Biography

I am a Professor of Operational Research in the School of Mathematics and Physics, and Director of the Centre for Operational Research and Logistics. I have a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics with Operational Research from the University of Southampton and a PhD in Operational Research, also from the University of Portsmouth. I have been involved in research, teaching, and course development in the field of Logistics and Operational Research over the past twenty-five years. My area of research is the theory of making decisions in the presence of multiple, conflicting objectives.

I am interested in a wide range of applications but have specifically worked in applications to supply chain management and logistics, maritime logistics, healthcare, renewable energy and sustainability. I attend international conferences in either general Operational Research or specialised in Multi-Criteria Decision Making. My current research is funded by the European Union and I have particular research connections in France, Spain, and Brazil. I am the author of over 50 publications in international journals and a Springer research book on goal programming.

Research interests

  • Multiple Criteria Decision Making
  • Multiple Objective Programming
  • Goal Programming
  • Mixed Modelling Methodologies
  • Applications of Operational Research in Logistics, Healthcare, Defence, and Renewable Energy

Research outputs

2024

Green port industry to support the offshore wind sector: a framework proposal

Akbari, N., Almeida, M., Cassimiro, D., Godeiro, M., Gonzalez, M., Jones, D., Nogueira, L., Santiso, A., Soares, G., Toledo, J., Vasconcelos, R.

6 Dec 2024, In: Energies. 17, 23, 26p., 6155

Logistic decisions in the installation of offshore wind farms: a conceptual framework

Akbari, N., Almeida, M., Godeiro, M., Gonzalez, M., Jones, D., Melo, D., Nascimento, G., Nogueira, L., Oprime, P., Santiso, A., Vasconcelos, R.

1 Dec 2024, In: Energies, 20p., 6004

Offshore wind power growth and industrial development in emerging markets

Akbari, N., Gonzalez, M., Jones, D., Melo, D., Santiso, A., Vasconcelos, R.

21 Sep 2024, In: Energies. 17, 22p., 4712

Robust, extended goal programming with uncertainty sets: an application to a multi-objective portfolio selection problem leveraging DEA

Jafar Sadjadi, S., Jones, D., Mohammadi, E., Mohseny-Tonekabony, N., Tamiz, M.

21 May 2024, In: Annals of Operations Research, 56p.

A dry port hub-and-spoke network design: an optimization model, solution method, and application

Dai, J., Irawan, C., Jones, D., Liu, M., Salhi, S.

6 Apr 2024, In: Computers and Operations Research

Incorporation of poverty principles into goal programming

Bartmeyer, P., Glampedakis, A., Jones, D., Ouelhadj, D., Treloar, R.

3 Apr 2024, In: Omega

A resilience-based maintenance optimisation framework using multiple criteria and Knapsack methods

Jones, D., Karar, A. A., Labib, A.

1 Jan 2024, In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 241, 109674

An integrated three-way decision methodology for sustainability of wastewater circularity in thermal power plants

Cabigas, J., Jones, D., Labib, A., Ocampo, L. A.

1 Jan 2024, In: Applied Soft Computing. 151, 17p., 11111

2023

Health care network design with multiple objectives and stakeholders

Eskandarpour, M., Hasani, A., Jones, D.

10 Dec 2023, In: Annals of Operations Research, 36p.

A Two-Stage Stochastic Model for a multi-objective blood platelet supply chain network design problem incorporating frozen platelets

Jones, D., Song, X., Suen, T. Y.

1 Nov 2023, In: Computers and Industrial Engineering. 185, 18p., 109651

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