Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

• Edirisinghe NCP. and James RJW. (2014) Fleet routing position-based model for inventory pickup under production shutdown. European Journal of Operational Research 236(2): 736-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.12.039. (Journal Articles)

• Nakagawa Y., James RJW., Rego C. and Edirisinghe C. (2014) Entropy-Based Optimization of Nonlinear Separable Discrete Decision Models. 60(3): 695-707. (Journal Articles)

• Nakagawa Y., James RJW., Rego C. and Edirisinghe C. (2014) Entropy-Based Optimization of Nonlinear Separable Discrete Decision Models. Management Science 30(3): 695-707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2013.1772. (Journal Articles)

• Dye S., Jackson PR., James R., Mahakalanda I., Pinto A., Raffensperger JF., Read EG., Read RA. and Starkey SR. (2012) Integrated Modelling of Electricity and Water Markets: A Progress Report From Canterbury. Auckland, New Zealand: EPOC Winter Workshop, 6-6 Jul 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• James RJW. and Almada-Lobo B. (2011) Single and parallel machine capacitated lotsizing and scheduling: New iterative MIP-based neighborhood search heuristics. Computers & Operations Research 38(12): 1816-1825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.02.005. (Journal Articles)

• Almada-Lobo B. and James RJW. (2010) Neighbourhood search meta-heuristics for capacitated lot-sizing with sequence-dependent setups. International Journal of Production Research 48(3): 861-878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540802446787. (Journal Articles)

• James R. and Almada-Lobo B. (2010) Mathematical Programming-based Heuristics for Production Planning. In Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the ORSNZ: 376-385. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• James R. and Almada-Lobo B. (2009) Iterative MIP-based Neighborhood Search for Multi-Machine Capacitated Lotsizing with Sequence-dependent Setups. Hamburg, Germany: 8th Metaheuristic International Conference (MIC 2009), 13-16 Jul 2009. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Smith-Miles KA., James RJW., Giffin JW. and Tu Y. (2009) Discovering Relationships between Scheduling Problem Structure and Heuristic Performance. Christchurch, New Zealand: 44th Annual ORSNZ Conference, 3-4 Dec 2009. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Smith-Miles KA., James RJW., Giffin JW. and Tu Y. (2009) A Knowledge Discovery Approach to Understanding Relationships between Scheduling Problem Structure and Heuristic Performance. In Stützle T (Ed.), Learning and Intelligent Optimization: 89-103. Berlin: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11169-3_7. (Chapters)

• (2007) Comparing Heuristic Performance using Problem Space Enumeration and Meta-Heuristics. Montreal, Canada: The Seventh Metaheuristics International Conference, 25-29 Jun 2007. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• Cooper AJ. and James RWJ. (2007) Barriers and Motives for Planning System Adoption. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research 6(2): 65-82. (Journal Articles)

• Onishi J., Kimura S., James RJW. and Nakagawa Y. (2007) Solving the Redundancy Allocation Problem With a Mix of Components Using the Improved Surrogate Constraint Method. IEEE Transactions on Reliability 56(1): 94-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TR.2006.884602. (Journal Articles)

• Isada Y., James RJW. and Nakagawa Y. (2005) An approach for solving nonlinear multi-objective separable discrete optimization problems with one constraint. European Journal of Operational Research 162(2): 503-513. (Journal Articles)

• James RJW. (2005) Timetabling a Grouped Progressive Lunch. Wellington, New Zealand: 40th Annual Conference of the Operational Research and Management Science in New Zealand (ORSNZ), 2 Dec 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• James RJW. (2005) Speeding Up Local Search Neighborhood Evaluation for a Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Problem. In Ibaraki T; Nonobe K; Yagiura M (Ed.), Metaheuristics: Progress as Real Problem Solvers: 333-348. New York: Springer. (Chapters)

• James RJW. and Nakagawa Y. (2005) Enumeration Methods for Repeatedly Solving Multidimensional Knapsack Sub-Problems. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems E88-D(10): 2329-2340. (Journal Articles)

• James RJW. and Storer RH. (2005) Techniques for Solving Subset Sum Problems within a Given Tolerance. International Transactions in Operational Research 12(4): 437-454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3995.2005.00517.x. (Journal Articles)

• Kimura S., James RJW., Ohnishi J. and Nakagawa Y. (2004) The System Reliability Optimization Problems by using an Improved Surrogate Constraint Method. In Advanced Reliability Modeling: Proceedings of the 2004 Asian International Workshop (AIWARM 2004): 261-268. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• James RJW. (2003) Speeding up Local Search Neighborhood Evaluation for a Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Problem. Kyoto, Japan: 5th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC2003), 25 Aug 2003. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• James RJW. and Storer RH. (2003) Methods for Solving Subset Sum Problems. In Proceedings of the 2003 ORSNZ: 29-38. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Isada Y., James RJW. and Nakagawa Y. (2002) Application of Target Approach to Software Development Considering Risk Management. In : 164-173. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• James RJ. (2000) A Framework for Search Heuristics. In Proceedings of the 2000 ORSNZ: 199-207. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Dean HT., Baggaley JN. and James RJW. (1999) Three dimensional container packing of drums and palletts. Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand: Procs. ORSNZ 34th Annual Conference, 1 Jan 1999. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• James RJW. (1998) Long term memory strategies for solving the E/T scheduling problem. Auckland, New Zealand: Procs. ORSNZ 33rd Annual Conference, 1 Jan 1998. (Conference Contributions - Other)

• James RJW. and Buchanan JT. (1998) Performance enhancements to tabu search for the early/tardy scheduling problem. European Journal of Operational Research 106: 254-265. (Journal Articles)

• James RJW. and Buchanan JT. (1998) Robustness of single machine scheduling problems to earliness and tardiness penalty errors. Annals of Operations Research 76: 219-232. (Journal Articles)

• James RJW. (1997) Using Tabu search to solve the common due date early/tardy machine scheduling problem. Computers and Operations Research 24(3): 199-208. (Journal Articles)

• James RJW. and Buchanan JT. (1997) A neighbourhood scheme with a compressed solution space for the early/tardy scheduling problem. European Journal of Operational Research 102: 513-527. (Journal Articles)

Editorial Work

• Editorial Adv. Board - Computers and Operations Research (From 1999) Editorial Advisory Board Member ( 1997 - 2002)

Review and Refereeing

• Annals of Operations Research ( 2008 - 2023)
• International Journal of Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Engineering Systems ( 2000 - 2005)
• International Journal of Production Economics ( 2011 - 2023)
• International Journal of Production Research ( 2009 - 2023)
• Journal of Combinatorial Optimization ( 2008 - 2023)
• Journal of the Operational Research Society ( 1997 - 2002)
• Journal of the Operational Research Society ( 2000 - 2023)
• Journal of the Operational Research Society ( 2000 - 2005)