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International Logistics and Productivity Improvement Laboratory

Journal Publications

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Some of the work done in the ILPIL/EAL has been published in different media. In this section you can find a sample of what has been published and presented by our team:

Recent Publications:

  1. Peinado-Guerrero, M. A., & Villalobos, J. R. (2022). Using inventory as energy storage for demand-side management of manufacturing operations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 375, 134213.
  2. Ulloa, R., & Villalobos, J. R. (2022). Impact of special-denomination label constraints on fresh produce supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108742.
  3. Elio, J., Peinado-Guerrero, M., Villalobos, R., & Milcarek, R. J. (2022). An energy storage dispatch optimization for demand-side management in industrial facilities. Journal of Energy Storage, 53, 105063.
  4. Munoz, L., Villalobos, J. R., & Fowler, J. W. (2022). Exact and heuristic algorithms for the parallel machine total completion time scheduling problem with dual resources, ready times, and sequence-dependent setup times. Computers & Operations Research, 143, 105787.
  5. Syam, M. M., Cabrera-Calderon, S., Vijayan, K. A., Balaji, V., Phelan, P. E., & Villalobos, J. R. (2022). Mini Containers to Improve the Cold Chain Energy Efficiency and Carbon Footprint. Climate, 10(5), 76.
  6. Peinado-Guerrero, M., & Villalobos, J. R. (2022). Technology-enabled, Rapid-Response Fresh Food Supply Chains: A Paradigm and Case Study. Transportation Research Procedia, 67, 39-45.
  7. Hernández-Cruz, X., Villalobos, J. R., Runger, G., & Neal, G. (2022). Layered Market Intelligence System. Transportation Research Procedia, 67, 31-38.
  8. Hernández-Cruz, X., Runger, G., Villalobos, J. R., & Neal, G. (2022). Layered Decision Environment for Agricultural Market Intelligence. In IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings (pp. 1-6). Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).
  9. Elio, J., Phelan, P., Villalobos, R., & Milcarek, R. J. (2021). A review of Energy Storage Technologies for demand-side management in Industrial Facilities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 307, 127322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127322
  10. Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Villalobos, J.R., Phelan, P.E., Campbell, N.A., 2021. Stochastic framework for peak demand reduction opportunities with solar energy for manufacturing facilities. J. Clean. Prod. 313, 127891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127891
  11. Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Villalobos, J.R., 2021. Optimization of Energy Demand Management in Manufacturing Operations through Production Shifting and Energy Storage Utilization, Journal of Energy Storage, Under Review.
  12. Elio, J., Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Phelan, P., Villalobos, R., Milcarek, R.J., 2021. An Energy Storage Dispatch Optimzation for Demand-Side management in Industrial Facilities, Journal of Energy Storage, Under Review.
  13. Campbell, N.A., Phelan, P.E., Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Villalobos, J.R., 2021. Improved Air-Conditioning Demand Response of Connected Communities over Individually Optimized Buildings Energies 14, no. 18: 5926. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185926
  14. Elio, J., Phelan, P., Villalobos, R., & Milcarek, R. J. (2021). Renewable Energy Systems for demand-side management in Industrial Facilities. ASME 2021 Power Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/power2021-64381
  15. Hernández-Cruz, X., Neal, G., Runger, G., & Villalobos, J. R. (2021). Fresh produce analytical framework. IIE Annual Conference.Proceedings, , 1016-1021. Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/fresh-produce-analytical-framework/docview/2560888736/se-2?accountid=4485
  16. Riley DM, Tian J, Güngör-Demirci G, Phelan P, Villalobos JR, Milcarek RJ. Techno-Economic Assessment of CHP Systems in Wastewater Treatment Plants. Environments. 2020; 7(10):74. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7100074
  17. Flores, H., & Villalobos, J. R. (2020). A stochastic planning framework for the discovery of complementary, Agricultural Systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 280(2), 707–729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.07.053
  18. González-Ramírez, R. G., Villalobos, J. R., & Meneses, C. (2020). The strategic design of Port Services based on a total landed cost approach. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 32(1), 96–120. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-01-2020-0026
  19. Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Campbell, N.A., Villalobos, J.R., Phelan, P.E., 2020. A Framework for Demand-Side Management With Demand Response Input. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2020-16635
  20. Campbell, N.A., Peinado-Guerrero, M.A., Phelan, P.E., Villalobos, J.R., 2020. A Comprehensive Framework for Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2020-16637
  21. Gungor-Demirci, Derail M. Riley Jiashen Tian Gamze, et al. “Techno-Economic Assessment of CHP Systems in Wastewater Treatment Plants.” Environments, vol. 7, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 1B+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A641302394/AONE?u=anon~ef625f0f&sid=googleScholar&xid=b52178f6. Accessed 3 Nov. 2021.
  22. Majluf-Manzur, Á. M., González-Ramirez, R. G., Velasco-Paredes, R. A., & Villalobos, J. R. (2021). An operational planning model to support First Mile Logistics for small fresh-produce growers. Production Research, 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_17
  23. Ahumada Valenzuela, Omar; Villalobos, Jesus Rene; Leyva López, Juan Carlos & Solano Noriega, Jesús Jaime (2020). A Decision Support System for Planning New Products Introductions in Fresh Produce Supply Chains. Cuadernos de Administración, 33.
  24. Flores, H., Villalobos, J. R., Ahumada, O., Uchanski, M., Meneses, C., & Sanchez, O. (2019). Use of supply chain planning tools for efficiently placing small farmers into high-value, vegetable markets. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 157, 205–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.12.050
  25. Villalobos, J. R., Soto-Silva, W. E., González-Araya, M. C., & González–Ramirez, R. G. (2019). Research directions in technology development to support real-time decisions of Fresh Produce Logistics: A review and research agenda. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 167, 105092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2019.105092
  26. Ahumada, O., & Villalobos, J. R. (2019). Decision support models for fresh fruits and vegetables supply chain management. Sustainable Food Supply Chains, 317–337. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-813411-5.00022-3
  27. Obaidat M, Al-Ghandoor A, Phelan P, Villalobos R, Alkhalidi A. Energy and Exergy Analyses of Different Aluminum Reduction Technologies. Sustainability. 2018; 10(4):1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041216
  28. Flores, H., & Villalobos, J. R. (2018). A modeling framework for the strategic design of local fresh-food systems. Agricultural Systems, 161, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.12.001

Previous Publications:

  1. Flores, H., Meneses, C., Villalobos, J. R., & Sanchez, O. (2017). Improvement of Feedlot Operations Through Statistical Learning and Business Analytics Tools. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 143, 273–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.10.026
  2. Seo, K. (2017). Data analysis and experimental design for accelerated life testing with heterogeneous group effects (Order No. 10601107). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1950267230). Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/data-analysis-experimental-design-accelerated/docview/1950267230/se-2?accountid=4485
  3. Wishon, C., & Rene Villalobos, J. (2016). Alleviating food disparities with mobile retailers: Dissecting the problem from an or perspective. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 91, 154–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2015.11.014
  4. Wishon, C., & Villalobos, J. R. (2016). Robust efficiency measures for linear knapsack problem variants. European Journal of Operational Research, 254(2), 398–409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.04.025
  5. Ruiz-Vanoye, J., Cedillo-Campos, M., Fuentes-Penna, A., Díaz-Parra, O., & Villalobos, R. (2016). Editorial for volume 7 number 1: The space transportation. International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics, 7(1), 1-2. Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/editorial-volume-7-number-1-space-transportation/docview/1794160863/se-2?accountid=4485
  6. Ramos Torres, I., Romero Dessens, L. F., Martínez Flores, J. L., Olivares Benítez, E., & Durand Villalobos, R. R. (2016). Atributos del problema DINÁMICO de control operacional de agvs en la Distribución de Materiales. EPISTEMUS, 10(20), 100–104. https://doi.org/10.36790/epistemus.v10i20.30
  7. Mason, A. N., & Villalobos, J. R. (2015). Coordination of perishable crop production using auction mechanisms. Agricultural Systems, 138, 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2015.04.008
  8. Mason, N., Flores, H., Villalobos, J. R., & Ahumada, O. (2015). Planning the planting, harvest, and distribution of fresh horticultural products. Handbook of Operations Research in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry, 19–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2483-7_2
  9. Mejia Sanchez, L. (2014). Reliability information and testing integration for new product design (Order No. 3629228). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1561345641). Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/reliability-information-testing-integration-new/docview/1561345641/se-2?accountid=4485
  10. Flores, H., & Villalobos, J. R. (2013). Using market intelligence for the opportunistic shipping of fresh produce. International Journal of Production Economics, 142(1), 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.012
  11. Liangjie Xue, et al. “Forecasting and Capacity Planning for Nogales Port of Entry.” Transportation Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, Penn State University Press, 2013, pp. 417–40, https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.52.4.0417.
  12. Maltz, A. B., Carter, J. R., & Villalobos, J. R. (2012). Procurement from developing countries. Handbook of Global Logistics, 269–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6132-7_12
  13. Ahumada, O., Rene Villalobos, J., & Nicholas Mason, A. (2012). Tactical Planning of the production and distribution of fresh agricultural products under uncertainty. Agricultural Systems, 112, 17–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.06.002
  14. Xue, L., & Villalobos, J. R. (2012). A multi-objective optimization primary planning model for a Poe (Port-of-entry) inspection. Journal of Transportation Security, 5(3), 217–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12198-012-0093-8
  15. Torres, A. J., Villalobos, J. R., Jijon, M. S., & Alomoto, N. (2012). Planning models for floriculture operations. International Journal of Applied Management Science, 4(2), 148. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijams.2012.046206
  16. Shinde, A. (2012). Modeling frameworks for supply chain analytics (Order No. 3503623). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1010272885). Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/modeling-frameworks-supply-chain-analytics/docview/1010272885/se-2?accountid=4485
  17. Operational model for planning the harvest and distribution of perishable agricultural products – SciencAhumada, O., & Villalobos, J. R. (2011). Operational model for planning the harvest and distribution of perishable agricultural products. International Journal of Production Economics, 133(2), 677–687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.015eDirect
  18. Ahumada, O., & Villalobos, J. R. (2009). A tactical model for planning the production and distribution of fresh produce. Annals of Operations Research, 190(1), 339–358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-009-0614-4
  19. Aguirre, F., Villalobos, J. R., Phelan, P. E., & Pacheco, R. (2011). Assessing the relative efficiency of energy use among similar manufacturing industries. International Journal of Energy Research, 35(6), 477–488. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.1701
  20. Villalobos, J. R., Gutierrez, M. A., Mar, L. R., Sanchez, O., & Ahumada, O. (2011). The use of dynamic work sharing production methods to reduce the impact of labour turnover in serial assembly lines. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 23(1/2), 34. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmtm.2011.042107
  21. Flores, H. M. (2011). Opportunistic fresh produce commercialization under two-market disintegration (Order No. 1497440). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (885867589). Retrieved from http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/opportunistic-fresh-produce-commercialization/docview/885867589/se-2?accountid=4485
  22. Meneses, Cesar and Villalobos, J. René, “Determination of Operational Parameters for an Efficient Container Service in the Port of Guaymas” (2010). 11th IMHRC Proceedings (Milwaukee, Wisconsin. USA – 2010). 36. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pmhr_2010/36
  23. Aguirre, F, J.R. Villalobos, P.E. Phelan, J.R. Pacheco, “Development of Energy-Production Signatures to Assess the Relative Energy Use Efficiency in a Manufacturing Plant”, Energy: The International Journal, In Press, 2009.
  24. Villalobos, J.R, M.A. Gutierrez, L. Mar, and O. Sanchez, “The Use of Dynamic Work Sharing Production Methods to Adapt to Labor Turnover in Serial Assembly Lines”, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, In Press, 2009.
  25. Ahumada, O. and J.R. Villalobos, “Planning the Production and Distribution of Fresh Produce”, Annals of Operations Research, 2009, In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0614-4.
  26. González-Ramírez, R. G., R. G. Askin, N. R. Smith, and R. Villalobos, “Shipment Consolidation by Terminals and Vehicles”, Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 178-187, 2009.
  27. Garcia H., R. Villalobos, R. Pan and G. Runger, “A Novel Feature Selection Method for the Quadratic Discriminant Function.” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Volume 31, Issue 7,  pp.1338 – 1344, July 2009.
  28. Ahumada, O. and J.R. Villalobos, “Application of Planning Models in the Agri-Food Supply Chain: A review,” The European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, Volume 196, Issue 1, 1, Pp. 1-20, July 2009.
  29. Garcia, H and J.R. Villalobos, “Automated Refinement of Automated Visual Inspection Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Volume 6,  Issue 3,  pp. 514 – 524, July 2009.
  30. Quintana, R., J.H. Wang, J.R. Villalobos and M. Graul, “Corrective Maintenance through Dynamic Work Allocation and Preemption: Case Study and Application of Bucket Brigade System” International Journal of Production Research, Volume 47, Number 13, pp. 3539-3557, January 2009.
  31. Alghandoor, A., P.E. Phelan, R. Villalobos, B.E. Phelan, “Modeling and Forecasting the U.S. Manufacturing Aggregate Energy Intensity,” International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 501 – 513, 2008.
  32. Alghandoor, A., P.E. Phelan, R. Villalobos, B.E. Phelan, “U.S. Manufacturing Aggregate Energy Intensity Decomposition: the Application of Multivariate Regression Analysis,” International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 91 – 106, 2008.
  33. Villalobos, JR, “The Stock Portfolio Game,” INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 8, Num. 1, September 2007, http://ite.pubs.informs.org/Vol8No1/Villalobos/
  34. Jeong, In-Jae; J.V. Leon, V Jorge; and J. R. Villalobos, ” Integrated decision support system for diagnosis, maintenance planning and scheduling of manufacturing systems,” International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 45, Num 2, pp. 267 – 285, 2007.
  35. Montano, A, J.R. Villalobos,  M.A. Gutierrez and L.R. Mar, “Performance of Serial Assembly Line Designs under unequal Operator Speeds and Learning,” International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 45 No 22, pp. 5355–5381, 2007.
  36. Garcia H., R. Villalobos and G. Runger, “Automated Feature Selection for Visual Inspection Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 394 – 406, October 2006.
  37. Van den Briel, M. , J.R. Villalobos, G.L. Hogg, T. Lindeman and A. Mule, “Development of Efficient Boarding Strategies at America West Airlines,” Interfaces, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 191–201, May–June 2005.
  38. Villalobos, J.R., L. Munoz and M.A. Gutierrez, “An Application of Fixed and Adaptive Multivariate SPC Charts for On-line Monitoring of SMD Assembly,” International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 95, No. 1: pp. 109-121, 2005.
  39. Villalobos, J.R., M. Arellano, A. Medina and F. Aguirre, “Vector Classification of SMD Images,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 265-282, 2003.
  40. Munoz L. and J.R. Villalobos “Work Allocation Strategies for Serial Assembly Lines under High Labor Turnover”, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 1835-1852, 2002.
  41. Verduzco, A, J.R. Villalobos and B. Vega, “Information-Based Inspection Allocation for Real-Time Inspection Systems,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 20, No.1, pp. 13-22, 2001
  42. Guerra, Enrique and J. Rene Villalobos “A three dimensional Automated Visual Inspection System for SMT Assembly, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 40. Num. 1-2, pp. 175-190 June 2001
  43. Quintana, R. and J.R. Villalobos, “A Systematic Performance Rating Methodology,” International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 5, Num. 2, June 1998.
  44. Hutchinson, S., J.R. Villalobos and M. Beruvides “Managing Work Time Variability Caused by Labor Turnover in a Serial Assembly Line”, The International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 3201-3223, 1997.
  45. Guerra, Enrique, Alfonso Manriquez and J. Rene Villalobos “Three Dimensional Automated Visual Inspection of Surface Mounted Devices,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 33, Num. 1-2, Oct 1997.
  46. Estrada, F., J.R. Villalobos and L. Roderick “Evaluation of Just-in-Time Strategies in the Electric Wire-Harness Industry,” The International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 1993-2008, 1997.