Journal of the Operational Research Society

2018 - 2025

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Volume 69, issue 12, 2018

A fast heuristic for large-scale capacitated arc routing problems pp. 1877-1887

Sanne Wøhlk and Gilbert Laporte

An analytical model to investigate the economic and environmental benefits of a supply chain resource-sharing scheme based on collaborative consolidation centres pp. 1888-1902

Nicolas Antheaume, Daniel Thiel, François de Corbière, Frantz Rowe and Hiro Takeda

Modelling undesirable outputs in multiple objective data envelopment analysis pp. 1903-1919

Mahdi Mahdiloo, Abdol Hossein Jafarzadeh, Reza Farzipoor Saen, Yong Wu and John Rice

Information sharing and service channel design in the presence of forecasting demand pp. 1920-1934

Pan Zhang, Yu Xiong, Zhongkai Xiong and Yu Zhou

Task assignment and sequencing decision model under uncertain available time of service providers pp. 1935-1946

Lu Zhen, Hao Hao, Xin Shi, Lufei Huang and Yi Hu

Investigation of methods for improving consistency of a pairwise comparison matrix pp. 1947-1956

Nadezhda I. Nedashkovskaya

A technique of the salient success and survival aspiration levels for multiple objective/criteria decision-making problems pp. 1957-1965

Ching-Ter Chang

Dynamic monitoring and control of a critical chain project based on phase buffer allocation pp. 1966-1977

Junguang Zhang, Saike Jia and Estrella Diaz

Optimal ordering and financing decisions under advance selling and delayed payment for a capital-constrained supply chain pp. 1978-1993

Wei Jin, Jianwen Luo and Qinhong Zhang

Personal values and credit scoring: new insights in the financial prediction pp. 1994-2005

Caterina Liberati and Furio Camillo

Kriging-based simulation optimization: An emergency medical system application pp. 2006-2020

Guilherme F. Coelho and Luiz R. Pinto

Valuing and ranking Japanese Banks: Application to Japan Post Bank and Mizuho Bank pp. 2021-2033

Hirofumi Fukuyama, Rolf Färe and William L. Weber

Volume 69, issue 11, 2018

Comparison of single sourcing (with lot streaming) and dual-sourcing pp. 1701-1710

Niloy J. Mukherjee and Subhash C. Sarin

Bonferroni mean aggregation operators under intuitionistic fuzzy soft set environment and their applications to decision-making pp. 1711-1724

Harish Garg and Rishu Arora

Efficient global optimisation for black-box simulation via sequential intrinsic Kriging pp. 1725-1737

Ehsan Mehdad and Jack Kleijnen

Dynamic Network DEA approach to basketball games efficiency pp. 1738-1750

G. Villa and S. Lozano

Strategic procurement outsourcing with asymmetric cost information under scale economies pp. 1751-1772

Binwei Dong, Wansheng Tang and Chi Zhou

Preventing environmental disasters from grounding accidents: A case study of tugboat positioning along the Norwegian coast pp. 1773-1792

Brice Assimizele, Johannes O. Royset, Robin T. Bye and Johan Oppen

An alternative approach to decompose the potential gains from mergers pp. 1793-1802

Feng Li, Liang Liang, Yongjun Li and Ali Emrouznejad

Efficiency assessment using network analysis tools pp. 1803-1818

Sebastián Lozano and Laura Calzada-Infante

Closest target for the orientation-free context-dependent DEA under variable returns to scale pp. 1819-1833

Jie Wu, Yafei Yu, Qingyuan Zhu, Qingxian An and Liang Liang

Optimization of strategic planning processes for configurable products pp. 1834-1853

Edward Lawrence Umpfenbach, Evrim Dalkiran, Ratna Babu Chinnam and Alper Ekrem Murat

Scheduling an amateur cricket league over a nine-year period pp. 1854-1862

Mike Wright

Optimal appointment reminder sending strategy for a single service scenario with customer no-show behaviour pp. 1863-1875

Cheng Wang, Lili Deng and Yi Han

Volume 69, issue 10, 2018

On the increasing importance of multiple criteria decision aid methods for portfolio selection pp. 1525-1542

Belaid Aouni, Michalis Doumpos, Blanca Pérez-Gladish and Ralph E. Steuer

Controlling risk through diversification in portfolio selection with non-historical information pp. 1543-1548

C. Calvo, C. Ivorra and V. Liern

Stochastic linear optimization under partial uncertainty and incomplete information using the notion of probability multimeasure pp. 1549-1556

Davide La Torre and Franklin Mendivil

Single criterion vs. multi-criteria optimal stopping methods for portfolio management pp. 1557-1567

Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, Ray Saadaoui and Meryem Masmoudi

A Shariah-compliant portfolio selection model pp. 1568-1575

Hatem Masri

Multi-criteria analysis of the GRI sustainability reports: an application to Socially Responsible Investment pp. 1576-1598

Amelia Bilbao-Terol, Mar Arenas-Parra, Verónica Cañal-Fernández and Pablo Nguema Obam-Eyang

Methodology to assess the market value of companies according to their financial and social responsibility aspects: An AHP approach pp. 1599-1608

Tomás Gómez-Navarro, Mónica García-Melón, Francisco Guijarro and Marion Preuss

Handling the complexities of the multi-constrained portfolio optimization problem with the support of a novel MOEA pp. 1609-1627

K. Liagkouras and K. Metaxiotis

Performance evaluation of Portuguese mutual fund portfolios using the value-based DEA method pp. 1628-1639

Maria do Castelo Gouveia, Elisabete Duarte Neves, Luís Cândido Dias and Carlos Henggeler Antunes

On the importance of perspective and flexibility for efficiency measurement: effects on the ranking of decision-making units pp. 1640-1652

Ma Leonor Plá, Trinidad Casasús, Vicente Liern and Juan Carlos Pérez

A new classifier based on the reference point method with application in bankruptcy prediction pp. 1653-1660

Jamal Ouenniche, Kais Bouslah, Jose Manuel Cabello and Francisco Ruiz

An evolutionary strategy for multiobjective reinsurance optimization pp. 1661-1677

Sebastián Román, Andrés M. Villegas and Juan G. Villegas

A moment-free nonparametric quantity-of-quality approach to optimal portfolio selection: A role for endogenous shortfall and windfall boundaries? pp. 1678-1687

M. Ryan Haley

Does audit quality affect firms’ investment efficiency? pp. 1688-1699

Sabri Boubaker, Asma Houcine, Zied Ftiti and Hatem Masri

Volume 69, issue 9, 2018

Managing channel profit and total surplus in a closed-loop supply chain network pp. 1345-1356

Sarat Kumar Jena, Abhijeet Ghadge and S P Sarmah

The logic and methods of OR consulting practice: towards a foundational view pp. 1357-1378

Richard J. Ormerod

Mixed integer linear programming and heuristic methods for feature selection in clustering pp. 1379-1395

Stefano Benati, Sergio García and Justo Puerto

Learning automata decision analysis for sensor placement pp. 1396-1405

Tal Ben-Zvi

Optimal trading under non-negativity constraints using approximate dynamic programming pp. 1406-1422

Shahin Abbaszadeh, Tri-Dung Nguyen and Yue Wu

Efficiency evaluation of electricity distribution utilities in India: A two-stage DEA with bootstrap estimation pp. 1423-1434

Sudhir M. Bobde and Makoto Tanaka

A consensus facilitation model based on experts’ weights for investment strategy selection pp. 1435-1444

Wenshuai Wu, Gang Kou and Yi Peng

Semi-online scheduling of two job types on a set of multipurpose machines pp. 1445-1455

Shlomo Karhi

Sizing the pool of online users: a dynamic pricing model for online travel agencies pp. 1456-1467

Ye Shi, Xiaolong Guo and Ting Peng

Optimal pricing decisions for a closed-loop supply chain with retail competition under fuzziness pp. 1468-1482

Hua Ke, Yong Wu, Hu Huang and Zhiyi Chen

Decision analysis in referrals of children and adolescent victims of violence: An ANP approach pp. 1483-1492

Hugo Henrique dos Santos, Regiane Máximo de Souza and Aílton Souza Aragão

GRASP with path relinking for the manufacturing cell formation problem considering part processing sequence pp. 1493-1511

Juan A. Díaz and Dolores E. Luna

A linear programming model to reduce rank violations while eliciting preference from pairwise comparison matrix pp. 1512-1523

Kun Chen, Gang Kou and Chenhua Li

Volume 69, issue 8, 2018

Ordering policies for non-instantaneous deteriorating items under hybrid partial prepayment, partial trade credit and partial backordering pp. 1167-1196

Mohsen Lashgari, Ata Allah Taleizadeh and Seyed Jafar Sadjadi

Strategic joining in an M/M/1 queue with risk-sensitive customers pp. 1197-1214

Jinting Wang and Zhe George Zhang

Joint inventory control across products with supply uncertainty and responsive pricing pp. 1215-1226

Wenbo Chen and Ming Dong

Improved coordination during disaster relief operations through sharing of resources pp. 1227-1241

Ala Pazirandeh and Amin Maghsoudi

Mathematical model, heuristics and exact method for order picking in narrow aisles pp. 1242-1253

Thomas Chabot, Leandro C. Coelho, Jacques Renaud and Jean-François Côté

Vehicle routing problems for last mile distribution after major disaster pp. 1254-1268

Puca Huachi Vaz Penna, Andréa Cynthia Santos and Christian Prins

A prioritisation index for blight intervention strategies in residential real estate pp. 1269-1285

Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Ronald W. Spahr, Mark A. Sunderman and Marjan S. Jalali

The rôle of knowledge in system risk identification and assessment: The 2014 Ebola outbreak pp. 1286-1308

John H. Powell, Navonil Mustafee and Colin S. Brown

Determining an economic production quantity under a zero defects policy pp. 1309-1317

Neng-Hui Shih, Yao-Sheng Liao and Chih-Hsiung Wang

MILP formulations and a TS algorithm for reliable last train timetabling with uncertain transfer flows pp. 1318-1334

Shuo Yang, Kai Yang, Lixing Yang and Ziyou Gao

Assessing the impact of fielding in Twenty20 cricket pp. 1335-1343

Harsha Perera, Jack Davis and Tim B. Swartz

Volume 69, issue 7, 2018

A system dynamics approach to planning and evaluating interventions for chronic disease management pp. 987-1005

Hyojung Kang, Harriet Black Nembhard, Nasrollah Ghahramani and William Curry

Responsive pricing and stock redistribution: Implications for stock balancing and system performance pp. 1006-1020

Li Li and Li Jiang

Using simulation to incorporate dynamic criteria into multiple criteria decision-making pp. 1021-1032

Uwe Aickelin, Jenna Marie Reps, Peer-Olaf Siebers and Peng Li

Platform retailing with slotting allowance and revenue sharing pp. 1033-1045

Yuelin Shen

Single-period newsvendor problem under random end-of-season demand pp. 1046-1060

Subrata Mitra and Ashis K. Chatterjee

Dock sharing in cross-docking facilities of the postal service industry pp. 1061-1076

Michael Zenker and Nils Boysen

A two-period sourcing model with demand and supply risks pp. 1077-1095

Amirmohsen Golmohammadi and Elkafi Hassini

Data envelopment analysis in satisfaction survey research: sample size problem pp. 1096-1104

Jesús Alberto Tapia, Bonifacio Salvador and Jesús María Rodríguez

A robust goal programming model for the capital budgeting problem pp. 1105-1113

Fatemeh Ghasemi Bojd and Hamidreza Koosha

Optimization methods to estimate alternatives in AHP: The classification with respect to the dependence of irrelevant alternatives pp. 1114-1124

I. L. Tomashevskii

A chi-square-based inconsistency index for pairwise comparison matrices pp. 1125-1134

Michele Fedrizzi and Fabio Ferrari

A note on the risk aversion of informed newsvendors pp. 1135-1145

Michael Becker-Peth, Ulrich W. Thonemann and Torsten Gully

Foreign markets expansion for air medical transport business pp. 1146-1159

Xiaojia Wang, Wei Chen, Jennifer Shang and Shanlin Yang

A comment on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method pp. 1160-1163

Jack Jewson and Simon French

Response to Jewson & French: ‘A comment on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method’ pp. 1164-1165

Steven Stern

Volume 69, issue 6, 2018

Joint dynamic pricing and preservation technology investment for an integrated supply chain with reference price effects pp. 811-824

Chung-Yuan Dye, Chih-Te Yang and Chi-Chuan Wu

Environmental performance evaluation of Chinese industrial systems: a network SBM approach pp. 825-839

Yongjun Li, Xiao Shi, Ali Emrouznejad and Liang Liang

A variation of two-stage SBM with leader-follower structure: an application to Chinese commercial banks pp. 840-848

Yuanchang Zhu, Yongjun Li and Liang Liang

A novel local search algorithm for the minimum capacitated dominating set pp. 849-863

Ruizhi Li, Shuli Hu, Peng Zhao, Yupeng Zhou and Minghao Yin

Stochastic optimization for a mineral value chain with nonlinear recovery and forward contracts* pp. 864-875

Jian Zhang and Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos

Joint replenishment and pricing decisions with different freight modes considerations for a supply chain under a composite incentive contract pp. 876-894

Mahsa Noori-daryan, Ata Allah Taleizadeh and Kannan Govindan

Novel approach to deal with demand volatility on fleet assignment models pp. 895-904

Mourad Boudia, Thierry Delahaye, Semi Gabteni and Rodrigo Acuna-Agost

Utilizing statistical significance in fuzzy interval-valued evidence sets for assessing artificial reef structure impact pp. 905-918

Margaret F. Shipley, Steven P. Coy and J. Brooke Shipley

Cueing a submarine from standoff to ambush a target in an anti-submarine environment: How often can the cue be a false alarm? pp. 919-927

Patrick Chisan Hew

A similarity measure for the cardinality constrained frontier in the mean–variance optimization model pp. 928-945

Francisco Guijarro

The general hyperbolic frontier model: establishing fair output levels via parametric DEA pp. 946-958

Rodrigo Cesar da Silva, Armando Zeferino Milioni and Joyce Evania Teixeira

Modelling crew scheduling in offshore supply vessels pp. 959-970

Alex Leggate, Seda Sucu, Kerem Akartunalı and Robert van der Meer

Generating guitar solos by integer programming pp. 971-985

Nailson dos Santos Cunha, Anand Subramanian and Dorien Herremans

Volume 69, issue 5, 2018

The effect of risk aversion on the outcomes of inspection games pp. 645-660

Yael Deutsch and Boaz Golany

Multi-criteria decision-making approaches based on distance measures for linguistic hesitant fuzzy sets pp. 661-675

Huan Zhou, Jian-qiang Wang and Hong-yu Zhang

Optimization of Value-at-Risk: computational aspects of MIP formulations pp. 676-690

Konstantin Pavlikov, Alexander Veremyev and Eduardo L. Pasiliao

A multi-start optimization-based heuristic for a food bank distribution problem pp. 691-706

Mohammad Reihaneh and Ahmed Ghoniem

Efficiency analysis of double perturbed pairwise comparison matrices pp. 707-713

Kristóf Ábele-Nagy, Sándor Bozóki and Örs Rebák

Dynamic control of a multiproduct monopolist firm’s product and process innovation pp. 714-733

Shoude Li

Single-commodity flow-based formulations and accelerated benders algorithms for the high-multiplicity asymmetric traveling salesman problem and its extensions pp. 734-746

Maichel M. Aguayo, Subhash C. Sarin and Hanif D. Sherali

Comparison of information security decisions under different security and business environments pp. 747-761

Yong Wu, Gengzhong Feng and Richard Y. K. Fung

Obtaining all extreme rays of a special cone using spanning trees in a complete digraph: Application in DEA pp. 762-771

Najmeh Malekmohammadi and Amin Mostafaee

A directional distance function approach to void the non-Archimedean in DEA pp. 772-775

Rolf Färe and Vincent Charles

Properties of sports ranking methods pp. 776-787

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

A BPMN extension to support discrete-event simulation for healthcare applications: an explicit representation of queues, attributes and data-driven decision points pp. 788-802

B. S. S. Onggo, N. C. Proudlove, S. A. D’Ambrogio, A. Calabrese, Stefania Bisogno and N. Levialdi Ghiron

Modeling and dynamic analysis for a kind of transportation system pp. 803-810

Han Yun-Xiang, Huang Xiao-Qiong, Tang Xin-Min and Han Song-Chen

Volume 69, issue 4, 2018

A mean-field formulation for multi-period asset–liability mean–variance portfolio selection with an uncertain exit time pp. 487-499

Xiangyu Cui, Xun Li, Xianping Wu and Lan Yi

A cost-sensitive multi-criteria quadratic programming model for imbalanced data pp. 500-516

Xiangrui Chao and Yi Peng

Teaching system dynamics and discrete event simulation together: a case study pp. 517-527

Kathryn Hoad and Martin Kunc

Student selection in a Brazilian university: using a multi-criteria method pp. 528-540

Renan Felinto de Farias Aires, Luciano Ferreira, Afranio Galdino de Araujo and Denis Borenstein

On elicitation-method effect in game experiments: a competing newsvendor perspective pp. 541-555

Yukun Zhao and Xiaobo Zhao

Joint optimization model for train scheduling and train stop planning with passengers distribution on railway corridors pp. 556-570

Jianguo Qi, Shukai Li, Yuan Gao, Kai Yang and Pei Liu

Compromise for the complaint: an optimization approach to the ENSC value and the CIS value pp. 571-579

Dongshuang Hou, Panfei Sun, Genjiu Xu and Theo Driessen

Beyond links and chains in food supply: a Community OR perspective pp. 580-588

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo and Martin Hingley

Minmax common due-window assignment and scheduling on a single machine with two competing agents pp. 589-602

Baruch Mor

Passenger railway network protection: a model with variable post-disruption demand service pp. 603-618

Stefano Starita and Maria Paola Scaparra

Investigating the dynamics of nation-building through a system of differential equations pp. 619-629

Cade M. Saie and Darryl K. Ahner

An evolutionary algorithm for subset selection in causal inference models pp. 630-644

Wendy K. Tam Cho

Volume 69, issue 3, 2018

Managing losses in exotic horse race wagering pp. 319-325

Antoine Deza, Kai Huang and Michael R. Metel

Mathematical models and decomposition algorithms for makespan minimization in plastic rolls production pp. 326-339

Vitor Nesello, Maxence Delorme, Manuel Iori and Anand Subramanian

Product cannibalization and the effect of a service strategy pp. 340-357

Pietro De Giovanni and Vinay Ramani

Incorporating single and multiple losses in operational risk: a multi-period perspective pp. 358-371

Kamil J. Mizgier and Maximilian Wimmer

Combined quay crane assignment and quay crane scheduling with crane inter-vessel movement and non-interference constraints pp. 372-383

Ghazwan Alsoufi, Xinan Yang and Abdellah Salhi

Uncertain chance-constrained programming model for project scheduling problem pp. 384-391

Xiao Wang and Yufu Ning

Selection of corporate spare parts inventory for Brazilian refineries: a smoothed data envelopment analysis frontier function using calculus of variations pp. 392-401

Estêvão Ferreira Sêco de Alvarenga, Luiz Amancio Machado de Sousa Junior and Marcos Estellita Lins

Applying triple-block patterns in solving the two-dimensional bin packing problem pp. 402-415

Yi-Ping Cui, Yi Yao and Defu Zhang

Examining the effect of different configuration issues of the multiobjective evolutionary algorithms on the efficient frontier formulation for the constrained portfolio optimization problem pp. 416-438

Konstantinos Liagkouras and Konstantinos Metaxiotis

Machine scheduling problems under deteriorating effects and deteriorating rate-modifying activities pp. 439-448

Xingong Zhang, Wen-Hsiang Wu, Win-Chin Lin and Chin-Chia Wu

Supplier selection and stepwise benchmarking: a new hybrid model using DEA and AHP based on cluster analysis pp. 449-466

Sung Chul Park and Jang Hee Lee

A multiple dependent state repetitive sampling plan for linear profiles pp. 467-473

Muhammad Aslam, Fu-Kwun Wang, Nasrullah Khan and Chi-Hyuck Jun

Joint order and pricing decisions for fresh produce with put option contracts pp. 474-484

Chong Wang and Xu Chen

Call for Papers pp. 485-486

The Editors

Volume 69, issue 2, 2018

Multi-attribute group decision-making under probabilistic uncertain linguistic environment pp. 157-170

Mingwei Lin, Zeshui Xu, Yuling Zhai and Zhiqiang Yao

Dig-limits optimization through mixed-integer linear programming in open-pit mines pp. 171-182

Yuksel Asli Sari and Mustafa Kumral

Minimum risk versus capital and risk diversification strategies for portfolio construction pp. 183-200

Francesco Cesarone and Stefano Colucci

Variable neighborhood search incorporating a new bounding procedure for joint replenishment and delivery problem pp. 201-219

Lin Wang, Rui Liu and Shan Liu

A systemic framework based on Soft OR approaches to support teamwork strategy: An aviation manufacturer Brazilian company case pp. 220-234

Leila Abuabara, Alberto Paucar-Caceres, Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell

Long-haul vehicle routing and scheduling with idling options pp. 235-246

Çağrı Koç, Ola Jabali and Gilbert Laporte

Multi-objective optimization of the integrated problem of location assignment and straddle carrier scheduling in maritime container terminal at import pp. 247-269

Hamdi Dkhil, Adnan Yassine and Habib Chabchoub

Do managerial skills matter? An analysis of the impact of managerial features on performance for Italian football pp. 270-282

Claudio Detotto, Dimitri Paolini and Juan de Dios Tena

Subsidizing strategies in a sustainable supply chain pp. 283-295

Jiangfeng Fu, Xiangfeng Chen and Qiying Hu

Multi-depot periodic vehicle routing problem with due dates and time windows pp. 296-306

Roberto Cantu-Funes, M. Angélica Salazar-Aguilar and Vincent Boyer

A branch-cut-and-price algorithm for the generalized vehicle routing problem pp. 307-318

Mohammad Reihaneh and Ahmed Ghoniem

Volume 69, issue 1, 2018

Some intuitionistic fuzzy Dombi Bonferroni mean operators and their application to multi-attribute group decision making pp. 1-24

Peide Liu, Junlin Liu and Shyi-Ming Chen

Three-way group decisions based on prospect theory pp. 25-35

Shuli Liua, Xinwang Liu and Jindong Qin

Joint optimization of maintenance policy and inspection interval for a multi-unit series system using proportional hazards model pp. 36-48

Leila Jafari, Farnoosh Naderkhani and Viliam Makis

Benchmarking sampling techniques for imbalance learning in churn prediction pp. 49-65

Bing Zhu, Bart Baesens, Aimée Backiel and Seppe K. L. M. vanden Broucke

Doubly geometric processes and applications pp. 66-77

Shaomin Wu

A column generation-based heuristic for the three-dimensional bin packing problem with rotation pp. 78-90

Batoul Mahvash, Anjali Awasthi and Satyaveer Chauhan

A comparative study of exact methods for the bi-objective integer one-dimensional cutting stock problem pp. 91-107

Angelo Aliano Filho, António Carlos Moretti and Margarida Vaz Pato

The Traveling Backpacker Problem: A computational comparison of two formulations pp. 108-114

Kátia Y. Nakamura, Leandro C. Coelho, Jacques Renaud and Mariá C. V. Nascimento

Proactive and reactive resource-constrained max-NPV project scheduling with random activity duration pp. 115-126

Weibo Zheng, Zhengwen He, Nengmin Wang and Tao Jia

Package consolidation approach to the split-order fulfillment problem of online supermarkets pp. 127-141

Yuankai Zhang, Minfang Huang, Xiangpei Hu and Lijun Sun

Service level agreements: ready-rate analysis with lump-sum and linear penalty structures pp. 142-155

O. Alamri, B. Abbasi, J. P. Minas and P. Zeephongsekul