{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4407358407","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","title":"Comparison of a rule-based heuristic and a linear programming model for assigning mentees and mentors in a women in technology mentoring programme","display_name":"Comparison of a rule-based heuristic and a linear programming model for assigning mentees and mentors in a women in technology mentoring programme","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-02-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4407358407","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173256270","display_name":"Computers & Operations Research","issn_l":"0305-0548","issn":["0305-0548","1873-765X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers & Operations Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079164165","display_name":"Sarah Marshall","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-2105"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154130895","display_name":"University of Auckland","ror":"https://ror.org/03b94tp07","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154130895"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sarah E. Marshall","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Business School, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-2105","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Business School, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154130895"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075471089","display_name":"Mahsa Mohaghegh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-8300"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39854758","display_name":"Auckland University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zvqw119","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mahsa Mohaghegh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-8300","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5079164165"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154130895"],"apc_list":{"value":3210,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3210},"apc_paid":{"value":3210,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3210},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0247977,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"178","issue":null,"first_page":"107002","last_page":"107002"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11756","display_name":"Mentoring and Academic Development","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11756","display_name":"Mentoring and Academic Development","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10726","display_name":"Career Development and Diversity","score":0.9631999731063843,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.9562000036239624,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristic","display_name":"Heuristic","score":0.663095235824585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5671639442443848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linear-programming","display_name":"Linear programming","score":0.4910135567188263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.35637253522872925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2516412138938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.23814868927001953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.1628696322441101}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173801870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201413","display_name":"Heuristic","level":2,"score":0.663095235824585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5671639442443848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41045048","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202843","display_name":"Linear programming","level":2,"score":0.4910135567188263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.35637253522872925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2516412138938904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.23814868927001953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.1628696322441101}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173256270","display_name":"Computers & Operations Research","issn_l":"0305-0548","issn":["0305-0548","1873-765X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers & Operations Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:openrepository.aut.ac.nz:10292/18687","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10292/18687","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401809","display_name":"Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I39854758","host_organization_name":"Auckland University of Technology","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39854758"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2025.107002","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173256270","display_name":"Computers & Operations Research","issn_l":"0305-0548","issn":["0305-0548","1873-765X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers & Operations Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","score":0.6700000166893005}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320310339","display_name":"Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand","ror":"https://ror.org/01zvqw119"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1984187188","https://openalex.org/W2001926071","https://openalex.org/W2068115726","https://openalex.org/W2089141280","https://openalex.org/W2222512263","https://openalex.org/W2527098785","https://openalex.org/W2582743722","https://openalex.org/W2623057251","https://openalex.org/W2885358949","https://openalex.org/W2894425680","https://openalex.org/W2907698210","https://openalex.org/W2920962237","https://openalex.org/W2924035940","https://openalex.org/W2939236443","https://openalex.org/W3028897110","https://openalex.org/W3032996616","https://openalex.org/W3043740404","https://openalex.org/W3081068834","https://openalex.org/W3115518691","https://openalex.org/W3131264063","https://openalex.org/W3133037973","https://openalex.org/W3136687487","https://openalex.org/W3186503766","https://openalex.org/W3196438934","https://openalex.org/W4210874060","https://openalex.org/W4226365873","https://openalex.org/W4239749964","https://openalex.org/W4254300503","https://openalex.org/W4283641534","https://openalex.org/W4381462671","https://openalex.org/W4399569951","https://openalex.org/W4405464916","https://openalex.org/W6787797853","https://openalex.org/W6809687152","https://openalex.org/W6839046073","https://openalex.org/W6853810407","https://openalex.org/W6854164094"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Women":[0,47,163],"remain":[1],"significantly":[2],"underrepresented":[3],"in":[4,29,37,48,52,164,176],"the":[5,21,39,46,55,66,79,89,117,151,161,205,214,218],"fields":[6],"of":[7,42,57,119],"science,":[8],"technology,":[9],"engineering":[10],"and":[11,27,59,95,103,131,138,192,202],"mathematics":[12],"(STEM),":[13],"but":[14,64],"positive":[15],"mentoring":[16],"relationships":[17],"can":[18],"help":[19],"mitigate":[20],"challenges":[22,80],"they":[23,172],"face":[24],"when":[25],"studying":[26],"working":[28],"these":[30,120,155],"areas.":[31],"To":[32],"support":[33],"female":[34],"university":[35],"students":[36],"STEM,":[38],"Auckland":[40],"University":[41],"Technology":[43],"(AUT)":[44],"established":[45],"Tech":[49,165],"mentorship":[50,166],"programme":[51],"2019.":[53],"Initially,":[54],"matching":[56,90,148,175],"mentees":[58,84,137,191],"mentors":[60,86,139,193],"was":[61,169],"achieved":[62],"manually,":[63],"as":[65,143,145,200],"programme\u2019s":[67],"popularity":[68],"grew,":[69],"this":[70],"process":[71,91],"became":[72],"increasingly":[73],"time":[74],"consuming.":[75],"This":[76],"study":[77],"addresses":[78],"associated":[81],"with":[82,105],"assigning":[83],"to":[85,115,135,157,189,211],"by":[87,150],"automating":[88],"based":[92],"on":[93],"mentee":[94],"mentor":[96],"attributes.":[97],"A":[98],"rule-based":[99,126,196],"heuristic":[100,127,183,197],"is":[101],"proposed":[102,215],"compared":[104],"a":[106,129,182,186],"linear":[107],"programming":[108],"(LP)":[109],"approach.":[110,153],"Numerical":[111],"experiments":[112],"were":[113],"conducted":[114],"evaluate":[116],"performance":[118,178],"algorithms":[121,156],"across":[122],"various":[123],"scenarios.":[124],"The":[125],"provides":[128,185],"simple":[130,187],"easily":[132],"understandable":[133],"way":[134,188],"allocate":[136],"that":[140,171,184],"performs":[141,198],"nearly":[142],"well":[144,201],"an":[146],"optimal":[147],"provided":[149],"LP":[152,206],"Applying":[154],"real":[158,212],"data":[159],"from":[160],"AUT":[162],"programme,":[167],"it":[168],"found":[170],"outperformed":[173],"manual":[174],"several":[177],"metrics.":[179],"\u2022":[180,194,208],"Defines":[181],"match":[190],"Proposed":[195],"almost":[199],"faster":[203],"than":[204],"model":[207],"When":[209],"applied":[210],"data,":[213],"approaches":[216,220],"outperform":[217],"original":[219]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-02-22T13:39:03.778224","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}