OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 1. 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
Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in a closed-loop supply chain under government subsidy and used products collection strategies	22
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	19
Order and rack sequencing in a robotic mobile fulfillment system with multiple picking stations	14
The integrated orderline batching, batch scheduling, and picker routing problem with multiple pickers: the benefits of splitting customer orders	13
Subsidy policies and operational strategies for multiple competing photovoltaic supply chains	13
A multi-objective mathematical model and evolutionary algorithm for the dual-resource flexible job-shop scheduling problem with sequencing flexibility	13
Condition-based maintenance strategy optimization of meta-action unit considering imperfect preventive maintenance based on Wiener process	13
Robust container slot allocation with uncertain demand for liner shipping services	13
Addressing consistency and demand uncertainty in the Home Care planning problem	12
Robust scheduling and dispatching rules for high-mix collaborative manufacturing systems	12
Integrating preventive maintenance to two-stage assembly flow shop scheduling: MILP model, constructive heuristics and meta-heuristics	12
Sustainable partial backordering inventory model under linked-to-order credit policy and all-units discount with capacity constraint and carbon emissions	12
A Monte-Carlo tree search algorithm for the flexible job-shop scheduling in manufacturing systems	12
A heuristic algorithm for identical parallel machine scheduling: splitting jobs, sequence-dependent setup times, and limited setup operators	11
Deep learning models for vessel’s ETA prediction: bulk ports perspective	11
A bi-objective multi-population biased random key genetic algorithm for joint scheduling quay cranes and speed adjustable vehicles in container terminals	10
Ramping up a heuristic procedure for storage location assignment problem with precedence constraints	10
Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation	9
Solving the picker routing problem in multi-block high-level storage systems using metaheuristics	9
Integrated optimization on production scheduling and imperfect preventive maintenance considering multi-degradation and learning-forgetting effects	8
Integrated production and maintenance planning under uncertain demand with concurrent learning of yield rate	8
To team up or not: single versus team driving in European road freight transport	8
Anticipatory approach for dynamic and stochastic shipment matching in hinterland synchromodal transportation	7
Tiered prediction models for port vessel emissions inventories	7
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	7

Bullwhip effect in closed-loop supply chains with multiple reverse flows: a simulation study	7
Determining the optimal piecewise constant approximation for the nonhomogeneous Poisson process rate of Emergency Department patient arrivals	7
Integrated task sequence planning and assignment for human–robot collaborative assembly station	6
Digital Twins in the Context of Seaports and Terminal Facilities	6
Information sharing in decentralised supply chains with partial collaboration	6
Self-adaptive memetic algorithms for multi-objective single machine learning-effect scheduling problems with release times	6
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	6
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	6
Leasing or selling? The channel choice of durable goods manufacturer considering consumers’ capital constraint	6
A performance model for mobile robot-based part feeding systems to supermarkets	6
Data-driven dynamic stacking strategy for export containers in container terminals	6
Integrated optimization of electric vehicles charging location and allocation for valet charging service	5
Flexible master surgery scheduling: combining optimization and simulation in a rolling horizon approach	5
Efficient heuristics to minimize the total tardiness of chemotherapy drug production and delivery	5
Demand modelling for emergency medical service system with multiple casualties cases: k-inflated mixture regression model	5
Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem	5
Maritime inventory routing with transshipment: the case of Yamal LNG	5
AI for in-line vehicle sequence controlling: development and evaluation of an adaptive machine learning artifact to predict sequence deviations in a mixed-model production line	5
A digital twin-driven flexible scheduling method in a human–machine collaborative workshop based on hierarchical reinforcement learning	4
Physician scheduling for outpatient department with nonhomogeneous patient arrival and priority queue	4
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	4
A memetic NSGA-II for the multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real-time energy tariffs	4
Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	4
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	4
Berth planning and real-time disruption recovery: a simulation study for a tidal port	4
Improving coordination in assembly job shops: redesigning order release and dispatching	4
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	3
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	3
A tabu-based adaptive large neighborhood search for scheduling unrelated parallel batch processing machines with non-identical job sizes and dynamic job arrivals	3
Social equity in supplier–buyer relationships in smallholder agri-food supply chains	3
A new method for a class of parallel batch machine scheduling problem	3
Energy-efficient on/off control in serial production lines with Bernoulli machines	3
Formulations and exact solution approaches for a coupled bin-packing and lot-sizing problem with sequence-dependent setups	3
A review of current trends and future directions in reverse logistics research	3
Optimizing production levels in maritime inventory routing with load-dependent speed optimization	3
Decision support for managing assortments, shelf space, and replenishment in retail	3
Sequencing and routing in a large warehouse with high degree of product rotation	3
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	3
Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	3
Modeling and data analytics in manufacturing and supply chain operations	2
Decision modeling of the challenges to human–robot collaboration in industrial environment: a real world example of an emerging economy	2
Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing	2
The emergency department physician rostering problem: obtaining equitable solutions via network optimization	2
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	2
Quick dispatching-rules-based solution for the two parallel machines problem under mold constraints	2
Dynamic planning with reusable healthcare resources: application to appointment scheduling	2
Modeling and scheduling of production systems by using max-plus algebra	2
Performance optimization of supply chain based on cooperative contract with disappointment-aversion strategic consumers	2
Optimal product service system configuration considering pairing utility and uncertain customer behavior	2
Capacity management of CT department with service time differences and emergency nonpreemptive priority	2

Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	2
DSS approach for sustainable system design of shuttle-based storage and retrieval systems	2
Determining the pricing strategy for different preference structures for the earth observation satellite scheduling problem through simulation and VIKOR	2
A machine learning framework for explainable knowledge mining and production, maintenance, and quality control optimization in flexible circular manufacturing systems	2
A two-step evolutionary algorithm for the distributor’s pallet loading problem with multi-size pallets	2
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	2
The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot	2
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	1
Modelling forgetting due to intermittent production in mixed-model line scheduling	1
Managing premature idleness in high-variety manufacturing	1
A dynamic prioritization policy for the callback option in a call center	1
Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty	1
Optimal pricing with free gift cards in a two-product supply chain	1
Train maintenance personnel shift scheduling: case study	1
Mathematical models for mobile network member’s coordination through coverage development-based contract	1
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	1
Cost optimization in the $$(S-1, S)$$ backorder inventory model with two demand classes and rationing	1
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	1
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	1
Sparse flexible design: a machine learning approach	1
Concurrent scheduling of jobs and AGVs in a flexible job shop system: a parallel hybrid PSO-GA meta-heuristic	1
Matheuristic approaches to the green sequencing and routing problem	1
Designing a computer-vision-based artifact for automated quality control: a case study in the food industry	1
A real options approach to value manufacturing flexibilities with regime-switching product demand	1
A stack-based retrieval method for the steel plate yard retrieval problem in shipbuilding	1
Cooperative and non-cooperative algorithms for distributed parallel jobs scheduling	1
A heuristic for the critical chain scheduling problem based on left shifts of activities	1
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	1
Analytics and Optimization in Healthcare Management	1
A three-stage matheuristic for home blood donation appointment reservation and collection routing	1
Design of empty container depot layouts using data and analytics	1
Integrated maintenance and production scheduling for unrelated parallel machines with setup times	1
Multi-objective-based differential evolution for balancing production cost, diversity and aggregated performance attributes in product family design	1
A prediction model of patient satisfaction: policy evaluation and sensitivity analysis	1