Alexander Rave
Dr.
Alexander
Rave
PostDoc
Room: NB-218
Research focus
- Last-mile delivery (drones, cargo bike)
- Transit network design (Hyperloop)
- Healthcare (drones)
Teaching
- Introduction to Reinforcement Learning (Master)
- Operations Research (Master)
- Digital Project with Fischertechnik (Bachelor)
- Operations Analytics (Bachelor)
Academic Education
- Since 03/2024 Post Doctoral Researcher at the Chair of Logistics and Operations Analytics
- 10/2019 - 03/2024: Research Associate at the Chair of ABWL, Supply Chain Management & Operations
- 10/2017 – 03/2020: MSc in Business Analytics & Operations Research at Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, exchange semester at Universitatea Babes-Bolyai (Cluj, Romania)
- 10/2014 – 09/2017: BSc in Business Administration at Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 10/2011 – 02/2015: BSc in Mathematics at Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Publications
- Rave, A., Fontaine, P. Truck drone arc covering problem with an application and case study in disaster management. Annals of Operations Research (2025). forthcomming.
- Rave, A., Fontaine, P., & Kuhn, H. (2025). Cyclic stochastic two-echelon inventory routing for an application in medical supply. European Journal of Operational Research, 325(1), 81-99.
- Rave, A., & Fontaine, P. (2025). The location routing problem with time windows and load-dependent travel times for cargo bikes. European Journal of Operational Research, 323(1), 97-107.
- Rave, A. (2024). Two-indexed formulation of the traveling salesman problem with multiple drones performing sidekicks and loops. OR Spectrum, 1-38.
- Rave, A., Fontaine, P., & Kuhn, H. (2022). Drone location and vehicle fleet planning with trucks and aerial drones. European Journal of Operational Research, 308(1), 113-130.
Conferences
- EURO (2025) in Leeds, England
- Osysseus (2024) in Sevilla, Spain
- OR (2023) in Hamburg, Germany
- EURO Conference (2022) in Espoo, Finland
- Odysseus Conference (2022) in Tangier, Morocco
- OR (2021) in Bern, Switzerland