International Transactions in Operational Research

Article	Citations
Preface to the Special Issue on Metaheuristics: Recent Advances and Applications	79
Special Issue on “Decision Support Systems in an uncertain world”	72
Special Issue on “Logistics Optimization for Social Good”	55
Preface to the Special Issue on Developments in Metaheuristics	53
A matheuristic approach for the minimum broadcast time problem using a biased random‐key genetic algorithm	46
Special Issue on “Optimizing Port and Maritime Logistics: Advances for Sustainable and Efficient Operations”	45
Discrete‐event simulation is still alive and strong: evidence from bibliometric performance evaluation of research during COVID‐19 global health pandemic	38
The impact of product characteristics and innovativeness on the benefits of collaboration	36
Multimethodology for diagnosis and intervention in a prosthetics and orthotics factory in Brazil	31
Mechanisms of cooperation between airlines and online travel agencies for flight crowdfunding	30
Drone‐enabled material handling in smart manufacturing	29
Optimal drone deployment for cost‐effective and sustainable last‐mile delivery operations	25
Branch‐and‐cut algorithms for the traveling salesman problem with job times	25
Service quality and price competition in crowdsourced delivery markets	25
Maritime inventory routing: recent trends and future directions	24
Solving a harvest scheduling optimization problem with constraints on clearcut area and clearcut proximity	24
Service channel choice for supply chain under online marketplace	23
The multiple container loading problem with loading docks	22
Assessing social performance in supply chain design and planning through a monetization approach	22
Patient admission scheduling problems with uncertain length of stay: optimization models and an efficient matheuristic approach	22
Downstream firm's equity financing for capacity expansion in a supply chain	21
An adaptation of Random Forest to estimate convex non‐parametric production technologies: an empirical illustration of efficiency measurement in education	21
Optimisation models for project selection in asset management: an application to the water sector	21
Special issue on “Metaheuristics: Recent Advances and Applications”	20
Special Issue on “Decision Support Systems in an uncertain world”	20

The electric vehicle routing problem with time windows, partial recharges, and covering locations	20
Maximum weighted induced forests and trees: new formulations and a computational comparative review	20
Effects of accrual constraints in cooperative advertising programs for distribution channels with one manufacturer and two retailers	19
Special issue on “Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”	19
Special Issue on “Managing Supply Chain Resilience in the Digital Economy Era”	19
Destination selection and flight scheduling for regional airlines at slot‐constrained airports	19
Preface to the Special Issue on Logistics Optimization for Social Good	19
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Red flag algorithms for Brazilian electronic invoices: outlier detection and price risk classification	18
Robust solutions via optimisation and predictive process monitoring for the scheduling of the interventional radiology procedures	18
How the agency contract fails in hybrid mode: agency fees and distribution sequences	18
A penalty decomposition algorithm with greedy improvement for mean‐reverting portfolios with sparsity and volatility constraints	17
Multi‐period optimal bidding strategy with energy storage	17
To be traceable and responsive: blockchain adoption and information sharing in a fresh produce supply chain	17
Optimization of investments in labor productivity in supply chain networks	16
Multi–stage process for chemotherapy scheduling and effective capacity determination	16
Special Issue on “Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Public Services in Practice”	16
Special Issue on “Operations Research Models for Green Finance”	16
Assessing subsidy policies for green products: operational and environmental perspectives	16
Preface to the Special Issue on Decision Support: Combining Technology and Algorithms to Solve Complex Problems	16
Exact algorithms for the product configuration problem	15
A genetic algorithm simheuristic for solving the stochastic project portfolio selection problem with portfolio reliability constraints	15
Integer programming formulations for the k$k$‐in‐a‐tree problem in graphs	15
A heuristic algorithm to solve the one‐warehouse multiretailer problem with an emission constraint	15
Local search algorithms for the composite retrieval problem	15
Static optimization of a semiflexible on‐demand public bus line for peak hours	15
Information sharing in the presence of retailer's risk aversion and altruism	14
Special Issue on “Sharing Platforms for Sustainability: Exploring Strategies, Trade‐offs, and Applications”	14
Purchase efficiency in Dutch youth care: locally least squares frontier method applied to municipality data	14
Special Issue on “Decision Support System Technology in the Artificial Intelligence Era”	14
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Special Issue on “Decision Support: Combining Technology and Algorithms to Solve Complex Problems”	13
Buyer direct financing with blockchain‐assisted due diligence in supply chain	13
Special Issue on “Sharing Platforms for Sustainability: Exploring Strategies, Trade‐offs, and Applications”	13
Will an electric vehicle manufacturer benefit from sharing services through price leadership strategy and improving the driving range?	13
Issue Information	13
Celebrating 30 years of International Transactions in Operational Research	13
Conversational and generative artificial intelligence and human–chatbot interaction in education and research	13
Special issue on “Sustainable and Responsive Transportation and Logistics”	13
Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Decision Making in Health and Medicine”	13
Geometric compromise programming: application in portfolio selection	12
Modeling and solving an economies‐of‐scale service system design problem	12
Analysis of the location problem of emergency attendance teams for a railroad through optimization	12
Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Decision Making in Health and Medicine”	12
On the safe side of stochastic programming: bounds and approximations	12
Network‐based index tracking using asset dependency structures	12
A multi‐objective transportation model for COVID‐19 patients: lesson learned from France	11
A new second‐order conic optimization model for the Euclidean Steiner tree problem in Rd$\mathbb {R}^d$	11
Efficiency evaluation of healthcare services in China based on stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis and directional distance function	11
A two‐stage method for the shipper lane selection problem with time windows in transportation service procurement	11

A new two‐phase heuristic for a problem of food distribution with compartmentalized trucks and trailers	11
A decision support system for risk reduction in pandemic spread based on the management of passenger air traffic	11
Districting in last‐mile delivery with stochastic customers	11
Research on entropy weight multiple criteria decision‐making evaluation of metro network vulnerability	11
An optimization model for the energy management of the network of tanks in a drinking water distribution system	10
Extracting knowledge from customer reviews: an integrated framework for digital platform analytics	10
Shop scheduling in manufacturing environments: a review	10
Optimal production and carbon reduction investment decision for manufacturers with leasing–selling strategies considering financing	10
Pitfalls, benefits, and comparative analysis of artificial intelligence ChatBots in the systematic review process	10
Advance selling under uncertain supply and demand: a robust newsvendor perspective	10
Tournament schedules and incentives in a double round‐robin tournament with four teams	10
The location routing problem with facility sizing decisions	10
A metaheuristic for the double traveling salesman problem with partial last‐in‐first‐out loading constraints	9
Two‐phase strategies for the bi‐objective minimum spanning tree problem	9
Single or dual rollover? The product rollover strategy of an electric vehicle manufacturer with strategic consumers	9
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The channel selection and coordination considering platform private‐label products	9
The satisfaction of healthcare consumers: analysis and comparison of different methodologies	9
Strong bounds and exact solutions to the minimum broadcast time problem	9
Dynamic pricing and investment for fashion products under reference effect	9
Managing quality, supplier selection, and cold‐storage contracts in agrifood supply chain through stochastic optimization	9
Negotiation for service contracting: incentives, bargaining power, and customer risk aversion	9
New advances for quantum‐inspired optimization	9
Estimating optimal objective values for the TSP, VRP, and other combinatorial problems using randomization	9
A fast metaheuristic approach for the planar multiple obnoxious facility location problem	9
Information sharing and production mode selection with price and quality competition	9
Comparative analysis of product and network supply chain resilience	9
Evaluating blockchain as a participatory organisational system: looking for transaction efficiency	9
Customer satisfaction in the presence of imperfect knowledge of data	9
Issue Information	9
Information sharing in an e‐tailing supply chain for fresh produce with supplier encroachment	9
The multidepot drone general routing problem with duration and capacity constraints	9
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A biased random‐key genetic algorithm for the home health care problem	9
A branch‐and‐price approach to the multitasking scheduling with batch control on parallel machines	9
Sustainability and profitability efficiencies: the moderating role of corporate social responsibility	8
The tree‐of‐hubs location problem with interhub stopovers	8
Special Issue on “Decision Support System Technology in the Artificial Intelligence Era”	8
On the optimal layout of a dining room in the era of COVID‐19 using mathematical optimization	8
Improving neighborhood exploration into MOEA/D framework to solve a bi‐objective routing problem	8
Towards assisting the decision‐making process for content creators in cinematic virtual reality through the analysis of movie cuts and their influence on viewers' behavior	8
An enhanced GRASP approach for the index tracking problem	8
Network polarization, filter bubbles, and echo chambers: an annotated review of measures and reduction methods	8
Bi‐objective optimization of the tactical allocation of job types to machines: mathematical modeling, theoretical analysis, and numerical tests	8
GRASP‐ILS and set cover hybrid heuristic for the synchronized team orienteering problem with time windows	8
An extended ε$\varepsilon $‐constraint method for a bi‐objective assortment optimization problem	8
An ILP approach for tactical flight rescheduling during airport access mode disruptions	8
The multiobjective traveling salesman–repairman problem with profits: design and implementation of a variable neighborhood descent algorithm for a real scenario	8
An effective and efficient matheuristic for the electric vehicle routing problem with capacitated recharging stations	8
Special Issue on “Managing Supply Chain Resilience in the Digital Economy Era”	8
A probabilistic bi‐objective model for a humanitarian location‐routing problem under uncertain demand and road closure	8
Efficient property value estimation for single‐family homes in central Florida	8
A new AHP‐prioritization method based on linear programming for crisp and interval preference relations	8
Interaction between joining platform blockchain technology and channel encroachment for fresh agricultural product firms	8
An innovative benefit‐of‐the‐doubt approach for health system effectiveness: a global case study on amenable mortality	7
A preemptive goal programming for multi‐objective cooperative games: an application to multi‐objective linear production	7
Special issue on “Metaheuristics: Advances and Applications”	7
Multi‐objective reference point techniques to optimize profitability, growth, and risk in the non‐life insurance industry: international analysis	7
Subsidy strategy for reserving flexible capacity of emergency supply production	7
Quay partitioning problem	7
Optimal pricing and warranty strategies of a closed‐loop supply chain under government subsidies	7
A multicommodity pickup and delivery problem with time windows and handling time in the omni‐channel last‐mile delivery	7
An omega portfolio model with dynamic return thresholds	7
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Special Issue on “Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”	7
Smart selective navigator (SSN): enhancing urban winter road maintenance through optimized arc routing with hard turn restrictions	7
Special Issue on “Operations Research Models for Green Finance”	7
A stochastic approach for planning airport ground support resources	7
Manufacturer encroachment in a vertically differentiated market with competing retailers and counterfeiter	7
Circular economy business strategies and public schemes: a game theory‐based survey	7
The biobjective minimum‐cost perfect matching problem and Chinese postman problem	7
Information sharing in a dual channel with an agency‐selling platform	7
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When to introduce options and when not to: a portfolio contract perspective	7
Retailer's selling mode choice under different competition forms	7
Optimal admission control under premature discharge decisions for operational effectiveness	7
Online versus offline encroachment? Channel selection and information sharing strategies in a multichannel supply chain considering consumer webrooming behavior	7
Trends in passenger transport optimisation	6
Linear‐time algorithms for eliminating claws in graphs	6
Nonparametric efficiency and artificial intelligence techniques in higher education: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	6

Dynamic open time‐dependent traveling salesman problem with speed optimization	6
Issue Information	6
Issue Information	6
Competing in daily fantasy sports using generative models	6
Fast heuristics for the time‐constrained immobile server problem	6
Random graph generator for leader and community detection in networks	6
The effect of few historical data on the performance of sample average approximation method for operating room scheduling	6
Pre‐positioning relief supplies subject to uncertain probability estimates	6
Initialization of metaheuristics: comprehensive review, critical analysis, and research directions	6
Cost reduction collaboration between firm and social planner: An economic analysis	6
Comparison of different approaches to multistage lot sizing with uncertain demand	6
Special Issue on “Sharing Platforms for Sustainability: Exploring Strategies, Trade‐offs, and Applications”	6
Exact resolution of a simultaneous vehicle routing and crew scheduling problem in long‐haul transport	6
A new hybrid method for quick and accurate calculation of forest transportation distances	6
Special issue on “Managing supply chain resilience in the digital economy era”	6
Multi‐stage stochastic frontier analysis for simple networks	6
The K$K$‐prize‐collecting coverage problem by aligned disks	6
Enhancing logistics through a vehicle routing problem with deliveries, pickups, and backhauls	6
Special issue on “Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”	6
Capacity management of forwarder with multiple carriers under uncertain flight travel time and stochastic shipment demand	6
Towards self‐organizing logistics in transportation: a literature review and typology	6
Design of survivable networks with low connectivity requirements	6
Optimal group‐buying price strategy considering the information‐sharing of the seller and buyers in social e‐commerce	6
Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Decision Making in Health and Medicine”	6
Solving the stochastic team orienteering problem: comparing simheuristics with the sample average approximation method	5
Sourcing strategies of manufacturers with customer returns and product design efforts	5
A multicriteria model for ranking logistics startups during the acquisition process in a transport company	5
Thirty years of International Transactions in Operational Research: past, present, and future direction	5
Service pricing and charging strategy for video platforms considering consumer preferences	5
Preface to the special issue on “Artificial Intelligence‐driven Decision Making in Health and Medicine”	5
Capacity sharing between competitors considering consumer switching	5
Rethinking EU‐level goals: different strategies to improve national performance toward the European Education Area objectives	5
Trade‐in program options in a retailer‐led supply chain	5
The efficacy of utility functions for multicriteria hospital case‐mix planning	5
An enhanced pricing model for truck transportation: a case study in Swedish forestry	5
Power surplus solutions for weighted hypergraph communication situations	5
IFORS’ Operational Research Hall of Fame	5
Exact solution algorithms for biobjective mixed integer programming problems	5
Fluid models of bilateral matching queues with time‐varying arrivals	5
Competition between two home‐sharing platforms: Equilibrium strategies for commission contract choice	5
A cybersecurity risk analysis framework for systems with artificial intelligence components	5
An analysis of price strategies with price matching in the presence of showrooming	5
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Special Issue on “Logistics Optimization for Social Good”	5
Traceability strategy choice in competing supply chains based on blockchain technology	5
Blood component preparation‐inventory problem with stochastic demand and supply	5
Conflict‐free tow train routing in just‐in‐time assembly lines	5
An alternative assessment approach to global logistics performance evaluation: Common weight H‐DEA approach	5
Disposable or reusable? Packaging strategy and pricing decision for fresh food considering environmental policies	5
Optimal admission and queuing control with reneging behavior under premature discharge decisions	5
Conflict resolution in the era of cognitive multicriteria decision‐making: an AHP‐retributive approach	5
An introduction to the two‐dimensional rectangular cutting and packing problem	5
A multicriteria model to support the selection of inspection service providers based on the delay time model	5
Analyzing anchoring bias in attribute weight elicitation of SMART, Swing, and best‐worst method	5
Special Issue on “Logistics Optimization for Social Good”	5
Efficient credit portfolios under IFRS 9	4
Sustainable reverse logistics network design: a case of waste electrical and electronic equipment management	4
Preface to the Special Issue on Multidimensional Finance, Insurance, and Investment	4
A decomposition algorithm for multi‐item production planning with independent random demand	4
Optimal energy management of water networks under quality conditions	4
Issue Information	4
Toward supply side incentive: The impact of government schemes on a vehicle manufacturer's adoption of electric vehicles	4
Neutrosophic cubic Maclaurin symmetric mean aggregation operators with applications in multi‐criteria decision‐making	4
Special Issue on “Sustainable and Responsive Transportation and Logistics”	4
Optimizing plastic product manufacturing scheduling: an integrated approach to minimize setup costs and tardiness with preventive maintenance considerations	4
Consumer rebate strategy for a manufacturer selling price‐quality differentiated products	4
Optimizing decisions for post‐harvest ripening agricultural produce supply chain management: a dynamic quality‐based model	4
Computing efficiently the nondominated subset of a set sum	4
Integrating cognitive mapping, neutrosophic logic and DEMATEL for sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs	4
Production and carbon emission abatement decisions under different carbon policies: supply chain network equilibrium models with consumers’ low‐carbon awareness	4
Gamified environmental multi‐criteria decision analysis: information on objectives and range insensitivity bias	4
Demand information sharing in a two‐echelon supply chain with a risk‐averse retailer: retail price decision versus retail quantity decision	4
The strong network orientation problem	4
Coordination contract design for a two‐echelon supply chain considering risk aversion and yield uncertainties	4
A predictive multistage postdisaster damage assessment framework for drone routing	4
A multistart biased‐randomized algorithm for solving a three‐dimensional case picking problem with real‐life constraints	4
Design of experiments in humanitarian logistics: facility decision making in disaster preparedness	4
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A proposal for refining the ESG methodology used by rating agencies	4
Managing disruption risk in competing multitier supply chains	4
Contractors allocation for public building maintenance: a sustainable approach aligned with SDGs using AHP‐TOPSIS and bi‐objective optimization	4
Affinely adjustable robust optimization for a multi‐period inventory problem with capital constraints and demand uncertainties	4
An environmental, social, and governance (ESG) model for multiple criteria analysis of investments	4
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A review on competitive pricing in supply chain management problems: models, classification, and applications	4
Universities’ internal governance and their efficiency: empirical evidence from Russia	4
Expected mean return—standard deviation efficient frontier approximation with low‐cardinality portfolios in the presence of the risk‐free asset	4
Evaluating ESG effects on firm's technical efficiency with robust nonparametric frontiers: Insights from Asia	4
Issue Information	4
Preface to the Special Cluster on Stochastic Local Search: Recent Developments and Trends	4
Special Issue on “Optimizing Port and Maritime Logistics: Advances for Sustainable and Efficient Operations”	4
Matheuristics: survey and synthesis	4
Operation strategy in an E‐commerce platform supply chain: whether and how to introduce live streaming services?	4
Optimal product design and pricing decisions under “do‐it‐yourself” service introduction in the retail channel	4
Distributing the fashion product in direct or retail channel: The impact of fashion level and direct selling cost	4