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Monday 02\/07\/2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 – 8:40<\/td>\nRegistration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:40 – 9:20<\/td>\nOpening Ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 10:00<\/td>\nPlenary 1 – Michael Trick
\nBusiness Analytics: Combining Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics to Have Broad Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:40<\/td>\nPanel Discussion – Securing the future of OR in Africa
\nSession Moderator – Sue Merchant
\nMembers: Mohamed Limam, Charles Malack Oloo, James J. Cochran,
\nHatem Masri and Serigne Gueye.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:40<\/td>\nPlenary 2 – Samir Elhedhli
\nData-Driven Modelling and Optimization for Warehouse Analytics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nParallel Sessions A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA1 – Health Care Management 1
\nChair: Malek Masmoudi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nA new generalized approach for surgeries scheduling<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dalel Amami\u00a0and\u00a0Abdelaziz Dammak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nSeveral meta-heuristics for home care routing problems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malek Masmoudi, Bassem Jarboui and Sana Frifita<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nManagement Approach of tensions in emergency services<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mouna Berquedich, Oulaid Kamach, Malek Masmoudi and Laurent Deshayes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nChemotherapy outpatient scheduling case study from Tunisia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asma Bouras, Malek Masmoudi, Houda Saadani and Zied Bahroun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA2 – Simulation
\nChair: James J. Cochran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nImproving patient flow at a Tunisian outpatient department using simulation modelling approach<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hana Ben Mbarek, Amel Jaoua, Najla Aissaoui Omrane, Safa Bhar Layeb and Atidel Hadj Alouane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nCombining Monte Carlo Simulation with Exact Method to Solve a Random Problem of Collect Infectious Healthcare Waste: The Case of Tunisia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rim Daoud, Mahdi Khemakhem and Wafik Hachicha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nSimulation and Multiple Linear Regression to model patient flow at an outpatient clinic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hadhemi Saadouli and Abdelmoneem Ltaif<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nOptimization of Robotized Tasks for the UV Treatment of Diseases in Horticulture<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merouane Mazar, M’Hammed Sahnoun, Belgacem Bettayeb and Nathalie Klement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA3 – Financial Markets
\nChair: Hans-J\u00f6rg von Mettenheim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nNonlinear dynamics in stock returns: Do risk aversion, investor sentiment and monetary policy shocks matter?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meriam Dahmene, Adel Boughrara and Skander Slim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nSwitching regime risk spillover in global financial markets<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ahmed Bensa\u00efda, Houda Litimi and Oussama Abdallah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nThe Vietnamese Stock Market: An Analysis with Linear and Non-Linear Methods<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans-J\u00f6rg von Mettenheim, Dinh Tri Vo and Duc Khuong Nguyen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nLobbying Expenditures and Sin Stocks’ Market Performance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hatem Ghouma and Carissa Hewitt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA4 – Decision Sciences and Optimization
\nChair: Alexis Tsoukias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nGenerating Alternatives for Policy Design<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexis Tsoukias, Alberto Colorni and Irene Pluchinotta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nThe Transition from outsourcing to R&D : the case of information technology (IT) Tunisian companies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meriem Youssef and Fouad Ben Abdelaziz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nAlgorithm for asymptotically exact minimizations in Karush-Kuhn-Tucker methods<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jean Koudi, Babacar Mbaye Ndiaye, Guy Degla and Mamadou Traor\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nA primal-dual interior point algorithm for convex quadratic programming based on a new kernel function<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayet Roumili, Nawel Boudjellal and Benterki Djamel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00 – 14:20<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:20 – 15:00<\/td>\nPlenary 3 – Imed Kacem
\nPolynomial approximation schemes: when the standard techniques become unavoidable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00 – 16:20<\/td>\nParallel Sessions B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB1- Health Care Management 2
\nChair: Khaoula Besbes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00 -15:20<\/td>\nFirm\u2019s adaptation to low consumer sensitivity to nutritional health considerations: What public corrective strategy?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manel Zahra Boutouis and Abdelhakim Hammoudi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 -15:40<\/td>\nA Two-Stage Stochastic Home Healthcare routing and scheduling Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khaoula Besbes and Issam Nouaouri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:40 -16:00<\/td>\n Optimizing the Between-Class Variance using the VNS Metaheuristic for Brain MRI Segmentation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mariem Miledi and Souhail Dhouib<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:20<\/td>\nApplying \u201clean management \u00bb to hospital logistics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dorra Dridi and Younes Boujelbene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB2 – Logistics
\nChair: Mohamed Dia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00 -15:20<\/td>\nA Mixed Integer Programming Model for Cargo Composition Problem Including Containers with Dangerous Goods<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiros Gebrearegawi Kebedow\u00a0and\u00a0Johan Oppen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 -15:40<\/td>\nAligning Reliability Improvement Strategies in an Assembly System<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amirmohsen Golmohammadi, Alireza Tajbakhsh, Mohamed Dia and Matthias P. Takouda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:40 -16:00<\/td>\nPort Efficiency and Competitiveness: the Case of European Ports<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rabeb Kammoun, Chokri Abdenadher and Souhir Abbes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:20<\/td>\nBenchmarking Canadian Oil and Gas Companies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mohamed Dia, Pawoumodom M. Takouda and Amirmohsen Golmohammadi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB3 – Scheduling 1
\nChair: Imed Kacem and\u00a0Faten<\/span>\u00a0Ben Chihaoui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00 -15:20<\/td>\nExact and Approximate Temporal Partitioning Methods for Dynamic Reconfigurable Architecture<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fadel Abdallah, Camel Tanougast, Imed Kacem, Camille Diou and Daniel Singer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 -15:40<\/td>\nA PTAS for Minimizing the Maximum Lateness and Makespan on Two-Parallel Machine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gais Alhadi, Imed Kacem, Pierre Laroche and Izzeldin Osman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:40 -16:00<\/td>\nApproximation Schemes for Minimizing the Maximum Lateness on a Single Machine with Release Times under Non-Availability or Deadline Constraints<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imed Kacem and Hans Kellerer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:20<\/td>\n2-Dimensional packing algorithm on a variable size rectangular interface<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imed Kacem, Ilyes Kadri, Benoit Martin and Isabelle Pecci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB4 – Manufacturing and Service Management
\nChair: David Moroz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00 -15:20<\/td>\nDisassembly Scheduling with Capacity Constraints, Safety stocks and Lost Component<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilhem Slama,\u00a0Mounir Benaissa\u00a0and\u00a0Faouzi Masmoudi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 -15:40<\/td>\nPlanning, exploitation and management of stocks in the cashew nut sector in Senegal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amadou Saikou Diallo, Babacar Mbaye Ndiaye and Daouda Niang Diatta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:40 – 16:00<\/td>\n From the World\u2019s Manufacturing Factory to the World\u2019s Innovation Lab: New Business Trends in China and Implications for Scholarship<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Zeng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00 – 16:20<\/td>\nThe Hedonic Price for Whisky: Distiller\u2019s Reputation, Age and Vintage<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Moroz and Bruno Pecchioli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:20 – 16:40<\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40 – 18:00<\/td>\nParallel Session C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nC1 – Health Care Management 3
\nChair: Phillips Obasohan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40 – 17:00<\/td>\nCase Studies in Hospital Ward and Bed Management: Decision Support by Simulation and Optimization under Flexibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Stoeck,\u00a0Taieb Mellouli\u00a0and Karsten Schwarz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00 – 17:20<\/td>\nProcess mining in healthcare domain<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neyla Guennichi and Kamel Barkaoui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:20 – 17:40<\/td>\nWomen Autonomy, Wealth Status and Maternal Healthcare Utilization among Nigerian Women: Factor Analysis and Score Approach<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phillips Obasohan, Paul Gana, Mustapha A Mahmud, Ahmed Egbako Umar and Makada Abdullah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:40 – 18:00<\/td>\nCultural Impediments and Antenatal Care Utilization among Reproductive Age Women in Wushishi and Zungeru Communities in Niger State, Nigeria<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phillips Obasohan, Audu Makada, Mahmud A. Mustapha, Egbako Umar Ahmed, Paul Gana and Dorcas Nike Obasohan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nC2 – Supply Chain Management
\nChair: Ta\u00efcir Moalla Loukil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40 – 17:00<\/td>\nBi-level Multi-objective programming in Supply Chain Management: A review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maroua Abed, Ta\u00efcir Moalla Loukil and Fouad Ben Abdelaziz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00 – 17:20<\/td>\nSupply Chain Risk Models<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arij Lahmar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:20 – 17:40<\/td>\nGroup Decision Support for the Selection and Evaluation of 3PLs Suppliers: Literature Review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hichem Brahmi,\u00a0Zaki Brahmi\u00a0and Khaled Jabeur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:40 – 18:00<\/td>\nA Bi-Objective Stochastic Programming Model for the Household Waste Collection and Transportation Problem: Case of the City of Sousse<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haifa Jammeli, Hatem Masri and Mejdi Argoubi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nC3 – Scheduling 2
\nChair: Berndt Lindner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40 – 17:00<\/td>\nA linear programming model to solve the minimax multi-period substitutable resources production-allocation problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mohamed Essalah Salah and Younes Boujelben<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00 – 17:20<\/td>\nBi-objective Generator Maintenance Scheduling for a National Power Utility<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berndt Lindner and\u00a0Jan Harm van Vuuren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:20 – 17:40<\/td>\nUpper bounds for minimizing the total completion time in a two-machine Flow shop under release dates and blocking constraint<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ines Agrebi and Talel Ladhari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:40 – 18:00<\/td>\nA Guided Tabu Search for the Vector Bin Packing Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farida Mannai and Mongi Boulehmi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nC4 – Data Finance
\nChair: Sabri Boubaker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40 – 17:00<\/td>\nPredictability of Bitcoin Price- Evidence from Variance Ratio Tests<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khaled Guesmi, Stephane Goutte, Fathi Jouini and Samir Saadi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00 – 17:20<\/td>\nDecision-making support by cognitive maps to understand the effects of crowdfunding finance on entrepreneurial self-efficacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imen Abdennadher Gdoura, Karim Trabelsi and Anis Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:20 – 17:40<\/td>\nThe Difficult Apprehension of Blockchains by Law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivier Lasmoles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:40 – 18:00<\/td>\nDo Good As Others are Doing Well : An Evidence from Corporate Employee Welfare Policy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asad Ali-Rind, Souad Lajili Jarjir and Sabri Boubaker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:00 – 19:00<\/td>\nAFROS Council Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:00 – 22:30<\/td>\nConference Dinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday 03\/07\/2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 – 8:40<\/td>\nRegistration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:40 – 9:20<\/td>\nPlenary 4 – James J. Cochran
\nAre p-Values the Problem?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nParallel Session D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nD1 – Electric Vehicle Routing Problem
\nChair: Hatem Masri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nThe Electric Vehicle Routing Problem: Literature Review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Najeh Dammak and Souhail Dhouib<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nA stochastic model for the design of electric vehicle charging infrastructure<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mouna Kchaou Boujelben and Celine Gicquel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nA skewed general variable neighborhood search for solving the battery swap station location-routing problem with capacitated electric vehicles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mannoubia Affi, Houda Derbel and Bassem Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nA Hybrid Approach of Analytic Hierarchy Process-TOPSIS and Goal Programming for Electric Automobile Selection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mustafa Hamurcu\u00a0and Tamer Eren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nD2 – Fuzziness and Uncertainty
\nChair: Mehdi Mili<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nA Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchical Processing Model for Customers\u2019 Bank Selection Decision<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minwir Alshamari and Mehdi Mili<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nAspects of fuzzy logic decision making in crowdfunding: a review of literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imen Abdennadher Gdoura and Anis Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nAnalyst Forecast Accuracy and Policy Uncertainty throughout the Electoral and Economic Cycles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamia Chourou, Lynnette Purda and\u00a0Samir Saadi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nA Real Option Approach to Irreversible Investment in Petroleum Refinery under Revenue Uncertainty<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esosa Enoyoze and Sunday Omosigho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nD3 – Stochastic Models
\nChair: Safa Bhar Layeb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nNew Hierarchical Clustering Method in Interval Data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roumaissa Kerboui and Moncef Abbas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nEuropean option pricing by simulation based on the retrograde stochastic differential equations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rania Bouzid and Yacin Jerbi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nThe Generalized Discrete Cost Multicommodity Network Design Problem with Stochastic Demands<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imen Mejri, Safa Bhar Layeb, Farah Zeghal Mansour and Mohamed Haouari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nMonopoly pricing in an M\/M\/1 unreliable queue with strategic customers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fazia Rahmoune,\u00a0Kamel Meziani\u00a0and\u00a0Mohammed Said Radjef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nD4 – Efficiency and Performance Analysis
\nChair: Meryem Masmoudi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nRisk Management of a Project Management Process at TTE International-Onetech Group -Tunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Souha Belli,\u00a0Faten<\/span>\u00a0Ben Chihaoui and Tarek Kharroubi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nEfficiency analysis of terminal containers in the Port of Dakar using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Bootstrap approach<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karamoko Sita Diallo, Babacar Mbaye Ndiaye and Guy Degla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nReduction of the WIP in the Production unit BMW at LEONI Wiring systems Sousse-Tunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latifa Ben Khaled,\u00a0Faten<\/span>\u00a0Ben Chihaoui and Siwar Briki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nMeasuring technical efficiency and productive slacks of Tunisian manufacturing industry: A
\ncomparative analysis between the traditional and the bootstrap Data Envelopment Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rim Slimani and Maha Kalai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:40<\/td>\nPlenary 5 – El-ghazali Talbi
\nSynergy between metaheuristics and machine learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nParallel Session E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nE1 – Data Analytics
\nChair: Hans W. Ittmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nThe Evolution of an Election Forecasting Model over 20 Years<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans W. Ittmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nApplication of the Choquet Integral in Clustering Method: K-Means<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roumaissa Kerboui and Moncef Abbas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nForecasting Financial Distress: A Comparative Study of Statistical and Artificially Intelligent Models with and without Financial Theory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saban Celik,\u00a0Bora Aktan\u00a0and\u00a0Berna Tekta\u015f Sivrikaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nImplementation of WT and Neural Networks Algorithms for Speech Signal Denoising Optimization<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Said Ouznadji, Djamel Chaabane and Messaoud Thameri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nE2 – Multiple Criteria Decision Aid
\nChair: Sarah Ben Amor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nThe SISINA Method: A Distance-Based Multi-Attribute Ranking Approach with Superiority and Inferiority Indexes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moufida Hidouri and Abdelwaheb Reba\u00ef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nUsing Multicriteria Decision Making Approach for Metro Projects Selection in Ankara<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mustafa Hamurcu\u00a0and Tamer Eren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nUsing Principal component analysis to resolve interactive criteria decision making problems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olfa Meddeb\u00a0and\u00a0Fouad Ben Abdelaziz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nA Multiple-Criteria Decision Sorting Model for pharmaceutical suppliers\u2019 selection under mixed imperfect data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Ben Amor, Renata Pelissari and Maria Celia de Oliveira<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nE3 – Vehicle Routing
\nChair: Taieb Mellouli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nFrom Vehicle Scheduling to Vehicle Routing: Problem structures, (dis-)similarities, complexities, practical issues, and efficient solution by \u201cMerged Network Flows\u201d Math Models, Part A: Problem Classes and Research Road Map<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taieb Mellouli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nFrom Vehicle Scheduling to Vehicle Routing: Problem structures, (dis-)similarities, complexities, practical issues, and efficient solution by \u201cMerged Network Flows\u201d Math Models, Part B: Modelling towards Large Scale Optimization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taieb Mellouli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nImproved Biogeography-Based Optimization for the Selective Vehicle Routing Problem in a Collaborative Environment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olfa Chebbi, Safa Bhar Layeb and Jouhaina Chaouachi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 13:00<\/td>\nMinimizing Fuel Consumption in Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dalila Tayachi and Cheima Jendoubi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00 – 14:20<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30 – 19:30<\/td>\nSightseeing Tour of Carthage and Sidi Bou Said<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday 04\/07\/2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 – 9:00<\/td>\nRegistration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nParallel Sessions F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nF1 – Multiple Objective Programming 1
\nChair: Sahnoun M’Hammed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 – 9:20<\/td>\nNon-efficient points approach for solving multiobjective linear problems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Houda Alaya, Fouad Ben Abdelaziz and Tarak Joulak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nMulti-objective Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem: Simulation Approach<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yiyi Xu,\u00a0Sahnoun M’Hammed, Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, David Baudry and Anne Louis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nSolving the Bi-Objective Portfolio Optimization Problem with Uncertain Market Parameters: A Comparative Study<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meziane Aider, Mhand Hifi and Samira Bokhari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nSWVP method (Surrogate Worth Value Path) for selecting Goal Programming variant<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lahmar Arij, Fran\u00e7ois Galasso, Jacques Lamothe and Habib Chabchoub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nF2 – Metaheuristics
\nChair: El-ghazali Talbi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 – 9:20<\/td>\nMulti-objective chicken swarm optimization for continuous optimization<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djaafar Zouache\u00a0and Fouad Ben Abelaziz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nA Hybrid approach for zero-one Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem with Setup<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yassine Adouani, Malek Masmoudi, Iyad Alghoul and Bassem Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nA greedy-based simulated annealing algorithm for the clustering problem in ad hoc networks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khalil Amine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nMeta-heuristics for surgical scheduling problem with hospitalization<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manel Belkhamsa, Malek Masmoudi, Iyad Alghoul and Bassem Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nF3- Finance and Business Models
\nChair: Imen Derouiche<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 – 9:20<\/td>\nAccruals Quality, Financial Constraints and Corporate Cash Holdings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imen Derouiche, Karima Jemai and Hatem Mansali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nRisk Adjusted Credit Pricing: Application to the state\u2019s guarantee funds for Moroccan enterprises<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oussouadi Kamal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nNeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies for predicting financial distress: Evidence from Tunisia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senda Belhaj Slimene and Chokri Mamoghli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nIndications and guarantees of coopetition in strategic alliances: Evidence of fsQCA on a business model innovation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sahar Ayadi,\u00a0Younes Boujelben\u00a0and\u00a0Lotfi Khreifich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nF4 – Transportation 1
\nChair: Serigne Gueye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 – 9:20<\/td>\nA genetic algorithm for the Multi-vehicle Covering Tour Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manel Kamoun, Houda Derbel and Bassem Jarboui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:20 – 9:40<\/td>\nA Genetic Algorithm for Rich Vehicle Routing Problems Optimization<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bochra Rabbouch, Foued Sa\u00c2daoui and Rafaa Mraihi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:40 – 10:00<\/td>\nA greedy evolutionary hybridization algorithm for the Optimal Network and Quadratic Assignment Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mouhamadou Aliou Moutaga Tall Bald\u00e9, Babacar Mbaye Ndiaye and Serigne Gueye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:20<\/td>\nSenegaulois Algorithm for Transportation Network and Land Use Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mamadou Kone and Babacar Mbaye Ndiaye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20 – 10:40<\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nParallel Session G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG1 – Multiple Objective Programming 2
\nChair: Sahnoun M\u2019Hammed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nBi-objective scheduling of multi-processor tasks on two dedicated processors<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adel Kacem\u00a0and Abdelaziz Dammak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:20<\/td>\nAn Integrated Approach of Analytic Network Process and Goal Programming Model for Effective Usage of resources in the Higher Education<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mustafa Hamurcu\u00a0and Tamer Eren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:20 -11:40<\/td>\nImproved Branch and Bound for Scheduling a No-wait Two-machine Flow-shop to Minimize the Makespan under Non-Availability Constraints<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F. Ben Chihaoui, I. Kacem, A. B. Hadj-Alouane and N. Dridi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nA multi-objective approach for cell formation problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soukaina Triki, Malek Masmoudi and Hichem Kamoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG2 – Health Care Management 4
\nChair: Salah Ben Abdallah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nVMI and demand pooling effect in pharmaceutical supply chain<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mouna Elarbi, Malek Masmoudi, Omar Ayadi and Faouzi Masmoudi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:20<\/td>\nMedical equipment maintenance optimization: Mixed-Integer Linear Programming<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeineb Ben Houria, Malek Masmoudi and Ahmad Al Hanbali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:20 -11:40<\/td>\nA HVNS algorithm for solving multistage operating room scheduling integrating building surgical team constraints<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marwa Khalfalli and Hichem Kamoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nAn improved tabu search algorithm for surgery scheduling problem with maximal time lags<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marwa Khalfalli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG3 – Transportation 2
\nChair: Mohamed Ayman Boujelben<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nWorldwide Passenger Flows Estimation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rodrigo Acuna-Agost, Ezequiel Geremia, Thiago Gouveia, Serigne Gueye, Micheli Knechtel and Philippe Michelon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:20<\/td>\nGVNS algorithm to solve the Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sana Frifita, Ines Mathlouthi, Malek Masmoudi and Abdelaziz Dammak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:20 -11:40<\/td>\nThe Crew pairing problem for the Tunisian airline company based on Hybrid approach<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hela Jedidi, Ons Abdelkhalek, Hela Masri and Saoussen Krichen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nA new model for the green tourist trip design problem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rami Jouirou, Hela Masri, Ons Abdelkhalek and Saoussen Krichen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nG4 – OR and Education
\nChair: Sue Merchant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:40 – 11:00<\/td>\nThe Current Status of OR in Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans W. Ittmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 – 11:20<\/td>\nDesigning an Undergraduate Honours Programme in Operations Research<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philimon Nyamugure and James Cochran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:20 -11:40<\/td>\nThe Development of OR in Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maseka Lesaoana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:40 – 12:00<\/td>\nVisualizing the knowledge domain of Operations Research and Management Science in Africa: a bibliometric analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emna Ammari and Mejdi Argoubi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 – 12:20<\/td>\nTDAS Awards Ceremony<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:20 – 12:40<\/td>\nClosing Ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:40 – 14:00<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00 – 17:00<\/td>\nDoctoral Workshop<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00 – 18:00<\/td>\nTDAS Council Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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