1. Department of Statistics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
2. Department of Statistics, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
3. Quantitative methods and Operations Management (QuantOM) Department, HEC Liège, Management School of the University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
4. Supply Chains Management Department, Logistikum, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Steyr, Austria