Osman, Ibrahim , Ph.D.
  
   Professor
   AUB Start Date: October, 1999
 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: io00@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: io00@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: 404
Office Extension: 3953
   
   
   
  
 Office Hours

Monday : 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Wednesday : 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

 Experience

October  2007  -   September   2008
Brunel University - West London
London, United Kingdom
Honorary Full Professor Within the Brunel Business School

 Teaching Activities at AUB

 
Teaching Preparation
Semester Course No Title
Spring-2007-2008  BUSS 300  Business Research Methods 

 Recent Research/Intellectual Contributions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Published Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Fleszar, K, Osman, IH and Hindi, KS  (2008)  'A variable neighborhood search algorithm for the open vehicle routing problem',  European Journal of Operational Research

2. Osman, IH and Ahmadi, S  (2007)  'Guided construction search meta-heuristics for the capacitated clustering problem',  Journal of the Operational Research Society. , 58, 100-1114

3. Jaber, M, Osman, IH and Guiffrida, A  (2006)  'Coordinating a three-level supply chain with quantity discounts, price dependent demand, and profit sharing',  International Journal of Integrated Supply Management , 2, 28-48

4. Osman, IH  (2006)  'A tabu search procedure based on a ranked-roulette diversification for the weighted maximal planar graph problem',  Computers and Operations Research , 33, 2526-2546

5. Ghaziri, H and Osman, IH  (2006)  'A self-organizing algorithm for the vehicle routing with backhauls',  Journal of scheduling , 9:2, 97-114

6. Jaber, MY, Osman, IH and Guiffrida, AL  (2006)  'Coordinating a tow-level supply chain with permissible delay in payments and profit sharing',  Computers and Industrial Engineering , 50:4, 398-400

7. Ahmadi, S and Osman, IH  (2005)  'Greedy random adaptive memory programming search for the capacitated clustering problem',  European Journal of Operational Research :162, 30-44

8. Ahmadi, S and Osman, IH  (2004)  'Density based problem space search for the capacitated clustering problem',  Annals for Operational Research , 131, 21-43

9. Osman, IH, Al-Ayoubi, B and Barake, M  (2003)  'A greedy random adaptive search procedure for the weighted maximal planar graph problem',  Computers and Industrial Engineering , 45, 635-651

10. Ghaziri, H and Osman, IH  (2003)  'A self-organizing feature maps for the traveling salesman problem with backhauls',  Computers and Industrial Engineering , 44, 267-281

11. Hasan, M, Osman, IH and Al-Khamis, T  (2002)  'A meta-heuristic procedure for the three-dimension assignment problem',  Int. J. of Applied Mathematics , 8:4, 365-380

12. Osman, IH, Hasan, M and Abdullah, A  (2002)  'LP-based meta-heuristics for the weighted maximal planar graph problem',  Journal of Operational Research Society , 53:10, 1142-1149

13. Wassan, N and Osman, IH  (2002)  'Tabu search variants for the mix fleet vehicle routing problem',  Journal of Operational Research Society , 53:7, 768-782

14. Osman, IH and Wassan N  (2002)  'Reactive tabu search meta-heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with backhauls',  Journal of Scheduling , 5:4, 263-285

15. Pesch, E, Glover, F and Osman, IH  (1999)  'Efficient facility layout planning in maximally planar graph model',  International Journal of Production Research , 37, 263-283

16. Osman, IH and Laporte, G  (1999)  'Metaheuristics: A Bibliography',  Annals of Operations Research , 63, 513-628

17. Sharaiha, Y, Gendreau, M and Osman, IH  (1997)  'A tabu search approach for the capacitated minimum spanning tree',  Networks , 29, 161-171

18. Osman, IH and Hasan, M  (1997)  'A layered matching-planarity heuristic for the machine layout planning',  Egyptian Computer Science Journal , 19:2, 1-17

19. Hasan, M and Osman, IH  (1996)  'Exploiting the scraps: An LP model improves the efficiency of aluminum recycling',  OR Insight , 9:3, 13-18

20. Hasan, M and Osman, IH  (1995)  'Local search strategies for the maximal planar layout problem',  International Transactions in Operational Research , 2, 89-106

21. Laporte, G and Osman, IH  (1995)  'Routing Problems: A bibliography',  Annals of Operations Research , 61, 227-262

22. Osman, IH  (1995)  'Heuristics for the generalized assignment problem: simulated annealing and tabu search approaches',  OR Spektrum , 17, 211-225

23. Osman, IH and Christofides, N  (1994)  'Capacitated clustering problems by hybrid simulated annealing and tabu search',  International Transactions in Operational Research , 11, 317-336

24. Osman, IH  (1993)  'Metastrategy simulated annealing and tabu search algorithms for the vehicle routing problem',  Annals of Operations Research , 41, 421-451

25. Thangiah, R, Osman, IH and Vingayagamoorthy, R  (1993)  'Algorithms for vehicle routing with time deadlines',  American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences , 13, 323-355

26. Osman, IH and Potts, CN  (1989)  'Simulated annealing for permutation flow shop scheduling',  OMEGA International Journal of Management Science , 17, 551-557


Other Intellectual Contributions
Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. IEA/AIE 99 Cairo, Egypt (1999) Proceedings: Multiple Approaches to Intelligent Systems - Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence -Springer 1611, edited by Osman, IH. Germany: Imam I, Kodratoff Y, El-Dessouki A, and Moonis A

2. The Operational Research Society (1995) Proceedings: Operational Research Tutorials - Stokton Press, Hampshire, edited by Osman, IH. United Kingdom: Lawerence M & Wildson C

3. AMR Publishing (1993) Proceedings: Proceedings of the second Conference on Information Technology and Applications, edited by Osman, IH. Swansea, United Kingdom: Hafeez K, Wani MA & Jomma KS

4. University of Vienna (2005) Proceedings: Proceedings of the 6th Metaheuristics International Conference, edited by Osman, IH and Al-Ayoubi, B. Vienna, Austria: Professor Richard Hartl

5.  (2003) Proceedings: International conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, edited by Jaber, M and Osman, IH. Limerick , Ireland

6. International Foundation of Production Research (2004) Proceedings: Fifth Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2004 & the seventh Asia-Pacific division meeting of the International Foundation of Production Research, edited by Osman, IH. Gold Cost, Australia: Kozan Erhan

7. Universite de Rennes 1 (1993) Proceedings: Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Logistics, edited by Osman, IH. Rennes, France: Barros, L

8. CIRRELT- Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportationn (2007) Proceedings: Proceedings of MIC2007 - the 7th Metaheuristic International Conference, edited by Osman, IH. Montreal, Canada: Michel Gendreau

9.  (1994) Proceedings: Preprints of the Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN II), edited by Osman, IH and Salhi, S. Capri, Italy: Bianco, L

10. UNICOM Seminars Ltd. (1997) Proceedings: Proceedings of Modern Heuristics for Decision Support, edited by Osman, IH. Middlesex, United Kingdom

11. Information Systems Evalaution and integration group (ISEing, UK) (2008) Proceedings: CD-ROM Online Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean on Information Systems Conference (ECMS2008,) Late Breaking Papers, LBP7, pp 1-9, May 25-26th, 2008, Al-Bustan Rotana, Dubai, UAE. ISBN: 902316-59-8., edited by Osman, IH, Hitti, A and Al-Ayoubi, B.  London- http://www.emcis.org & http://www, United Kingdom:  Editors: Zahir Irani et al.

12. I4E2- International Institute of Innovation, Industrial Enginnering and Enterpreneurship (2007) Proceedings: Proceedings of IESM2007- International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, edited by Osman, IH. Beijing, China: AbdelHaklm Artiba

13. I4E2 (2005) Proceedings: the e-Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM05), edited by Osman, IH. Marrakech, Morocco: Artiba A, Elmaghraby SE, and Lee CY

14. Research Institute for Mathematical Science-Kyoto University (2000) Proceedings: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Algorithm Engineering, edited by Osman, IH. Kyoto, Japan: Toshi Ibaraki

15.  (1997) Proceedings: Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice Conference, edited by Osman, IH and Wassan, N. San Diego, CA, United States: Chen, G

Published Books; Chapters in Books; Monographs

16. Voss, S, Martello, S and Osman, IH  (1999) Preface, Metaheuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for Optimization, United States

17. Osman, IH and Kelly, JP  (1996) Preface,  Meta-heuristics Theory and applications, United States

18. Rayward-Smith, V, Osman, IH, Reeves, CC and  Smith, G  (1996) Preface, Modern heuristic search techniques, United Kingdom

19. Osman, IH and Salhi, S  (1996) Local search strategies for the mix fleet vehicle routing problem, Modem Heuristic Search Techniques, United Kingdom

20. Osman, IH and Kelly, JP  (1996) Metaheuristics: An overview, Metaheuristics Theory and Applications, United States

Non-Refereed Conference Presentations

21. Osman, IH  (2006)  'A General Framework for Generating Innovative Methaheuristics', paper presented at the 5th Rencontre de Analyse Mathematique et Applications, April 10-12 - 2006  April, Algeria

22. Osman, IH  (2002)  'Guided Construction Meta-Heuristics for the Weighted Maximal Planar Graph Problem', paper presented at the Local Search Workshop, OR Society  April, United Kingdom

23. Osman, IH  (2003)  'Metaheuristics: Models and Analysis', paper presented at the EURO/ INFROMS joint conference  July, Turkey

24. Osman, IH  (2002)  'Linear Programming Based Heuristics for the Weighted Maximal Planar Graph', paper presented at the IFORS 2002  July, United Kingdom

25. Osman, IH  (2002)  'Elastic Strings for Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls', paper presented at the IFORS 2002  July, United Kingdom

26. Osman, IH  (2004)  'Coordinating a three-level supply chain with quantity discounts, price dependent demand, and profit sharing', paper presented at the ECCO XVII conference  June, Lebanon

27. Osman, IH  (2003)  'Graph Planarization: Exact and LP-based Meta-Heuristics', paper presented at the ECCO XVI conference  June, Norway

28. Osman, IH  (2006)  'New Trends in Metaheuristics', paper presented at the The Annual Conference of the Tunisian Management Science Society, May 27-28..  May, Tunisia

29. Osman, IH  (2002)  'The Maximal Planar Graph Problem: Exact and Approximate Methods with an LP-based Meta-heuristic.', paper presented at the ECCO-XV  May, Switzerland

30. Osman, IH  (2000)  'A reactive tabu search meta-heuristic for the vehicle routing with backhauls ', paper presented at the OR42 annual conference  September, United Kingdom

Curriculum Development & Teaching Innovation
New Courses/Programs Developed

1.  Osman, IH  (2005)  'Advance Business Analytic - EMBA 570', 
I have designed course materials for this E-MBA course

2.  Osman, IH  (2005)  'Business Models for Decision Making - EMBA550', 
I have designed new material for this executive E-MBA course

3.  Osman, IH  (2005)  'Supply Chain Course - DCSN 305', 
Developed WEBCT material for the course

4.  Osman, IH  (2005)  'Models for Decision Making - DSCN 300', 
Developed Web CT materials

5.  Osman, IH  (2005)  'Managerial Decision Making', 
Designed WEBCT materials

6.  Osman, IH  (2004)  'BIDS courses', 
BIDS Courses were re-designed to fit Business Information Management and Decision System in 2004. I played a major role with BIDS professors to develop new and existing courses.

7.  Osman, IH  (2000)  'OPIM Courses', 
OPIM Track/Courses were re-designed to fit operations and Information Management in 2000. I played a major role with OPIM professors to develop new and existing courses.

8.  Osman, IH  (2000)  'OPIM Track ', 
OPIM Track and its related courses were developed in 2000 at OSB under my convener-ship.


Research in Progress
Work in Progress

1.  Osman, IH and Ayoubi, B  (2008)  'A Frontier Data Envelopment Analysis Framework for the Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Metaheuristic Algorithms', 
OSB research report in progress

2.  Osman, IH and Hitti, A  (2008)  'Using data envelopment analysis and window analysis for an early warning signal for failure - an application on Lebanese banks', 
OSB research report in progress

3.  Osman, IH, Fleszar, K and Belouadah, H  (2008)  'Evaluation of Heuristics for the Weighted Tardiness Single Machine Scheduling Problem with Periodic Maintenance', 
OSB research report in progress

4.  Osman, IH, Hindi, KH and Barake, M  (2008)  'Exact algorithms for the maximal planar graph problem', 
OSB research report to revise

5.  Osman, IH  (2008)  'Evaluation of the efficiency performance of all banks in Lebanon', 
A draft report is completed and the data of the paper needs to be updated.

6.  Osman, IH  (2007)  'Exact and efficient metaheuristics for the maximal planar graph', 

7.  Osman, IH  (2007)  'A new framework for evaluation of metaheuristics',