Journal Contents: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences (IJSDS)

Shubin Xu (College of Business and Management, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, USA), John Wang (School of Business, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, USA)

Amir Karami (School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA), London S. Bennett (University of South Carolina Honors College, Columbia, USA), Xiaoyun He (Department of Information Systems, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, USA)

Shantanu Shankar Bagchi (Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India), Rik Paul (IBS Hyderabad (Constituent of IFHE University), Hyderabad, India)

Joshin John (Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India), Rajiv Kumar Srivastava (Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India)

Vikas Kumar (School of Business Studies, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India), Aashish Bhardwaj (Mewar University, Chittorgarh, India)

Ritanjali Panigrahi (Indian Institute of Management, MDU Campus, Rohtak, India), Praveen Ranjan Srivastava (Indian Institute of Management, MDU Campus, Rohtak, India)

Duarte Gonçalves (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa)

Anil Kumar (School of Management, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, India), Manoj Kumar Dash (Behavioural Economics Experiments and Analytics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India), Rajendra Sahu (Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India)

Sam Aubrey Fabian February (Vodacom, Centurion, South Africa)

Gregory W. Ulferts (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, USA), Terry L. Howard (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, USA), Nicholas J. Cannon (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, USA)

Praveen Ranjan Srivastava (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak Campus, Sunaria (Rohtak), 124001, India), Anand Sharma (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak Campus, Sunaria (Rohtak), 124001, India), Rama Shankar Yadav (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak Campus, Sunaria (Rohtak), 124001, India), Satyendra Kumar Sharma (BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India), Inderjeet Kaur (Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak Campus, Sunaria (Rohtak), 124001, India)

Jack M. Rappaport (Brilliance Consulting, Ambler, USA), Stephen B. Richter (Computer Science Department, West Chester University, West Chester, USA), Dennis T. Kennedy (Management and Leadership Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA)

Kashika Sud (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India), Jatinder Kumar Jha (XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India)

Zheng Li (School of Logistics and Trade, Xi'an Eurasia University, Xi'an, China)

Bartolomeu Madeira (ISCTE-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal), Jorge Gomes (ADVANCE, ISEG - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal), Mário Romão (ISEG - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal)

Anil Kumar (School of Management, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, India), Manoj Kumar Dash (Behavioural Economics Experiments and Analytics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India)

Nwachukwu Prince Ololube (Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

Michael D'Rosario (Department of Finance, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia)

Daniel W. Keebler (Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, USA), Paul D. Albertelli Jr. (United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, USA & Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA), Briance Mascarenhas (Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, USA)

Brian J. Galli (School of Computer Science, Innovation, & Management Engineering,Long Island University,Brookville, NY, USA), Mohamad Amin Kaviani (Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran), Paula Steisel Goldfarb (New York University, New York, NY, USA), Ardeshir Shahmaei (Division of Business and Information Management,Neumann University,Aston, PA, USA)

Michael D'Rosario (Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia)

T. Sai Vijay (Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India), Sanjeev Prashar (Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India), Chandan Parsad (Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India)

Muhammad Atif Khan (Department of Commerce, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Kotli, Pakistan), Muhammad Asif Khan (School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China & Department of Commerce, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Kotli, Pakistan), Idrees Liaqat (Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

Darius Danesh (School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia), Michael J. Ryan (School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia), Alireza Abbasi (School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia)

Le Van Huy (Department of Marketing, University of Economics - The University of Danang, Danang, Vietnam), Pham Long (School of Management, College of Business & Social Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA), Aidan O'Connor (ESCEM, Poitiers, France &Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany), Pham Dinh Tuyen (University of Westminster, London, UK)

S. Asiya Z. Kazmi (Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland)

Radha Appan (Department of Information Systems, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA), Dorcia E. Bolton (Department of Marketing, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA), Sreedhar Madhavaram (Department of Marketing, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mohsen Davoudkhani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran & LCFC, Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, Metz, France), Hamed Farrokhi-Asl (School of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Jatinder Kumar Jha (XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India), Manjari Singh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)

Brian J. Galli (School of Computer Science, Innovation, & Management Engineering, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, USA), Mohamad Amin Kaviani (Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran), Eleonora Bottani (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy), Teresa Murino (Department of Chemicals, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)

Ned Kock (Department of International Business and Technology Studies, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, USA), Shaun Sexton (Megabus USA, Chicago, IL, USA)

Reza Kiani Mavi (Center for Innovative Practice, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia), Navid Zarbakhshnia (Young Researchers and Elites Club, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Qazvin, Iran), Armin Khazraei (Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran)

B. Rajesh Kumar (Institute of Management Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates), K.S. Sujit (Institute of Management Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran), Shadi Sadri (Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Zheng Li (School of Business, Xi'an Eurasia University, Xi'an, China), Yan Wang (School of Business, Xi'an Eurasia University, Xi'an, China), Qin Chen (BBD Index, Business Big Data (BBD), Chengdu, China)

Pham Long (School of Banking and Finance, National Economics University, Ha Noi, Vietnam), Phan Dien Vy (Human Resources Department, Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Joshi P. Sarang (National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India), H V Bhasin (National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India), Rakesh Verma (National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India), Manoj Govind Kharat (National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India)

Jack M. Rappaport (Brilliance Consulting, Ambler, PA, USA), Stephen B. Richter (Computer Science Department,West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA), Dennis T. Kennedy (Business Systems and Analytics Department,La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Joshin John (Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Lucknow, India & Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, Kerala, India), Sushil Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Lucknow, India)

Bernardo Meyer (Departamento de Ciências da Administração – CAD, Centro Sócio-Econômico – CSE, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil), Victor Meyer Jr. (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mahyar Taheri (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mohammad Ravanbakhsh (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Sanjeev Prashar (IIM Raipur, Raipur, India), Chandan Parsad (IIM Raipur, Raipur, India), T Sai Vijay (IIM Raipur, Raipur, India)

Ahmad Heydari (Department Mathematics, Firouzabad Institute of Higher Education, Firouzabad, Iran), Ali Mahmoodirad (Department of Mathematics, Masjed-Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed-Soleiman, Iran), Sadegh Niroomand (Department of Industrial Engineering, Firouzabad Institute of Higher Education, Firouzabad, Iran)

EnDer Su (Risk Management and Insurance, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Thomas W. Knowles (Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA), Yu-Gin Fen (College of Finance and Banking, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan)

Brian J. Galli (School of Computer Science, Innovation, & Management Engineering, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA)

Joao S. Neves (Department of Management, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA), Behnam Nakhai (Department of Management and Marketing, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA, USA)

Malek Tajadod (Department of Industrial Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran), Mohammadali Abedini (Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran), Ali Rategari (School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden & Volvo GTO, Köping, Sweden), Mohammadsadegh Mobin (Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, USA)

Pham Long (School of Banking and Finance, National Economics University, Ha Noi, Vietnam), Le Trung Thanh (Graduate School, National Economics University, Ha Noi, Vietnam)

Mohammad Taghi Taghavifard (Department of Industrial Management, College of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran)

Jun-Der Leu (Department of Business Administration, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan & Department of Business Administration Munich University of Applied Sciences, München, Germany), Larry Jung-Hsing Lee (Department of Business Administration, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan), André Krischke (Department of Business Administration, Munich University of Applied Sciences, München, Germany)

Michael D'Rosario (Department of Finance, Deakin Business School, Deakin University Melbourne, Australia)

Emina Katica (Hogeschool-Universiteit van Brussel (HUB), Brussels, Belgium), Semra Boga (Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Alexander M. Tolksdorf (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA), Terry L. Howard (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA), Gregory W. Ulferts (College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA)

Theresa Jefferson (Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA), Gloria Phillips-Wren (Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA), Phoebe D. Sharkey (Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA)

F.W. (Ward) van Vierssen Trip (Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands), Nam C. Nguyen (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia), Ockie J.H. Bosch (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Amir Farshbaf-Geranmayeh (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mohsen Hasani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mahyar Rezaei (School of Industrial EngineeringCollege of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Geoffrey Hill (Department of Management & Information Systems, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA), Pratim Datta (Department of Management & Information Systems, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA), William Acar (Department of Management & Information Systems, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Sina Keyhanian (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, & University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands), Maryam Ghazanfari (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Marzieh Baseri (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Moeen Sammak Jalali (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Thomas L. Saaty (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Lanndon Ocampo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines), Eppie Clark (Department of Industrial Engineering, De La Salle University – Manila, Manila, Philippines), Kae Vines Tanudtanud (Research Assistant, International Society for Business Innovation & Technology Management, Manila, Philippines)

Mohammad Dalvi Esfahani (Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia), Mehrbakhsh Nilashi (Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia), Azizah Abdul Rahman (Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia), Amir Hossein Ghapanchi (School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, QLD, Australia), Nor Hidayati Zakaria (Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia)

Alireza Ghasemi (Industrial Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Sasan Esmaeili (Industrial Engineering Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Marco Spruit (Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands), Bas Vlug (Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Lucía Martínez Ordóñez (Faculty of Economics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany), Jörg Schimmelpfennig (Faculty of Economics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany)

S. Asiya Z. Kazmi (Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland), Marja Naarananoja (Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland), Juha Kytola (Ship Power, Fleets Corner, Wärtsilä, Poole, United Kingdom)

Mohamad Amin Kaviani (Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran), Mehdi Abbasi (Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)

Hadj Ahmed Bouarara (GeCode Laboratory, Tahar Moulay University of Saida Algeria, Saida, Algeria), Reda Mohamed Hamou (GeCode Laboratory, Tahar Moulay University of Saida Algeria, Saida, Algeria), Abdelmalek Amine (GeCode Laboratory, Tahar Moulay University of Saida Algeria, Saida, Algeria)

Christopher M. Smith (TRADOC Analysis Center, Monterey, CA, USA), William T. Scherer (Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA), Andrew Todd (Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA), Daniel T. Maxwell (KaDSci, LLC, Springfield, VA, USA)

S. Asiya Z. Kazmi (Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland), Marja Naaranoja (Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland), Juha Kytölä (Wärtsilä, Finland, and Department of Production, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland)

Payam Hanafizadeh (Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accountancy, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran), Amir Hossein Mortazavi Qahi (Department of Financial Engineering, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran), Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam (Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)

Sanjeev Prashar (Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India), S.K. Mitra (Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India)

Gaurav Khatwani (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, India), Praveen Ranjan Srivastava (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, India)

Hossein Khakbaz (Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies,University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia), Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya (Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia)

Usman Durrani (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Zijad Pita (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Joan Richardson (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), John Lenarcic (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)

Rashmi Malhotra (Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Saeed Asadi Bagloee (PARSONS, Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Mohsen Asadi (Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran), Cyrus Mohebbi (Department of Information, Operation and Management Science, Kaufman Management Center, New York University, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Morgan Stanley, Purchase, USA)

Salim Lahmiri (ESCA School of Management, Casablanca, Morocco), Mounir Boukadoum (Department of Computer Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada), Sylvain Chartier (School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Mohammed S. Agha (School of Industrial Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan), Mohammed J. Alnahhal (The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Transport Systems and Logistics, Duisburg-Essen University, Duisburg, Germany), Salah R. Agha (Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine), Ahmed S. Alafeefy (Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine)

Steven P. Coy (Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA), Margaret F. Shipley (Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA), J. Brooke Shipley-Lozano (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries - Artificial Reef Program, Dickinson, TX, USA)

Kaveh Khalili-Damghani (Department of Industrial Engineering, South-Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran), Maryam Najmodin (Department of Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management Institute, Tehran, Iran)

Usman Khan Durrani (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Zijad Pita (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Joan Richardson (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)

Salim Lahmiri (ESCA School of Management, Casablanca, Morocco & Department of Computer Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada)

Morteza Yazdani (Department of Business Management,Universidad Europea de Madrid,Madrid, Spain), Felipe R. Graeml (Department of Business Management,Universidad Europea de Madrid,Madrid, Spain)

Sankar Kumar Roy (Department of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India), Deshabrata Roy Mahapatra (Department of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India)

Ehsan Yadegari (Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran), Mostafa Ekhtiari (Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran), Mostafa Zandieh (Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran), Akbar Alem-Tabriz (Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)

Bau-Jung Chang (Department of Business Administration, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Pin Chen (Department of Business Administration, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan)

Ahmad Jafarnejad Chaghooshi (Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Ehsan Khanmohammadi (Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Maryam Faghei (Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Amir Karimi (Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Wan-Chun Hsiung (Department of Sport and Health Management, DaYeh University, Changhua, Taiwan), Pi-Heng Chung (Department of Hospitality Management, De Lin Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan)

Khashayar Hojjati-Emami (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada), Balbir S. Dhillon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada), Kouroush Jenab (College of Aeronautics, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA)

William Acar (Graduate School of Management, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA), Alan T. Burns (Education Consultant, Las Vegas, NV, USA), Pratim Datta (Graduate School of Management, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA)

Dennis M. Crossen (Business Systems and Analytics Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Prem Lal Joshi (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia), Ashutosh Deshmukh (Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA, USA), Nik Mohamad Zaki Nik Salleh (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia), Nahariah Jaffar (Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia)

K.K. Aggarwal (Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India), Arun Kumar Tyagi (Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India)

P. Vijaya Laxmi (Department of Applied Mathematics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh, India), V. Goswami (School of Computer Application, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India), K. Jyothsna (Department of Applied Mathematics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh, India)

Khashayar Hojjati-Emami (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada), Balbir S. Dhillon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada), Kouroush Jenab (Society of Reliability Engineering-Ottawa, Toronto, ON, Canada)

G. Varaprasad (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus (P.O.), Calicut, Kerala, India), R. Sridharan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus (P.O.), Calicut, Kerala, India), Anandakuttan B. Unnithan (Marketing Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK Campus (P.O.), Calicut, Kerala, India)

Payam Hanafizadeh (Department of Management and Accounting, Allemeh Tabataba’i University of Tehran, Iran), Neda Rastkhiz Paydar (Department of Management and Accounting, Allemeh Tabataba’i University of Tehran, Iran)

Salim Lahmiri (Department of Computer Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, & ESCA School of Management, Casablanca, Morocco)

Yanzhen Li (Continuous Improvement Manager, H&V Collision Center, Colonie, NY, USA), Rapinder S. Sawhne (Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA), Joseph H. Wilck (Department of Engineering, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA)

John Wang (Department of Information & Operations Management, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA), Qiannong Gu (Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA), Gang Wang (Department of Global Management Studies, Nathan Weiss Graduate College, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA)

Chandra K. Jaggi (Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India), Aditi Khanna (Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India), Sarla Pareek (Department of Operational Research, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India), Ritu Sharma (Department of Operational Research, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India)

Fatemeh Akbari (Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran), Hamed Fazlollahtabar (Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran), Iraj Mahdavi (Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran)

Nirmal S. Kalsi (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, India), Rakesh Sehgal (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India), Vishal S. Sharma (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)

Kanchan Das (Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA), Scott A. Dellana (Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA)

Peter Schanbacher (Department of Quantitative Economics and Finance, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany)

Robert Schultz (Department of Systems Engineering & Management, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA), Ahmad Sarfaraz (Department of Systems Engineering & Management, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA), Kouroush Jenab (Society of Reliability Engineering-Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

Sanjay Kumar (Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Pennsylvania State University–Erie, Erie, PA, USA), Ashutosh Deshmukh (Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Pennsylvania State University–Erie, Erie, PA, USA), Jiangxia Liu (Dahlkemper School of Business, Gannon University, Erie, PA, USA), Kathryn E. Stecke (Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA)

Masoud Rabbani (Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Seyyed Mostafa Bahadornia (Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Masoomeh Moradi (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Abdollah Aghaie (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Monireh Hosseini (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Ebrahim Teimoury (Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran), Mahdi Fathi (Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)

R. Muthu Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India), G. Varaprasad (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India), R. Sridharan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India), Anandakuttan B. Unnithan (Department of Marketing Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Calicut, Kerala, India)

Masoud Rabbani (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Amirhossein Najjarbashi (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mohammad Joudi (School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Sima Ghayebloo (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Mohammad Jafar Tarok (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Mostafa Abedzadeh (Department of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Claver Diallo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada)

Salim Lahmiri (Department of Computer Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, & ESCA School of Management, Casablanca, Morocco), Mounir Boukadoum (Department of Computer Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada), Sylvain Chartier (School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)

Abirami Radhakrishnan (Department of Information Science & Systems, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA), Sheela Thiruvadi (Department of Accounting & Finance, Morgan State University, Baltimore MD, USA), Dessa David (Department of Information Science & Systems, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA)

Baoying Lai (University of East London, UK), Nathan Lael Joseph (Aston University, UK)

Aditya Vikram Rajkumar (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Jeffrey Williams (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Mariya A. Sodenkamp (University of Paderborn, Germany), Leena Suhl (University of Paderborn, Germany)

Kathryn E. Stecke (University of Texas at Dallas, USA), Yong Yin (Yamagata University, Japan), Ikou Kaku (Akita Prefectural University, Japan), Yasuhiko Murase (Akita Prefectural University, Japan)

Yi-Fen Chen (Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan), Bi-Chu Chen (Jinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Chia-Wen Tsai (Ming Chuan University, Taiwan), Wen-Yu Chen (Chinese Culture University, Taiwan), Lee-Wei Wei (Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan)

Chandra K. Jaggi (University of Delhi, India), Anuj Sharma (University of Delhi, India), Reena Jain (University of Delhi, India)

Derrick S. Boone (Wake Forest University, USA)

Kouroush Jenab (Society of Reliability Engineers - Ottawa, Canada), Sam Khoury (East Carolina University, USA), Ahmad R. Sarfaraz (California State University, Northridge, USA)

Partha Guchhait (Vidyasagar University, India), Pravash Kumar Giri (Vidyasagar University, India), Manas Kumar Maiti (Mahishadal Raj College, India), Manoranjan Maiti (Vidyasagar University, India)

William Acar (Kent State University, USA), Douglas A. Druckenmiller (Western Illinois University, USA)

Kouroush Jenab (Society of Reliability Engineering-Ottawa, Canada), Selva Staub (Haliç University, Turkey)

Hamed Fazlollahtabar (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran), Ermia Aghasi (University of Guilan, Iran), Peter Forte (ESCEM School of Business and Management, France)

Hossein Arsham (University of Baltimore, USA)

Sina Golara (Industrial Engineering Department, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Nasim Mousavi (Industrial Engineering Department, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Mohammad Jafar Tarokh (Industrial Engineering Department, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran), Mostafa Hosseinzadeh (Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran)

Dimitris Folinas (Department of Logistics, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Mohammed Altharwa (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)

John Wang (Department of Information & Operations Management, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA), Bin Zhou (College of Business, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA), Ruiliang Yan (Department of Management & Marketing, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA)

Narges Yousefpoor (Department of Commercial Management, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran), Steven Meisel (La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

K. K. Aggarwal (Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India), Alok Kumar (Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India)

Raffaele Grasso (NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy), Marco Cococcioni (NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy), Michel Rixen (NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy), Alberto Baldacci (NSIGHT SAS, Italy)

Jun-Der Leu (National Central University, Taiwan), Yu-Tsung Huang (Kaulin Manufacturing Company, Taiwan), Li-Ting Huang (Chang Gung University, Taiwan)

Abirami Radhakrishnan (Morgan State University, USA), Dessa David (Morgan State University, USA), Douglas Hales (The University of Rhode Island, USA), V. Sri Sridharan (Clemson University, USA)

Jagdish Pathak (University of Windsor, Canada), Navneet Vidyarthi (Concordia University, Canada)

Joao S. Neves (The College of New Jersey, USA), Behnam Nakhai (Millersville University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Debora Di Caprio (York University, Canada), Francisco J. Santos-Arteaga (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)

Chandra K. Jaggi (University of Delhi, India), Satish K. Goel (University of Delhi, India), Mandeep Mittal (Amity School of Engineering and Technology, India)

Lafang Wang (Hunan University, China), Rui Xie (Hunan University, China), Jun Liu (Hunan University, China)

Sarojini Jajimoggala (GITAM University, India), V. V. S. Kesava Rao (Andhra University, India), Beela Satyanarayana (Andhra University, India)

Gour Chandra Mahata (Sitananda College, India), Puspita Mahata (Srikrishna College, India)

Jörg Schimmelpfennig (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)

Saeed A. Bagloee (Parsons Overseas Limited, UAE), Christopher G. Reddick (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

T. V. S. Ramamohan Rao (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)

Ebrahim Teimoury (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran), Mohammad Modarres Yazdi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran), Iman Ghaleh Khondabi (ETKA Center of Advanced Science and Technology, Iran), Mahdi Fathi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)

R. Uthayakumar (Gandhigram Rural University, India), M. Valliathal (Chikkaiah Naicker College, India)

Derrick S. Boone (Wake Forest University - Schools of Business, USA)

Phoebe D. Sharkey (Loyola University Maryland, USA), Wesley Hsu (Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, USA), Sachin Batra (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA), Daniele Rigamonti (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA)

Omprakash K. Gupta (University of Houston-Downtown, USA), S. Samar Ali (Fortune Institute of International Business, India), Rameshwar Dubey (Asian Council of Logistics Management, India)

Chandra K. Jaggi (University of Delhi, India), Amrina Kausar (University of Delhi, India)

Veena Goswami (KIIT University, India), G. B. Mund (KIIT University, India)

Milan Zeleny (Fordham University, USA and The Tomas Bata Univesity, Czech Republic)

Thomas L. Saaty (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Liem T. Tran (University of Tennessee, USA)

Kenneth E. Kendall (Rutgers University, USA), Sue Kong (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA), Julie E. Kendall (Rutgers University, USA)

Minghe Sun (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

William Acar (Kent State University, USA), Sergey Anokhin (Kent State University, USA), Marvin D. Troutt (Kent State University, USA)

Nagihan Çömez (Bilkent University, Turkey), Kathryn E. Stecke (University of Texas at Dallas, USA), Metin Çakanyildirim (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Zijad Pita (RMIT University, Australia), France Cheong (RMIT University, Australia), Brian Corbitt (RMIT University, Australia)

L. Douglas Smith (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA), Robert M. Nauss (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA)

Gilbert Laporte (HEC Montréal, Canada)

Nathan Lael Joseph (Aston University, UK), Khelifa Mazouz (Bradford University, UK)

Mark Wareing (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, UK)

France Cheong (RMIT University, Australia), Brian J. Corbitt (RMIT University, Australia)

John Davies (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Chinho Lin (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan), Chu-hua Kuei (Pace University, USA), Christian N. Madu (Pace University, USA), Janice Winch (Pace University, USA)

Haiyang Chen (William Paterson University, USA), Michael Y. Hu (Kent State University, USA), G. Peter Zhang (Georgia State University, USA)

Charalambos L. Iacovou (Wake Forest University, USA), Larry Shirland (University of Vermont, USA), Ronald Thompson (Wake Forest University, USA)

Jennie Johnson (The University of Texas at Brownsville, USA), Tom Coyle (The University of Texas at Brownsville, USA)

Mian M. Ajmal (Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE), Yohanes Kristianto (University of Vaasa, Finland)

Sarojini Jajimoggala (GITAM University, India), V.V.S. Kesava Rao (Andhra University, India), Satyanarayana Beela (Andhra University, India)

Tobias Mettler (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Michael Braulke (Universität Osnabrück, Germany), Jörg Schimmelpfennig (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)