OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Operational Research is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Vehicle routing problem and related algorithms for logistics distribution: a literature review and classification	89
Fuzzy arithmetic DEA approach for fuzzy multi-objective transportation problem	35
Retailers’ competition and cooperation in a closed-loop green supply chain under governmental intervention and cap-and-trade policy	33
Comparison of statistical and machine learning methods for daily SKU demand forecasting	21
A decision support model for robust allocation and routing of search and rescue resources after earthquake: a case study	19
A city logistics system for freight transportation: integrating information technology and operational research	17
Estimating the confidence intervals for DEA efficiency scores of Asia-Pacific airlines	15
A sustainable inventory system with price-sensitive demand and carbon emissions under partial trade credit and partial backordering	15
A robust augmented ε-constraint method (AUGMECON-R) for finding exact solutions of multi-objective linear programming problems	15
A novel slacks-based model for efficiency and super-efficiency in DEA-R	14
“Do technologies really affect that much? exploring the potential of several industry 4.0 technologies in today’s lean manufacturing shop floors”	13
Analyzing a manufacturer-retailer sustainable supply chain under cap-and-trade policy and revenue sharing contract	13
Location of facilities and network design for reverse logistics of lithium-ion batteries in Sweden	11
A robust possibilistic programming approach for blood supply chain network design in disaster relief considering congestion	11
Comparing the evolution of productivity and performance gaps in education systems through DEA: an application to Latin American countries	10
How cash-back strategy affect sale rate under refund and customers’ credit	10
A systematic literature review of data envelopment analysis implementation in agriculture under the prism of sustainability	9
The introduction of the SRF-II method to compare hypothesis of adaptive reuse for an iconic historical building	9
Robust portfolio selection problems: a comprehensive review	9
A robust framework for designing blood network in disaster relief: a real-life case	9
A multi-attribute supply chain network resilience assessment framework based on SNA-inspired indicators	8
Emission reduction and coordination of a dynamic supply chain with green reputation	8
ESG performance, herding behavior and stock market returns: evidence from Europe	8
Generalized robust window data envelopment analysis approach for dynamic performance measurement under uncertain panel data	8
Composite indicators in evaluating tourism performance and seasonality	8

Cost efficiency evaluation in sustainable supply chains with marginal surcharge values for harmful environmental factors: a case study in a food industry	8
Bi- and multi-objective location routing problems: classification and literature review	7
The Malmquist Productivity measure for UK-listed firms in the aftermath of the global financial crisis	7
Reliable cross-docking location problem under the risk of disruptions	7
A coordinated scheduling problem for the supply chain in a flexible job shop machine environment	7
A data-driven multicriteria decision making tool for assessing investments in energy efficiency	7
Integrated optimisation for production capacity, raw material ordering and production planning under time and quantity uncertainties based on two case studies	6
Pricing policy in green supply chain design: the impact of consumer environmental awareness and green subsidies	6
Pricing and quality competition for substitutable green products with a common retailer	6
An extended best–worst multiple reference point method: application in the assessment of non-life insurance companies	6
Products pricing and return strategies for the dual channel retailers	6
Coordinating a reverse supply chain with price and warranty dependent random demand under collection uncertainties	6
Solving combinatorial bi-level optimization problems using multiple populations and migration schemes	6
A multicriteria decision model to rank workstations in a footwear industry based on a FITradeoff-ranking method for ergonomics interventions	6
A qualitative, patient-centered perspective toward plasma products supply chain network design with risk controlling	6
System dynamics model for improving the robustness of a fresh agri-food supply chain to disruptions	6
Product design outsourcing in a supply chain: impact of the design and conformance quality trade-off	6
Additive manufacturing scheduling problem considering assembly operations of parts	6
An optimal inventory policy for a multi-echelon closed-loop supply chain of postconsumer recycled content products	6
A n − D ant colony optimization with fuzzy logic for air traffic flow management	6
Parameter analysis for sigmoid and hyperbolic transfer functions of fuzzy cognitive maps	6
Optimal lot-sizing under learning effect in inspection errors with different types of imperfect quality items	6
A bi-objective blood supply chain model under uncertain donation, demand, capacity and cost: a robust possibilistic-necessity approach	5
Single machine scheduling to maximize the weighted number of on-time jobs with job-rejection	5
A production-repairing inventory model considering demand and the proportion of defective items as rough intervals	5
Investigating different reverse channels in a closed-loop supply chain: a power perspective	5
Exact algorithms for production planning in mining considering the use of stockpiles and sequencing of power shovels in open-pit mines	5
Performance assessment of energy companies employing Hierarchy Stochastic Multi-Attribute Acceptability Analysis	5
Competition among supply chains: the choice of financing strategy	5
Management of resource allocation on vehicle-sharing schemes: the case of Thessaloniki’s bike-sharing system	5
The impact of COVID-19 on supply chains: systematic review and future research directions	5
A column generation approach for patient scheduling with setup time and deteriorating treatment duration	5
A fuzzy robust planning model in the disaster management response phase under precedence constraints	5
Strategic decision-making under ambiguity: insights from exploring a simple linked two-game model	5
Multiperiod optimal emergency material allocation considering road network damage and risk under uncertain conditions	5
Designing pharmaceutical supply chain networks with perishable items considering congestion	5
GIS-assisted suitability analysis combining PROMETHEE II, analytic hierarchy process and inverse distance weighting	5
A fuzzy cognitive map based on Nash bargaining game for supplier selection problem: a case study on auto parts industry	5
Optimal location and operation of waste-to-energy plants when future waste composition is uncertain	5
Optimal policy computing for blockchain based smart contracts via federated learning	4
A note on the zero-sum gains data envelopment analysis model	4
Port-based supply chain decisions considering governmental pollution tax	4
Evaluating efficiency and technology gaps of the national systems of entrepreneurship using stochastic DEA and club convergence	4
Safety stock management in a supply chain model with waiting time and price discount dependent backlogging rate in stochastic environment	4
A bi-objective model for scheduling of multiple projects under multi-skilled workforce for distributed load energy usage	4
Using multi-criteria decision making for selecting picking strategies	4
Measuring the efficiency of mutual funds: Does ESG controversies score affect the mutual fund performance during the COVID-19 pandemic?	4
Efficiency drivers for the South Pacific West coast port terminals: a two-stage non-convex metafrontier dea approach	4
Heuristic column generation for designing an express circular packaging distribution network	4
Multicriteria decision aid analysis for the optimum performance of an ambient light sensor: methodology and case study	4

A closed-loop supply chain model with uncertain return and learning-forgetting effect in production under consignment stock policy	4
Unsupervised consumer intention and sentiment mining from microblogging data as a business intelligence tool	4
Modern business development and financial reporting: exploring the effect of corporate governance on the value relevance of accounting information—evidence from the Greek listed firms	4
Joint pricing and inventory decision under a probabilistic selling strategy	4
A robust model for recharging station location problem	4
Integrating inventory planning, pricing and maintenance for perishable products in a two-component parallel manufacturing system with common cause failures	4
Optimal resource allocation for multiclass services in peer-to-peer networks via successive approximation	4
Open vehicle routing problem with split deliveries: mathematical formulations and a cutting-plane method	4