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Muhammet Gul is PhD and has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, , Tunceli, . He received his MSc in Industrial Engineering from Yildiz Technical University. His research interests are in simulation modeling, healthcare system management, occupational safety and risk assessment, multi-criteria decision-making and fuzzy sets. His papers appeared in International high-cited journals such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Knowledge-Based Systems, Applied Soft Computing, Journal of Safety Research, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of the Operational Research Society. Now, he is the editor in chief of two book projects that will be released in 2020: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Applications in Healthcare Management Science (IGI-Global) and Fine–Kinney-based multi-criteria risk assessment: Approaches, Case studies and Python applications (Springer). He will also conduct a new thematic issue in 2021 for a Bentham Science journal Current Chinese Computer Science (CCCS) called as Operations Research/ Management Science in Healthcare: New Methodologies and Applications.

Erkan Celik received BSc and MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He also received PhD in Industrial Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey in 2015. He is now Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering from Munzur University, Tunceli, Turkey. He has published many papers in highly cited journals as Transportation Research Part E, Transportation Research Part A, Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Industrial Engineering and etc. His research interests are in decision analysis, humanitarian logistic, fuzzy sets. Now, he is the editor in chief of two book projects that will be released in 2020: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Applications in Healthcare Management Science (IGI-Global) and Fine–Kinney-based multi-criteria risk assessment: Approaches, Case studies and Python applications (Springer). About the Contributors

Suleyman Mete, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor employed at Industrial Engi- neering Department, Faculty of Engineering, in Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from Gaziantep University Industrial Engineering in 2017. His research interests include optimization, assembly line balancing, disassembly line balancing, mathematical modelling, heuristics and supply chain network design. Now, he is the editor in chief of two book projects that will be released in 2020: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Applications in Healthcare Manage- ment Science (IGI-Global) and Fine–Kinney-based multi-criteria risk assessment: Approaches, Case studies and Python applications (Springer).

Faruk Serin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor employed at Computer Engi- neering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Munzur University in Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from Inonu University Computer Engineering in 2017. His research interests include optimization, graph theory, medical image processing, software development and intelligent transportation. Now, he is the editor in chief of two book projects that will be released in 2020: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Applications in Healthcare Management Science (IGI-Global) and Fine–Kinney-based multi-criteria risk assessment: Approaches, Case studies and Python applications (Springer).

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Abdullah Caliskan is PhD and has currently been working as Assistant Profes- sor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Iskenderun Technical University, Hatay, Turkey. He received B.Sc. degree in June-2011 from the Department of Electrical-Electronic Engineering at Gaziantep University. He received his PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from in November, 2017. His research interests include image processing, deep learning and signal processing in biomedical application.

Zeynel Abidin Çil is PhD and has been working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Izmir Democracy University, Izmir, Turkey. He received his MSc degree in Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management from The University of Nottingham, UK, in 2012 and received PhD degree Department of Industrial Engineering from Gaziantep University in 2017. His research interests include integer programming, robotics, manufacturing systems, heuristics and image processing.

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Sundus Dag is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Admin- istration, at , Istanbul, Turkey. She got her MSc and PhD from Istanbul University, Turkey. Her research focus is on operations planning and management and supply chain management. Dr. Dag teaches production systems, advanced quality techniques and six sigma, design of quality systems courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Camila P. E. De Souza is PhD and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at Western University, Canada. She was previ- ously a postdoctoral fellow at the Shah Lab for Computational Cancer Biology at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre. She completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is originally from Brazil where she received her Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics at the University of Campinas. Her main research areas of interest include method development and analysis of genomic data, single-cell sequencing, functional data analysis, latent variable modeling, nonparametric regression, semi-parametric models, machine learning and big data analytics.

Hakan Gulmez was born in 1980 in İzmir. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Karşıyaka. He graduated from Fac- ulty of Medicine in 2004. After graduation, he worked as a physician and manager in primary health care until 2009. In 2009, he started his specialty education in Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. In 2012, he received the title of Family Medicine Specialist. He was appointed to Konya Hadim State Hospital as an expert doctor within the scope of compulsory service. Between 2012-2017 he worked as a family physician in family health center and other primary and secondary health care institutions. In 2017, he was appointed to Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine as an as- sistant professor. In 2018, he was appointed as a faculty member to İzmir Democracy University Medical Faculty. He is still working as an assistant professor and vice dean at the Faculty of Medicine of İzmir Democracy University. He is married and has two children. Gülmez has many articles published in national and international scientific journals and papers presented in national and international congresses.

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Nihan Kabadayı is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Ad- ministration, at Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. She got her MSc and PhD from Istanbul University, Turkey. Her research focus is on operations planning and management and supply chain management. Dr. Kabadayı teaches production management, supply chain management, modern production systems, warehouse management, quality improvement techniques, international logistics management courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Rasha Kashef is PhD and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electri- cal, Computer and Biomedical Engineering at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2008. She is a professional engineer in Ontario. She worked as Assistant Professor at the school of computing at the AAST institute in 2009-2011. She also worked as a Research Associate at Microsoft Corp. In 2010 she succeeded with her Machine learning research, and she received the “Early Researcher Award.” Her research interests span the use of machine learning in big data analysis in different applications including healthcare, revenue management, and software engineering. She worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the department of applied mathematics at the University of Waterloo from 2011 until 2013. She also joined the department of management science at the University of Waterloo from 2013-2016. she had been hired as an assistant professor at the IVEY business School in Management science group with a focus on Data Analytics from 2016- 2019. Her main research areas include data science, machine learning, big data, IOT, smart systems, operation research, management science, healthcare, autonomous systems, distributed computing.

M Manikandakumar is PhD and received the Master degree in Computer Sci- ence and Engineering and pursuing research degree at Anna University, Chennai. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the department of Information Technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. His research interest includes Security, Internet of Things, Machine Learning and Big Data.

Efendi N. Nasibov received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Applied Mathematics Department from Baku State University, Azerbaijan in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree in Mathematical Cybernetics (Moscow) and Dr.Sc. in Computer Science degree from Institute of Cybernetics of Academy of Science of Azerbaijan in 1987 and 2003, respectively. He is currently a full Professor of Department of Computer Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. His research interests are in the application of Fuzzy Modeling and Data Mining techniques in Decision Making problems.

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Eren Ozceylan is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Gaziantep. He received a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Selçuk University in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Dr. Özceylan has postdoctoral research experience at the Univer- sity of Northeastern in 2019. His research interests are in mathematical modeling and GIS-based multi-criteria decision making of a variety of problems in produc- tion & distribution planning, including network design, location-allocation, and disassembly line balancing. His work appeared in journals such as Transportation Research Parts, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Research and Computers and Industrial Engineering.

Barış Özkan is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Ondokuz Mayıs. He received a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineer- ing from Selçuk University in 2010 and a Ph.D. degree from Eskişehir Osmangazi University in 2018, respectively. His research interests are in geographic information systems, multiple criteria decision making and fuzzy decision making.

Ebru Pekel Özmen is a PhD candidate. She is now a PhD student at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa. She receives her MSc in Smart Systems Engineering from Ondokuz Mayıs University. His research interests are metaheuristic methods and machine learning.

Engin Pekel is PhD and has been working as Assistant Professor at the Depart- ment of Industrial Engineering, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey. He receives a PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2018 from Yildiz Technical University. His research interests are artificial neural networks, metaheuristic methods, simulation, math- ematical modeling and optimization. His papers appeared in international high- cited journals such as Applied Artificial Intelligence, Fuel Processing Technology, International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, Applied Soft Computing, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, Promet – Traffic & Transportation, Sigma journal and International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling.

Sinem Peker received the B.Sc. degree in Statistics Department from Ege University, Turkey in 2001, the M.Sc. degree from Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science from Ege University in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in Econometrics from Graduate School of Social Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey in 2010. She is currently a full Assistant Prof. (PhD) in the Department of Mathematics at Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey. Her research interests are the Fuzzy Sets Theory, and Multivariate Statistical Techniques.

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Felipe F. Rodrigues is PhD and is a Professor of Operations Management and Data Analytics at the School of Management, Economics and Mathematics at King’s University College, Canada.

Görkem Sarıyer is an Assistant Professor in the department of Business Ad- ministration, at Yasar University, in Izmir, Turkey. She got her Ph.D., from Koç University in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, in İstanbul, Turkey. Her research focus is on operations planning and management, quantitative decision making, statistical analysis and data mining. Dr. Sarıyer holds Assistant Professor position at her university and teaches business analytics, fore- casting, research methodology, management science and production and operations management courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Suchismita Satapathy is PhD and has currently been working at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT University, India. She is currently working as an Associate Professor and has published many journal papers.

Zahra Shirazi is a PhD candidate. She is now a PhD student at in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at Western University, Canada. Her research interests are deep learning and artificial neural networks.

Ceren Öcal Taşar is PhD and received her PhD degree from the Department of Computer Engineering at Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey. He received his MSc degree from Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. His research interests include image processing, deep learning and software engineering.

Melih Yucesan is PhD and has been working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Munzur University, Tunceli, Turkey. He received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Karadeniz Technical University. His research interests are in production planning, sales forecasting, multi-criteria decision-making and fuzzy sets. His papers appeared in international journals such as Energy Policy, Soft Computing, Mathematics, Drvna industrija, Granular Computing, International Journal of Healthcare Management, Beni-Suef Univer- sity Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems for Healthcare Management and Delivery.

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