Operational Research

2016 - 2026

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Volume 26, issue 3, 2026

Maximizing the weighted number of Just-In-Time jobs in a proportionate flow shop with job rejection pp. 1-18

Baruch Mor

A model of decision-making under risk based on expected utility and cumulative residual entropy pp. 1-46

Jiehua Xie, Chenyu Jiang and Wei Zou

Exact accounting of holding costs in a newsvendor model: theory and practice pp. 1-24

Ahiad Miness and Tal Avinadav

Asymmetric stochastic games: an evolutionary approach pp. 1-24

Divya Murali and A. J. Shaiju

Less is more: optimizing flexible demand fulfillment under delayed payments with capital constraints pp. 1-32

Jianen Qi, Yi Ding, Linjing Zhang and Zhanbo Zhou

Optimizing drone-based humanitarian relief in post-disaster scenarios: a hybrid MCDM and maximum coverage approach pp. 1-32

Danışment Vural

Strategic channel integration in live stream commerce: balancing display, non-display, and hybrid models pp. 1-29

Chunxu Zhu, Shuxia Yang and Songrui Li

Optimizing irrigation network system design through canal capacity analysis pp. 1-11

Dimitra Alexiou, Dimitra Vagiona and Angelo Sifaleras

Determining the final recommendation in the ELECTRE III method with a revised distillation procedure pp. 1-35

Juan Carlos Leyva López

Volume 26, issue 2, 2026

A comparative review on AI empowered CRA process of banking and P2P lending models pp. 1-64

Nisha Arora and Pankaj Deep Kaur

A variable neighborhood search with different levels of cooperation for the team generalized orienteering problem pp. 1-54

Adolfo Urrutia-Zambrana, Gregorio Tirado and Alfonso Mateos

Improving the assessment of social and environmental impacts of RE projects for financial institutions pp. 1-54

Amelia Bilbao-Terol, Verónica Cañal-Fernández and Carmen González-Pérez

A branch-and-price algorithm for the last-mile delivery problem considering drivers’ experience pp. 1-24

Zhe Li, Lu Chen and Xiaoni Li

Beyond resilience: an examination of critical success factors for viable supply chains pp. 1-24

Mohammad Iman Estehghaghi, Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi and Zahra Sadeqi Arani

An approach multiple criteria network data envelopment analysis model pp. 1-24

Aneirson Francisco da Silva, Rafael de Carvalho Miranda, Fernando Augusto Silva Marins and Erica Ximenes Dias

Exploring the influence of varied blockchain adoption strategies on outsourced remanufacturing pp. 1-31

Yong-Hai Li, Jian Zhang and Xuan-Yi Zhu

Optimal continuous review policies for single-manufacturer multi-retailer cold chains with stochastic demand pp. 1-31

G. Chen, M. I. M. Wahab and L. Fang

A novel epidemic-detection model: incorporating heterogeneities to optimize prevention and control strategies pp. 1-31

Ji Kai

Correction to: Optimization of cross-docking for perishable goods considering freshness dynamics pp. 1-1

Xinyu Wang, Xinquan Liu and Yingyi Huang

Column generation-based diving heuristic and segmentation approach for the micro-service allocation problem with affinity in cloud computing pp. 1-34

Ning Ma, Angjun Tang, Yu Li, Wei Zhang, Fuxin Jiang and Zuzhi Chen

Multi-period Itinerary Optimization for Regional Archaeological Tourism: A Case Study pp. 1-41

Carlo Maria Aloe, Annarita De Maio, Elia Fiorenza and Sara Stoia

Transient analysis and cost optimization of a machine repair system with dual-phase repair, working vacation, and retrial pp. 1-41

Khushbu S. Antala, Vijaykumar Panchal and Sudeep Singh Sanga

Dynamic strategy of battery operation in a three-tier new energy vehicle supply chain considering carbon abatement pp. 1-39

Lili Zhao, Qingguo Bai and Shihao Liu

A three-echelon sustainable supply chain model for growing items with climate effects, carbon emissions, and delayed payments pp. 1-48

Anil Dhanda, Mandeep Mittal, Divya Agarwal, Megha Bachhish and Ata Allah Taleizadeh

A GVNS algorithm applied to the uncapacitated single allocation hub maximal covering problem with fixed costs pp. 1-48

Fernando Félix Oliveira e Silva, Elisangela Martins de Sá and Sérgio Ricardo de Souza

Relationships between the deck of cards method and the proximity measures approach pp. 1-18

José Rui Figueira and José Luis García-Lapresta

Machine covering problem in MapReduce systems with a small number of machines pp. 1-18

Quanchang Zheng

Designing a resilient vaccine supply chain network under viral mutation disruptions with consideration of product type changes pp. 1-60

Elnaz Borji-Khangheshlaghi, Alireza Pooya, Zahra Naji-Azimi and Farzad Dehghanian

Optimizing talent supply chains: deep learning models for resume-based retention forecasting pp. 1-28

Albin Bengtsson, E. K. Gustav and A. Karakitsiou

Discounted network Myerson value and an application in power grid management pp. 1-22

Neha Upadhyay, Niharika Kakoty and Surajit Borkotokey

Linear fractional programming problems in an interval environment pp. 1-23

Fatemeh Salary PourSharif Abad and Mehdi Allahdadi

Optimizing water sustainability: integrating blockchain technology in the water and wastewater supply chain management pp. 1-35

Hadi Mokhtari and Saeed Dehnavi

Product innovation opportunity identification using improved BERTopic with the perspectives of customer requirements and technology development pp. 1-29

Lu Zheng and Ting Li

Multi-criteria decision-making with EDAS method and weighted operators for linguistic Fermatean hesitant fuzzy sets pp. 1-30

Muhammad Amman, Tabasam Rashid and Asif Ali

Supply chain coordination with buyback contract in uncertain environment: one supplier-two retailers pp. 1-30

Nassim Mongeri and Alireza Ghaffari-Hadigheh

Resilient electric bus system design considering charger failure pp. 1-30

Aman Sharma, Pranav Gairola and N. Nezamuddin

An intuitionistic fuzzy score function and distance measure-based decision-making model for prioritizing sustainable strategies for electronic waste management pp. 1-43

Arunodaya Raj Mishra, Pratibha Rani, Shashi Shekhar, Ahmad M. Alshamrani and Adel Fahad Alrasheedi

Volume 26, issue 1, 2026

A two-stage stochastic programming approach to design the fish supply chain network considering export revenues and carbon emission: a real case study pp. 1-38

Mohammadjavad Nosrati-Zegoloujeh, Farid Momayezi and Alimohammad Lotfi

Multi-objective integrated sustainable supply chain scheduling with environmentally friendly and time windows freight transportation pp. 1-38

Maliheh Ganjia, Rahmat Rabet, Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi and Mohammad Daneshvar Kakhki

An explainable fuzzy collaborative intelligence approach for prioritizing possible measures to tackle challenges in semiconductor manufacturing supply chain localization pp. 1-32

Tin-Chih Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Wang and Hsin-Chieh Wu

Enhancing optimization models for multi-commodity sustainable supply chain networks and managing environmental challenges pp. 1-32

Zongshan Wang, Ali Ala, Vladimir Simic, Dragan Pamucar and Nezir Aydin

Mathematical programming models to recommend response plans for traffic incident management pp. 1-30

Gregory Koronakos, Georgia Gkioka and Gregoris Mentzas

A hybrid revenue-sharing option contract in a competitive supply chain with multiple outsourcing and mean-variance analysis pp. 1-30

Ahmad Lotfi and Parvaneh Samouei

Risk spillovers and coordination under credit guarantees in a capital constrained supply chain with multiple risk-averse agents pp. 1-55

Boshi Tian, Liangwei Yu and Xiaoxing Chang

Analysing the empirical research in digital supply chain: a state of art literature review and future research directions pp. 1-40

Vimal Kumar Dixit, Rakesh Kumar Malviya, Sachin K. Patil, Himanshu Prajapati and Abhishek Agarwal

Dynamics of two-sided platforms in public administration pp. 1-40

Fatma Aslan, Andras Nemeslaki, Robert Somogyi and Adam Janos Zsiros

An inventory model for stock-dependent fluctuating demand and without shortages: stochastic differential equation approach pp. 1-33

Sourav Nath and Sumit Saha

Green innovation through government-bank-enterprise collaboration: perspective of evolutionary game with randomly disturbance pp. 1-33

Ye Tian

A continuous-review retrial inventory system with repair options for defective items pp. 1-33

Saranyadas Sivadasan and Shophia Lawrence Arputham

Analysis of sustainable biomedical waste management in India through picture fuzzy goal programming approach pp. 1-52

Anushree Bhattacharya and Madhumangal Pal

Optimization of cross-docking for perishable goods considering freshness dynamics pp. 1-28

Xinyu Wang, Xinquan Liu and Yingyi Huang

Advancing hepatitis diagnosis with hyperbolic fuzzy hypersoft sets in MCDM applications pp. 1-45

Pairote Yiarayong

A neutrosophic level-based weight assessment and root assessment method for holistic ecotourism area selections pp. 1-34

Galip Cihan Yalçın, Karahan Kara, Vladimir Simic, Ali Tuğrul Yıldırım and Dragan Pamucar

Waste products recycling mechanism design considering CSR and government subsidy pp. 1-36

Guoli Wang, Boxiao Hua and Junyan Wang

Three-level sustainable supply chain model with cap-and-trade policy and green technology pp. 1-41

Animesh Middya, Magfura Pervin, Leonidas Sakalauskas, Sankar Kumar Roy and Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

Self-built versus third-party smart logistics for e-commerce platforms: profit optimization under dual-channel sales models and price-matching strategies pp. 1-41

Weisi Zhang, Lulu Ji and Lin Wu

Intelligent resource planning optimization: enhancing decision making with artificial intelligence pp. 1-44

Hector G. de Alba, Tellez Crespo Af, Cipriano Santos, Haitao Li, Marcos Vargas, Carlos Valencia, Adrian Ramirez-Nafarrate and Francisco Andrade

ASIP in random environment with disasters pp. 1-17

Yaron Yeger and Uri Yechiali

A multi-stage stochastic programming approach for overhaul and supply chain planning of modular physical assets: case study pp. 1-31

Mohammad Asghari and Armin Jabbarzadeh

Cost and revenue efficiency analysis in dynamic network DEA with target setting: a value-based approach pp. 1-31

Rajinder Kaur and Jolly Puri