OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Computers & Operations Research is 37. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reinforcement learning for combinatorial optimization: A survey	318
Optimization for drone and drone-truck combined operations: A review of the state of the art and future directions	238
Real-time production scheduling in the Industry-4.0 context: Addressing uncertainties in job arrivals and machine breakdowns	119
A simulation-based heuristic for the electric vehicle routing problem with time windows and stochastic waiting times at recharging stations	115
Supply chain coordination of fresh agricultural products based on consumer behavior	91
IoT and digital twin enabled smart tracking for safety management	89
Impeding challenges on industry 4.0 in circular economy: Palm oil industry in Malaysia	88
A survey of job shop scheduling problem: The types and models	83
Hybrid genetic search for the CVRP: Open-source implementation and SWAP* neighborhood	72
Time-dependent multi-depot green vehicle routing problem with time windows considering temporal-spatial distance	66
Comparing two SVM models through different metrics based on the confusion matrix	62
A reinforcement learning iterated local search for makespan minimization in additive manufacturing machine scheduling problems	59
Balancing and scheduling assembly lines with human-robot collaboration tasks	58
The online vehicle routing problem with occasional drivers	58
Digital twin-enabled dynamic scheduling with preventive maintenance using a double-layer Q-learning algorithm	56
Logistics for a fleet of drones for medical item delivery: A case study for Louisville, KY	54
Lateral inventory share-based models for IoT-enabled E-commerce sustainable food supply networks	51
The aircraft runway scheduling problem: A survey	51
An exact solution method for the TSP with Drone based on decomposition	47
Balancing of two-sided disassembly lines: Problem definition, MILP model and genetic algorithm approach	47
Order allocation, rack allocation and rack sequencing for pickers in a mobile rack environment	47
Energy aware scheduling in flexible flow shops with hybrid particle swarm optimization	45
A hybrid many-objective evolutionary algorithm for flexible job-shop scheduling problem with transportation and setup times	45
Knapsack problems — An overview of recent advances. Part II: Multiple, multidimensional, and quadratic knapsack problems	45
Machine scheduling with orientation selection and two-dimensional packing for additive manufacturing	44

A novel dynamic credit risk evaluation method using data envelopment analysis with common weights and combination of multi-attribute decision-making methods	43
An effective benders decomposition algorithm for solving the distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem	43
Scheduling local and express trains in suburban rail transit lines: Mixed–integer nonlinear programming and adaptive genetic algorithm	42
Effective constructive heuristics for distributed no-wait flexible flow shop scheduling problem	41
The traveling salesman problem with release dates and drone resupply	41
Mixed Integer linear programming and constraint programming models for the online printing shop scheduling problem	41
A dynamic path planning approach for dense, large, grid-based automated guided vehicle systems	40
An efficient variable neighborhood search with tabu shaking for a class of multi-depot vehicle routing problems	38
Branch-and-cut-and-price for the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, Piecewise-Linear Recharging and Capacitated Recharging Stations	38
A hybrid algorithm for time-dependent vehicle routing problem with time windows	38
An improved genetic algorithm for the integrated satellite imaging and data transmission scheduling problem	38
Solution approaches for integrated vehicle and crew scheduling with electric buses	38
Airline disruption management: A literature review and practical challenges	37
Designing a portfolio-based closed-loop supply chain network for dairy products with a financial approach: Accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm	37
Just-in-time scheduling for a distributed concrete precast flow shop system	37
Efficient multi-objective metaheuristic algorithm for sustainable harvest planning problem	37
A Large Neighborhood Search for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows, Split Loads and Transshipments	37