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Edited Book

Ghoniem, A. and B. Maddah, eds. (2023).  Retail Space Analytics.  Springer. 

Journal Publications

(a * indicates a student).

  1. Ben Abdelaziz, F., B. Maddah, T. Flamand, and J. Azar (2024).  Store-Wide Space Planning Balancing Impulse and Convenience.  European Journal of Operational Research,  312: 211-226.    
  2. Flamand, T., A. Ghoniem, and B. Maddah (2023).  Store-Wide Shelf-Space Allocation with Ripple Effects Driving Traffic.  Operations Research, 71: 1073–1092.
  3. Tarhini, H., B. Maddah, and A. Shmayssani*, (2023). Pricing, Assortment, and Inventory Decisions under Nested Logit Demand and Equal Profit Margins. IISE Transactions: 55:  602-615.  Video of talk at HEC Montreal.  
  4. Tarhini, H., B. Maddah, and F. Hamzeh (2021).  The Traveling Salesman Puts-on a Hard Hat – Tower Crane Scheduling in Construction Projects.  European Journal of Operational Research, 292: 327-338. 
  5. Maddah, B., F. Ben Abdelaziz, and H. Tarhini (2021). Bi-Objective Optimization of Profit and Customer Surplus in Assortment and Pricing Planning.   Annals of Operations Research, 296: 195–210.
  6. Nehme, N., B. Maddah and I. Kaysi, (2021).  An integrated multi-ship crane allocation in Beirut Port container terminal. Operational Research, 21, 1743-1761.
  7. Nasr, W. W., A. Charanek*, and B. Maddah (2018). MAP Fitting by Count and Inter-Arrival Moment Matching. Stochastic Models, 34: 292-321.
  8. Flamand, T., A. Ghoniem, M. Hawari and B. Maddah (2018). Integrated Assortment Planning and Store-wide Shelf Space Allocation: An Optimization-based Approach. Omega, 81: 134-149.
  9. Maddah, B., W. W. Nasr, and A. Charanek* (2017). A Multi-Station System for Reducing Congestion in High-Variability Queues.  European Journal of Operational Research, 262: 602-619.
  10. Maddah, B. and M. El-Taha (2017). Analysis of a Two-Node Closed Queueing Cyclic Network with One Non-Exponential Node. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 110: 297-306.
  11. Maddah, B. and N. Noueihed (2017). EOQ Holds under Stochastic Demand, a Technical Note . Applied Mathematical Modelling, 45: 205-208.
  12. Flamand, T., A. Ghoniem, and B. Maddah (2016). Promoting Impulse Buying by Allocating Retail Shelf Space to Grouped Product Categories. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67: 953-969.
  13. Ghoniem, A., B. Maddah, and A. Ismail* (2016). Optimizing Assortment and Pricing of Multiple Retail Categories with Cross-Selling, Jounrnal of Global Optimization, 66: 291-309.
  14. Maddah, B., M. Kharbeche, S. Pokharel, and A. Ghoiem (2016). Joint Replenishment Model for Multiple products with Substitution . Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40: 7678-7688.
  15. Maddah, B. and M. El-Taha (2016). Selective trunk with multi-Server reservation. Advances in Operations Research, doi:10.1155/2016/3478709. (Invited article)
  16. Nasr, W. W. and B. Maddah (2015). Continuous (s,S) Policy with MMPP Correlated Demand. European Journal of Operational Research, 246: 874–885.
  17. Ghoniem, A. and B. Maddah (2015). Integrated Retail Decisions with Multiple Selling Periods and Customer Segments: Optimization and Insights. Omega, 55: 38-52.
  18. Aprahamian*, H. and B. Maddah (2015). Pricing Asian Options via Compound Gamma and Orthogonal Polynomials. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 264: 21–43.
  19. Maddah, B., E. K. Bish, and H. Tarhini* (2014). Newsvendor Pricing and Assortment under Poisson Decomposition. IIE Transactions, 46: 567-584.
  20. Maddah, B., A. Yassine, M. K. Salameh and L. Chatila* (2014). Reserve Stock with Deterioration and Preventive Replenishment. European Journal of Operational Research, 232: 64–71.
  21. Maddah, B., A. Yassine, M. Hindi, and Z. Wahab* (2014). An IntegratedApproach to State Decision-Making in Upstream Hydrocarbon Operations with Application to Lebanon. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61: 755-767.
  22. Salameh, M. K., A. Yassine, B. Maddah, and L. Ghaddar* (2014). Joint Replenishment Model with Substitution. Applied Mathematical Modelling,38: 3662-3671.
  23. Yassine, A., B. Maddah, and N. Nehme* (2013). Optimal Information Exchange Policies in Integrated Product Development. IIE Transactions, 45, 1249–1262.
  24. Nasr, W. W. and B. Maddah, (2013). EOQ with a Correlated Binomial Supply. International Journal of Production Economics, 144: 248–255.
  25. Yassine, A., B. Maddah, and N. Younes* (2013). On Structuring Offshore Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contracts: Lebanon’s Case. Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Journal of World Energy Law & Business, 6: 83-106.
  26. Kaysi, I. A., B. Maddah, N. Nehme*, and F. M. Mneimneh (2012). An Integrated Model for Resource Allocation and Scheduling in a Transshipment Container Terminal. Transportation Letters, 4: 143-152.
  27. Yassine, A., B. Maddah, and M. K. Salameh (2012). Disaggregation and Consolidationof Imperfect Inventory Shipments in an Extended EPQ Model. International Journal of Production Economics, 135: 345–352.
  28. Mezher, T., D. Noamani, A. Abdul-Malak, and B. Maddah. (2011). Analyzing Sustainability Knowledge in the Arab World. Sustainable Development, 19: 402–416.
  29. Maddah, B., M. El-Taha, and R. Abou Tayeh* (2010). Optimal Allocation of Servers and Processing Time in a Load Balancing System. Computers & Operations Research, 37: 2173-2181.
  30. Maddah, B., M. K. Salameh, and L. Moussawi (2010). Order Overlapping: A Practical Approach for Preventing Shortages during Screening. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 58: 691-695.
  31. Maddah, B., L. Moussawi, and M. Y. Jaber (2010). Lot Sizing with a Markov Production Process and Imperfect Items Scrapped. International Journal of Production Economics 124: 340-347.
  32. Maddah, B., L. Moussawi, M. El-Taha, and H. Rida* (2010). Dynamic Cruise Ship Revenue Management. European Journal of Operational Research, 207: 445–455.
  33. Maddah, B. and E. K. Bish (2009). Locational Tying of Complementary Retail Items. Naval Research Logistics, 56: 421-438.
  34. Maddah, B. M. K. Salameh, and G. M. Karame* (2009). Lot Sizing with Random Yield and Items of Different Qualities . Applied Mathematical Modelling 33: 1997–2009. Abstract.
  35. Maddah, B. and M. Y. Jaber (2008). Economic Order Quantity for Items with Imperfect Quality: Revisited . International Journal of Production Economics, 112: 808–815.
  36. Maddah, B.and E. K. Bish (2007). Joint Pricing, Assortment, and Inventory Decisions for a Retailer’s Product Line. Naval Research Logistics, 54: 315-330.
  37. El-Taha, M. and B. Maddah (2006). Allocation of Service Time in a Multi-Server System . Management Science, 52: 623-637.
  38. Maddah, B., M. Y. Jaber and N. E. Abboud (2004). Periodic Review (s, S) Inventory Model with Permissible Delay in Payments. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55: 147-159.

Book Chapters

  1. Flamand, T., A. Ghoniem, and B. Maddah (2023).  A Solver-Free Heuristic for Store-wide Allocation.  In Retail Space Analytics,  Ed. A. Ghoniem and B. Maddah.   
  2. Tarhini, H. and B. Maddah (2022).  Fundamentals of Supply Chain Operations.   In Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook,  Ed. B. Bidanda.   McGraw Hill.
  3. Maddah, B., E. K. Bish, and B. Munreo (2011). Pricing, Variety, and Inventory Decisions for Product Lines of Substitutable Items. In Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise: A State of the Art Handbook, Eds. K. Kemph, P. Keskinocak, and R. Uzsoy. Springer. 
  4. Bish, D. R., E. K. Bish, and B. Maddah (2007).  Revenue Management and Capacity Planning.  In Handbook of Logistics Engineering, Ed. G. D. Taylor. CRC Press.

Working Papers / Submitted for Publication

  1. El-Hassan, N.*, B. Maddah, and F. Ben Abdelaziz.  Optimal Timing of Imposing and Lifting Lockdowns during an Epidemic. 
  2. El-Hassan, N.*, B. Maddah, and F. Ben Abdelaziz.  Optimal Lockdown Timing during an Epidemic. 
  3. El-Hassan, N.*, and B. Maddah.  Power Approximations for Pricing American Options.
  4. Tarhini, H. and B. Maddah.    Pricing, Assortment, and Inventory Decisions under a Generalized Nested Logit Demand. 
  5. Gemayel, J.* B. Maddah and W. Nasr. A Queueing Model of Car Traffic to Balance Costs and Emissions.
  6. Maddah, B. and M El-Taha. Approximation for the Variance of the Arrival Process of a Series System with Service Truncation.
  7. Hajj, H.* and B. Maddah. Optimal Time and Cost balance in Project Risk Management.

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