{"title":"Special Issue on “Cutting and Packing”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":"4044-4045"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosa G. González-Ramírez, Janny Leung, Alena Otto, Erwin Pesch
{"title":"Preface to the Special Issue on “Sustainable and Responsive Transportation and Logistics”","authors":"Rosa G. González-Ramírez, Janny Leung, Alena Otto, Erwin Pesch","doi":"10.1111/itor.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":"3209-3210"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Issue on “Agricultural E-commerce and Logistics Operations in the Era of Digital Economy”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":"4040-4042"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Issue on “Decision Support System Technology in the Artificial Intelligence Era”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue on “Metaheuristics: Advances and Applications”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 5","pages":"3197-3198"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue on “Cutting and Packing”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 5","pages":"3203-3204"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Issue on “Agricultural E-commerce and Logistics Operations in the Era of Digital Economy”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 5","pages":"3199-3201"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue on “Decision Support System Technology in the Artificial Intelligence Era”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/itor.13625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13625","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 5","pages":"3202"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IFORS’ Operational Research Hall of Fame","authors":"Reed Devany","doi":"10.1111/itor.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":"4037-4039"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramon F. Fachini, Luis Henrique Bicalho, Vitor A.A. Souza, Daniel Negrotto
{"title":"A stochastic programming approach for the operational fleet composition problem","authors":"Ramon F. Fachini, Luis Henrique Bicalho, Vitor A.A. Souza, Daniel Negrotto","doi":"10.1111/itor.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper introduces the operational fleet composition problem with stochastic demands (OFCP-SD), which is commonly faced by e-commerce companies in the context of short-term capacity planning for freight transportation. We propose a two-stage stochastic programming formulation, in which the planned fleet size and mix decisions constitute the first stage, while recourse actions are taken in the second stage to hire extra vehicles or to make vehicle cancellations according to the observed demands. Hiring extra vehicles incurs additional costs, while vehicle cancellations involve financial restitutions. The objective is to minimize the fleet overall cost, which comprises the first-stage planned cost as well as the expected cost or restitution stemming from the fleet adjustments made in the second stage. A scenario generation procedure is devised, and a variable-fixing matheuristic is suggested for the OFCP-SD. A case study conducted within the Brazilian middle-mile operation of the leading e-commerce company in Latin America shows the advantages of explicitly modeling the stochastic demands and underlines the benefits of the proposed approach for the business. Compared to a simplified deterministic approach, the use of the OFCP-SD demonstrated a yearly potential cost avoidance of more than USD 2.5 million as well as an annual reduction of more than 20 thousand pallets transported by means of extra vehicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"32 6","pages":"3693-3728"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}