Mathematics

Logistics and Management Mathematics Group (LMMG)

Publications

• A multi-objective model to determine efficient resource levels in a medical assessment unit.
  Oddoye JP, Jones DF, Tamiz M, Fouroughi AA, Schmidt P.
  Accepted for publication in Journal of the Operational Research Society, DOI :10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602315.
• Combining Simulation and Goal Programming for Healthcare Planning in a Medical Assessment Unit.
  Oddoye JP, Jones DF, Tamiz M, Schmidt P.
  Accepted for publication in European Journal of Operational Research.
• A Queueing and Goal Programming Approach to Bed Allocation in Hospitals.
  Li X, Beullens P, Jones DF, and Tamiz M.
  Accepted with minor modifications by Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (Springer).
• Optimal Bed Allocation in Hospitals.
  Li X, Beullens P, Jones DF, and Tamiz M.
  Accepted for publication in Springer Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems.
• An Integrated Queuing and Multi-Objective Bed Allocation Model with Application to a Hospital in China.
  Li X, Beullens P, Jones DF, and Tamiz M.
  In revision for the Journal of the Operational Research Society.
• A New Local Search Approach for the Symmetric Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem.
  Beullens P, Cattrysse D, and Van Oudheusden D.
  Under review for the European Journal of Operational Research.
• Practical Goal Programming
  Jones DF, Tamiz M.
  Book in preparation agreed for publication by Kluwer Books.

2007

• Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium under legislation.
  Hammond D, and Beullens P (2007).
  European Journal of Operational Research 183 (2), 895-908.
• A Classification Model Based on Goal Programming with Non-Standard Preference Functions with Application to Prediction of Cinema-going Behaviour.
  Jones DF, Collins A, and Hand C (2007).
  European Journal of Operational Research, 177, 515-524.
• An interactive three stage model for mutual fund portfolio selection.
  Perez Gladish B, Jones DF, Tamiz M, and Bilbao Terol A (2007).
  Omega, 35, 75-88.
• Hyper-spherical inversion transformations in multi-objective evolutionary optimisation.
  Large JW, Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2007).
  European Journal of Operational Research, 177, 1678-1702.
• A note on article “A tolerance approach to the fuzzy goal programming problems with unbalanced triangular membership function.”
  Yaghoobi MA, and Tamiz M (2007).
  European Journal of Operational Research 176, 636-640.
• A method for solving goal programming problems based on MINMAX approach.
  Yaghoobi MA, and Tamiz M (2007).
  European Journal of Operational Research 177, 1580-1590.

2006

• ‘Issues concerning Block Trading and Transaction costs.’
  Tamiz M, Treloar R (2006).
  Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, 27(1), 127-144.
• Parallel machines scheduling by family batching with sequence-independent set-up times.
  Crauwels, HAJ, Beullens P, and Van Oudheusden D (2006).
  International Journal of Operations Research 3(2), 144-154.
• Finite Capacity Material Requirement Planning System for a Multi-stage Automotive-Part Assembly Factory.
  Wuttipornpun T, Yenradee P, Beullens P, and Van Oudheusden D (2006).
  ScienceAsia 32, 303-313.
• Automatic production planning of press brakes for sheet metal bending.
  Cattrysse D, Beullens P, Collin P, Duflou J, and Van Oudheusden D (2006).
  International Journal of Production Research 44 (20), 4311-4327.
• The Recycling Challenge.
  Beullens P and Hammond D (2006).
  In: RoHS & WEEE - status, compliance, issues and implications. Green Manufacturing Book Series, Prof. Y.C. Chan (editor). City University of Hong Kong. ISBN 962-442-278-8, 107-137.
• Modelling Oligopolistic Closed Loop Supply Chains.
  Hammond D and Beullens P (2006).
  Proceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Towards a Closed Loop Economy, Leuven, Belgium, 595-600.
• Rebound Effects within Legislated Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks.
  Hammond D and Beullens P (2006).
  Working Paper 2006, University of Portsmouth.

2005

• Exploring variants of 2-opt and 3-opt for the General Routing Problem.
  Muyldermans L, Beullens P, Cattrysse D, and Van Oudheusden D (2005).
  Operations Research 53(6), 982-995.
• A Finite Capacity Materials Requirement Planning System for a Multi-Stage Assembly Factory: Goal Programming Approach.
  Wuttipornpun T, Yenradee P, Beullens P, and Van Oudheusden D (2005).
  Industrial Engineering & Management Systems 4(1), 23-35.
• A selection method for a preferential election.
  Foroughi A, Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2005).
  Applied Mathematics and Computation, 163, 107-116.

2004

• A distance-metric methodology for the derivation of weights from a pairwise Comparison Matrix.
  Jones DF and Mardle SJ (2004).
  Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55, 869-875.
• Reverse logistics in effective recovery of products from waste materials.
  Beullens P (2004).
  Reviews in Environmental Science & Bio/Technology 3, 283-306.
• Applying a Travelling Purchaser and Generalized Travelling Salesman Formulation for Sheet Metal Bending Production Planning.
  Cattrysse D, Collin PH, Beullens P, Dufou J, Van Oudheusden D (2004).
  COMA ’04, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, Stellenbosch, South-Africa, 389-394.
• Collection and Vehicle Routing Issues in Reverse Logistics.
  Beullens P, Van Wassenhove L, and Van Oudheusden D (2004).
  In: Reverse Logistics - Quantitative Models for Closed-Loop Supply Chains. Dekker, R., Fleischmann, M., Inderfurth, K., Van Wassenhove, L.N. (editors). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-40696-4, 95 - 134.
• Reverse Logistics Network Design.
  Fleischmann M, Bloemhof-Ruwaard J, Beullens P, and Dekker R (2004).
  In: Reverse Logistics - Quantitative Models for Closed-Loop Supply Chains. Dekker, R., Fleischmann, M., Inderfurth, K., Van Wassenhove, L.N. (editors), Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-40696-4, 65 - 94.

2003

• A Guided Local Search Heuristic for the Capacitated Arc Routing Problem.
  Beullens P, Muyldermans L, Cattrysse D, and Van Oudheusden D (2003).
  European Journal of Operational Research 147 (3), 629-643.
• Development of an integrated multiple objective solution system : Multigen.
  Mirrazavi SK, Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2003).
  Decision Support Systems, 36, 177-187.
• A Cost Calculation Model for Periodic Collections.
  Beullens P (2003).
  Reverse Logistics, Kluwer - tenHagenStam (NL), (in Dutch), B5300, 1- 43.
• Role of logistics in the effective recovery of products from waste materials.
  Beullens P (2003).
  EURO Summer School: Biotechnology in organic waste management: from solid waste disposal to resource recovery. Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 1-29. (Invited lecture).
• Analysis of trends in distance-metric modelling for operational research and soft computing.
  Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2003).
  Advances in soft computing – Multiple objective and goal programming, T Tanino, T Tanaka and M Inuigchi (Eds.), 19-26.

2002

• Reply and final reply to the comments of Profs Ganjavi et al.
  Romero C, Tamiz M, and Jones DF (2002).
  Journal of the Operational Research Society, 53, 927-931.
• Multi-Objective meta-heuristics: an overview of the current state-of-the art.
  Jones DF, Mirrazavi SK, and Tamiz M (2002).
  European Journal of Operational Research, 137, 1-9.
• Decision models for process selection.
  Beullens P and Cattrysse D (2002).
  17th Conference-Industrial Engineering for Competitiveness, SAIIE, Stellenbosch, South-Africa, 142-151.
• Towards the development of an intelligent goal programming system.
  Mirrazavi SK, Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2002).
  Advances in soft computing – Multiple objective and goal programming, T Trzashalik and J Michnik (Eds.), 171-185.
• Goal programming in the period 1990-2000.
  Jones DF, Tamiz M (2002).
  In Multiple criteria optimization state of the art annotated Bibliographic surveys, M. Erghott X. Gandibleux (eds.) Kluwver.

2001

• The Impact of Product Recovery on Logistics Network Design.
  Fleischmann M, Beullens P, Bloemhof-Ruwaard JM, and Van Wassenhove LN (2001).
  Production and Operations Management 10 (2), 156-173.
• A comparison of genetic and conventional methods for the solution of integer goal programmes.
  Mirrazavi SK, Jones DF, and Tamiz M (2001).
  European Journal of Operational Research, 132, 594-602.
• Reply and final reply to the comments of Prof Ogryczak.
  Romero C, Tamiz M, and Jones DF (2001).
  Journal of the Operational Research Society, 52, 962-965.
• Location, Process Selection, and Vehicle Routing Models For Reverse Logistics.
  Beullens, P (2001).
  Ph.D. Thesis. Centre for Industrial Management, KU Leuven. ISBN: 90-5682-331-0.

2000

• ‘Resource Allocation in the North Sea Demersal Fisheries: A Goal Programming Approach.’
  Mardle SJ, Pascoe S, Tamiz M and Jones DF (2000).
  Annals of Operations Research , 94, 321-342.
• ‘An Investigation of Genetic Algorithms for the Optimization of Multi-Objective Fisheries Bioeconomic Models.’
  Mardle SJ, Pascoe S, and Tamiz M (2000).
  International Transactions in OR, 7, 33-49.
• Life Cycle Engineering.
  Duflou J, Dewulf W, Beullens P, Van Oudheusden D, and Cattrysse D (2000).
  Het Ingenieursblad 10-11, p. 20-27. (In Dutch).
• Throughput time reduction in a self-service restaurant: the free flow case.
  Beullens P and Van Oudheusden D (2000).
  ESM’2000. Simulation and modelling: enablers for a better quality of life. R. Van Landeghem (ed.). SCS Publication, ISBN 1-56555-204-0, 367-374.

1999

• ‘Extensions of Pareto Efficiency Analysis to Integer Goal Programming.’
  Tamiz M, Mirrazavi SK, and Jones DF (1999).
  OMEGA the International Journal of Management Science, 27, 179-188.
• Electro-scrap: software support for electronic product take-back.
  Maas K, Beullens P and Bettac E (1999).
  Journal for sustainable waste management 66 (Warmer Bulletin 66), 14-16.
• An analysis of the combined routing of the collection of used products and the distribution of new products.
  Beullens P, Van Wassenhove L, Van Oudheusden D and Cattrysse D (1999).
  Reverse Logistics, Kluwer - tenHagenStam (NL), B5200, 1- 34. (In Dutch.)
• Reloop: reverse logistics chain optimisation in a multi-user environment.
  Bettac E, Maas K, Beullens P and Bopp R (1999).
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA, 42-47.
• Bi-destination waste collection: impact of vehicle type and operations on transportation costs.
  Beullens P, Van Oudheusden D, Cattrysse D (1999).
  Proceedings Second International Working Seminar on Re-use, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 5-14.

1998

• ‘Goal programming: Recent developments in theory and practice.’
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1998).
  International Journal of Management and Systems, Vol 14, No. 1, 1-16.
• ‘Goal Programming, Compromise Programming and Reference Point Method Formulations: Linkages and Utility Interpretations.’
  Romero C, Tamiz M and Jones DF (1998).
  Journal Of OR Society, Vol 49, Number 9, pp. 986-991.
• ‘Intelligent Solution and Analysis of Goal Programmes: The GPSYS System’
  Jones DF, Tamiz M and Mirrazavi SK (1998).
  Decision Support Systems, Vol 23, pp 329-332.
• ‘An Interactive Graphic based Linear, Integer and Goal Programme Modelling Environment.’
  Tamiz M and Mardle SJ (1998).
  Decision Support Systems, Vol 23, pp 285-296.
• ‘Goal Programming for Decision Making: An Overview of the Current State-of-the-art.’
  Tamiz M, Jones DF and Romero C (1998).
  The European Journal Of Operational Research, Vol. 111/3.

1997

• ‘Interactive frameworks for investigation of goal programming models: theory and practice.’
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1997).
  Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 6, 52-60.
• ‘A comparison between goal programming and regression analysis for portfolio selection.'
  Tamiz M, Hasham R, Fargher K and Jones DF (1997).
  Lecture notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, 448, 421-432.
• ‘A general purpose interactive goal programming algorithm.'
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1997).
  Lecture notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, 448, 433-444.
• ‘An example of good modelling practice in goal programming : Means for overcoming incommensurability.'
  Tamiz M and Mardle SJ (1997)
  Lecture notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, 455, 29-37.
• ‘Multi-Objective Modelling of the UK Fisheries of the English Channel.’
  Pascoe S, Tamiz M and Jones DF (1997).
  Proceedings of the IXth Annual Conference of the European Association of Fisheries Economists.

Pre-1997

• ‘An Overview of Current Solution Methods and Modelling Practices in Goal Programming.'
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1996).
  Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol 432, pp 198-211.
• ‘A Two Staged Goal Programming Model for Portfolio Selection.'
  Tamiz M, Hasham R, and Jones DF (1996).
  Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol 432, pp 286-299.
• ‘An Exploration of Linear and Goal Programming Models in the Downstream Oil Industry.'
  Tamiz M, Mardle SJ and Jones DF (1996).
  Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol 432, pp 346-358.
• ‘Detecting IIS in Infeasible Linear Programmes using techniques from Goal Programming.’
  Tamiz M, Mardle SJ and Jones DF (1996).
  Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 23, No.2, pp 113-119.
• ‘Goal Programming and Pareto Efficiency.'
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1996).
  Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 1-17.
• ‘Multi-objective and goal programming theories and applications.'
  Tamiz M (Ed.) (1996).
  Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer-Verlag.
• ‘An overview of current solution methods and modelling practices in goal programming.'
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1996).
  Lecture notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, 432, 198-211.
• ‘A review of goal programming and its applications.'
  Tamiz M, Jones DF and Eldarzi E (1995).
  Annals of OR, Vol 58, pp 39-54.
• ‘Algorithmic Improvements to the method of Martel and Aouni.'
  Tamiz M and Jones DF (1995).
  Journal of OR Society, No 46, pp 254-257.
• ‘Expanding the Flexibility of Goal Programming via Preference Modelling Techniques.'
  Jones DF and Tamiz M (1995).
  Omega, Int. J. Magmt Sci, No 1, pp. 41-48.
• ‘Alternative methods for representing the inverse of linear programming basis matrices.'
  Mitra G and Tamiz M (1991).
  The recent developments of mathematical programming, Edited by Santosh Kumar, Gordon and Breach Science Publications, pp. 273-301.
• ‘FORTLP - A linear and integer programming system.'
  Mitra G and Tamiz M (1989).
  NAG Newsletter, Issue 2, pp. 33-41.
• ‘A hybrid algorithm for linear programming.'
  Mitra G and Tamiz M (1988).
  Special issue on simulation and optimisation of large scale systems, Edt A Osiadacs, Clarendon Press, pp. 143-159.
• ‘Unsymmetric sparse linear equation solver by the envelope method: SPLNEQ.'
  Mitra G, Judice JJ, and Tamiz M (1988).
  Software section, Operations Research Letters.
• ‘Experimental investigation of an interior search method within a simplex framework.'
  Mitra G, Yadegar J and Tamiz M (1988).
  Communications of the ACM, pp. 1474-1482, December 1988.