Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Hans Günther

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Volume 33, issue 4, 2021

To team up or not: single versus team driving in European road freight transport pp. 879-913

Asvin Goel, Thibaut Vidal and Adrianus Leendert Kok

Subsidy policies and operational strategies for multiple competing photovoltaic supply chains pp. 914-955

Zhisong Chen, Keith C. K. Cheung and Xiangtong Qi

Defining accurate delivery dates in make to order job-shops managed by workload control pp. 956-991

Davide Mezzogori, Giovanni Romagnoli and Francesco Zammori

A heuristic algorithm for identical parallel machine scheduling: splitting jobs, sequence-dependent setup times, and limited setup operators pp. 992-1026

Jun-Ho Lee and Hyun-Jung Kim

Social equity in supplier–buyer relationships in smallholder agri-food supply chains pp. 1027-1089

Nayeli Hernandez-Martinez, Nevin Mutlu and Jan C. Fransoo

Demand modelling for emergency medical service system with multiple casualties cases: k-inflated mixture regression model pp. 1090-1115

Hyunjin Lee and Taesik Lee

Volume 33, issue 3, 2021

Planning hinterland container transportation in congested deep-sea terminals pp. 583-622

Bernard G. Zweers, Sandjai Bhulai and Rob D. Mei

Revenue management with two fare classes in synchromodal container transportation pp. 623-662

Bart Van Riessen, Judith Mulder, Rudy R. Negenborn and Rommert Dekker

Simulation optimization iteration approach on traffic integrated yard allocation problem in transshipment terminals pp. 663-688

Chenhao Zhou, Qitong Zhao and Haobin Li

Modeling the effect of imperfect staggering in product inflow using queuing theory: revisiting block stacking layout pp. 689-716

Rakesh Venkitasubramony and Gajendra K. Adil

Incorporating shifting bottleneck identification in assembly line balancing problem using an artificial immune system approach pp. 717-749

Mohd Nor Akmal Khalid and Umi Kalsom Yusof

Order review and release in make-to-order flow shops: analysis and design of new methods pp. 750-782

Kaustav Kundu, Martin J. Land, Alberto Portioli-Staudacher and Jos A. C. Bokhorst

Improving emergency department performance by revising the patient–physician assignment process pp. 783-845

Lien Vanbrabant, Kris Braekers and Katrien Ramaekers

Optimizing construction schedules and material deliveries in city logistics: a case study from the building industry pp. 846-878

Pamela C. Nolz

Volume 33, issue 2, 2021

Coordinated optimization of equipment operations in a container terminal pp. 281-311

T. Jonker, M. B. Duinkerken, N. Yorke-Smith, A. Waal and R. R. Negenborn

Scheduling and loading problem for multiple, identical dry kilns pp. 312-336

Maria Anna Huka, Christian Rindler and Manfred Gronalt

Supply chain information sharing under consideration of bullwhip effect and system robustness pp. 337-380

Lina Tang, Taho Yang, Yiliu Tu and Yizhong Ma

Optimizing stock levels for service-differentiated demand classes with inventory rationing and demand lead times pp. 381-424

Oguzhan Vicil

Production-quality policy for a make-from-stock remanufacturing system pp. 425-456

Cheng-Han Wu

Demand smoothing in shift design pp. 457-484

Pieter Smet, Annelies Lejon and Greet Vanden Berghe

Robust facility location with structural complexity and demand uncertainty pp. 485-507

Yun Hui Lin, Yuan Wang, Loo Hay Lee and Ek Peng Chew

An integrated imperfect production system with advertisement dependent demand using branch and bound technique pp. 508-546

Barun Khara, Jayanta Kumar Dey and Shyamal Kumar Mondal

Pricing strategies for competitive firms with indirect network effects pp. 547-581

Wenzhu Zhang, Yue Dai and Lin Tian

Volume 33, issue 1, 2021

A comprehensive review of quay crane scheduling, yard operations and integrations thereof in container terminals pp. 1-42

Damla Kizilay and Deniz Türsel Eliiyi

Vessel scheduling in liner shipping: a critical literature review and future research needs pp. 43-106

Maxim A. Dulebenets, Junayed Pasha, Olumide F. Abioye and Masoud Kavoosi

Evaluating exposure of a retail rack layout in 3D pp. 107-135

Bradley Guthrie and Pratik J. Parikh

Consignment supply chain cooperation for complementary products under online to offline business mode pp. 136-182

Zhisong Chen and Shong-Iee Ivan Su

A real-time reactive framework for the surgical case sequencing problem pp. 183-211

Belinda Spratt and Erhan Kozan

Flexible staffing of physicians with column generation pp. 212-252

Melanie Erhard

Home healthcare routing and scheduling of multiple nurses in a dynamic environment pp. 253-280

Mustafa Demirbilek, Juergen Branke and Arne K. Strauss

Volume 32, issue 4, 2020

Editorial: Simulation optimization in manufacturing and services pp. 763-766

Carlo Meloni, Giulia Pedrielli, Inneke Nieuwenhuyse and Jie Xu

Population-based simulation optimization for urban mass rapid transit networks pp. 767-805

David Schmaranzer, Roland Braune and Karl F. Doerner

Impact of travel time uncertainties on the solution cost of a two-echelon vehicle routing problem with synchronization pp. 806-828

Alexandra Anderluh, Rune Larsen, Vera C. Hemmelmayr and Pamela C. Nolz

Capacity allocation and revenue sharing in healthcare alliances pp. 829-851

Xiaoquan Gao, Jianpei Wen and Jie Song

Integrated preventive maintenance and flow shop scheduling under uncertainty pp. 852-887

Javad Seif, Mohammad Dehghanimohammadabadi and Andrew Junfang Yu

Optimizing real-world factory flows using aggregated discrete event simulation modelling pp. 888-912

Simon Lidberg, Tehseen Aslam, Leif Pehrsson and Amos H. C. Ng

Scheduling approach for on-site jobs of service providers pp. 913-948

Tibor Holczinger, Olivér Ősz and Máté Hegyháti

Volume 32, issue 3, 2020

Efficient procedures for the weighted squared tardiness permutation flowshop scheduling problem pp. 487-522

Maria Raquel C. Costa, Jorge M. S. Valente and Jeffrey E. Schaller

Evolving ant colony system for large-sized integrated process planning and scheduling problem considering sequence-dependent setup times pp. 523-560

Chunghun Ha

An optimization tool to dimension innovative home health care services with devices and disposable materials pp. 561-598

Fabiola Regis-Hernández, Giuliana Carello and Ettore Lanzarone

Fine-grained simulation optimization for the design and operations of a multi-activity clinic pp. 599-628

P. Troy, N. Lahrichi, D. Porubska and L. Rosenberg

Continuous-time scheduling of production, distribution and sales in photovoltaic supply chains with declining prices pp. 629-667

Wolfgang Albrecht and Martin Steinrücke

Expected shortfall for the makespan in activity networks under imperfect information pp. 668-692

Carlo Meloni and Marco Pranzo

A multi commodity flow model incorporating flow reduction functions pp. 693-723

Bayan Bevrani, Robert L. Burdett, Ashish Bhaskar and Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda

Pricing and greening strategies for a dual-channel closed-loop green supply chain pp. 724-761

C. Mondal, B. C. Giri and T. Maiti

Volume 32, issue 2, 2020

Preface for the special issue on stochastic models of manufacturing and service operations pp. 237-240

James MacGregor Smith, Horst Tempelmeier, Maria Di-Mascolo and Tullio Tolio

Switching- and hedging- point policy for preventive maintenance with degrading machines: application to a two-machine line pp. 241-271

Maria Chiara Magnanini and Tullio Tolio

A decomposition method for assembly/disassembly systems with blocking and general distributions pp. 272-296

Jean-Sébastien Tancrez

Comparison of optimal buffer allocation in flow lines under installation buffer, echelon buffer, and CONWIP policies pp. 297-365

George Liberopoulos

Modeling and analyzing sequence stability in flexible automotive production systems pp. 366-394

Marcel Lehmann and Heinrich Kuhn

Safety stock placement for serial systems under supply process uncertainty pp. 395-424

Bengisu Urlu and Nesim K. Erkip

A two-stage robust optimization approach for the berth allocation problem under uncertainty pp. 425-452

Changchun Liu, Xi Xiang and Li Zheng

Designing intervention scheme for vaccine market: a bilevel programming approach pp. 453-485

Ece Zeliha Demirci and Nesim Kohen Erkip

Volume 32, issue 1, 2020

Editorial for the special issue on “Modelling, simulation, and optimization in health care” pp. 1-5

Paola Cappanera, Jingshan Li, Evren Sahin, Nico J. Vandaele and Filippo Visintin

An ad hoc process mining approach to discover patient paths of an Emergency Department pp. 6-34

Davide Duma and Roberto Aringhieri

A two-level iteration approach for modeling and analysis of rapid response process with multiple deteriorating patients pp. 35-71

Zexian Zeng, Zhenghao Fan, Xiaolei Xie, Colleen H. Swartz, Paul DePriest and Jingshan Li

Medical appointment overbooking and optimal scheduling: tradeoffs between schedule efficiency and accessibility to service pp. 72-101

Yong-Hong Kuo, Hari Balasubramanian and Yan Chen

Scheduling outpatient day service operations for rheumatology diseases pp. 102-128

Rosita Guido, Giuseppe Ielpa and Domenico Conforti

Daily outpatient chemotherapy appointment scheduling with random deferrals pp. 129-153

Thierry Garaix, Salim Rostami and Xiaolan Xie

An adaptive priority policy for radiotherapy scheduling pp. 154-180

Siqiao Li, Ger Koole and Xiaolan Xie

Annual scheduling for anesthesiology medicine residents in task-related programs with a focus on continuity of care pp. 181-212

Sebastian Kraul

Markov model and meta-heuristics combined method for cost-effectiveness analysis pp. 213-235

Xiuxian Wang, Na Geng, Jianxin Qiu, Zhibin Jiang and Liping Zhou