Maghsoud Amiri

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Allameh Tabataba'i University

In the real-world problems, we are likely confronted with some alternatives that need to be evaluated with respect to multiple conflicting criteria. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) refers to making decisions in such a situation. There are many methods and techniques available for solving MCDM problems. The evaluation based on distance from av...

Flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is an extension of the classical job-shop scheduling problem. FJSP is NP-hard and mainly presents two difficulties. The first one is to assign each operation to a machine out of a set of capable machines, and the second one deals with sequencing the assigned operations on the machines. This paper proposes...

In past years, the multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) approaches have been extensively applied by researchers to the supplier evaluation and selection problem. Many of these studies were performed in an uncertain environment described by fuzzy sets. This study provides a review of applications of MADM approaches for evaluation and selection of...

Background: Nowadays, traditional supply chain management (SCM) processes are undergoing a profound transformation enabled by advanced technologies derived from Industry 4.0. The rapid adoption of these technologies has led to the emergence of smart SCM, which integrates modern technologies in sourcing, production, distribution, and sales. Supplier...

Sustainable practices are essential for long-term societal development, minimizing environmental impacts while promoting the efficient use of resources. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches can play a vital role in assessing and prioritizing sustainability solutions by considering diverse economic, social, and environmental factors. Thi...

This research brings in a new scheme for organizing and scheduling the handling of criminal cases in a judiciary system. To achieve this, an unparalleled, bi-objective mathematical model is developed for scheduling criminal cases in various courts and prosecutor’s offices. This involves taking into account a wide range of practical processes and ch...

The lack of information and hybrid uncertainties in Supply Chain (SC) parameters affect managerial decisions. It is inevitable to consider random uncertainty based on fuzzy scenarios and cognitive uncertainty to model a Sustainable Closed-Loop SC (SCLSC) problem. Using Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers (PFNs) has higher comprehensiveness and accuracy than t...

Extended Abstract Introduction and objectives: Urban development and the increase in intercity and intracity transportation have led to a significant rise in transportation costs. This rise in cost increases the final product price and consequently the product's market price. Additionally, the economic aspect is not the only concern; increased tran...

Background: Supply chain management (SCM) plays a fundamental role in the progress and success of organizations and has continuously evolved to better adapt to today’s complex business environments. Consequently, the issue of supplier evaluation and selection (SES), which is one of the most critical decisions in SCM, has gained special significance...

The logistic and transportation plays an integral part in maintaining a well-functioning organization. One of the most extensively used, original, famous, and popular non-parametric methods for evaluating the efficiency of organizations is the Data Envelopment Analysis, DEA technique. Suppose we can formulate the concept of effectiveness in the DEA...

Leveraging supplementary technology such as Blockchain has the potential to alter the stakeholders involved in a system. Paying attention to stakeholders is one of the main pillars of developing a system. Evidence has shown that Blockchain can solve existing challenges and add new capabilities. These actions will change the stakeholders of PHR. If...

The aim of this study was to develop a multi-objective mathematical programming model for the trade-off of time, cost, and quality in the project-scheduling problem (PSP) by taking priorities and resource constraints as well as activity preemption into account. First, a small-sized problem instance that was a sub-project of an oil and gas construct...

How to Cite Amirian, S., Amiri, M., Taghav-ifard, M.T. (2024). "Optimiz-ing supply chain design for sustainability and reliability: A comparative study of augmented epsilon and normalized normal constraint methods", Control and Optimization in Applied Mathematics, 9(1): 97-130. Abstract. Integrating sustainability and reliability represents a syner...

Objectives: Today, manufacturing companies understand that due to the speed of technological change, sustainable development is the key tool for gaining a competitive advantage. The present study was conducted to study the necessary actions chain to achieve sustainable open R&D among manufacturing SMEs. Simultaneous attention to the concept of sust...

Due to the significance of environmental and economic topics and limited resources, integrating Circular Economy (CE) principles is necessary for Supply Chain (SC) to improve sustainable competitive advantage. The integration of CE in SCs leads to a Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Design (CLSCND) and a circular SC to achieve the economic, environm...

In recent decades, order selection and allocation in flexible supply chains has become a strategic decision and the focus of many researches when supply chain disruption threatens. And of course, it could be partly due to the growth of disruption risks, that is, risks with very low probability of occurrence and very high adverse effects, especially...

Nowadays, attention to the goals of cost, quality, time, and risk is essential in every project. In this regard, the beneficiaries of each project seek to reduce the cost, time, and risk and increase the quality of the project simultaneously. As cost, risk, time, and quality are critical factors in project management, this study primarily focused o...

Nowadays, because of the increase in global competition and the need to pay attention to sustainable issues, achieve a competitive advantage, reduce costs, and improve Supply Chain (SC) network management, the use of blockchain and its integration have become necessary in the network. The use of Blockchain Technology (BT) leads to transparency, con...

The reliability of flip-chip packages is significantly impacted by the type of packaging materials, such as underfill, solder, flux, and solder mask. Underfill reduces the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the semiconductor chip and printed circuit board, thereby minimizing the chances of thermal fatigue failure of the package...

Background & Purpose: Line managers’ HR role is considerably highlighted, and HR devolution is a definite future in organizational landscape. Accordingly, the principal objective of this study is to present a comprehensive framework of antecedents of strengthening line managers’ HR role and uncover its multi-level outcomes. Methodology: In line wit...

Modern technologies have changed human life and created a generation of customers who have different needs compared to the past. Considering Industry 4.0 and its drivers, the implementation of digital banking (DB) has faced various challenges that are caused by emerging trends. Both Industry 4.0 and DB are contemporary concepts, and decision-makers...

The online shopping center is an electronic commerce where customer orders arrive over time. The joint online order batching and picker routing is essential for managing online shopping, as it allows for the retrieval of products from storage locations as order arrival timings become known. Meanwhile, the picker routing performance is substantially...

Many studies have been conducted on designing systems based on the redundancy allocation problem (RAP). However, considering repairable warm-standby components (which are subject to failure even in an idle state) is somewhat neglected by researchers due to the complex mathematical models. One of the crucial aspects of these systems is considering t...

Due to population growth and the expansion of different industries, Iran is confronted with the issue of energy and hydrogen generation for various sectors. According to research, Iran has much potential for renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Renewable energy is critical for meeting the needs of various industries by producing energy...

Studies related to transportation planning and development have been in the center of activities of many researchers in the past decades. Road congestions issues, economic problems, health problems and environmental problems are some examples of complex problems that can be caused by urban and public transportation in big cities. Evaluating urban a...

Location-allocation of healthcare facilities is vital for all communities to improve the accessibility of facilities to the entire population. In this paper, a multi-period maximal-covering location-allocation model for healthcare services is proposed in which the capacity of facilities as well as service transfer are considered. The model is formu...

Background. The health of employees and the work environment is important for any organization, but some organizational phenomena challenge this issue. One of the emerging organizational phenomena is presenteeism, which causes an employee to decide to be at work despite being sick (physical or mental) and feeling unwell. The aim of the current rese...

Purpose: Evaluation of performance and productivity and the process of its changes over time is considered essential in the process of improvement in organizations, production, industrial and service units. Regarding the calculation of productivity and changes in productivity over time, different models, methods, approaches, and indices have been p...

Today, most of the issues and challenges faced by managers and decision makers are complex and multifaceted. More clearly, due to the developments of technologies, emerging trends in various industries, competitive markets, and rapid and transformative changes in the business environment, managers and decision makers have faced an uncertain environ...

Background. The health of employees and the work environment is important for any organization, but some organizational phenomena challenge this issue. One of the emerging organizational phenomena is presenteeism, which causes an employee to decide to be at work despite being sick (physical or mental) and feeling unwell. The aim of the current rese...

The developments of the fourth industrial revolution have caused changes in all areas of society, including production. The changes in production caused by the fourth industrial revolution have also resulted in fundamental changes in the supply chain and have converted it to supply chain 4.0. Organisations must be receptive to supply chain 4.0 to m...

Many real-life issues can be modeled as multi-criteria sorting problems. In this type of problem, a set of options are assigned to predefined classes. This research aims to propose a new hybrid approach including simplified group best–worst and multi-criteria sorting methods to classify options considering decision-maker constraints. It is crucial...

Objective: Attention to environmental issues in supply chain activities has been taken into consideration due to the increase in public awareness and strict laws related to environmental protection. Initially, only the economic aspects of the supply chain were considered in the network configuration, but with increasing concerns about environmental...

Shorter product life due to technology development and changing customer needs requires optimal supply chain management and structuring. Achieving this optimization brings productivity to the organization. A sustainable and reliable supply chain (S&RSC) as an emerging paradigm, with a comprehensive view, leads the supply chain network design (SCND)...

The process of production, consumption, and final disposal of electrical and electronic equipment usually leads to harmful waste to the environment called e-waste. Eliminating and decreasing this type of waste could be considered as an essential goal for many enterprises working toward sustainable management systems. In this paper, we aim at introd...

Aromatic sulfonated polymers as a suitable candidate for Nafion membrane in proton exchange membrane fuel cells are the subject of many research activities. It has proved that these polymers need higher ion exchange capacities to reach the same proton conductivities compared to the Nafion membrane, which is a result of their different microstructur...

Purpose Business research and development (R&D) is of critical importance for innovation and economic growth. The purpose of this study is to present an application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to select the most appropriate policy measure to support the business expenditure on R&D (BERD). Design/methodology/approach AHP method adopts a...

Nowadays, the production of stone paper, in addition to its widespread utilization in various fields, does not require water consumption, cutting down trees, and stone paper products are easily recyclable and recoverable. Due to the importance of developing and using stone paper and paying attention to environmental matters, Closed-Loop Supply Chai...

Considering the cognitive, random, uncertain, and flexible constraints, a robust, stochastic, possibilistic, and flexible chance-constrained model was developed based on credibility measurement. The ultimate aim was closed-loop supply chain network design. Different attitudes of decision-makers were answered by more flexible measurements of optimis...

One of the major problems with projects is that they are not completed according to schedule. Uncertainty always exists at the heart of real-world project scheduling problems. This paper introduces a fuzzy project buffer management (FPBM) algorithm which is a combination of the adaptive procedure with resource tightness (APRT) and fuzzy failure mod...

The use of blockchain technology leads to improved operations and supply chain (SC) integration. Moreover, identifying and evaluating the blockchain technology application criteria in the logistics system is a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) challenge that requires taking into account the perspectives of experts with varying degrees of SC exp...

Circular supply chain management is a recent innovation to save resources and reduce waste in the supply chain of any industry. The concept of circular supply chain management is more important these days due to environmental concerns, lack of resources, and increased waste. The main purpose of this study is to find the main issues and prioritize t...

Data coverage analysis is one of the most widely used methods for evaluating banks' performance. In the field of performance evaluation of banks, various data coverage analysis models such as basic CCR, BCC, multi-stage and network models with various indicators have been presented. In this research, first, the types of indicators in the evaluation...

Objective: One of the main influential factors in the occurrence of behavioral problems in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the behavior related to the parenting styles. This study aimed at investigating the effect of mindful parenting training on mothers of children with ADHD in reducing the symptoms of hyperactivi...

In most data envelopment analysis (DEA) models, the internal structure of production units is ignored during the evaluation process. To solve this problem, a stepwise DEA model has been considered by the researchers. Another weakness of classical DEA models is that the weights of inputs and outputs are being changed each time the model is run. In s...

This paper considers simultaneously two areas of facility location and assortment planning in a competitive environment. In fact, a chain store that has competitors in the market locates a new facility. As there are different products in the market that can substitute with each other, it is intended to determine the best product assortment as well....

This paper incorporates the preventive maintenance activities into the two-stage assembly flow-shop scheduling problem, which has m machines at the production stage and an assembly machine at the second one. In this paper, three maintenance policies are employed based on the maximization of machine’s reliability and availability. This problem is NP...

Resource scheduling, job sequencing, and assigning them to available resources are the most critical issues in manufacturing systems, such as flexible job-shop systems. In addition, scheduling uncertainties have attracted significant attention in this field. This study investigates the dual-resource constrained flexible job-shop scheduling (DRCFJSS...

Prompt reactions to the vital emergency relief necessities right after sudden-onset disasters, which are included relief distribution and victim evacuation, are crucial to the mitigation of the disaster influences in the concerned regions. This paper renders a bi-objective optimization model to plan a humanitarian districted logistics network, in w...

Our goal is to address the complicated problem of strategic supplier selection with interrelated and insufficient data. To achieve this goal, we proposed our Strategic Supplier Selection Methodology (SSSM). First, SSSM formulates the enterprise strategies and evaluation criteria. Then, we developed a novel method called Grey Principal Component Ana...

The polyethersulfone (PES)‐based composite polymers have been extensively studied for many years as the core of various scientific activities, such as fuel cell production, water treatment, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and gas separation, which represent a significant field of research for several applications. In the present s...

Nowadays, the increase in data acquisition and availability and complexity around optimization make it imperative to jointly use artificial intelligence (AI) and optimization for devising data-driven and intelligent decision support systems (DSS). A DSS can be successful if large amounts of interactive data proceed fast and robustly and extract use...

Digital supply chains (DSCs) are collaborative digital systems designed to quickly and efficiently move information, products, and services through global supply chains. The physical flow of products in traditional supply chains is replaced by the digital flow of information in DSCs. This digitalization has changed the conventional supplier selecti...

So far, numerous studies have been developed to evaluate the performance of "Decision-Making Units (DMUs)" through "Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)" and "Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA)" models in different places, but most of these studies have measured the performance of DMUs by efficiency criteria. The productivity is considered as a ke...