A hybrid ensemble learning-based prediction model to minimize delay in air cargo transport using bagging and stacking (2021)
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Sahoo, R., Pasayat, A., Bhowmick, B., Fernandes, K., & Tiwari, M. (2022). A hybrid ensemble learning-based prediction model to minimize delay in air cargo transport using bagging and stacking. International Journal of Production Research, 60(2), 644-660. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.2013563

Manufacturing productivity is inextricably linked to air freight handling for the global delivery of finished and semi-finished goods. In this article, our focus is to capture the transport risk associated with air freight which is the difference bet... Read More about A hybrid ensemble learning-based prediction model to minimize delay in air cargo transport using bagging and stacking.

Improving social sustainability and reducing supply chain risks through blockchain implementation: role of outcome and behavioural mechanisms (2021)
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Chaudhuri, A., Bhatia, M., Kayikci, Y., Fernandes, K., & FossoWamba, S. (2023). Improving social sustainability and reducing supply chain risks through blockchain implementation: role of outcome and behavioural mechanisms. Annals of Operations Research, 327, 401–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04307-6

The implementation of blockchain technology holds promise for improving social sustainability and minimizing risks across the supply chain. A theory-driven analysis of how blockchain implementation affects social sustainability and minimizes risks (o... Read More about Improving social sustainability and reducing supply chain risks through blockchain implementation: role of outcome and behavioural mechanisms.

Evaporation of a thin droplet in a shallow well: theory and experiment (2021)
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D'Ambrosio, H., Colosimo, T., Duffy, B., Wilson, S., Yang, L., Bain, C., & Walker, D. (2021). Evaporation of a thin droplet in a shallow well: theory and experiment. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 927, Article A43. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.772

Motivated by the industrial manufacture of OLED displays, we formulate and analyse a mathematical model for the evolution of a thin droplet in a shallow axisymmetric well of rather general shape both before and after touchdown that accounts for the s... Read More about Evaporation of a thin droplet in a shallow well: theory and experiment.

Bilevel Programming for Manufacturers Operating in an Omnichannel Retailing Environment (2021)
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Gupta, V., Dakare, S., Fernandes, K., Thakur, L., & Tiwari, M. (2023). Bilevel Programming for Manufacturers Operating in an Omnichannel Retailing Environment. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(11), 3958 - 3975. https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3090653

This paper presents a joint production, pricing and inventory control problem that can help manufacturers manage revenue in an omnichannel environment. The paper puts forward a multi-period Stackelberg game between a manufacturer and a retailer, assu... Read More about Bilevel Programming for Manufacturers Operating in an Omnichannel Retailing Environment.

Evaporation of Binary-Mixture Liquid Droplets: The Formation of Picoliter Pancakelike Shapes (2021)
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Pahlavan, A. A., Yang, L., Bain, C. D., & Stone, H. A. (2021). Evaporation of Binary-Mixture Liquid Droplets: The Formation of Picoliter Pancakelike Shapes. Physical Review Letters, 127(2), Article 024501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.127.024501

Small multicomponent droplets are of increasing importance in a plethora of technological applications ranging from the fabrication of self-assembled hierarchical patterns to the design of autonomous fluidic systems. While often far away from equilib... Read More about Evaporation of Binary-Mixture Liquid Droplets: The Formation of Picoliter Pancakelike Shapes.

Wetting and Drying of Aqueous Droplets Containing Nonionic Surfactants CnEm (2021)
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Shi, J., Yang, L., & Bain, C. D. (2021). Wetting and Drying of Aqueous Droplets Containing Nonionic Surfactants CnEm. Langmuir, 37(14), 4091-4101. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03479

This paper presents a systematic study of the wetting and drying of aqueous pico-liter droplets containing nonionic surfactants polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers (CnEm; n = 10, 12, 14, m = 6 or 8) in comparison with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl s... Read More about Wetting and Drying of Aqueous Droplets Containing Nonionic Surfactants CnEm.

Optimal pricing strategies for Manufacturing-as-a Service platforms to ensure business sustainability (2021)
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Chaudhuri, A., Datta, P. P., Fernandes, K. J., & Xiong, Y. (2021). Optimal pricing strategies for Manufacturing-as-a Service platforms to ensure business sustainability. International Journal of Production Economics, 234, Article 108065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108065

Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) is a service which delivers manufactured products by connecting its network of suppliers with its customers on a digital platform. The long term sustainability of the MaaS platforms depends on their pricing strategy... Read More about Optimal pricing strategies for Manufacturing-as-a Service platforms to ensure business sustainability.