Assigning nurses to appropriate departments and work shifts based on human factors can
strengthen teamwork and boost the efficiency of healthcare systems. The human factors …

Growing penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) and emerging electrified loads
(EEL) are bringing about increased difficulties for the power balancing and efficient …

Emergency Location Routing Problem (ELRP) is a strategic issue in healthcare systems. In
this paper, a two-objective mathematical model is presented for the ELRP. The first objective …

Managerial and Business Economics (ME/BE) aims at using quantitative and computational
methods to make an efficient (ideally optimal) assignment of the scarce resources owned by …

This work investigates the use of the Moth-Flame Optimisation (MFO) algorithm in solving
the Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling Problem and proposes further optimisations. MFO is …

Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) is a well-known nature inspired and population based
algorithm that proved its effectiveness for solving engineering and practical real-world …

Customer need is the most important factor in the formation of each market and business. It
engages companies in order to meet their need by developing new products and services …

This study presents a biobjective hub‐and‐spoke (HS) network design model for the global
air passenger networks. The model explores the tradeoff between the total airline cost …

The location problem of Bundling Hubs (BHs) remains a contentious issue for efficient
shared transportation systems. In this respect, the strategic configuration of BHs plays a …

Generally, local search algorithms are better than population-based algorithms in exploiting
the search space. Meanwhile, the population-based algorithms are better in exploring the …