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Name: Ali Allahverdi
Rank: Professor
Department: Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
Department
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Telephone: 87874
Fax: (+965)24816137
Research Interests: Scheduling and sequencing, production
planning and control, mathematical modelling, and simulation
Address: Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Department, College of Engineering & Petroleum, Kuwait
University, P.O.Box 5969 Safat 13060, Kuwait
Degree
Degree Field Institution Year
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA Dec, 1992
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA Jul, 1990
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey Jul, 1986
Rank
Rank Month-Year
Professor 2003
Associate Professor 1998
Assistant Professor 1995
Own Thesis
Title Type Institution Year
Scheduling on multiple unreliable resources PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dec, 1992
Societies
Name Country Membership Year/Period
IAENG (International Association of Engineers)
Society of Industrial Engineersmember 2005 - Present
Institute of Industrial Engineers senior member 2001 - Present
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management member 1995 - Present
Operational Research Society of UK member 1995 - 2007
Prof. Ali Allahverdi (FULL CV)
Name Country Membership Year/Period
The Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences (INFORMS)member 1995 - Present
Operational Research Society of Turkey member 1993 - 1995
Experience (Academic)
Institution Designation Year/Period
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Visiting Scholar Jul, 2010 - Aug, 2011
Kuwait University Professor Jun, 2003 - Present
Kuwait University Associate Professor Feb, 1999 - Jun, 2003
Kuwait University Assistant Professor Sep, 1995 - Feb, 1999
Marmara University Assistant Professor Aug, 1993 - Sep, 1995
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Research Assistant Sep, 1990 - Dec, 1992
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Teaching Assistant Sep, 1989 - Sep, 1990
Professional Activities
Designation Details Year/Period
Guest EditorEuropean Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 187, 978-1292, 2008.
Special issue on "Scheduling Problems with Setup Times or Costs".2008
Guest EditorInternational Journal of Operations Research.Vol.5, No.1, 1-77, 2008.
Special issue on "Accomplishments and Future Promises"2008
Guest Editor
International Journal of Operations research, Vol:4, No.1, 1-62, 2007.
Special issue on "Scheduling in Manufacturing, Information and
Service Industries: Part II"
2007
Guest Editor
International Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006.
Special issue on "Scheduling in Manufacturing, Information and
Service Industries"
2006
Editorial Board
MemberJournal of Industrial and Production Engineering 2013 - Present
Program Evaluator ABET Engineering Accrediation Commission 2011 - Present
Editorial Board
MemberInternational Journal of Production Research 2008 - Present
Editor European Journal of Industrial Engineering 2007 - Present
Editorial Board
MemberJournal of Operations and Logistics 2006 - 2011
Associate Editor International Journal of Agile Manufacturing 2006 - Present
Designation Details Year/Period
Associate Editor International Journal of Operations Research 2005 - Present
Associate Editor Central European Journal of Operations Research 2005 - 2011
Editorial Board
MemberJournal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers 2004 - Present
Program Committee
Member
Served as a program committee member of about 70 international
conferences1999 - Present
ReviewerReviews papers for about 30 international journals including EJOR,
C&OR, IIE Transactions, JORS, IJPR, IJPE, OMEGA, and ITOR.1993 - Present
Committees
Committee Name Designation Level Times Last Time
Member, Marmara
University
Served as a member in different
committeesCollege 2 2012 - 2012
Coordinator, Kuwait
University
Served as a coordinator in distinguished
researcher selection committeeCollege 1 2003 - 2004
Member, Kuwait
University
Served as a member in different
committeesCollege 10+
1996 -
Present
Coordinator, Kuwait
University
Served as a coordinator in different
committeesDepartment 10+
1996 -
Present
Member, Kuwait
University
Served as a member in different
committeesDepartment 10+
1995 -
Present
Member, Marmara
University
Served as a member in different
committeesDepartment 4 1993 - 1995
Courses
InstitutionCourse
No.Course Name Type Level Times
Last
Time
Kuwait University ISE 496Design in Industrial
EngineeringAcademic Undergraduate 6-10 2014
Kuwait University ISE 461 Operations Research II Academic Undergraduate 15+ 2014
Kuwait University ISE 472Project Management and
ControlAcademic Undergraduate 15+ 2013
Kuwait University ISE 381 Data and Decision Analysis Academic Undergraduate 6-10 2012
Kuwait University ISE-351Statistical Analysis for
Industrial SystemsAcademic Undergraduate 1-5 2010
Kuwait University ISE 361 Operations Research I Academic Undergraduate 6-10 2006
InstitutionCourse
No.Course Name Type Level Times
Last
Time
Kuwait University ISE 212Introduction to Industrial
EngineeringAcademic Undergraduate 1-5 2006
OCCD, Kuwait
University
Decision Making with Vast
Data and Conflicting
Objectives
Short Course Undergraduate 1-5 2006
OCCD, Kuwait
UniversityProbability and Statistics Short Course Undergraduate 1-5 2006
Kuwait UniversityENGR
304
Probability and Statistics for
EngineersAcademic Undergraduate 6-10 2005
Kuwait University ISE 481 Simulation Academic Undergraduate 1-5 2003
Kuwait University ISE 483Engineering System and
CyberneticsAcademic Undergraduate 6-10 2002
Kuwait University ISE 434Facilities Planning and
DesignAcademic Undergraduate 1-5 1996
Marmara
University, TurkeyStatistics for IE Academic Undergraduate 1-5 1994
Marmara
University, TurkeyIntroduction to Simulation Academic Undergraduate 1-5 1994
Marmara
University, Turkey
Computer Models and
SimulationAcademic Graduate 1-5 1994
Marmara
University, TurkeyOperations Research I Academic Undergraduate 1-5 1993
Marmara
University, TurkeyOperations Research II Academic Undergraduate 1-5 1993
Marmara
University, TurkeyProbability and Statistics Academic Undergraduate 1-5 1993
Honors and Awards
Name Details Year
Number of non-self citations; 1500 ISI Web of Knowledge 2014
Top cited-article (during the period 2007-2011) awardEuropean Journal of Operational
Research2012
Research Performance Award Kuwait University 2004
Distinguished Researcher Award Kuwait University 2003
Name Details Year
Dissertation Prize Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1993
Graduating with the highest GPA from the college
awardIstanbul Technical University 1986
Graduate Study FellowshipAwarded by Ministry of Education of
Turkey1988 - 1993
Conference
no. Information
1Minimizing total tardiness for the two stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem., Presented at 44th
International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE’44), , Istanbul, Turkey, Oct, 2014
2Scheduling problem with interval processing times to minimize mean completion time., Presented at 44th
International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE’44),, , Istanbul, Turkey, Oct, 2014
3Third comprehensive survey on scheduling problems with setup times/costs., Presented at 44th
International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE’44), , Istanbul, Turkey, Oct, 2014
4Minimizing total completion time in no-wait flowshops with setup times., Presented at International
Conference on Industrial Electronics and Systems Engineering (ICIESE 2014), , New York, USA, Jun, 2014
5Resource scheduling to minimize average completion time for a single machine., Presented at Eurasian
Academic Conference,, , Antalya, Turkey, Jan, 2014
6Minimizing the number of tardy jobs on a single machine., . Presented at the conference Frontier in
Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM’13), , Newark, New Jersey, USA,, May, 2013
7Single machine scheduling problem to minimize mean completion time., Presented at INFORMS
conference, , Minneapolis, MN, USA,, May, 2013
8
Scheduling two-stage multi-machine assembly problem using an artificial immune system heuristic,
Presented at the Third IASTED Asian Conference on Modeling, Identification, and Control (AsiaMIC 2013),
, Phuket, Thailand, Apr, 2013
9Minimizing makespan in a two-machine flowshop with random and bounded setup times, Presented at
MSOM Society Annual Conference, , New York, USA, Jun, 2012
10
A new heuristic for the queries scheduling problem on distributed database systems to minimize mean
completion time, Presented at 21st Conference on Software Data Engineering, , Los Angeles, USA, Jun,
2012
11Three Algorithms for the Assembly Flowshop Scheduling Problem, Presented at International Conference
on Applied Mathematics & Approximation Theory, , Ankara, Turkey, May, 2012
12Two-Stage Multi-Machine Assembly Scheduling, Presented at the Second Annual International
Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (CAR 2012), , Bangkok, Thailand, Mar, 2012
13Assembly flowshop scheduling problem to minimize total tardiness, Presented at American Conference on
Applied Mathematics, , Harvard, Cambridge, USA,, Jan, 2012
no. Information
14Total tardiness for the two stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem, Presented at INFORMS
conference in Charlotte, , Charlotte, NC, USA, Nov, 2011
15Flowshop scheduling problem with maximum lateness criterion, Presented at the Challenges in Statistics
and Operations Research Conference (CSOR) , _, Kuwait, Mar, 2011
16
Project scheduling problem with weighted multi-skill resources: Enhancing the efficiency of project
scheduling, Presented at the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software
Engineering (CISE 2010), _, Wuhan, China , Dec, 2010
17The two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize maximum lateness, Presented at SIAM Annual
Meeting (AN10), _, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Jul, 2010
18Minimizing Makespan in Flowshops with Bounded Processing Times, Presented at 8th ENIM IFAC
International Conference of Modeling and Simulation (MOSIM), _, Hammamet, Tunisia, May, 2010
19Minimizing Mean Completion Time in Flowshops with Random Processing Times, Presented at 8th ENIM
IFAC International Conference of Modeling and Simulation (MOSIM), _, Hammamet, Tunisia, May, 2010
20Minimizing makespan in flowshops with bounded processing times, International Conference on Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management, _, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan, 2010
21Minimizing total completion time in flowshops with bounded processing times, International Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, _, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan, 2010
22
Three-Machine Flowshop Scheduling Problem to Minimize Total Completion Time with Bounded Setup
and Processing Times, International Conference on Engineering & ICT: Meeting the Challenges of
Advanced Manufacturing, _, November 27-28, Melaka, Malaysia, Nov, 2007
23Senior design course in Industrial Engineering at Kuwait University, The Second International Conference
on Engineering Education and Training, _, April 9-11,Kuwait, Apr, 2007
24Assembly scheduling problem to minimize maximum lateness, The Third International Conference on
Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, _, December 17-19, Hammamet, Tunus, Dec, 2006
25Computer assembly scheduling problem, International Conference on Service Systems and Service
Management, _, October 25-27, Troyes, France , Oct, 2006
26Fast genetic algorithms for lateness minimization no-wait flowshop with setup times, 21st European
Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXI), _, July 2-5, Iceland, Jul, 2006
27Heurيsticas para talleres de ujo sin esperas y tiempos de cambio, XXIX Congreso Nacional de
Estadيstica e Investigaciَn Operativa , _, May 15-19, Tenerife, Spain,, May, 2006
28Batching deteriorating items, Conference of Scheduling Algorithms for New Emerging Applications, _, May
29 - June 2, Marseille, France , May, 2006
29Two-stage assembly scheduling problem to minimize makespan with setup times, Tenth International
Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, April 26-28, Poznan, Poland, Apr, 2006
no. Information
30Stochastic local search methods for no-wait flowshops with sequence independent setup times, Tenth
International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, April 26-28, Poznan, Poland, Apr, 2006
31A new tabu search heuristic for the two-stage assembly scheduling problem, International Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, _, Marrakech, Morocco, May 16-19, May, 2005
32
Minimizing makespan on a two-machine flowshop with unknown setup and processing times, International
Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, _, Marrakech, Morocco, May 16-19,
May, 2005
33Optimizing a help desk performance at a telecommunication company, First International Conference on
Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, _, February 1-3, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Feb, 2005
34A genetic algorithm for experimental dominance relations in scheduling problems, International Mechanical
Engineering Conference, _, Kuwait, December 5-8, Dec, 2004
35The two-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem, International Mechanical Engineering Conference,
_, Kuwait, December 5-8, Dec, 2004
36Scheduling problem with random processing times to minimize total completion time, International
Mechanical Engineering Conference, _, Kuwait, December 5-8, Dec, 2004
37
Distributed database scheduling problem to minimize total completion time with separate setup times,
Second International Industrial Engineering Conference, _, December 19-21, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec,
2004
38Heuristics for the two-stage assembly scheduling problem, The Fourth International Symposium on
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, _, Sakarya, Turkey, September 6-8, Sep, 2004
39
An evolutionary algorithm for empirical dominance relations in scheduling problems, The Fourth
International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, _, Sakarya, Turkey, September 6-8, Sep,
2004
40Three-machine flowshop scheduling problem with separated setup times, The 24th Operations
Research/Industrial Engineering Conference, _, Adana, Turkey, June 15-18,, Jun, 2004
41Scheduling on a two-stage assembly flowshop, The 24th Operations Research/Industrial Engineering
Conference, _, Adana, Turkey, June 15-18, Jun, 2004
42Three-Site Distributed Database Scheduling Problem, The Ninth International Workshop on Project
Management and Scheduling, _, Nancy, France, April 26-28, Apr, 2004
43Empirically Discovering Dominance Relations for Scheduling Problems, The Ninth International Workshop
on Project Management and Scheduling, _, Nancy, France, April 26-28., Apr, 2004
44Flowshop scheduling problem with random processing times, The International Conference on
Mathematics and Its Applications, _, Kuwait, April 5-7, Apr, 2004
45Better heuristics for m-machine no-wait flowshop with total completion time criterion, Proceedings of The
6th Saudi Conference, _, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dec, 2002
no. Information
46Scheduling in flexible multi-server internet services, Proceedings of The 6th Saudi Conference, _,
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dec, 2002
47
Bicriteria scheduling on an m-machine no-wait flowshop, First International Industrial Engineering
Conference IIEC, IIEC, First International Industrial Engineering Conference IIEC 2001,Amman,Jordan,
Sep, 2001
48
Scheduling on Assembly Lines with Serial Duplicate Stations, First International Industrial Engineering
Conference, IIEC , First International Industrial Engineering Conference,IIEC 2001,Amman,Jordan, Sep,
2001
49
Two-machine flowshop scheduling with bounded processing times, Fourth Workshop on Models and
Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, _, Fourth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for
Planning and Scheduling Problems,Aussois,France, Jun, 2001
50
Total completion time minimization in a two or three machines flowshops with bounded processing times,
Conference of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization,ECCO XIV, ECCO XIV, Conference
of the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization,ECCO XIV,Bonn,Germany, May, 2001
51 A survey of stochastic scheduling, Conference of Yoneylem Arastirmasi, _, Ankara, Jul, 1995
52Two-machine flowshop scheduling with breakdowns, ORSA/TIMS Conference, _, San Fransisco, Nov,
1992
53Minimizing Average Completion Time in a Two-stage assembly flowshop with setup times, Presented at
International Conference of Mathematical Sciences, _, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug, 2009 - Aug, 2009
54Minimizing Makespan in a Two-Machine Stochastic Flowshop, Presentsd at International Conference of
Mathematical Sciences, _, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug, 2009 - Aug, 2009
55Multiple-Criteria Assembly Flowshop Scheduling Problem, Presented at International Conference of
Mathematical Sciences, _, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug, 2009 - Aug, 2009
56
Heuristic Algorithms for Minimizing Total Completion Time in a Two-Machine Flowshop with Sequence-
Independent Setup, Presented at the 39th International Conference on Computers and Industrial
Engineering, _, Troyes, France, Jul, 2009 - Jul, 2009
57Understanding Lean Manufacturing, Presented at the Sixth International Industrial Engineering
Conference, _, Tehran, Iran, Feb, 2009 - Feb, 2009
58Publishing Your Work, Presented at the Sixth International Industrial Engineering Conference, _, Tehran,
Iran, Feb, 2009 - Feb, 2009
59
Two-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem with maximum lateness and makespan, 38th
International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, _, Beijing, China, Oct, 2008 - Nov,
2008
60The two-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem with setup times, 38th International Conference on
Computers and Industrial Engineering, _, Beijing, China, Oct, 2008 - Nov, 2008
no. Information
61Two-Stage Assembly Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Setup Times, Presented at the Sixth
International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, _, Sakarya, Turkey, Oct, 2008 - Oct, 2008
62
Two-Stage Assembly Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Maximum Lateness and Makespan, Presented
at the Eleventh International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, Istanbul, Turkey, Apr,
2008 - Apr, 2008
63
Minimization of makespan and maximum tardiness subject to a maximum tardiness bound in flowshop
problems, Presented at the Eleventh International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _,
Istanbul, Turkey, Apr, 2008 - Apr, 2008
64
Scheduling Requests on Multi-Stage Multi-Server to Increase Quality of Service, presented at Network
Control and Engineering for Quality of Service, Security and Mobility Conference (Net-Con2003؟), _,
Muscat, Oman., Oct, 2003 - Oct, 2003
65
Multimedia object requests scheduling for minimizing Variance of Response Time, Presented at the Ninth
International Multi-Conference of Advanced Computer Systems on Production System Design, Supply
Chain Management and Logistics, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, Oct, 2002 - Oct, 2002
66
Minimizing average service time in flexible multi- server internet architecture, Presented at the Ninth
International Multi-Conference of Advanced Computer Systems on Production System Design, Supply
Chain Management and Logistics, Miedzyzdroje, Poland, Oct, 2002 - Oct, 2002
67Optimizing product variety in a reconfigurable manufacturing environment, presented at the Second
International Conference on Responsive Manufacturing, _, Gaziantep, Turkey, Jun, 2002 - Jun, 2002
68No-wait flowshop scheduling with multi-criteria, presented at the Eighth International Workshop on Project
Management and Scheduling, _, Valencia, Spain, Apr, 2002 - Apr, 2002
69Flowshop scheduling with random and bounded setup times, presented at the Eighth International
Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, Valencia, Spain, Apr, 2002 - Apr, 2002
70Multimedia Objects Scheduling in WWW to Minimize Completion Time Variance, presented at the Eighth
International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, Valencia, Spain, Apr, 2002 - Apr, 2002
71Better heuristics to minimize makespan in no-wait flowshops, Presented at the International Conference on
Business, Decision and Technology (BDT 02), _, Kuwait, Mar, 2002 - Mar, 2002
72Scheduling on a multi-stage parallel-processor Internet service architecture, presented at the International
Conference on Business, Decision and Technology (BDT 02), _, Kuwait, Mar, 2002 - Mar, 2002
73A new heuristic for m-machine flowshop with the total completion time criterion, INFORMS Conference, _,
San Antonio, USA, Nov, 2000 - Nov, 2000
74
Modeling multimedia data objects allocation problem for Internet using two-machine flowshop, Seventh
International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, _, Osnabruck, Germany, Apr, 2000 - Apr,
2000
no. Information
75Scheduling of jobs on m serial duplicate stations, Fourth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning
and Scheduling Problems, _, Renesse, The Netherlands, Jun, 1999 - Jun, 1999
76Three-machine no-wait flowshop scheduling scheduling, INFORMS, _, Cincinnati, USA, May, 1999 - May,
1999
77A no-wait flowshop with sequence dependent changeover times, INFORMS, _, Seattle, USA, Oct, 1998 -
Oct, 1998
78Scheduling research on setup times: a review, INFORMS Conference, _, Montreal, Canada, Apr, 1998 -
Apr, 1998
79 Flowshop scheduling with separate setup times, INFORMS, _, Dallas, Oct, 1997 - Oct, 1997
80Flowshop scheduling with no buffer and breakdowns, INFORMS Conference, _, Atlanta, Nov, 1996 - Nov,
1996
81Simulation of different rules in stochastic scheduling, 19th International Conference on Computers and
Industrial Engineering, _, Miami, Mar, 1996 - Mar, 1996
82Scheduling on m parallel machines with breakdowns, ORSA/TIMS Conference, _, Chicago, May, 1993 -
May, 1993
Journal
no. Information
1Allahverdi, A., Aydilek, H.,, “The two stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem to minimize total
tardiness”, (accepted for publication in) Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014,
2Allahverdi, A., Aydilek, H.,, “Total completion time with makespan constraint in no-wait flowshops with
setup times”, European Journal of Operational Research, 2014, 238, 724-734.
3Allahverdi, A., Aydilek, H., Aydilek, A.,, “Single machine scheduling problem with interval processing times
to minimize mean weighted completion time”, Computers and Operations Research, 2014, 51, 200-207.
4Aldowaisan, T., Allahverdi, A.,, “Total tardiness performance in m-machine no-wait flowshops with
separate setup times”, (Accepted for publication in) Intelligent Control and Automation, 2014,
5
Aydilek, A., Aydilek, H., Allahverdi, A.,, “Productivity and customer satisfaction in scheduling environments
with uncertain processing and setup times”, (Accepted for publication in) International Journal of
Production Research, 2014,
6Alsabah, H., Aldaihani, M., Allahverdi, A.,, “Assigning patients to rooms in a private hospital in Kuwait”,
(Accepted for publication in) International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2014,
7
Aydilek. A., Aydilek, H., and Allahverdi.A, “Increasing the profitability and competitiveness in a production
environment with random and bounded setup times”, International Journal of Production Research, 2013,
51, 106-117
8Aydilek, H., Allahverdi, A.,, “New heuristics for no-wait flowshops with performance measures of
makespan and mean completion time”, International Journal of Operations Research, 2013, 10, 29-37.
no. Information
9Allahverdi, A., Aydilek, H.,, “Algorithms for No-wait flowshops with total completion time subject to
makespan”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2013, 68, 2237-2251.
10
Al-Anzi, F., Allahverdi, A.,, “An artificial immune system heuristic for two-stage multi-machine assembly
scheduling problem to minimize total completion time”, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2013, 32, 825-
830.
11Aydilek, H., Allahverdi, A.,, “A polynomial time heuristic for flowshop scheduling with setup times and
random processing times”, Applied Mathematical Modeling, 2013, 37, 7164-7173.
12Aldowaisan T and Allahverdi A, “No-wait Flowshop Scheduling Problem to Minimize the Number of Tardy
Jobs”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2012, 61, 311-323
13Ladhari, T., Msakni, M.K., Allahverdi, A.,, “Minimizing the total completion time in a two-machine flowshop
with sequence-independent setup times”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2012, 63, 445-459
14Aldowaisan, T., Allahverdi, A., “Minimizing total tardiness in no-wait flowshops”, Foundations of Computing
and Decision Sciences, 2012, 37, 149-162
15Aydilek, H., Allahverdi, A.,, “Heuristics for no-wait flowshops with makespan subject to mean completion
time”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2012, 219, 351-359
16Al-Anzi, F., Allahverdi, A., “Better heuristics for a two-stage multi-machine assembly scheduling problem to
minimize total completion time”, International Journal of Operations Research, 2012, 9, 66-75
17
Allahverdi A and Aydilek H, “Heuristics for two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize
makespan with bounded processing times”, International Journal of Production Research, 2010, 48, 6367,
6385.
18
Allahverdi, A., Aydilek, H.,, “Heuristics for two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize
maximum lateness with bounded processing times”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 2010,
60, 1374-1384.
19Aydilek, H., Allahverdi, A.,, “Two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with bounded processing times to
minimize total completion time”, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 2010, 59, 684-693.
20Al-Anzi, A., Al-Zamel, K., Allahverdi, A.,, “Weighted multi-skill resources project scheduling”, Journal of
Software Engineering and Applications, 2010, 3, 1125-1130.
21Allahverdi, A., “Three-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize maximum lateness with bounded
setup and processing times”, Journal of Operations and Logistics, 2009, 2, 1-11.
22Ruiz, R., Allahverdi, A., “Minimizing the bicriteria of makespan and maximum tardiness with an upper
bound on maximum tardiness”, Computers and Operations Research, 2009, 36, 1268-1283.
23Ruiz R, Allahverdi A, “New heuristics for no-wait flowshops with bicriteria of makespan and maximum
lateness”, International Journal of Production Research, 2009, 47, 5717-5738.
24Allahverdi A, Al-Anzi F.S., “The two-stage assembly scheduling problem to minimize total completion time
with setup times”, Computers and Operations Research, 2009, 36, 2740-2747.
no. Information
25Al-Anzi F.S, Allahverdi A, “Heuristics for a Two-Stage Assembly Flowshop with Bicriteria of Maximum
Lateness and Makespan”, Computers and Operations Research, 2009, 36, 2682-2689.
26Fondrevelle J, Oulamara A, Portmann M.C, Allahverdi A, “Permutation flowshops with exact time lags to
minimize maximum lateness”, International Journal of Production Research, 2009, 47, 6759-6775.
27Abdulmalek F and Allahverdi A, “Optimizing a help desk performance at a telecommunication company”,
International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2009, 1, 160-164.
28Allahverdi, A., Ng, C.T., Cheng, T.C.E., and Kovalyov, M.Y., “A survey of scheduling problems with setup
times or costs”, European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, 187, 985-1032.
29Savsar, M.,Allahverdi, A., “Senior design course in industrial engineering at Kuwait University”, Int. J.
Continuing Education and Life-Long Learning, 2008, 18, 253-263.
30Allahverdi, A., Soroush, H.M., “The significance of reducing setup times/setup costs”, European Journal of
Operational Research, 2008, 187, 978-984.
31Allahverdi, A., “Three-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize makespan with bounded setup
and processing times”, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial, 2008, 25, 52-61.
32
Allahverdi, A., Al-Anzi, F.S., “The two-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem with bicriteria of
makespan and mean completion time”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2008
, 37, 166-177.
33Ruiz, R., and Allahverdi, A., “Some effective heuristics for no-wait flowshops with setup times to minimize
total completion time”, Annals of Operations Research, 2007, 156, 143-171.
34
Ng, C.T., Allahverdi, A., Al-Anzi, F., Cheng, T.C.E., “The three-machine flowshop scheduling problem to
minimize maximum lateness with separate setup times”, International Journal of Operational Research,
2007, 2, 135-155.
35Ruiz, R., Allahverdi, A., “No-wait flowshop with separate setup times to minimize maximum lateness”,
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2007, 35, 551-565.
36
Al-Anzi, F., and Allahverdi, A., “A self-adaptive differential evolution heuristic for two-stage assembly
scheduling problem to minimize maximum lateness with setup times”, European Journal of Operational
Research, 2007, 182, 80-94.
37Al-Anzi, F., Allahverdi, A., and Kovalyov, M.Y., “Batch deteriorating items with applications in computer
communication and reverse logistics”, European Journal of Operational Research, 2007, 182, 1002-1011.
38Allahverdi, A., “Three-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize total completion time with
bounded setup and processing times”, Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services, 2007, 1, 5-23.
39
Allahverdi, A., and Al-Anzi, F.S., “A branch-and-bound algorithm for three-machine flowshop scheduling
problem to minimize total completion time with separate setup times”, European Journal of Operational
Research, 2006, 169, 767-780.
no. Information
40
Allahverdi, A., and Al-Anzi, F., “A PSO and a Tabu Search Heuristics for Assembly Scheduling Problem of
the Two-Stage Distributed Database Application”, Computers and Operations Research, 2006, 33, 1056-
1080.
41Allahverdi, A., and Al-Anzi, F., “Scheduling multi-stage parallel-processor internet services to minimize
average response time”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2006, 57, 101-110.
42Allahverdi, A., “Two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize total completion time with bounded
setup and processing times”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2006, 103, 386-400.
43Zeydan, M., and Allahverdi, A., “Economic order quantity with uncertain inflation A case study”,
International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2006, 13, 321-328.
44
Allahverdi, A., and Al-Anzi, F., “Evolutionary heuristics and an algorithm for the two-stage assembly
scheduling problem to minimize makespan with setup times”, International Journal of Production
Research, 2006, 44, 4713-4735.
45Al-Anzi, F., and Allahverdi, A., “Empirically discovering dominance relations for scheduling problems using
an evolutionary algorithm”, International Journal of Production Research, 2006, 44, 4701-4712.
46Al-Anzi, F., Sotskov, Y.N., Allahverdi, A., Andreev, G., “Using mixed graph coloring to minimize total
completion time in job shop scheduling”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2006, 182, 1137-1148.
47Al-Anzi, F., and Allahverdi, A., “A hybrid tabu search heuristic for the two-stage assembly scheduling
problem”, International Journal of Operations Research, 2006, 3, 109-119.
48Allahverdi, A.,, “Two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize maximum lateness with bounded
setup and processing times”, Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 2006, 33, 233-251.
49Al-Anzi, F. and Allahverdi, A., “Using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm to minimize variance in response time
for multimedia object requests”, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 2005, 4, 435-453.
50Soroush, H.M,. and Allahverdi, A., “Stochastic two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with total
completion time criterion”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2005, 12, 159-171.
51Allahverdi, A., “Two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize makespan with bounded setup and
processing times”, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing, 2005, 8, 145-153.
52Allahverdi, A.,, “Three-machine flowshop scheduling to minimize maximum lateness”, International Journal
of Agile Manufacturing, 2005, 8, 155-163.
53
Allahverdi, A., Al-Anzi, F., Gupta, JND, “A polynomial genetic based algorithm to minimize maximum
lateness in a two-stage flowshop with setup times”, International Journal of Operations Research, 2005, 2,
89-100.
54
Fondrevelle, J., Allahverdi, A., Oulamara, A., “Two-machine no-wait flowshop scheduling problem to
minimize maximum lateness with separate setup and removal times”, International Journal of Agile
Manufacturing, 2005, 8, 165-174.
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55Allahverdi, A, “A new heuristic for m-machine flowshop scheduling problem with bicriteria of makespan
and maximum tardiness”, Computers and Operations Research, 2004, 31, 157-180.
56
Yeh, W .C., Allahverdi, A., “A branch-and-bound algorithm for the three-machine flowshop scheduling
problem with bicriteria of makespan and total flowtime”, International Transactions in Operational
Research, 2004, 11, 341-359.
57AI-Anzi, F, Allahverdi, A, “A Hybrid Simulated Annealing Heuristic for Multimedia Object Requests
Scheduling Problem”, International Journal of Computers and Applications, 2004, 26, 207-212.
58Allahverdi, A., Aldowaisan, T, “No-wait flowshops with bicriteria of makespan and maximum lateness”,
European Journal of Operational Research, 2004, 152, 132-147.
59Allahverdi, A, “Stochastically minimizing makespan on a three-machine flowshop”, International Journal of
Industrial Engineering Theory Applications and Practice, 2004, 11, 124-131.
60
Aldowaisan, T, Allahverdi, “Three-machine no-wait flowshop with separate setup and removal times to
minimize total completion time”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Theory Applications and
Practice, 2004, 11, 113-123.
61
Sotskov, Y.N., Allahverdi, A., and Lai, T.C., “Flowshop Scheduling Problem to Minimize Total Completion
Time with Random and Bounded Processing Times”, Journal of Operational Research Society, 2004, 55,
277-286.
62Aldowaisan, T., and Allahverdi, A., “A new heuristic for m-machine no-wait flowshop to minimize total
completion time”, OMEGA The International Journal of Management Sciences, 2004, 32, 345-352.
63Allahverdi, A., Sotskov, “Two-machine flowshop minimum length scheduling problem with random and
bounded processing times”, International Transactions in Operational Research, 2003, 10, 65-76.
64
Allahverdi, A., Aldowaisan, T., Sotskov, Y.N., “Two-machine flowshop scheduling problem to minimize
makespan or total completion time with random and bounded setup times”, International Journal of
Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2003, 39, 2475-2486.
65Allahverdi, A, “The two and m machines flowshop scheduling problems with bicriteria of makespan and
mean flowtime”, European Journal of Operational Research, 2003, 147, 373 - 396.
66Aldowaisan, T.,Allahverdi A, “New Heuristics for No-Wait Flowshops to Minimize Makespan”, Computers
and Operations Research, 2003, 30, 1219-1231.
67Yigit, A., and Allahverdi, A., “Product design in reconfigurable manufacturing systems”, International
Journal of Production Research, 2003, 41, 4063-4074.
68
Allahverdi, A. and Al-Anzi, F., “Using two-machine flowshop with maximum lateness objective to model
multimedia data objects allocation problem for WWW applications”, Computers and Operations Research,
2002, 29, 971-994.
69Allahverdi, A., Aldowaisan, “No-wait flowshops with bicriteria of makespan and total completion time”,
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2002, 53, 1004-1015.
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70AI-Anzi, F, Allahverdi, A., “Flexible multi-stage parallel-server scheduling for Internet service architecture”,
International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks, 2002, 5, 134-142.
71Allahverdi, A., Savsar, M, “Scheduling on three-serial duplicate stations in assembly lines with multiple
criteria”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Theory Applications and Practice, 2002, 9, 265-274.
72Yigit, A.S, Ulsoy, A.G, Allahverdi, A., “Optimizing modular product design for reconfigurable
manufacturing”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2002, 13, 309-316.
73Allahverdi, A., Aldowaisan, “New heuristics to minimize total completion time in m-machine flowshops”,
International Journal of Production Economics, 2002, 77, 71-83.
74
Allahverdi, A., Aldowaisan, T.,, “Two-machine flowshop to minimize total completion time with separated
setup and removal times.”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Theory Applications and
Practice, 2002, 9, 275-286.
75Allahverdi A, “The tricriteria two-machine flowshop scheduling problem”, International Transactions in
Operational Research, 2001, 8, 403-425.
76
Al-Anzi, F.,Allahverdi A.,, “The relation between three-tired client-server internet database and two
machine flowshop”, International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks, 2001, 4, 94-
101.
77Allahverdi, A.,Aldowaisan, T.,, “Minimizing total completion time in a no-wait flowshop with sequence-
dependent additive change over times”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2001, 52, 449-462.
78Allahverdi, A.,Savsar, M.,, “Propotionate flowshop scheduling with breakdowns and seperate setup times”,
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2001, 52, 449-462.
79Allahverdi, A., “Minimizing mean flowtime in a two-machine flowshop with sequence independent setup
times”, Computers & Operations Research, 2000, 27, 111-127.
80Allahverdi, A., and Aldowaisan, T.,, “No-wait and separate setup three-machine flowshop with total
completion time criterion”, International Transactions in Opearational Research, 2000, 7, 245-264.
81Allahverdi, A., Gupta, J.N.D. and Aldowaisan, T., “A review of scheduling research involving setup
considerations”, OMEGA The International Journal of Management Sciences, 1999, 27, 219-239.
82Savsar, M., and Allahverdi, A.,, “Algorithms for scheduling of jobs on two serial duplicate stations”,
International Transactions in Operational Research, 1999, 6, 411-422.
83Allahverdi, A.,, “Stochastically minimizing total flowtime in flowshops with no waiting space”, European
Journal of Operational Research, 1999, 113, 101-112.
84Allahverdi, A. and Mittenthal, J., “Dual Criteria scheduling on a two-machine flowshop subject to random
breakdowns”, International Transactions in Operational Research, 1998, 5, 317-324.
85Allahverdi, A., and Aldowaisan, T.,, “Job lateness in flowshops with setup and removal times seperated”,
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1998, 49, 1001-1006.
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86Aldowaisan, T. and Allahverdi, A., “Total flowtime in no-wait flowshops with separated setup times”,
Computers & Operations Research, 1998, 25, 757-765.
87Allahverdi, A., “Scheduling in Stochastic flowshops with independent setup, processing and removal
times”, Computers & Operations Research, 1997, 24, 955-960.
88Allahverdi, A. and Tatari, M.F., “Stochastic machine dominance in flowshops”, Computers and Industrial
Engineering, 1997, 32, 735-741.
89Allahverdi, A., “Two-machine proportionate flowshop scheduling with breakdowns to minimize maximum
lateness”, Computers & Operations Research, 1996, 23, 909-916.
90Allahverdi, A., and Tatari, M. F., “Simulation of different rules in stochastic scheduling”, Computers and
Industrial Engineering, 1996, 31, 209-212.
91Allahverdi, A. and Mittenthal, J., “Scheduling on a two-machine flowshop subject to random breakdowns
with a makespan objective function”, European Journal of Operational Research, 1995, 81, 376-387.
92Allahverdi, A., “Two-stage production scheduling with seperated setup times and stochastic breakdowns”,
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1995, 46, 896-904.
93Allahverdi, A., “Optimal policies for a deterministic two-machine semi-ordered flowshop with maximum
lateness objective”, Transactions on Operational Research, 1994, 6, 47-54.
94Allahverdi, A. and J. Mittenthal, “Scheduling on m parallel machines subject to random breakdowns to
minimize expected mean flowtime”, Naval Research Logistics, 1994, 41, 677-682.
95Allahverdi, A. and J. Mittenthal, “Two-machine ordered flowshop scheduling under random breakdowns”,
Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 1994, 20, 9-17.
96Willemain, T. and Allahverdi, A., “Robust estimation for exponential data A monte-carlo comparison”,
Communications in Statistics Simulation and Computation, 1992, 21, 1043-1075.
Other Publications
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1Scheduling requests on multiple-stage multi-server to increase quality of service, Allahverdi A and Al-Anzi
F, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Jan, 2003
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