Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chloe Thomas, Isabelle Maitre, Pierre A. Picouet, Ronan Symoneaux
Summary: The study found that consumers have multifaceted perceptions of environmental impacts related to the food chain, including social and economic aspects. They lack understanding of complex terms used in life cycle assessment and believe that LCA overlooks certain positive impacts that should be considered.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lijuan Deng, Hongyan Zhang, Chong Wang, Wenqi Ma, Annah Zhu, Fusuo Zhang, Xiaoqiang Jiao
Summary: The sustainability of wheat supply chains is mainly affected by wheat cultivation, with significant potential efficacy in empowering smallholders and integrating all individual stages to improve sustainability.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenhao Chen, Sepideh Jafarzadeh, Maitri Thakur, Guorun Olafsdottir, Shraddha Mehta, Sigurdur Bogason, Nicholas M. Holden
Summary: Animal-based food supply chains have significant environmental impacts influenced by production systems, distribution networks, and consumption patterns. Life cycle assessment was used to model the environmental impacts of different animal-based food chains and found that reduction in food waste and use of sustainable aviation fuel can lead to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Foivos Anastasiadis, Maria Alebaki
Summary: The wine industry is complex with intertwined product and services supply chains involving numerous stakeholders and flows, requiring future research perspectives such as sustainability, resilience, and circular economy. The study aims to provide a tool for designing targeted future research by employing an end-to-end mapping approach using data from the Greek wine supply chain.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laurent Parrot, Yannick Biard, Dieuwke Klaver, Edit Kabre, Henri Vanniere
Summary: This study assesses the sustainability of five competing food supply chains, focusing on economic, social, and environmental aspects. The results show that the domestic supply chain has the best sustainability indicators, and the African supply chain distributes the highest share of added value to farmers.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Business
Adegboyega Oyedijo, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Kome Utulu
Summary: This study investigates the challenges of implementing sustainable practices in multi-tier supply chains and proposes potential solutions based on a case study of a global food retail company. The study identifies major barriers including sustainability costs, knowledge gap, lack of infrastructure, and supply chain complexity. It also suggests five possible solutions including multi-tier collaboration, diffusion of innovation, supply chain mapping, sustainability performance measurement, and capacity building.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Caroline Sundgren
Summary: The issue of food waste has received increasing attention due to its unethical and negative environmental implications. This study explores the formation of relationships for food redistribution and highlights that redistribution is supply-driven and requires a responsive demand side.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Agriani Hermita Sadeli, Tomy Perdana, Yosini Deliana, Bhakti Stephan Onggo
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing purchase behavior towards social commerce short food supply chains (SFSCs) in Indonesia. It explores the role of information-seeking variables in knowledge formation and the perceived economic and social sustainability of SFSCs as advantages over long food supply chains. The findings suggest that product knowledge and information-seeking behavior have a positive association with perceived SFSC sustainability, which then influences purchase intention.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Thanh Tiep Le, Xuan Hung Kieu, Abhishek Behl, Vijay Pereira
Summary: This study examines the mechanism for businesses in the food value chain to overcome post-pandemic challenges and promote sustainability. By analyzing the relationships between driving factors and sustainable supply chain management, the study identifies the mechanisms for enhancing the sustainability of the food value chain. By exploring how socially, environmentally, and economically responsible practices affect supply chain management, this study contributes to the knowledge of supply chain management and broadens the concept of corporate social responsibility.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yashar Manteghi, Jamal Arkat, Anwar Mahmoodi, Hamid Farvaresh
Summary: This paper presents a bi-level optimization approach to address competition between the members of a food supply chain. The study finds that an increase in price dependency leads to a decrease in overall supply chain profit, and an increase in the cost of reducing GHG emissions results in a decrease in total profit.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. Desiderio, L. Garcia-Herrero, D. Hall, A. Segre, M. Vittuari
Summary: This article reviews the current state of social sustainability in food supply chains and analyzes the tools and indicators used for measurement. The results show variations in the quantity and quality of social sustainability tools and indicators across different stages of the supply chain, highlighting the need for consistent social sustainability throughout the entire chain.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Safae El Amrani, Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Sofia Karam, Raed Jaradat, Farjana Nur, Michael A. Hamilton, Junfeng Ma
Summary: Supply chain sustainability (SCS) is an approach that considers the environmental, economic, and social aspects of the supply chain processes when designing a supply chain network. It is important to integrate sustainability practices in different phases of the supply chain and encourage organizations to orient their efforts toward designing sustainable supply chains. Results from the study show that economic sustainability has a slightly higher effect on the supply chain sustainability index (SCSI) prediction compared to the social criteria.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Foivos Anastasiadis, Naoum Tsolakis
Summary: This research examines environmental sustainability analyses of end-to-end food supply chain operations and proposes a stepwise approach to identify key environmental hotspots by considering key players and processes. The applicability of the systematic approach is demonstrated through implementation in the UK poultry industry. Overall, the study contributes to the management of environmental sustainability in supply chains by mapping environmental hotspots and articulating research propositions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Business
David Adams, Jerome Donovan, Cheree Topple
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the drivers and barriers to implementing sustainability in large food and beverage companies and their supply chains. The lack of government regulatory and environmental framework is identified as a major barrier, while top management commitment is seen as a key internal driver.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mafalda Ivo de Carvalho, Susana Relvas, Ana P. Barbosa-Povoa
Summary: This paper focuses on the sustainable performance of the Agri-Food Supply Chain (AFSC) and proposes a framework for a Performance Measurement System (PMS) that integrates the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach and an integrated supply chain view. By defining standardized mapping, identifying key stakeholders, and measuring indicators, it provides guidance for companies to evaluate their sustainability performance.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Christian Troost, Robert Huber, Andrew R. Bell, Hedwig van Delden, Tatiana Filatova, Quang Bao Le, Melvin Lippe, Leila Niamir, J. Gareth Polhill, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Berger
Summary: So far, there is no consensus on the concept of validity in agent-based simulation. We define validation as systematically substantiating the premises on which conclusions from simulation analysis are based. Validity of agent-based models cannot be ensured if validation is seen as an isolated step. Instead, context-adequate method choices must be made throughout the simulation analysis process to obtain valid conclusions. We propose a twelve-step protocol to highlight the premises for methodological choices and their link to the modelling context, aiming to assist modelers in understanding their context and selecting appropriate methods.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Brayton Noll, Tatiana Filatova, Ariana Need, Peter de Vries
Summary: Risk assessments are crucial for managing environmental threats, especially in the face of uncertain phenomena like climate change. A survey analysis reveals that individuals who are uncertain about risks are more likely to belong to vulnerable social groups and have lower capacities and intentions to adapt to specific hazards, such as floods. Ignoring differences in individuals' ability to assess risks can lead to persistent vulnerability and undermine climate resilience efforts.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hieu Ngo, Anouk Bomers, Denie. C. M. Augustijn, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Tatiana Filatova, Bas van der Meulen, Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher, Juergen Herget
Summary: Reconstruction of severe historic flood events helps to quantify design discharges for large return periods. Reducing the uncertainty of design discharges is important for constructing proper flood defences. However, reconstructions of peak discharges are associated with uncertainties due to historic topography accuracy, hydraulic roughness, and historical hydrograph shape.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ivan Savin, Felix Creutzig, Tatiana Filatova, Joel Foramitti, Theo Konc, Leila Niamir, Karolina Safarzynska, Jeroen van den Bergh
Summary: Ambitious climate mitigation policies face resistance due to social and political factors, partly because they fail to incorporate diverse insights from the social sciences regarding potential policy outcomes. Agent-based models can serve as a powerful tool for integrating elements from different disciplines, enabling a more comprehensive assessment of climate policies.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Asli Mutlu, Debraj Roy, Tatiana Filatova
Summary: Nature-based solutions (NbS) are essential for climate change adaptation, but there is limited evidence on their economic benefits. Using hedonic price models, we found that homeowners are willing to pay a premium for NbS amenities, and the flood risk discount diminishes over time. This evidence supports the feasibility and acceptability of NbS for climate change adaptation.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sara Tavakoli, Wipa Loengbudnark, Melissa Eklund, Alexey Voinov, Kaveh Khalilpour
Summary: Building energy management is crucial for sustainability and climate change mitigation. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected energy consumption in office buildings, especially in the education sector. Our study shows that the changes in energy consumption during the pandemic are not strongly correlated with occupant activity. Buildings with administrative offices or classrooms are more adaptable to remote working compared to those with laboratories and special equipment. Our findings highlight the need for changes in office building energy management systems.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad Assaduzzaman, Tatiana Filatova, Jon C. Lovett, Frans H. J. M. Coenen
Summary: Climate change impacts are not equal among different groups of people within communities, highlighting the importance of intersectionality for climate change adaptation and human well-being. This study analyzes perceived climate change impacts and current adaptation ability among ethnic and non-ethnic communities in Bangladesh to measure human capabilities and freedom of choice. Results show that women in coastal regions face limited access to resources and services due to social capital and cultural practices, affecting their ability to adapt to climate change. Additionally, their limited participation in decision-making processes at family or community levels impacts their vulnerability and well-being.
Article
Management
Sondoss Elsawah, Elena Bakhanova, Raimo P. Hamalainen, Alexey Voinov
Summary: Participatory modeling (PM) is a craft that is learned through practical experience and there is limited explicit knowledge on the necessary skills. Existing attempts to identify relevant competencies have focused on technical skills, but the skills for organizing stakeholder processes are poorly defined. PM is a transdisciplinary craft, making it difficult to borrow ideas from other disciplines. This paper aims to lay the foundation for PM practice and capacity-building by identifying core competencies through literature review and a survey of practitioners.
GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Reza Hafezi, David A. Wood, Mohammad Alipour, Firouzeh Rosa Taghikhah
Summary: The balancing of energy and water supply-demand is a challenging issue. This study investigates the nexus between water and power at global and national levels, with a focus on Iran, to assess real-world influences and potential outcomes. The research proposes a model to develop and evaluate plausible futures within a 10-year planning horizon, considering uncertainties and expert inputs. Findings reveal the likelihood of an energy transition on a global scale, but a gradual decrease in water intensity.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Towfique Rahman, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Renu Agarwal, Nagesh Shukla, Firouzeh Taghikhah
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of global supply chains and the need for more resilient and viable strategies. Panic-buying poses a major challenge for supply chains as it leads to unpredictable surges in demand. This study aims to identify and model recovery strategies to increase supply chain agility, resilience, and survivability, and to reduce the impact of panic-buying during disruptions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oludunsin Arodudu, Ronan Foley, Firouzeh Taghikhah, Michael Brennan, Gerald Mills, Tine Ningal
Summary: Research on the health benefits of green and blue spaces often has bias. This paper discusses a methodological framework, known as the health-data led approach, to address this bias. This approach first identifies sample sites with good and poor health outcomes from available health data using clustering techniques, and then examines the role of green and blue spaces in creating these health outcomes.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara Tayari, Firouzeh Taghikhah, Gnana Bharathy, Alexey Voinov
Summary: Fires have both ecological and destructive impacts on natural ecosystems, property, human health, and resources. Urban sprawl and climate change contribute to the severity of wildfires. Prescribed burning reduces forest fuel load but affects air quality and human health, while mechanical fuel load reduction is safer but more expensive. A conceptual framework combining GIS methods and life cycle assessment helps decision makers choose optimal hazard reduction practices considering environmental, economic, and social costs.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Mikhail Anufriev, Kirill Borissov, Mikhail Pakhnin
Summary: This study investigates the impact of social learning in networks on belief revision, consensus conditions, and convergence speed. The findings indicate that adjusting statements to align with associates facilitates extensive belief propagation and faster convergence, but it may impede society from reaching a consensus.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Nanda Wijermans, Geeske Scholz, Emile Chappin, Alison Heppenstall, Tatiana Filatova, J. Gareth Polhill, Christina Semeniuk, Frithjof Stoppler
Summary: Agent-based models are crucial for understanding social-ecological systems, as they can reflect the dynamics of humans, nature, and their interactions. However, current research tends to simplify human decision-making and overlook the fit with decision context. This paper advocates for the justification of decision model fit and encourages researchers to consider alternative decision models.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2023)
Review
Management
Vinicius N. Motta, Miguel F. Anjos, Michel Gendreau
Summary: This survey presents a review of optimization approaches for the integration of demand response in power systems planning and highlights important future research directions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Philipp Schulze, Armin Scholl, Rico Walter
Summary: This paper proposes an improved branch-and-bound algorithm, R-SALSA, for solving the simple assembly line balancing problem, which performs well in balancing workloads and providing initial solutions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Roshan Mahes, Michel Mandjes, Marko Boon, Peter Taylor
Summary: This paper discusses appointment scheduling and presents a phase-type-based approach to handle variations in service times. Numerical experiments with dynamic scheduling demonstrate the benefits of rescheduling.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Oleg S. Pianykh, Sebastian Perez, Chengzhao Richard Zhang
Summary: Efficient scheduling is crucial for optimizing resource allocation and system performance. This study focuses on critical utilization and efficient scheduling in discrete scheduling systems, and compares the results with classical queueing theory.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Management
Hamed Jahani, Babak Abbasi, Jiuh-Biing Sheu, Walid Klibi
Summary: Supply chain network design is a large and growing area of research. This study comprehensively surveys and analyzes articles published from 2008 to 2021 to detect and report financial perspectives in SCND models. The study also identifies research gaps and offers future research directions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Patrick Healy, Nicolas Jozefowiez, Pierre Laroche, Franc Marchetti, Sebastien Martin, Zsuzsanna Roka
Summary: The Connected Max-k-Cut Problem is an extension of the well-known Max-Cut Problem, where the objective is to partition a graph into k connected subgraphs by maximizing the cost of inter-partition edges. The researchers propose a new integer linear program and a branch-and-cut algorithm for this problem, and also use graph isomorphism to structure the instances and facilitate their resolution. Extensive computational experiments show that, if k > 2, their approach outperforms existing algorithms in terms of quality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Victor J. Espana, Juan Aparicio, Xavier Barber, Miriam Esteve
Summary: This paper introduces a new methodology based on the machine learning technique MARS for estimating production functions that satisfy classical production theory axioms. The new approach overcomes the overfitting problem of DEA through generalized cross-validation and demonstrates better performance in reducing mean squared error and bias compared to DEA and C2NLS methods.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Stefano Nasini, Rabia Nessah
Summary: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of time flexibility in job scheduling, showing that it can significantly affect operators' ability to solve the problem efficiently. They propose a new methodology based on convex quadratic programming approaches that allows for optimal solutions in large-scale instances.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Zhiqiang Liao, Sheng Dai, Timo Kuosmanen
Summary: Nonparametric regression subject to convexity or concavity constraints is gaining popularity in various fields. The conventional convex regression method often suffers from overfitting and outliers. This paper proposes the convex support vector regression method to address these issues and demonstrates its advantages in prediction accuracy and robustness through numerical experiments.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Kuo-Hao Chang, Ying-Zheng Wu, Wen-Ray Su, Lee-Yaw Lin
Summary: The damage and destruction caused by earthquakes necessitates the evacuation of affected populations. Simulation models, such as the Stochastic Pedestrian Cell Transmission Model (SPCTM), can be utilized to enhance disaster and evacuation management. The analysis of SPCTM provides insights for government officials to formulate effective evacuation strategies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Qinghua Wu, Mu He, Jin-Kao Hao, Yongliang Lu
Summary: This paper studies a variant of the orienteering problem known as the clustered orienteering problem. In this problem, customers are grouped into clusters and a profit is associated with each cluster, collected only when all customers in the cluster are served. The proposed evolutionary algorithm, incorporating a backbone-based crossover operator and a destroy-and-repair mutation operator, outperforms existing algorithms on benchmark instances and sets new records on some instances. It also demonstrates scalability on large instances and has shown superiority over three state-of-the-art COP algorithms. The algorithm is also successfully applied to a dynamic version of the COP considering stochastic travel time.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Bjorn Bokelmann, Stefan Lessmann
Summary: Estimating treatment effects is an important task for data analysts, and uplift models provide support for efficient allocation of treatments. However, evaluating uplift models is challenging due to variance issues. This paper theoretically analyzes the variance of uplift evaluation metrics, proposes variance reduction methods based on statistical adjustment, and demonstrates their benefits on simulated and real-world data.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Congzheng Liu, Wenqi Zhu
Summary: This paper proposes a feature-based non-parametric approach to minimizing the conditional value-at-risk in the newsvendor problem. The method is able to handle both linear and nonlinear profits without prior knowledge of the demand distribution. Results from numerical and real-life experiments demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the approach.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Laszlo Csato
Summary: This paper compares the performance of the eigenvalue method and the row geometric mean as two weighting procedures. Through numerical experiments, it is found that the priorities derived from the two eigenvectors in the eigenvalue method do not always agree, while the row geometric mean serves as a compromise between them.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Guowei Dou, Tsan-Ming Choi
Summary: This study investigates the impact of channel relationships between manufacturers on government policies and explores the effectiveness of positive incentives versus taxes in increasing social welfare. The findings suggest that competition may be more effective in improving sustainability and social welfare. Additionally, government incentives for green technology may not necessarily enhance sustainability.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)