Computers & Operations Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Computers & Operations Research is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
A logic-based Benders decomposition solution approach for two covering problems that consider the underlying transportation187
A Bi-criterion Steiner Traveling Salesperson Problem with Time Windows for Last-mile Electric Vehicle Logistics136
Multi-objective shipment consolidation and dispatching problem123
New lower bounds on the cutwidth of graphs107
Editorial Board102
A matheuristic approach for the multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots101
VNSMAS: A constraint-based portfolio profit maximization92
Editorial Board87
Hybrid genetic search for the traveling salesman problem with hybrid electric vehicle and time windows86
Multi-commodity vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery for electric micromobility devices rebalancing and battery swapping85
A slope scaling heuristic for the multi-period strategic planning of carbon capture and storage82
On some lower bounds for the permutation flowshop problem78
ILS-based algorithms for the profit maximizing uncapacitated hub network design problem with multiple allocation78
Energy-Efficient UAV routing problem based on approximate cellular decomposition for geohazards monitoring66
Sequential customers’ decisions in facility location with comparison-shopping65
Logic-based Benders decomposition with a partial assignment acceleration technique for avionics scheduling64
A Graph Reinforcement Learning Framework for Neural Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search63
Time window optimization for attended home service delivery under multiple sources of uncertainties61
Offline approximate value iteration for dynamic solutions to the multivehicle routing problem with stochastic demand60
A proactive aircraft recovery approach based on airport spatiotemporal network supply and demand coordination57
A Q-learning-based variable greedy algorithm to minimize the sum of total earliness and tardiness in a no-wait flowshop scheduling problem56
Using machine learning to identify hidden constraints in vehicle routing problems53
Solving the strip packing problem with a decomposition framework and a generic solver: Implementation, tuning, and reinforcement-learning-based hybridization53
A multi-algorithm approach for operational human resources workload balancing in a last mile urban delivery system50
Branch-and-price algorithms for large-scale mission-oriented maintenance planning problems50
Collaborative optimization of last-train timetables for metro network to increase service time for passengers50
Digital twin-enabled dynamic scheduling with preventive maintenance using a double-layer Q-learning algorithm48
Home healthcare staff dimensioning problem for temporary caregivers: A matheuristic solution approach48
Novel mathematical formulations for parallel-batching processing machine scheduling problems47
Models and algorithms for configuring and testing prototype cars47
Arc routing with trip-balancing and attractiveness measures — A waste collection case study47
Integrated packing and routing: A model and its solutions47
Adjustable robust positive influence dominating set with partial payment46
Learning-based TSP-solvers tend to be overly greedy46
Feature and functional form selection in additive models via mixed-integer optimization44
The pollution-routing problem with speed optimization and uneven topography44
Multi-Attribute Utility Deep Reinforcement Learning method for Sequential Multi-Criteria Decision problems: Application to human resource planning44
An ALNS metaheuristic for the family multiple traveling salesman problem44
A hub-and-spoke network design for relocating emergency service vehicles42
Editorial Board42
A genetic algorithm to solve the production lot-sizing problem with capacity adjustment42
Stochastic inventory routing with dynamic demands and intra-day depletion41
A graph theoretic approach to non-anticipativity constraint generation in multistage stochastic programs with incomplete scenario sets41
High quality timetables for Italian schools41
Variants of Harsanyi’s tracing procedures for selecting a perfect stationary equilibrium in stochastic games41
Approximate Condorcet Partitioning: Solving large-scale rank aggregation problems40
Sustainable risk mitigation in hazardous material transportation40
Selection hyper-heuristics for the multi and many-objective quadratic assignment problem39
Exact algorithms for energy-constrained scheduling on identical parallel machines39
An adaptive large neighborhood decomposition search-based approach for the location-routing problem with pickup facilities and heterogeneous demands39
Exact algorithms for a parallel machine scheduling problem with workforce and contiguity constraints38
Scheduling jobs with shared additional operations on parallel identical machines37
An ant colony hybrid simulated annealing algorithm for collaborative optimization of robotic mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines balancing37
Dynamic programming in inventory management: A review37
Q-learning based hyper-heuristic with clustering strategy for combinatorial optimization: A case study on permutation flow-shop scheduling problem36
Batch processing machine scheduling problems using a self-adaptive approach based on dynamic programming36
Optimizing strategic and operational decisions of car sharing systems under demand uncertainty and substitution36
Intra-facility equity in discrete and continuous p-facility locati36
Solving weighted Maximum Satisfiability with Branch and Bound and clause learning35
Parallel branch-and-price algorithms for the single machine total weighted tardiness scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times35
MILP-based local search procedures for minimizing total tardiness in the No-idle Permutation Flowshop Problem35
Project scheduling cost optimization based on resource transfer costs and robustness35
The team orienteering problem with service times and mandatory & incompatible nodes34
Dynamic inventory control and pricing strategies for perishable products considering both profit and waste34
Meta-learning for dynamic multi-robot task scheduling34
Logic-based Benders decomposition for bi-objective parallel machine selection and job scheduling with release dates and resource consumption34
Managing hospital inpatient beds under clustered overflow configuration33
Minimizing the makespan on two parallel machines with a common server in charge of loading and unloading operations33
Two-stage robust optimization for public health emergency project scheduling with uncertain activity durations33
Efficient arc-flow formulations for makespan minimisation on parallel machines with a common server33
An efficient optimisation procedure for the Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem: Lagrangian relaxation and iterated local search33
Revisiting the development trajectory of parallel machine scheduling32
Metaheuristics for the bi-objective resource-constrained project scheduling problem with time-dependent resource costs: An experimental comparison32
The integrated on-demand bus routing problem: Combining on-demand buses with a high-frequency fixed line public transport network32
A reinforcement learning guided hybrid evolutionary algorithm for the latency location routing problem31
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 reduction31
Editorial Board30
Manufacturing rescheduling after crisis or disaster-caused supply chain disruption30
Optimisation of steel rolling schedule based on evolutionary multi-tasking transfer algorithm30
Hybrid-biased genetic algorithm for packing unequal rectangles into a fixed-size circle30
Improving energy aware nanosatellite task scheduling by a branch-cut-and-price algorithm29
Editorial Board29
An effective biogeography-based optimization algorithm for multi-objective green scheduling of distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling problem29
Collaborative optimization of routing and storage strategy of multi-period multimodal transport in an uncertain environment29
Lexicographic optimization-based approaches to learning a representative model for multi-criteria sorting with non-monotonic criteria29
Branch-and-refine for solving time-expanded MILP formulations29
Editorial Board28
Optimal area polygonization problems: Exact solutions through geometric duality28
Augmentation search for integer programming over a polyhedron28
Rectangle packing with a recursive Pilot Method28
Replication and sequencing of unreliable jobs on 28
Generic machine-learning-augmented beam search for resource-constrained shortest path reformulations of combinatorial optimization problems28
On serial and parallel evaluation functions for Job Sequencing and Tool Switching problems27
Optimal sequencing using a scheduling heuristic27
Heterogeneous fleet management for one-way electric carsharing system with optional orders, vehicle relocation and on-demand recharging27
SDP-based Benders decomposition for solving p-median quadratic faci27
Multistage adaptive robust optimization for the hydrothermal scheduling problem27
Optimization of a stochastic joint replenishment inventory system with service level constraints27
Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic algorithm for open dimension irregular packing problems27
A heuristic approach for the integrated production–transportation problem with process flexibility27
Multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling based on feature information optimization algorithm26
An exact decomposition-based approach to the conflict-free-transportation-constrained flexible job-shop scheduling problem26
The container premarshalling problem under limited crane time: A constraint programming approach26
An exact two-phase approach to re-optimize tours in home care planning26
Workload balancing for flight dispatchers26
Bilevel competitive facility location and design under a nested logit model26
A multi-objective linear programming model for scheduling part families and designing a group layout in cellular manufacturing systems26
Location and routing of armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and carrier platforms against mobile targets26
Minimal and stable feedback arc sets and graph centrality measures26
A data-driven heuristic for the dynamic vehicle routing problem with multiple soft time windows26
Data-driven integrated home service staffing and capacity planning: Stochastic optimization approaches25
A speed-up for Helsgaun’s TSP heuristic by relaxing the positive gain criterion25
Benders decomposition algorithms for minimizing the spread of harmful contagions in networks25
Solving the 1-median problem on a network with continuous demand and demand surplus25
Two-echelon collaborative routing problem with heterogeneous crowd-shippers25
Cost-sharing mechanisms for the selfish maximum open-end bin packing problem25
Efficient iterative optimization to real-time train regulation in urban rail transit networks combined with Benders decomposition method24
Robustness evaluation of trust and reputation systems using a deep reinforcement learning approach24
Solving multi-stage stochastic facility location problems with modular capacity adjustments24
An improved decomposition-based heuristic for truck platooning24
Distributionally robust geometric joint chance-constrained optimization: Neurodynamic approaches24
Multistage adaptive distributionally robust optimization for the medical supplies distribution problem with uncertain demand in humanitarian aid24
International multimodal transportation optimization considering bulk cargo containerization24
A hybrid approach using ant colony optimisation for integrated scheduling of production and transportation tasks within flexible manufacturing systems23
Smart Automated Guided Vehicle scheduling with flexible battery management: A new formulation and an exact approach23
The two-dimensional orthogonal packing problem with item fragmentation: Formulation and local search-based algorithms (applications on tank-farm layout planning)23
Scheduling identical serial-batching machines in the engine manufacturing supply chain by an integrated variable neighborhood search algorithm23
Robust optimization for lot-sizing problems under yield uncertainty23
Heuristic and metaheuristic procedures for the Parallel Assembly Lines Balancing Problem with multi-line workstations and buffer sizing23
Off-line approximate dynamic programming for the vehicle routing problem with a highly variable customer basis and stochastic demands23
Vehicle routing problem for omnichannel retailing including multiple types of time windows and products22
Heuristic and metaheuristic procedures for the buffer sizing problem in parallel assembly lines balancing problem with multi-line workstations and different cycle times22
Model and metaheuristic for human–robot collaboration assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem22
The low-carbon vehicle routing problem with dynamic speed on steep roads22
Collaborative vehicle-drone distribution network optimization for perishable products in the epidemic situation22
Closed-loop supply chain network design with price-greenness-sensitive demand: A distributionally robust chance-constrained optimization approach22
A feature correlation reinforce clustering and evolutionary algorithm for the green bike-sharing reposition problem22
A note on “Self-adaptive General Variable Neighborhood Search algorithm for parallel machine scheduling with unrelated servers”22
Adaptive large neighborhood search for autonomous electric vehicle scheduling in airport baggage transport service21
Investigation of the joint Automated mobile loading systems Two-Stage vehicle routing problem under the consideration of Supply-Demand Imbalance, fair Efficiency, and demand uncertainty21
Constraint programming approaches for finding conserved metabolic and genomic patterns21
Minimum cost consensus model considering dual behavior preference21
An improved genetic algorithm based on game theory for multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with batch processing machines21
A new composite heuristic to minimize the total tardiness for the single machine scheduling problem with variable and flexible maintenance21
Corrigendum to “Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the oven scheduling problem” [Comput. Oper. Res. 177 (2025) 106999]21
The exam location problem: Mathematical formulations and variants20
Simultaneous predictive maintenance and inventory policy in a continuously monitoring system using simulation optimization20
Emerging optimization problems for distribution in same-day delivery20
Learning-based column generation approach for the vehicle routing problem with release dates and incompatible loading constraints20
A numerical optimization approach for pricing components in customer defined bundles in a B2B market20
A causal framework for stochastic local search optimization algorithms20
AI automatic decision in newsvendor model with Nash bargaining fairness concern20
A robust ordered weighted averaging loss model for portfolio optimization20
Approximation algorithms for job scheduling with block-type conflict graphs20
Heuristic algorithm for nested Markov decision process: Solution quality and computational complexity20
Epsilon Oscillation Algorithm for the bi-objective green identical parallel machine scheduling problem20
Integrated and sequential algorithms for the robust two-echelon location-routing problem under demand uncertainty20
Robust optimization for the electric vehicle pickup and delivery problem with time windows and uncertain demands20
Logic-based Benders decomposition for doctor-patient matching and scheduling considering chronic patients’ online consultation time preference20
A comparison of alternative models for solving a non-linear single plant Hydro Unit Commitment problem20
Estimating production technologies using multi-output adaptive constrained enveloping splines19
Flexible electricity market clearing zones19
Benders decomposition for the large-scale probabilistic set covering problem19
Editorial Board19
An efficient iterated local search for the minimum quasi-clique partitioning problem19
Dynamic parcel pick-up routing problem with prioritized customers and constrained capacity via lower-bound-based rollout approach19
Deep reinforcement learning based proximal policy optimization algorithm for dynamic job shop scheduling19
Syncrolift dry dock scheduling with a capacitated ship transfer system19
A branch-cut-and-price approach for the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with drones19
Editorial Board19
A MaxSAT approach for solving a new Dynamic Discretization Discovery model for train rescheduling problems19
Automatic design of constructive heuristics for a reconfigurable distributed flowshop group scheduling problem19
A hybrid genetic algorithm for the min–max Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem19
A novel mathematical modeling approach for integrating a periodic vehicle routing problem and cross-docking system19
Minimizing passenger waiting time in the multi-route bus fleet allocation problem through distributionally robust optimization and reinforcement learning19
Erratum to “Benders decomposition for a period-aggregated resource leveling problem with variable job duration” [Comput. Oper. Res. 132 (2021) 105258]19
The effect of different mathematical formulations on a matheuristic algorithm for the production routing problem19
A branch-and-bound algorithm for the proactive resource-constrained project scheduling problem with a robustness maximization objective18
The continuous delayed distribution problem18
An effective aggregation heuristic for Capacitated Facility Location Problems with many demand points18
An algorithm for the microaggregation problem using column generation18
Probabilistic Vector Machines18
A constraint programming-based iterated greedy algorithm for the open shop with sequence-dependent processing times and makespan minimization18
A modified variable neighborhood search algorithm for dynamic lot-sizing with supplier selection under varying delivery time quotation18
Reducing the feasible solution space of resource-constrained project instances18
Multi-day routes in a multi-depot vehicle routing problem with intermediate replenishment facilities and time windows18
MIP-based local search for permutation flowshop scheduling with makespan objective18
Strip based compact formulation for two-dimensional guillotine cutting problems18
Multi-period hub location problem considering polynomial time-dependent demand18
CORTEX-V: A cognitive reasoning toolkit for vision-based, cost-efficient layout optimization18
Dock assignment and truck scheduling problem; consideration of multiple scenarios with resource allocation constraints18
Hub location problem considering spoke links with incentive-dependent capacities18
UAV routing for reconnaissance mission: A multi-objective orienteering problem with time-dependent prizes and multiple connections18
The Impact of Partial Production Capacity Sharing via Production as a Service17
Towards green manufacturing: Co-optimizing capacity expansion planning of production and renewable energy generation with endogenous uncertainty17
Optimal interventions in robust optimization with time-dependent uncertainties17
Robust MILP formulations for the two-stage weighted vertex p-cente17
A new mixed integer programming approach for inverse correspondence analysis17
A survey of adaptive large neighborhood search algorithms and applications17
Joint location and pricing for recycling service planning17
Balancing U-type assembly lines with human–robot collaboration17
Clusterwise linear regression using a probabilistic branch and bound algorithm under Gaussianity17
A branch-and-cut-and-price algorithm for shared mobility considering customer satisfaction17
Editorial Board17
Newton-based approach to solving K-SVCR and Twin-KSVC multi-class classification in the primal space17
The vehicle routing problem with drones and drone speed selection17
Designing a portfolio-based closed-loop supply chain network for dairy products with a financial approach: Accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm17
Solution algorithms for dock scheduling and truck sequencing in cross-docks: A neural branch-and-price and a metaheuristic17
A cardinality constrained iterated local search for the virtual machine placement problem17
The static ridesharing routing problem with flexible locations: A Norwegian case study17
Project scheduling to minimize the makespan under flexible resource profiles and marginal diminishing returns of the resource16
Improving the efficiency of patient diagnostic specimen collection with the aid of a multi-modal routing algorithm16
Reentrant open shop scheduling problem with time lags and no-wait constraints16
Interval scheduling with economies of scale16
Two-dimensional bin packing, cutting stock, and open dimension problems: A survey of practical requirements16
Comparing approximations and heuristics over different time horizons for a production-inventory system under the base-stock policy and conditional value-at-risk objective16
The Ordered Median Tree Location Problem16
Exact method to optimize the total electricity cost in two-machine permutation flow shop scheduling problem under Time-of-use tariff16
Distributionally robust chance-constrained kernel-based support vector machine16
A tabu search algorithm for Unspecified Parallel Machine scheduling with shift consideration16
Job scheduling integrated with material ordering: decision-dependent stochastic programming and information relaxation dual bounds16
Periodic and aperiodic train timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning using an efficient Lagrangian relaxation decomposition16
A family of hybrid conjugate gradient method with restart procedure for unconstrained optimizations and image restorations16
A branch-price-and-cut algorithm for the time-dependent multiple truck–drone routing problem16
Shore hydrogen deployment problem in green ports16
Enhanced open-source scatter search algorithm for solving quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problems16
Perishable inventory control with backlogging penalties: A mixed-integer linear programming model via two-step approximation16
A unified exact approach for Clustered and Generalized Vehicle Routing Problems16
A Large Neighbourhood Search Algorithm for Solving Container Loading Problems16
A reduced variable neighborhood search for the just in time job shop scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times16
An improved MOEA/D for multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling by considering efficiency and cost16
An accelerated Benders decomposition method for distributionally robust sustainable medical waste location and transportation problem15
International travel time prediction for China–Europe Express trains via interpretable deep learning models15
A fuzzy correlation based heuristic for Dual-mode integrated Location routing problem15
A benders-branch-and-cut methodology for global cargo vessel traffic prediction given declining arctic sea ice and changing risks15
Adaptive large neighborhood search for drayage routing problems involving longer combination vehicles15
Editorial Board15
Dynamic community partitioning for e-commerce last mile delivery with time window constraints15
Optimal placement of electric vehicle slow-charging stations: A continuous facility location problem under uncertainty15
An iteratively doubling binary search for the two-dimensional irregular multiple-size bin packing problem raised in the steel industry15
Seru order acceptance and scheduling in the distributed production network considering preventive maintenance15
Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions15
Verifying new instances of the multidemand multidimensional knapsack problem with instance space analysis15
Integrating order picking and vehicle routing decisions in a dynamic e-commerce setting15
Stochastic resource leveling in projects with flexible structures15
Green horizons: Sustainable global logistics in dynamic supply chain management15
Shelter location–allocation problem for disaster evacuation planning: A simulation optimization approach15
Towards an unsupervised learning scheme for efficiently solving parameterized mixed-integer programs15
A variable neighborhood search for parcel delivery by vehicle with drone cycles15
An enhanced dual-population NSGA-II for solving multi-objective emergency supplies dispatch problem based on truck-drone-dispatch vehicle collaboration15
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