Andries M. Heyns

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Laboratory for Location Science Ph.D. University of Stellenbosch Email: aheyns@ua.edu Office: 2031 Shelby Hall Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

• Geographic Information Science
• Facilities Location Science
• Fire detection optimization (view research summary)
• Humanitarian logistics and GIS

Publications

• Heyns, A.M., du Plessis, W.P., Kosch, M., Hough, G. (2019) Optimisation of tower site locations for camera-based wildfire detection systems, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28(9), 651-665.
• Heyns, A.M., and van Vuuren, J.H. (2018) Multi-type, multi-zone facility location, Geographical Analysis, 50(1), 3-31.
• Heyns, A.M., and van Vuuren, J.H. (2016) A multi-resolution approach towards point-based multi-objective geospatial facility location, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 57, 80-92.
• Heyns, A.M., and van Vuuren, J.H. (2015) An evaluation of the effectiveness of observation camera placement within the MeerKAT radio telescope project, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 26(2), 10-25.

Academic and Professional Activities

• American Association of Geographers
• The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Operations Research Society of South Africa

• Doctors Without Borders - field worker in logistics and GIS. Central African Republic (2016), Mozambique (2017), Bangladesh Rohingya response (2017, 2018)
• Anti-poaching level 1 certification (2016)
• Volunteer Fire Fighting (2015, 2016)

Awards

• 2017 Tom Rozwadowski medal for the best written contribution to Operations Research by a member of the Operations Research Society of South Africa
• 2015 Award for the best doctoral presentation at the annual congress of the Operations Research Society of South Africa