Post-pandemic Operational Research Applications: Models and Algorithms
A special issue of Axioms (ISSN 2075-1680). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematical Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2491
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optimization algorithms; logistics; applied mathematics; mathematical programming; supply chain management; operations research; evolutionary algorithms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Operational research is a very important research area of applied mathematics, in which the optimization of modeled real-life problems is the aim. This area provides the best possible solution for decision-makers. Recently, operational research (OR) has innovated to study decision-making problems during the pandemic caused by COVID-19. However, critical situations that can be studied from an OR perspective are maintained after the peaks of the pandemic. For instance, the disruption of supply chains, closure of facilities, shortages in raw materials, nearshoring, and other implications are derived from the pandemic.
Therefore, there are diverse situations that deserve an OR approach to support the decision-making process. In particular, new theories, mathematical models, exact, heuristic, and metaheuristic solution methods, and case studies are of interest for this Special Issue.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together innovative and original research that discusses interesting developments in post-pandemic OR applications. We welcome submissions that fit into (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Healthcare problems
- Public and private transportation systems
- Humanitarian logistics
- Telecommunication networks
- Hierarchical decision systems
- Facility location
- Supply chains (production, transportation, routing, among others)
- Scheduling
- Inventory policies
- Data mining
- Multi-objective optimization systems
We invite authors to submit original research articles. This Special Issue provides a platform for researchers and practitioners to communicate their novel and unpublished research on related problems.
Prof. Dr. José Fernando Camacho-Vallejo
Guest Editor
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