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Volume 20, issue 4, 2020

Air refueling tanker allocation based on a multi-objective zero-one integer programming model pp. 1913-1938

Farzaneh Ferdowsi, Hamid Reza Maleki and Sanaz Rivaz

An effective hybrid goal programming approach for multi-objective straight assembly line balancing problem with stochastic parameters pp. 1939-1976

Heydar Ali Mardani-Fard, Abdollah Hadi-Vencheh, Ali Mahmoodirad and Sadegh Niroomand

Solving a multi-objective sustainable waste collection problem considering a new collection network pp. 1977-2015

Hamed Farrokhi-Asl, Ahmad Makui, Armin Jabbarzadeh and Farnaz Barzinpour

Multiple criteria performance evaluation of YouTube mathematical educational videos by IS-TOPSIS pp. 2017-2039

Claudia Margarita Acuña-Soto, Vicente Liern and Blanca Pérez-Gladish

Regional efficiency evaluation by input-oriented data envelopment analysis of hotel and restaurant sector pp. 2041-2058

Athanasia Karakitsiou, Markos Kourgiantakis, Athanasia Mavrommati and Athanasios Migdalas

Benchmarking Formula One auto racing circuits: a two stage DEA approach pp. 2059-2083

Ester Gutiérrez and Sebastián Lozano

Two metaheuristic approaches for solving the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem pp. 2085-2108

Hiba Yahyaoui, Islem Kaabachi, Saoussen Krichen and Abdulkader Dekdouk

Heuristic and metaheuristic approaches for parallel machine scheduling under resource constraints pp. 2109-2132

Mohamed Amine Abdeljaoued, Nour El Houda Saadani and Zied Bahroun

An MILP approach for scheduling of tree-like pipelines with dual purpose terminals pp. 2133-2161

Mehrnoosh Taherkhani

Equilibrium joining strategies in the Mn/G/1 queue with server breakdowns and repairs pp. 2163-2187

Sheng Zhu, Jinting Wang and Bin Liu

On a single item single stage mixture inventory models with independent stochastic lead times pp. 2189-2227

Achin Srivastav and Sunil Agrawal

Hedging uncertainty in energy efficiency strategies: a minimax regret analysis pp. 2229-2244

Georgios P. Trachanas, Aikaterini Forouli, Nikolaos Gkonis and Haris Doukas

Assessment of new methods for incorporating contextual variables into efficiency measures: a Monte Carlo simulation pp. 2245-2265

Jose M. Cordero, Cristina Polo and Daniel Santín

Performance analysis of an unreliable M/G/1 retrial queue with two-way communication pp. 2267-2280

Muthukrishnan Senthil Kumar, Aresh Dadlani and Kiseon Kim

Correction to: Performance analysis of an unreliable M/G/1 retrial queue with two-way communication pp. 2281-2281

Muthukrishnan Senthil Kumar, Aresh Dadlani and Kiseon Kim

Formulating the integrated forest harvest-scheduling model to reduce the cost of the road-networks pp. 2283-2306

Nader Naderializadeh and Kevin A. Crowe

Investment and coordination decisions in a supply chain of fresh agricultural products pp. 2307-2331

Ilkyeong Moon, Yoon Jea Jeong and Subrata Saha

A new exact algorithm for no-wait job shop problem to minimize makespan pp. 2333-2363

A. Ozolins

Modeling and solving a bi-objective joint replenishment-location problem under incremental discount: MOHSA and NSGA-II pp. 2365-2396

Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki and Reza Abdollahi

Vehicle routing problem in a kanban controlled supply chain system considering cross-docking strategy pp. 2397-2425

Asefeh Hasani Goodarzi and Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi

A bi˗objective hub location-allocation model considering congestion pp. 2427-2466

A. Ghodratnama, H. R. Arbabi and A. Azaron

Efficient lower and upper bounds for the weight-constrained minimum spanning tree problem using simple Lagrangian based algorithms pp. 2467-2495

Cristina Requejo and Eulália Santos

A graph theory-based algorithm for a multi-echelon multi-period responsive supply chain network design with lateral-transshipments pp. 2497-2517

Masoud Rabbani, Ali Sabbaghnia, Mahdi Mobini and Jafar Razmi

Effects of non-normal quality data on the integrated model of imperfect maintenance, early replacement, and economic design of $${\bar{X}}$$ X ¯ -control charts pp. 2519-2536

M. A. Pasha, M. Bameni Moghadam and M. A. Rahim

Optimal reactive power dispatch using water wave optimization algorithm pp. 2537-2553

Yongquan Zhou, Jinzhong Zhang, Xiao Yang and Ying Ling

Weighted superposition attraction algorithm for binary optimization problems pp. 2555-2581

Adil Baykasoğlu, Fehmi Burcin Ozsoydan and M. Emre Senol

Accounting for rainfall and the length of growing season in technical efficiency analysis pp. 2583-2608

Yiorgos Gadanakis and Francisco Areal

Volume 20, issue 3, 2020

International trade costs in OECD countries pp. 1177-1187

Christos Staboulis, Dimitrios Natos, Efthimia Tsakiridou and Konstadinos Mattas

Taxation avoidance in overtrading firms as determinants of board independence (BvD) pp. 1189-1204

Constantin Zopounidis, Christos Floros, Christos Lemonakis and Vassiliki Balla

Solving methods for interval linear programming problem: a review and an improved method pp. 1205-1229

H. Mishmast Nehi, H. A. Ashayerinasab and M. Allahdadi

Portfolio selection in a regime switching market with a bankruptcy state and an uncertain exit-time: multi-period mean–variance formulation pp. 1231-1254

Reza Keykhaei

Minimizing total weighted completion and batch delivery times with machine deterioration and learning effect: a case study from wax production pp. 1255-1287

Mohammad Rostami, Shiva Nikravesh and Mahdi Shahin

An innovative GA for optimisation of integrated manufacturing–transportation scheduling in VCIM systems pp. 1289-1320

Son Duy Dao, Kazem Abhary and Romeo Marian

A genetic algorithm based approach to solve multi-resource multi-objective knapsack problem for vegetable wholesalers in fuzzy environment pp. 1321-1352

Chiranjit Changdar, Rajat Kumar Pal, Ghanshaym Singha Mahapatra and Abhinandan Khan

Optimal design of k-out-of-n system under first and last replacement in reliability theory pp. 1353-1368

Nizar Mannai and Soufiane Gasmi

Single mode resource constrained project scheduling with unreliable resources pp. 1369-1403

Ripon K. Chakrabortty, Ruhul A. Sarker and Daryl L. Essam

Green supply chain flow analysis with multi-attribute demand in a multi-period product development environment pp. 1405-1435

Sahar Porkar, Iraj Mahdavi, Behzad Maleki Vishkaei and Milad Hematian

Emergency logistics planning under supply risk and demand uncertainty pp. 1437-1460

Abdul Sattar Safaei, Saba Farsad and Mohammad Mahdi Paydar

Inventory and pricing decisions for a dual-channel supply chain with deteriorating products pp. 1461-1503

Yong He, Hongfu Huang and Dong Li

A distance matrix based algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem pp. 1505-1542

Shengbin Wang, Weizhen Rao and Yuan Hong

A decision tool for scheduling fleets of fuel supply vessels pp. 1543-1557

Nikolaos Rachaniotis and Marisa Masvoula

Analyzing an inventory model with two-level trade credit period including the effect of customers’ credit on the demand function using q-fuzzy number pp. 1559-1587

Ateka Banu and Shyamal Kumar Mondal

Vehicle routing and scheduling in cross docks with forward and reverse logistics pp. 1589-1622

Yaser Kaboudani, Seyyed Hassan Ghodsypour, Hamidreza Kia and Amin Shahmardan

Optimal production-inventory policy for closed-loop supply chain with remanufacturing under random demand and return pp. 1623-1664

Bimal Kumar Mawandiya, J. K. Jha and Jitesh J. Thakkar

An adaptive joint replenishment policy for items with non-stationary demands pp. 1665-1684

Young Hyeon Yang and Jong Soo Kim

Duopolistic Stackelberg game: investigation of complex dynamics and chaos control pp. 1685-1699

S. S. Askar

Bounded dynamic programming algorithm for the job shop problem with sequence dependent setup times pp. 1701-1728

Ansis Ozolins

Multi-objective optimization of multi-item EOQ model with partial backordering and defective batches and stochastic constraints using MOWCA and MOGWO pp. 1729-1761

Soheyl Khalilpourazari and Seyed Hamid Reza Pasandideh

Minimize total tardiness and machine unavailability on single machine scheduling problem: bi-objective branch and bound algorithm pp. 1763-1789

Asmaa Khoudi and Ali Berrichi

Tactical production planning in a hybrid MTS/MTO system using Stackelberg game pp. 1791-1809

Helia Yousefnejad and Maryam Esmaeili

Robust design and planning for a multi-mode multi-product supply network: a dairy industry case study pp. 1811-1840

Javid Jouzdani, Mohammad Fathian, Ahmad Makui and Mehdi Heydari

A visualization approach for robustness analysis in multicriteria disaggregation–aggregation approaches pp. 1841-1861

A. Spyridakos, N. Tsotsolas, Y. Siskos, D. Yannakopoulos and I. Vryzidis

Chance-constrained cost efficiency in data envelopment analysis model with random inputs and outputs pp. 1863-1898

Rashed Khanjani Shiraz, Adel Hatami-Marbini, Ali Emrouznejad and Hirofumi Fukuyama

Optimum acceptability of telecommunications networks: a multi-criteria approach pp. 1899-1911

María Romero, María Luisa Cuadrado, Luis Romero and Carlos Romero

Volume 20, issue 2, 2020

Bundle pricing and inventory decisions on complementary products pp. 517-541

Ata Allah Taleizadeh, Masoumeh Sadat Babaei, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki and Mahsa Noori-daryan

Impact of consumers’ understanding of date labelling on food waste behaviour pp. 543-560

Luiza Toma, Montserrat Costa Font and Bethan Thompson

Allocation of marketing budgets to maximize customer equity pp. 561-583

Hamidreza Koosha and Amir Albadvi

Optimal ordering policies for deteriorating items with a return period and price-dependent demand under two-phase advance sales pp. 585-604

Mei-Chuan Cheng, Tsu-Pang Hsieh, Hsiu-Mei Lee and Liang-Yuh Ouyang

Optimal pricing on an age-specific inventory system for perishable items pp. 605-625

Jing Lu, Jianxiong Zhang, Fuxiao Lu and Wansheng Tang

Equilibrium customer behavior in the M/M/1 retrial queue with working vacations and a constant retrial rate pp. 627-646

Nam H. Do, Tien Do and Agassi Melikov

Correction to: Equilibrium customer behavior in the M/M/1 retrial queue with working vacations and a constant retrial rate pp. 647-647

Nam H. Do, Tien Do and Agassi Melikov

Dynamic model of a supply chain network with sticky price pp. 649-670

Zhaobo Chen, Chunying Tian, Ding Zhang and Dongyan Chen

Carbon price interaction between allocated permits and generated offsets pp. 671-700

Jongmin Yu and Mindy Mallory

Exploiting resampling techniques for model selection in forecasting: an empirical evaluation using out-of-sample tests pp. 701-721

Dimitrios Sarris, Evangelos Spiliotis and Vassilios Assimakopoulos

Software code flexibility profitability in light of technology life cycle pp. 723-746

Sagi Akron and Roy Gelbard

Estimating and decomposing overall inefficiency by determining the least distance to the strongly efficient frontier in data envelopment analysis pp. 747-770

Juan Aparicio, Jesus T. Pastor, Jose L. Sainz-Pardo and Fernando Vidal Giménez

An application of the SMAA–Choquet method to evaluate the performance of sailboats in offshore regattas pp. 771-793

Silvia Angilella, Sally Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Salvatore Corrente, Salvatore Greco and Benedetto Matarazzo

Comprehensive fuzzy FMEA model: a case study of ERP implementation risks pp. 795-826

Adil Baykasoğlu and İlker Gölcük

A bi-level maximal covering location problem pp. 827-855

Martha-Selene Casas-Ramírez, José-Fernando Camacho-Vallejo, Juan A. Díaz and Dolores E. Luna

A lagrangian relaxation algorithm for facility location of resource-constrained decentralized multi-project scheduling problems pp. 857-897

Mohammad Rostami and Morteza Bagherpour

The extended Shapley value for generalized cooperative games under precedence constraints pp. 899-925

Zhengxing Zou, Qiang Zhang, Surajit Borkotokey and Xiaohui Yu

Single machine scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times and delayed precedence constraints pp. 927-942

Yiyo Kuo, Sheng-I Chen and Yen-Hung Yeh

Bias correction for estimation of performance measures of a Markovian queue pp. 943-958

M. A. C. Almeida, F. R. B. Cruz, F. L. P. Oliveira and G. Souza

An optimal approximation of the characteristics of the GI/M/1 queue with two-stage service policy pp. 959-983

Mouloud Cherfaoui and Aicha Bareche

An oracle penalty and modified augmented Lagrangian methods with firefly algorithm for constrained optimization problems pp. 985-1010

Umesh Balande and Deepti Shrimankar

A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale pp. 1011-1046

Diogo Cunha Ferreira and Rc Marques

Discrete fuzzy system orbits as a portfolio selection method pp. 1047-1053

Sergio Pérez-Gonzaga, Jorge Jordán-Núñez and Pau Miro-Martinez

Hybrid efficiency measurement and target setting based on identifying defining hyperplanes of the PPS with negative data pp. 1055-1092

Amineh Ghazi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi and Masoud Sanei

Disturbance management for vehicle routing with time window changes pp. 1093-1112

Hualong Yang, Liang Zhao, Di Ye and Jiangshan Ma

Two-echelon three-indenture warranty distribution network: a hybrid branch and bound, Monte-Carlo approach pp. 1113-1158

Amin Yazdekhasti and Yahia Zare Mehrjardi

Risk-sensitive control of cash management systems pp. 1159-1176

Francisco Salas-Molina

Volume 20, issue 1, 2020

An evidential reasoning approach for production modeling with deteriorating and ameliorating items pp. 1-19

S. Nodoust, A. Mirzazadeh and G.-W. Weber

A branch-and-bound algorithm for the two-machine total completion time flowshop problem subject to release dates pp. 21-35

Mohamed Ali Rakrouki, Anis Kooli, Sabrine Chalghoumi and Talel Ladhari

A single-supplier, multi-buyer, multi-product VMI production-inventory system under partial backordering pp. 37-57

Hadi Mokhtari and Mohammad Taghi Rezvan

An integrated rescheduling model for minimizing train delays in the case of line blockage pp. 59-87

M. Shakibayifar, A. Sheikholeslami, F. Corman and E. Hassannayebi

Optimal procurement and discount pricing for single-period non-instantaneous deteriorating products with promotional efforts pp. 89-117

Madhukar Nagare, Pankaj Dutta and Pravin Suryawanshi

Finding optimal route by two-criterion Fuzzy Floyd’s algorithm—case study Serbia pp. 119-138

Dalibor Pešić, Milica Šelmić, Dragana Macura and Miroslav Rosić

Most Valuable Player Algorithm: a novel optimization algorithm inspired from sport pp. 139-195

H. R. E. H. Bouchekara

A mixed-integer linear programming model for solving fuzzy stochastic resource constrained project scheduling problem pp. 197-217

Yagub Alipouri, Mohammad Hassan Sebt, Abdollah Ardeshir and Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi

Analysis of port efficiency using imprecise and incomplete data pp. 219-246

Shaher Z. Zahran, Jobair Bin Alam, Abdulrahem H. Al-Zahrani, Yiannis Smirlis, Stratos Papadimitriou and Vangelis Tsioumas

Trading revenue, reputation and trade secrets: a stochastic control framework for business operation pp. 247-278

Avhishek Chatterjee, Lei Ying and Sriram Vishwanath

Crowd-Ranking: a Markov-based method for ranking alternatives pp. 279-295

Baback Vaziri, Shaunak Dabadghao, Yuehwern Yih, Thomas L. Morin and Mark Lehto

Cosine based latent factor model for ranking the recommendation pp. 297-317

Bipul Kumar and Pradip Kumar Bala

A stochastic model and algorithms for determining efficient time–cost tradeoffs for a project activity pp. 319-348

Pedro Godinho and João Paulo Costa

Contracting mechanism with imperfect information in a two-level supply chain pp. 349-368

Asif Muzaffar, Shiming Deng and Muhammad Nasir Malik

Coordination for contract farming supply chain with stochastic yield and demand under CVaR criterion pp. 369-397

Fei Ye, Qiang Lin and Yina Li

Mixed-integer linear programming model for tree-like pipeline scheduling problem with intermediate due dates on demands pp. 399-425

M. Taherkhani, M. Seifbarghy, R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam and P. Fattahi

A robust behavioral portfolio selection: model with investor attitudes and biases pp. 427-446

Omid Momen, Akbar Esfahanipour and Abbas Seifi

Meta-heuristic approaches for fixed-charge solid transportation problem in two-stage supply chain network pp. 447-471

Mojtaba Akbari, Saber Molla-Alizadeh-Zavardehi and Sadegh Niroomand

Solving the multiple level warehouse layout problem using ant colony optimization pp. 473-490

Jean-Paul Arnaout, Caline ElKhoury and Gamze Karayaz

A vendor–buyer integrated inventory system with variable lead time and uncertain market demand pp. 491-515

S. Sarkar and B. C. Giri