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Graduation Project: Routing Heuristic Optimization: Turn Costs

Posted 24 Mar 2024
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0 to 2 years
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English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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As an Graduation Student at ORTEC you will optimize the heuristics of our routing solutions!

Shortest route calculation is a key element for solving vehicle routing problems. Recent developments in this area include adding turn costs to the routing algorithm.

Turn costs model the time it takes a driver to make a turning maneuver over a crossing. Modeling turn costs is used to discourage left turns, which can take a lot of time. Additionally, insurance cost is increased when crashing whilst turning left in America.

All turn costs are now based on a heuristic. A method to increasing the accuracy of these costs is to look at historical GPS-data from our customers.

  • How can we tweak the costs of turns to more accurately predict driving times?
  • The assigned driving speeds on the road segments will also change, to what?

Who you are

  • You are a masters student in the area of Computer Science, Mathematics, Econometrics or a related area and searching for an graduation project.
  • You have programming skills in Python
  • Knowledge of or interest in machine learning highly desirable.
  • Graduation project for master’s student.
  • Able to handle high complexity and work in a team
  • Conscientious in staying abreast of new developments
  • Passionate about IT, it’s not just your job
  • Able to fluently communicate in English (verbally and in writing)

What we offer

  • Entrance to the most passionate powerhouse in applied mathematics
  • Join our movement and improve the world
  • Enjoy an open, kind and fun culture
  • Active employee association for fun activities with colleagues and content driven Young ORTEC for you to join
  • Football table, our own bar the “ORtap”, Christmas party, annual barbecue at one of our founders’ home, and much more
  • Excellent supervision during your project
  • Good graduation student allowance and a laptop
  • Activities with all graduation students at ORTEC, like Friday afternoon drinks
  • Possibility to work as a Student Assistant next to your project

What to expect

We will help you to thrive in your field of expertise. We offer development programs, tailored to your individual needs and function requirements, including opportunities to attend courses and seminars. We offer challenging, practical hands-on experience with opportunities to work abroad. We operate in a flat organizational structure that keeps communication lines short. The atmosphere is open, informal, cooperative and positive. We employ over 800 people in the Netherlands (HQ), Belgium, Germany, France, the U.K., Romania, Italy, the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Poland, Denmark and Singapore.

Visit our website www.ortec.com to learn more about our solutions and clients’ experiences.

We are ORTEC, a purpose-driven organization changing businesses and society at large through the power of data-driven mathematical optimization. We make businesses more efficient, more predictable and more effective. Turning complex challenges into easy-to-use solutions.
We serve clients in almost every industry. And with 17 offices strategically located across 4 continents, we can deliver solutions on a global scale. Always underpinned by local know-how and service.

IT
Zoetermeer
Active in 13 countries
1,000 employees
70% men - 30% women
Average age is 35 years

What employees are saying

Florian Klück

Software Engineer

Florian Klück

I work as a software engineer for ORTEC, on the products ORTEC Route Scheduling and ORTEC Tactical Routing. ORTEC Route Scheduling is used by our customers to optimize their day to day routing problems. ORTEC Tactical Routing is used to create a master plan for different regions…

Emma de Wit

Business Consultant

Emma de Wit

With a background in Mathematics and a passion for logistics, I started working as a Business Consultant for ORTEC. One of my tasks is to prepare and give demonstrations of our optimization software to potential customers. Giving such demonstrations brings all aspects of ORTEC together: understanding the…