After almost five years, this is the last post from this account. You may follow the International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) from our website .

Also in our new issue read the open access article by Ikpe Akpan et al. investigating the scientific landscape of conversational and generative artificial intelligence and human–chatbot interaction in education and research. @WileyBusiness @IFORS_News .

The new issue of ITOR is online with many open and full access articles. Among them, check the tutorial on solving single-leader-multi-follower problems using SOS1 reformulations by D. Aussel, C. Egea, and @schmaidt @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness .

ITOR will publish a special issue on "Advances and Applications of Metaheuristics". The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025 and the call for papers is available at @WileyBusiness @IFORS_News .

authored by Xiaoping Xu, Ping He, and Yiming Fan. Congratulations from the Editor-in-Chief! @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

The article "The pricing and carbon abatement decisions of a manufacturer selling with marketplace or reselling mode" was the runner-up of the 2024 ITOR Best Paper Award in the category of Methodology and Applications,.

authored by Mauro Dell’Amico, Roberto Montemanni, and Stefano Novellani. Congratulations from the Editor-in-Chief! @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

The article "Exact models for the flying sidekick traveling salesman problem" was the winner of the 2024 ITOR Best Paper Award in the category of Methodology and Applications,.

authored by Malek Sarhani, Stefan Voß, and Raka Jovanovic. Congratulations from the Editor-in-Chief! @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

The article "Initialization of metaheuristics: Comprehensive review, critical analysis, and research directions" was the runner-up of the 2024 ITOR Best Paper Award in the category of Surveys and Tutorials,.

authored by Christian L. Camacho-Villalón, Marco Dorigo, and Thomas Stützle. Congratulations from the Editor-in-Chief! @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

The article "Exposing the grey wolf, moth-flame, whale, firefly, bat, and antlion algorithms: Six misleading optimization techniques inspired by bestial metaphors" is the winner of the 2024 ITOR Best Paper Award in the category of Surveys and Tutorials,.

ITOR will publish a special issue about “Agricultural e-commerce and logistics operations in the era of digital economy.” Deadline for submissions: May 31, 2025. @ifors_news #orms @WileyBusiness.

Still in the area of ​​quantum computing, read also the article "Comparing QUBO models for quantum annealing: integer encodings for permutation problems" by Philippe Codognet in the last open access special of ITOR. @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

Read "New advances for quantum-inspired optimization" by authors Du, Wang, Hennig, Hulandageri, Hulandageri, Kochenberger, and Glover in our newly published full open access special issue of ITOR. @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness .

ITOR special issue on "Metaheuristics: Recent Advances and Applications" just published. All articles are either open access or free full access to everyone. @IFORS_News @WileyBusiness #orms.

capital constraints under demand volatility and others. The topics range from industrial applications of blockchain technology in supply chains to other areas such as healthcare. Enjoy reading! #orms.

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