• A clustering-based repair shop design for repairable spare part supply systems 

      Turan H.H.; Sleptchenko A.; Pokharel S.; ElMekkawy T.Y. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)
      In this study, we address the design problem of a single repair shop in a repairable multi-item spare part supply system. We propose a sequential solution heuristic to solve the joint problem of resource pooling, inventory ...
    • A model for capacitated green vehicle routing problem with the time-varying vehicle speed and soft time windows 

      Xu Z.; Elomri A.; Pokharel S.; Mutlu F. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      This paper investigates the capacitated green vehicle routing problem (GVRP) with time-varying vehicle speed and soft time windows. The GVRP is developed as a multi-objective mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) ...
    • An Approach for Energy Conservation Management Systems in Buildings 

      Ayoub N.; Musharavati F.; Pokharel S.; Gabbar H.A. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Making decisions about energy conservation options in buildings can be rather problematic as they involve several tradeoffs between project stakeholders. Furthermore, the level of details required in making a decision by ...
    • ANN Model for Energy Demand and Supply Forecasting in a Hybrid Energy Supply System 

      Ayoub N.; Musharavati F.; Pokharel S.; Gabbar H.A. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      This paper presents short term demand and supply forecasting model for a microgrid supply system used to secure the electricity demands of a commercial building, using one year demand data collected in hourly base. One-year ...
    • Comfort-based fuzzy control optimization for energy conservation in HVAC systems 

      Hussain, S.; Gabbar, H.A.; Bondarenko, D.; Musharavati, F.; Pokharel, S. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)
      The work presented herein illustrates the use of computational intelligence and optimization approaches for improving the fuzzy controller's performance in architectural heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system ...
    • Cross-training policies for repair shops with spare part inventories 

      Sleptchenko A.; Turan H.H.; Pokharel S.; ElMekkawy T.Y. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      We study a spare part supply system for repairable spare parts where parallel repair servers may have multiple skills (can repair different failed parts). Demands for the spares occur according to Poisson processes with ...
    • Impact of competitive conditions on supplier evaluation: a construction supply chain case study 

      Seth D.; Nemani V.S.R.K.; Pokharel S.; Al Sayed A.Y. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2018 , Article)
      This research proposes a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework and demonstrates the impact of competitive conditions on supplier evaluation process for construction supply chains. The paper focuses on the supply ...
    • Modeling prepositioning of resources for humanitarian logistics 

      Pokharel S.; Holguin-Veras J.; Pradhananga R. ( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Prepositioning of resources for humanitarian assistance to the victims of natural disaster is an important consideration to mitigate the problem that occurs due to the shortage in the supply of resources. Prepositioned ...
    • Stakeholder’s perception of service quality: a case in Qatar 

      Shurair A.S.A.; Pokharel S. ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report students’ perception of service quality in a university by examining the perceptual context of service quality with respect to students’ loyalty behavior, ...
    • The design of green supply chains under carbon policies: A literature review of quantitative models 

      Xu Z.; Elomri A.; Pokharel S.; Mutlu F. ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article Review)
      Carbon footprinting of products and services is getting increasing attention due to the growing emphasis on carbon related policies in many countries. As a result, many enterprises are focusing on the design of green supply ...