A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network Available to Purchase

Younis Jabarzadeh is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Head of Management Department at the University of Tabriz. He received his PhD in Operations and Production Management from the University of Tehran. He has published more than 40 papers in journals and conferences and led more than 20 regional and national research projects. In addition to academic teaching and research, he serves as a Strategy and Operations Consultant in different industrial sectors like oil and gas, construction and auto industry. Also, he is the Executive Secretary of the International Business Management Journal of the University of Tabriz. Strategic decision-making, supply chain and operations strategy and management and project management are among his research interests.

Hossein Reyhani Yamchi is a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student at Tabriz University. He earned a BS in chemical engineering from the Sahand University of Technology in Tabriz. He teaches courses in optimization software (e.g. Solver for Microsoft Excel, GAMS and AMPL) at the University of Tabriz. He is interested in simulation, optimization and planning in supply chain management studies. His thesis is also in the field of sustainable agricultural closed-loop supply chain optimization.

Vikas Kumar is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and Director of Research at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England (UWE), UK. He holds a PhD degree in Management Studies from Exeter Business School, University of Exeter, UK. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals and international conferences, including the Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Production Research, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Expert System with Applications, Computers and Industrial Engineering and Production Planning and Control. He serves on the editorial board of a number of international journals, including International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, International Journal of Manufacturing Systems and International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research. He has successfully secured funding in the excess of £1m from various research agencies such as EPSRC, Innovate UK, British Academy, Newton Fund and British Council. His current research interests include sustainability, circular economy, food supply chains, operational excellence and business model innovation.

Nader Ghaffarinasab is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Tabriz. Dr. Ghaffarinasab has received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2014. His main interested research areas include logistics, transport economics, facility location and supply chain management. His papers have been published in top optimization journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Computers and Operations Research, etc. He also has more than five years of experience in teaching and supervising students in departments of industrial engineering and management.