• Exact solution methods for a generalized assignment problem with location/allocation considerations 

      Ghoniem, Ahmed; Flamand, Tulay; Haouari, Mohamed ( INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences , 2016 , Article)
      We investigate modeling approaches and exact solution methods for a generalized assignment problem with location/allocation (GAPLA) considerations. In contrast with classical generalized assignment problems, each knapsack ...
    • Optimization-based very large-scale neighborhood search for generalized assignment problems with location/allocation considerations 

      Ghoniem, Ahmed; Flamand, Tulay; Haouari, Mohamed ( INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences , 2016 , Article)
      This paper introduces a novel class of generalized assignment problems with location/allocation considerations that arises in several applications including retail shelf space allocation. We consider a set of items where ...
    • Parcel delivery by vehicle and drone 

      El-Adle, Amro M.; Ghoniem, Ahmed; Haouari, Mohamed ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      We investigate a single-vehicle parcel delivery problem in which customers may be served either by the vehicle or by a portable companion drone launched from the vehicle. The problem may be viewed as a Traveling Salesman ...
    • Prescriptive analytics for FIFA World Cup lodging capacity planning 

      Ghoniem, Ahmed; Ali, Agha Iqbal; Al-Salem, Mohammed; Khallouli, Wael ( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2017 , Article)
      The FIFA World Cup, comprising sixty-four matches spanning an entire month, has, in recent years, been attended by about three million spectators of which over half a million are visitors requiring lodging. Planning lodging ...