Ghaith Rabadi is the Graduate Program Director and a Professor at the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training. Formerly he was a Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE) at Old Dominion University and former Vice President for Research & Development at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (2018 – 2020).  He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 1999 and 1996 respectively, and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Jordan in 1992. Prior to joining the faculty at Old Dominion as an Assistant Professor in 2002, he was a post doc on NASA funded projects for one year and a Visiting Assistant professor at the Industrial Engineering Department at University of Central Florida (UCF) for another year.  He also worked as a Research Director at Productivity Apex, a modeling and simulation company based in Orlando, FL,  from 2000-2002.

He has published two books, and numerous journal and conference peer reviewed papers and book chapters. He received the NASA Faculty Fellowship where he worked at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia as a faculty fellow. He was awarded with his colleagues the NASA Software Invention Award and the NASA Board Action Invention Award. His research has been funded by NASA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Virginia Port Authority (VPA), Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, MITRE Corporation, STIHL, CACI, Sentara Hospitals and Qatar Foundation. He received the Fulbright Specialist Program award. His research and teaching interests include Planning and Scheduling, Operations Research, Simulation Modeling and Analysis, and Supply Chain Management and Logistics. He is a co-founder and is currently the Chief Editor for the International Journal of Planning and Scheduling.

Books

Carter, M.W., Price, C.C., and Rabadi, G. (2018) “Operations Research: a Practical Introduction” 2^nd edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. www.operationsresearch.us

Rabadi, G. (ed) (2016) Heuristics, Meta-heuristics and Approximate Methods in Planning and Scheduling, Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319260228

Journal Articles

1. Garcia, C., Rabadi, G., Abujaber, D. and Seck, M. (2023) “Supporting Humanitarian Crisis Decision Making with Reliable Intelligence Derived from Social Media Using AI” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 20 (2), pp. 97-131. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2021-0042


2. Soykan, B., and Rabadi, G. (2022). “A Simulation-Based Optimization Approach for Multi-Objective Runway Operations Scheduling”, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 98, No. 11, pp. 961-978
   https://doi.org/10.1177/00375497221099544


3. Khasawneh, M., Shearer, N., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S., and Jaradat, R. (2021). “Evaluating the Impact of Shared Situational Awareness on Combat Effectiveness in Symmetric Engagements”, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 16, No. 3, 199 – 211. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSPM.2021.117317


4. Tahami, H., Rabadi, G., Haouari, M. (2020) “Exact Approaches for Routing Capacitated Electric Vehicles”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, V. 144, 102126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102126


5. Rabadi, G., Msakni, M.K., Rodriguez-Velasquez, E. , Alvarez-Bermudez, W. (2019). “New Characteristics of Optimal Solutions for the Two-Machine Flowshop Problem with Unlimited Buffers, Journal of Operational Research Society (JORS), V. 70, No. 6, 962 – 973. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1475114


6. Garcia, C., Rabadi, G., and Handy, F. (2018). “Dynamic Resource Allocation and Coordination for High-Load Crisis Volunteer Management”, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, V. 8, No. 4, 533—556; https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-02-2018-0019


7. Arin, A., and Rabadi, G. (2017) “Integrating Estimation of Distribution Algorithms versus Q-Learning into Meta-RaPS for Solving the 0-1 Multidimensional Knapsack Problem, V. 112, 706–720, Computers and Industrial Engineering; DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2016.10.022


8. Khasawneh, M., Shearer, N., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S.R. (2017) “The Information Age Combat Model: A Vision for A Discrete Event Simulation Approach”, V. 12, No. 5, 429 – 445, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling


9. Arnaout, J-P, Musa, R., and Rabadi, G. (2014) “A two-stage Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm to minimize the makespan on Unrelated Parallel Machines – Part II: Enhancements and Experimentations”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, V.25, No. 1, P. 43-53, DOI:1007/s10845-012-0672-3


10. Hancerliogullari, G., Rabadi, G., Al-Salem, A., Kharbeche, M. (2013) “Greedy Heuristics and Metaheuristics for Multiple Runway Combined Arrival-Departure Aircraft Sequencing Problem”, Journal of Air Transport Management, V. 32, 39 – 48


11. Deller, S., Rabadi, G., Tolk, A., and Bowling S. (2012) “Organizing for Improved Effectiveness in Networked Operations”, Military Operations Research Journal (MORS), 17, No.1, p. 5-16


12. Duwayri, Z., Mollaghasemi, M., Nazzal, D. ^*, and Rabadi, (2006), “Scheduling Setups Changes at Bottleneck Facilities in Semiconductor Manufacturing”, Special issue on semiconductor manufacturing in Production Planning and Control Journal,. Vol. 17, No. 7, P. 717 – 727