Journal of the Operational Research Society

2018 - 2026

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Volume 77, issue 5, 2026

Correction pp. i-ii

The Editors

Locating and scheduling mobile pre-cooling stations for agricultural products pp. 1179-1203

Ziqing Zhang, Lin Wang, Zhijia Tan and Sirui Wang

Sustainable closed-loop supply chain network under uncertainty considering green technologies: toward the circular economy pp. 1204-1224

Mehran Gharye Mirzaei, Fariba Goodarzian, Atour Taghipour and Jesús Muñuzuri

Queues under stochastic priority switching pp. 1225-1243

Geraint Ian Palmer, Michalis Panayidis, Vincent Knight and Elizabeth Williams

Risk aversion in the price-setting newsvendor problem with random supply capacity pp. 1244-1261

Xiaoyong Liu, Zhixiong Tang, Jinxing Xie and Shuren Liu

Impact of carbon misreporting on renewable energy investment strategies of regulated power enterprises under cap-and-trade mechanism pp. 1262-1280

Wei Chen, Xing Xia, Lianmin Zhang and Yongkai Ma

Nash bargaining within a low-carbon supply chain under yield uncertainty pp. 1281-1297

Jiarong Luo, Xu Chen and Mingfang Yang

Hybrid and distributionally robust optimization approaches for hospital blood bank inventory management under demand uncertainty pp. 1298-1321

Nima Golghamat Raad, Suchithra Rajendran, Sharan Srinivas, Aditya Khowal, Briana Abam and Emma Lewis

Quantifying capability gaps via information relaxation and deep reinforcement learning in infinite-horizon Markov decision processes: A military air battle management application pp. 1322-1337

Joseph M. Liles, Matthew J. Robbins and Brian J. Lunday

Birds of a feather: clustering mental models to explore how people think alike pp. 1338-1354

Sami R. Nour, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Aritra Majumdar and Niyousha Hosseinichimeh

The effect of coupon policy and sales effort on sustainable multi-period dual-channel supply chain with recycles and refurbishes waste pp. 1355-1379

Brojeswar Pal and Hemanta Mukherjee

Towards improving decision quality for rank aggregation through consensus and utility dual-driven method pp. 1380-1395

Weiyi Duan, Decui Liang and Yinrunjie Zhang

Filtration-and-weighting-based consistency of distributed preference relations for multi-criteria group decision-making pp. 1396-1413

Wenjun Chang, Ruoyu Zhang, Chao Fu and Xuefei Jia

Socially sustainable procurement model pp. 1414-1431

Dia Bandaly

Volume 77, issue 4, 2026

Simplicity, robustness and speed in time series forecasting: LEAF-learning by exponentially adaptive forecasting, a novel univariate predictive analytics benchmark pp. 951-962

Foteini Kyriazi and Dimitrios Thomakos

Quality disclosure and competitor encroachment in advance selling pp. 963-977

Yanhong Sun, Jiwu Tang, Thomas W. Archibald and Xiaohua Han

Enhancing house price forecasting with hybrid data driven feature extraction model pp. 978-989

Kian Lun Soon, Lam Tatt Soon and Jia Yi Teo

Simulative dynamic preventive machine maintenance policy: time efficient stochastic job shops pp. 990-1010

Jatin Trivedi and Shrajal Gupta

Exports or foreign direct investment? A multinational firm’s production decision under carbon border adjustment mechanism pp. 1011-1028

Dan Li, Bin Shen and Xiaoyan Xu

Centralized or competitive pricing? Strategies for C2C sharing platforms under demand and quality information asymmetry pp. 1029-1048

Xiaoying Cheng, Thomas W. Archibald, Yanhong Sun and Xin Yan

A bi-agent single-processor scheduling to minimize the sum of maximum lateness with release dates pp. 1049-1067

Danyu Bai, Ying Li, Hanyu Xue, Jie Yang, Rubing Chen, Chin-Chia Wu and Hu Qin

Imperfect maintenance policy for a degradation-shock model considering dynamic environment effects and varying failure thresholds pp. 1068-1085

Bei Wu, Yuxi Mai and Jianwu Xue

Buffer management of critical chain projects based on activity dimension differences pp. 1086-1103

Junguang Zhang and Jianfei Cui

Volunteer dispatch method based on the Q-learning algorithm and two-sided matching pp. 1104-1119

Li-Ting Chen, Sheng-Qun Chen, Jian-Qing Gao and Jing Zheng

Tight bounds on the weak price of anarchy for the randomized externality policy in scheduling games with multi-job players pp. 1120-1129

Po-An Chen, Ling-Wei Wang, Bertrand M.-T. Lin, Ya-Wen Cheng and Chien-Hung Chen

The rescheduling school bus routing problem under a constraint on the number of students with negative impact pp. 1130-1149

Quy Ta Dinh, Thu Huong Dang, Minh Hoàng Hà, Duc Minh Vu and Tien Mai

An integrated optimization and analytics approach for planning mental healthcare services pp. 1150-1177

Sheema Noorain, Maria Paola Scaparra, Kathy Kotiadis and Emily Musara

Volume 77, issue 3, 2026

Optimizing decision-making with integrated possibility, necessity, and credibility measures in hesitant fuzzy linear programming under uncertainty with industrial application pp. 673-694

Yuvashri Prakash

Configuring a greener closed-loop supply chain: A case study of an electric vehicle battery manufacturer pp. 695-715

Jighyasu Gaur, Mehdi Amini and Kannan Govindan

Integrating AI and OR for investment decision-making in emerging digital lending businesses: a risk-return multi-objective optimization approach pp. 716-735

Vajiheh Torkian, Shahrooz Bamdad and Amir Homayoun Sarfaraz

Scheduling the cyclic replenishment for decentralized supermarkets with electric vehicles: a branch-price-and-cut algorithm pp. 736-759

Honghui Wang and Binghai Zhou

Developing optimization models with cognitive systems engineering pp. 760-776

Tyler C. O’Brien, Emily L. Tucker, Steven Foster and Sudeep Hegde

A multi-methodological framework combining text mining and causal mapping to engage experts, policymakers, and stakeholders in policy design pp. 777-792

Leila Abuabara, Alberto Paucar-Caceres and Katarzyna Werner-Masters

Two-stage flexible flow shop scheduling in GPU systems pp. 793-804

Ruyan Jin, Weitian Tong, Yao Xu and Jianming Dong

A bi-objective robust optimization model for hybrid E-bus operation under in-motion charging strategy pp. 805-829

Abu Nasar and N. Nezamuddin

Predictive modelling of future tea consumption: analysing consumer behaviour with combining the machine learning and agent-based simulation approaches pp. 830-845

Mehmet Fatih Sert, Burcu Kartal, Kamer Ilgın Çakıroğlu and Abdülkadir Öztürk

Continuous exercise of executive stock options with heterogeneous characteristics pp. 846-870

Jing Xu and Peiquan Yang

Simulation in healthcare supply chains with perishable products: a scoping review pp. 871-907

Fatemeh Alidoost, Navonil Mustafee, Thomas Monks and Alison Harper

Infrastructure design for a hydrogen refuelling network with pipelines pp. 908-929

Kit Daniel Searle, Christa Searle and Jörg Kalcsics

Distribution mode choice and service effort decision in a platform supply chain with reputation spillover pp. 930-949

Jinjin Zhao, Danping Wen and Tiaojun Xiao

Volume 77, issue 2, 2026

An integrated fuzzy decision-making framework for autonomous mobile robot selection: balancing subjective and objective measures with fuzzy TOPSIS and picture fuzzy CoCoSo approach pp. 427-453

Anirban Tarafdar, Azharuddin Shaikh, Md Niamot Ali and Anupam Haldar

To pre-embed or not? Product design and add-on pricing in the presence of consumer valuation uncertainty pp. 454-479

Feng Yang, Jiaxuan Chen and Manman Wang

Predictive and prescriptive analytics for multi-site modelling of frail and elderly patient services pp. 480-498

Elizabeth Williams, Daniel Gartner and Paul Harper

The recycling value assessment of new energy vehicles via fuzzy convolutional bidirectional learning pp. 499-515

Wei Zhou, Cesheng Zhang and Zeshui Xu

A load and time-dependent hazardous materials distribution problem in urban areas pp. 516-538

Eleni Karouti, Konstantinos N. Androutsopoulos and Konstantinos G. Zografos

A sustainable facility location problem with vehicle allocation: an urban logistics case study pp. 539-554

Rafael D. Tordecilla, Angie Ramirez-Villamil, Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, Oscar Nieto-Garzon, Oscar Fabián Velásquez-Rodríguez and Daniel Prato-Sánchez

The more you buy, the more you pay? Commodity procurement under price uncertainty and market impact pp. 555-581

Moritz Rettinger and Stefan Minner

Modeling warfare between enhanced artillery and tanks with dynamic fire allocation pp. 582-598

Kjell Hausken and John F. Moxnes

Properties for due window assignment scheduling on a two-machine no-wait proportionate flow shop with learning effects and resource allocation pp. 599-615

Yu Sun, Dan-Yang Lv and Xue Huang

An inspection game between an inspector, an unknown attacker and an inspectee pp. 616-624

Yael Deutsch and Arieh Gavious

A distributionally robust optimization method for group decision-making with multiplicative preference relations pp. 625-638

Longlong Shao, Huayou Chen, Jinpei Liu, Ning Zhu, Zhifu Tao and Xuejun Wang

Channel strategies for duopoly retailers with differentiated products pp. 639-655

Ronghui Wang, Guofang Nan, Minqiang Li and Dahui Li

NetwORks and policies: OR to the rescue pp. 656-671

Anna Nagurney

Volume 77, issue 1, 2026

Operational research for sustainability and sustainable development: introduction to the Special Issue pp. 1-7

Adolf Acquaye, Said Salhi, Martin Kunc and Zhe George Zhang

Operational research for sustainability: a synthesis of methods, applications and challenges pp. 8-42

Adolf Acquaye

Decarbonizing road freight transportation: recent advances and future trends pp. 43-63

Çağrı Koç, Tolga Bektaş and Gilbert Laporte

Environmental sustainability performance of US airlines: implications of financial performance and technical efficiency pp. 64-84

Sepideh Kaffash, Fahimeh Chomachaei and Emel Aktas

Blockchain-based peer-to-peer renewable energy trading and traceability of transmission and distribution losses pp. 85-107

Amit Kumar Vishwakarma, Pratyush Kumar Patro, Adolf Acquaye, Raja Jayaraman and Khaled Salah

Developing a sustainable credit decision system (SCDS) to identify sustainable borrowers for sustainable investment pp. 108-126

Pranith Kumar Roy

Examination of risks in circular supply chains using transition management lens: towards a circular economy in emerging markets pp. 127-145

Divya Choudhary, Ajay Kumar, Yeming Gong and Thanos Papadopoulos

Testing green finance portfolio performance pp. 146-160

Enoch Quaye, Radu Tunaru and Diana Tunaru

A multi-objective approach for strategic resource allocation in Brazilian food banks pp. 161-176

Letícia Ferreira Godoi, Daniela Renata Cantane, Flávia Queiroga Aranha, Mariele Colletti Coral and Dylan Jones

To burn or not to burn: sustainable decisions for net-zero in agricultural supply chain pp. 177-202

Pratik Samal and Sri Vanamalla Venkataraman

Population-based and hybrid heuristic approaches for the bi-objective sustainable multi-vehicle traveling purchaser problem pp. 203-239

Ali Cheaitou, Sadeque Hamdan, Heba Quteineh, Imad Alsyouf and Amir Shikhli

Decoupling economic growth from climate change: Unravelling the multi-dimensional dynamics of consumption-based emissions pp. 240-256

Enoch Quaye, Fred A. Yamoah, Pratyush K. Patro and Adolf Acquaye

Systems thinking for sustainability: shifting to a higher level of systems consciousness pp. 257-270

Miles Weaver, Ana Paula Fonseca, Hock Tan and Kamila Pokorna

A multiple criteria methodology for sustainable port location selection to support the emerging Brazilian offshore wind sector pp. 271-285

Mario González, Dylan Jones, Negar Akbari, Rafael Vasconcelos, David Melo, Eric Cabral, Andressa Santiso and Monalisa Godeiro

Optimizing research in Antarctica: a novel approach to project selection and scheduling across multiple stations pp. 286-312

Mauricio Vega-Hidalgo, Lorena Pradenas and Víctor Parada

Obtaining a balance between charging stations and battery swapping stations pp. 313-325

Tushar Gahlaut and Gourav Dwivedi

Multi-objective simulation optimisation applies linear programming and genetic algorithms to find the trade-off between food and food plastic packaging waste in UK households pp. 326-340

Ramzi Fayad and Armando Vargas-Palacios

A decision-making framework for the valorisation of the water cycle through industrial symbioses pp. 341-369

Otto Chen, Navonil Mustafee, Barry Evans, Mehdi Khoury, Joep van den Broeke, Tavishi Guleria, Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, Albert S. Chen, Slobodan Djordjević and Dragan Savić

A critical systems thinking methodology to explore circularity of food waste in a university campus pp. 370-389

José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón, Alberto Paucar-Caceres, Toni Burrowes-Cromwell, Angela Bywater, Ronak Shah, Mark Walker and Kourosh Behzadian

Collaborative construction of zero-carbon tourism cities considering uncertainty: A four-party stochastic evolutionary game model pp. 390-406

Jing Wang, Weitao Liu, Zhaofeng Wang and Zhijiao Du

Integrating problem structuring methods with formal design theory: collective water management policy design in Tunisia pp. 407-425

Halil Tosunlu, Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Alexis Tsoukiàs, Emeline Hassenforder, Samia Chrii, Houssem Braiki and Irene Pluchinotta