Publications

A. Journals 

1. Soumen Atta, "Linear Formulations and a Hybrid Large Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Tool Indexing Problem", Computers and Operations Research, Elsevier, Article 107321, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107321 (Accepted on 23 October 2025) (Impact Factor: 4.3, JCR Q1, SCI-E, ABDC: A)  

2. Soumen Atta, Vítor Basto-Fernandes, Michael Emmerich, "A Concise Review of the Home Health Care Routing and Scheduling Problem", Operations Research Perspectives, Elsevier, Vol. 15, Article 100347, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orp.2025.100347 |(Impact Factor: 3.70, JCR Q2, SCI-E) 

3. Soumen Atta, “Solving the Capacitated Facility Location Problem with Service Distance and Outsourcing Using a Customized Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm”,  Evolutionary Intelligence, Springer, Vol. 18, Article 60, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-025-01042-w (Impact Factor: 2.30, JCR Q3, E-SCI) 

4. Soumen Atta, “An improved harmony search algorithm using opposition-based learning and local search for solving maximal covering location problem”, Engineering Optimization, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 56(8), pp. 1298-1317, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2023.2244907 (Impact Factor: 2.70, JCR Q2, SCI-E) 

5. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Solving a new variant of capacitated maximal covering location problem with fuzzy coverage area using metaheuristic approaches”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 170, Article 108315, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108315 (Impact Factor: 5.431, JCR Q1, SCI, ABDC: A)

6. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “A multi-objective formulation of maximal covering location problem with customers’ preferences: Exploring Pareto optimality-based solutions”, Expert Systems With Applications, Elsevier, Vol. 186, Article 115830, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115830 (Impact Factor: 6.954, JCR Q1, SCI-E, ABDC: C)            

7. Soumen Atta, Goutam Sen. “A new variant of the p-hub location problem with a ring backbone network for content placement in VoD services”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 159, Article 107432, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107432 (Impact Factor: 5.431, JCR Q1, SCI, ABDC: A)   

8. Soumen Atta, Goutam Sen. “Multiple allocation p-hub location problem for content placement in VoD services: a differential evolution based approach”, Applied Intelligence, Springer, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 1573-1589, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-019-01609-y (Impact Factor: 3.325, JCR Q2, SCI) 

9. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Solving Tool Indexing Problem using Harmony Search Algorithm with Harmony Refinement”, Soft Computing, Springer, Vol. 23, No. 16, pp. 7407–7423, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-018-3385-5 (Impact Factor: 3.050, JCR Q2, SCI-E) 

10. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Multi-objective Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem with Customers' Preferences: Pareto-based and Weighted Sum GA-based Approaches”, Soft Computing, Springer, Vol. 23, No. 23, pp. 12347–12362, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-03774-1 (Impact Factor: 3.050, JCR Q2, SCI-E) 

11. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. “L(D, 2, 1)-labeling of Square Grid”, National Academy Science Letters, Springer, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 485–487, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-018-0780-5 (Impact Factor: 0.519, JCR Q4, SCI-E) 

12. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. “Population Based Improvement Heuristic with Local Search for Single Row Facility Layout Problem”, Sādhanā, Springer, Vol. 44:222, pp. 1-19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-019-1203-0 (Impact Factor: 0.849, JCR Q4, SCI-E) 

13. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Solving Maximal Covering Location Problem using Genetic Algorithm with Local Refinement”, Soft Computing, Springer, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 3891-3906, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-017-2598-3 (Impact Factor: 2.784, JCR Q2, SCI-E) 

14. Soumen Atta, Stanisław Goldstein and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra.  “No-hole λ-L (k, k  − 1,  . .  .  ,1)-labelings for Square Grid”, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences et des Lettres de Łódź, Série: Recherches sur les deformations, Poland, Vol. LXVII, No. 3, pp. 9-19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.26485/0459-6854/2017/67.3/1  (MathSciNet indexed)  

15. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. “Perturbation-Minimizing Frequency Assignment to Address Short Term Demand Fluctuation in Cellular Network”, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Inderscience, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 418–443, 2018.  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCNDS.2018.094462 (E-SCI, Scopus indexed) 

16. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Solving Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem Using Heuristic Algorithms”, International Journal Natural Computing Research, IGI Global, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 18-50, 2019.                                                    https://doi.org/10.4018/IJNCR.2019040102 (Scopus indexed) 

B. Conferences/Others

1. Bruno Antunes-Batista, Soumen Atta, Vítor Basto-Fernandes, Iryna Yevseyeva, Michael Emmerich. “Multiobjective Optimization Approaches for Room Allocation in University Course Timetabling”, In International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems (CENTERIS 2025), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 26–28, 2025. (Accepted for publication)  

2. Soumen Atta, Michael Emmerich, and Vítor Basto-Fernandes. “Computational Perspectives on Multi-Objective Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling: Formulations and Challenges”, In 16th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications (EUROGEN 2025), Lahti, Finland, September 16–18, 2025. (Abstract paper) Link 

3. Ghazaleh Saboori, Soumen Atta, Giovanni Misitano, Babooshka Shavazipour. “How to Survive Severe Disruptions in Energy Systems”. In 16th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications (EUROGEN 2025), Lahti, Finland, September 16–18, 2025. (Abstract paper) Link 

4. Soumen Atta, Michael Emmerich, Vítor Basto-Fernandes. “Multi-Objective Models for Efficient and Patient-Centered Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling”, In 51st Annual Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2025), Trondheim, Norway, July 6–11, 2025. (Abstract paper) Link 

5. Santanu Banerjee, Soumen Atta, Goutam Sen. “Single Depot Heterogeneous Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Delivery and Pickup for Disaster Management Systems”, In IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM2023), Singapore, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM58616.2023.10406762 (Scopus indexed) 

6. Petr Valenta, Hana Rudova´ and Soumen Atta. “A New Variant of Dynamic Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows”, In Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop (SPARK), Pages 1-3, Nancy, France, October 22, 2020. (Workshop paper) https://icaps20subpages.icaps-conference.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SPARK-2020_paper_3.pdf  

7. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Deterministic and Randomized Heuristic Algorithms for Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem”, In 6th International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA-2017), In book: Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Springer, Bhubaneswar, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7563-6_22, pages 205-216, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7563-6_22 (WoS, Scopus indexed) 

8. Soumen Atta, Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. “Solving Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem Using Monkey Algorithm”, In 6th International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA-2017), In book: Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Springer, Bhubaneswar, pages 71-78, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7566-7_8 (Scopus indexed) 

9. Soumen Atta and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra.  “An efficient algorithm for PMFAP”, In 8th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS-2016), pages 1-8, Bengaluru, IEEE, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS.2016.7440013  (WoS, Scopus indexed) 

10. Soumen Atta and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. "Multi-Objective K-Center Sum Clustering Problem." In ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 49th Annual Convention of Computer Society of India-Vol. I, pages 417-425. Springer International Publishing, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13728-5_47 (Scopus indexed) 

11. Soumen Atta and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. "L(4, 3, 2, 1)-Labeling for Simple Graphs." In Proceedings of Second International Conference of Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications–Vol.1, pages 511-518, Kalyani, Springer, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2250-7_50 (Scopus indexed) 

12. Soumen Atta and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra.  "Genetic Algorithm Based Approaches to Install Different Types of Facilities."  In ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of Computer Society of India-Vol. I, pages 195–203. Springer International Publishing, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03107-1_23 (WoS, Scopus indexed) 

13. Soumen Atta and Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra. "Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Serving Maximum Number of Customers Using Limited Resources." In Proceeding of First International Conference on Computational Intelligence: Modeling, Techniques and Applications (CIMTA-2013). Procedia Technology, Vol. 10, pages 492-497, Elsevier, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protcy.2013.12.387 (WoS indexed)  

14. Soumen Atta and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. "Power-aware Traffic Grooming in WDM Optical Mesh Networks for Bandwidth Wastage Minimization: A Genetic Algorithm-based Approach." In Proceeding of National Conference on Computing and Communication Systems (NCCCS), ISBN: 978-1-4673-1952-2, pages 115-119, IEEE, Nov. 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCCCS.2012.6412977 (WoS, Scopus indexed)