Computers & Operations Research

Article	Citations
Solving the strip packing problem with a decomposition framework and a generic solver: Implementation, tuning, and reinforcement-learning-based hybridization	243
A logic-based Benders decomposition solution approach for two covering problems that consider the underlying transportation	180
A Bi-criterion Steiner Traveling Salesperson Problem with Time Windows for Last-mile Electric Vehicle Logistics	129
Multi-objective shipment consolidation and dispatching problem	119
New lower bounds on the cutwidth of graphs	105
Editorial Board	97
Logic-based Benders decomposition with a partial assignment acceleration technique for avionics scheduling	95
A matheuristic approach for the multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots	94
Using machine learning to identify hidden constraints in vehicle routing problems	83
Sequential customers’ decisions in facility location with comparison-shopping	81
Collaborative optimization of last-train timetables for metro network to increase service time for passengers	76
Stochastic production routing problem for perishable products: Modeling and a solution algorithm	75
Home healthcare staff dimensioning problem for temporary caregivers: A matheuristic solution approach	74
Time window optimization for attended home service delivery under multiple sources of uncertainties	73
Reducing disease spread through optimization: Limiting mixture of the population is more important than limiting group sizes	69
A slope scaling heuristic for the multi-period strategic planning of carbon capture and storage	61
A Graph Reinforcement Learning Framework for Neural Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search	60
On some lower bounds for the permutation flowshop problem	60
A multi-algorithm approach for operational human resources workload balancing in a last mile urban delivery system	59
ILS-based algorithms for the profit maximizing uncapacitated hub network design problem with multiple allocation	59
Offline approximate value iteration for dynamic solutions to the multivehicle routing problem with stochastic demand	58
VNSMAS: A constraint-based portfolio profit maximization	56
Novel mathematical formulations for parallel-batching processing machine scheduling problems	55
Branch-and-price algorithms for large-scale mission-oriented maintenance planning problems	51
Editorial Board	49

Hybrid genetic search for the traveling salesman problem with hybrid electric vehicle and time windows	46
A Q-learning-based variable greedy algorithm to minimize the sum of total earliness and tardiness in a no-wait flowshop scheduling problem	46
Digital twin-enabled dynamic scheduling with preventive maintenance using a double-layer Q-learning algorithm	45
Integrated packing and routing: A model and its solutions	44
Online multiple resource allocation problems with departures via the primal-dual approach	44
A proactive aircraft recovery approach based on airport spatiotemporal network supply and demand coordination	44
Multi-commodity vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery for electric micromobility devices rebalancing and battery swapping	43
Pickup and delivery with time windows and two-dimensional loading for shipbuilding block transportation	43
Energy-Efficient UAV routing problem based on approximate cellular decomposition for geohazards monitoring	43
MILP-based local search procedures for minimizing total tardiness in the No-idle Permutation Flowshop Problem	42
Arc routing with trip-balancing and attractiveness measures — A waste collection case study	42
Models and algorithms for configuring and testing prototype cars	41
Scheduling jobs with shared additional operations on parallel identical machines	41
Optimizing strategic and operational decisions of car sharing systems under demand uncertainty and substitution	40
Adjustable robust positive influence dominating set with partial payment	40
Multi-Attribute Utility Deep Reinforcement Learning method for Sequential Multi-Criteria Decision problems: Application to human resource planning	40
Manufacturing rescheduling after crisis or disaster-caused supply chain disruption	39
Revisiting the development trajectory of parallel machine scheduling	38
Hybrid-biased genetic algorithm for packing unequal rectangles into a fixed-size circle	38
Feature and functional form selection in additive models via mixed-integer optimization	38
An efficient optimisation procedure for the Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem: Lagrangian relaxation and iterated local search	38
The pollution-routing problem with speed optimization and uneven topography	37
Metaheuristics for the bi-objective resource-constrained project scheduling problem with time-dependent resource costs: An experimental comparison	37
A hub-and-spoke network design for relocating emergency service vehicles	37
An ALNS metaheuristic for the family multiple traveling salesman problem	37
Dynamic inventory control and pricing strategies for perishable products considering both profit and waste	37
A reinforcement learning guided hybrid evolutionary algorithm for the latency location routing problem	37
A variable neighborhood search-based algorithm with adaptive local search for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and multi-depots aiming for vehicle fleet reduction	37
Editorial Board	36
Efficient arc-flow formulations for makespan minimisation on parallel machines with a common server	36
A graph theoretic approach to non-anticipativity constraint generation in multistage stochastic programs with incomplete scenario sets	36
A genetic algorithm to solve the production lot-sizing problem with capacity adjustment	36
Minimizing the makespan on two parallel machines with a common server in charge of loading and unloading operations	35
High quality timetables for Italian schools	35
Solving weighted Maximum Satisfiability with Branch and Bound and clause learning	34
Logic-based Benders decomposition for bi-objective parallel machine selection and job scheduling with release dates and resource consumption	34
Stochastic inventory routing with dynamic demands and intra-day depletion	34
Sustainable risk mitigation in hazardous material transportation	33
Two-stage robust optimization for public health emergency project scheduling with uncertain activity durations	33
Variants of Harsanyi’s tracing procedures for selecting a perfect stationary equilibrium in stochastic games	33
Project scheduling cost optimization based on resource transfer costs and robustness	33
Meta-learning for dynamic multi-robot task scheduling	33
Q-learning based hyper-heuristic with clustering strategy for combinatorial optimization: A case study on permutation flow-shop scheduling problem	32
Benders decomposition applied to profit maximizing hub location problem with incomplete hub network	32
Batch processing machine scheduling problems using a self-adaptive approach based on dynamic programming	31
Intra-facility equity in discrete and continuous p-facility locati	31
An adaptive large neighborhood decomposition search-based approach for the location-routing problem with pickup facilities and heterogeneous demands	31
The integrated on-demand bus routing problem: Combining on-demand buses with a high-frequency fixed line public transport network	31
Dynamic programming in inventory management: A review	31
Managing hospital inpatient beds under clustered overflow configuration	31

Approximate Condorcet Partitioning: Solving large-scale rank aggregation problems	31
Selection hyper-heuristics for the multi and many-objective quadratic assignment problem	31
The team orienteering problem with service times and mandatory & incompatible nodes	30
Editorial Board	30
Parallel branch-and-price algorithms for the single machine total weighted tardiness scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times	30
Exact algorithms for a parallel machine scheduling problem with workforce and contiguity constraints	30
Editorial Board	30
An ant colony hybrid simulated annealing algorithm for collaborative optimization of robotic mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines balancing	30
Branch-and-refine for solving time-expanded MILP formulations	30
Optimal area polygonization problems: Exact solutions through geometric duality	29
Rectangle packing with a recursive Pilot Method	29
A multi-objective linear programming model for scheduling part families and designing a group layout in cellular manufacturing systems	29
Optimization of a stochastic joint replenishment inventory system with service level constraints	29
Augmentation search for integer programming over a polyhedron	28
Location and routing of armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and carrier platforms against mobile targets	28
Data-driven project portfolio selection: Decision-dependent stochastic programming formulations with reliability and time to market requirements	28
Replication and sequencing of unreliable jobs on	28
Generic machine-learning-augmented beam search for resource-constrained shortest path reformulations of combinatorial optimization problems	28
Editorial Board	28
Multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling based on feature information optimization algorithm	28
Multistage adaptive robust optimization for the hydrothermal scheduling problem	27
On serial and parallel evaluation functions for Job Sequencing and Tool Switching problems	27
Improving energy aware nanosatellite task scheduling by a branch-cut-and-price algorithm	27
SDP-based Benders decomposition for solving p-median quadratic faci	26
Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic algorithm for open dimension irregular packing problems	26
Optimisation of steel rolling schedule based on evolutionary multi-tasking transfer algorithm	26
Optimal sequencing using a scheduling heuristic	26
Heterogeneous fleet management for one-way electric carsharing system with optional orders, vehicle relocation and on-demand recharging	26
Heuristic and metaheuristic procedures for the buffer sizing problem in parallel assembly lines balancing problem with multi-line workstations and different cycle times	25
An exact decomposition-based approach to the conflict-free-transportation-constrained flexible job-shop scheduling problem	25
An effective biogeography-based optimization algorithm for multi-objective green scheduling of distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling problem	25
Collaborative optimization of routing and storage strategy of multi-period multimodal transport in an uncertain environment	25
Editorial Board	25
Workload balancing for flight dispatchers	25
A heuristic approach for the integrated production–transportation problem with process flexibility	25
A data-driven heuristic for the dynamic vehicle routing problem with multiple soft time windows	25
A note on “Self-adaptive General Variable Neighborhood Search algorithm for parallel machine scheduling with unrelated servers”	25
Lexicographic optimization-based approaches to learning a representative model for multi-criteria sorting with non-monotonic criteria	25
An exact two-phase approach to re-optimize tours in home care planning	25
Minimal and stable feedback arc sets and graph centrality measures	24
International multimodal transportation optimization considering bulk cargo containerization	24
The container premarshalling problem under limited crane time: A constraint programming approach	24
Bilevel competitive facility location and design under a nested logit model	24
Robust optimization for lot-sizing problems under yield uncertainty	24
A hybrid approach using ant colony optimisation for integrated scheduling of production and transportation tasks within flexible manufacturing systems	24
Closed-loop supply chain network design with price-greenness-sensitive demand: A distributionally robust chance-constrained optimization approach	23
Benders decomposition algorithms for minimizing the spread of harmful contagions in networks	23
The two-dimensional orthogonal packing problem with item fragmentation: Formulation and local search-based algorithms (applications on tank-farm layout planning)	23
An improved decomposition-based heuristic for truck platooning	23
Robustness evaluation of trust and reputation systems using a deep reinforcement learning approach	23
Off-line approximate dynamic programming for the vehicle routing problem with a highly variable customer basis and stochastic demands	23
Solving multi-stage stochastic facility location problems with modular capacity adjustments	23
Two-echelon collaborative routing problem with heterogeneous crowd-shippers	23
Smart Automated Guided Vehicle scheduling with flexible battery management: A new formulation and an exact approach	23
Efficient iterative optimization to real-time train regulation in urban rail transit networks combined with Benders decomposition method	23
A hybrid algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with AND/OR Precedence Constraints and time windows	23
Collaborative vehicle-drone distribution network optimization for perishable products in the epidemic situation	23
Data-driven integrated home service staffing and capacity planning: Stochastic optimization approaches	23
Scheduling identical serial-batching machines in the engine manufacturing supply chain by an integrated variable neighborhood search algorithm	23
Multistage adaptive distributionally robust optimization for the medical supplies distribution problem with uncertain demand in humanitarian aid	23
Model and metaheuristic for human–robot collaboration assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem	22
The low-carbon vehicle routing problem with dynamic speed on steep roads	22
Syncrolift dry dock scheduling with a capacitated ship transfer system	22
Heuristic and metaheuristic procedures for the Parallel Assembly Lines Balancing Problem with multi-line workstations and buffer sizing	22
Flexible electricity market clearing zones	22
A robust ordered weighted averaging loss model for portfolio optimization	22
A feature correlation reinforce clustering and evolutionary algorithm for the green bike-sharing reposition problem	22
Solving the 1-median problem on a network with continuous demand and demand surplus	22
A novel mathematical modeling approach for integrating a periodic vehicle routing problem and cross-docking system	22
Deep reinforcement learning based proximal policy optimization algorithm for dynamic job shop scheduling	21
A branch-cut-and-price approach for the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with drones	21
Constraint programming approaches for finding conserved metabolic and genomic patterns	21
Minimum cost consensus model considering dual behavior preference	21
Corrigendum to “Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the oven scheduling problem” [Comput. Oper. Res. 177 (2025) 106999]	21
Epsilon Oscillation Algorithm for the bi-objective green identical parallel machine scheduling problem	21
Investigation of the joint Automated mobile loading systems Two-Stage vehicle routing problem under the consideration of Supply-Demand Imbalance, fair Efficiency, and demand uncertainty	21
A causal framework for stochastic local search optimization algorithms	21
Logic-based Benders decomposition for doctor-patient matching and scheduling considering chronic patients’ online consultation time preference	20
Learning-based column generation approach for the vehicle routing problem with release dates and incompatible loading constraints	20
Integrated and sequential algorithms for the robust two-echelon location-routing problem under demand uncertainty	20

The exam location problem: Mathematical formulations and variants	20
Approximation algorithms for job scheduling with block-type conflict graphs	20
A numerical optimization approach for pricing components in customer defined bundles in a B2B market	20
Estimating production technologies using multi-output adaptive constrained enveloping splines	19
A comparison of alternative models for solving a non-linear single plant Hydro Unit Commitment problem	19
Vehicle routing problem for omnichannel retailing including multiple types of time windows and products	19
Benders decomposition for the large-scale probabilistic set covering problem	19
Editorial Board	19
A new composite heuristic to minimize the total tardiness for the single machine scheduling problem with variable and flexible maintenance	19
AI automatic decision in newsvendor model with Nash bargaining fairness concern	19
Simultaneous predictive maintenance and inventory policy in a continuously monitoring system using simulation optimization	19
Automatic design of constructive heuristics for a reconfigurable distributed flowshop group scheduling problem	19
A hybrid genetic algorithm for the min–max Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem	19
Newton-based approach to solving K-SVCR and Twin-KSVC multi-class classification in the primal space	19
A modified variable neighborhood search algorithm for dynamic lot-sizing with supplier selection under varying delivery time quotation	19
Emerging optimization problems for distribution in same-day delivery	19
Heuristic algorithm for nested Markov decision process: Solution quality and computational complexity	19
Robust optimization for the electric vehicle pickup and delivery problem with time windows and uncertain demands	19
Adaptive large neighborhood search for autonomous electric vehicle scheduling in airport baggage transport service	19
Editorial Board	19
UAV routing for reconnaissance mission: A multi-objective orienteering problem with time-dependent prizes and multiple connections	19
Reducing the feasible solution space of resource-constrained project instances	18
Dynamic parcel pick-up routing problem with prioritized customers and constrained capacity via lower-bound-based rollout approach	18
An efficient iterated local search for the minimum quasi-clique partitioning problem	18
Towards green manufacturing: Co-optimizing capacity expansion planning of production and renewable energy generation with endogenous uncertainty	18
Erratum to “Benders decomposition for a period-aggregated resource leveling problem with variable job duration” [Comput. Oper. Res. 132 (2021) 105258]	18
CORTEX-V: A cognitive reasoning toolkit for vision-based, cost-efficient layout optimization	18
The effect of different mathematical formulations on a matheuristic algorithm for the production routing problem	18
A MaxSAT approach for solving a new Dynamic Discretization Discovery model for train rescheduling problems	18
Dock assignment and truck scheduling problem; consideration of multiple scenarios with resource allocation constraints	18
The continuous delayed distribution problem	18
The Impact of Partial Production Capacity Sharing via Production as a Service	18
A constraint programming-based iterated greedy algorithm for the open shop with sequence-dependent processing times and makespan minimization	18
Joint location and pricing for recycling service planning	18
Hub location problem considering spoke links with incentive-dependent capacities	17
Designing a portfolio-based closed-loop supply chain network for dairy products with a financial approach: Accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm	17
An algorithm for the microaggregation problem using column generation	17
A survey of adaptive large neighborhood search algorithms and applications	17
Optimal interventions in robust optimization with time-dependent uncertainties	17
A new mixed integer programming approach for inverse correspondence analysis	17
An effective aggregation heuristic for Capacitated Facility Location Problems with many demand points	17
Probabilistic Vector Machines	17
Multi-day routes in a multi-depot vehicle routing problem with intermediate replenishment facilities and time windows	17
Multi-period hub location problem considering polynomial time-dependent demand	17
MIP-based local search for permutation flowshop scheduling with makespan objective	17
Robust MILP formulations for the two-stage weighted vertex p-cente	17
Periodic and aperiodic train timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning using an efficient Lagrangian relaxation decomposition	17
Balancing U-type assembly lines with human–robot collaboration	17
Minimizing passenger waiting time in the multi-route bus fleet allocation problem through distributionally robust optimization and reinforcement learning	17
A branch-and-bound algorithm for the proactive resource-constrained project scheduling problem with a robustness maximization objective	17
The vehicle routing problem with drones and drone speed selection	17
Operational modes and logistical fulfillment options in the context of cross-border E-commerce platform services	17
Editorial Board	17
Strip based compact formulation for two-dimensional guillotine cutting problems	17
Interval scheduling with economies of scale	16
Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions	16
Improving the efficiency of patient diagnostic specimen collection with the aid of a multi-modal routing algorithm	16
The Ordered Median Tree Location Problem	16
An exact algorithm for the preemptive single machine scheduling of equal-length jobs	16
A unified exact approach for Clustered and Generalized Vehicle Routing Problems	16
A combinatorial optimization approach to scenario filtering in portfolio selection	16
Reentrant open shop scheduling problem with time lags and no-wait constraints	16
Comparing approximations and heuristics over different time horizons for a production-inventory system under the base-stock policy and conditional value-at-risk objective	16
Shore hydrogen deployment problem in green ports	16
A tabu search algorithm for Unspecified Parallel Machine scheduling with shift consideration	16
Enhanced open-source scatter search algorithm for solving quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problems	16
Two-dimensional bin packing, cutting stock, and open dimension problems: A survey of practical requirements	16
Solution algorithms for dock scheduling and truck sequencing in cross-docks: A neural branch-and-price and a metaheuristic	16
A reduced variable neighborhood search for the just in time job shop scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times	16
The static ridesharing routing problem with flexible locations: A Norwegian case study	16
A family of hybrid conjugate gradient method with restart procedure for unconstrained optimizations and image restorations	16
A cardinality constrained iterated local search for the virtual machine placement problem	15
An improved MOEA/D for multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling by considering efficiency and cost	15
Exact method to optimize the total electricity cost in two-machine permutation flow shop scheduling problem under Time-of-use tariff	15
Self-adaptive randomized constructive heuristics for the multi-item capacitated lot sizing problem	15
An enhanced dual-population NSGA-II for solving multi-objective emergency supplies dispatch problem based on truck-drone-dispatch vehicle collaboration	15
Using VRPSolver to efficiently solve the Differential Harvest Problem	15
Shelter location–allocation problem for disaster evacuation planning: A simulation optimization approach	15
Distributionally robust chance-constrained kernel-based support vector machine	15
Perishable inventory control with backlogging penalties: A mixed-integer linear programming model via two-step approximation	15
Clusterwise linear regression using a probabilistic branch and bound algorithm under Gaussianity	15
A Large Neighbourhood Search Algorithm for Solving Container Loading Problems	15
Dynamic community partitioning for e-commerce last mile delivery with time window constraints	15
Towards an unsupervised learning scheme for efficiently solving parameterized mixed-integer programs	15
Adjusting the order crossover operator for capacitated vehicle routing problems	15
Editorial Board	15
Verifying new instances of the multidemand multidimensional knapsack problem with instance space analysis	15
Adaptive large neighborhood search for drayage routing problems involving longer combination vehicles	15
A branch-and-cut-and-price algorithm for shared mobility considering customer satisfaction	15
A fuzzy correlation based heuristic for Dual-mode integrated Location routing problem	15
Seru order acceptance and scheduling in the distributed production network considering preventive maintenance	15
An accelerated Benders decomposition method for distributionally robust sustainable medical waste location and transportation problem	15
A two-stage integer programming model considering transaction equivalence for privacy preservation	15
Deep clustering of the traveling salesman problem to parallelize its solution	15
A branch-price-and-cut algorithm for the time-dependent multiple truck–drone routing problem	15