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View article: Mathematical Modeling and Stability Analysis of Agri-Food Tomato Supply Chains via Compartmental Analysis
Mathematical Modeling and Stability Analysis of Agri-Food Tomato Supply Chains via Compartmental Analysis Open
Agri-food supply chains have experienced notable changes in recent decades, with tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) maintaining their status as a key global crop in terms of both production and consumption. These supply chains comprise a comp…
View article: An integrated analytical framework for inventory and pricing of perishable products in multi-echelon supply chains
An integrated analytical framework for inventory and pricing of perishable products in multi-echelon supply chains Open
View article: An optimization framework for emergency supply chains prioritizing elderly populations during pandemics
An optimization framework for emergency supply chains prioritizing elderly populations during pandemics Open
View article: Designing a sustainable and resilient agri-food closed-loop supply chain network for porcine products
Designing a sustainable and resilient agri-food closed-loop supply chain network for porcine products Open
The sustainability of agri-food supply chains is imperative for addressing global food security while mitigating environmental and socio-economic challenges. This study proposes a multi-product, multi-period closed-loop supply chain networ…
View article: Economic lot scheduling problem under two different rework policies
Economic lot scheduling problem under two different rework policies Open
At the end of the 20th century, inventory problems involving defective items have been relevant to production systems research. This paper provides an economic lot scheduling problem (ELSP) for a defective manufacturing system with scrap a…
View article: Assessing Different Two-Stage Stochastic Models for Optimizing Food Bank Networks’ Operations During Natural Disasters
Assessing Different Two-Stage Stochastic Models for Optimizing Food Bank Networks’ Operations During Natural Disasters Open
Humanitarian logistics face significant challenges during natural disasters due to operational uncertainties. Humanitarian logistics networks such as food banks must manage both regular operations and disaster-induced supply and demand. Th…
View article: Solving a real large-scale waste collection problem using exact and heuristic methods
Solving a real large-scale waste collection problem using exact and heuristic methods Open
Waste collection is a complex optimization problem that has been extensively studied from various angles, yet real-world implementation of these methods presents significant challenges. Practical constraints, such as work limitations, vast…
View article: Analysis of optimization models under different approaches to deal with uncertainty regarding pre-disaster planning in food bank supply chains
Analysis of optimization models under different approaches to deal with uncertainty regarding pre-disaster planning in food bank supply chains Open
Purpose: Pre-positioning is a crucial choice in pre-disaster humanitarian logistics planning that consists of deciding in advance how much aid and where should it be located to enable effective and prompt operations in the case of an emerg…
View article: Economic production quantity models for an imperfect manufacturing system with strict inspection
Economic production quantity models for an imperfect manufacturing system with strict inspection Open
Some sensitive industries with precise specifications in their manufacturing process, such as aircraft engine parts, impose 100% inspection processes in their inventory-manufacturing system. In some cases, a lot of small dimensions are mea…
View article: Sustainability inventory management model with warm-up process and shortage
Sustainability inventory management model with warm-up process and shortage Open
Fast-paced markets require complex interactions from all supply-chain agents to satisfy customer demands and needs. The manufacturing industries face some difficulties in terms of production amounts and smooth delivery rates. Technical exp…
View article: Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic Supply Chains Subject to Demand Fluctuations
Mathematical Modeling of Dynamic Supply Chains Subject to Demand Fluctuations Open
This research work aims to develop the mathematical modeling for a class of dynamic supply chains. Demand fluctuation corresponds to product demand volatility, which increases or decreases over a given time frame. Industrial engineering pr…
View article: Effects of variable prepayment installments on pricing and inventory decisions with power demand pattern and non-linear holding cost under carbon cap-and-price regulation
Effects of variable prepayment installments on pricing and inventory decisions with power demand pattern and non-linear holding cost under carbon cap-and-price regulation Open
Regulators' increasingly stringent carbon rules to protect the environment are encouraging practitioners to modify their operational activities that are accountable for releasing emissions into the atmosphere. Thereby, practitioners dealin…
View article: An Inventory Model for Growing Items When the Demand Is Price Sensitive with Imperfect Quality, Inspection Errors, Carbon Emissions, and Planned Backorders
An Inventory Model for Growing Items When the Demand Is Price Sensitive with Imperfect Quality, Inspection Errors, Carbon Emissions, and Planned Backorders Open
Inventory models that consider environmental and quality concerns have received some attention in the literature, yet no model developed to date has investigated these features in combination with growing items. Therefore, there is a need …
View article: Mathematical Modeling for Infinite and Finite Dimensional Production-Inventory Systems Subject to Demand Fluctuation
Mathematical Modeling for Infinite and Finite Dimensional Production-Inventory Systems Subject to Demand Fluctuation Open
This research work aims to develop a mathematical modeling for production-inventory systems. Two mathematical models are present: An infinite dimensional, partial differential equation (PDE), production level modeling is present and a fini…
View article: Discontinuous Economic Growing Quantity Inventory Model
Discontinuous Economic Growing Quantity Inventory Model Open
The classical economic growing quantity (EGQ) model is a key concept in the inventory control problems research literature. The EGQ model is commonly employed for the purpose of inventory control in the management of growing items, such as…
View article: Low-energy residential building optimisation for energy and comfort enhancement in semi-arid climate conditions
Low-energy residential building optimisation for energy and comfort enhancement in semi-arid climate conditions Open
The application of energy-efficient strategies in buildings, such as the Green Building Concept, can significantly impact human comfort and resource consumption. However, due to the complexity of decision-making factors and the variety of …
View article: Economic Growing Quantity Model with Mortality in Newborn Items and Inhibition Cost of Ammonia Production under All-Units Discount Policy
Economic Growing Quantity Model with Mortality in Newborn Items and Inhibition Cost of Ammonia Production under All-Units Discount Policy Open
The amount of global ammonia (NH3) emissions is growing continuously, similar to the damage to the environment, particularly humans and animals, caused by those emissions. Various problems derived from pollution by ammonia emissions have a…
View article: Machine Downtime Effect on the Warm-Up Period in an Economic Production Quantity Problem
Machine Downtime Effect on the Warm-Up Period in an Economic Production Quantity Problem Open
Success in the industrial sector is compromised by diverse conditions such as imperfect product production, manufacturing line interruptions, and unscheduled maintenance. The precise use of common practices in production environments is an…
View article: Economic Order Quantity for Growing Items with Mortality Function under Sustainable Green Breeding Policy
Economic Order Quantity for Growing Items with Mortality Function under Sustainable Green Breeding Policy Open
Determining the optimal slaughter age of fast-growing animals regarding the mortality rates and breeding costs plays an important and major role for companies that benefit from their meat. Additionally, the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) …
View article: Evaluating Awkward Arrays, uproot, and coffea as a query platform for High Energy Physics Data
Evaluating Awkward Arrays, uproot, and coffea as a query platform for High Energy Physics Data Open
Query languages for High Energy Physics (HEP) are an ever present topic within the field. A query language that can efficiently represent the nested data structures that encode the statistical and physical meaning of HEP data will help ana…
View article: A systematic literature review of food banks’ supply chain operations with a focus on optimization models
A systematic literature review of food banks’ supply chain operations with a focus on optimization models Open
Purpose Food banks play an increasingly important role in society by mitigating hunger and helping needy people; however, research aimed at improving food bank operations is limited. Design/methodology/approach This systematic review used …
View article: Sustainability Economic Production Quantity with Warm-Up Function for a Defective Production System
Sustainability Economic Production Quantity with Warm-Up Function for a Defective Production System Open
Inventory management seeks to improve manufacturing by contracting inventory costs in a similar fashion to raise efficiency and profit. One approach is to develop inventory management models according to actual production systems. Furtherm…
View article: An Inventory Model in a Three-Echelon Supply Chain for Growing Items with Imperfect Quality, Mortality, and Shortages under Carbon Emissions When the Demand Is Price Sensitive
An Inventory Model in a Three-Echelon Supply Chain for Growing Items with Imperfect Quality, Mortality, and Shortages under Carbon Emissions When the Demand Is Price Sensitive Open
This research develops an optimization model for growing items in a supply chain with three stages: farmer, processor, and retailer while considering imperfect quality, mortality, shortages with full backordering, and carbon emissions. In …
View article: Constraints on Future Analysis Metadata Systems in High Energy Physics
Constraints on Future Analysis Metadata Systems in High Energy Physics Open
View article: Reconfiguration of Foodbank Network Logistics to Cope with a Sudden Disaster
Reconfiguration of Foodbank Network Logistics to Cope with a Sudden Disaster Open
Foodbank networks provide adequate infrastructure and perform logistics activities to supply food to people in need on a day-to-day basis. However, in the case of a sudden event, such as a natural disaster, they must reconfigure themselves…
View article: Utilizing IoT to design a relief supply chain network for the SARS-COV-2 pandemic
Utilizing IoT to design a relief supply chain network for the SARS-COV-2 pandemic Open
View article: A GRASP‐Tabu Heuristic Approach to Territory Design for Pickup and Delivery Operations for Large‐Scale Instances
A GRASP‐Tabu Heuristic Approach to Territory Design for Pickup and Delivery Operations for Large‐Scale Instances Open
We address a logistics districting problem faced by a parcel company whose operations consist of picking up and delivering packages over a service region. The districting process aims to find a partition of the service region into delivery…
View article: Estudio de caso: Recocido simulado para mejorar el calendario educativo
Estudio de caso: Recocido simulado para mejorar el calendario educativo Open
Introduction: On occasions, Combinatorial Optimization Problems (COP), like the University Course Timetabling Problem (CTTP), can be solved using Operational Research (OR) techniques; however, when the problem increases in size, finding a …
View article: Decision Making Method to Select Team Members Applying Personnel Behavior Based Lean Model
Decision Making Method to Select Team Members Applying Personnel Behavior Based Lean Model Open
Design of personnel teams has been studied from diverse perspectives; the most common are the people and systems requirements perspectives. All these point of view are linked, which is the reason why it is necessary to study them simultane…
View article: Un algoritmo en línea para el problema de apilamiento de contenedores
Un algoritmo en línea para el problema de apilamiento de contenedores Open
El manejo eficiente de carga es un elemento clave para un puerto marítimo pueda competir y proveer adecuados niveles de servicio a sus usuarios. El desempeño de un puerto depende del tiempo de permanencia de la nave, que está condicionado …