Volume 21, Issue 3

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September 2021

Special Issue: Operations Research Applications from Africa and the Middle East (Pages 1423-1843)

Issue Editors:

Fouad Ben Abdelaziz,
Meryem Masmoudi

28 articles in this issue

Operations research applications in the Middle East and Africa
Fouad Ben Abdelaziz
Meryem Masmoudi
Editorial 29 August 2021 Pages: 1423 - 1427
A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model for customers’ bank selection decision in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Minwir Al-Shammari
Mehdi Mili
Original paper 31 May 2019 Pages: 1429 - 1446
Deterministic goal programming approach for Islamic portfolio selection
Noushin Bagheri
Original paper 16 September 2019 Pages: 1447 - 1459
A new network data envelopment analysis models to measure the efficiency of natural gas supply chain
Sarah J.-Sharahi
Kaveh Khalili-Damghani
Alireza Rashidi Komijan
Original Paper 26 March 2019 Pages: 1461 - 1486
Strategic optimization of wheat supply chain network under uncertainty: a real case study
Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh
Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani
Firoozeh Abbasi Saadi
Original paper 16 September 2019 Pages: 1487 - 1527
A robust framework for designing blood network in disaster relief: a real-life case
Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani
Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh
Original Paper 01 August 2020 Pages: 1529 - 1568
Reliable cross-docking location problem under the risk of disruptions
Asefeh Hasani Goodarzi
Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi
Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan
Original paper 06 July 2020 Pages: 1569 - 1612
A Bi-objective stochastic programming model for the household waste collection and transportation problem: case of the city of Sousse
Haifa Jammeli
Majdi Argoubi
Hatem Masri
Original paper 21 December 2019 Pages: 1613 - 1639
Two metaheuristics approaches for solving the traveling salesman problem: an Algerian waste collection case
Khalid Mekamcha
Mehdi Souier
Mohammed Bennekrouf
Original paper 01 November 2019 Pages: 1641 - 1661
A greedy evolutionary hybridization algorithm for the optimal network and quadratic assignment problem
Mouhamadou A. M. T. Baldé
Serigne Gueye
Babacar M. Ndiaye
Original paper 10 February 2020 Pages: 1663 - 1690
Designing a resilient skip-stop schedule in rapid rail transit using a simulation-based optimization methodology
Ali Shahabi
Sadigh Raissi
Meysam Rafei
Original paper 19 October 2019 Pages: 1691 - 1721
Designing modular capacitated emergency medical service using information on ambulance trip
Sondes Hammami
Aida Jebali
Original Paper 11 February 2019 Pages: 1723 - 1742
An integrated multi-ship crane allocation in Beirut Port container terminal
Nabil Nehme
Bacel Maddah
Isam A. Kaysi
Original paper 18 December 2019 Pages: 1743 - 1761
Efficient implementation of the genetic algorithm to solve rich vehicle routing problems
Bochra Rabbouch
Foued Saâdaoui
Rafaa Mraihi
Original paper 08 October 2019 Pages: 1763 - 1791
The current state of OR in Africa
Hans W. Ittmann
Original paper 25 September 2019 Pages: 1793 - 1825
A scientometric analysis of Operations Research and Management Science research in Africa
Majdi Argoubi
Emna Ammari
Hatem Masri
Original paper 13 February 2020 Pages: 1827 - 1843
Energy sustainability: a definition and assessment model
Evangelos Grigoroudis
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou
Fotis D. Kanellos
Original paper 02 May 2019 Pages: 1845 - 1885
Optimal dynamic auditing based on game theory
Nikolaos Anastasopoulos
Dimitrios Asteriou
Original paper 28 May 2019 Pages: 1887 - 1912
A compromise solution method for the multiobjective minimum risk problem
Fatima Bellahcene
Philippe Marthon
Original paper 17 May 2019 Pages: 1913 - 1926
Using multiobjective optimization models to establish healthy diets in Spain following Mediterranean standards
Mónica Hernández
Trinidad Gómez
Rafael Caballero
Original Paper 04 June 2019 Pages: 1927 - 1961
Optimizing a robust tri-objective multi-period reliable supply chain network considering queuing system and operational and disruption risks
Vahid Nazari-Ghanbarloo
Ali Ghodratnama
Original paper 11 May 2019 Pages: 1963 - 2020
Metaheuristic approaches to a vehicle scheduling problem in sugar beet transportation
Ana Anokić
Zorica Stanimirović
Tatjana Davidović
Original paper 31 May 2019 Pages: 2021 - 2053
Multi-product dual sourcing problem with limited capacities
Bin Zhang
Zekai Lai
Qiangqiang Wang
Original paper 27 June 2019 Pages: 2055 - 2075
Partial linked-to-order delayed payment and life time effects on decaying items ordering
Ata Allah Taleizadeh
Nadia Pourmohammad-Zia
Ioannis Konstantaras
Original paper 13 June 2019 Pages: 2077 - 2099
Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions
Diogo Cunha Ferreira
Rui Cunha Marques
Alexandre Morais Nunes
Original paper Open access 19 June 2019 Pages: 2101 - 2146
Correction to: Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions
Diogo Cunha Ferreira
Rui Cunha Marques
Alexandre Morais Nunes
Correction Open access 09 July 2020 Pages: 2147 - 2148
Explicit flow-risk allocation for cooperative maximum flow problems under interval uncertainty
Adil Baykasoğlu
Burcu Kubur Özbel
Original paper 10 June 2019 Pages: 2149 - 2179
A bargaining approach to determine common weights in DEA
I. Contreras
S. Lozano
M. A. Hinojosa
Original paper 31 May 2019 Pages: 2181 - 2201

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