Journal of the Operational Research Society

2018 - 2025

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Volume 71, issue 12, 2020

The history and ideas of sociological functionalism: Talcott Parsons, modern sociological theory, and the relevance for OR pp. 1873-1899

Richard Ormerod

Improving the success of simulation projects using 3D visualization and virtual reality pp. 1900-1926

Ikpe Justice Akpan, Murali Shanker and Rouzbeh Razavi

Factors affecting the implementation of simulation modelling in healthcare: A longitudinal case study evaluation pp. 1927-1939

Katrina M. Long, F. McDermott and G. N. Meadows

Rating firms and sensitivity analysis pp. 1940-1958

Carlo Alberto Magni, Stefano Malagoli, Andrea Marchioni and Giovanni Mastroleo

Bi-objective methods for road network problems with disruptions and connecting requirements pp. 1959-1971

Yipeng Huang, Andréa Cynthia Santos and Christophe Duhamel

Empirical evaluation of IRI mitigation strategies in retail stores pp. 1972-1985

Rafay Ishfaq and Uzma Raja

Bidding for outsourcing contracts with capacity investments and cost asymmetry pp. 1986-2012

Tarun Jain, Jishnu Hazra and T. C. E. Cheng

Optimal asset allocation with heterogeneous discounting and stochastic income under CEV model pp. 2013-2026

Danping Li, Yongzeng Lai and Lin Li

Retailer-driven bundling when valuation discount exists pp. 2027-2041

Ting Chen, Feng Yang and Xiaolong Guo

A strong integer programming formulation for hybrid flowshop scheduling pp. 2042-2052

A. Tamer Ünal, Semra Ağralı and Z. Caner Taşkın

Volume 71, issue 11, 2020

The pragmatic logic of OR consulting practice: Towards a foundational view pp. 1691-1709

Richard Ormerod

Measuring efficiency in DEA in the presence of common inputs pp. 1710-1722

Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto, Wade D. Cook, David Güemes-Castorena and Joe Zhu

Learning-agent-based simulation for queue network systems pp. 1723-1739

Daniel Barry Fuller, Edilson Fernandes de Arruda and Virgílio José Martins Ferreira Filho

A novel optimization model for designing compact, balanced, and contiguous healthcare districts pp. 1740-1759

Hiwa Farughi, Madjid Tavana, Sobhan Mostafayi and Francisco J. Santos Arteaga

Integrating production scheduling, maintenance planning and energy controlling for the sustainable manufacturing systems under TOU tariff pp. 1760-1779

Weiwei Cui, Huali Sun and Beixin Xia

Spatial distribution and proximal model of secondary educational facilities in a traditional Nigerian city pp. 1780-1798

Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Akinola S. Aguda and Ruth Blessing Nzere

A biased-randomised algorithm for the capacitated facility location problem with soft constraints pp. 1799-1815

Alejandro Estrada-Moreno, Albert Ferrer, Angel Juan, Adil Bagirov and Javier Panadero

The optimal upgrade frequency and lifecycle under maintenance for a single-product rollover pp. 1816-1829

Juntao Li and Feng Yang

Optimal defence-attack strategies between one defender and two attackers pp. 1830-1846

Di Wu, Xiangbin Yan, Rui Peng and Shaomin Wu

Multi-objective biased randomised iterated greedy for robust permutation flow shop scheduling problem under disturbances pp. 1847-1859

Mohanad Al-Behadili, Djamila Ouelhadj and Dylan Jones

Optimal package pricing in healthcare services pp. 1860-1872

Tushar Tanwar, U. Dinesh Kumar and Navonil Mustafee

Volume 71, issue 10, 2020

A review of the literature on big data analytics in healthcare pp. 1511-1529

Panagiota Galetsi and Korina Katsaliaki

Modelling capacity along a patient pathway with delays to transfer and discharge pp. 1530-1544

Richard M. Wood and Ben J. Murch

Combining Soft Systems Methodology, ethnographic observation, and discrete-event simulation: A case study in cancer care pp. 1545-1562

Guillaume Lamé, Oualid Jouini and Julie Stal-Le Cardinal

Multi-period asset-liability management with cash flows and probability constraints: A mean-field formulation approach pp. 1563-1580

Xun Li, Xianping Wu and Haixiang Yao

Robust project scheduling integrated with materials ordering under activity duration uncertainty pp. 1581-1592

Yan Zhang, Nanfang Cui, Xuejun Hu and Zhentao Hu

Does relative strength in corporate governance improve corporate performance? Empirical evidence using MCDA approach pp. 1593-1618

Yilmaz Guney, Elvis Hernandez-Perdomo and Claudio M. Rocco

Flowshop scheduling with artificial neural networks pp. 1619-1637

Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Arindam Majumder and Dipak Laha

Dual-channel decision in a shopping complex when considering consumer channel preference pp. 1638-1656

Yugang Yu, Libo Sun and Xiaolong Guo

Cooperative route planning for the drone and truck in delivery services: A bi-objective optimisation approach pp. 1657-1674

Kangzhou Wang, Biao Yuan, Mengting Zhao and Yuwei Lu

Parametrically computing efficient frontiers of portfolio selection and reporting and utilizing the piecewise-segment structure pp. 1675-1690

Yue Qi

Volume 71, issue 9, 2020

Creating a typology of analytics Master’s degrees in UK universities: Implications for employers and educators pp. 1327-1346

Michael J. Mortenson, Neil F. Doherty and Stewart Robinson

The showrooming effect on integrated dual channels pp. 1347-1356

Zhixin Liu, Liang Lu and Xiangtong Qi

The need for language planning to address English-language media pressures on minority language survival in bilingual populations pp. 1357-1374

John Wyburn

The classification-based consensus in multi-attribute group decision-making pp. 1375-1389

Xin Chen, Weijun Xu, Haiming Liang and Yucheng Dong

A new hybrid genetic algorithm for the collection scheduling problem for a satellite constellation pp. 1390-1410

M. Barkaoui and J. Berger

Divisional advertising efficiency in the consumer car purchase funnel: A network DEA approach pp. 1411-1425

Kanghwa Choi

Project portfolio implementation under uncertainty and interdependencies: A simulation study of behavioural responses pp. 1426-1436

Lin Wang, Martin Kunc and Jianping Li

Advancing stock policy on repairable, intermittently-demanded service parts pp. 1437-1447

Greg H. Gehret, Jeffery D. Weir, Alan W. Johnson and David R. Jacques

A new approach to maintenance optimisation of repairable parallel systems subject to hidden failures pp. 1448-1465

Reza Ahmadi

A multiobjective integrated model for lot sizing and cutting stock problems pp. 1466-1478

B. S. C. Campello, C. T. L. S. Ghidini, A. O. C. Ayres and W. A. Oliveira

Optimal consistency and consensus models for interval additive preference relations: A discrete distribution perspective pp. 1479-1497

Zhibin Wu, Xieyu Yang, Jiancheng Tu and Xue Chen

NuMWVC: A novel local search for minimum weighted vertex cover problem pp. 1498-1509

Ruizhi Li, Shuli Hu, Shaowei Cai, Jian Gao, Yiyuan Wang and Minghao Yin

Volume 71, issue 8, 2020

Infinite-server queueing models of demand in healthcare: A review of applications and ideas for further work pp. 1145-1160

David Worthington, Martin Utley and Dan Suen

Machine learning models and cost-sensitive decision trees for bond rating prediction pp. 1161-1179

Sami Ben Jabeur, Amir Sadaaoui, Asma Sghaier and Riadh Aloui

Selling vertically differentiated products under one channel or two? A quality segmentation model for differentiated distribution channels pp. 1180-1198

Junwu Chai, Wei Yan, Youwei Li, Mark Palmer and Qilin Huang

Production and pricing decisions in a dual-channel supply chain under remanufacturing subsidy policy and carbon tax policy pp. 1199-1215

Kaiying Cao, Ping He and Zhixin Liu

Coordinated production target setting for production–pollutant control systems: A DEA two-stage bargaining game approach pp. 1216-1232

Jie Wu, Huanhuan Jiang, Junfei Chu, Yuhong Wang and Xiaohong Liu

Project vulnerability analysis: A topological approach pp. 1233-1242

Ning Guo, Peng Guo, Jennifer Shang and Jing Zhao

Solving the resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem with an improved critical chain method pp. 1243-1258

Min Tian, Ren Jing Liu and Guang Jun Zhang

Carbon emission abatement quota allocation in Chinese manufacturing industries: An integrated cooperative game data envelopment analysis approach pp. 1259-1288

Feng Li, Ali Emrouznejad, Guo-liang Yang and Yongjun Li

Investing in carbon emissions reduction in the EOQ model pp. 1289-1300

Jun-Yeon Lee

Complexity and relaxation methods for minimising total average cycle stock subject to practical constraints pp. 1301-1305

Young-Soo Myung and Ilkyeong Moon

Consumer price effects: Loss aversion in value vs. in demand pp. 1306-1314

Markku Kallio, Merja Halme and Jaakko Aspara

Scheduling with regular performance measures and optional job rejection on a single machine pp. 1315-1325

Baruch Mor and Dana Shapira

Volume 71, issue 7, 2020

Special issue on healthcare behavioural OR pp. 1053-1054

Sally Brailsford, Michael Carter, Paul Harper and Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos

A review of implementation of behavioural aspects in the application of OR in healthcare pp. 1055-1072

Martin Kunc, Paul Harper and Konstantinos Katsikopoulos

Designing an incentive scheme within a cooperative game for consolidated hospital systems pp. 1073-1144

Shima Mohebbi, Xueping Li and Tami Wyatt

Machine learning for healthcare behavioural OR: Addressing waiting time perceptions in emergency care pp. 1087-1101

Daniel Gartner and Rema Padman

A probabilistic patient scheduling model for reducing the number of no-shows pp. 1102-1112

Diego Ruiz-Hernández, David García-Heredia, David Delgado-Gómez and Enrique Baca-García

Should doctors use their judgment? How a system dynamics model elicited knowledge in neonatal care services pp. 1113-1123

Reda Lebcir and Rifat Atun

Server behaviours in healthcare queueing systems pp. 1124-1136

Paul R. Harper

Treatment process differences with and without an ambulance offload zone pp. 1137-1144

Molly Elliott, Peter T. Vanberkel and Alix J. E. Carter

Volume 71, issue 6, 2020

Combining heuristics for tool-path optimisation in material extrusion additive manufacturing pp. 867-877

Neri Volpato, Lauro Cesar Galvão, Luiz Fernando Nunes, Rômulo Ianuch Souza and Karina Oguido

Flexible hospital-wide elective patient scheduling pp. 878-892

Daniel Gartner and Rema Padman

Joint pricing and inventory management under servitisation pp. 893-909

Chao Xu, Yongrui Duan and Jiazhen Huo

Minimizing the total weighted tardiness of overlapping jobs on parallel machines with a learning effect pp. 910-927

Jen-Ya Wang

Analytic hierarchy process-fuzzy sorting: An analytic hierarchy process–based method for fuzzy classification in sorting problems pp. 928-947

Alessio Ishizaka, Menelaos Tasiou and Luis Martínez

A dynamic advertising problem when demand is sensitive to the credit period and stock of advertising goodwill pp. 948-966

Tsu-Pang Hsieh, Chung-Yuan Dye and Kuei Kuei Lai

Green parallel machines scheduling problem: A bi-objective model and a heuristic algorithm to obtain Pareto frontier pp. 967-978

Arash Zandi, Reza Ramezanian and Leslie Monplaisir

Lexicographic hyperbolic DEA pp. 979-990

Sebastián Lozano and Narges Soltani

Network hierarchical DEA with an application to international shipping industry in Taiwan pp. 991-1002

Guoya Gan, Hsuan-Shih Lee, Lynne Lee, Xianmei Wang and Qianfeng Wang

Supply chain coordination with put option contracts and customer returns pp. 1003-1019

Chong Wang, Jing Chen, Lili Wang and Jiarong Luo

Optimising darts strategy using Markov decision processes and reinforcement learning pp. 1020-1037

Graham Baird

Input modelling for multimodal data pp. 1038-1052

Russell C. H. Cheng and Christine S. M. Currie

Volume 71, issue 5, 2020

Sparse and robust portfolio selection via semi-definite relaxation pp. 687-699

Yongjae Lee, Min Jeong Kim, Jang Ho Kim, Ju Ri Jang and Woo Chang Kim

Probabilistic linguistic multi-criteria decision-making based on evidential reasoning and combined ranking methods considering decision-makers’ psychological preferences pp. 700-717

Zhang-peng Tian, Ru-Xin Nie and Jian-Qiang Wang

Evaluation of efficiency and technological bias of tourist hotels by a meta-frontier DEA model pp. 718-732

Ming-Miin Yu and Li-Hsueh Chen

Emergency department network under disaster conditions: The case of possible major Istanbul earthquake pp. 733-747

Muhammet Gul, Ali Fuat Guneri and Murat M. Gunal

Integrated planning for public health emergencies: A modified model for controlling H1N1 pandemic pp. 748-761

Ming Liu, Xifen Xu, Jie Cao and Ding Zhang

A combined optimisation and decision-making approach for battery-supported HMGS pp. 762-774

Carolina Marcelino, Manuel Baumann, Leonel Carvalho, Nelson Chibeles-Martins, Marcel Weil, Paulo Almeida and Elizabeth Wanner

Identification of credit risk based on cluster analysis of account behaviours pp. 775-783

Maha Bakoben, Tony Bellotti and Niall Adams

Reliable communication network design: The hybridisation of metaheuristics with the branch and bound method pp. 784-799

Omer Ozkan, Murat Ermis and Ilker Bekmezci

Enhanced FMEA: An integrative approach of fuzzy logic-based FMEA and collective process capability analysis pp. 800-812

Arash Geramian, Arash Shahin, Behzad Minaei and Jiju Antony

Consistent vehicle routing problem with simultaneous distribution and collection pp. 813-830

Lu Zhen, Wenya Lv, Kai Wang, Chengle Ma and Ziheng Xu

Partitioned fuzzy measure-based linear assignment method for Pythagorean fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making with a new likelihood pp. 831-845

Decui Liang, Adjei Peter Darko, Zeshui Xu and Yinrunjie Zhang

A parametric programming approach to bilevel optimisation with lower-level variables in the upper level pp. 846-865

Henrik C. Bylling, Steven A. Gabriel and Trine K. Boomsma

Volume 71, issue 4, 2020

Scheduling airline reserve crew using a probabilistic crew absence and recovery model pp. 543-565

Christopher Bayliss, Geert De Maere, Jason A. D. Atkin and Marc Paelinck

Optimal keyword bidding in search-based advertising with budget constraint and stochastic ad position pp. 566-578

Hande Küçükaydin, Barış Selçuk and Özgür Özlük

Dealing with undesirable outputs in DEA: An aggregation method for a common set of weights pp. 579-588

Weiwei Zhu, Mei Xu and Cheng-Ping Cheng

A particle filter approach to estimating target location using Brownian bridges pp. 589-605

Jesse A. Nunez, Dashi I. Singham and Michael P. Atkinson

Models for the two-dimensional level strip packing problem – a review and a computational evaluation pp. 606-627

Vanessa M. R. Bezerra, Aline A. S. Leao, José Fernando Oliveira and Maristela O. Santos

Retailer vs. vendor managed inventory with considering stochastic learning effect pp. 628-646

Qian Wei, Jianxiong Zhang, Guowei Zhu, Rui Dai and Shichen Zhang

Retailing and long-term environmental concerns: The impact of inventory and pricing competition pp. 647-659

Konstantin Kogan

A bridge for two views: Checkland’s soft systems methodology and Maturana’s ontology of the observer pp. 660-672

Alberto Paucar-Caceres and Bruno Jerardino-Wiesenborn

Optimal planning of technology roadmap under uncertainty pp. 673-686

Chaoan Lai, Liang Xu and Jennifer Shang

Volume 71, issue 3, 2020

Soft situational strategic planning (SSSP): A method and case study of its application in a Brazilian municipality pp. 363-380

Alberto Paucar-Caceres, Paloma Ribeiro dos Santos, Gillian Wright and Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain

Multi-stage hierarchical decomposition approach for stowage planning problem in inland container liner shipping pp. 381-399

Jun Li, Yu Zhang, Sanyou Ji, Lanbo Zheng and Jin Xu

The transaction contract of scarce materials in a supply chain: Paying a higher price to acquire a higher quantity pp. 400-416

I-Hsuan Hong and Pei-Yu Chang

Two-level lot-sizing with raw-material perishability and deterioration pp. 417-432

Andrés Acevedo-Ojeda, Ivan Contreras and Mingyuan Chen

An intermittent sensor versus a target that emits glimpses as a homogenous Poisson process pp. 433-446

Patrick Chisan Hew

Distribution of the time to buffer overflow in the M/G/1/N-type queueing model with batch arrivals and multiple vacation policy pp. 447-455

Wojciech M. Kempa and Rafał Marjasz

Data-driven satisficing measure and ranking pp. 456-474

Wenjie Huang

An improved model for the parallel row ordering problem pp. 475-490

Xuhong Yang, Wenming Cheng, Alice E. Smith and André R. S. Amaral

Efficiency bounds and efficiency classifications in imprecise DEA: An extension pp. 491-504

Bohlool Ebrahimi and Mehdi Toloo

Cross-efficiency evaluation capable of dealing with negative data: A directional distance function based approach pp. 505-516

Ruiyue Lin

Statistical inference for the Russell measure of technical efficiency pp. 517-527

Oleg Badunenko and Pavlo Mozharovskyi

Ranking products with online reviews: A novel method based on hesitant fuzzy set and sentiment word framework pp. 528-542

Dong Zhang, Chong Wu and Jiaming Liu

Volume 71, issue 2, 2020

A bi-objective solution approach to a real-world waste collection problem pp. 183-194

Laura Delgado-Antequera, Manuel Laguna, Joaquín Pacheco and Rafael Caballero

Picturing agreement between clustering solutions using multidimensional unfolding: An application to greenhouse gas emissions data pp. 195-208

Ana Alexandra A. F. Martins and Margarida G. M. S. Cardoso

Ranking intervals for two-stage production systems pp. 209-224

Yongjun Li, Xiao Shi, Ali Emrouznejad and Liang Liang

A dynamic differential evolution algorithm for the dynamic single-machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times pp. 225-236

Yue Zhao and Gongshu Wang

Discretely constrained mixed complementary problems: Application and analysis of a stylised electricity market pp. 237-249

Richard Weinhold and Steven A. Gabriel

A linear programming based heuristic algorithm for bandwidth packing problem with scheduling pp. 250-263

Seulgi Joung, Jaeyoong Lim, Chungmok Lee, Jongyoon Shin, Ikkyun Jung and Sungsoo Park

Information economics approach to the performance evaluation of error-prone internal auditors pp. 264-279

Young H. Chun

Should competing firms offer ‘Buy n times, get one free’ loyalty programs? A game-theoretic analysis pp. 280-300

Amirhossein Bazargan, Saeed Zolfaghari and Salma Karray

Functional relations and Spearman correlation between consistency indices pp. 301-311

Bice Cavallo

Intuitionistic fuzzy two-sided matching model and its application to personnel-position matching problems pp. 312-321

Dejian Yu and Zeshui Xu

An extended TODIM method to rank products with online reviews under intuitionistic fuzzy environment pp. 322-334

Dong Zhang, Yongli Li and Chong Wu

Efficiency measurement with products and partially desirable co-products pp. 335-345

Wade D. Cook, Wanghong Li, Zhepeng Li, Liang Liang and Joe Zhu

System efficiency evaluation of homogeneous parallel production systems: An aggregation approach pp. 346-361

Prabhat Ranjan and Sanjeet Singh

Volume 71, issue 1, 2020

In defence of Soft OR: Reflections on teaching Soft OR pp. 1-15

Fran Ackermann, James Alexander, Ashley Stephens and Brandon Pincombe

Benders decomposition approach with heuristic improvements for the robust foodgrain supply network design problem pp. 16-36

Ajinkya Tanksale and Jitendra K. Jha

In-transit freight consolidation of indivisible shipments pp. 37-54

Abdulkader S. Hanbazazah, Luis E. Castro, Murat Erkoc and Nazrul I. Shaikh

Cash flow management by risk-neutral and risk-averse stochastic approaches pp. 55-68

Giovanni Margarido Righetto, Reinaldo Morabito and Douglas Alem

Simultaneous coordination of order quantity and corporate social responsibility in a two-Echelon supply chain: A combined contract approach pp. 69-84

Abbas Jokar and Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh

Joint pricing and inventory decisions for perishable products with age-, stock-, and price-dependent demand rate pp. 85-99

Maher A. N. Agi and Hardik N. Soni

Selecting multiple web adverts: A contextual multi-armed bandit with state uncertainty pp. 100-116

James A. Edwards and David S. Leslie

Solving the Greek school timetabling problem by a mixed integer programming model pp. 117-132

Ioannis X. Tassopoulos, Christina A. Iliopoulou and Grigorios N. Beligiannis

Managing clinic variability with same-day scheduling, intervention for no-shows, and seasonal capacity adjustments pp. 133-152

Kum-Khiong Yang and Tugba Cayirli

An incentive approach based on data envelopment analysis for intra-organization yardstick competition pp. 153-160

Lei Fang

Differentiation competition between new and remanufactured products considering third-party remanufacturing pp. 161-180

Xiaochen Sun, Yancong Zhou, Yongjian Li, Kannan Govindan and Xiaonan Han

Correction pp. 181-181

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