A Fuzzy Robust Programming Model for Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Design with Efficiency-Oriented Multi-Objective Optimization
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Title : A fuzzy robust programming model for sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design with efficiency-oriented multi- objective optimization
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Referee’s Recommendations
( ) This paper should be accepted in its present form.
( X) This paper should be accepted subject to the following conditions:
( ) This paper should be rejected for the following reasons:
Referee’s Comments (continue on another sheet, if necessary)
In this paper, the lost working days due to occupational accidents are adopted to evaluate social performance.
It is a good article to follow current developments.
It is obtained that a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design and design problem under high uncertainty. A multi-objective mixed-integer programming model is developed fur the purpose of the minimum total cost, reduction in environmental damage and maximum social responsibility. The social issue is measured by lost working days caused by occupational accidents which are defined quantitatively by fuzzy programming.
Thanks to the authors for their hard work. But I think they should add another issue that has been developing in recent years to their work. These are the soft set, cubic set and octahedron set theories. For this reason, I would like them to add the following references and refer to them within the article.
1) Lee, J.G.; Şenel, G.; Baek, J.I.; Han, S.H.; Hur, K. Neighborhood structures and continuities via cubic sets. Axioms 2022, 11, 406.
The introductory part was very unsatisfactory. The introduction can be enriched with the information of these new articles.
The idea presented in the work is interesting but there are some lack as well the presentation issue in the manuscript.
The following are the suggestions which need to be incorporated into the manuscript to improve its presentation.
The lines of the introduction section needs to be updated with some independent lines.
The introduction section should be updated by adding the objective and motivation related to application of given theorems.
Expand the introduction/literature review section so that readers can get motivation towards the work.
On the other hand, What are the major contributions of the work?
The author should write it clearly.
Discuss the major finding in a separate paragraph/section with respect to the existing study.
The similarity index should be reduced by adding new references.
When we look at the references of this article, it is seen that all references belong to a single author. Besides, this author is the author of the article. For this reason, the article departs from the originality. In order to prevent this, the references mentioned above should be added and these articles should be mentioned and cited in the article.
Author Response
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript entitled “A fuzzy robust programming model for sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design with efficiency-oriented multi-objective optimization” (processes-1928144) was aimed at designing a multi-objective mixed-integer model which would minimize costs, reduce environmental damage and maximize social responsibility based on the methodology of efficiency optimization, under high uncertainty.
With the aim of improving the quality of the manuscript processes-1928144, I propose the following:
(1) In the beginning of the Introduction section, the authors briefly touch on the sustainability paradigm in the design of supply chain networks without connecting it with UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Moreover, it would add more value to the manuscript if the authors would provide a short commentary on the importance of designing sustainable SSC in the context of the current energy crisis that has caused a lot of economic disruptions globally.
(2) Before the last paragraph in the Introduction section, I suggest elaborating one more paragraph dedicated to emphasizing the novelty factor of the manuscript. Please specify the new layers that are added to the existing literature by your manuscript.
(3) The limitations of this research are not explained in the Conclusions section and I suggest the authors consider touching on this subject in relation with the ideas presented for extending this paper in the last paragraph.
(4) The references list does not follow the template instructions. Therefore, the authors should revise the formatting of the references list according to the requirements of the Processes journal, which can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/instructions#references.
Author Response
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Reviewer 3 Report
The paper is well written. The topic is highly interesting, novel, and trendy! It tackles very important issues in supply chains. The research approach according to academic standards
Author Response
Thank the reviewer for approving this manuscript.
