International Journal of Operational Research

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Volume 40, issue 4, 2021

Location of depots and allocation of buses to depots in urban road transport organisations: a mathematical model and greedy heuristic algorithm pp. 411-436

M. Mathirajan, P. Suba and Ramakrishnan Ramanathan

Analysis of a variant working vacation queue with customer impatience and server breakdowns pp. 437-459

P. Vijaya Laxmi, P. Rajesh and T.W. Kassahun

Efficiency measurement of Canadian oil and gas companies pp. 460-488

Mohamed Dia, Pawoumodom M. Takouda and Amirmohsen Golmohammadi

The second purchase decision under selling price-sensitive stochastic demand and purchasing price uncertainty pp. 489-501

Xiangling Hu and Jaideep Motwani

Flexible shift scheduling for a call centre using column generation pp. 502-523

Carlos Campos Amezcua, Omar G. Rojas, Emilio Zamudio Gutierrez and Elias Olivares-Benitez

Reliability models of a series-parallel system with replacement at failure pp. 524-543

Nura Khalil and Ibrahim Yusuf

Volume 40, issue 3, 2021

An economic production quantity model with imperfection in process, unit transportation cost and backordering pp. 279-296

Mubashir Hayat

Evaluation and ranking of the banks and financial institutes using fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS techniques pp. 297-317

Mohammad Reza Hassanzadeh and Changiz Valmohammadi

Asset management strategies for wind turbines: keeping or retrofitting existing wind turbines? pp. 318-341

Suna Cinar, Saeed Rubaiee and Mehmet Bayram Yildirim

A game theoretic approach for integrated pricing, lot-sizing and advertising decisions in a dual-channel supply chain pp. 342-365

Javad Zarei, Morteza Rasti-Barzoki and Seyed Reza Hejazi

A dynamic programming approach for solving the economic lot scheduling problem with batch shipments pp. 366-379

Fabian G. Beck and Christoph H. Glock

Inventory model based upon order criticality pp. 380-409

Kamal Sanguri and Sri Vanamalla Venkataraman

Volume 40, issue 2, 2021

Analysis of infinite buffer general bulk service queue with state dependent balking pp. 137-161

Gopal K. Gupta and A. Banerjee

Short-term operating room scheduling: a parallel machine under resource constraints problem pp. 162-184

Mohamed Amine Abdeljaoued, Zied Bahroun and Nour El Houda Saadani

Spiral with line segment directory for a helix search path to find a randomly located target in the space pp. 185-199

Mohamed Abd Allah El-Hadidy

A comprehensive review of approaches used for solving tele-centre location allocation problem in geographical plane pp. 200-238

Rajan Gupta, Sunil K. Muttoo and Saibal K. Pal

Performance analysis of asynchronous priority-based internet router under self-similar traffic input - queueing system with Markovian input and hyper-exponential services pp. 239-260

Malla Reddy Perati and Ravi Kumar Gudimalla

On modelling hard combinatorial optimisation problems as linear programs: refutations of the 'unconditional impossibility' claims pp. 261-278

Moustapha Diaby, Mark H. Karwan and Lei Sun

Volume 40, issue 1, 2021

Stationary distribution of an infinite-buffer batch-arrival and batch-service queue with random serving capacity and batch-size-dependent service pp. 1-31

S. Pradhan and U.C. Gupta

A model for optimal allocation of human resources based on the operational performance of organisational units by multi-agent systems pp. 32-51

Rahim Khanizad and Gholam Ali Montazer

A methodology to surface aspects of organisational culture to facilitate lean implementation within SMEs pp. 52-91

Abdullah Abdulaziz Alkhoraif and Patrick McLaughlin

Optimisation approach to solve the truck loading and delivery problem at long haul distances with heterogeneous products and fleet pp. 92-116

Luis-Angel Cantillo, Victor Cantillo and Pablo A. Miranda

The EOQ model with items of imperfect quality and replenishment from different suppliers pp. 117-136

Noura Yassine

Volume 39, issue 4, 2020

A modified column generation algorithm for scheduling problem of reentrant hybrid flow shops with queue constraints pp. 439-458

Bing-Hai Zhou and Ke Wang

Multi-objective production planning problem: a case study for optimal production pp. 459-493

Ahteshamul Haq, Murshid Kamal, Srikant Gupta and Irfan Ali

A hybrid GRASP for solving the bi-objective orienteering problem pp. 494-515

Hasnaa Rezki and Brahim Aghezzaf

Inventory management policy for perishable products with Weibull deterioration and constrained recovery assumption based on the residual life pp. 516-538

Cinzia Muriana

The general pickup and delivery problem with backtracking restrictions pp. 539-561

Zachary E. Bowden and Cliff T. Ragsdale

Permutation flow shop scheduling: variability of completion time differences – NP-completeness pp. 562-573

Barbara König, Rainer Leisten and Jan Stückrath

Volume 39, issue 3, 2020

Cost optimisation and maximum entropy analysis of a bulk queueing system with breakdown, controlled arrival and multiple vacations pp. 279-305

R.P. Nithya and M. Haridass

Pricing and cooperative advertising decisions in a two-echelon dual-channel supply chain pp. 306-324

Arash Apornak and Abbas Keramati

Optimisation of multi-plant capacitated lot-sizing problems in an integrated supply chain network using calibrated metaheuristic algorithms pp. 325-363

Maryam Mohammadi, Siti Nurmaya Musa and Mohd Bin Omar

Multi-objective simulation optimisation on discrete sets: a literature review pp. 364-405

Moonyoung Yoon and James Bekker

Rotary heuristic for uncapacitated continuous location-allocation problems pp. 406-415

M.D.H. Gamal, Zulkarnain and M. Imran

Economic allocation of farm land for commercial crops – a case study in Kasargod Region of India pp. 416-438

Raveena Suvarna and Sunith Hebbar

Volume 39, issue 2, 2020

Prioritising critical failure factors for the adoption of ERP system using TOPSIS method pp. 145-159

Santosh Kumar Yadav and Dennis Joseph

High-level stochastic project cost and duration planning methodology integrating earned duration, schedule and value, criticality, cruciality and downside risk metrics pp. 160-204

David A. Wood

Sustainable partner selection: an integrated AHP-TOPSIS approach pp. 205-236

Ramanjan Bhattacharya, Rakesh D. Raut, Bhaskar B. Gardas and Sachin S. Kamble

A deterministic production inventory model with defective items, imperfect rework process and shortages backordered pp. 237-261

Harun Öztürk

A push strategy optimisation model for a marine shrimp farming supply chain network pp. 262-277

Chaimongkol Limpianchob, Masahiro Sasabe and Shoji Kasahara

Volume 39, issue 1, 2020

Adaptive technique for transient stability constraints optimal power flow pp. 1-23

Venkatachalam Manjula and Ahamed Khan Mahabub Basha

Evaluation and designing reverse logistics for risk-neutral and risk-seeking decision makers pp. 24-49

Aida Nazari Gooran, Hamed Rafiei and Masoud Rabbani

Managing unreliability in automotive supply networks – an extension of the joint economic lot size model pp. 50-68

Tim Gruchmann and Marcus Brandenburg

Economic ordering policy for deteriorating items with inflation induced time dependent demand under infinite time horizon pp. 69-94

K.V. Geetha and R. Udayakumar

Fuzzy logic-based multi-level shunt active power filter for harmonic reduction pp. 95-115

Sundaram Elango, R. Subramanian, Venugopal Manikandan and Krishnan Ramakrishnan

Constrained project scheduling problem: a survey of recent investigations pp. 116-143

Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Asmaa Atef and Abd El-Nasser H. Zaied

Volume 38, issue 4, 2020

Heuristics for disassembly lot sizing problem with lost sales pp. 449-476

Mustapha Hrouga, Matthieu Godichaud and Lionel Amodeo

Interference reduction using particle swarm optimisation in MIMO-WCDMA multicellular networks pp. 477-492

N. Mohan

Blocking probability-based admission control technique for QoS provisioning in WDM networks pp. 493-506

M.R. Senkumar, K. Chitra and C. Selvakumar

Hybrid BBO-PSO-based extreme learning machine neural network model for mitigation of harmonic distortions in micro grids pp. 507-524

S. Gunasekaran and R. Maheswar

An analysis of Korean bank performance using chance-constrained data envelopment analysis pp. 525-543

Yong Joo Lee, Seong-Jong Joo and Taewon Hwang

ABC algorithm for estimation of dynamic parameters in radial power system transfer path pp. 544-569

J. Jeha and S. Charles Raja

A continuous review policy based on the stock diffusion theory: analysis and insights via Monte-Carlo simulation pp. 570-598

Francesco Zammori

Volume 38, issue 3, 2020

Location-allocation models for healthcare facilities with long-term demand pp. 295-320

Ruilin Ouyang, Tasnim Ibn Faiz and Md. Noor-E-Alam

Improving recommendation quality by identifying more similar neighbours in a collaborative filtering mechanism pp. 321-342

Rahul Kumar, Pradip Kumar Bala and Shubhadeep Mukherjee

Best A* discovery for multi agents planning pp. 343-363

Mohammed Chennoufi, Fatima Bendella and Maroua Bouzid

Evaluation of ethanol multimodal transport logistics: a case in Brazil pp. 364-391

André Martins, Peter F. Wanke and Henrique L. Corrêa

A suggested method for solving capacitated location problems under fuzzy environment pp. 392-402

Maged G. Iskander

Application of a genetic algorithm for multi-item inventory lot-sizing with supplier selection under quantity discount and lead time pp. 403-421

Sunan Klinmalee, Thanakorn Naenna and Chirawat Woarawichai

A reverse logistics model for decaying items with variable production and remanufacturing incorporating learning effects pp. 422-448

S.R. Singh, Swati Sharma and Mohit Kumar

Volume 38, issue 2, 2020

A review of job shop scheduling problems in multi-factories pp. 147-165

Imen Chaouch, Olfa Belkahla Driss and Khaled Ghedira

Optimal sourcing policies for single and multiple period scenarios pp. 166-192

Shantanu Shankar Bagchi and A.K. Rao

Genetic algorithm for quadratic assignment problems: application of Taguchi method for optimisation pp. 193-220

T.G. Pradeepmon, Vinay V. Panicker and R. Sridharan

A hybrid approach of NSGA-II and TOPSIS for minimising vibration and surface roughness in machining process pp. 221-254

N. Zeelanbasha, V. Senthil and G. Mahesh

Routing vehicles through cross-docking facility for third party logistics service providers pp. 255-277

M. Birasnav, S. Kalaivanan, A. Ramesh and Rajendra Tibrewala

Winsorize tree algorithm for handling outlier in classification problem pp. 278-293

Chee Keong Ch'ng and Nor Idayu Mahat

Volume 38, issue 1, 2020

Systems reliability assessment using hesitant fuzzy set pp. 1-18

Akshay Kumar, S.B. Singh and Mangey Ram

A modified generalised inverse method for solving geometric programming problems with extended degrees of difficulties (K ≥ 0) pp. 19-30

Harrison O. Amuji, Fidelis I. Ugwuowo, Walford I.E. Chukwu and Peter. I. Uche

A multi-objective approach for locating temporary shelters under damage uncertainty pp. 31-48

Ashish Trivedi and Amol Singh

Multi-criteria approach for platelet inventory management in hospitals pp. 49-69

Suchithra Rajendran and A. Ravi Ravindran

A comparative analysis between LINMAP, paired comparison method and naturalistic ranking in different data display contexts pp. 70-81

Hanane Taffahi and David Claudio

Unreliable server retrial G -queue with bulk arrival, optional additional service and delayed repair pp. 82-111

Charan Jeet Singh, Sandeep Kaur and Madhu Jain

A graph theoretic-based approach to distribution network planning with routes interaction regarding the fix-charge transportation problem pp. 112-136

Babak H. Tabrizi and Masoud Rabbani

Bank oligopoly competition analysis using a differential equations model pp. 137-145

Miltiadis Chalikias, Panagiota Lalou, Michalis Skordoulis, Perikles Papadopoulos and Stavros Fatouros