Research Interests

Mathematical programming (linear, nonlinear, integer, and dynamic). Tight polyhedral representations.
Large-scale optimization with applications to airline, machine, and sports scheduling.
Production planning and retail operations management.

Grants

12/1/10-11/30/11: "Tactical Optimization Models for the Design of Retail Product Lines." Agency: Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Award: $9,828.
2010-2012: "Integrated Modeling and Optimization Approaches for Airport Terminal Area Management." Agency: Qatar National Research Fund, National Priorities Research Program, NPRP09-253-2-103. Role: Lead Principal Investigator; with Co-PI Ghaith Rabadi, Old Dominion University, and Co-LPI Ameer Al-Salem, Qatar University. Award: $493,032.
2008-2009: "Optimization of Aircraft Arrival and Departure Schedules in Multiple-Runway Airports." Agency: Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Award: $6,990.

Ghoniem, A., Scherrer, C. R., and Solak, S. (2012), A specialized column generation approach for a vehicle routing problem with demand allocation, Journal of the Operational Research Society, (accepted).
Solak, S., Scherrer, C. R., and Ghoniem, A. (2012), The stop-and-drop problem in nonprofit food distribution networks, Annals of Operations Research, (accepted).
Mafakheri, F., Breton, M., and Ghoniem, A. (2011), Supplier selection-order allocation: A two stage multiple criteria dynamic programming approach, International Journal of Production Economics, 132 (1), 52-57. (link)
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2011), Defeating symmetry in combinatorial optimization via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, IIE Transactions, 43 (8), 575-588. (link)
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2011), Set partitioning and packing versus assignment formulations for subassembly matching problems, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62, 2023-2033. (link)
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2010), Models and algorithms for the scheduling of a doubles tennis training tournament, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 723-731. (link)
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2009), Complementary column generation and bounding approaches for set partitioning formulations, Optimization Letters, 3 (1), 123-136. (link)
Sherali, H. D. and Ghoniem, A. (2009), Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: An integrated modeling and optimization approach, Networks, 53 (3), 249-265. (link)

Sherali, H. D., Ghoniem, A., Baik, H., and Trani, A. A., A combined arrival-departure aircraft sequencing problem, under revision after 2 reviews.
Ghoniem, A. and Maddah, B., Integrated retail assortment planning, pricing, and inventory management using mathematical programming, in preparation.
Ghoniem, A., Maddah B., and Ibrahim, A., Managing two product lines with cross-selling considerations, in preparation.
Ghoniem, A. and Farhadi, F., Multiple-Runway Aircraft Sequencing Problems: Enhanced Formulations and Accelerated Column Generation Approach.

Musa, R., Chen F. F., and Ghoniem, A. S. (2006), Dynamic variation reduction technique in assembly lines after batch inspection, IERC, Orlando, FL, May 2006.

A Vehicle Routing Problem with Location-allocation Considerations, INFORMS Northeast Regional Conference, Amherst, MA, May 7, 2011.
A Combined Arrival-departure Runway Scheduling Problem, INFORMS Northeast Regional Conference, Amherst, MA, May 6, 2011.
A Consumer-centric Optimization Approach for Structuring Retail Product Lines, POMS, Reno, NV, May 1st, 2011 (contributed talk).
A mathematical programming approach for integrated large-scale retail decisions, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 9, 2010 (contributed talk).
A column generation approach for joint vehicle assembly-routing problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 13, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint optimization of aircraft arrival and departure schedules, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 11, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint assortment, pricing, and ordering in retail management, IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Miami, FL, June 2, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, October 24, 2008.
Symmetry compatible formulations via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 13, 2008 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, Virginia Tech INFORMS Student Chapter, May 2, 2007.

2011-present: Chancellor's Junior Faculty Fellow.
2011-present: Member of the Research Council at UMass Amherst.
2009: Outstanding Faculty Support Award, INFORMS Chapter, UMass Amherst.
1997-1999: Awarded an Excellence Scholarship by the French government.
1997: Ranked 1st at the French Baccalauréat exam for French schools in the Middle East.

Referee for: European Journal of Operational Research; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; Journal of Global Optimization; Journal of the Operational Research Society.
2005-2006 President, INFORMS Student Chapter, Virginia Tech.