EJOR Editors' Choice Articles, July 2026 Chosen by
Emanuele Borgonovo:
Ata Atay, Christian Trudeau. Optimistic and pessimistic approaches for cooperative games. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 328 (2026), Pages 725-733, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.09.002
José Fernando Oliveira:
Hipólito Hernández-Pérez, Jorge Riera-Ledesma, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Martín, Juan-José Salazar-González. Optimal area polygonisation problems: Mixed integer linear programming models. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 329 (2026), Pages 767-777, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.08.023
Steffen Rebennack:
Luiz Henrique Cherri, Adriana Cristina Cherri, Everton Fernandes Silva, José Fernando Oliveira. A branch-and-cut algorithm for nesting problems with guillotine constraints. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 335 (2026), Pages 50-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.03.030
Roman Słowiński:
Lennart Zey, Dirk Briskorn. Don’t let your breaks go to waste: The waste-performance-tradeoff-problem. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 334 (2026), Pages 377–391, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.02.021
Ruud Teunter:
Joost F. van der Haar, Willem van Jaarsveld, Rob J.I. Basten, Robert N. Boute. Industrializing deep reinforcement learning for operational spare parts inventory management. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 334 (2026), Pages 128-140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.04.006
Mike Yearworth:
Pengfei Luo, Ting Lu, Dandan Song. Strategic capacity investment and optimal subsidies with carbon emission reduction. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 333 (2026), Pages 917-930, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.01.046
EJOR Editors' Choice Articles, January 2026 Chosen by
Emanuele Borgonovo:
Ying Zhong, Jianzhong Du, Deng-Feng Li, Zhaolin Hu. Reference alternatives based knockout-tournament procedure for ranking and selection. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 320 (2025), Pages 628-641, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.08.031
José Fernando Oliveira:
William St-Arnaud, Margarida Carvalho, Golnoosh Farnadi. Adaptation, comparison and practical implementation of fairness schemes in Kidney Exchange Programs. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 325 (2025), Pages 38-52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.02.014
Steffen Rebennack:
Jannis Kurtz, Ş. İlker Birbil, Dick den Hertog. Counterfactual explanations for linear optimization. European Journal of Operational Research Volume 329 (2026), Pages 24-41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.06.016
Roman Słowiński:
Alessandro Agnetis, Mario Benini, Gaia Nicosia, Andrea Pacifici. Trade-off between utility and fairness in two-agent single-machine scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 323 (2025) , Pages 767-779, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.01.025
Ruud Teunter:
Sebastian Malicki, Stefan Minner. The impact of initial inventory assumptions on cost performance in lot-sizing models. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 329 (2026), Pages 447-459, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.07.052
Mike Yearworth:
Yulong Li, Zhuang Wang, Yinghua Shen, Witold Pedrycz. Cost management with default risk in large-scale group decision making: A method based on cooperative bargaining game. European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 329 (2026), Pages 556-576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.07.047

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