• An assessment of the potential benefits from integrated electricity capacity planning in the northern Middle East region 

  AlKhal F.; Chedid R.; Itani Z.; Karam T. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2006)

  Demand for electricity in the northern Middle East region has experienced considerable growth in the past few decades. However, power sector planning in the countries of this region has been mainly carried out in an ...
• New eco-city: Incorporating sustainability into the concept master plan 

  Mneimneh F.; Srour I.; Kaysi I. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);, 2014)

  Several international tools and standards (e.g., LEED, BREEAM) exist for evaluating the level of sustainability of buildings and neighborhoods. Nonetheless, they still are not available in the context of new city-scale ...
• When does management matter in a dog-eat-dog world: An Interaction Value Analysis model of organizational climate 

  Nasrallah W.F. (, 2006)

  Interaction Value Interaction Value Analysis (I.V.A.) models a network of rational actors who generate value by interacting with each other. This model can be used to understand human organizations. Since people form ...
• Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: A model for successes and failures 

  El-Saouda R.; Mezher T.; Nasrallah W.; Ajam M. (, 2006)

  Entrepreneurs face different types of difficulties and operate in an unstable environment characterized by regional political ciaos and local financial, legal, infrastructural, educational and cultural impediments. Small ...
• Are building occupants satisfied with indoor environmental quality of higher education facilities? 

  El Asmar M.; Chokor A.; Srour I. (Elsevier Ltd;, 2014)

  Balancing energy performance and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) performance has become a conventional tradeoff in sustainable building design. In recognition of the impact IEQ performance has on the occupants of ...
• Investment decisions in modular product development 

  Yassine A.A. (Carl Hanser Verlag;, 2014)

  Developing new products is critical to firms' success and is the key for sustaining competitive advantage. Firms engaging in product development (PD) face the important problem of allocating scarce development resources ...
• Integrating learning curves in probabilistic well construction estimates 

  Jablonowski C.; Ettehadtavakkol A.; Ogunyomi B.; I. Srour (, 2009)

  [No abstract available]
• Integrating quality, environmental and supply chain management systems into the learning organisation 

  Mezher T.; Ajam M. (Springer London;, 2006)

  [No abstract available]
• Pilot-based assessment of the economics of recycling construction demolition waste 

  Srour I.M.; Chehab G.R.; El-Fadel M.; Tamraz S. (LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2013)

  The significant amount of waste generated from construction demolition has become a chronic problem in many developing countries. Using data obtained from demolition contractors and various other sources, this paper proposes ...
• Allocation of service time in a multiserver system 

  El-Taha M.; Maddah B. (LINTHICUM HTS901 ELKRIDGE LANDING RD, STE 400, LINTHICUM HTS, MD 21090-2909 USA, 2006)

  Reducing congestion is a primary concern in the design and analysis of queueing networks, especially in systems where sources of randomness are characterized by high variability. This paper considers a multiserver first-come, ...
• Reserve stock models: Deterioration and preventive replenishment 

  Maddah B.; Yassine A.A.; Salameh M.K.; Chatila L. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2014)

  Reserve stocks are needed in a wide spectrum of industries from strategic oil reserves to tactical (machine buffer) reserves in manufacturing. One important aspect under-looked in research is the effect of deterioration, ...
• Optimal information exchange policies in integrated product development 

  Yassine A.; Maddah B.; Nehme N. (PHILADELPHIA325 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 800, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA, 2013)

  This article considers information exchange in an Integrated Product Development (IPD) environment. First, a dynamic programming model is formulated that is able to capture upstream partial information flow in a two-activity ...
• Recursive central rounding for mixed integer programs 

  Naoum-Sawaya J. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2014)

  We introduce a new rounding heuristic for mixed integer programs. Starting from a fractional solution, the new approach is based on recursively fixing a subset of the discrete variables while using the analytic center to ...
• The effectiveness of videos as a learning tool in an engineering ethics course: A students' perspective 

  Itani M. (, 2013)

  Top engineering schools worldwide require their students to enroll in an engineering ethics course mainly because it serves as a soft introduction to real situations and scenarios usually encountered in the workplace. ...
• Newsvendor pricing and assortment under Poisson decomposition 

  Maddah B.; Bish E.K.; Tarhini H. (Taylor and Francis Inc.; PHILADELPHIA520 CHESTNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA, 2014)

  This article studies the structure of and the interdependence among the critical decisions on pricing, inventory, and assortment of a retailers product line. It considers substitutable retail products that are horizontally ...
• Skill-based framework for optimal software project selection and resource allocation 

  Zaraket F.A.; Olleik M.; Yassine A.A. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2014)

  This paper presents a conceptual framework and a mathematical formulation for software resource allocation and project selection at the level of software skills. First, we introduce a skill-based framework that considers ...
• Joint replenishment model with substitution 

  Salameh M.K.; Yassine A.A.; Maddah B.; Ghaddar L. (Elsevier Inc.; NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2014)

  When products are coupled to the same cycle, the joint replenishment model (JRM) is used to determine optimal inventory levels, where the amount to order (for each item) is designed to minimize the joint holding and ordering ...
• A review of energy efficiency measures in commercial buildings: The case of lebanon 

  Abou Jaoude A.; Srour I.; Menassa C. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);, 2014)

  Lebanon suffers from a chronic problem of electricity shortages, and therefore power outages are common. Electricite du Liban (EDL), the national electricity provider, covers 61percent of the total electricity demand, ...
• Construction workforce management strategies to reduce absenteeism: A survey study 

  Lattouf M.G.; Srour F.J.; Srour I.M. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);, 2014)

  Strategic workforce management decisions (e.g., hiring, training, and staffing) have a direct effect on the cost, schedule, and quality of work. This paper presents the preliminary findings of a survey of construction-site ...
• Effect of noise emitted by forestry equipment on workers' hearing capacity 

  Fonseca A.; Aghazadeh F.; de Hoop C.; Ikuma L.; Al-Qaisi S. (, 2014)

  Forest logging involves the use of various noise-producing equipment, which may be harmful to the hearing capabilities of operators in the immediate area. Yet, little research has been performed to determine the long term ...

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