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  1. National sustainability and pandemic resilience: How explainable AI uncovers global patterns and policy insights

    Article • World Development Sustainability, December 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  2. Methodological advances in online food delivery: A systematic review, taxonomy, and research outlook

    Article • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  3. Incentive-aware pickup-station integration for electrified last-mile delivery under time commitments

    Article • Research in Transportation Business & Management, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  4. A Systematic Review of Advances, Challenges, and Optimization Strategies in Maintenance Logistics for Airside Operations

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  5. Quarantine-aware home healthcare routing and scheduling: a bi-objective approach

    Article • OPSEARCH, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  6. Multi-surgeon and priority-aware scheduling for operating rooms scheduling: a robust-based approach

    Article • International Journal of Systems Science Operations & Logistics, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  7. An integrated approach for enhancing operating room management: capacity planning, fair scheduling, and surgeon resilience

    Article • Annals of Operations Research, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  8. Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the evaluating of a real green supply chain in companies with fast-moving consumer goods

    Article • May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  9. Autonomous Delivery Vehicles in Two-Echelon Routing for Sustainable Last-Mile Logistics

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  10. A comprehensive review on operating room scheduling and optimization

    Article • Operational Research, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  11. A mixed integer linear programming model for quarantine-based home healthcare scheduling under uncertainty

    Article • Healthcare Analytics, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  12. Electric-vehicle routing problem with time windows and energy minimization: green logistics with same-day delivery approaches

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  13. A multi-objective planning and scheduling model for elective and emergency cases in the operating room under uncertainty

    Article • Decision Analytics Journal, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  14. A bibliometric analysis of data-driven technologies in digital supply chains

    Article • Supply Chain Analytics, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  15. A review of decision support systems in the internet of things and supply chain and logistics using web content mining

    Article • Supply Chain Analytics, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  16. A data envelopment analysis model for opinion leaders’ identification in social networks

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  17. A Heuristic Framework for Assessing the Efficiency of Multi-branch Banks Under Big Data Conditions

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  18. Innovative Applications of Unsupervised Learning in Uncertainty-Aware Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  19. Distributed Artificial Intelligence Application in Agri-food Supply Chains 4.0

    Article • Procedia Computer Science, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  20. On-site workshop investment problem: A novel mathematical approach and solution procedure

    Article • Heliyon, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  21. Multi-criteria decision- making methods for the evaluating of a real green supply chain in companies with fast-moving consumer goods

    Article • November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  22. A sustainable multi-objective model for the hazardous waste location-routing problem: A real case study

    Article • Sustainable Operations and Computers, November 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  23. Supply chain planning of vaccine and pharmaceutical clusters under uncertainty: The case of COVID-19

    Article • Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  24. Artificial intelligence-based decision support systems in smart agriculture: Bibliometric analysis for operational insights and future directions

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  25. Social Media’s Role in Achieving Marketing Goals in Iran during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Social Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  26. A humanitarian cold supply chain distribution model with equity consideration: The case of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the European Union

    Article • Decision Analytics Journal, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  27. Home Health Care Planning with the Consideration of Flexible Starting/Ending Points and Service Features

    Article • Axioms, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  28. Hybrid bi-objective economic lot scheduling problem with feasible production plan equipped with an efficient adjunct search technique

    Article • International Journal of Systems Science Operations & Logistics, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  29. Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the evaluating of a real green supply chain in companies with fast-moving consumer goods

    Article • International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  30. A robust optimization approach for a cellular manufacturing system considering skill-leveled operators and multi-functional machines

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  31. Demand forecasting based machine learning algorithms on customer information: an applied approach

    Article • International Journal of Information Technology, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  32. Cooperative advertising and quantity discount in manufacturer-retailer supply chains

    Article • Journal of Modelling in Management, May 2021, Emerald

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  33. A new model for operating room scheduling with elective patient strategy

    Article • INFOR Information Systems and Operational Research, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  34. A Bi-Objective Home Health Care Routing and Scheduling Model with Considering Nurse Downgrading Costs

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  35. An efficient population-based simulated annealing algorithm for 0–1 knapsack problem

    Article • Engineering With Computers, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  36. A Bi-Objective Home Health Care Routing and Scheduling Model with Considering Nurse Downgrading Costs

    Article • November 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Frank Werner, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  37. Insights into TripAdvisor's online reviews: The case of Tehran's hotels

    Article • Tourism Management Perspectives, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  38. Multi-Stage assembly flow shop with setup time and release time

    Article • Operations Research Perspectives, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  39. An Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm to Supply-Demand Hub in Industrial Cluster Considering Transportation Mode

    Article • December 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  40. A practical supply-demand hub in industrial clusters: a new perspective

    Article • Management Research Review, October 2018, Emerald

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  41. Multi objective two-stage assembly flow shop with release time

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  42. Analysis of a multi-echelon supply chain problem using revised multi-choice goal programming approach

    Article • Kybernetes, January 2018, Emerald

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  43. A multi-echelon multi-product stochastic model to supply chain of small-and-medium enterprises in industrial clusters

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  44. Supply–demand hub in industrial clusters: a stochastic approach

    Article • Engineering Optimization, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  45. Integrating multi-dynamic virtual cellular manufacturing systems into multi-market allocation and production planning

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Amin Aalaei, Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  46. Bi-objective intelligent water drops algorithm to a practical multi-echelon supply chain optimization problem

    Article • Journal of Manufacturing Systems, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  47. Improved discrete cuckoo optimization algorithm for the three-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  48. Analysis for supply hub in industrial cluster: Classic vs. new perspective

    Article • December 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  49. Enhanced intelligent water drops and cuckoo search algorithms for solving the capacitated vehicle routing problem

    Article • Information Sciences, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  50. An Enhanced Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm for Scheduling of an Agile Manufacturing System

    Article • International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, March 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  51. A multi-objective optimization for preemptive identical parallel machines scheduling problem

    Article • Computational and Applied Mathematics, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  52. Grey Wolf Optimizer algorithm for the two-stage assembly flow shop scheduling problem with release time

    Article • Journal of Computational Science, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  53. Minimising makespan in the two-stage assembly hybrid flow shop scheduling problem using artificial immune systems

    Article • International Journal of Production Research, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  54. An intelligent water drop algorithm to identical parallel machine scheduling with controllable processing times: a just-in-time approach

    Article • Computational and Applied Mathematics, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  55. Intelligent water drops algorithm on parallel machines scheduling

    Article • March 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  56. Group technology-based model and cuckoo optimization algorithm for resource allocation in cloud computing

    Article • IFAC-PapersOnLine, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  57. A bi-objective identical parallel machine scheduling problem with controllable processing times: a just-in-time approach

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  58. Hybrid intelligent water drops algorithm to unrelated parallel machines scheduling problem: a just-in-time approach

    Article • International Journal of Production Research, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  59. Minimizing total tardiness and earliness on unrelated parallel machines with controllable processing times

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  60. An integrated model for solving cell formation and cell layout problem simultaneously considering new situations

    Article • Journal of Manufacturing Systems, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  61. A drastic hybrid heuristic algorithm to approach to JIT policy considering controllable processing times

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  62. Single machine scheduling with controllable processing times to minimize total tardiness and earliness

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  63. The economic lot scheduling problem with deteriorating items and shortage: an imperialist competitive algorithm

    Article • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  64. Aggregate hybrid flowshop scheduling with assembly operations

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  65. Economic lot scheduling problem with allowable shortage: A multi-objective approach

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar

  66. Minimizing total tardiness and earliness problem with controllable processing times using an effective heuristic

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Vahid Kayvanfar