Refereed journal papers
2025
Vhatkar, M.S., Mahajan, P.S., Raut, R.D., Cheikhrouhou, N., Ghoshal, S., 2025. Optimized hyperparameters for retail sales forecasting using grid search. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 158, 111472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2025.111472
Ghosh, S., Bhowmik, C., Ray, A., Raut, R.-D., Cheikhrouhou, N., 2025. Paving the Pathway: An Entropy-Based Combined Compromise Solution Approach to Facilitate the Indian Plastic Industry’s Transition Toward a Circular Economy. Business Strategy and The Environment, 10.1002/bse.4253.
Mekonen, Z.-T., Cho, D.-J., Blanchet, K., Cheikhrouhou, N., Fenta, T.-G., 2025. End Users’ Perspective of Digital Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS) Performance at Public Health Facilities of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Inquiry 62, 469580251319086. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580251319086.
2024
Mahajan, P.S., Raut, R., Cheikhrouhou, N., Yadav, V.S., Ghoshal, S., 2024. Industry 4.0 adoption challenges in lean-agile-resilient-green agri-food supply chain. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 16, 890–917. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-06-2024-0120
Badulescu Y., Fernan C., Cheikhrouhou, N., 2024. Judgmental adjustment of demand forecasting models using social media data and sentiment analysis within industry 5.0 ecosystems. International Journal of Information Management Data Insights. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2024.100272
Saha, A., Raut, R.D., Kumar, M., Paul, S.K. and Cheikhrouhou, N. 2024, The intention of adopting blockchain technology in agri-food supply chains: evidence from an Indian economy, Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-10-2023-0238
Badulescu, Y., Soltan, E., Hameri, A.-P., Cheikhrouhou, N., 2024. Time inconsistency in sustainable partner selection for vertical collaborative network organizations. IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing 6, e12096. https://doi.org/10.1049/cim2.12096
Vhatkar, M.S., Raut, R.D., Gokhale, R., Cheikhrouhou, N., Akarte, M., 2024. A glimpse of the future sustainable digital omnichannel retailing emerges – A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production 442, 141111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141111
Kassoul, K., Raut, R.D., Belhaouari, S.B., Cheikhrouhou, N. 2024. Buffer Allocation in Unreliable Production Lines Using Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis and Genetic Algorithm. In: Kulkarni, A.J., Cheikhrouhou, N. (eds) Intelligent Systems for Smart Cities. ICISA 2023. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6984-5_28
Kassoul, K., Cheikhrouhou, N., 2024. Joint Allocation of Buffer Sizes and Service Times in Unreliable Assembly-Disassembly Systems? IEEE Access PP(99):1-1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10493031
Hota, S.K., Sarkar, B., Ghosh, S.K., Cheikhrouhou, N., Treviño-Garza, G., 2024. What should be the best retail strategy to deal with an unequal shipment from an unreliable manufacturer? Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 76, 103576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2023.103576
2023
Ghosh, S., Raut, R.D., Cheikhrouhou, N., Sinha, S., Ray, A., 2023. Attaining Sustainable Development Goals through embedding circular economy principles: Evidence from food processing small- and medium-sized enterprises in India. Business Strategy and the Environment n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3591
Dhingra, S., Raut, R.D., Yadav, V.S., Cheikhrouhou, N., Naik, B.K.R., 2023. Blockchain adoption challenges in the healthcare sector: a waste management perspective. Oper Manag Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-023-00413-9
Kassoul, K., Cheikhrouhou, N., Zufferey, N., 2023. Adaptive Dynamic Jumping Particle Swarm Optimization for Buffer Allocation in Unreliable Production Lines. IEEE Access 11, 90410–90420. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3307017
Class, B., Agagliate, T., Akkari, A., Cheikhrouhou, N., Sagayar, M., 2023. Leveraging Openness for Refugees’ Higher Education: A Freiran Perspective to Foster Open Cooperation. Open Praxis 15, 49–59. https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.15.1.529
Zakeri, S., Chatterjee, P., Cheikhrouhou, N., Konstantas, D., Yang, Y., 2023. MUTRISS: A new method for material selection problems using MUltiple-TRIangles scenarios. Expert Systems with Applications 228, 120463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120463
Regragui, H., Sefiani, N., Azzouzi, H., Cheikhrouhou, N., 2023. A hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for hospitals’ sustainability performance evaluation under fuzzy environment. Int. J. Product. Perform. Manag. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-10-2022-0538
Kassoul, K., Cheikhrouhou, N., Zufferey, N., 2023. Simultaneous allocation of buffer capacities and service times in unreliable production lines. International Journal of Production Research 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2168310
2022
Daultani, Y., Cheikhrouhou, N., Pratap, S., Prajapati, D., 2022. Forward and Reverse Logistics Network Design with Sustainability for New and Refurbished Products in E-commerce. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 540–550. https://doi.org/10.31387/oscm0510365
Sahu, Atul Kumar., Raut, R.D., Gedam, V.V., Cheikhrouhou, N., Sahu, Anoop Kumar, 2022. Lean–agile–resilience–green practices adoption challenges in sustainable agri-food supply chains. Business Strategy Environ.https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.329
Yan K., Xia, E Konstantas D., Cheikhrouhou N., Huang J., 2022. To be more independent or more dependent? The evolution mechanism of co-innovation between digital platforms and content creators. Journal of the Operational Research Society 0, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2022.2119173
Khoei M.A., Aria S.S., Gholizadeh H., Goh M., Cheikhrouhou N., 2022. Big data-driven optimization for sustainable reverse logistics network design. J Ambient Intell Human Comput. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-022-04357-z
Kumar S., Raut R., Agrawal N., Cheikhrouhou N., Sharma M., 2022. Integrated blockchain and internet of things in the food supply chain: Adoption barriers. Technovation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102589
Kassoul, K., Zufferey, N., Cheikhrouhou, N., Brahim Belhaouari, S., 2022. Exponential Particle Swarm Optimization for Global Optimization. IEEE Access 10, 78320–78344. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193396
Mogale D., Ghadge D.A., Cheikhrouhou N., Tiwari M., 2022. Designing a food supply chain for enhanced social sustainability in developing countries. Int. J. Prod. Res. 2022.
Zakeri S., Konstantas D., Cheikhrouhou N., 2022. The Grey Ten-Element Analysis Method: A Novel Strategic Analysis Tool. Mathematics 10, 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/math10050846
Zakeri S., Cheikhrouhou N., Konstantas D., Barabadi F., 2022. A Grey Approach for the Computation of Interactions Between Two Groups of Irrelevant Variables of Decision Matrices. pp. 193–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7414-3_10
Zakeri S., Chatterjee P., Cheikhrouhou N., Konstantas D. (Eds.), 2022. Ranking based on optimal points and win-loss-draw multi-criteria decision-making with application to supplier evaluation problem. Expert Syst. Appl. 191, 1–20.
2021
Mediouni A., Zufferey N., Rached M., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. The multi-period multi-level capacitated lot-sizing and scheduling problem in the dairy soft-drink industry. Supply Chain Forum Int. J. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2021.2007735
Baghizadeh K., Cheikhrouhou N., Govindan K., Ziyarati M. 2021. Sustainable agriculture supply chain network design considering water‐energy‐food nexus using queuing system: A hybrid robust possibilistic programming. Nat. Resour. Model. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12337
Badulescu Y., Hameri A.-P., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. Evaluating demand forecasting models using multi-criteria decision-making approach. J. Adv. Manag. Res. 18, 661–683.
Narwane V.S., Raut R.D., Yadav V.S., Cheikhrouhou N., Narkhede B.E., Priyadarshinee, P. 2021. The role of big data for Supply Chain 4.0 in manufacturing organisations of developing countries. J. Enterp. Inf. Manag. 34, 1452–1480.
Soulikhan F., Norré B., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. Implicit measurement method for consumer engagement in online brand communities. Proc. 2021 IEEE Int. Conf. Soc. Sci. Intell. Manag. SSIM.
Yadav V.S., Singh A.R., Raut R.D., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. Blockchain drivers to achieve sustainable food security in the Indian context. Ann. Oper. Res.
Class B., Soulikhan F., Favre S., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. A framework for an open education supply chain network. Proc. 13th Int. Conf. Comput. Support. Educ. CSEDU 2021.
Raut R.D., Yadav V.S., Cheikhrouhou N., Narwane V.S., Narkhede B.E., 2021. Big data analytics: implementation challenges in Indian manufacturing supply chains. Comput. Ind. 125, 1–13.
Yadav V.S., Singh A.R., Raut R.D., Cheikhrouhou N., 2021. Design of multi-objective sustainable food distribution network in the Indian context with multiple delivery channels. Comput. Ind. Eng. 160, 1–12.
Kassoul, K., Belhaouari, S.B., Cheikhrouhou, N. 2021. Dynamic cognitive-social particle swarm optimization. Proc. 7th Int. Conf. Autom. Robot. Appl. ICARA.
Zakeri, S., Ecer, F., Konstantas, D., Cheikhrouhou, N. 2021. The vital-immaterial-mediocre multi-criteria decision-making method. Kybernetes.
Badulescu Y., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021. A framework integrating internet of things and blockchain in clinical trials reverse supply chain. Proc. Adv. Prod. Manag. Syst. Artif. Intell. Sustain. Resilient Prod. Syst. APMS 2021.
Kassoul K., Cheikhrouhou N., Zufferey N. 2021. Buffer allocation design for unreliable production lines using genetic algorithm and finite perturbation analysis. Int. J. Prod. Res.
Badulescu Y., Hameri A.-P., Cheikhrouhou N. 2021.Sustainable partner selection for collaborative networked organisations with risk consideration in the context of COVID-19. J. Glob. Oper. Strateg. Sourc.
2020
Rorive-Feytmans B., C. Cordon, P. Garnerin, N. Cheikhrouhou. 2020. New paradigms in the management of healthcare networks-the 9 th conference on management and engineering of healthcare systems GISEH. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal 21 (2), 67-68.
Zakeri S., N. Cheikhrouhou. 2020. The orbital systems. International journal of applied decision sciences.
Mogale D. G., Naoufel Cheikhrouhou & Manoj Kumar Tiwari. 2020. Modelling of sustainable food grain supply chain distribution system: a bi-objective approach. International Journal of Production Research, 58 (18), 5521-5544.
Fathollahi-Fard AM, A. Ahmadi, F. Goodarzian, N. Cheikhrouhou, 2020. A bi-objective home healthcare routing and scheduling problem considering patients’ satisfaction in a fuzzy environment. Applied Soft Computing, 106385
2019
Nagare M., Dutta P. and Cheikhrouhou N. 2019. Extended distribution‐free newsvendor models with demand updates using experts’ judgment. International Transactions in Operational Research. In Press. doi:10.1111/itor.12700
Vafaeenezhad Taha, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou. 2019. Multi-objective mathematical modeling for sustainable supply chain management in the paper industry. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 135, 1092-1102.
Kaboli Amin, Rémy Glardon, Nicolas Zufferey, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou. 2019. Replenishment behavior in sequential supply chains. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. 32(3-4), 322-345.
Mediouni Abderrahmen, Nicolas Zufferey, Nachiappan Subramanian, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, 2019. Fit between humanitarian professionals and project requirements: Hybrid group decision procedure to reduce uncertainty in decision-making. Annals on Operations Research, 283 (1), 471-496.
Gardas BB, RD Raut, N Cheikhrouhou, BE Narkhede. 2019. A hybrid decision support system for analyzing challenges of the agricultural supply chain. Sustainable Production and Consumption 18, 19-32.
2018
Masmoudi Mohamed Amine, Manar I. Hosny, Emrah Demir, Konstantinos N. Genikomsakis, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou. 2018. The dial-a-ride problem with electric vehicles and battery swapping stations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 118, 392-420.
Masmoudi Mohamed Amine, Manar I. Hosny, Emrah Demir, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou. 2018. A study on the heterogeneous fleet of alternative fuel vehicles: Reducing CO2 emissions by means of biodiesel fuel. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, 63, 137–155.
Cheikhrouhou N., Biswajit Sarkar, Baishakhi Ganguly, Asif Iqbal Malik, Rafael Batista, Young Hae Lee. 2018. Optimization of sample size and order size in an inventory model with quality inspection and return of defective items. Annals of Operations Research. 271(2), 445-467.
2017
Panchal G., V. Jain, Cheikhrouhou N., M. Gurtner. 2017. Equilibrium analysis in multi-echelon supply chain with multi-dimensional utilities of inertial players. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. 2017. 16(4), 417–436.
Raut Rakesh, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Manoj Kharat. 2017. Sustainability in the Banking Industry: A Strategic Multi-criteria Analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment. 26(4), 550-568.
Pratap, S., Nayak, A., Kumar, A., Cheikhrouhou, N., Kumar Tiwari, M. 2017. An Integrated Decision Support System for Berth and Ship Unloader Allocation in Bulk Material Handling port. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 106, 386–399.
Ben Yahia W., Cheikhrouhou N., Ayadi O., Masmoudi F. 2017. A multi-objective optimization model for cooperative supply chain planning. Int. J. of Services and Operations Management. 26(2), 211-237.
2016
Rezaei-Malek M., Tavakkoli-Moghaddam R., Cheikhrouhou N., Taheri-Moghaddam A. 2016. An approximation approach to a trade-off among efficiency, efficacy, and balance for relief pre-positioning in disaster management. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 93, 485–509.
Nagare M., Dutta P., Cheikhrouhou N. 2016. Optimal ordering policy for newsvendor models with bidirectional changes in demand using expert judgment. OPSEARCH, 53(3), 620–647.
2015
Basu J., Subramanian N. Cheikhrouhou N. 2015. Review of Full Truck Load Transportation Service Procurement. Transport Reviews, 35 (5), 599-621.
2014
Soner S., Cheikhrouhou N. 2014. A multi criteria group decision making approach for collaborative software selection problem. Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 26 (1), 37-47.
Steinmetz S. et al. (Cheikhrouhou N.), 2014. Innovation and quality in web-based data collection. International Journal of Internet Science, 9(1), 64-71.
2013
Pezeshki Y., Baboli A., Cheikhrouhou N., M. Modarres, M. Akbari Jokar. 2013. A rewarding-punishing coordination mechanism based on Trust in a divergent supply chain, European Journal of Operational Research, 230 (3), 527-538.
Canetta L., Cheikhrouhou N. and Glardon R. 2013. Modelling hybrid demand (e-commerce “+” traditional) evolution: a scenario planning approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 143 (1), 95-108.
Ayadi O., Cheikhrouhou N., Masmoudi F. 2013. A decision support system assessing the trust level in supply chain based on information sharing dimensions. Computers and Industrial Engineering. 66 (2), 242-257.
Cheikhrouhou N. 2013. Selection of the best hybrid production planning and control strategy for supply chain management: A multi-criteria approach. International Journal of Logistics and SCM Systems, 6(1), 29-39.
2012
Ayadi O., Cheikhrouhou N., Masmoudi F. 2012. A new formulation of the two-dimensional cutting-stock problem with consideration of forecast planning, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, 4(1-2), 27-61
Cheikhrouhou N., Choudhary A., Al-Tawil A.H. 2012. Modelling Competence-based Virtual Organizations using the Unified Enterprise Competence Modelling Language. International Journal of Production Research, 50 (18), 5239-5258.
Cheikhrouhou N., Madinabeitia G., Pouly M. 2012. Trust categories and their impacts on information exchange processes in vertical collaborative networked organisations. Int. J. of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 25(12), 1134-1147
Vijaya, M., Sujay, D., Cheikhrouhou, N., Tiwari, M K. 2012. Optimal process plan selection in networked based manufacturing using game-theoretic approach. Int. J. of Production Research, 50 (18), 5239-5258.
Cheikhrouhou N., Pouly M., Huber C., Beeler J. 2012. Lessons learned from the lifecycle management of Collaborative Enterprises Networks: the case of Swiss Microtech. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 23 (8), 1129 – 1150.
Soner S., Ayadi O., Cheikhrouhou N. 2012. An Extensive Group Decision Methodology for Alliance Partner Selection Problem in Collaborative Networked Organisations. International Journal of Applied Logistics, 3(1), 1-19.
Steinmetz S. et al. (Cheikhrouhou N.), 2012. Webdatanet: A network on web-based data collection, methodological challenges, solutions, and implementation, International Journal of Internet Science, 7(1), 78-89.
2011
Cheikhrouhou N., Marmier F., Ayadi O., Wieser P., 2011. A collaborative demand forecasting process with event-based fuzzy judgments. Computers and Industrial Engineering. 61, 409-421.
Cheikhrouhou N., Pouly M., Huber C. Choudhary A., 2011. An Empirical Study on Human Aspects and Corresponding IT Support in Collaborative Enterprise Networks, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 17(2), 203-223.
Naciri S., Cheikhrouhou N., Pouly M., Binggeli J-C. Glardon R. 2011. ERP data sharing framework using a Generic Product Model (GPM), Expert Systems with Applications. 38(2), 1203-1212.
2010
Cheikhrouhou N., Piot G., Pouly M. 2010. A multi-criteria model for the evaluation of business benefits in horizontal collaborative networks, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 21 (3), 301-309.
Marmier F., Cheikhrouhou N. 2010. Structuring and integrating human knowledge in demand forecasting: a judgmental adjustment approach, Production Planning and Control, 21(4), 399-412.
Cheikhrouhou N., Marmier F. 2010. Human and organisational factors in planning and control: Editorial, Production Planning and Control, 21(4), 345-346.
2009
Cheikhrouhou N., Hachen C. and R. Glardon. 2009. A Markovian model for the hybrid manufacturing planning & control method Double Speed Single Production Line, Computers and Industrial Engineering, 57(3), 1022-1032.
2008
Pépiot G., Cheikhrouhou N., Furbringer J-M., Glardon R. 2008. A fuzzy approach for the evaluation of competences, International Journal of Production Economics, 112(1), 336-353.
2007
Pépiot G., Cheikhrouhou N., Furbringer J-M., Glardon R. 2007. UECML: Unified Enterprise Competence Modelling Language, Computers in Industry, 58 (2), 130-142.
2005
Canetta L., Cheikhrouhou N. and Glardon R., 2005. Applying two-stage SOM-based clustering approaches to industrial data analysis, Production Planning and Control, 16 (8), pp. 774-784.
2002
Cheikhrouhou N., Paris J.L. and Pierreval H., 2002. Une méthode de dimensionnement de lignes de transfert via l’Analyse de Perturbation Finie, European Journal of Automated Systems, 36(2), 199-221.