Okan Arslan

Associate Professor, Department of Decision Sciences

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : okan.arslan@hec.ca
Phone : 514 340-5697
Secretary: 514 340-6472
Fax : n/a
Office : 4.319

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Other title(s)

�Member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT)
Member of the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD)

Education

Ph.D., génie industriel, Bilkent University

Expertise

Operations research
Combinatorial optimization
Design and management of large scale networks

Current research

Design and Management of Smart Last-mile Delivery Systems

This publication selection covers the last five years.

Journal articles (16)

ARSLAN, Okan, ADULYASAK, Yossiri, CORDEAU, Jean-François, DEMS, Amira, RAHAL, Said Salim; « Facility Location with Modular Capacity under Demand Uncertainty: An Industrial Case Study », INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 2026 (status : accepted).

DURSUNOGLU, Cagla F., ARSLAN, Okan, DEMIR, Sebnem Manolya, KARA, Bahar Y., LAPORTE, Gilbert; « A unifying framework for selective routing problems », European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 320, no 1, 2025, p. 1-19.

SUN, Huai, ARSLAN, Okan; « A contextual framework for learning routing experiences in last-mile delivery », Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 194, 2025, p. 1-25.

WANG, Xin, ARSLAN, Okan, DELAGE, Erick; « Crowdkeeping in Last-Mile Delivery », Transportation Science, vol. 58, no 2, 2024, p. 474-498.

LIEPOLD, Christina J., ARSLAN, Okan, LAPORTE, Gilbert, SCHIFFER, Maximilian; « The Impact of Partial Production Capacity Sharing via Production as a Service », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 165, 2024, p. 1-18.

ARSLAN, Okan, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « Network design with vulnerability constraints and probabilistic edge reliability », Networks: An International Journal, vol. 84, no 2, 2024, p. 181-199.

HAGHI, Maryam, ARSLAN, Okan, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « A location-or-routing problem with partial and decaying coverage », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 149, 2023, p. 1-12.

MUFFAK, Ali, ARSLAN, Okan; « A Benders decomposition algorithm for the maximum availability service facility location problem », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 149, 2023, p. 1-17.

ÖTKEN, Çelen Naz, YILDIZ, Baris, ARSLAN, Okan, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « Making opportunity sales in attended home delivery », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 160, 2023, p. 1-19.

SHAHNEJAT BUSHEHRI, Sina, KERMANI, Ali, ARSLAN, Okan, CORDEAU, Jean-François, JANS, Raf; « A Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Workload Balancing for COVID-19 Testers: A Case Study », IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 55, no 10, 2022, p. 2920-2925.

ROSTAMI, Borzou, CHITSAZ, Masoud, ARSLAN, Okan, LAPORTE, Gilbert, LODI, Andrea; « Single Allocation Hub Location with Heterogeneous Economies of Scale », Operations Research, vol. 70, no 2, 2022, p. 766-785.

ARSLAN, Okan; « The location-or-routing problem », Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 147, 2021, p. 1-21.

ARSLAN, Okan, KUMCU, Gul Culhan, KARA, Bahar Y., LAPORTE, Gilbert; « The location and location-routing problem for the refugee camp network design », Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, vol. 143, 2021, p. 201-220.

ARSLAN, Okan, ARCHETTI, Claudia, JABALI, Ola, LAPORTE, Gilbert, SPERANZA, Maria Grazia; « Minimum cost network design in strategic alliances », Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, vol. 96, 2020, p. 1-10.

ARSLAN, Okan, JABALI, Ola, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « A Flexible, Natural Formulation for the Network Design Problem with Vulnerability Constraints », INFORMS Journal on Computing, vol. 32, no 1, 2020, p. 120-134.

ARSLAN, Okan, KARASAN, Oya, MAHJOUB, A. Ridha, YAMAN PATERNOTTE, Hande; « A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Alternative Fuel Refueling Station Location Problem with Routing », Transportation Science, vol. 53, no 4, 2019, p. 1107-1125.

This award and honor selection covers the last five years.

ARSLAN, Okan
2024 Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award, These awards recognize associate editors, special issue guest editors, and reviewers who have offered exceptional service in the review process. The 2024 recipients have distinguished themselves by the number of papers handled, their efficiency in handling papers, and the quality of their reviews., Transportation Science journal, 2025

ARSLAN, Okan, ABAY, Rasit
Amazon Last Mile Routing Research Challenge (Third place), Amazon Science, 2021

ARSLAN, Okan
Prix de recherche Nouveau chercheur 2021, Ce prix souligne l’excellence en ce qui a trait aux publications scientifiques et professionnelles d’un professeur adjoint ou d’un professeur invité avec perspective de carrière de HEC Montréal, au cours des trois dernières années., HEC Montréal, 2021

ARSLAN, Okan, JABALI, Ola, LAPORTE, Gilbert
Honorable Mention in INFORMS Transportation Science & Logistics Section Best Paper Award, ARSLAN, Okan, JABALI, Ola, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « Exact Solution of the Evasive Flow Capturing Problem », Operations Research, vol. 66, no 6, 2018, p. 1625-1640., The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2019

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.

Master's thesis direction – MSc in Management (4)

In codirection with : ADULYASAK, Yossiri
Network Design Problem with Vulnerability and Budgeting constraints, by Jai Kumar Drave
November 2024

Resource-constrained Activity Sequencing Problem, by Xiao Li
October 2024

Experience Learning in Routing Optimization in Last-Mile Delivery, by Huai Sun
September 2024

A Benders Decomposition Algorithm for the Maximum Availability Service Facility Location Problem, by Ali Muffak
May 2021

Supervised project supervision – MSc in Management (2)

Pipeline Improvement in Driving Score Calculation at Intact , by Kaveh Namvar
September 2024

In codirection with : ADULYASAK, Yossiri
Forecast of Workload Using Multiple Exogeneous Variables in Service Operations at Hydro-Québec , by Koray Yenal
September 2024