Michel Gendreau, Université de Montréal

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Université de Montréal profile.

Recherche opérationnelle Transports Réseaux de transports Métaheuristique Optimistation des systèmes de transports Optimisation Stochastique Apprentissage automatique Logistique

Latest papers

The Robust Multicrew Scheduling and Routing Problem in road restoration
Computers & Operations Research · 2026
A reinforcement-learning-based column generation algorithm for integrated operating room planning and scheduling
International Journal of Production Research · 2026 · senior author
A bilevel model and a column generation heuristic for the transit network design and frequency setting problem with capacity constraints
Transportation Research Part B Methodological · 2026

All 631 publications

Latest funding

Applications of operations research to transportation, logistics, fairness issues, and other topics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$258,000
Advanced methods for intelligent interurban freight transportation and logistics
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$450,000
Automation and optimization of drilling operations in open-pit mines
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$274,364

All 44 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 631 publications.

01

The Robust Multicrew Scheduling and Routing Problem in road restoration

Alfredo Moreno, Douglas José Alem Junior, Michel Gendreau, Pedro Munari

Computers & Operations Research20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2025.107379

02

A reinforcement-learning-based column generation algorithm for integrated operating room planning and scheduling

Mahdi Dolatkhah, Hossein Hashemi Doulabi, Walter Rei, Michel Gendreau

International Journal of Production Research20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2026.2637778

03

A bilevel model and a column generation heuristic for the transit network design and frequency setting problem with capacity constraints

Daniel Orlando Martínez Quezada, Cristián E. Cortés, Michel Gendreau, Antonio Mauttone

Transportation Research Part B Methodological2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2026.103542

04

Tactical parking enforcement planning: Optimizing resource allocation under driver response

Mohsen Yahyaei, Michel Gendreau, Nikolaj Van Omme

Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2026.105099

05

A Reinforcement-learning-based Column Generation Algorithm for Integrated Operating Room Planning and Scheduling

Mahdi Dolatkhah, Hossein Hashemi Doulabi, Walter Rei, Michel Gendreau

arXiv (Cornell University)2026Senior authorOpen Access

06

FISIE: A Blockchain-Based Framework for Audit-Driven Integrity Enforcement in IoT-Fog Environments

Ismael Martinez, Senhaji Hafid, Michel Gendreau

2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.19495.92322

07

A variable neighborhood search algorithm for a very large-scale practical dial-a-ride problem

Mohammad Karimi, Guy Desaulniers, Michel Gendreau

Computers & Operations Research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2026.107670

08

A Chance‐Constrained Model for a Production Routing Problem With Uncertain Availability of Vehicles

Alline Zanette, Michel Gendreau, Walter Rei

Networks2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/net.70055

09

A variable neighborhood search algorithm for the electric dial-a-ride problem with realistic charging constraints

Mohammad Karimi, Guy Desaulniers, Michel Gendreau

Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2026.105987

10

Workload equity in multiperiod vehicle routing problems

Najmeh Nekooghadirli, Michel Gendreau, Jean‐Yves Potvin, Thibaut Vidal

International Transactions in Operational Research20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/itor.70012

Applications of operations research to transportation, logistics, fairness issues, and other topics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gendreau, Michel

Keywords: operations research; transportation; logistics; energy planning; healthcare; fairness issues; exact solution methods; metaheuristics; decision-making under uncertainty; real-time decision making

$258,000

Advanced methods for intelligent interurban freight transportation and logistics

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Crainic, Teodor Gabriel

$450,000

Automation and optimization of drilling operations in open-pit mines

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gamache, Michel

$274,364

Applications of operations research to transportation, logistics, and healthcare

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gendreau, Michel

$270,000

NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Venkatesh, Bala

$5,217,170

""Platform for Transportation Data Archiving, Processing, Analysis and Visualization""

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Saunier, Nicolas

$115,165

Stochastic modeling and optimization for call center management

Co-investigatorNSERC2011Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: LEcuyer, Pierre

$300,000

Outils d'optimisation pour la confection de tournées de livraison à domicile

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gendreau, Michel

$25,000

High performance servers for collaborative research

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Gendron, Bernard

$103,454

Application of operations research methods in transportation, telecommunications and scheduling

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gendreau, Michel

$375,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Teodor Crainic and Michel Gendreau: 92 shared papers
Jean-Yves Potvin and Michel Gendreau: 69 shared papers
Gilbert Laporte and Jean-François Cordeau: 67 shared papers
Gilbert Laporte and Michel Gendreau: 64 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Michel Gendreau: 44 shared papers
Walter Rei and Teodor Crainic: 41 shared papers
Abdelhakim Hafid and Michel Gendreau: 41 shared papers
François Soumis and Guy Desaulniers: 39 shared papers
Walter Rei and Michel Gendreau: 38 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Gilles Pesant: 26 shared papers
Bernard Gendron and Teodor Crainic: 26 shared papers
Mustapha Nourelfath and Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani: 24 shared papers
Thibaut Vidal and Michel Gendreau: 21 shared papers
Mustapha Nourelfath and Michel Gendreau: 19 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Nadia Lahrichi: 16 shared papers
Thibaut Vidal and Teodor Crainic: 16 shared papers
François Soumis and Jean-François Cordeau: 15 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Guy Desaulniers: 15 shared papers
Fausto Errico and Teodor Crainic: 15 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Jorge Mendoza: 13 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Bernard Gendron: 12 shared papers
Guy Desaulniers and Fausto Errico: 12 shared papers
Gilles Pesant and Michel Gendreau: 12 shared papers
Alain Hertz and Gilbert Laporte: 12 shared papers
Guy Desaulniers and Michel Gendreau: 11 shared papers
Alain Hertz and Michel Gendreau: 11 shared papers
Jorge Mendoza and Michel Gendreau: 11 shared papers
Jean-François Cordeau and Bernard Gendron: 10 shared papers
François Soumis and Michel Gamache: 9 shared papers
Brunilde Sansò and Michel Gendreau: 9 shared papers
Guy Desaulniers and Jorge Mendoza: 8 shared papers
Brunilde Sansò and Teodor Crainic: 8 shared papers
Alain Hertz and Bernard Gendron: 8 shared papers
Guy Desaulniers and Michel Gamache: 7 shared papers
Fausto Errico and Walter Rei: 7 shared papers
Michel Gendreau and Nadia Lahrichi: 7 shared papers
Michel Gamache and Michel Gendreau: 6 shared papers
Alain Hertz and Nadia Lahrichi: 6 shared papers
Bernard Gendron and Fabian Bastin: 6 shared papers
Bernard Gendron and Jean-Yves Potvin: 6 shared papers
François Soumis and Michel Gendreau: 5 shared papers
Erick Delage and Michel Gendreau: 5 shared papers
Gilbert Laporte and Vedat Verter: 5 shared papers
François Soumis and Brunilde Sansò: 4 shared papers
Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani and Michel Gendreau: 4 shared papers
Gilles Pesant and Gilbert Laporte: 4 shared papers
Fausto Errico and Michel Gendreau: 4 shared papers
Gilbert Laporte and Jean-Yves Potvin: 4 shared papers
Jean-François Cordeau and Michel Gendreau: 4 shared papers
Bernard Gendron and Michel Gendreau: 4 shared papers
Vedat Verter and Michel Gendreau: 4 shared papers
Thibaut Vidal and Walter Rei: 3 shared papers
Walter Rei and Hossein Doulabi: 3 shared papers
Fabian Bastin and Michel Gendreau: 3 shared papers
Hossein Doulabi and Michel Gendreau: 3 shared papers
Louis-Martin Rousseau and Hossein Doulabi: 2 shared papers
Brunilde Sansò and Erick Delage: 2 shared papers
Thibaut Vidal and Erick Delage: 2 shared papers

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle
Département de sciences de la décision
Mathématiques et Génie Industriel - École Polytechnique de Montréal
Département d’analytique, opérations et technologies de l’information
Mathematics and Industrial Engineering
Génie mécanique
Génie informatique et génie logiciel
Other

Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Teodor Crainic

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle

92 shared papers, latest 2024

Jean-Yves Potvin

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle

69 shared papers, latest 2025

Gilbert Laporte

Département de sciences de la décision

64 shared papers, latest 2014

Louis-Martin Rousseau

Mathématiques et Génie Industriel - École Polytechnique de Montréal

44 shared papers, latest 2021

Abdelhakim Hafid

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle

41 shared papers, latest 2024

Walter Rei

Département d’analytique, opérations et technologies de l’information

38 shared papers, latest 2026

Patrick Soriano

Department of Decision Sciences

22 shared papers, latest 2013

Thibaut Vidal

Mathematics and Industrial Engineering

21 shared papers, latest 2025

Mustapha Nourelfath

Génie mécanique

19 shared papers, latest 2024

Gilles Pesant

Génie informatique et génie logiciel

12 shared papers, latest 2013

Guy Desaulniers

Mathematics and industrial engineering

11 shared papers, latest 2026

Jorge Mendoza

Département de gestion de opérations et de la logistique

11 shared papers, latest 2024

Alain Hertz

MAGI

11 shared papers, latest 2005

Brunilde Sansò

Electrical Engineering

9 shared papers, latest 2020

Nadia Lahrichi

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle

7 shared papers, latest 2019

Michel Gamache

Mathématiques et génie industriel

6 shared papers, latest 2025

François Soumis

Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel

5 shared papers, latest 1995

Erick Delage

Département de sciences de la décision

5 shared papers, latest 2017

Vedat Verter

Smith School of Business

4 shared papers, latest 2018

Vedat Verter

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2018

Bernard Gendron

Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle

4 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Recherche opérationnelle Dear Professor Gendreau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Robust Multicrew Scheduling and Routing Problem in road restoration" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Applications of operations research to transportation, logistics, fairness issues, and other topics" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]