European Journal of Operational Research

1977 - 2025

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Volume 305, issue 3, 2023

A classification of dynamic programming formulations for offline deterministic single-machine scheduling problems pp. 999-1017

Christos Koulamas and George J. Kyparisis

Appointment scheduling for medical diagnostic centers considering time-sensitive pharmaceuticals: A dynamic robust optimization approach pp. 1018-1031

Mohammad Namakshenas, Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh, Aleida Braaksma and Mehdi Heydari

Structured learning based heuristics to solve the single machine scheduling problem with release times and sum of completion times pp. 1032-1041

Axel Parmentier and T’Kindt, Vincent

Distributionally robust multi-period location-allocation with multiple resources and capacity levels in humanitarian logistics pp. 1042-1062

Yongjian Yang, Yunqiang Yin, Dujuan Wang, Joshua Ignatius, T.C.E. Cheng and Lalitha Dhamotharan

Stronger mixed-integer programming-formulations for order- and rack-sequencing in robotic mobile fulfillment systems pp. 1063-1078

Jan-Erik Justkowiak and Erwin Pesch

Integrating preferences within multiobjective flexible job shop scheduling pp. 1079-1086

Madani Bezoui, Alexandru-Liviu Olteanu and Marc Sevaux

A pessimist’s approach to one-sided matching pp. 1087-1099

Tom Demeulemeester, Dries Goossens, Ben Hermans and Roel Leus

Firms’ production and green technology strategies: The role of emission asymmetry and carbon taxes pp. 1100-1112

Ke Fu, Yanzhi Li, Huiqiang Mao and Zhaowei Miao

Encroachment by a better-informed manufacturer pp. 1113-1129

Yang Tong, Tao Lu, Yina Li and Fei Ye

Block sourcing plus pp. 1130-1140

Lluis Bru, Daniel Cardona and József Sákovics

Policies for the dynamic traveling maintainer problem with alerts pp. 1141-1152

Paulo da Costa, Peter Verleijsdonk, Simon Voorberg, Alp Akcay, Stella Kapodistria, Willem van Jaarsveld and Yingqian Zhang

Will being an angel bring more harm than good? Altruistic newsvendors with different risk attitudes pp. 1153-1165

Tsan-Ming Choi and Ting Zhang

Information acquisition for service contract quotations made by repair shops pp. 1166-1177

S. Voorberg, W. van Jaarsveld, R. Eshuis and G.J. van Houtum

Abstract network flow with intermediate storage for evacuation planning pp. 1178-1193

Urmila Pyakurel, Durga Prasad Khanal and Tanka Nath Dhamala

Matching functions for free-floating shared mobility system optimization to capture maximum walking distances pp. 1194-1214

Matthias Soppert, Claudius Steinhardt, Christian Müller, Jochen Gönsch and Prasanna M. Bhogale

Channel mode selection for an e-platform supply chain in the presence of a secondary marketplace pp. 1215-1235

Zhichao Zhang, Haiyan Xu, Kebing Chen, Yingxue Zhao and Zhi Liu

A game theoretic model of the behavioural gaming that takes place at the EMS - ED interface pp. 1236-1258

Michalis Panayides, Vince Knight and Paul Harper

Robustness of stochastic programs with endogenous randomness via contamination pp. 1259-1272

Miloš Kopa and Tomáš Rusý

Structural models for fog computing based internet of things architectures with insurance and risk management applications pp. 1273-1291

Xiaoyu Zhang, Maochao Xu, Jianxi Su and Peng Zhao

Simulation of multidimensional diffusions with sticky boundaries via Markov chain approximation pp. 1292-1308

Christian Meier, Lingfei Li and Gongqiu Zhang

A generalized approach to ordinal classification based on the comparison of actions with either limiting or characteristic profiles pp. 1309-1322

Eduardo Fernández, José Rui Figueira, Jorge Navarro and Efrain Solares

Reducing the time required to find the Kemeny ranking by exploiting a necessary condition for being a winner pp. 1323-1336

Noelia Rico, Camino R. Vela and Irene Díaz

A robust omnichannel pricing and ordering optimization approach with return policies based on data-driven support vector clustering pp. 1337-1354

Ruozhen Qiu, Lin Ma and Minghe Sun

Efficient estimation of a risk measure requiring two-stage simulation optimization pp. 1355-1365

Tianxiang Wang, Jie Xu, Jian-Qiang Hu and Chun-Hung Chen

Optimal timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions during an epidemic pp. 1366-1389

Nick F.D. Huberts and Jacco J.J. Thijssen

Machine learning for corporate default risk: Multi-period prediction, frailty correlation, loan portfolios, and tail probabilities pp. 1390-1406

Fabio Sigrist and Nicola Leuenberger

The mobile production vehicle routing problem: Using 3D printing in last mile distribution pp. 1407-1423

Yu Wang, Stefan Ropke, Min Wen and Simon Bergh

The polynomial robust knapsack problem pp. 1424-1434

Alessandro Baldo, Matteo Boffa, Lorenzo Cascioli, Edoardo Fadda, Chiara Lanza and Arianna Ravera

Improving defensive air battle management by solving a stochastic dynamic assignment problem via approximate dynamic programming pp. 1435-1449

Joseph M. Liles, Matthew J. Robbins and Brian J. Lunday

The GMM estimation of semiparametric spatial stochastic frontier models pp. 1450-1464

Zhezhi Hou, Shunan Zhao and Subal Kumbhakar

Surrender contagion in life insurance pp. 1465-1479

Chunli Cheng, Christian Hilpert, Aidin Miri Lavasani and Mick Schaefer

Target-initiated takeover with search frictions pp. 1480-1497

Michi Nishihara

Volume 305, issue 2, 2023

Production, maintenance and resource scheduling: A review pp. 501-529

M. Geurtsen, Jeroen B.H.C. Didden, J. Adan, Z. Atan and I. Adan

Exact approaches for the combined cell layout problem pp. 530-546

Mirko Dahlbeck, Anja Fischer, Frank Fischer, Philipp Hungerländer and Kerstin Maier

Approximating a linear multiplicative objective in watershed management optimization pp. 547-561

Ashley N. Boddiford, Daniel E. Kaufman, Daphne E. Skipper and Nelson A. Uhan

Stochastic stability analysis of particle swarm optimization with pseudo random number assignment strategy pp. 562-593

Mingchang Chih

Approximation algorithms for bicriteria scheduling problems on identical parallel machines for makespan and total completion time pp. 594-607

Xiaojuan Jiang, Kangbok Lee and Michael L. Pinedo

Two-stage no-wait proportionate flow shop scheduling with minimal service time variation and optional job rejection pp. 608-616

Christos Koulamas and George J. Kyparisis

Seriation using tree-penalized path length pp. 617-629

Denis A. Aliyev and Craig L. Zirbel

The multiple traveling salesman problem in presence of drone- and robot-supported packet stations pp. 630-643

Konstantin Kloster, Mahdi Moeini, Daniele Vigo and Oliver Wendt

Subsidize or Not: The Competition of Credit Card and Online Credit in Platform-based Supply Chain System pp. 644-658

Quan Li, Yong Zha and Yu Dong

Eliminate demand information disadvantage in a supplier encroachment supply chain with information acquisition pp. 659-673

Jing Chen, Hubert Pun and Qiao Zhang

A shortfall modelling-based solution approach for stochastic cyclic inventory routing pp. 674-684

Birger Raa and Tarik Aouam

A comprehensive risk assessment view on interval type-2 fuzzy controller for a time-dependent HazMat routing problem pp. 685-707

Fatemeh Zandieh and Seyed Farid Ghannadpour

Store location with multipurpose shopping trips and a new random utility customers’ choice model pp. 708-721

Gonzalo Méndez-Vogel, Vladimir Marianov, Armin Lüer-Villagra and H.A. Eiselt

Increases or discounts: Price strategies based on customers’ patience times pp. 722-737

Jian Liu, Jian Chen, Rui Bo, Fanlin Meng, Yong Xu and Peng Li

Asymptotically tight conic approximations for chance-constrained AC optimal power flow pp. 738-753

Abolhassan Mohammadi Fathabad, Jianqiang Cheng, Kai Pan and Boshi Yang

A study of data-driven distributionally robust optimization with incomplete joint data under finite support pp. 754-765

Ke Ren and Hoda Bidkhori

Subsampling bootstrap in network DEA pp. 766-780

Maria Michali, Ali Emrouznejad, Akram Dehnokhalaji and Ben Clegg

Deep preference learning for multiple criteria decision analysis pp. 781-805

Krzysztof Martyn and Miłosz Kadziński

Solving the inverse graph model for conflict resolution using a hybrid metaheuristic algorithm pp. 806-819

Yuming Huang, Bingfeng Ge, Keith W. Hipel, Liping Fang, Bin Zhao and Kewei Yang

Reinforcement learning for multi-item retrieval in the puzzle-based storage system pp. 820-837

Jing He, Xinglu Liu, Qiyao Duan, Chan, Wai Kin (Victor) and Mingyao Qi

To do or not to do? Cost-sensitive causal classification with individual treatment effect estimates pp. 838-852

Wouter Verbeke, Diego Olaya, Marie-Anne Guerry and Jente Van Belle

Data-driven dynamic treatment planning for chronic diseases pp. 853-867

Christof Naumzik, Stefan Feuerriegel and Anne Molgaard Nielsen

Optimal management of DC pension fund under the relative performance ratio and VaR constraint pp. 868-886

Guohui Guan, Zongxia Liang and Yi Xia

Prescriptive analytics for a multi-shift staffing problem pp. 887-901

Pascal M. Notz, Peter K. Wolf and Richard Pibernik

Stochastic scheduling of chemotherapy appointments considering patient acuity levels pp. 902-916

Sırma Karakaya, Serhat Gul and Melih Çelik

Who will pay for the “bicycle cemetery”? Evolutionary game analysis of recycling abandoned shared bicycles under dynamic reward and punishment pp. 917-929

Qingqing Sun, Hong Chen, Ruyin Long and Jiahui Yang

DEA-based Nash bargaining approach to merger target selection pp. 930-945

Tsung-Sheng Chang, Ji-Gang Lin and Jamal Ouenniche

Estimating the degree of firms’ input market power via data envelopment analysis: Evidence from the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry pp. 946-960

Hirofumi Fukuyama, Roman Matousek and Nickolaos G. Tzeremes

Hybrid equity swap, cap, and floor pricing under stochastic interest by Markov chain approximation pp. 961-978

J. Lars Kirkby

A game theoretic approach to a problem in polymatroid maximization pp. 979-988

Lisa Hellerstein and Thomas Lidbetter

Contagion effects of UK small business failures: A spatial hierarchical autoregressive model for binary data pp. 989-997

Raffaella Calabrese

Volume 305, issue 1, 2023

Spatial coverage in routing and path planning problems pp. 1-20

Katharina Glock and Anne Meyer

Service allocation equity in location coverage analytics pp. 21-37

Jing Xu, Alan T. Murray, Richard L. Church and Ran Wei

The continuous maximum capacity path interdiction problem pp. 38-52

Javad Tayyebi, Ankan Mitra and Jorge A. Sefair

Ant colony optimization for path planning in search and rescue operations pp. 53-63

Michael Morin, Irène Abi-Zeid and Claude-Guy Quimper

A matheuristic for a 2-echelon vehicle routing problem with capacitated satellites and reverse flows pp. 64-84

Dorian Dumez, Christian Tilk, Stefan Irnich, Fabien Lehuédé, Katharina Olkis and Olivier Péton

Analysis of financing strategy in coopetition supply chain with opportunity cost pp. 85-100

Ningning Du, Yingchen Yan and Zhongfeng Qin

An approach for bi-objective maintenance scheduling on a networked system with limited resources pp. 101-113

Michele Urbani, Matteo Brunelli and Antti Punkka

Private label sourcing for an e-tailer with agency selling and service provision pp. 114-127

Hengyu Li, Huangen Chen, Junwu Chai and Victor Shi

Traceability vs. sustainability in supply chains: The implications of blockchain pp. 128-147

Debajyoti Biswas, Hamed Jalali, Amir H. Ansaripoor and Pietro De Giovanni

Order assignment and scheduling under processing and distribution time uncertainty pp. 148-163

Yantong Li, Jean-François Côté, Leandro C. Coelho, Chuang Zhang and Shuai Zhang

Strategy-based transit stochastic user equilibrium model with capacity and number-of-transfers constraints pp. 164-183

Guoyuan Li and Anthony Chen

Demand-oriented integration optimization of train timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning with flexible train compositions: A column-generation-based approach pp. 184-206

Hanchuan Pan, Lixing Yang and Zhe Liang

Allocation of inventory responsibilities in overconfident supply chains pp. 207-221

Zhongyuan Hao, Juan Li and Jinling Cai

An extensible multi-block layout warehouse routing optimization model pp. 222-239

Yixuan Su, Xi Zhu, Jinlong Yuan, Kok Lay Teo, Meixia Li and Chunfa Li

Technology investments into a supplier with upstream entry pp. 240-259

Guanmei Liu, Haijun Wang and Xiaofeng Shao

The pickup and delivery problem with transshipments: Critical review of two existing models and a new formulation pp. 260-270

Zefeng Lyu and Andrew Junfang Yu

A choice-based optimization approach for contracting in supply chains pp. 271-286

Nils Roemer, Sven Müller and Guido Voigt

Buyer guarantee and bailout in supplier finance with bankruptcy cost pp. 287-299

Yanhai Li, Jinwen Ou and Chaocheng Gu

Firm response to ethically motivated boycotts pp. 300-311

Yahel Giat and Eran Manes

Pricing and content development for online media platforms regarding consumer homing choices pp. 312-328

Cheng-Han Wu and Yun-Yao Chiu

Modeling business partnerships: A data envelopment analysis approach pp. 329-337

Gholam R. Amin and Mustapha Ibn Boamah

Variable selection in convex quantile regression: L1-norm or L0-norm regularization? pp. 338-355

Sheng Dai

The assessment of performance trends and convergence in education and training systems of European countries pp. 356-372

Ana S. Camanho, Dovile Stumbriene, Flávia Barbosa and Audrone Jakaitiene

A theoretical and computational equilibria analysis of a multi-player kidney exchange program pp. 373-385

Margarida Carvalho and Andrea Lodi

Optimizing active surveillance for prostate cancer using partially observable Markov decision processes pp. 386-399

Weiyu Li, Brian T. Denton and Todd M. Morgan

Robust drone selective routing in humanitarian transportation network assessment pp. 400-428

Guowei Zhang, Ning Jia, Ning Zhu, Yossiri Adulyasak and Shoufeng Ma

Extended gradient of convex function and capital allocation pp. 429-437

Bogdan Grechuk

Set-weighted games and their application to the cover problem pp. 438-450

Vasily V. Gusev

Pandemic portfolio choice pp. 451-462

Holger Kraft and Farina Weiss

Meta-frontier and technology switchers: A nonparametric approach pp. 463-474

Barnabé Walheer

Collaborative development of composite indices from qualitative value judgements: The EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index model pp. 475-492

Carlos A. Bana e Costa, Monica Oliveira, Ana C.L. Vieira, Liliana Freitas, Teresa C. Rodrigues, João Bana e Costa, Ângela Freitas and Paula Santana

How to preempt attacks in multi-front conflict with limited resources pp. 493-500

Kai Konrad and Florian Morath