implementation of ADAS. This is strongly related to the aspect of traffic safety. The various aspects related to this issue...

Most major airlines decide to take new strategies for the competition in the air cargo industry. They are concerned with assigning cargo over flights in creative ways. The paper considers the multi-agent solution for cargo assignment. First we present cargo control principles and introduce the pipelining assignment concept, then the difficulties of...

R&D in the field of driver support systems is increasingly paid attention to. These systems can contribute significantly to public traffic goals. However, there is much uncertainty about future technology developments, market introduction, and impacts on driver and traffic behaviour. An international Delphi study collecting expert opinions on these...

Urban agglomerations face increasing problems in accommodating traffic and parking demand. An interesting option is to develop tailor-made shuttle services by bus from large, scarcely used, parking facilities at the edge of urban areas, towards specific spots within the urban area such as large companies, inner-city shopping areas or labour areas....

A car-free policy for city centers is being widely implemented in the Netherlands. Many of the downtowns have restricted vehicular access to improve the quality of life and to protect the historic city centers. This policy has been extremely popular among center-city residents, who have greatly benefited from a better quality of life and an increas...

Driver support systems are generally assumed to contribute to public traffic goals. However, much uncertainty exists about their future: technology development, market introduction and impacts on driver and traffic behaviour. An international Delphi study, collecting expert opinions on these issues, is describe this paper. In three rounds opinions...

The systematic evaluation of alternative building plans and projects before taking a decision on realization is of growing importance in fields such as civil engineering and town planning. This article describes an approach to the evaluation of alternative plans in such fields, illustrated by a case study on the planning of shopping centres. Emphas...

Conventional choice-models are based on the assumption of a stable utility function. Previous studies have indicated that this assumption may be less valid for certain types of choice-behaviour. In this paper the idea of variety seeking is put forward as a possible explanation for varied choice-behaviour. A model is developed and tested in the cont...

An empirical test is made of the spatial transferability of a decompositional multiattribute preference model, in the context of spatial shopping behaviour. The model which is estimated for the city of Maastricht is used to predict shopping patterns in a part of the city of Eindhoven. The results indicate that the goodness of fit of the model reduc...

The utilization of findings of applied retail research in the process of retail planning can be improved when the research activities are better linked to decision making in planning. The "Decision Support System" approach provides a promising framework for estab lishing such links. The nature of the DSS approach is described. In addition options f...

The modeling of choice sets has gained relatively little attention so far in geography and regional science. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of the application of an exploratory model based on logit regression analysis. The findings suggest that consumer information-fields are closely related to some spatial characteristics of...

In this paper the authors are concerned with the application of conjoint measurement models to predict consumer choice of shopping centres. First, conjoint measurement models are discussed in the context of the development of spatial shopping-models. Next, the conceptual framework underlying the model and conjoint measurement are discussed. The sec...

This article reports on an empirical analysis of consumer information and usage fields in the city of Eindhoven. The main purposes of this study are to investigate the distance, sectoral and directional biases of these fields, to analyse whether the degree of biases is related to personal characteristics of consumers and to identify the factors of...

A common problem of all cognitive-behavioural models of destination choice is that of the identification of factors influencing the behaviour of interest. This paper considers the applicability of Kelly's repertory grid methodology to identify the factors influencing consumer choice of shopping centres. Firstly, some methodological issues in the as...

Concerned with the cognitive representation of an urban retailing structure. Kelly's repertory grid methodology and principal components analysis are used to identify the basic dimensions underlying the cognition of the retailing structure of Woensel, a district of the city of Eindhoven. The main findings of the empirical analysis suggest that size...