Dr Amin Vafadarnikjoo
Management School
Lecturer in Operations Management and Decision Sciences
+44 114 222 3453
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Management School
B067
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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Amin Vafadarnikjoo is a Lecturer in Operations Management and Decision Sciences at Sheffield University Management School.
Amin gained his PhD from the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. Prior to joining the University of Sheffield, he worked as a Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School.
His research interests lie in the field of operations and supply chain management and decision sciences. His articles have been published in Annals of Operations Research and International Journal of Management Reviews among others.
Amin is a member of the British Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, European Operations Management Association, International Society in MCDM and Operational Research Society. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Research interests
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- Decision analysis
- Multiple criteria decision making
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Supply chain risk management
- Service operations
- Smart manufacturing technologies
- Industry 4.0/5.0
- Publications
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Journal articles
- A novel grey multi-objective binary linear programming model for risk assessment in supply chain management. Supply Chain Analytics, 2.
- A stratified decision-making model for long-term planning: application in flood risk management in Scotland. Omega, 116.
- A hierarchical reference-based know-why model for design support of sustainable building envelopes. Automation in Construction, 139.
- Services procurement : a systematic literature review of practices and challenges. International Journal of Management Reviews. View this article in WRRO
- A socio-economic and environmental vulnerability assessment model with causal relationships in electric power supply chains. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. View this article in WRRO
- A hybrid neutrosophic-grey analytic hierarchy process method : decision-making modelling in uncertain environments. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021. View this article in WRRO
- Analyzing blockchain adoption barriers in manufacturing supply chains by the neutrosophic analytic hierarchy process. Annals of Operations Research. View this article in WRRO
- A neutrosophic enhanced best–worst method for considering decision-makers’ confidence in the best and worst criteria. Annals of Operations Research, 289(2), 391-418. View this article in WRRO
- Understanding interdependencies among social sustainability evaluation criteria in an emerging economy. Sustainability, 12(5). View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of consumers' motivations to purchase a remanufactured product by applying Fuzzy Delphi method and single valued neutrosophic sets. Journal of Cleaner Production, 196, 230-244. View this article in WRRO
- An artificial immune algorithm for ergonomic product classification using anthropometric measurements. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 94, 621-629. View this article in WRRO
- A grey DEMATEL approach to develop third-party logistics provider selection criteria. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 116(4), 690-722.
- Commentary on ‘Construction projects selection and risk assessment by Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS methodologies’ [Applied Soft Computing 17 (2014): 105–116]. Applied Soft Computing, 36, 419-421.
- Intuitionistic fuzzy based DEMATEL method for developing green practices and performances in a green supply chain. Expert Systems with Applications, 42(20), 7207-7220.
- An intuitionistic fuzzy DEMATEL methodology for prioritising the components of SWOT matrix in the Iranian insurance industry. International Journal of Operational Research, 20(4), 439-439.
- Unpacking critical success factors to improve supply chain effectiveness, efficiency and performance: a 7Vs framework for consideration. Production Planning & Control, 1-15.
Chapters
- Scenario analysis for long-term planning: stratified decision-making models in sustainable supply chains, Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Supply Chain Management (pp. 117-139). Elsevier
Conference proceedings papers
- Multiple criteria decision analysis under uncertainty in sustainable construction : a neutrosophic modified best-worst method. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 323(1). Graz, Austria, 11 September 2019 - 14 September 2019. View this article in WRRO
- An intuitionistic fuzzy-based DEMATEL to rank risks of construction projects. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Vol. 0 (pp 1366-1377)
- An integrated AHP-GIS-MCLP method to locate bank branches. IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015 (pp 1104-1113)
- An integrated gray-fuzzy cause and effect approach to determine the most significant categories of project risks. IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015 (pp 987-996)
- A meta-heuristic approach to locate optimal switch locations in cellular mobile networks. International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2015, ASEM 2015 (pp 203-212)
- A hybrid approach of intuitionistic fuzzy set theory and dematel method to prioritize selection Criteria of bank branches locations. International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2015, ASEM 2015 (pp 595-604)
- A servqual model approach integrated with fuzzy AHP and fuzzy topsis methodologies to rank life insurance firms. International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2015, ASEM 2015 (pp 605-614)
- Research group
- Grants
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Grant Year Amount Research, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Stimulation Fund-University of Sheffield (Co-I) 2022-2023 £3,979 University of East Anglia Social Science Faculty PhD Studentship 2016-2019 £45,138 Third Best Graduate Paper Award by Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) conference in Detroit, Michigan, USA 2016 $200
- Teaching activities
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- MGT138: Analysis for Decision Making
- MGT6085: Global Supply Chain Leadership
- PhD Supervision
Amin is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Multiple criteria decision making
- Data-driven decision making
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Supply chain risk management
- Service operations
- Emerging technologies in supply chain management and logistics (Industry 4.0 and 5.0)
- Performance measurement systems
Dr Amin Vafadarnikjoo supervises:
- PhD student Fasha Johanis