Browsing Mechanical & Industrial Engineering by Author "Abdella, G.M."
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A framework based on location hazard index for optimizing operational performance of emergency response strategies: The case of petrochemical industrial cities
Rebeeh Y.; Pokharel S.; Abdella G.M.; Hammuda A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Emergency response operations are very important activities in the industrial areas. As an incident in an industrial area can have considerable economic and social impact, response to such an incident has to be provided ... -
A frontier-based managerial approach for relative sustainability performance assessment of the world's airports
Kucukvar M.; Alawi K.A.; Abdella G.M.; Bulak M.E.; Onat N.C.; Bulu M.; Yal�?nta? M.... more authors ... less authors ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2021 , Article)The sustainability impact of air transportation has become crucial to communities. Airports around the world are forced to be transparent with the society and to declare their sustainability results. As the sustainability ... -
A mixed model-based Johnson's relative weights for eco-efficiency assessment: The case for global food consumption
Abdella G.M.; Kucukvar M.; Ismail R.; Abdelsalam A.G.; Onat N.C.; Dawoud O.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Inc. , 2021 , Article)Eco-efficiency composite indicators are widely accepted as the ratio of environmental impact to created economic value. These indicators are realistic measures for assessing sustainability performance considering the economy ... -
A novel approach for developing composite eco-efficiency indicators: The case for US food consumption
Abdella G.M.; Kucukvar M.; Kutty A.A.; Abdelsalam A.G.; Sen B.; Bulak M.E.; Onat N.C.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Eco-efficiency analysis can provide useful information for sustainability benchmarking of products and sectors while assessing and monitoring their economic and environmental performances. The eco-efficiency is defined as ... -
A Real Case-Based Study Exploring Influence of Human Age and Gender on Drivers’ Behavior and Traffic Safety
Ghadban N.R.; Abdella G.M.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Hamouda A.M.; Abdur-Rouf K.B. ( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Conference Paper)The demand for understanding the functional relationship between changes in traffic safety level and human-related factors has increased remarkably due to a steady increase in population and traffic volume. Motor vehicle ... -
A system thinking approach for harmonizing smart and sustainable city initiatives with United Nations sustainable development goals
Kutty A.A.; Abdella G.M.; Kucukvar M.; Onat N.C.; Bulu M. ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2020 , Article)Technology has indispensably been a part of the city evolution throughout history. In recent years, there has been a shift in the pattern of development in smart cities, where smart cities attempt to embrace practices of ... -
An adaptive thresholding-based process variability monitoring
Abdella G.M.; Kim J.; Kim S.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Jeong M.K.M.K.; Hamouda A.M.; Elsayed E.A.... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2019 , Article)In high-dimensional processes, monitoring process variability is considerably difficult due to the large number of variables and the limited number of samples. Monitoring changes in the covariance matrix of a multivariate ... -
An empirical assessment on the transportation sustainability indicators and their impact on economic productivity
Kutty A.A.; Yetiskin Z.; Abraham M.M.; Nooh M.A.; Kucukvar M.; Abdella G.M.... more authors ... less authors ( IEOM Society , 2020 , Conference Paper)Sustainable transportation has been traditionally acknowledged as an accelerating factor in achieving economic productivity. This paper attempts to frame a methodology to study the sustainability of the transportation ... -
An integrated sustainable quality management framework for quality-related research
Kutty A.A.; Abdella G.M.; Kucukvar M. ( IEOM Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)The existence of synergies between several quality management systems and sustainability has spurred great interest in better understanding the sustainable quality management (SQM) concept over the past decade. This paper ... -
Analyzing the impact of human characteristics on the comprehensibility of road traffic signs
Ghadban N.R.; Abdella G.M.; Alhajyaseen W.; Al-Khalifa K.N. ( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)Traffic safety is one of major challenges facing most communities worldwide. To improve traffic safety, regulating traffic movement through markings, signs, channelization, and others is essential. Traffic signs are used ... -
Assessing regional and global environmental footprints and value added of the largest food producers in the world
Kucukvar M.; Onat N.C.; Abdella G.M.; Tatari O. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This research aims to provide important insights regarding the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the world's largest food producing countries based on four sustainability metrics: energy use, carbon footprint, ... -
Carbon footprints across the food supply chain: A microscopic review on food waste-related sustainability assessment
Al-Obadi M.; Kutty A.A.; Abdella G.M.; Kucukvar M.; Bulak M.E. ( IEOM Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)Reducing the carbon footprint along the food supply chain neutralizes the cost of climate change-related impacts on the environment. A third of the food produced globally is wasted along the food value chain. This paper ... -
Control charts for variability monitoring in high-dimensional processes
Kim J.; Abdella G.M.; Kim S.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Hamouda A.M. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Monitoring process variability is associated with detecting changes in the covariance matrix of a multivariate normal process. Most monitoring methods estimate the sample covariance matrix and compare it with the in-control ... -
Dynamic response of metal foam FG porous cylindrical micro-shells due to moving loads with strain gradient size-dependency
Sajad Mirjavadi S.; Forsat M.; Barati M.R.; Abdella G.M.; Mohasel Afshari B.; Hamouda A.M.S.; Rabby S.... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)The dynamic characteristics of functionally graded (FG) metal foam cylindrical micro-scale shells in contact with a moving load will be analyzed thorough this paper accounting for strain-gradient size-dependency. In the ... -
Investigating Determinants of Student Satisfaction in the First Year of College in a Public University in the State of Qatar
Al-Sheeb B.; Hamouda A.M.; Abdella G.M. ( Hindawi Limited , 2018 , Article)Purpose. A first-year student's life is a web of interrelated academic and social experiences. Most universities have rigorous processes to achieve excellence or reach high-quality standards, with "Student Satisfaction" ... -
Modeling of student academic achievement in engineering education using cognitive and non-cognitive factors
Al-Sheeb B.A.; Hamouda A.M.; Abdella G.M. ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)The retention and success of engineering undergraduates are increasing concern for higher-education institutions. The study of success determinants are initial steps in any remedial initiative targeted to enhance student ... -
Optimizing national resource usage through the integration of University shuttle service with the public rail: The case study in Qatar University
Al-Hammadi A.A.; Albaker A.A.; Al-Fakhroo J.A.; Abdella G.M.; Al-Khalifa K.N. ( IEOM Society , 2018 , Conference Paper)Qatar University is the largest public educational institution in the State of Qatar. The university community has diverse committed faculty who not only teaching but also conducting research studies contributing actively ... -
Optimizing university campus shuttle bus congestion focusing on system effectiveness and reliability: A combined modeling based-routing approach
Kutty A.A.; Al-Jurf N.; Naser A.F.; Kucukvar M.; Ayad H.; Al-Obadi M.; Abdella G.M.; Bulak M.E.; Elkharaz J.M.... more authors ... less authors ( IEOM Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)Increased vehicular queuing inside universities has amounted to pressing concerns for staff and students, distorting their time schedules to reach classes and office buildings on time. This paper attempts to alter the ... -
Penalized Conway-Maxwell-Poisson regression for modelling dispersed discrete data: The case study of motor vehicle crash frequency
Abdella G.M.; Kim J.; Al-Khalifa K.N.; Hamouda A.M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Statistical modelling of road crashes has been of extreme interest to researchers over the last decades. Such models are necessary for the investigation of the opportunities for road safety improvement. The motor vehicle ... -
Post-buckling analysis of piezo-magnetic nanobeams with geometrical imperfection and different piezoelectric contents
Mirjavadi S.S.; Forsat M.; Barati M.R.; Abdella G.M.; Hamouda A.M.S.; Afshari B.M.; Rabby S.... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Thermal post-buckling behavior of a geometrically imperfect/perfect piezo-magnetic nano-scale beams made of two-phase composites is analyzed in the present paper based on nonlocal elasticity theory. For the first time, the ...