Publications

Books

Journal Articles

  • Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., Battarra, M., Bennell, J. A., Bourjolly, J.-M., Boylan, J., Breton, M., Canca, D., Charlin, L., Chen, B., Cicek, C. T., Cox, L. A., Jr., Currie, C. S. M., Demeulemeester, E., Ding, L., Disney, S. M., Ehrgott, M., Eppler, M. J., Erdoğan, G., Fortz, B., Franco, L. A., Frische, J., Greco, S., Gregory, A. J., Hämäläinen, R. P., Herroelen, W., Hewitt, M., Holmström, J., Hooker, J. N., Işık, T., Johnes, J., Kara, B. Y., Karsu, Ö., Kent, K., Köhler, C., Kunc, M., Kuo, Y.-H., Letchford, A. N., Leung, J., Li, D., Li, H., Lienert, J., Ljubić, I., Lodi, A., Lozano, S., Lurkin, V., Martello, S., McHale, I. G., Midgley, G., Morecroft, J., Mutha, A., Oğuz, C., Petrovic, S., Pferschy, U., Psaraftis, H. N., Rose, S., Saarinen, L., Salhi, S., Song, J.-S., Sotiros, D., Stecke, K. E., Strauss, A. K., Tarhan, İ., Thielen, C., Toth, P., Vanden Berghe, G., Vasilakis, C., Vaze, V., Vigo, D., Virtanen, K., Wang, X., Weron, R., White, L., Van Woensel, T., Yearworth, M., Alper Yıldırım, E., Zaccour, G., & Zhao, X. (2024). Operational Research: Methods and Applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75(3), 465-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852 [Open Access]
  • Ormerod, R., Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2023). Understanding participant actions in OR interventions using practice theories: a research agenda. European Journal of Operational Research, 306(2), 810-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.030 [Open Access]
  • Harper, A., Mustafee, N., & Yearworth, M. (2021). Facets of trust in simulation studies. European Journal of Operational Research, 289(1), 197-213. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.06.043 [Open Access]
  • Yearworth, M. (2020). The theoretical foundation(s) for Systems Engineering? Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37, 184-187. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2667 [Open Access]
  • Lowe, D., Espinosa, A., & Yearworth, M. (2020). Constitutive rules for guiding the use of the viable system model: Reflections on practice. European Journal of Operational Research, 287(3), 1014-1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.030 [Open Access]
  • Lowe, D., & Yearworth, M. (2019). Response to viewpoint: Whither problem structuring methods (PSMs)? Journal of the Operational Research Society, 70(8), 1393-1395. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1502629 [Open Access Version]
  • Burger, K., White, L., & Yearworth, M. (2019). Developing a smart operational research with hybrid practice theories. European Journal of Operational Research, 277(3), 1137-1150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.03.027 [Open Access]
  • Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2018). Spontaneous emergence of Community OR: Self-initiating, self-organising problem structuring mediated by social media. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 809-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.024 [Open Access Version]
  • Tully, P., White, L., & Yearworth, M. (2018). The Value Paradox of Problem Structuring Methods. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(4), 424-444. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2557 [Open Access]
  • Burger, K., White, L., & Yearworth, M. (2018). Why so Serious? Theorising Playful Model-Driven Group Decision Support with Situated Affectivity. Group Decision and Negotiation, 27(5), 789-810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-018-9559-9  [Open Access Version]
  • Ackermann, F., Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2018). Micro-processes in Group Decision and Negotiation: Practices and Routines for Supporting Decision Making. Group Decision and Negotiation, 27(5), 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-018-9590-x  [Open Access Version]
  • Freeman, R., & Yearworth, M. (2017). Climate change and cities: problem structuring methods and critical perspectives on low-carbon districts. Energy Research and Social Science, 25, 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.11.009  [Open Access Version]
  • Walworth, T., Yearworth, M., Shrieves, L., & Sillitto, H. (2016). Estimating Project Performance through a System Dynamics Learning Model. Systems Engineering, 19(4), 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.21349 [Open Access Version]
  • Jones, W., Sooriyabandara, M., Yearworth, M., Doufexi, A., & Wilson, R. E. (2016). Planning For 5G: A Problem Structuring Approach for Survival in the Telecoms Industry. Systems Engineering, 19(4), 301-321. https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.21354  [Open Access Version]
  • Gilbert, D., & Yearworth, M. (2016). Complexity in a Systems Engineering Organization: An Empirical Case Study. Systems Engineering, 19(5), 422-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.21359 [Open Access Version]
  • Yearworth, M., & Cornell, S. E. (2016). Contested Modelling: A Critical Examination of Expert Modelling in Sustainability. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 33, 45-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2315 [Open Access Version]
  • Yearworth, M. (2016). Sustainability as a ‘super-wicked’ problem; opportunities and limits for engineering methodology. Intelligent Buildings International, 8(1), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2015.1109789 [Open Access Version]
  • Freeman, R., Yearworth, M., & Preist, C. (2016). Revisiting Jevons’ Paradox with System Dynamics: Systemic Causes and Potential Cures. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 20(2), 341-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12285 [Open Access Version]
  • Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2014). The non-codified use of problem structuring methods and the need for a generic constitutive definition. European Journal of Operational Research, 237(3), 932-945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.002 [Open Access Version]
  • Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2013). The Uses of Qualitative Data in Multimethodology: Developing Causal Loop Diagrams During the Coding Process. European Journal of Operational Research, 231(1), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.002 [Open Access Version]
  • Schien, D., Shabajee, P., Yearworth, M., & Preist, C. (2013). Modeling and Assessing Variability in Energy Consumption During the Use Stage of Online Multimedia Services. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 17(6), 800-813. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12065 [Open Access]
  • Dave, S., Sooriyabandara, M., & Yearworth, M. (2013). System behaviour modelling for demand response provision in a smart grid. Energy Policy, 61, 172-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.098 [Request Postprint]

Conference Presentations

Book Chapters

  • Yearworth, M., & White, L. (2019). Group Support Systems: Experiments with an Online System and Implications for Same-Time/Different-Places Working. In D. M. Kilgour & C. Eden (Eds.), Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation (pp. 681-706). Springer International Publishing: Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12051-1_48-1 [Open Access Version]
  • White, L., Burger, K., & Yearworth, M. (2017). Smart Cities: Big Data and Behavioral Operational Research. In M. Kunc, J. Malpass, & L. White (Eds.), Behavioral Operational Research: Theory, Methodology and Practice (pp. 303-318). Palgrave Macmillan UK: London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53551-1_15
  • White, L., Burger, K., & Yearworth, M. (2017). Big Data and Behavior in Operational Research: Towards a “Smart OR”. In M. Kunc, J. Malpass, & L. White (Eds.), Behavioral Operational Research: Theory, Methodology and Practice (pp. 177-193). Palgrave Macmillan UK: London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53551-1_9  [Open Access Version]

Reports and Project Deliverables

  • Yearworth, M. (2021). REPLICATE Deliverable D2.4 Report on the Replication Potential of City Business Models (EU H2020-SCC-2015 (691735) project REPLICATE (REnaissance of Places with Innovative Citizenship and TEchnology)). pp204. University of Exeter http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4454533 [Deliverable]
  • Yearworth, M., Schien, D., Burger, K., Shabajee, P., & Freeman, R. (2015). STEEP Deliverable D2.1(R2) Energy Master Plan Process Modelling (EU STEEP PROJECT (314277) – Systems Thinking for Comprehensive City Efficient Energy Planning). pp78. University of Bristol [Deliverable]
  • Freeman, R., Yearworth, M., Jones, L., & Cherruault, J.-Y. (2013). Systems thinking and system dynamics modelling to support policy development using waste prevention and recycling as case studies (ST0201) https://randd.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=18386 [Final Report]
  • Freeman, R., Yearworth, M., & Cherruault, J.-Y. (2013). Systems thinking and system dynamics modelling to support policy development using waste prevention and recycling as case studies (ST0201) https://randd.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=18386 [Literature Review]

Media

  • Yearworth, M. (2021). Financing the Smart City: Replicable models and emerging questions REPLICATE Project Final Conference. Donastia 26th March 2021. (EU H2020-SCC-2015 (691735) project REPLICATE (REnaissance of Places with Innovative Citizenship and TEchnology)) [Video]  
  • Yearworth,M. (2013). Overview of the STEEP methodology training workshop. Bristol 11th December 2013. (EU STEEP PROJECT (314277) – Systems Thinking for Comprehensive City Efficient Energy Planning) [Video]