Christian Fikar
Assistant Professor
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Department of Informations Systems and Operations
Institute for Production Management
Building D2, Entrance C, 3rd Floor
Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria
Email: christian.fikar(at)wu.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-31336/6244
Fax: +43-1-31336/90 6244
Consultation on Appointment
Background
Christian Fikar is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Production Management. He holds a Habilitation in Business Administration and a doctoral degree in Social and Economic Sciences from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) as well as a master's degree in Supply Chain Management from WU. His research fields include logistics, supply chain management and related decision support systems to investigate and optimize delivery processes, particularly for humanitarian and food logistics operations. Christian teaches several courses in operations research and on related decision support systems at WU.
Research Interests
Simulation Optimization
Decision Support Systems
Time-Critical Logistics Operations
Lectures at WU
Journal article
| 2020 | Protic, Sonja, Fikar, Christian, Vögl, Jana, Gronalt, Manfred. 2020. Analysing the impact of value added services at intermodal inland terminals. International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications. 23 (2), 159-177. Read more |
| 2020 | Fikar, Christian. 2020. Model-driven decision support to facilitate efficient fresh food deliveries. Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment. 71 (1), 1-9. Read more |
| 2019 | Estrada¿Moreno, Alejandro, Fikar, Christian, Juan, Angel, Hirsch, Patrick. 2019. A biased¿randomized algorithm for redistribution of perishable food inventories in supermarket chains. International Transactions in Operational Research. 26 (6), 2077-2095. Read more |
| 2019 | Leithner, Magdalena, Fikar, Christian. 2019. A simulation model to investigate impacts of facilitating quality data within organic fresh food supply chains. Annals of Operations Research. Read more |
| 2019 | Vögl, Jana, Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, Gronalt, Manfred. 2019. A simulation study to evaluate economic and environmental effects of different unloading infrastructure in an urban retail street. Computers and Industrial Engineering. 137 10603 Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian, Mild, Andreas, Waitz, Martin. 2019. Facilitating consumer preferences and product shelf life data in the design of e-grocery deliveries. European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR). Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, Gronalt, Manfred. 2018. A decision support system to investigate dynamic last-mile distribution facilitating cargo-bikes. International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications. 21 (3), 300-317. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian. 2018. A decision support system to investigate food losses in e-grocery deliveries. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 117, 282-290. Read more |
| 2018 | Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian, Faulin, Javier, Hirsch, Patrick, Fikar, Christian. 2018. Agent-based simulation for horizontal cooperation in logistics and transportation: From the individual to the grand coalition. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 85, 47-59. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, Nolz, Pamela. 2018. Agent-based simulation optimization for dynamic disaster relief distribution. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 26 (2), 423-442. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick. 2018. Evaluation of trip and car sharing concepts for home health care services. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 30 (1-2), 78-97. Read more |
| 2018 | Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian, Pintor, Jesus M, Fikar, Christian, Faulin, Javier, Alegria, Irantzu, Astiz, Pablo. 2018. Practice Summary: Deriving the Optimal Location of a Biorefinery in Northern Spain. Interfaces. 48 (6), 596-600. Read more |
| 2018 | Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian, Hirsch, Patrick, Faulin, Javier, Fikar, Christian. 2018. The role of horizontal cooperation to improve service quality in last-mile distribution. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling. 13 (4), 299-309. Read more |
| 2017 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick. 2017. Home health care routing and scheduling: A review. Computers and Operations Research, 77, 86-95. Read more |
| 2017 | Gruler, Aljoscha, Fikar, Christian, Juan, Angel, Hirsch, Patrick, Contreras-Bolton, Carlos. 2017. Supporting multi-depot and stochastic waste collection management in clustered urban areas via simulation–optimization. Journal of Simulation, 11 (1), 11-19. Read more |
| 2016 | Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2016. A decision support system for coordinated disaster relief distribution. Expert Systems with Applications, 57, 104-116. Read more |
| 2016 | Fikar, Christian, Juan, Angel, Martinez, Enoc, Hirsch, Patrick. 2016. A discrete-event driven metaheuristic for dynamic home service routing with synchronised trip sharing. European Journal of Industrial Engineering. 10 (3), 323-340. Read more |
| 2016 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, Posset, Martin, Gronalt, Manfred. 2016. Impact of transalpine rail network disruptions: A study of the Brenner Pass. Journal of Transport Geography. 54 122-131. Read more |
| 2016 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2016. Resource deployment under consideration of conflicting needs in times of river floods. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 25 (5), 649-663. Read more |
| 2016 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2016. Training decision-makers in flood response with system dynamics. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 25 (2), 118-136. Read more |
| 2015 | Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick. 2015. A matheuristic for routing real-world home service transport systems facilitating walking. Journal of Cleaner Production, 105, 300-310. Read more |
| 2015 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2015. Understanding the impact of cascade effects of natural disasters on disaster relief operations. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 12 350-365. Read more |
Contribution to conference proceedings
| 2019 | Reimers, Tim, Rudel, Steffi, Lechner, Ulrike, Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, et al., - 2019. Absicherung von Wertschöpfungsketten in der Lebensmittelproduktion und -logistik mittels Distributed-Ledger Technologie: Das Forschungsdesign. In IT-Sicherheit als Voraussetzung für eine erfolgreiche Digitalisierung, Hrsg. Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, 373-383. Bonn - Bad Godesberg: SecuMedia. Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian, Mild, Andreas, Reiner, Gerald, Waitz, Martin. 2019. Integrated demand and shelf life-based inventory management to reduce food waste within e-grocery operations. In Proceedings of the 26th EurOMA Conference - Operations Adding Value to Society, Hrsg. Kovács G and Kuula M, 103-110. Helsinki: None. Read more |
| 2018 | Waitz, Martin, Mild, Andreas, Fikar, Christian. 2018. A Decision Support System for Efficient Last-Mile Distribution of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables as Part of E-Grocery Operations. In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hrsg. Tung Bui, 1259-1267. Waikoloa: None. Read more |
| 2018 | Vögl, Jana, Fikar, Christian, Hirsch, Patrick, Gronalt, Manfred. 2018. A discrete event simulation to investigate unloading operations in an urban retail street. In Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Harbor Maritime and Multimodal Logistics M&S, 2018, Hrsg. Bottani, Bruzzone, Longo, Merkuryev and Piera, 21-25. Budapest: None. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred. 2018. Agent-based simulation of restaurant deliveries facilitating cargo-bikes and urban consolidation. In Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Harbor Maritime and Multimodal Logistics M&S, 2018, Hrsg. Bottani, Bruzzone, Longo, Merkuryev and Piera, 8-13. Budapest: None. Read more |
| 2018 | Leithner, Magdalena, Fikar, Christian. 2018. Simulating Fresh Food Supply Chains by Integrating Product Quality. In Operations Research Proceedings 2017, Hrsg. Natalia Kliewer, Jan Fabian Ehmke, Ralf Borndörfer, 671-676. Cham: Springer. Read more |
Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium
| 2020 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Reiner, Gerald. 2020. Impact of e-grocery delivery concepts on food waste. Twenty-first International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Österreich, 25.02.-28.02. Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian. 2019. A bi-objective adaptive large neighborhood search to facilitate a reduction in food waste during e-grocery deliveries. EURO-K 2019, Dublin, Irland, 23.06-27.06. Read more |
| 2019 | Waitz, Martin, Fikar, Christian. 2019. Comparing preferences for e-grocery logistics services between urban and rural customers. EURO-K 2019, Dublin, Irland, 23.06-26.06. Read more |
| 2019 | Hakimifar, Mohammadmehdi, Balcik, Burcu, Wakolbinger, Tina, Fikar, Christian, Hemmelmayr, Vera. 2019. Evaluation of rapid needs assessment strategies in an uncertain and dynamic post-disaster environment. EURO-K 2019, Dublin, Irland, 23.06-26.06. Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian. 2019. Integrating consumer preferences and shelf life data in urban e-grocery deliveries. Research Talk at Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spanien, 13.02. Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian. 2019. Optimization of restaurant deliveries facilitating cargo-bikes and urban consolidation. Research Talk at Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spanien, 20.02. Read more |
| 2019 | Fikar, Christian. 2019. Simulation and optimization-based decision support systems. Research Talk at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finnland, 20.09. Read more |
| 2019 | Waitz, Martin, Fikar, Christian. 2019. The impact of urban and rural customer preferences for logistics services on e-grocery logistics operations. POMS 2019, Washington D.C. Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 02.05-06.05. Read more |
| 2018 | Leithner, Magdalena, Fikar, Christian. 2018. A decision support model integrating quality data in fresh food supply chains. EURO 2018 - 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spanien, 08.07-11.07. Read more |
| 2018 | Leithner, Magdalena, Fikar, Christian. 2018. A decision support model to facilitate quality data within a regional strawberry supply chain. II International Conference on Agro BigData and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Lleida, Spanien, 12.07-14.07. Read more |
| 2018 | Leithner, Magdalena, Fikar, Christian. 2018. An agent-based decision support system to facilitate agricultural sharing concepts for on-line food deliveries. EULOG2018, Linz, Austria, 04.10-05.10. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Leithner, Magdalena. 2018. Consolidation and distribution strategies to mitigate food losses within regional organic food deliveries. sustsc2018 : 2nd EWG Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains: Sustainable supply chains and the circular economy, Amsterdam, Niederlande, 06.07-07.07. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Mild, Andreas, Waitz, Martin. 2018. Decision support for e-grocery operations facilitating consumer preferences and product shelf life data. CYTED 2018 Madrid, Madrid, Spanien, 29.11-30.11. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Mild, Andreas, Waitz, Martin. 2018. Decision support for e-grocery operations facilitating consumer preferences and product shelf life data. EULOG2018, Linz, Austria, 04.10-05.10. Read more |
| 2018 | Fikar, Christian, Mild, Andreas, Waitz, Martin. 2018. Integrating consumer preferences and shelf life data in urban e-grocery logistics planning. EURO 2018 - 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spanien, 08.07-11.07. Read more |
| 2014 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2014. Applying the SD Approach to Cascading Effects in Case of Flood Events. 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014 ¿Integrative Risk Management ¿ The role of science, technology & practice¿, Davos, Schweiz, 24.08.-28.08. Read more |
| 2014 | Berariu, Romana, Fikar, Christian, Gronalt, Manfred, Hirsch, Patrick. 2014. Natural disasters and their cascading effects ¿ analyzing the impact on disaster relief with the system dynamics method. EMCSR 2014 ¿ European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Österreich, 22.04.-25.04. Read more |
Dissertation
| 2016 | Fikar, Christian. 2016. Routing and scheduling of home services facilitating trip sharing and walking. Dissertation, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien. Read more |