Adoption of carbon regulation mechanisms facilitates an evolution toward green and sustainable supply chains followed by an increased complexity. Through the development and usage of a multi-choice goal programming model solved by an improved algorithm, this article investigates sustainability...

Robust supplier selection problem, in a scenario- based approach has been proposed, when the demand and exchange rates are subject to uncertainties. First, a deterministic multi-objective mixed integer linear programming is developed; then, the robust counterpart of the proposed mixed integer...

Purpose: Assessing the performance of medical laboratories plays an important role in the quality of health services. However, because of imprecise data, reliable results from laboratory performance cannot be obtained easily. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of interval...

Purpose: This study aims to design a proper supply chain network for the vaccine industry in Iran, which considers several features such as uncertainties in demands and cost, perishability of vaccines, wastages in storage, limited capacity and different priorities for demands....

Purpose: Prepaid mobile Internet is one of the most profitable services that are composed of multiple attributes. The overall utility of Internet service can be broken down into the sum of the utility of individual attribute levels. Based on the multi-attribute theory, rational consumers choose...

Based on the concept of ambidexterity, we develop a multi-objective, multi-product, and multi-period model to integrate planning for research and development (R&D) and production and distribution (P&D) in a global pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) considering delays in the entire supply chain....

Food products are a critical part of everyday life. These products have different types, like perishable, livestock, etc. To increase the efficiency of the food supply chain, designing a comprehensive mathematical model that considers all crucial aspects of the chain is necessary. Therefore,...

The banking industry is one of the most important pillars of financial markets that the effective performance of this industry has a decisive role in the growth and prosperity of the country's economy. Therefore, considering the key position and role of banks in economic growth and inflation...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compile and prioritize necessary strategies to produce electrical energy from fossil resources in the Iranian power industry. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and internal and...