Journal of the Operational Research Society

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Volume 72, issue 12, 2021

Probabilistic double hierarchy linguistic term set and its use in designing an improved VIKOR method: The application in smart healthcare pp. 2611-2630

Xunjie Gou, Zeshui Xu, Huchang Liao and Francisco Herrera

New results on integrated nurse staffing and scheduling: The medium-term context for intensive care units pp. 2631-2648

Osman T. Aydas, Anthony D. Ross, Matthew C. Scanlon and Buket Aydas

Estimating the impact of lifestyle changes on treatment outcomes for people with knee osteoarthritis through system dynamics simulation modelling pp. 2649-2660

Milda Masilionyte, Ian McLean, Oliver Harding and Mahdi Doostmohammadi

Keep it or kill it? The optimal management of old technology-based products in the prevalence of new technology-based products pp. 2661-2673

Xiaoxi Liu and Byung Cho Kim

Flow shop scheduling with general position weighted learning effects to minimise total weighted completion time pp. 2674-2689

Xinyu Sun, Xin-Na Geng and Feng Liu

Optimal blending strategies for coking coal using chance constraints pp. 2690-2703

Rick Jeuken, Michael Forbes and Michael Kearney

Carbon footprint and eco-efficiency of China's regional construction industry: A life cycle perspective pp. 2704-2719

Zhongbao Zhou, Kai Li, Qing Liu, Zui Tao and Ling Lin

Risk sharing for internal resources conflict in two-stage process with slacks-based measure pp. 2720-2734

Lei Fang and Yuanyuan Zhao

A location-driven approach for warehouse location problem pp. 2735-2754

Xuehong Gao

A top-down cutting approach for modeling the constrained two- and three-dimensional guillotine cutting problems pp. 2755-2769

Mateus Martin, Reinaldo Morabito and Pedro Munari

Searching for alternatives to the closest targets: Identifying new directions for improvement while controlling additional efforts pp. 2770-2782

José L. Ruiz and Inmaculada Sirvent

Opinion dynamics based on infectious disease transmission model in the non-connected context of Pythagorean fuzzy trust relationship pp. 2783-2803

Decui Liang, Bochun Yi and Zeshui Xu

A robust optimization model of the field hospitals in the sustainable blood supply chain in crisis logistics pp. 2804-2828

Niloufar Razavi, Hadi Gholizadeh, Sina Nayeri and Tannaz Alizadeh Ashrafi

Volume 72, issue 11, 2021

Artefact appropriation in facilitated modelling: An adaptive structuration theory approach pp. 2381-2395

Elena Tavella, Thanos Papadopoulos and Sotirios Paroutis

A multistage optimisation algorithm for the large vehicle routing problem with time windows and synchronised visits pp. 2396-2411

Mateusz Polnik, Annalisa Riccardi and Kerem Akartunalı

Extracting pricing densities for weather derivatives using the maximum entropy method pp. 2412-2428

Antonios K. Alexandridis, Henryk Gzyl, Enrique ter Horst and German Molina

Speed scaling in two-machine lot-streaming flow shops with consistent sublots pp. 2429-2441

Kan Fang, Wenchang Luo and Ada Che

Performance measurement in the parallel interdependent processes systems under decentralized and centralized modes pp. 2442-2459

Beibei Xiong and Jie Wu

Using combined network-based approaches to analyze risk interactions in R&D alliance pp. 2460-2471

Hui Liu, Naiding Yang, Zhao Yang, Yanlu Zhang and Ruimeng Li

Flexible versus simple trade-in strategy for remanufacturing pp. 2472-2489

Zhaojun Yang, Xu Hu, Jun Sun and Yali Zhang

System dynamics modelling to formulate policy interventions to optimise antibiotic prescribing in hospitals pp. 2490-2502

Nina J. Zhu, Raheelah Ahmad, Alison Holmes, Julie V. Robotham, Reda Lebcir and Rifat Atun

Assessing hyper-heuristic performance pp. 2503-2516

Nelishia Pillay and Rong Qu

Assessment of uncertainty in bid arrival times: A Bayesian mixture model pp. 2517-2528

Babak Zafari and Refik Soyer

A joint likelihood approach to the analysis of length of stay data utilising the continuous-time hidden Markov model and Coxian phase-type distribution pp. 2529-2541

Hannah J. Mitchell, Adele H. Marshall and Mariangela Zenga

Multicriteria group decision-making under uncertainty using interval data and cloud models pp. 2542-2556

Hadi Akbarzadeh Khorshidi and Uwe Aickelin

Dynamic optimal control of a firm’s product-process innovation with expected quality effects in a monopoly exhibiting network externality pp. 2557-2579

Shoude Li

Creating all-win by blockchain technology in supply chains: Impacts of agents’ risk attitudes towards cryptocurrency pp. 2580-2595

Tsan-Ming Choi

The evaluation of mobile health apps: A psychological perception-based probabilistic linguistic belief thermodynamic multiple attribute decision making method pp. 2596-2610

Mingwei Wang, Decui Liang, Zeshui Xu and Dajun Ye

Volume 72, issue 10, 2021

Financial modelling with multiple criteria decision making: A systematic literature review pp. 2161-2179

Adiel Teixeira de Almeida-Filho, Diogo Ferreira de Lima Silva and Luciano Ferreira

The pooling of sustainable freight transport pp. 2180-2195

Nassim Mrabti, Nadia Hamani and Laurent Delahoche

Optimal replenishment and inventory financing strategy in a three-echelon supply chain under the variable demand and default risk pp. 2196-2210

Ming-Jong Yao, Jen-Yen Lin, Chieh Lee and Po-Hung Wang

Prescriptive analytics for inventory management in health care pp. 2211-2224

Leonardo Galli, Tommaso Levato, Fabio Schoen and Luca Tigli

Column generation for low carbon berth allocation under uncertainty pp. 2225-2240

Lu Zhen, Qian Sun, Wei Zhang, Kai Wang and Wen Yi

Assessing operational complexity of manufacturing systems based on algorithmic complexity of key performance indicator time-series pp. 2241-2255

Bugra Alkan and Seth Bullock

Capacity sharing: The impacts of agreement and contracting timing pp. 2256-2273

Xiaofeng Shao

Integrating machine learning and decision support in tactical decision-making in rugby union pp. 2274-2285

Neil Watson, Sharief Hendricks, Theodor Stewart and Ian Durbach

Complexity of server scheduling on parallel dedicated machines subject to fixed job sequences pp. 2286-2289

T. C. E. Cheng, Svetlana A. Kravchenko and Bertrand M. T. Lin

Determining consensus thresholds for group decision making with preference relations pp. 2290-2300

Hai Wang, Huchang Liao, Bing Huang and Zeshui Xu

The effect of risk tolerance in mobile game supply chain pricing and effort decisions pp. 2301-2316

Benyong Hu and Chao Meng

A successive domain-reduction scheme for linearly constrained quadratic integer programming problems pp. 2317-2330

Fenlan Wang

An attack-defense game on interdependent networks pp. 2331-2341

Rui Peng, Di Wu, Mengyao Sun and Shaomin Wu

Healthcare services: A systematic review of patient-centric logistics issues using simulation pp. 2342-2364

Sumanta Roy, Shanmugam Prasanna Venkatesan and Mark Goh

Understanding participant engagement in problem structuring interventions with self-determination theory pp. 2365-2379

Katharina Burger

Volume 72, issue 9, 2021

A (32+ε)-approximation algorithm for scheduling on two parallel machines with job delivery coordination pp. 1929-1942

Yong Chen, An Zhang, Zhiyi Tan, Ying Xue and Guangting Chen

Behaviour-based pricing and wholesaling contracting under supply chain competition pp. 1943-1959

Junbin Wang, Xiaojun Fan and Ting Zhang

Operational research applied to decisions in home health care: A systematic literature review pp. 1960-1991

Luca Grieco, Martin Utley and Sonya Crowe

An optimization approach to a two-stage replenishment strategy in cruise liner operations under dynamic demand pp. 1992-2003

Liling Huang and Jiaqi Yang

Algorithms for the Calzedonia workload allocation problem pp. 2004-2017

Maria Battarra, Federico Fraboni, Oliver Thomasson, Güneş Erdoğan, Gilbert Laporte and Marco Formentini

Evaluating and managing interactive barriers for sustainable e-waste management in China pp. 2018-2031

Yan Xu, Chung-Hsing Yeh, ChenGuang Liu, Sidra Ramzan and Ling Zhang

A novel framework for selecting sustainable healthcare waste treatment technologies under Z-number environment pp. 2032-2045

Xiaohong Chen, Jiong Lin, Xihua Li and Zhiyong Ma

Should a retailer sell its own extended warranties or resell those from the manufacturer when confronting supplier encroachment? pp. 2046-2058

Junwu Chai, Hengyu Li, Wei Yan and Youwei Li

Competing on price, speed, and reliability: How does bounded rationality matter? pp. 2059-2072

Ata Jalili Marand, Hongyan Li and Anders Thorstenson

Task-based visual analytics for interactive multiobjective optimization pp. 2073-2090

Jussi Hakanen, Kaisa Miettinen and Krešimir Matković

Single machine campaign planning under sequence dependent family setups and co-production pp. 2091-2111

Serkan Kalay and Z. Caner Taşkın

Fire support with Gaussian estimation of environmental conditions based on single or multiple target registration pp. 2112-2121

Michael Bendersky, Israel David and Dor Elboim

Estimating costs and benefits of stroke management: A population-based simulation model pp. 2122-2134

Steffen Bayer, Kirsten Eom, Nirmali Sivapragasam, Deidre A. De Silva, Gerald Choon, Huat Koh, Kelvin Bryan Tan, John P. Ansah and David B. Matchar

Approximation algorithms for makespan minimization on identical parallel machines under resource constraints pp. 2135-2146

Vitaly A. Strusevich

Hybrid simulation modelling for dementia care services planning pp. 2147-2159

D. C. Evenden, S. C. Brailsford, C. M. Kipps, P. J. Roderick and B. Walsh

Volume 72, issue 8, 2021

Trends in Multi-Disciplinary Scheduling pp. 1689-1690

Aldy Gunawan, Graham Kendall, Lai Soon Lee, Barry McCollum and Hsin-Vonn Seow

MIP approaches for a lot sizing and scheduling problem on multiple production lines with scarce resources, temporary workstations, and perishable products pp. 1691-1706

Willy A. O. Soler, Maristela O. Santos and Kerem Akartunalı

Dynamic passenger demand-oriented train scheduling optimization considering flexible short-turning strategy pp. 1707-1725

Liya Yang, Yu Yao, Hua Shi and Pan Shang

Scheduling customer orders on unrelated parallel machines to minimise total weighted completion time pp. 1726-1736

Haidong Li, Zhen Li, Yaping Zhao and Xiaoyun Xu

Decomposition heuristics for parallel-machine multiple orders per job scheduling problems with a common due date pp. 1737-1753

Jens Rocholl and Lars Mönch

On-line scheduling with equal-length jobs on parallel-batch machines to minimise maximum flow-time with delivery times pp. 1754-1761

Ran Lin, Wenhua Li and Xing Chai

Multi-scenario scheduling to maximise the weighted number of just-in-time jobs pp. 1762-1779

Miri Gilenson and Dvir Shabtay

Dispatch and conflict-free routing of capacitated vehicles with storage stack allocation pp. 1780-1793

Emmanouil Thanos, Tony Wauters and Greet Vanden Berghe

Vehicle routing: Review of benchmark datasets pp. 1794-1807

Aldy Gunawan, Graham Kendall, Barry McCollum, Hsin-Vonn Seow and Lai Soon Lee

Nurse to patient assignment through an analogy with the bin packing problem: Case of a Tunisian hospital pp. 1808-1821

Mouna Marzouk and Hichem Kamoun

Symmetry breaking of identical projects in the high-multiplicity RCPSP/max pp. 1822-1843

Steven J. Edwards, Davaatseren Baatar, Kate Smith-Miles and Andreas T. Ernst

Integrating dual-channel closed-loop supply chains: Forward, reverse or neither? pp. 1844-1862

Chun-lai Shi, Wei Geng and Jiuh-Biing Sheu

Optimising structure in a networked Lanchester model for fires and manoeuvre in warfare pp. 1863-1878

Alexander C. Kalloniatis, Keeley Hoek, Mathew Zuparic and Markus Brede

A data-driven distributionally robust newsvendor model with a Wasserstein ambiguity set pp. 1879-1897

Sangyoon Lee, Hyunwoo Kim and Ilkyeong Moon

Solution of the maximal covering tour problem for locating recycling drop-off stations pp. 1898-1913

Maximiliano Cubillos and Sanne Wøhlk

Consistency improvement for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence: An application in two-sided matching decision making pp. 1914-1927

Zhen Zhang, Xinyue Kou, Wenyu Yu and Yuan Gao

Volume 72, issue 7, 2021

Simulation on the effectiveness of carbon emission trading policy: A system dynamics approach pp. 1447-1460

Xiongfeng Pan, Mengna Li, Haitao Xu, Shucen Guo, Ranran Guo and Chew Tin Lee

An exact algorithm for the electric-vehicle routing problem with nonlinear charging time pp. 1461-1485

Chungmok Lee

Minimizing equipment shutdowns in oil and gas campaign maintenance pp. 1486-1504

Z. Seif, E. Mardaneh, R. Loxton and A. Lockwood

Optimal contract design in sustainable supply chain: Interactive impacts of fairness concern and overconfidence pp. 1505-1524

Qinzi Xiao, Lin Chen, Ming Xie and Cheng Wang

Optimizing the distribution planning process in supply chains with distribution strategy choice pp. 1525-1538

Andrea Bacchetti, Luca Bertazzi and Massimo Zanardini

Sourcing flexibility with uncertain costs pp. 1539-1551

Óscar Gutiérrez

A double auction mechanism for coordinating lot-sizing in supply chains pp. 1552-1563

Martin Albrecht

Redesign of reverse logistics network with managerial decisions on the minimum quality level and remanufacturing policy pp. 1564-1577

Kyungsu Park, Jonghoe Kim, Young Dae Ko and Byung Duk Song

Quality-driven profitability analysis in service operations pp. 1578-1590

Jaehun Park, Byung Kwon Lee and Sungmook Lim

Reorganizing postal collection operations in urban areas as a result of declining mail volumes – A case study in Bologna pp. 1591-1606

Giuseppe Bruno, Manuel Cavola, Antonio Diglio, Gilbert Laporte and Carmela Piccolo

Application of non-deterministic uncertainty models to improve resource constraint optimal scheduling pp. 1607-1618

Mark Versteyhe and Frederik Debrouwere

A new procedure for variable selection in presence of rare events pp. 1619-1636

Francesco Giordano, Marcella Niglio and Marialuisa Restaino

The two-factor price process in optimal sequential exploration pp. 1637-1647

Babak Jafarizadeh and Reidar Bratvold

Assessing road network vulnerability: A user equilibrium interdiction model pp. 1648-1663

Stefano Starita and Maria Paola Scaparra

Kindergarten allocation in Norway: An integer programming approach pp. 1664-1673

A. H. Geitle, Ø. K. Johnsen, H. F. E. Ruud, K. Fagerholt and C. A. Julsvoll

Developing a composite index for intrapreneurial orientation in small and medium-sized enterprises: A comprehensive dual methodology pp. 1674-1687

João D. C. B. S. Natividade, Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Constantin Zopounidis, Leandro F. Pereira, Amali Çipi and João J. M. Ferreira

Volume 72, issue 6, 2021

The elderly centre location problem pp. 1207-1220

Soheil Davari and Tom Van Woensel

Agile operational research pp. 1221-1235

Melina Vidoni, Laura Cunico and Aldo Vecchietti

Sustainable supply chain network design: An application to the wine industry in Southern Portugal pp. 1236-1251

Rui Fragoso and José Rui Figueira

Bounds on ship deployment in container shipping with time windows pp. 1252-1258

ManWo Ng

Joint inventory and rationing decisions in reward-based crowdfunding pp. 1259-1278

Kuan Zeng, Xianhao Xu, Yeming Gong and Alexander Groh

Integrated lot-sizing and cutting stock problem applied to the mattress industry pp. 1279-1293

Maurício Móz Christofoletti, Silvio Alexandre de Araujo and Adriana Cristina Cherri

Resource flow network generation algorithm in robust project scheduling pp. 1294-1308

Yingling Shi, Huifang Su and Nansheng Pang

Stochastic surgery selection and sequencing under dynamic emergency break-ins pp. 1309-1329

Mathieu Vandenberghe, Stijn De Vuyst, El-Houssaine Aghezzaf and Herwig Bruneel

Limited interval-valued probabilistic linguistic term sets in evaluating airline service quality pp. 1330-1346

Bo Li, Yixin Zhang and Zeshui Xu

False quality claims: Prevention and supply chain implications pp. 1347-1357

Konstantin Kogan and Fouad El Ouardighi

Customer rejection to guide lead time quotation and pricing decisions pp. 1358-1372

Ramzi Hammami, Yannick Frein and Abduh Sayid Albana

Stochastic multi-attribute acceptability analysis-based heuristic algorithms for multi-attribute project portfolio selection and scheduling problem pp. 1373-1389

Shiling Song, Tingting Wei, Feng Yang and Qiong Xia

A new robust optimization approach to common weights formulation in DEA pp. 1390-1402

Maziar Salahi, Mehdi Toloo and Narges Torabi

Performance evaluation of NBA teams: A non-homogeneous DEA approach pp. 1403-1414

Min Yang, Yuqi Wei, Liang Liang, Jingjing Ding and Xianmei Wang

An exact algorithm for small-cardinality constrained portfolio optimisation pp. 1415-1431

David I. Graham and Matthew J. Craven

Allocating a fixed cost across decision making units with explicitly considering efficiency rankings pp. 1432-1446

Feng Li, Zeyu Yan, Qingyuan Zhu, Miao Yin and Gang Kou

Volume 72, issue 5, 2021

Special Issue Data Science for Better Productivity pp. 971-974

Vincent Charles, Juan Aparicio and Joe Zhu

Data science and productivity: A bibliometric review of data science applications and approaches in productivity evaluations pp. 975-988

Yu Shi, Joe Zhu and Vincent Charles

Data science and productivity: A bibliometric review of data science applications and approaches in productivity evaluations pp. 975-988

Yu Shi, Joe Zhu and Vincent Charles

A new hybrid method for the fair assignment of productivity targets to indirect corporate processes pp. 989-1001

Sebastian Ihrig, Alessio Ishizaka, Claus Brech and Thomas Fliedner

Corporate diversification, firm productivity and resource allocation decisions: The data envelopment analysis approach pp. 1002-1014

Ruixue Jiang, Yi Yang, Yao Chen and Liang Liang

Entrusting decisions to the public service pension fund: An integrated predictive model with additive network DEA approach pp. 1015-1032

Sheng-Wei Lin, Wen-Min Lu and Fengyi Lin

A DEALG methodology for prediction of effective customers of internet financial loan products pp. 1033-1041

Weiwei Zhu, Bingqing Liu, Zifang Lu and Yu Yu

Should drivers cooperate? Performance evaluation of cooperative navigation on simulated road networks using network DEA pp. 1042-1057

Nichalin S. Summerfield, Amit V. Deokar, Mei Xu and Weiwei Zhu

A frontier-based facility location problem with a centralised view of measuring the performance of the network pp. 1058-1074

Mohsen Afsharian

Improving productivity using government data: The case of US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's ‘Nursing Home Compare’ pp. 1075-1086

Marie-Laure Bougnol and José Dulà

Exploring data conditions to improve business performance pp. 1087-1098

Didier Grimaldi, Vicenc Fernandez and Carlos Carrasco

Entropy method of constructing a combined model for improving loan default prediction: A case study in China pp. 1099-1109

Yiheng Li and Weidong Chen

Improving productivity in Hollywood with data science: Using emotional arcs of movies to drive product and service innovation in entertainment industries pp. 1110-1137

Marco Del Vecchio, Alexander Kharlamov, Glenn Parry and Ganna Pogrebna

Estimating customer churn under competing risks pp. 1138-1155

Pallav Routh, Arkajyoti Roy and Jeff Meyer

A DEA cross-efficiency approach based on bargaining theory pp. 1156-1167

I. Contreras, S. Lozano and M. A. Hinojosa

Serial network DEA models with a single intermediate measure pp. 1168-1173

Weiwei Zhu, ZiYang Miao and Xujin Pu

An integrated model for SBM and Super-SBM DEA models pp. 1174-1182

Hsuan-Shih Lee

Classifying dual role variables in DEA: The case of VRS pp. 1183-1190

Mojtaba Ghiyasi and Wade D. Cook

DEA cross-efficiency framework for efficiency evaluation with probabilistic linguistic term sets pp. 1191-1206

Ling Pan, Zeshui Xu and Peijia Ren

Volume 72, issue 4, 2021

On the analysis of last-mile relief delivery on a tree network: Application to the 2015 Nepal earthquake pp. 727-743

Abhinav Khare, Rajan Batta and Jee Eun Kang

An inventory model for nonperishable items with warehouse mode selection and partial backlogging under trapezoidal-type demand pp. 744-763

Chunming Xu, Daozhi Zhao, Jie Min and Jiaqin Hao

Integrated and sequential solution methods for the cyclic bus driver rostering problem pp. 764-779

Safae Er-Rbib, Guy Desaulniers, Issmail El Hallaoui and Abderrahman Bani

Iterative job splitting algorithms for parallel machine scheduling with job splitting and setup resource constraints pp. 780-799

Jun-Ho Lee, Hoon Jang and Hyun-Jung Kim

Cycle cost considerations in a continuous review inventory control model pp. 800-821

Dinçer Konur and Gonca Yıldırım

Dynamic markdown decisions based on a quality loss function in on-site direct-sale supply chains for perishable food pp. 822-836

Shih-Pin Chen and Chih-Ying Chen

Applying a platform to expand sales pp. 837-852

Wenche Wang, Fan Li and Zelong Yi

On the packing process in a shoe manufacturer pp. 853-864

Manuel V. C. Vieira, Flora Ferreira, José C. M. Duque and Rui M. P. Almeida

Dynamic subgroup-quality-based consensus in managing consistency, nearness, and evenness quality indices for large-scale group decision making under hesitant environment pp. 865-878

Ming Tang, Huchang Liao, Xiaomei Mi, Xuanhua Xu and Francisco Herrera

A decision-making framework based on prospect theory with probabilistic linguistic term sets pp. 879-888

Jing Gu, Ying Zheng, Xiaoli Tian and Zeshui Xu

Mapping conditional scenarios for knowledge structuring in (tail) dependence elicitation pp. 889-907

Christoph Werner, Tim Bedford and John Quigley

Closing the loop: Forging high-quality agile virtual enterprises in a reverse supply chain via solution portfolios pp. 908-922

Andrew C. Trapp, Renata A. Konrad, Joseph Sarkis and Amy Z. Zeng

Multi-class misclassification cost matrix for credit ratings in peer-to-peer lending pp. 923-934

Haomin Wang, Gang Kou and Yi Peng

Fuzzy multi-period portfolio selection model with time-varying loss aversion pp. 935-949

Yong-Jun Liu and Wei-Guo Zhang

An integrated efficiency evaluation of China stock market pp. 950-969

Kuo-Cheng Kuo, Wen-Min Lu and Thanh Nhan Dinh

Correction pp. 970-970

The Editors

Volume 72, issue 2, 2021

Enhancing discrete-event simulation with big data analytics: A review pp. 247-267

Andrew Greasley and John Steven Edwards

From approximate to exact probability models in dynamic portfolio decision theory pp. 268-280

Nabeel Butt

Benefits of bilateral participation in cooperative advertising pp. 281-291

Jihua Zhang, Bintong Chen and Jinxing Xie

Valuation and investment strategies of carbon capture and storage technology under uncertainties in technology, policy and market pp. 292-303

Chao Huang, Lifei Chen, Pandu R. Tadikamalla and Mike M. Gordon

Sustainable supply chain coordination under competition and green effort scheme pp. 304-319

Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh, Samira Ebrahimi and Abbas Jokar

A financing perspective on DEA-based resource allocation and the aggregate profit inefficiency decomposition pp. 320-341

Lei Fang and Jiawei Yang

A modified DEA-based approach for selecting preferred benchmarks in social networks pp. 342-353

Sheng Ang, Rui Zheng, Fangqing Wei and Feng Yang

Measuring the efficiency of two-stage network processes: A satisficing DEA approach pp. 354-366

Saber Mehdizadeh, Alireza Amirteimoori, Vincent Charles, Mohammad Hassan Behzadi and Sohrab Kordrostami

An iterated local search for the biomedical sample transportation problem with multiple and interdependent pickups pp. 367-382

Ana María Anaya-Arenas, Caroline Prodhon, Jacques Renaud and Angel Ruiz

The traveling salesman problem with time windows in postal services pp. 383-397

Alexis Bretin, Guy Desaulniers and Louis-Martin Rousseau

Parcel delivery by vehicle and drone pp. 398-416

Amro M. El-Adle, Ahmed Ghoniem and Mohamed Haouari

Heuristics for the mixed no-idle flowshop with sequence-dependent setup times pp. 417-443

Fernando Luis Rossi and Marcelo Seido Nagano

Exact and metaheuristic approaches for identical parallel machine scheduling with a common server and sequence-dependent setup times pp. 444-457

João Marcos Pereira Silva, Ewerton Teixeira and Anand Subramanian

A dynamic critical path method for project scheduling based on a generalised fuzzy similarity pp. 458-470

Dajiang Liu and Changming Hu

Exact simulation of gamma-driven Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes with finite and infinite activity jumps pp. 471-484

Yan Qu, Angelos Dassios and Hongbiao Zhao

Volume 72, issue 1, 2021

Editorial pp. 1-3

John Boylan, Martin H. Kunc, Said Salhi and Zhe George Zhang

The fitness and survival of the OR profession in the age of artificial intelligence pp. 4-22

Richard Ormerod

Visualising newsvendor profits: the single-period problem with location-scale demand distributions pp. 23-34

Timothy L. Urban

Offering subsidies to logistics providers and consignors pp. 35-60

Xiangfeng Chen, Yaobin Wu, Abing Ji and Xun Xu

Using social work donation as a tool of corporate social responsibility in a closed-loop supply chain considering carbon emissions tax and demand uncertainty pp. 61-77

Nikunja Mohan Modak and Peter Kelle

A non-heuristic multicriteria decision-making method with verifiable accuracy and reliability pp. 78-92

Igor Tomashevskii and Dmitry Tomashevskii

An experimental study on the sale of counterfeit products under monitoring policies pp. 93-108

Dong Xie, Wanshan Zhu, Xiaobo Zhao and Jinxing Xie

Impact of outside option on managerial compensation contract and environmental strategies in polluting industries pp. 109-129

Guoqing Yang, Wansheng Tang and Ruiqing Zhao

Generalised probabilistic linguistic evidential reasoning approach for multi-criteria decision-making under uncertainty pp. 130-144

Ran Fang, Huchang Liao, Jian-Bo Yang and Dong-Ling Xu

A two-echelon location-routing problem with synchronisation pp. 145-160

Seyed Mostafa Mirhedayatian, Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Mario Guajardo and Stein Wallace

Strategic joining in an M/M/K queue with asynchronous and synchronous multiple vacations pp. 161-179

Jinting Wang, Yu Zhang and Zhe George Zhang

Risk interval-valued three-way decisions model with regret theory and its application to project resource allocation pp. 180-199

Decui Liang, Mingwei Wang, Zeshui Xu and Xu Chen

When closest is not always the best: The distributed p-median problem pp. 200-216

Jack Brimberg, Andrea Maier and Anita Schöbel

Government intervention to combat the dynamics of terrorist organizations pp. 217-226

Kjell Hausken

Graph-based rank aggregation method for high-dimensional and partial rankings pp. 227-236

Yu Xiao, Hong-Zhong Deng, Xin Lu and Jun Wu

Research on robot charging strategy based on the scheduling algorithm of minimum encounter time pp. 237-245

Zongmao Cheng, Xiao Fu, Jing Wang and Xianghua Xu