Issue no. 1 Table of Contents

Two phases inventory model with variable cycle length under discount policy
p. 1-18
A hybrid algorithm Tabu Search – GRASP for wounded evacuation in disaster response
p. 19-36
A three-echelon supply chain model with price and two-level quality dependent demand
p. 37-52
Closed form of the response function in FDH technologies: Theory, computation and application
p. 53-68
On an optimal replenishment policy for inventory models for non-instantaneous deteriorating items with stock dependent demand and partial backlogging
p. 69-79
Stochastic decomposition in retrial queueing-inventory system
p. 81-99
A rule-based heuristic algorithm for on-line order batching and scheduling in an order picking warehouse with multiple pickers
p. 101-107
Socially responsible supply chains with cost learning effects
p. 119-142
Complexity of inheritance of ℱ-convexity for restricted games induced by minimum partitions
p. 143-161
An inertial modified algorithm for solving variational inequalities
p. 163-178
Optimizing vendor-managed inventory systems with limited storage capacity and partial backordering under stochastic demand
p. 179-209
Picture fuzzy multi-criteria group decision-making method to hotel building energy efficiency retrofit project selection
p. 211-229
Stochastic analysis of a preemptive retrial queue with orbital search and multiple vacations
p. 231-249
Investment for process quality improvement and setup cost reduction in an imperfect production process with warranty policy and shortages
p. 251-266
A comprehensive study of a backlogging EOQ model with nonlinear heptagonal dense fuzzy environment
p. 267-286
Inventory and pricing decisions for imperfect quality items with inspection errors, sales returns, and partial backorders under inflation
p. 287-306

Issue no. 2 Table of Contents

A three-agent scheduling problem for minimizing the flow time on two machines
p. 307-323
DEA based production planning considering technology heterogeneity with undesirable outputs
p. 325-339
On the preconditioned projective iterative methods for the linear complementarity problems
p. 341-349
Randomized control of arrivals in a finite-buffer G I / M / 1 system with starting failures
p. 351-367
Customer relationship management and new product development in designing a robust supply chain
p. 369-391
Z -equilibria in Bi-matrix games with uncertain payoffs
p. 393-412
Replenishment of imperfect items in an EOQ inventory model with partial backordering
p. 413-434
Integrated vendor–buyer strategies for imperfect production systems with maintenance and warranty policy
p. 435-450
A metaheuristic penalty approach for the starting point in nonlinear programming
p. 451-469
An M/G/1 retrial queue with single working vacation under Bernoulli schedule
p. 471-488
A descent derivative-free algorithm for nonlinear monotone equations with convex constraints
p. 489-505
Near-optimal solutions and tight lower bounds for the parallel machines scheduling problem with learning effect
p. 507-527
Algorithms for four-machine flowshop scheduling problem with uncertain processing times to minimize makespan
p. 529-553
Scheduling job shop problems with operators with respect to the maximum lateness
p. 555-568
Strategic behavior in the constant retrial queue with a single vacation
p. 569-583
Making high school students aware of optimization through games and puzzles
p. 585-595
Forecasting stock market price by using fuzzified Choquet integral based fuzzy measures with genetic algorithm for parameter optimization
p. 597-614

Issue no. 3 Table of Contents

Comparisons of customer behavior in Markovian queues with vacation policies and geometric abandonments
p. 615-636
An exact minimax penalty function approach to solve multitime variational problems
p. 637-652
A neoteric approach to geometric shipment policy in an integrated supply chain with setup cost reduction and freight cost using service level constraint
p. 653-673
The analysis of a discrete time finite-buffer queue with working vacations under Markovian arrival process and PH-service time
p. 675-691
Supply chain encroachment with quality decision and different power structures
p. 693-718
The impact of oil price changes on efficiency of banks: An application in the Middle East oil exporting countries using SORM-DEA
p. 719-748
A hybrid fix-and-optimize heuristic for integrated inventory-transportation problem in a multi-region multi-facility supply chain
p. 749-782
Variant impatient behavior of a Markovian queue with balking reserved idle time and working vacation
p. 783-793
Inventory management strategies for the Calabrian hospitals system
p. 795-813
The disasters queue with working breakdowns and impatient customers
p. 815-825
Store-brand introduction and production arrangement in the presence of multiple retailers
p. 827-843
A heuristic for the minimum cost chromatic partition problem
p. 845-871
New proposals for modelling and solving the problem of covering solids using spheres of different radii
p. 873-882
Research Article
Retailer’s decision selection with dual supply uncertainties under different reliability levels of serving the market
p. 883-911
General lot-sizing and scheduling for perishable food products
p. 913-931

Issue no. 4 Table of Contents

Purchasing strategy and supply chain management, the Airbus productive system case
p. 933-948
New second-order radial epiderivatives and applications to optimality conditions
p. 949-959
A vendor–buyer inventory model with lot-size and production rate dependent lead time under time value of money
p. 961-979
A restart scheme for the Dai–Liao conjugate gradient method by ignoring a direction of maximum magnification by the search direction matrix
p. 981-991
Robust bi-level risk-based optimal scheduling of microgrid operation against uncertainty
p. 993-1012
A new model and a Monte Carlo based Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for the stochastic blood assignment problem
p. 1013-1025
Global defensive k -alliances in directed graphs: combinatorial and computational issues
p. 1027-1040
Joint pricing, services and quality decisions in a dual-channel supply chain
p. 1041-1056
Decision policies on players’ different risk combination under supplier encroachment
p. 1057-1075
Signed domination and Mycielski’s structure in graphs
p. 1077-1086
A transshipment model for logistics management at Indian Oil Corporation
p. 1087-1102
Impact of carbon emission on imperfect production inventory system with advance payment base free transportation
p. 1103-1117
Multi-choice and stochastic programming for transportation problem involved in supply of foods and medicines to hospitals with consideration of logistic distribution
p. 1119-1132
Strategic sourcing under recall loss sharing and product quality investment
p. 1133-1160
The Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions for multiple objective fractional interval valued optimization problems
p. 1161-1188
Effect of inspection errors on imperfect production inventory model with warranty and price discount dependent demand rate
p. 1189-1213
An optimistic-pessimistic DEA model based on game cross efficiency approach
p. 1215-1230
Decision making and coordination of fresh agriculture product supply chain considering fairness concerns
p. 1231-1248

Issue no. 5 Table of Contents

Analysis of a geometric catastrophe model with discrete-time batch renewal arrival process
p. 1249-1268
A Non-Linear-Threshold-Accepting Function Based Algorithm for the Solution of Economic Dispatch Problem
p. 1269-1289
Coordination of elderly healthcare service supply chain with information asymmetry: Designs of option contracts under different demand distribution statuses
p. 1291-1307
Optimal production lot size under backup agreement allowing substitute products
p. 1309-1326
A novel approach to safety stock management in an integrated supply chain with controllable lead time and ordering cost reduction using present value
p. 1327-1346
Price strategies and salesforce compensation design with overconfident sales agent
p. 1347-1368
Regularity conditions and Farkas-type results for systems with fractional functions
p. 1369-1384
Efficiency and super-efficiency under inter-temporal dependence
p. 1385-1400
A geometric programming approach for a vendor managed inventory of a multiretailer multi-item EPQ model
p. 1401-1418
Solving optimal control problems using the Picard’s iteration method
p. 1419-1435
A possibilistic optimization over an integer efficient set within a fuzzy environment
p. 1437-1452
Optimal ordering and disposal decisions for products with a fixed shelf life
p. 1453-1465
A variable neighborhood search algorithm with reinforcement learning for a real-life periodic vehicle routing problem with time windows and open routes
p. 1467-1494
Economic lot-size problem for a cleaner manufacturing system with warm-up period
p. 1495-1514
Coordination contract for a competitive pharmaceutical supply chain considering corporate social responsibility and pricing decisions
p. 1515-1535
Dynamic cooperative advertising strategy in OAO supply chain with customer return
p. 1537-1553

Issue no. 6 Table of Contents

Multiple objective optimization Applied to Speech enhancement problem
p. 1555-1572
Optimal decisions on fencing, pricing, and selection of process mean in imperfectly segmented markets
p. 1573-1592
Optimal strategies and pricing analysis in M / M / 1 queues with a single working vacation and multiple vacations
p. 1593-1612
Impact of pricing structure on supply chain coordination with cooperative advertising
p. 1613-1629
Cross-brand and cross-channel advertising strategies in a dual-channel supply chain
p. 1631-1656
A slacks-based measure approach for efficiency decomposition in multi-period two-stage systems
p. 1657-1671
Characterization of Electre I choice procedures
p. 1673-1683
Optimal replenishment decision for retailers with variable demand for deteriorating products under a trade-credit policy
p. 1685-1701
Interactive multiobjective DEA target setting using lexicographic DDF
p. 1703-1722
Integrated production inventory model with variable production rate on quality of products involving probabilistic defective under variable setup cost
p. 1723-1756
Robust capacity planning for accident and emergency services
p. 1757-1773
A generalized fuzzy cost efficiency model
p. 1775-1791
Optimal trade credit and replenishment policies for non-instantaneous deteriorating items
p. 1793-1826
Remarks on path factors in graphs
p. 1827-1834
Decentralized decomposition algorithms for peer-to-peer linear optimization
p. 1835-1861
Facets based on cycles and cliques for the acyclic coloring polytope
p. 1863-1874
A model for pandemic control through isolation policy
p. 1875-1890