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Reviewer Appreciation 2025

Alice E. Smith

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): iv-xiii.
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Note from the Editor

Alice E. Smith

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): xiv-xvi.
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From Interaction to Prediction: A Multi-Interactive Attention-Based Approach to Product Rating Prediction

Li Yu, Wei Gong, Dongsong Zhang, Yu Ding, Zhe Fu

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 1-15.
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The Balanced Facility Location Problem: Complexity and Heuristics

Malena Schmidt, Bismark Singh

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 16-38.
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Iterated Inside Out: A New Exact Algorithm for the Transportation Problem

Roberto Bargetto, Federico Della Croce, Rosario Scatamacchia

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 39-52.
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Non-Monotonicity of Branching Rules with Respect to Linear Relaxations

Prachi Shah, Santanu S. Dey, Marco Molinaro

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 53-66.
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Fair and Reliable Reconnections for Temporary Disruptions in Electric Distribution Networks

Swati Gupta, Cyrus Hettle, Daniel Molzahn

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 67-85.
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A Computational Study of the Tool Replacement Problem

Yuzhuo Qiu, Mikhail Cherniavskii, Boris Goldengorin, Panos M. Pardalos

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 86-101.
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A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Robust Drone-Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows

Jaegwan Joo, Chungmok Lee

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 102-125.
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Activated Benders Decomposition for Day-Ahead Paratransit Itinerary Planning

Kayla Cummings, Alexandre Jacquillat, Vikrant Vaze

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 126-149.
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Alkaid-SDVRP: An Efficient Open-Source Solver for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Split Deliveries

Weibo Lin, Zhu He, Shibiao Jiang, Fuda Ma, Zhouxing Su, Zhipeng Lü

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 150-164.
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Heuristic Methods for Γ-Robust Mixed-Integer Linear Bilevel Problems

Yasmine Beck, Ivana Ljubić, Martin Schmidt

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 165-188.
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Online TSP and Online Dial-a-Ride with Predictions

Hsiao-Yu Hu, Hao-Ting Wei, Meng-Hsi Li, Kai-Min Chung, Chung-Shou Liao

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 189-206.
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Platelet Inventory Management with Approximate Dynamic Programming

Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi, Mahdi Mirjalili, Vahid Sarhangian

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 207-231.
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Approximate Resolution of Stochastic Choice-Based Discrete Planning

Jiajie Zhang, Yun Hui Lin, Gerardo Berbeglia

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 232-252.
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Cross-Entropy Method for the Maximal Covering Location Problem

Hongtao Wang, Jian Zhou

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 253-268.
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Designing a Framework for Solving Multiobjective Simulation Optimization Problems

Tyler H. Chang, Stefan M. Wild

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 269-294.
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Inference in Higher Order Undirected Graphical Models and Binary Polynomial Optimization

Aida Khajavirad, Yakun Wang

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 295-314.
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A Proximal Difference-of-Convex Algorithm for Sample Average Approximation of Chance Constrained Programming

Peng Wang, Rujun Jiang, Qingyuan Kong, Laura Balzano

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): 315-339.
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Editorial Board

INFORMS Journal on Computing Volume: 38, Number: 1 (January-February 2026): iii-iii.
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