Research Interests
Research Activities:
- Machine Scheduling
- Applications of Operations Research
Scientific activities :
- I acted as an external examiner for an M.Sc. student and as
an internal examiner for another M.Sc. student.
- I acted as a referee for several local and international
Journals & financed research work .
- I supervised an M.Sc. student .
Publications :
1- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"An algorithm for single machine sequencing with
release dates to minimize total weighted completion tine",
Discrete Applied Mathematics 5 (1983), 99-109, Netherlands.
2- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"Algorithms for two-machine flow-shop sequencing
with precedence constraints", European Journal of Operational
Research 17 (1984), 238-248, Netherlands.
3- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"A branch and bound algorithm to minimize the number
of late jobs in a permutation flow-shop", European Journal of
Operational Research 38 (1989), 228-237, Netherlands.
4- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"A branch and bound algorithm for job-shop scheduling",
J.K.A.U.:Sci, Vol. 3 (1991), 201-209, Saudi Arabia.
5- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"Heuristics for scheduling unrelated parallel machines",
Computers & Operations Research 18 (1991),
No. 3, 323-331, UK.
6- M.O. Abou-El-Ata and A.M.A. Hariri
"The M/M/c/N queue with balking and reneging",
Computers & Operations Research 19 (1992),
No. 8, 713-716, UK.
7- A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts,
"Single machine scheduling with deadlines to minimize
the weighted number of tardy jobs", Management
Science 40 (1994),No. 12, 1712-1719, USA.
8- A.M.A. Hariri, C.N. Potts and L.N. Van Wassenhove,
"Single machine scheduling to minimize total weighted
late work", Operations Research Society of Amerca
Journal on Computing (ORSA Journal on Computing) 7
(1995), No. 2, 232-242, USA.
9- M.O. Abou-El-Ata and A.M.A. Hariri
"Point estimation and confidence intervals of theM/M/2/N
queue with balking and heterogeneity",
American Journal of Mathematical and Management
Sciences15 (1995),NOS. 1 & 2 , USA.
10- A.M.A. Hariri, M.O. Abou-El-Ata and S.K. Goyal
"The resource constrained multi-item inventory problem
with price discount : A geometric programming approach",
Production Planning & Control 6 (1995), No. 4, 374-377, UK.
11- J.N.D. Gupta, A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"Scheduling a two-stage hybrid flow shop with parallel machines
at the second stage, Annals of Operations Research 69 (1997),
171-191, Netherlands.
12-A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"Single machine scheduling with batch set-up times to minimize
maximum lateness", Annals of Operations Research 70 (1997),
75-95, Netherlands.
13- A.M.A. Hariri and M.O. Abou-El-Ata
"Multi item production lot size inventory model with varying order
cost under a restriction : A geometric programming approach",
Production Planning & Control 8 (1997), No. 2, 179-182, UK.
14-A.M.A. Hariri and C.N. Potts
"A branch and bound algorithm for the two-stage assembly
scheduling problem", European Journal of Operational
Research 103 (1997), 547-556, Netherlands.
15-J.N.D. Gupta and A.M.A. Hariri
"Two machine flowshop scheduling to minimize number of
tardy jobs". Journal of the Operational Research Society 48
(1997), 212-220, UK.
16- H.A.J. Crauwels, A.M.A. Hariri, C.N. Potts and L.N. Van Wassenhove
"Branch and bound algorithms for single machine scheduling with
batch set-up times to minimize total weighted completion time",
Annals of Operations Research 83 (1998), 59-76, Netherlands.
17-J.N.D. Gupta, A.M.A. Hariri, C.N. Potts and R. Ramnarayanan
"Single machine scheduling to minimize maximum tardiness
with minimum number of tardy jobs", Annals of Operations Research 92 (1999), 107-123.
18- A.M.A. Hariri, S.M. Ali and C.N.Potts
"Operational Research : Introductory Topics", A book
in English, 357 Pages, (1991).
19- A.M.A. Hariri and M.O. Abou-El-Ata
"Operational Research : Stochastic Models", A book in Arabic,
285 Pages, (1994).