Prof. Tal Raviv

Publications

Papers in peer-reviewed journals

  1. Ilan Estrugo, Yossi Bukchin, Tal Raviv, “DynoPath: a dynamic online grid-based centralized sorting algorithm”, Transportation Science (2026), (accepted Feb 2026).preprint
  2. Oksana Sabinik Pecherski, Tal Raviv, Hilel Bar-Gera, “Service design of shared first- and last-mile transit systems”, Public Transport (2025).
  3. Alaa Ghanaiem, Evgeny Kagan, Parteek Kumar, Tal Raviv, Peter Glynn, Irad Ben-Gal, “Unsupervised classification under uncertainty: the distance-based algorithm”, Mathematics (2023), 11, 4784.
  4. Tal Raviv, “The service points' location and capacity problem”, Transportation Research Part E (2023), 176, 103216.
  5. Edison Avraham, Tal Raviv, “The data-driven time-dependent orienteering problem with soft time windows”, EURO Journal of Transportation and Logistics (2023), 12, 100112.dataset
  6. Shir Tavor, Tal Raviv, “Anticipatory rebalancing of RoboTaxi systems”, Transportation Research Part C (2023), 153, 104196.
  7. Yossi Bukchin, Tal Raviv, “A comprehensive toolbox for load retrieval in puzzle-based storage systems with simultaneous movements”, Transportation Research Part B (2022), 166, 348-373.
  8. Tal Raviv, Yossi Bukchin, René de Koster, “Optimal retrieval in puzzle-based storage systems using automated mobile robots”, Transportation Science (2023), 57:2, 424-443.
  9. Ido Orenstein, Tal Raviv, “Parcel delivery using the hyperconnected service network”, Transportation Research Part E (2022), 161, 102716.
  10. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Marlin Ulmer, “Directions for future research on urban mobility and city logistics”, Networks (2022), 79:3, 253-263.
  11. Yifat Douek-Pinkovich, Irad Ben-Gal, Tal Raviv, “The stochastic test collection problem: models, exact, and heuristic solution approaches”, European Journal of Operational Research (2022), 299, 945-959.
  12. Lu Xing, Tal Raviv, Lina Sela, “Sensor placement for robust burst identification in water systems: balancing modeling accuracy, parsimony, and uncertainties”, Advanced Engineering Informatics (2022), 51, 101484.
  13. Edison Avraham, Tal Raviv, “The steady-state mobile personnel booking problem”, Transportation Research Part B (2021), 154, 266-288.dataset
  14. Michal Penn, Tal Raviv, “Complexity and algorithms for min cost and max profit scheduling under time-of-use electricity tariffs”, Journal of Scheduling (2021), 24(1), 83-102.
  15. Omer Dumbinsky, Joachim Mayer, Tal Raviv, “Alerting about possible risks vs. blocking risky choices: a quantitative model and its empirical evaluation”, Computers & Security (2020), 101944.
  16. Yifat Douek-Pinkovich, Irad Ben-Gal, Tal Raviv, “The generalized test collection problem”, TOP (2021), 372-386.
  17. Yossi Bukchin, Tal Raviv, Ilya Zaides, “The consecutive multiprocessor job scheduling problem”, European Journal of Operational Research (2020), 427-438.
  18. Edison Avraham, Tal Raviv, “The data-driven time-dependent traveling salesperson problem”, Transportation Research Part B (2020), 134, 25-40.dataset
  19. Ido Orenstein, Tal Raviv, Elad Sadan, “Delivery process with flexibility using automated parcel locker”, EURO Journal of Transportation and Logistics (2019), 8, 683-711.
  20. Sharon Datner, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, Daniel Chemla, “Setting inventory levels in a bike sharing network”, Transportation Science (2019), 53, 62-76.
  21. Yossi Bukchin, Tal Raviv, “Constraint programming for solving various assembly line balancing problems”, OMEGA (2018), 78, 57-68.
  22. Edison Avraham, Tal Raviv, E. Khmelnitsky, “The decentralized field service routing problem”, Transportation Research Part B (2017), 104, 290-316.
  23. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, “Bike sharing systems: user dissatisfaction in the presence of unusable bicycles”, IISE Transactions (2017), 49:2, 144-158.
  24. Zohar Postelnicu, Tal Raviv, Irad Ben-Gal, “Improving websites' quality of service by shortening their browsing expected path length”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International (2016), 32, 2017-2031.
  25. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, Hila Galili, “Regulating vehicle sharing systems through parking reservation policies: analysis and performance”, European Journal of Operational Research (2016), 251:33, 969-987.
  26. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, “Detection of unusable bicycles in bike-sharing systems”, Omega (2016), 65, 10-16.
  27. Iris Forma, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, “A 3-step math heuristic for the static repositioning problem in bike-sharing systems”, Transportation Research Part B (2015), 71, 230-247.
  28. Nicole Adler, A. Shalom Hakkert, Tal Raviv, M. Sher, “The traffic police location and schedule assignment problem”, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (2014), 21, 315-333.
  29. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, “Parking reservation policies in one-way vehicle sharing systems”, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological (2014), 62, 35-50.
  30. Michael Masin, Tal Raviv, “Linear programming-based algorithms for the minimum makespan high multiplicity jobshop problem”, Journal of Scheduling (2014), 17:4, 321-338.
  31. Tal Raviv, Michal Tzur, Iris Forma, “Static repositioning in a bike-sharing system: models and solution approaches”, EURO Journal of Transportation and Logistics (2013), 2, 187-229.
  32. Tal Raviv, O. Kolka, “Optimal inventory management of a bike-sharing station”, IIE Transactions (2013), 45:10, 1077-1093.
  33. Tal Raviv, “An efficient algorithm for maximizing the expected profit from a serial production line with inspection stations and rework”, OR-Spectrum (2013), 35:3, 609-638.
  34. Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv, “Service-oriented line planning and timetabling for passenger trains”, Transportation Science (2013), 47:3, 295-311.
  35. Tal Raviv, “The battery switching station scheduling problem”, Operations Research Letters (2012), 40:6, 546-550.
  36. Tal Raviv, Mor Kaspi, “The locomotive fleet fueling problem”, Operations Research Letters (2012), 40:1, 39-45.
  37. D. Granot, F. Granot, Tal Raviv, “On competitive location in a network”, European Journal of Operational Research (2010), 205, 301-312.
  38. W. D. Cook, Tal Raviv, A. J. Richardson, “Aggregating incomplete lists of journal rankings: an application to academic accounting journals”, Accounting Perspectives (2010), 9:3, 217-235.
  39. M. Penn, Tal Raviv, “An algorithm for the maximum revenue jobshop problem”, European Journal of Operational Research (2009), 193, 437-450.
  40. M. Penn, Tal Raviv, “A polynomial time algorithm for solving a quality control station configuration problem”, Discrete Applied Mathematics (2008), 156, 412-419.
  41. M. Penn, Tal Raviv, “Optimizing the quality control station configuration”, Naval Research Logistics (2007), 54, 301-314.
  42. W. D. Cook, B. Golany, M. Penn, Tal Raviv, “Creating a consensus ranking of proposals from reviewers' partial ordinal rankings”, Computers & Operations Research (2006), 34:4.
  43. G. Allon, D. P. Kroese, Tal Raviv, R. Y. Rubinstein, “Application of the cross-entropy method to the buffer allocation problem in a simulation-based environment”, Annals of Operations Research (2005), 134, 137-151.
  44. W. D. Cook, B. Golany, M. Kress, M. Penn, Tal Raviv, “Optimal allocation of proposals to reviewers to facilitate effective ranking”, Management Science (2005), 51:4, 655-661.

Book chapters

  1. Tal Raviv, Margaretha Gansterer, “Location, capacity, and layout problems of automated parcel lockers”, Encyclopedia in Operations Management, vol. 2 (2026), 386-393.preprint

Working papers

  1. Tal Raviv, “The lecture-hall quadratic assignment problem”, April 2026.GitHub repo
  2. Tal Raviv, Yossi Bukchin, “Escort-flow approach for the puzzle-based storage multi-load retrieval in static and dynamic environments”, October 2025.
  3. Shachar Eizen, Michal Tzur, Tal Raviv, “Dynamic parcel routing with endogenous service times in a hyper-connected network”, July 2024.
  4. Eyal Tenzer, Tal Raviv, “Crowd-shipping of small parcels in a physical internet”, July 2018.