Recent publications
| Publication | Year of publication | Type of publication |
|---|---|---|
| KOUKI, C., M. DRENT, M. Z. BABAI, C. DRENT, "Dedicated maintenance and repair shop control for spare parts networks", European Journal of Operational Research, 2026, no. 331, pp. 809-822 | 2026 | Journal article |
| BACHA, B., Y. BOUCHERY, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "Impact of pricing and replenishment decisions on food waste at stores and households", International Journal of Production Economics, 2026, vol. 291, pp. 109851 | 2026 | Journal article |
| PETROPOULOS, F., H. AKKERMANS, O. Z. AKSIN, I. ALI, M. Z. BABAI, A. BARBOSA-POVOA, O. BATTAIA, M. BESIOU, N. BOYSEN, S. BRAMMER, A. BRANDON-JONES, D. BRISKORN, T. R. BROWNING, P. BUIJS, P. CENTOBELLI, A. CHIARINI, P. COUSINS, E. A. CUDNEY, A. DAVIES, S. J. DAY, R. DE KOSTER, R. DEKKER, J. DENICOL, M. DESPEISSE, S. M. DISNEY, A. DOLGUI, L. DUONG, M. EL-QALLALI, B. FAHIMNIA, F. FAKHREDIN, S. B. GERSHWIN, S. GHAMAT, V. GIANNIKAS, C. H. GLOCK, J. GODSELL, K. GOVINDAN, C. HANNIBAL, A. HAUG, T. HERNAUS, J. HSUAN, D. IVANOV, M. JAHRE, B. JOHANSSON, M. S. KALIDOSS, A. KANELLOPOULOS, D. KANNAN, E. KARUL, K. V. KATSIKOPOULOS, A. BEGÜM KILIC-ARARAT, R. KOLISCH, M. KOPPENBERG, M. KUMAR, Y.-H. KUO, A. KUSIAK, M. A. LEWIS, S. F. W. T. LIM, V. LIMÈRE, J. LIU, O. MAGHAZEI, M. MARIĆ, J. MEISSNER, M. MEUWISSEN, P. MICHELI, S. NANAYAKKARA, B. NUR ÖZDEMIR, T. PAPADOPOULOS, S. PAVELIN, S. PERERA, W. PHILLIPS, D. PRAK, H. PUN, S. A. QAZI, U. RAMANATHAN, G. REINER, E. REITSMA, J. K. ROEHRICH, N. R. SANDERS, J. SARKIS, N. ANDRÉ SCHMID, C. G. SCHMIDT, A. SCHROEDER, K. SELVIARIDIS, S. SEURING, C. SHI, B.-G. SON, M. SPRING, B. SQUIRE, W. V. DER VALK, D. P. VAN DONK, G.-J. VAN HOUTUM, M. WILHELM, F. WYNSTRA, T. ZHENG, "Operations & supply chain management: principles and practice", International Journal of Production Research, 2026, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 330–513 | 2026 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., M. ARAMPATZIS, M. HASNI, F. LOLLI, A. TSADIRAS, "On the use of machine learning in supply chain management: a systematic review", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2025, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 21–49 | 2025 | Journal article |
| LOLLI, F., M. Z. BABAI, A. M. CORUZZOLO, L. ZANETTI, "Hierarchical clustering for joint replenishment: an application to spare parts", International Journal of Production Research, 2025, vol. 63, no. 23, pp. 9298-9321 | 2025 | Journal article |
| KHAN, J., A. ISHIZAKA, M. Z. BABAI, "Enhancing multi-criteria inventory classification: Resolving boundary issues with VIKOR-Fuzzy Sorting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2025, vol. 281, pp. 109526 | 2025 | Journal article |
| MASMOUDI, M., A. CHEAITOU, M. Z. BABAI, "Home healthcare network design with sustainability and inventory considerations", International Journal of Production Research, 2025, vol. 63, no. 21, pp. 7998-8025 | 2025 | Journal article |
| TEUNTER, R. H., M. Z. BABAI, A. A. SYNTETOS, "Simple Economic Order Quantity heuristics for stochastic inventory control", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2025, vol. 36, pp. 649–667 | 2025 | Journal article |
| KAFA, N., M. Z. BABAI, W. KLIBI, "Forecasting mail flow: A hierarchical approach for enhanced societal wellbeing", International Journal of Forecasting, 2025, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 51-65 | 2025 | Journal article |
| OMRI, O., N. KAFA, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, B. ROSTAMI-TABAR, "On the inventory performance of hierarchical forecasting approaches: case of a vaccine supply chain", Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2025 | 2025 | Journal article |
| HASNI, M., M. S. AGUIR, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "A Machine Learning Model for Accurate Credit Risk Forecasting in Banking Systems: An Empirical Investigation", International Journal of Supply and Operations Management, 2024, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 168-187 | 2024 | Journal article |
| HASNI, M., M. Z. BABAI, B. ROSTAMI-TABAR, "A hybrid LSTM method for forecasting demands of medical items in humanitarian operations", International Journal of Production Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 17, pp. 6046-6063 | 2024 | Journal article |
| KOUKI, C., J. ARTS, M. Z. BABAI, "Performance evaluation of a two-echelon inventory system with network lost sales", European Journal of Operational Research, 2024, vol. 314, no. 2, pp. 647-664 | 2024 | Journal article |
| WANG, M., M. AMIRI AREF, W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, "Global multi-sourcing network design with inventory planning under uncertainty", International Journal of Production Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 21, pp. 7660–7686 | 2024 | Journal article |
| LIU, Y., S. JASIMUDDIN, M. Z. BABAI, "Exploring servitization and digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises: evidence from an industrial internet platform in China", International Journal of Production Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 2812-2831 | 2024 | Journal article |
| OMAR, H., W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, Y. DUCQ, "Basket data-driven approach for omnichannel demand forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2023, vol. 257, pp. 108748 | 2023 | Journal article |
| KIM, N., B. MONTREUIL, W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, "Network inventory deployment for responsive fulfillment", International Journal of Production Economics, 2023, vol. 250, pp. 108664 | 2023 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., D. IVANOV, O. K. KWON, "Optimal ordering quantity under stochastic time-dependent price and demand with a supply disruption: A solution based on the change of measure technique", Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, 2023, vol. 116 | 2023 | Journal article |
| ELHACHFI-ESSOUSSI, I., M. MASMOUDI, M. Z. BABAI, "Multi-criteria decision-making for collaborative COVID-19 surge management and inter-hospital patients’ transfer optimisation", International Journal of Production Research, 2023, vol. 61:23, pp. 7992-8021 | 2023 | Journal article |
| ROSTAMI-TABAR, B., M. Z. BABAI, A. SYNTETOS, "To aggregate or not to aggregate: Forecasting of finite autocorrelated demand", Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2023, vol. 74, no. 8, pp. 1840–1859 | 2023 | Journal article |
| NOORWALI, A., M. Z. BABAI, Y. DUCQ, "Impacts of additive manufacturing on supply chains: an empirical investigation", Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2023, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 182–193 | 2023 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., B. ROSTAMI-TABAR, J. E. BOYLAN, "Demand forecasting in supply chains: a review of aggregation and hierarchical approaches", International Journal of Production Research, 2022, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 324-348 | 2022 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., Y. DAI, Q. LI, A. SYNTETOS, X. WANG, "Forecasting of lead-time demand variance: implications for safety stock calculations", European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, vol. 296, pp. 846-861 | 2022 | Journal article |
| BOYLAN, J. E., M. Z. BABAI, "Estimating the cumulative distribution function of lead-time demand using bootstrapping with and without replacement", International Journal of Production Economics, 2022, vol. 252, pp. 108586 | 2022 | Journal article |
| PETROPOULOS, F., F., D. APILETTI, V. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, M. Z. BABAI, D. K. BARROW, S. BEN TAIEB, "Forecasting: theory and practice", International Journal of Forecasting, 2022, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 705-871 | 2022 | Journal article |
| PRAK, D., R. H. TEUNTER, M. Z. BABAI, J. E. BOYLAN, A. A. SYNTETOS, "Robust compound Poisson parameter estimation for inventory control", Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, 2021, vol. 104, pp. 102481 | 2021 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., H. CHEN, A. A. SYNTETOS, D. LENGU, "A compound-Poisson Bayesian approach for spare parts inventory forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, vol. 232, pp. 107954 | 2021 | Journal article |
| FIROOZI, M., M. Z. BABAI, W. KLIBI, Y. DUCQ, "Distribution planning for multi-echelon networks considering multiple sourcing and lateral transshipments", International Journal of Production Research, 2020, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 1968-1986 | 2020 | Journal article |
| BENRQYA, Y., M. Z. BABAI, D. ESTAMPE, B. VALLESPIR, "Cross-docking or traditional warehousing: what is the right distribution strategy for your product", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2020, vol. 50 (2), no. 2, pp. 255-285 | 2020 | Journal article |
| KOUKI, C., B. LEGROS, M. Z. BABAI, O. JOUINI, "Analysis of base-stock perishable inventory systems with general lifetime and lead-time", European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, vol. 287, no. 3, pp. 901-915 | 2020 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., A. TSADIRAS, C. PAPADOPOULOS, "On the empirical performance of some new neural network methods for forecasting intermittent demand", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2020, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 281–305 | 2020 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., Y.DALLERY, S.BOUBAKER, R.KALAI, "A new method to forecast intermittent demand in the presence of inventory obsolescence", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 30-41 | 2019 | Journal article |
| BALUGANI, E., F. LOLLI, R. GAMBERINI, B. RIMINI, M. Z. BABAI, "A periodic inventory system of intermittent demand items with fixed lifetimes", International Journal of Production Research, 2019, vol. 57, no. 22, pp. 6993-7005 | 2019 | Journal article |
| KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, Z.JEMAI, S.MINNER, "Solution procedures for lost sales base-stock inventory systems with compound Poisson demand", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 172-182 | 2019 | Journal article |
| ROSTAMI-TABAR, B., M. Z.BABAI, M.ALI, J.BOYLAN, "The impact of temporal aggregation on supply chains with ARMA(1,1) demand processes", European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, vol. 273, pp. 920-932 | 2019 | Journal article |
| HASNI, M., M. S. AGUIR, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "Spare parts demand forecasting: a review on bootstrapping methods", International Journal of Production Research, 2019, vol. 57, no. 15-16, pp. 4791-4804 | 2019 | Journal article |
| HASNI, M., M. AGUIR, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "On the performance of adjusted bootstrapping methods for intermittent demand forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 216, pp. 145-153 | 2019 | Journal article |
| HASNI, M., M. Z.BABAI, M.AGUIR, Z.JEMAI, "An investigation on bootstrapping forecasting methods for intermittent demands", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 20-29 | 2019 | Journal article |
| SUN, L., R.TEUNTER, M. Z.BABAI, G.HUA, "Optimal pricing for ride-sourcing platforms", European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 783-795 | 2019 | Journal article |
| AMIRI AREF, M., W.KLIBI, M. Z.BABAI, "The Multi-Sourcing Location Inventory Problem with Stochastic Demand", European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 266, pp. 72-87 | 2018 | Journal article |
| KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, S.MINNER, "On the benefit of dual-sourcing in managing perishable inventory", International Journal of Production Economics, 2018, vol. 204, pp. 1-17 | 2018 | Journal article |
| OLDE KEIZER, M., R.TEUNTER, J.VELDMAN, M. Z.BABAI, "Condition-based maintenance for systems with economic dependence and load sharing", International Journal of Production Economics, 2018, vol. 195, pp. 319-327 | 2018 | Journal article |
| TEUNTER, R., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOKHORST, A.SYNTETOS, "Revisiting the value of information sharing in two-stage supply chains", European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 270, pp. 1044-1052 | 2018 | Journal article |
| TEUNTER, R., A.SYNTETOS, M. Z.BABAI, "Stock keeping unit fill rate specification", European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, vol. 259, pp. 917-925 | 2017 | Journal article |
| ALI, M., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOYLAN, A.SYNTETOS, "Supply chain forecasting when information is not shared", European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, vol. 260, no. 3, pp. 984-994 | 2017 | Journal article |
| BEN MOHAMED, I., W. KLIBI, O. LABARTHE, J.-C. DESCHAMPS, M. Z. BABAI, "Modelling and solution approaches for the interconnected city logistics", International Journal of Production Research, 2017, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2664-2684 | 2017 | Journal article |
| BABAI, M. Z., J.BOYLAN, A.SYNTETOS, M.ALI, "Reduction of the value of information sharing as demand becomes strongly auto-correlated", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 130-135 | 2016 | Journal article |
| BOYLAN, J., M. Z.BABAI, "On the performance of overlapping and non-overlapping temporal demand aggregation approaches", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 136-144 | 2016 | Journal article |
| KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, Z.JEMAI, S.MINNER, "A coordinated multi-item inventory system for perishables with random lifetime", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 226-237 | 2016 | Journal article |
| LADHARI, T., M. Z.BABAI, I.LAJILI, "Multi-criteria inventory classification: new consensual procedures", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2016, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 335-351 | 2016 | Journal article |
| NIKOLOPOULOS, K. I., M. Z.BABAI, K.BOZOS, "Forecasting supply chain sporadic demand with nearest neighbor approaches", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 177, pp. 139-148 | 2016 | Journal article |
| SYNTETOS, A., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOYLAN, S.KOLASSA, K. I.NIKOLOPOULOS, "Supply Chain Forecasting: Theory, Practice, their Gap and the Future", European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 252, pp. 1-26 | 2016 | Journal article |
| SYNTETOS, A., R.TEUNTER, M. Z.BABAI, S.TRANSCHEL, "On the benefits of delayed ordering", European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 248, no. 3, pp. 963-970 | 2016 | Journal article |
Teaching domains
Operations Management/Supply Chain
Research domains
Supply Chain & Logistics
- Inventory management
- Forecasting
Operations Management
Kedge Insights
| Insights | Others authors | Category | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prévision de la demande et gestion des stocks de pièces de rechange : un défi pour les entreprises | None | Publication highlight |
Supply Chain |
| Partage des prévisions de la demande au sein de la supply chain : quel bénéfice escompté ? | None | Publication highlight |
Supply Chain |