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Volume 56, issue 3, 2026

The 14th Rothkopf Rankings: Continuing the Tradition of Measuring Academic Contributions to Operations Research Practice Literature pp. 213-223

Michael F. Gorman

Patient Outcome Predictions Improve Operations at Hartford HealthCare pp. 224-242

Liangyuan Na, Kimberly Villalobos Carballo, Jean Pauphilet, Ali Haddad-Sisakht, Daniel Kombert, Melissa Boisjoli-Langlois, Andrew Castiglione, Maram Khalifa, Pooja Hebbal, Barry Stein and Dimitris Bertsimas

Simulation-Optimization for Resource Allocation at SF Express Hub pp. 243-256

Zhenyu Huang, Zhou Xu and Xiaowen Fu

Financing Strategy on Accounts Receivable Supply Chain via Blockchain Technology pp. 257-273

Jizhou Zhan, Jiazhou Huang, Han Yan and Heap-Yih Chong

A Hard-Rock Mining Company Optimizes Schedules for Strategic Decision Making pp. 274-290

John Ayaburi, Aaron Swift, Alexandra M. Newman and Allen Morris

The City of Boston Sites Policy Interventions to Address Disparate Car-Crash Risk pp. 291-309

Mark Brennan, Sophia Dyer, James Salvia, Laura Segal, Erin Serino, Justin Steil and Sean Willems

Volume 56, issue 2, 2026

Call for Papers—The Return of the Fifth Column pp. iii-iii

Jeffrey D. Camm

In Memory of Distinguished Professor R. Kevin Wood: 1955–2025 pp. 113-114

Alexandra M. Newman

Enhancing Cost-Efficiency and Effectiveness in USAID’s Food Aid Supply Chain Operations in Ethiopia pp. 133-158

Weijia (Lluvia) Jing, Keziban R. Tasci, Özlem Ergun, Stephen A. Vosti and Patrick Webb

Long-Term Open-Pit Mine Planning with Large Neighborhood Search pp. 152-132

Michelle Blom, Adrian Pearce and Pascal Côté

Cornell University Uses Integer Programming to Optimize Final Exam Scheduling pp. 159-177

Tinghan Ye, Adam S. Jovine, Willem van Osselaer, Qihan Zhu and David B. Shmoys

Prisma, a Finnish Hypermarket Chain, Used Efficiency Analysis to Improve Performance pp. 178-192

Pekka J. Korhonen, Nasim Nasrabadi, Aapo Siljamäki and Jyrki Wallenius

Practice Summary: Cainiao Enhances the Parcel Sorting Efficiency Through AI-Generated Delivery Zone Codes pp. 193-197

Biao Yuan, Xusheng Zheng, Weiwei Cui and Youwei Han

Pilatus Aircraft Optimizes Inventory Management pp. 198-211

Garrett Miyaoka, Tulay Flamand and Alexandra Newman

Volume 56, issue 1, 2026

Introduction: 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science pp. 1-4

Irvin Lustig, Pelin Pekgün and Manoj Chari

Project 4:05: Optimizing USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Gold pp. 5-22

Ryan Cooper, Lindsay Golich, Craig Griffin, Jono Hailstone, Jim Miller and Gary Sutton

Regionalize and Scale: Amazon’s Fulfillment Network Design for Faster and Cheaper Delivery pp. 23-41

Amitabh Sinha, Jeremy Agte, Russell Allgor, Cristiana L. Lara, Ashish Agiwal, Semih Atakan, Lourdes Campo, Tolga Cezik, Daniel Chen, Qi Chen, Jesse Fischer, Eitan Gor, Nader Kabbani, Ryan Kennedy, Kaushik Krishnan, Yuan Li, Shahbaaz Mubeen Mamadapur, Tanmay Mathur, Nick McCabe, David Mildebrath, Eric Powell, Andrea Qualizza, Denton Schroeder, Nityansh Seth, Xiaoyan Si, Kaushik Sinha, Darren Stegner, Jun Xiao, Ling Zhang, Shanshan Zhang and Jikai Zou

Faster, Smarter, Leaner: How Flipkart Optimized Its Supply Chain to Unlock Growth pp. 42-57

Shubham Agarwal, Prateek Agrawal, Anurag Allamsetty, Adarsh Attavar, Deekshith B, Gowtham Bellala, Shobhit Bhatnagar, Hardik Choudhari, Vikas Goel, Praveen Gupta, Ananth Kachroo, Jay Kothadiya, Nagesh Km, Sai Anjani Kumar Kudupudi, Mayank Kumar, Naidu Kvm, Tanu Modi, Ramkumar Moorthy, Rakesh S. Nair, Goutham Sai Panyam, Avijit Shukla and Piyush Vyas

Decision Support for Schedule Recovery at Lufthansa Group Airlines pp. 58-75

Toby O. Davies, Daniel Duque, Emily Masten, Tom Tangl, Eric Bruneton, Alejandra Estanislao, Jon Orwant, Daniel Bogado Duffner, Michael Frey and Christian Most

SF Express Revolutionizes Its Operations Planning Strategy Using Operations Research pp. 76-94

Yixiao Huang, Ziheng Liu, Huan Chen, Yankun Geng, Fei Gao, Yiwen Liao, Jiaxin Lin, Kai Zhang, Guangyuan Zhu, Zhenmeng Wang, Qichang Chen, Xiangtan Lv, Junhao Shi, Yaomei Pi, Shengyang Jia, Bingying Zhang, Mengting Lin, Shuxian Tang, Song Feng, Hao Xiang, Jiarui Zhang, Canxin Lin, Yufeng Chu, Zhijie Wang, Rui Huang and Yizhi Wang

Dynamic Route Optimization and Automation of Industrial Routes at WM pp. 95-112

Hemachandra Pillutla, Seongbae Kim, Chao Zhou, Heesu Hwang, Sergiy Savchenko, Stuart Greene and Marcel Dalby

Volume 55, issue 6, 2025

OCP Optimizes Its Supply Chain for Africa pp. 437-456

El Mehdi Er Raqabi, Ahmed Beljadid, Mohammed Ali Bennouna, Rania Bennouna, Latifa Boussaadi, Nizar El Hachemi, Issmail El Hallaoui, Michel Fender, Mohamed Anouar Jamali, Nabil Si Hammou and François Soumis

Redesigning Belgian Youth Field Hockey Competitions Using an Incomplete Round-Robin Tournament pp. 457-468

Karel Devriesere and Dries Goossens

Print Demand Forecasting with Machine Learning at HP Inc pp. 469-483

M. Harshvardhan, Cara Curtland, Jerry Hwang, Chuck VanDam, Adam Ghozeil, Pedro A. Neto, Frederic Marie and Chuanren Liu

Ship Scheduling for Taicang Port pp. 484-505

Yinping Gao, Lu Zhen, Houjun Lu and Xingang Xu

Volume 55, issue 5, 2025

Introduction: 2024 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research pp. 383-385

James J. Cochran and Arnold Greenland

JD.com Improves Fulfillment Efficiency with Data-Driven Integrated Assortment Planning and Inventory Allocation pp. 386-398

Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Shuo Sun, Yongzhi Qi, Hao Hu, Ningxuan Kang, Jianshen Zhang, Xin Wang and Xiaoming Lin

Optimizing Music Station Playlists on Broadcast Radio pp. 399-411

José Antonio Carbajal, Juan Ma, Nannan Chen and Mario Aboytes-Ojeda

Redesigning Zoning Systems for Equitable and Efficient Last-Mile Delivery at Ninja Van pp. 412-423

John Gunnar Carlsson, Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim, Sheng Liu, Han Yu, Witsanu Arntong and Ee Hsin Tan

Transportation Marketplace Rate Forecast Using Signature Transform pp. 424-436

Haotian Gu, Xin Guo, Timothy L. Jacobs, Philip Kaminsky and Xinyu Li

Volume 55, issue 4, 2025

An Empirical Investigation into the Prevalence and Impacts of Complicating Environmental Factors in Published Interfaces / IJAA Projects pp. 279-295

Michael F. Gorman

A Generic Approach to Optimize a Blueprint Schedule for Multidisciplinary Group Therapy in Rehabilitation Care pp. 296-318

Ingeborg A. Bikker, Jasper H. Buil, Brigitte van den Bosch, Nydia van As, Wieteke A. M. J. van der Heijden-Ermers, Charlotte Reijers, Nikky Kortbeek, Mark van Houdenhoven and Richard J. Boucherie

A Tutorial on Teaching Data Analytics with Generative AI pp. 319-343

Robert L. Bray

Overbooking Surgical Blocks pp. 344-359

Christopher T. B. Strömblad, Upasana Raval, Kristy Zhou, Shok-Jean Yee, Thomas C. Barber and Martin R. Weiser

Co-Creating an Analytical Mindset at a Financial Technology Platform pp. 360-374

Anna Lukkarinen, Andrea Di Pietrantonio and Jyrki Wallenius

Optimizing a Heritage Railway Provider’s Volunteer Workforce Allocation: The Case of Swanage Railways pp. 375-382

Nikila Suresh and Bismark Singh

Volume 55, issue 3, 2025

Call for Papers— INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Special Issue: In Memoriam of Professor Burcu Keskin (1979–2024) on Supply Chain Optimization and Applications pp. iii-iii

James J. Cochran, Nickolas Freeman, Alexandra Newman and Mesut Yavuz

Integrating Analytics Competencies with Operations and Supply Chain Functional Excellence at the University of South Carolina pp. 179-194

Sanjay L. Ahire and Mark Ferguson

Automating Procurement Practices Using Artificial Intelligence pp. 195-223

Xingyi Li, Viviana Culmone, Bert De Reyck and Onesun Steve Yoo

Tutorial: Addressing Underexposed Components in Operations Research Literature pp. 224-237

Frans Cruijssen, Koen Peters and Hein Fleuren

Empowering MetroAccess Service with Nested Decomposition and Service Type Integration pp. 238-253

Shijie Chen, Md Hishamur Rahman, Nikola Marković, Muhammad Imran Younus Siddiqui, Matthew Mohebbi and Yanshuo Sun

Johnson & Johnson Uses Advanced Analytics to Optimize Gaylord Building and Truck Loading for Outbound Container Shipments pp. 254-262

Nitish Umang, Thomas Balcavage, Jefferson Jee, Riddhesh Nitin Kumtakar, Prem Raj Dahal, Angela Simko and James Oduntan Bode

Freight Gateway Consolidation for Purolator International Using Integer Programming pp. 263-278

Bahareh Mansouri, Ramy Abdallah, Srinivas Tamvada, Elkafi Hassini, Brian Bellino and Khelil Khelil

Volume 55, issue 2, 2025

In Memoriam: Burcu Keskin, 1979–2024 pp. 83-84

James J. Cochran, Nick Freeman, Alexandra Newman and Mesut Yavuz

Learning by Doing: The Industrial and Applied Mathematics Program at Eindhoven University of Technology pp. 85-100

Alessandro Di Bucchianico, Frits Spieksma and Maria Vlasiou

Saving Millions in Government Procurement Through Data Science and Market Design pp. 101-120

Marcelo Olivares, Daniela Saban, Gabriel Y. Weintraub, Eduardo Lara, Piero Zanocco and Paula Moreno

Optimizing Delhivery’s Midmile Logistics Network Using a Hybrid Evolutionary Search Algorithm pp. 121-136

Kishan Thakkar, Purvi Rastogi and Sarada P. Sarmah

Estimating Road Construction Costs with Explainable Machine Learning pp. 137-153

Rosanne Larocque, Anne-Marie Boulé and Quentin Cappart

Part Feeding and Internal Transportation Decision Making for a Machinery Manufacturer pp. 154-177

Ebenezer Olatunde Adenipekun, Veronique Limère and Nico André Schmid

Volume 55, issue 1, 2025

Introduction: 2024 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science pp. 1-4

Rajesh Tyagi and Pelin Pekgün

Data-Driven at Sea: Forecasting and Revenue Management at Molslinjen pp. 5-21

Pierre Pinson, Mikkel Bjørn, Simon Kristiansen, Claus B. Nielsen, Lasse Janerka, Jesper Skovgaard and Kristian Durhuus

Data-Driven Inventory Control and Integrated Employee Involvement for Special Buys at ALDI SÜD Germany pp. 22-35

Alex Tschan, Lars Hetzel, Ralf Eisinger, Carolin Eggen, Claudia Heuser and Victoria Fritz

McDonald’s China Adopts Operations Research for Network Design pp. 36-47

Shouwei Tang, Lei Wang, Yun Shi, Andy Li, Kevin Lin, Chen Xiang, Sophia Niu, Shaofeng Zhou, Ming Liu and Hank Tang

Optimization of Continuous Steel Annealing Operations Using Model Predictive Control at Tata Steel, India pp. 48-65

Sujit A. Jagnade, Sachin C. Patwardhan, Kunal Kumar, Arup K. Dey, Sai K. Gudimetla, Manish K. Singh, Ajay K. Jha, Gyan Prakash and Jose M. Korath

Optimizing Mobility for Elderly and Disabled Dutch Citizens Using Taxis pp. 66-82

Frans J. C. T. de Ruiter, Johan M. M. van Rooij, Peter Hulsen, Bart Post, Jeroen Goes, Geert Teeuwen, Matthijs Tijink, Bart Verberne, Niels Bourgonjen, Roelf Nienhuis, Tjeerd van der Poel and Laurens van Remortele